This time last year all republicans were screaming that the sky was falling due to our fiscal issues. They get in power and first thing they do is put us 30 trillion dollars deeper in a whole by shoveling cash to the top 1% pockets.
The consequences not only here but for the USA using Moody’s are going to be atrocious, now the USA can’t get loans from anyone. They were very clear about it. Plus now without allies is going to be worst for the country
I don’t think anyone in the GOP realizes how bad this will be and won’t realize it until it’s too late to save their careers. Their fault for being such pathetic spineless cowards
They don’t realize that once the king croaks (or even before then if he decides to cast them out), they’ll have no way of denying everything they’ve done. It’ll be their legacy and the citizens of America will make sure they always remember that
Sorry for the typo, it should read “…they realise how bad it’ll be for the citizens…”
And since they don’t have any experience with Kings, autocrats and the likes, and maybe not even with narcissists, plenty of them will get seriously hurt, maybe not physically but otherwise.
Weird how "patriots" stopped calling themselves "constitutional originalists" the moment their rallying cry became "Screw Due Process!"
What Cons say is different from what they do. "Clean" and "single issue bills are only demanded when Dems are in charge. Same with blowing up our deficit.
Every time the US had its credit rating reduced, Republicans held the house. The house holds the coin purse (fiscal policy, except this time they gave Trump tariff power).
Just disgustingly gross that they chanted “USA” at it’s passing while they ignored 70% of ALL of their constituents in order to give Trump more power & please the top 1%, while the rest of America shoulders the burden.
Sadly I know this feeling as well. I’ve already called my rep John Rose this morning to call him a coward. Between the federal government and TN GOP everyday feels like you are fighting off the government from actively hurting you and your family.
Anyone from N. CAROLINA? Apparently Sen. Tillis wants to keep the clean energy manufacturing credits-- tell him you agree... From ALASKA? Both Senators aren't happy with the medicaid cuts. If we get those 3, Rand Paul and ALL the Dems there's a chance to scuttle this madness...
I called my representative last night at midnight. It was too late though. Zero benefit to call my Senator. Pete Ricketts. I might as well be calling Felon Trump
Won't help...have you met mine? Rick Scott and Ashley Moody. They are as dirty as they come. Since I wrote to Moody a couple months ago, I've been getting spammed with her maga crap. Wish I could help. Floridians leaning on other, more reasonable states to help please.
Called and emailed mine. Also contacted the house reps to tell them their job is not done. Now they need to examine the bill in detail and put the info out to their constituents. No reason the House can't help the Senate.
Lindsay Graham and Tim Scott? I email and call them all the time.
They. Don’t. Care.
All they care about is their own power and staying in office. The House could pass a bill nullifying the constitution, and my Senators would vote for it if it meant they could keep their seats.
That's effectively what they just did by nullifying the courts ability to enforce contempt. That means their rulings are basically meaningless and everything they're doing to stand up to the executive branch falls flat, and with the legislative branch not standing up at all...
It’s horrific, I know. My only hope is that the courts will rule that provision unconstitutional, as they should. But that would take years, if it ever makes it that far. In the meantime, the courts could be cowed and do nothing.
The problem, as you said, it can take years, but not only that, even IF they take it up and rule it unconstitutional, the fact that the bill kneecaps enforcement of contempt, if people disregard such a court ruling, it circles back to not being able to enforce the contempt.
There is no point in calling anyone. The GOP Senate is passing this by a simple majority vote. No Senator is going to stand up to Trump. They literally fear for their lives.
I have Baldwin and Moron Johnson. Baldwin will vote against it but Moron doesn't care as it will make him richer and he is nothing more than a checkbox to vote party line.
Here's a thought .. put up protest signs across from their offices.
Use sidewalk chalk and put messages on the sidewalk in front of their office.
Always use caution : take a secondary phone, not your usual one
Wear a mask and polarized sunglasses. (Cheap dollarama ones).
Be safe.
The bill passing directly kills Americans, so I will spend my life advocating that all 215 monsters who voted for this receive their due process, and then an execution for treason.
Nothing is more vile than a leader willfully killing those who gave them power.
Anytime I call my Republican member of Congress I just get lied to by his staffers about him not supporting cuts to Medicaid. And then he goes ahead and votes for it anyway I’m tired of the bullshit. There’s only one way they’re gonna pay attention.
It's not hard to understand. All the concealed hate, bigotry, and elitism they've hidden from constituents has been given permission to reveal itself by this administration. It's no different from people overlooking what Hitler did to kill millions. Today's Republican is the latest form of Nazi.
5calls.org asap starting friday 9 am. keep calling those senators, especially the nazis. BUT ALSO democrats...because you never know.
hide your number and call a neighboring state's nazi senator just so they hear more angry voices.
The f*&king problem is that we already got democratic senators on record saying that they'll vote "yes" no matter what, if it'll avoid a shutdown. It's disgusting and disgraceful.
hopefully dems stay unified in HELL NO and show the few republicans afraid of consequences from the president (the fact there even IS fear of reprisal is just fucking nuts and the most obvious evidence that this IS already a dictatorship) that they are not, in fact, alone in their objections
Wtf. Democracy is dead. My grandfather had 2 purple hearts in WW11. My dad faught in Vietnam. Sadly he voted MAGA like most brainwashed boomers. They voted for this shit. Now they will watch their kids and grandkids suffer a racist dictator. So much fascist shit written in this bill.
Every gop lawmaker needs to be hounded. Post addresses phone numbers family members etc. No peace for these fuckers they need to face angry citizens everywhere they go, dinner out, events, wherever they are they need to be told what pieces of shit they are. Never forget what republicans are doing.
Because what was the need for basic human rights. The rich stay on top, and the rest of us get walked on over. Long leave freedom behind and making America great again or something like that. We are in new dark times.
You act surprised. We knew they could, we knew they were going to. The things Ds have been doing are too little, too late, too ineffective. Calling representatives, getting arrested at their town halls, doesn’t do much. REAL organization is necessary!
Find out where your senator will be this Memorial Day weekend and tell them you will not elect them in 2026 UNLESS THEY REJECT THE HOUSE’S ‘BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL’
These Senators will be up for reelection! This bill makes Trump King!
i just received my first EVER non-auto response email from one of my senators;
” After conversations with Ohioans and listening to extended debate on the budget resolution from both sides of the aisle, I voted in favor of moving the budget process forward.”
and will get pushed through the senate in no time, still believe this will be voted out or that the Dems are on your side? Capitalism working exactly like it was designed to work.
they’re hurting so many people it’s inevitable they will hurt the wrong person/people who feel they have nothing to live for anymore- I don’t think this ends well down the road for republicans
The representatives who voted for this to make it through the house need to be pulled up HARD by their constituents - our futures and the futures of our youth are being damned in exchange for the empty promise of political power for these corrupt goblins.
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This is a budget reconciliation bill. It's supposed to be limited to matters of budget alone, but it contains much language (often called "riders") that has nothing to do with the budget, some of it harmful or potentially so.
The Byrd Rule (look it up) is used to prevent such non-budgetary
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language from being included in a reconciliation bill. As I understand it, the Senate Parliamentarian can raise objections to such riders based on the Byrd Rule, but the presiding officer can overrule that objection, though that is apparently not commonly done.
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In terms of the draconian cuts to Medicaid and other essential social benefits programs, those are budgetary in nature and will likely survive Senate consideration proceedings. The only recourse seems to be to convince enough Senators (R & D) to vote no that the bill will not pass.
Devastating! How can we show up the Senate and what can we do if it goes through. This will allow the Trump to do whatever they want and give him the power over this country. I don’t know if this can be undone.
Hey @altnps.bsky.social last time guy won ALL 7 swing states was 40 years ago..Reagan won 49/50 states. When are we going to talk about the election NOT being organic. THAT is the CORE story behind EVERYTHING happening. 4,143 counties in the US..88 flipped blue to red.ZERO flipped red to blue..ZERO
I work as an instructor at Job Corps and we're on the precipice of being completely shut down. 30k young Americans that will be put back out onto the streets or worse. To say nothing of the thousands of staff that will be facing unemployment during this economy.
Unlikely. It was already questionable. Then in this dead of night session, it moved further *away* from where the senate has been indicating they would want
Nah. Noind trick. Just his bog standard, tried and true mob boss bullying. They fear him more than than constituents. But thats less the case in the senate. Because they need to win entires stats, not just small gerrymandered hyperpartisan districts, the senate tends to swing a lot more moderate.
Wake up everyone… 2A is the only answer. Stop wasting time. People are about to die. Arm yourself. A revolution is not stern letters and pEaCeFuL PrOteSt…
Honestly, I don't know how it could reasonably have been stopped. Desperately hoping we can maintain enough control over our election process to have one last shot at voting in a full Blue Congress (and I mean a True Blue, not a wolf in sheep's clothing)
Either that or they feel this won't be exposed in the media. They're terrified that if it is, they'll become pariahs in their own cities. The truth should be told.
Not necessarily. The most destructive things have me thinking this is being done with full expectation of Dems sweeping into power.
Why? Because so much of this would take years or decades to fix, and damage to the economy means Dems cannot repair/create or, worst case, may preside over a default.
Meanwhile, Dems will not be able to spend much due to blown up deficit levels and tax revenues will be low due to IRS evisceration, state bankruptcy, and widespread cratering of key industries/employment sources.
the cynical view of “it’s because they won’t hold fair elections” needs to give way to the more likely view of “they think dear leader will protect them and they’re too stupid to consider how it’ll backfire on them.” But backfire on them it will. We all need to make sure of that
The Ball is in the Senate's Court now. Let's see if 20 States' Republican senators stick to their guns to not let it pass. Sadly, I'm not surprised my State is all for it, because a huge part of the bill is allowing public land in Utah and Nevada to be sold.
When was it, a couple years ago one of the republican governors said “if you take away their help then they will be forced to go to work”
It’s inhumane to treat people this way.
This isn't the time for criticizing! Have some respect!
Just kidding. This is the perfect time for that exact criticism. This isn't the first time a dem refusing to leave then dying has caused a major problem
There needs to be upper age limits for so many reasons
The French have a lot more balls than Americans. And most of the people in the resistance are women— we need some militant feminists leading the way. Peaceful protests clearly do not work.
It definitely is the idea, along with maximizing their profits. It really doesn’t make me feel any better to know that, either. I suffer too much every day to deal with even more bs.
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And since they don’t have any experience with Kings, autocrats and the likes, and maybe not even with narcissists, plenty of them will get seriously hurt, maybe not physically but otherwise.
What Cons say is different from what they do. "Clean" and "single issue bills are only demanded when Dems are in charge. Same with blowing up our deficit.
Every time the US had its credit rating reduced, Republicans held the house. The house holds the coin purse (fiscal policy, except this time they gave Trump tariff power).
They will fold like a wet napkin again.. then send out a fundraising email blast the next day claiming they need help to "fight trump".
https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm?Class=1
Under "Senators of the 119th Congress"
...use the menus to "Find Your Senators"
...to locate their contact information.
https://www.senate.gov/general/contacting.htm
They. Don’t. Care.
All they care about is their own power and staying in office. The House could pass a bill nullifying the constitution, and my Senators would vote for it if it meant they could keep their seats.
Steve Rattner
Use sidewalk chalk and put messages on the sidewalk in front of their office.
Always use caution : take a secondary phone, not your usual one
Wear a mask and polarized sunglasses. (Cheap dollarama ones).
Be safe.
Nothing is more vile than a leader willfully killing those who gave them power.
Justice will come.
Maybe the senate can kill it but I bet they won't.
Reoiblicans days are numbered.
hide your number and call a neighboring state's nazi senator just so they hear more angry voices.
Hogg was right.
If you live in one of these states:
Find out where your senator will be this Memorial Day weekend and tell them you will not elect them in 2026 UNLESS THEY REJECT THE HOUSE’S ‘BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL’
These Senators will be up for reelection! This bill makes Trump King!
” After conversations with Ohioans and listening to extended debate on the budget resolution from both sides of the aisle, I voted in favor of moving the budget process forward.”
lying jerk.
This is a budget reconciliation bill. It's supposed to be limited to matters of budget alone, but it contains much language (often called "riders") that has nothing to do with the budget, some of it harmful or potentially so.
The Byrd Rule (look it up) is used to prevent such non-budgetary
language from being included in a reconciliation bill. As I understand it, the Senate Parliamentarian can raise objections to such riders based on the Byrd Rule, but the presiding officer can overrule that objection, though that is apparently not commonly done.
In terms of the draconian cuts to Medicaid and other essential social benefits programs, those are budgetary in nature and will likely survive Senate consideration proceedings. The only recourse seems to be to convince enough Senators (R & D) to vote no that the bill will not pass.
so they all should have absolutely no problem finding another job immediately
that pays them enough to actually survive on
riiiight?
https://resist.bot/petitions/PXKWVO
Also have any provisions in the bill been scrapped?
Call Congress
202 224-3121
Point to specifics.
Don’t let them talk around you.
It's times like these you give and give again
It's times like these you learn to love again
It's times like these time and time again"
https://youtu.be/cEiIN3e_QW0?feature=shared
Why? Because so much of this would take years or decades to fix, and damage to the economy means Dems cannot repair/create or, worst case, may preside over a default.
So fucked. Literally panicking cause you know they will start with detransition or get deported
Terrified. Need to escape this country
It’s inhumane to treat people this way.
You heard that right. But there is no money to feed hungry kids school lunch.
Steve Rattner
Just kidding. This is the perfect time for that exact criticism. This isn't the first time a dem refusing to leave then dying has caused a major problem
There needs to be upper age limits for so many reasons