Elon nukes the GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill”—and now the White House is scrambling to clean it up.
Musk called it a “disgusting abomination,” and 24 hours later, $9.4 billion in foreign aid and propaganda cuts hit Congress.
Good Morning, it’s Wednesday, June 4th, 2025.
When Elon Musk tears into a pork-stuffed spending bill and suddenly the White House starts slashing billions in foreign aid and NPR funding, you know something hit a nerve. The DOGE cuts are real—but they’re just a fig leaf. The swamp still got its $5 trillion debt hike. Let’s break down what they’re trying to spin.
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They Poked the Doge—Now $9.4 Billion’s on the Chopping Block
When Elon Musk called Congress out, the White House scrambled to play cleanup with a flashy budget cut stunt.
Good morning. The “Big Beautiful Bill” just ran into a buzzsaw named Elon Musk. After torching Congress’s $5 trillion spending spree as “pork-filled” and “disgusting,” Musk lit a fire under Washington—and suddenly, the White House wants to prove it’s serious about saving money. Funny how that works.
The Musk backlash was nuclear: “This bill is a disgusting abomination,” he wrote, accusing Congress of bankrupting the country. And the fallout? The White House raced to Congress with a $9.4 billion rescission request, slashing foreign aid and PBS/NPR funding—the first official cuts tied to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Let’s be clear: this isn’t fiscal responsibility. It’s a PR stunt.
The cuts are crumbs—less than 0.2% of the $5 trillion in new debt baked into this “Big Beautiful” monstrosity. Most DOGE savings weren’t codified into law. Rand Paul nailed it: “This is very, very small.” So why the rush now? Because Elon exposed the con—and the political class panicked.
Trump backed the bill. Rand Paul blasted it. Schumer agreed with Musk. Speaker Mike Johnson called Elon “terribly wrong,” then nervously insisted DOGE cuts would be “codified.” It’s a circus, and everyone’s flipping sides faster than a pancake on primary day.
Meanwhile, the Senate’s rescission bill needs just 51 votes. If Musk keeps the heat on, we might see more cuts. But the deeper issue is what Justin Amash called out: members knowingly vote for garbage and expect cover. Now they’ve been caught—by Musk, by Massie, by Paul—and they’re spinning like mad.
And don’t miss this twist: Trump lashed out at Rand Paul for opposing the bill. That’s right—Rand, who backed Trump through Russiagate, impeachment, and foreign policy firestorms, now gets hit with “crazy” and “loser” from a president he once defended while others fled. Loyalty means nothing when pork is on the line.
The bottom line: the DOGE cuts are a Band-Aid on a hemorrhage. The real story is that one man outside the system—with a Twitter account and a spine—forced both parties to show their cards. Elon Musk didn’t just call out waste. He showed how fake the whole reform charade really is.
Congress was never going to fix itself. But now the fight is public. And loud. Just how it should be.
They Didn’t Just Send Balloons—They Sent Bioweapons
Federal agents just stopped what could’ve been a catastrophic agroterrorism plot by two Chinese nationals posing as researchers.
Two Chinese nationals—one allegedly a loyal member of the CCP—were arrested for smuggling a dangerous fungus into the U.S., a biological agent so destructive it’s been classified as a potential agroterrorism weapon. The target? America’s food supply. The plan? Conduct research on it from inside the University of Michigan. You read that right: they wanted to weaponize our own institutions.
The pathogen, Fusarium graminearum, is no joke. It devastates wheat, corn, rice—our food staples. And one of the suspects flat-out admitted to Customs and Border Protection that he smuggled it in. His girlfriend, who worked at the university, was allegedly in on it.
National security officials didn’t mince words. Acting U.S. Attorney Jerome Gorgon called it one of the “gravest” threats imaginable. The suspects weren’t tourists or flunkies—they were embedded agents exploiting academic access for biological sabotage.
The Biden administration has spent years tiptoeing around China. Meanwhile, Trump’s new State Department team under Marco Rubio is pulling visas and locking the doors. Last week, they announced aggressive new restrictions on Chinese students in critical fields. Now we know exactly why.
This isn’t just spying. This is asymmetric warfare—and the frontlines are our labs, classrooms, and food systems.
The left will try to bury this story under a pile of “anti-Asian bias” warnings. Don’t let them. This is about national survival. Agroterrorism isn’t science fiction—it nearly just happened.
America’s been asleep at the gate for too long. Time to wake up—and shut that gate, hard.
“Mysterious Decline”? The Border’s Shut. That’s the Mystery.
The Washington Post just discovered that fentanyl seizures at the border are plummeting—and somehow, they’re confused.
Let’s break this down. Since President Trump took office, fentanyl trafficking at the southern border has dropped more than 50%, according to Homeland Security and independent data from the Center for Immigration Studies. Trump designated cartels as foreign terrorist groups, slapped sanctions on their leaders, surged troops to the border, and brought actual teeth back to border enforcement. That’s not magic. That’s leadership.
But the Post? They’re wringing their hands over a “mysterious” drop, floating nonsense theories about cartel infighting, ingredient shortages, or even reduced demand. All while worrying Trump’s budget cuts might hurt addiction treatment programs. Pure deflection. The left is terrified to credit Trump with success—so they pretend to be puzzled by what’s right in front of their faces.
Meanwhile, DHS, not exactly known for flattery, posted: “It’s no mystery. On day one, Trump closed our borders to drug traffickers.” The data agrees. Between March 2024 and March 2025, fentanyl traffic fell 54%.
Even the White House had to chime in. Spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt called the Post “pathetic.” Communications Director Steven Cheung torched them: “They can’t stand that President Trump’s strong border policies have led to a DECREASE in fentanyl coming into the U.S.”
This isn’t spin. It’s fact. In 2024, fentanyl killed over 48,000 Americans. Every percentage point drop is a life saved. The Trump strategy is working—and the media can’t stomach it.
So what’s the real mystery? Why the hell it took this long to seal the border in the first place.
Jasmine Crockett doubles down: “Republicans want poor people to die”
You heard that right. At a town hall hosted by former CNN anchor Jim Acosta, Rep. Jasmine Crockett didn’t just let a ridiculous accusation slide—she agreed with it. When Capitol riot celebrity-turned-CNN analyst Michael Fanone declared, “Republicans want poor people to die as quickly as humanly possible,” Crockett chimed in: “I agree.”
This wasn’t off the cuff. Crockett went on to say that letting people die is “part of the design,” slamming Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) for saying at her own town hall that “we’re all going to die,” while defending Medicaid reform targeting fraud and ineligible recipients.
Here’s what Ernst actually said: the reform effort aims to clean up the rolls by removing illegal immigrants, able-bodied freeloaders, and people enrolled in multiple states. You know—common-sense stuff to protect the program’s sustainability. But when one heckler screamed, “People will die!” Ernst replied, “We’re all going to die,” trying to cut through the melodrama.
Crockett took that and ran straight into political theater, weaponizing death for applause. This is the same Rep. Crockett who called Gov. Abbott “Governor Hot Wheels,” wished for Elon Musk to be “taken down” on her birthday, and trademarked an insult she hurled at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene during a committee meltdown. Class act.
The media’s fawning over her as a “rising star” in the Democratic Party tells you everything. These aren’t fringe comments—they’re mainstream now.
Bottom line: They’re not debating Medicaid anymore. They’re accusing Republicans of genocide-by-budget. And Crockett wants to run the House Oversight Committee. Let that sink in.
WHITE HOUSE SHRUGS OFF MUSK MELTDOWN
Elon Musk called the GOP tax bill a “disgusting abomination,” but the White House says it “doesn’t change the president’s opinion.” Translation: They heard him—and they don’t care. Read More
THE NEXT WAR WON’T WAIT FOR CONGRESS
The future of warfare is already here—AI drones, autonomous weapons, and cyber-attacks are redefining the battlefield. Meanwhile, D.C. still thinks in Cold War timelines. Read More
WARREN TARGETS MUSK FOR WINNING
Elizabeth Warren’s latest report claims Elon Musk profited too much under Trump—because apparently success is now suspicious. This is what happens when socialism meets spite. Read More
BOMBSHELL: PRO-PALESTINE MOVEMENT CALLED ‘VIOLENT’
Fox’s Guy Benson says the movement isn’t just misguided—it’s a violent one. With antisemitic attacks up and campuses hijacked, the facts are catching up with the narrative. Read More
OHIO FINDS DOUBLE VOTING, NON-CITIZEN REGISTRATIONS
An official investigation uncovered evidence of illegal voter registrations and people voting in multiple states. But sure—tell us again how voter fraud is a myth. Read More
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P.S.
The second story today—about the Chinese nationals smuggling a potential bioweapon into the U.S.—is straight out of a Cold War thriller. But it’s real. They were headed to the heartland. This stuff doesn’t happen by accident. What do you think—should Chinese nationals still have full access to our universities and research labs? Hit reply.
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