Musk’s email fallout

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🗓️ 25 February 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, Libby Casey, Rhonda Colvin, and James Hohmann discuss the fallout from Elon Musk’s email to federal workers that threatened firings if they did not respond to a request to detail their work responsibilities last week.

This comes at a time when Republican lawmakers in the House are finalizing language of the so-called “big beautiful bill”, a Trump-endorsed legislative package that would become a federal budget resolution if and when it comes up for a floor vote. With only a three vote majority in the house, House Speaker Mike Johnson will need almost every Republican representative's approval to pass the legislation. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries reaffirmed on Tuesday that no Democrats will vote in support of the House GOP budget reconciliation resolution as it stands.

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0:00.0	Look what happened. Is this crazy?
0:03.0	We stand on the verge of the four greatest years in the history.
0:08.0	Make America great Hickley.
0:11.0	How can you be against them?
0:17.0	More chaos and confusion from Elon Musk, as federal workers waste time trying to figure out whether
0:22.7	or not to answer an email. Democrats are trying to find a way to strike back at Musk and President
0:28.1	Trump. And are there cracks or even slight fissures between Republicans and Trump? What about between
0:34.9	Republicans and Musk? What about Musk and Trump?
0:39.1	Stay tuned to find out.
0:41.2	Welcome to Sidebar from The Washington Post.
0:43.1	I am your host, Libby Casey, and I'm here with Rhonda Colvin, senior political correspondent
0:47.6	and James Holman, editorial writer and columnist.
0:51.3	And let's start with the action today.
0:53.7	Rhonda, you are here fresh from being at the
0:55.7	Capitol where Democrats were assembling. What is their play right now? It's fresh from the Capitol.
1:00.9	I probably look like that wind-swept, wind-blown, totally. Reporter who raced back to their desk.
1:06.7	What's going on on the Hill is pretty significant right now, and it shows that the capital may be
1:13.1	in the midst of starting a budget battle. Of course, government funding is due March 14th for the
1:18.6	government to remain funded for the remainder of the year. And to stay open. And to stay open. So yes,
1:23.9	we're in that sort of looming shutdown world right now.
1:36.3	But what we're seeing and what I saw today was House Democrats decided to gather their entire caucus and go to the east front of the Capitol and just be on the steps.
1:40.8	And just some background for people who aren't familiar with seeing lawmakers all the time.
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