"Trump reportedly does not “know” that his own bill “touches” Medicaid. This could be a lie to protect him, or it could signal a five alarm fire about his cognitive abilities. But you can bet on the fact that the media will not be concerned about why the president ostensibly doesn’t even know what’s in the bill he’s so maniacally pushing." And it also displays the cognitive ability of the House and Senate Leadership and Republican Members.
I figured that out when I learned that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (otherwise known as the Oligarchs Club) was in on a lot of this Big Ugly Bill. We're being lobbied right out of our Democratic Republic.
Doesn't mean a whole lot as far as I'm concerned. Too many of them are like Sen. Murkowski and chicken out at the last minute to support whatever their dear deranged leader wants. To heck with the consequences. Murderers all who vote yes on this ugly bill.
I would love to see Dems flip 40 Republican held seats (or a 2010 sized 61 seat shellacking), but as long as they flip the majority next year -- it puts FDJT's disastrous Project 2025 to a screeching halt. And Senate Rs would have to work with House Ds to craft policies and undo the Big Bad Bill that they will pass.
Even better if Dems pull a rabbit out of the hat and also flip the Senate -- meaning that Chuck Schumer (or whomever is the Democratic Senate leader) can veto any Trump judicial confirmations starting in January 2027.
Please convince me we will see another round of free & fair elections….
Look at what Trump / MAGA did — and ultimately got away with — on January 6, 2021.
Those same people are now fully entrenched in Washington DC in positions of power.
Rome lasted 500 years; at least we’ve gotten 1/2 way to that achievement.
We’re now akin to Erdogan’s Turkey and Orban’s Hungary. Sure, we’ll have midterms in 2026 and elections in 2028.
But will they be fair & free elections ?
Will trump & maga concede when they lose ?
Sorry to say but right now I don’t think so — not without a fight and I’m afraid I’m not talking about Congress or the Judiciary — he’s already conquered them as well as the legacy Media.
To boycott the oligarchy (yes #BernieSanders was right all those years as is #AOC now)
I’ve quit eating meat, FB/IG Zuckerberg, Amazon / Bezos, cable TV news… and replaced it with our intrepid and intelligent independent journalists and trips to the local Library.
If everyone chooses just one thing to give up, something the oligarchs now rule, it will add up ! Boycotts are powerful… especially in a consumer driven society like ours.
I’ve lost work, friends, even some family over this, in the last 10 years. This is about VALUES not POLITICS. And I know what my values are and will not compromise on them.
It’s up to us now: #WeThePeople.
And sadly I’m afraid…many will die unnecessarily.
All because of the ignorance, racism, misogyny, insatiable greed, prejudice against nature herself, and outrageous apathy of roughly 1/3 of our country — and they “run the show” now.
Good will eventually prevail over evil —
But this July 4, 2025 I will spend alone and in mourning for our once great country.
The experts say “generational trauma” lasts three generations. Perhaps, it was my four grandparents born in Italy who experienced Mussolini’s Fascism, a precursor to Germany and Hitler’s Nazism, that set the alarms off 10 years ago last month when Trump slithered down the gilded elevator. I haven’t felt right since that day. It’s been the longest 10 years of my life.
And there is no solace in saying I told you so.
I love my country so very deeply. My father and all my uncles served in the US military in WW2. My Uncle & Godfather fought the Nazis in The Battle of the Bulge under General Patton. He was awarded a Purple Heart but like many survivors he wouldn’t talk about it other than “War is Hell” and “I was one of the lucky ones kid.”
They fought Fascists; they certainly didn’t vote for them or pass up a chance TO Vote..
I want our word “Patriot” returned to its proper home. Maybe it’s in part from being born on April 19th and raised in the 60s / 70s in Lexington MA — when a hardworking state worker like my Dad— and a devoted Mom — could still raise a family of five, of which I was the baby, on 18k a year there..
Right now I feel we’ve crossed the Rubicon.
And it may be another 2 or so years before those who chose to stay on the sidelines even realize it. By then,
it could very well be too late.
But I will do my best to keep the faith and do whatever I can to help us #SaveOurDemocracy, in all its beautiful imperfections.
You may not see me online (as much) but I’m right beside all of you as we head into uncharted territory.
Lastly, it’s no secret the Kremlin has been “eying” Trump since the 80s … admit it, they beat us at “The Long Game”
— but it’s not over until it’s over.
May the wind be at your back — all you great souls.
You've hit on a point that I'm so afraid of, I have purposely been avoiding saying anything about it. I'm scared to death that the Nov. 2026 Primaries will be rigged, and our hopes of flipping the House will be sent down the toilet. If it is rigged, there will be no U.S. Attorney to back us or Supreme Court to vote against those who did the rigging. My really red state will definitely do something under the leadership of Gov. DeSantis. He has already made some changes in that regard.
Balance poll numbers with the fact that the right wing election nuts and the trump cult are already mapping out their 50 ways to Sunday plans to disrupt, obstruct cheat and lie about the 26 elections. With MAGATS in support they will do their best to break the system and brainwash to voters.
I might start paying attention when the numbers drop below 60% approval. It's a cult, and it will take a larger number of defectors to truly have an impact. The big bullshit bill passed pretty close to what I predicted. The republican members of Congress are, with few exceptions, gerrymandered and are more concerned with being primaried. We also need to remember that what happened in this bill has been their M.O. since the Reagan administration. They'll play theater for the audience of one who enjoys seeing hopes dashed. Let's hope enough of the base are significantly impacted and defect for the 2026 elections (if they happen).
With ICE funded at the level of a major national army, and with their loyalty given only to Trump, anyone who assumes we will have free and fair elections in 2026 is not paying attention.
Huh, for some obscure reason that I can’t quite fathom, no one within a system in which every single piece, every one, from the courts on down, has been absolutely polluted and corrupted, seems to be terribly concerned about elections, which naturally, happen to be the only part of it that has remained as pure as the driven snow 🙄, jeez, wonder why that could be…..
Too bad that it didn’t take one before 2024 presidential election! The entire country would be in a much place had the felon not been elected, along with his inept MAGA hoard felons!
He is not my President I voted for a beautiful talented woman who would have watched over our country but helped all our Allies succeed. People Power United and Indivisible are going to keep fighting for our democracy and the rights of all individuals and families
Is he SO demented by now that ALL of this is being pushed through by mller/vance/johnson without the orange knowing what's even in this piece of crap? While HE thinks he's going to sign his 'perfect' bill and rants on about giving Americans tax relief and more money in their pockets, the other insane creeps around him are literally doing the exact opposite and BECAUSE he can't/doesn't read, he'll sign anything? I've no idea, I still think it's all his abject cruelty (as well as miller's) and thirst for vengeance against anyone who doesn't 'luv' him, but COULD this be a part of it?
"Trump reportedly does not “know” that his own bill “touches” Medicaid. This could be a lie to protect him, or it could signal a five alarm fire about his cognitive abilities. But you can bet on the fact that the media will not be concerned about why the president ostensibly doesn’t even know what’s in the bill he’s so maniacally pushing." And it also displays the cognitive ability of the House and Senate Leadership and Republican Members.
Trump is not in charge. Haven't you figured that out yet???
I figured that out when I learned that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (otherwise known as the Oligarchs Club) was in on a lot of this Big Ugly Bill. We're being lobbied right out of our Democratic Republic.
He’s certainly their salesman!
It will take 2 years for people to even understand what’s happening.
a big lie!
Doesn't mean a whole lot as far as I'm concerned. Too many of them are like Sen. Murkowski and chicken out at the last minute to support whatever their dear deranged leader wants. To heck with the consequences. Murderers all who vote yes on this ugly bill.
I would love to see Dems flip 40 Republican held seats (or a 2010 sized 61 seat shellacking), but as long as they flip the majority next year -- it puts FDJT's disastrous Project 2025 to a screeching halt. And Senate Rs would have to work with House Ds to craft policies and undo the Big Bad Bill that they will pass.
Even better if Dems pull a rabbit out of the hat and also flip the Senate -- meaning that Chuck Schumer (or whomever is the Democratic Senate leader) can veto any Trump judicial confirmations starting in January 2027.
Sarah,
Please convince me we will see another round of free & fair elections….
Look at what Trump / MAGA did — and ultimately got away with — on January 6, 2021.
Those same people are now fully entrenched in Washington DC in positions of power.
Rome lasted 500 years; at least we’ve gotten 1/2 way to that achievement.
We’re now akin to Erdogan’s Turkey and Orban’s Hungary. Sure, we’ll have midterms in 2026 and elections in 2028.
But will they be fair & free elections ?
Will trump & maga concede when they lose ?
Sorry to say but right now I don’t think so — not without a fight and I’m afraid I’m not talking about Congress or the Judiciary — he’s already conquered them as well as the legacy Media.
To boycott the oligarchy (yes #BernieSanders was right all those years as is #AOC now)
I’ve quit eating meat, FB/IG Zuckerberg, Amazon / Bezos, cable TV news… and replaced it with our intrepid and intelligent independent journalists and trips to the local Library.
If everyone chooses just one thing to give up, something the oligarchs now rule, it will add up ! Boycotts are powerful… especially in a consumer driven society like ours.
I’ve lost work, friends, even some family over this, in the last 10 years. This is about VALUES not POLITICS. And I know what my values are and will not compromise on them.
It’s up to us now: #WeThePeople.
And sadly I’m afraid…many will die unnecessarily.
All because of the ignorance, racism, misogyny, insatiable greed, prejudice against nature herself, and outrageous apathy of roughly 1/3 of our country — and they “run the show” now.
Good will eventually prevail over evil —
But this July 4, 2025 I will spend alone and in mourning for our once great country.
The experts say “generational trauma” lasts three generations. Perhaps, it was my four grandparents born in Italy who experienced Mussolini’s Fascism, a precursor to Germany and Hitler’s Nazism, that set the alarms off 10 years ago last month when Trump slithered down the gilded elevator. I haven’t felt right since that day. It’s been the longest 10 years of my life.
And there is no solace in saying I told you so.
I love my country so very deeply. My father and all my uncles served in the US military in WW2. My Uncle & Godfather fought the Nazis in The Battle of the Bulge under General Patton. He was awarded a Purple Heart but like many survivors he wouldn’t talk about it other than “War is Hell” and “I was one of the lucky ones kid.”
They fought Fascists; they certainly didn’t vote for them or pass up a chance TO Vote..
I want our word “Patriot” returned to its proper home. Maybe it’s in part from being born on April 19th and raised in the 60s / 70s in Lexington MA — when a hardworking state worker like my Dad— and a devoted Mom — could still raise a family of five, of which I was the baby, on 18k a year there..
Right now I feel we’ve crossed the Rubicon.
And it may be another 2 or so years before those who chose to stay on the sidelines even realize it. By then,
it could very well be too late.
But I will do my best to keep the faith and do whatever I can to help us #SaveOurDemocracy, in all its beautiful imperfections.
You may not see me online (as much) but I’m right beside all of you as we head into uncharted territory.
Lastly, it’s no secret the Kremlin has been “eying” Trump since the 80s … admit it, they beat us at “The Long Game”
— but it’s not over until it’s over.
May the wind be at your back — all you great souls.
Onward & upward,
Gregory
🙏🏻🐾
#RuthBenGhiat #AshaRangappa
#AnneApplebaum #TimothySnyder
#RachelMaddow #JulietteKayyem #HeatherCoxRichardson #AdamSchiff
#ChrisMurphy #ElizabethWarren #MauraHealey #KatherineClark
#StandWithUkraine #SaveOurDemocracy #ClimateCrisis #Boycott
You've hit on a point that I'm so afraid of, I have purposely been avoiding saying anything about it. I'm scared to death that the Nov. 2026 Primaries will be rigged, and our hopes of flipping the House will be sent down the toilet. If it is rigged, there will be no U.S. Attorney to back us or Supreme Court to vote against those who did the rigging. My really red state will definitely do something under the leadership of Gov. DeSantis. He has already made some changes in that regard.
Balance poll numbers with the fact that the right wing election nuts and the trump cult are already mapping out their 50 ways to Sunday plans to disrupt, obstruct cheat and lie about the 26 elections. With MAGATS in support they will do their best to break the system and brainwash to voters.
Game over, now starting with this bill passing. Do not celebrate tomorrow. Its doomsday for freedom and democracy
Negativity isn’t helpful
No, so what else do you have.....
I might start paying attention when the numbers drop below 60% approval. It's a cult, and it will take a larger number of defectors to truly have an impact. The big bullshit bill passed pretty close to what I predicted. The republican members of Congress are, with few exceptions, gerrymandered and are more concerned with being primaried. We also need to remember that what happened in this bill has been their M.O. since the Reagan administration. They'll play theater for the audience of one who enjoys seeing hopes dashed. Let's hope enough of the base are significantly impacted and defect for the 2026 elections (if they happen).
Everyone needs yo undersyand ' he doesn't care if he loses popularity. His intentions are for no more elections
With ICE funded at the level of a major national army, and with their loyalty given only to Trump, anyone who assumes we will have free and fair elections in 2026 is not paying attention.
And what makes you think he will allow an election that he or his party loses?
Huh, for some obscure reason that I can’t quite fathom, no one within a system in which every single piece, every one, from the courts on down, has been absolutely polluted and corrupted, seems to be terribly concerned about elections, which naturally, happen to be the only part of it that has remained as pure as the driven snow 🙄, jeez, wonder why that could be…..
Honestly, they aren’t falling fast enough
Too bad that it didn’t take one before 2024 presidential election! The entire country would be in a much place had the felon not been elected, along with his inept MAGA hoard felons!
He is not my President I voted for a beautiful talented woman who would have watched over our country but helped all our Allies succeed. People Power United and Indivisible are going to keep fighting for our democracy and the rights of all individuals and families
They haven't fallen enough to suit me. I find it very disappointing that his base is still hanging in there, a little.
He doesn’t care about the poll numbers. He hates our country. His goal is destruction of all we hold dear. A sad 4th for me. 💙🇺🇸
Is he SO demented by now that ALL of this is being pushed through by mller/vance/johnson without the orange knowing what's even in this piece of crap? While HE thinks he's going to sign his 'perfect' bill and rants on about giving Americans tax relief and more money in their pockets, the other insane creeps around him are literally doing the exact opposite and BECAUSE he can't/doesn't read, he'll sign anything? I've no idea, I still think it's all his abject cruelty (as well as miller's) and thirst for vengeance against anyone who doesn't 'luv' him, but COULD this be a part of it?
Yes, I think so.