House Republicans refuse to hold a hearing on what it means to cut Medicaid funding by up to $880 billion—so we held our own shadow hearing. The American people deserve to know the truth: if Trump gets his way, millions will lose healthcare. - ThreadSky

repdexteror.bsky.social • 3 days ago

House Republicans refuse to hold a hearing on what it means to cut Medicaid funding by up to $880 billion—so we held our own shadow hearing.

The American people deserve to know the truth: if Trump gets his way, millions will lose healthcare.

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speakeasygirl.bsky.social•20 hours ago

The shadow meetings are EXACTLY what we need right now. Please keep it up!

jennycal.bsky.social•1 day ago

I like the idea of a shaddow cabinet to monitor the actions of the cabinet in detail (as suggested by @timothysnyder.bsky.social). Is this idea already in play in DC?

nopoman.bsky.social•2 days ago

More, please.

How about go to theirs and shut it down?

crowwhisperer.bsky.social•3 days ago

Shadow hearing? Please don’t say we are going to F%#^ Trump again and instead work on better messaging.

reallydebl.bsky.social•2 days ago

Just keep doing what you’re doing. Don’t let tptb dull you down. You have a constituency to answer to just like Glusenkamp-Perez. And you’re in the right

trryjhrrs.bsky.social•3 days ago

This is great. This is what Congressional resistance needs to look like. More of this. More shadow hearings, more caucuses ... more action, more organizing. We're not fighting legislative battles at the moment but political ones. Thank you for all you're doing.

teresamarie1338.bsky.social•3 days ago

Good for you!

heathersshr.bsky.social•3 days ago

It's not just individuals who will lose healthcare, its whole communities. When Medicaid is cut, rural hospitals will close. So even if you are a person who gets health insurance through your employer, you won't have access to care if the nearest hospital is an hour or more away.

mmpvoirdire.bsky.social•2 days ago

If WE don't get a proper budget, you MUST let those pathetic, spineless, maga, Republicans shutdown the government. WE may suffer, but they will have to answer to the people that voted for them... eventually.
Democrats should not bail out the Republicans anymore!!!

rebelwithclue.bsky.social•3 days ago

Thank you! More please!

jerryshaver.bsky.social•3 days ago

Thank you! We need much more of this. Make yourselves the story. Don't let trump and the complicit media frame the narrative.

wildjosh.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thank you. Keep fighting.

sphere10.bsky.social•2 days ago

Hey if this is true, please hold strong. It’s their strategy that sucks, you did the right thing

cstefanoil.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yes! Sounds like you understand the assignment. Thanks for standing up for all of us - all citizens.

jenibpdx.bsky.social•3 days ago

showing up & fighting back!!!… thank you dr dexter!!💪🏼💃🏻🙌🙌

tonyjeswald.bsky.social•3 days ago

Oh, please. Yes, that deadly paddle.

tonyjeswald.bsky.social•3 days ago

Maybe you can write that on a ping-pong paddle and invite someone as a prop when you go to the next SOTU.

Can't wait for the primaries in Oregon.

oeqqabo.bsky.social•3 days ago

She literally got chewed out by leadership for daring to protest Trump. Fuck off asshole

tonyjeswald.bsky.social•3 days ago

Oh, poor baby, she was chewed out for protesting?

Are you one of her constituents? No? I am. You can call me all the names you want, but you don't have a thing to back it up. And clearly neither does Maxine.

oeqqabo.bsky.social•3 days ago

You're incredibly confused. What did she do wrong that she deserves a primary over?

semimccabe.bsky.social•3 days ago

She won her primary against Morales and Jayapal with AIPAC money and the backing of establishment democrats and publications.
She called Republicans in Congress “good people” at her recent Gresham town hall.
She’s not representing a district like OR-05 or OR-06.
She’s representing Portland.

tonyjeswald.bsky.social•3 days ago

dogdamn right, Sparky

tonyjeswald.bsky.social•3 days ago

As you yourself have noted, there was no upside to going to the SOTU. There was certainly no upside in referring to Republicans as "friends." We need action, not performative, pantomimed resistance.

oeqqabo.bsky.social•3 days ago

"we need action" okay but she's one of the few members of Congress out of 535 who actually did try to do something, even if it was insufficient in your eyes, and she suffered consequences for having done it. Now you want to run HER out of office for it. That's counterproductive to your stated goal

johnrafferty.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yes. More of this--and a daily 5PM news roundup by Democratic reps and Senators on the Capitol steps.

Pull news coverage away from the bad guys and show the country what you are doing to fight for it.

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