Trump Agenda: Himself and His Rich Friends
Harris Agenda: Working Americans and Middle Class Families
Vote accordingly
#Election2024 #Economy #Freedom #USPol #USPolitics #Harris #KamalaHarris #Democrats #Trump #MAGA #Republicans #Abortion #RoeVWade
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"January 30th 1933 dawned cold and clear in Berlin as Adolph Hitler took his oath of office and promised Germans he would uphold the constitution. It would ultimately take him less than 30 days to dismantle it. ...
All you need to end a democracy is a leader willing to suspend or end the Constitution and a supporting cast large enough to allow him to do it.
Republicans have both."
~ Rachel Bitecofer
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism
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https://thecycle.substack.com/p/what-really-happens-if-trump-wins
The fight for the #House & #Senate: Where things stand
Will both chambers flip? #Congress may once again have to work under the strain of divided government.
With <4 weeks to go, #Republicans appear poised to win the Senate, which is currently controlled by the Democrats. The #Democrats, meanwhile, seem to have a slight edge in the race for the Republican-controlled House.
#Election2024 #Vote #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/09/senate-house-race-who-wins/
#Disinformation: #SocialSecurity email praising Trump’s tax bill is a lie
The #SSA sent an email claiming Trump’s bill eliminated taxes on benefits for most recipients.
The reconciliation bill–which #Trump called the #OneBigBeautifulBill before signing it after #Republicans in #Congress passed it–will strip people of their #HealthInsurance, cut #FoodAssistance for the #poor, kill off #CleanEnergy development & raise the #NationalDebt by trillions.
#propaganda
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/05/social-security-administration-email-trump-tax-bill
Via @indivisibleteam:
#Republicans have a new talking point for gutting #Medicaid & #SNAP to give #billionaires even more #TaxCuts:
“We are all going to die.”
If your senator is a #GOP ghoul like #JoniErnst, they need to hear from the constituents they’re betraying with #Trump’s #TaxScam
#IApol #USpol #Senate #law
https://indivisible.org/resource/call-now-tell-your-republican-senators-you-dont-want-pay-price-their-billionaire-tax
"Despite their constant reassurances to the contrary, Republicans have officially begun the process of cutting Medicaid and SNAP benefits to offset the cost of tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires. And right on cue, Republicans are playing dumb."
~ Brian Tyler Cohen
#Musk #Trump #Republicans #Medicaid #billionaires #EconomicElites #TaxCuts
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https://plus.briantylercohen.com/p/republicans-play-dumb-on-medicaid
Republican #House Speaker #MikeJohnson urged fellow Republican lawmakers on Tues to avoid #public #TownHall meetings with #voters after some events turned into angry confrontations over #Trump's moves to fire #FederalWorkers & defund government programs.
#cowards #PublicDisservice #Republicans #GOP #RepresentationMatters #USpol #Musk #DOGE #FederalAgencies #SocialSecurity #Medicaid #Veterans #children #seniors #disability #PublicHealth #weather #DisasterPreparedness
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-speaker-urges-lawmakers-avoid-town-hall-meetings-2025-03-04/
The #Senate #Judiciary Cmte voted on Thurs to advance #KashPatel’s nomination to lead the #FBI, paving the way for a floor vote on his confirmation.
The vote, 12 to 10, fell along party lines. In forwarding Patel’s nomination to the full Senate, #Republicans on the cmte dismissed #Democrats’ demands for an additional hearing to question Patel about a host of issues, including grand jury testimony he gave in a #criminal investigation of #Trump that remains sealed.
#law
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/us/politics/kash-patel-fbi-senate-judiciary-confirmation-trump.html?smid=url-share
New today: I created a brief guide to help Texans, especially #LGBTQIA+ folks and allies living here, better understand the legislature and which bills are likely to become law ... and which ones probably won't go anywhere.
If we're going to be share, fight, protest ... we should make it count. https://kitoconnell.com/2025/03/22/bad-bills-texas-legislature-understanding-how-to/
#Texas #TXlege #politics #USpol #transphobia #HumanRights #Republicans #GregAbbott #fascism #genocide #News
Tired of their political theater? Dem & Rep hand-in-hand uphold a system that grinds you down for profit. They serve capital, not people. Break from their game! Build real power together. Explore communism – for us, by us. #BeyondTheirSystem #WorkersUnite #democrats #republicans #democracy
Every time I hear the tangerine dictator speak I’m reminded of what grandma always said: ‘The empty can makes the most noise’.
It didn’t really make sense to me until Trump ran for office in 2015.
The #GOP’s New #Medicaid Denialism
Unable to defend their #healthcare #cuts on the merits, congressional #Republicans have pivoted to magical thinking.
Republicans in #Congress 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 #health care—or, at least, without making anyone who loses health care worse off.
#law #Trump
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
How quickly they turn on each other
#Musk calls #Trump’s sweeping #legislation ‘pork-filled’ & ‘a disgusting abomination’
#law #Republicans #broligarchy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/03/trump-presidency-news/
Well that’s something anyway
#Senate #Republicans quietly stripped the provision from the #House #GOP's "big, beautiful bill" that would have allowed #Trump to circumvent the #courts & essentially serve as a #king.
#law #BigBeautifulBill #SeparationOfPowers #3CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment #judiciary
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/senate-republicans-big-beautiful-bill-contempt-courts-trump_n_684b9b3be4b0c4fd78ff7f2e
"For those of us who remain horrified by its actions, the White House is hoping we ultimately treat it like we now do mass shootings. That is to say, the administration hopes it becomes so commonplace that we hear about it, shake our heads in resigned hopelessness, and begin to accept it as inevitable."
~ Jay Kuo
#Trump #Republicans #fascism #cruelty
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https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/trump-administration-cruelty-goal
#Trump already has the weight of the #ExecutiveBranch behind his efforts to strip funding from top #universities, #deport millions of unauthorized #immigrants & pressure #ForeignGovernments to change their economic policies.
With the sprawling bill that passed through the #House on Thurs, #Republicans are also preparing to enlist the #TaxCode as another tool against Trump’s political foes.
#law #RevengePolitics
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/us/politics/republicans-taxes-trump-opponents.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=D8897650-C8DC-4320-B385-DFA3B3D729D8
BREAKING: Trump said on Tuesday that it would cost Canada $61 billion to be part of his proposed “Golden Dome” missile defense system, but that it would be free if the country became the 51st U.S. state.
In unrelated news, Canadians haven’t stopped laughing at Trump and his Republican band of red asshats since the announcement.
#news #trump #goldendome #breakingnews #canada #ElbowsUp #republicans #MAGA
Let’s admit it. Trump’s ‘golden dome’ is gonna be another bust just like Mexico paying for the six miles of wall Trump actually got built the first time he was in the WH.
That $170 billion price tag will be bringing out Republican frauds and grifts faster than ants to spilled honey. And nothing will be built.
#trump #goldendome #republicans #fraud #grifters #mexico #canada #news
A sweeping #tax & spending #bill passed by #House #Republicans would devote an estimated $150B to #immigration enforcement, an unprecedented sum that seeks to deliver #Trump’s goal of mass #deportations & lock down the US Mexico border.
The bill would provide funding for 10k new immigration enforcement officers & $46.5B for a *wall* along the border while placing new *fees* on applications for #asylum & other #humanitarian protections.
#law
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/republicans-seek-cement-trumps-immigration-legacy-sweeping-bill-2025-05-29/
Sen #TinaSmith (D-MN) on Monday confronted Sen #MikeLee (R-Utah) over of series of comments he made blaming #Democrats for the fatal #shooting of a #Minnesota state lawmaker & her spouse.
Shortly after the #Senate began its Monday evening vote, Smith was seen walking into a conference room where #Republicans were about to hold a meeting to discuss the text the Finance Cmte had just unveiled for the party’s massive tax bill.
#PoliticalViolence #MelissaHortman #ethics
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5353746-tina-smith-mike-lee-shooting-minnesota/
#Texas Gov. #GregAbbott says at least 161 people are still missing days after flash #floods that killed more than 100 people across central Texas.
#Climate #ExtremeWeather #Republicans #GovernmentFunding #Trump #purge #NWS #NOAA #FEMA
https://apnews.com/article/texas-floods-victims-camp-mystic-death-toll-ea38edadc7e965fb2c76c0ec46245a82?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-07-08-Breaking+News
"It’s always the ones pointing the fingers, the ones screaming the loudest about 'protecting the children.' That’s why we call them gaslighters. They demonize drag queens and the LGBTQIA+ community. Meanwhile, they’re the ones doing the most harm behind closed doors."
~ Saadia Mirza
#Republicans #trans #drag #LGBTQ #SexualAbuse
https://beagoodinfluence.substack.com/p/its-always-the-ones-you-most-suspect
As Heather Cox Richardson reports today, we now know that the day after the lethal floods occurred in Texas, Kristi Noem did not renew the contracts for four call center companies answering emergency calls for FEMA help — so that on July 6, FEMA answered only 35.8% of the calls it received and the following day, only 15.9%:
"It's interesting to me how clearly this isn't a choice for her. She doesn't waver."
As a bonus on my Patreon, I shared excerpts from my recent interview with an #Austin mother of a #trans teen girl:
(this one is totally free, no login needed)
https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-interview-133908707
#LGBTQIA+ #politics #USpol #news #healthcare #health #MentalHealth #transgender #SCOTUS #Republicans #fascism #news #Texas
Edited 165d ago
Key #Medicaid provision in #Trump's big tax cut & spending bill is found to violate #Senate rules
The Senate #parliamentarian has advised that a key Medicaid provider tax overhaul that is central to Trump’s bill does not adhere to procedural rules, delivering a crucial blow to #Republicans rushing to finish the massive package this week.
#law #USpol
https://apnews.com/article/trump-big-bill-hospital-provider-tax-f6f4343bbc9c9a279bd7861c2e5c1b7b?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-06-26-Breaking+News