Although Democrats have been divided over various Trump nominees, they unified in their opposition to Vought.

Summary

The Senate confirmed Russell Vought as White House budget director in a 53-47 party-line vote despite Democratic opposition.

Vought, a key author of Project 2025, advocates aggressive budget cuts and expanding executive power.

Democrats warned he will slash programs like Medicare, Social Security, and veterans’ benefits while promoting Trump’s policy agenda.

Republicans praised his confirmation, with Speaker Mike Johnson stating he will help dismantle the regulatory state.

  • thetreesaysbark
    10·
    6 hours ago

    I’m starting to wonder if this is all a conspiracy along the lines of some major geological event is going to happen, most of the middle and lower class will die or go through extreme upheaval, and there’s a power grab now so that those in power now already have the institutions and resources set up to keep power in that scenario.

    Something like global warming/apophis asteroid just completely resetting our game board.

    This ties in with the anti LGBTQ+ movement to try and force an increase in population as much as possible so that there can be a larger numbers of foot soldiers for a resource grab.

    It’s all very tin foil hat, but it feels more reasonable than it should considering everything else that’s been happening recently.

    If the above is a thing, Europe should think about offering intelligent US citizens even nicer visa packages to take advantage of the trump hate.

    • Krauerking@lemy.lol
      1·
      25 minutes ago

      No we are just out of resources to scrape. Everyone already owns them and the rich don’t openly fight the rich.

      The new resources are the minutes of the workers lives while they are not working. Our thoughts on brands and policy. The new children that can be workers for life. And occasionally any new area that might not already have a drill and mine in it currently they might be able to make one work in like Greenland or the ocean floors.

      There is just a new fight among those that already have everything for whatever more they can get and there simply isn’t much left to go around.
      A bunch of them believe the end is coming for them or for all of us. This is just about getting the highest score before it comes.

  • Hideakikarate
    451·
    12 hours ago

    Same name as the mega-corp in The Boys. Can’t go wrong, right?

  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    4 hours ago

    Oh wow. Democrats actually know how to party line vote instead of being complicit in the name of bipartisanship. Took them long enough to figure it out.

  • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
    18·
    12 hours ago

    Republicans celebrated the confirmation vote, with House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., saying on X that with Vought’s help, “we’ll restore fiscal sanity to our budgets and dismantle the regulatory state.”

    Fixed that for him.

  • TommySoda@lemmy.world
    12·
    12 hours ago

    What I find funny (not “haha” funny) is that when he gets what he wants all of these people will be out of a job and stripped of their power regardless of party affiliation. They don’t seem like the type that like to share power.

      • theangryseal@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 hour ago

        “Funny haha”. Because of the context I didn’t even think about it.

        I haven’t heard “funny haha” in a long time.

        Man. If I were gay I’d start a band (or something) called Funny HaHa.

        The world is so packed with people I’d say someone has by now.