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SNAP benefits will be gone, small businesses will suffer, insurance premiums will double, air traffic will be delayed/halted: All of these things are happening because when the gov't shutdown ends, the Epstein Files get released.
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
SNAP benefits will be gone, small businesses will suffer, insurance premiums will double, air traffic will be delayed/halted: All of these things are happening because when the gov't shutdown ends, the Epstein Files get released.
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This is what I’m so worried about
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This is what I’m so worried about
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Ah, the golden age.
July 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Ah, the golden age.
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Update: Latest estimate confirms between Medicaid cuts and ACA rollback, total health care cuts in the Republican budget bill are now OVER $1 trillion.
Unbelievable. Latest update from the nonpartisan budget office says the Senate Republican bill now cuts nearly $1 TRILLION from Medicaid.
NEWS: Wyden Statement on New CBO Numbers Showing More than $930 Billion in Medicaid Cuts In New Senate Draft
June 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Update: Latest estimate confirms between Medicaid cuts and ACA rollback, total health care cuts in the Republican budget bill are now OVER $1 trillion.
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Here's a very partial list of what Dems have succeeded in getting excluded from the Big Ugly via Byrd Rule challenges.
It makes the bill less-shitty and may create a delay Dems can use to exacerbate the unpopularity of the bill.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/27/h...
It makes the bill less-shitty and may create a delay Dems can use to exacerbate the unpopularity of the bill.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/27/h...
June 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Here's a very partial list of what Dems have succeeded in getting excluded from the Big Ugly via Byrd Rule challenges.
It makes the bill less-shitty and may create a delay Dems can use to exacerbate the unpopularity of the bill.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/27/h...
It makes the bill less-shitty and may create a delay Dems can use to exacerbate the unpopularity of the bill.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/27/h...
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While we wait for the Supreme Court to rule in a critical redistricting case from Louisiana, this is what the GOP is up to in Texas and Ohio. Remember the GOP's plan is to make it harder for you to vote and easier for them to cheat.
June 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
While we wait for the Supreme Court to rule in a critical redistricting case from Louisiana, this is what the GOP is up to in Texas and Ohio. Remember the GOP's plan is to make it harder for you to vote and easier for them to cheat.
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MSNBC dug up the clip of former Trump Sec Def Mark Esper saying that Trump asked him in 2020 to shoot protesters -- an order Pete Hegseth wouldn't rule out following if Trump asked him to do it today
June 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
MSNBC dug up the clip of former Trump Sec Def Mark Esper saying that Trump asked him in 2020 to shoot protesters -- an order Pete Hegseth wouldn't rule out following if Trump asked him to do it today
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There it is. Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) says Republicans’ next goal is to kick seniors off Social Security: “Get off of Social Security. Get back into the workforce.”
June 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
There it is. Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) says Republicans’ next goal is to kick seniors off Social Security: “Get off of Social Security. Get back into the workforce.”
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My same thoughts. Rooting for him to beat cancer. Gosh, the People had 4 years of normalcy but not everyone appreciated it.
June 5, 2025 at 2:11 AM
My same thoughts. Rooting for him to beat cancer. Gosh, the People had 4 years of normalcy but not everyone appreciated it.
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Trump told West Point cadets at their graduation that he wouldn't be able to shake their hands, a tradition among US presidents, because he had urgent matters to deal with on China and Russia.
This was him "dealing" with China and Russia moments later. He went golfing.
This was him "dealing" with China and Russia moments later. He went golfing.
May 26, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Trump told West Point cadets at their graduation that he wouldn't be able to shake their hands, a tradition among US presidents, because he had urgent matters to deal with on China and Russia.
This was him "dealing" with China and Russia moments later. He went golfing.
This was him "dealing" with China and Russia moments later. He went golfing.