It will take years to reverse what this man is doing to our country and way of life.
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It will take years to reverse what this man is doing to our country and way of life.
Pam Bondi has hailed as a hero and dismissed charges against a doctor who: Injected children with placebo instead of COVID19 vaccine Destroyed $28,000 worth of taxpayer-funded COVID19 vaccines Sold fake vaccination cards so people could avoid the vaccine His license is still active in Utah.
Modern day concentration camps. Next the US population will be sewing logos on clothing to indicate national / ethnic origin.
Very helpful.
Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie. One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears. They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
Shame on you Lisa Murkowski-the carve outs for Alaska that whipped your vote should have been available for all the other states, better yet, the need for them shouldn't have been necessary. You helped Alaska and screwed the nation.
Now all those who voted for trump and his congressional acolytes will see who this government is for. We will be a poorer, sicker and more hateful nation. The amendments added to this bill make it one of the worst bills to hit the floor; the Alaska carve outs for Murkowski's vote, case in point.
Now all those who voted for trump and his congressional acolytes will see who this government is for. We will be a poorer, sicker and more hateful nation. The amendments added to this bill make it one of the worst bills to hit the floor; the Alaska carve outs for Murkowski's vote, case in point.
Funny how all the Republicans who buck trump and are running for reelection just up and quit rather than fight to try to get reelected. Add Tillis to the list of politicians who lack the intestinal fortitude to stand up to the cult and for democracy.
Didn't trump and his republican party run on state's rights? I guess it is only when the state and their policies suit them.
Unfortunately Senator Fetterman lost some of his cognitive abilities when he had his most recent medical event.
The "Roberts Court" will forever be know as a major participant in the destruction of the United States of America.
Forget rural hospitals and emergency rooms, forget urban hospitals in low income areas, forget not for profits who serve the disabled population, forget nursing homes and rural rehab centers, but free health care for congress will continue to exist.
Let's face it Fox News under Roger Ailes created and propitiates this mess each and every day with their reporting, or lack there of.
They all speak out before they retire after being threatened by trump. Why doesn't any one see if a primary challenge will defeat them-what do they have to lose?
When did masks become a uniform regulation for law enforcement- when trump and his assistant chief of staff miller created a US Gestapo state. Each one of these incidents only point to a very painful direction this nation as a whole is taking.
Health care in the US, as we know it, will forever be changed by trump and the Republican led Senate and House. If you read the bill and the cuts line by line you can only be disgusted with what is being proposed. Notice no one took away or limited the money for Congress' health care plan.
51 % of the population knew what they were getting when they voted for trump, they did not know about who he would appoint as cabinet members and advisors. However, the Senators knew who these people were and they appointed them thus the same. The problem isn't just trump!
16 million people will be going. to emergency rooms for their immediate health care-unfortunately medicaid cuts will eliminate the number of hospitals that will remain opened.
There is no way any independent or democrat amendment will be added to this bill with Republicans in control. It is time for you and other like minded representatives to push third party candidates for both houses of Congress. Only then will we be able to have meaningful bills.
Look at the line by line accounting of this bill and if you have any respect for your fellow citizens then you will only be sickened by what is being proposed in this bill and the senate's amendments.
You can predict the decision already-the "donor class" will saturate the Republican Party coffers. It will definitely be time for a third party if this decision goes as we all expect.
Agreed, but are we sure that all of these "agents" are federal employees? How many of these raids are performed by vigilantes posing as ICE? Wouldn't be surprised if Homeland Security hired the Proud Boys as subcontractors.
I worked for a" Blue state" agency who serviced the developmentally disabled population. The predominate funding for that massive agency was Medicaid. Reductions to medicaid means reduction in services for the people with the most need. Shame on you!
Nothing like draining the swamp and filling it up with your own muck.
Nothing like draining the swamp and filling it up with your own muck!
Trump just cancelled a classified House briefing on the Iran strikes with zero explanation. The real reason? He claims he destroyed “all nuclear facilities and capability;” his team knows they can’t back up his bluster and BS. Here's what they're scared we'll ask: 🧵
God bless this woman. She is a hero. Every damn word 🔥 The only thing I’d add: call the local police and report the group of men impersonating ICE and the attempted kidnapping—while they’re still lurking around.
Has there ever been an administration that has more conflicts of interest than the Trump Administration?
Has there ever been an administration that has more conflicts of interest than the Trump Administration?
Why not find more money by eliminating an agency like FEMA for tax breaks for millionaires and funding for more ICE agents to deport innocent people and set up determent camps and staff them. You couldn't write a dystopian novel like we are living in now.
Wild fire and hurricane seasons are beginning-what will happen to this country when Federal assistance is unavailable? Does Congress agree with trump that the states will have to supply the resources to deal with disasters? With what money?
Detaining the immigrants that are trying to comply with the law.
It is time to remember that a dead fish rots from the head down.
Is he first now realizing that immigrants who are trying to provide for their families, are the ones working in jobs and industries that no born and raised American citizen would be caught dead doing? How can this man sleep at night?
A decision to be made from a man who promised no more wars for the US to participate in, who wants to be an isolationist, and makes enemies of our allies. Israel does not have bunker busters, nor the B2 Bomber to deploy the munition-was all this leading up to us dropping the bomb a proxy war?
Does anything shock the conscience of this country anymore? I am starting to believe that the only shock and awe the majority of people feel is from reality shows.
But Cuban would be a good foil to a Vance running.
We have to take back the House and Senate, then you can elect any president. Let's remember when a Dem was in the white house, first term were struggles, second terms, nothing gets done because every bill was blocked by Republicans and nominations to the courts and to agencies were blocked .
Everything Lander said was true, arrests without warrants, ICE arresting American citizens is illegal. How do we allow ICE to to loiter in Immigration courts in order to pick up immigrants that are showing up legally for hearings?
The world is blowing up and trump is only worried about deporting innocent immigrants and branding telephones!
Don't forget that now the trump organization is starting a crypto mining company. It is time to add up the total amount of money this president has made since January.
One wonders whether this is a proxy war for Donald Trump.
Alex with the Porta Potty Score!
Glad for this ruling, however, I don't think we need a judge to tell us that the trump administration is discriminating against minorities and the LGBTQ community. Now let's rule to reinstate transgender personnel back to their military branches of service.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/o...
Masking up and "giving hell" are exactly what trump and his acolytes want so he can call in the military and prove immigrants and their supporters cause violence, looting and property destruction. Peaceful, safe protests are needed.
trump has disliked Newsom and Bass ( as a congresswoman), since his first term in office, so he has the perfect storm to call in the military and create the disruption that he loves.
At all his press conferences he is barely articulate, what makes anyone think he can read anything that is put on his desk?
Guess this policy was not in place on Jan 6th of his last term in office!
Kids repeat and act emulating their parents. If 50% of the American public feels this way, 50% of the kids will likewise. Unfortunate, but true. Schools are hard pressed to reverse this behavioral trend, just look at the bullying statistics. Hatred is running amok in our society.
trump is a one man wreaking ball to democracy and RFK Jr. is a one man wreaking ball to American's future health.
trump is a one man wreaking ball to democracy and RFK Jr. is a one man wreaking ball to American's future health.
Merrick Garland was a disappointment on many fronts, a very inactive Attorney General= Analysis paralysis.
The breakdown is very close to how people voted in the last presidential election.
This is another step towards trump declaring marshal law when he deems appropriate.
"Nobody’s going to spit on our police officers. Nobody’s going to spit on our military,” Mr. Trump stated about LA protest. But yet he did not say that about Jan 6th march on the Capital and he pardons those insurrectionists. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/u...
Military parades, using the military against protesting US citizens in our country, declaring sanctions against news agencies and universities who disagree with the policies of our current government; is this America?
This has always been trump's intention, to use the Military to suppress protests. He wanted to do the same his first term and General Miley refused. Now he has a Cabinet and agency staff that are all "yes" men. We must maintain peaceful protests and quell his attempts.
When did news agencies stop independently reporting the facts of the news? When did the network heads start fearing doing so? If we lose the freedom of the press and capitulate to trump or anyone else who disagrees with that reporting we will lose our democracy.
This administration has difficulty dealing with the most important issues that each agency or department is responsible for. No one would object if people who traffic drugs or humans were deported, but Miller paints a broad brush and deports anyone that doesn't look like him.
The Supreme Court and Congress are giving license to these actions. We cannot do a heck of a lot about the SC, but voters can vote out any congressperson up for reelection who did not speak out about these atrocities.
And how many other things in this bill don't we know about?
A sickening waste of tax payers money for the self aggrandizement of a very troubled president.
This man will now have your personal social security number and information due to a recent Supreme Court expedited decision. The man behind the man.
This man will now have your personal social security number and information due to a recent Supreme Court expedited decision.
I guess there is nothing more important in this world going on that our government is occupied with? The only thing McMahon knows about accreditation is giving championship belts to fake wrestlers.
I am sure Pete Hegseth is right on top of this.
So besides being an economist, trump now is an accreditation authority? With all the problems in this country and globally why is he wasting his time fighting with universities when it could be better spent establishing more bitcoins.
The affect of these cuts to projects supported by the NIH will be devastating in the long run to scientific/medical advancement. When you read why some of these grants were cut or delayed, you should be outraged. How does this make America great? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
And trump cut how many people that this program was supposed to replace? Automation works until it doesn't.
Does trump realize that these people are indigenous to the US and his family are the immigrants. Another shameless act.
Does trump realize that these people are indigenous to the US and his family are the immigrants. Another shameless act.
And this tariff benefits who? The US steel company cannot produce anywhere what is needed in this country. And to that fact, has he given out details of the US Steel-Nippon Steel deal yet?
You would have to recall half of congress as they do not read bills before they vote and leave it up to their staff to summarize the bills and advise them. Considering who is making this statement, her staff probably have even less capacity then she does.
This whole immigration deportation movement orchestrated by trump's advisor Stephen Miller is nothing more than a neo- Nazi, White Supremacy infiltration of our government, and both Houses of Congress and the Supreme Court are allowing it to happen.
She was too busy making stock trades while monitoring the latest trump tariff pronouncements.
When you are fighting for the existence of your country you want the best officers in charge of your greatest defense weapon. Unfortunately our commander and chief picks Fox news commentators and barbie dolls.
Since Congress has given up their "power of the purse", it is gratifying to see these big companies using that power against trump and his influence.
My feelings exactly!
Fox news has done more to facilitate trump and his pack of liars since he came down that escalator in trump tower. The MAGA movement feeds off of Fox and anything said on that network is taken as gospel. If any democrat operated like Fox and Truth Social they would be investigated by the FCC.
Hegseth is another in the group of liars, revisionists and hypocrites, and yet a good portion of the US population is fine with all of this.
With all do respect, rhetoric is going to get us absolutely nothing-we need to know how democrats are going to defend democracy and how we are going to restore what trump and DOGE have decimated.
Funny he is trashing this budget-we have not been made privy to how much money is included in this bill, ( from cuts he has made), that is going into contracts with "X" companies. Until then, the hypocrisy train chugs on...
The self aggrandizement of this president continues to disgust me.
I've said this a thousand times already, why haven't congressmen, (and women), been investigated for insider trading since this administration has come to power? Forget conflict of interest-that happens on both sides of the aisle.
How much farm subsidies will trump and his team also cut? Will this be enough to show farmers that they made a stupid mistake voting for him?
How many immigrants in other small towns is this happening to, and when will the people in these towns wake up and realize what they have done by electing this man as president.
A 15% budget cut is surprising since he appointed McMahon to eliminate the department. I guess when trump was shut down by the courts he opted for 15% as better than nothing. Poor, poor simple man wants to surround himself with with illiterate yes men.
The tax breaks for the rich we all know about. It is the hidden added tidbits embedded in the bill that worry me. Considering half of Congress who voted for the bill in the House probably didn't read the bill in its entirety-let us hope the Senate provides a little more scrutiny.
Another well run agency by an empty headed barbie, aka gnome.
How do you even respond to a comment like that?
Is this the United States of America? Why is this administration doing this? We used to protest things like this happening in other countries, now we are showing we are no better than them. Shame on us.
Is this the United States of America? Why is this administration doing this? We used to protest things like this happening in other countries, now we are showing we are no better than them. Shame on us.
Smoke and mirrors by Bessent and Trump. His voters won't realize this until they look into their wallets to pay their bills.
The "MAGA" movement will prove to be the biggest downfall in science, health and innovation for the United States for decades to come.
Love this!
So shocking? This administration is built on lies.
So shocking? This administration is built on lies.
What was with her "tooth fairy" comment. An apology, don't think so.