I think Johnson is temporary and will be vacated like McCarthy. He’s probably there to send money to Israel and then pass an Omnibus budget. Then the Republicans can go, “No, this is terrible! That’s not what we wanted! We have to vacate him!”

But I think the Republicans know they basically have to send a bunch of money to Israel before the 2024 election or else the corporate media will be in a stronger position to smear them as the party of anti-semitism. Yeah it’s all bullshit but I think they would prefer to box the Democrats into that position and avoid it for themselves.

With the budget, I think it’s a pyramid scheme that has to keep going or the whole thing collapses. Even if someone wants to end the pyramid scheme, they don’t want to be the ones to take the blame for the collapse, so it’s a shitty position. Do the right thing, and in so doing, be blamed for all the bad things.