<p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a></p><p>The <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a>’s New <a href="/tags/medicaid/" rel="tag">#Medicaid</a> Denialism<br>Unable to defend their <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/cuts/" rel="tag">#cuts</a> on the merits, congressional <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a> have pivoted to magical thinking.<br>Republicans in <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> claim to have achieved something truly miraculous. Their One Big Beautiful Bill Act, they argue, would cut nearly $800B from Medicaid spending over 10yrs without causing any Americans to lose <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#health</a> care—or, at least, without making anyone who loses health care worse off.<br><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a><br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/06/medicaid-cuts-tax-bill/683018/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxehuZomZV-OE0U-cMvwG0vA&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/06/medicaid-cuts-tax-bill/683018/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxehuZomZV-OE0U-cMvwG0vA&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theatlantic.com/politics/a</span><span class="invisible">rchive/2025/06/medicaid-cuts-tax-bill/683018/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxehuZomZV-OE0U-cMvwG0vA&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share</span></a></p>
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<p>White House Seeks $1.5 Trillion for <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#Defense</a> in New <a href="/tags/budget/" rel="tag">#Budget</a> Request</p><p>The huge proposed increase would be partly offset by steep <a href="/tags/cuts/" rel="tag">#cuts</a> to <a href="/tags/domesticprograms/" rel="tag">#DomesticPrograms</a>, some of which the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin describes as wasteful [which means they’re likely crucial social welfare programs].</p><p><a href="/tags/kakistocracy/" rel="tag">#kakistocracy</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/project2025/" rel="tag">#Project2025</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/us/politics/white-house-defense-budget.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/us/politics/white-house-defense-budget.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/white-house-defense-budget.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share</span></a></p>
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