"Today Trump is fully unbridled. Yet, for the first time, finds himself unable to convince majorities that he’s got a magic economic touch. As the situation deteriorates, he’ll have to either reverse course—changing pretty much everything about the way he’s governing—or else go to even greater lengths to control information and manipulate the public."
#Trump #inflation #groceries #economy #tariffs#TaxCuts#EconomicElites#Medicare#Medicaid#BigBeautifulBill
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"For most of his years in office, Trump has benefitted from unearned public trust in his stewardship of the economy. It even kept him afloat in 2020, as he managed to persuade most Americans that the pandemic-induced recession was an act of god, rather than a crisis he exacerbated through deceit and incompetence."
~ Brian Beutler
#Trump #inflation #groceries #economy #tariffs#TaxCuts#EconomicElites#Medicare#Medicaid#BigBeautifulBill
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"And think of how many times he promised not to cut Medicare or Medicaid, then bullied Republican members of Congress into passing a budget that takes $1 trillion from Medicaid, threatening to deny millions of Americans access to health care and force rural hospitals to close. Meanwhile, cuts to nutrition programs threaten rural grocery stores."
#Trump #inflation #groceries #economy #tariffs#TaxCuts#EconomicElites#Medicare#Medicaid#BigBeautifulBill
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"Trump campaigned as if he had a foolproof plan to reduce grocery prices on day one, but in fact, grocery prices are up 3 percent year-over-year and reached record highs in 2025. In an example of classic Trump gaslighting, he’s telling people the bald-faced lie that prices are 'WAY DOWN.'"
~ Svante Myrick
#Trump #inflation #groceries #economy #tariffs#TaxCuts#EconomicElites#Medicare#Medicaid#BigBeautifulBill
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https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5432719-trump-broken-promises-corruption/
I remember when this happened.
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There's a clip of Biden's final state of the union address, where he mentioned "there are republicans who want to cut Medicare and Medicaid"
Republicans booed, MTG stood up and yelled 'liar', Sen Mike Lee stood up shaking his head 'no'.
Every single one of them voted to cut Medicare and Medicaid.
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#alttext #alt4you#USpol#Biden #medicare #medicaid#StateOfTheUnion#MTG
And the shit hits the fan, after the midterms ... so make use of this plain language summary to inform the public with op ed pieces:
Remember when RFK Jr said he wanted to make lists of autistic people?
Disabled advocates warned that was just the beginning. That the violation of medical privacy would be used for nefarious purposes.
Today the regime announced it’s giving all personally identifiable information of Medicaid enrolees to ICE.
That’s right, ICE bullies will now have access to almost 80 million people’s personal info. This is an atrocious violation of privacy that will no doubt be used to target other groups as well.
It won’t stop with immigrants. It won’t stop with autistic people.
Fascists never stop and we must all fight back.
And the shit hits the fan, after the midterms ... so make use of this plain language summary to inform the public with op ed pieces:
Bill Goodman, a former longtime host of “Kentucky Tonight” on KET-TV, which broadcasts statewide from Lexington, recalled watching a recent episode of his old show that devoted nearly an entire hour to an in-depth conversation about #Medicaid cuts. The guests engaged in reasoned & intricate arguments from opposite sides of the national debate.
“You don’t find that on commercial television,” he said.
#Trump#Republicans#PublicBroadcasting #censorship #authoritarianism #autocracy
Bill Goodman, a former longtime host of “Kentucky Tonight” on KET-TV, which broadcasts statewide from Lexington, recalled watching a recent episode of his old show that devoted nearly an entire hour to an in-depth conversation about #Medicaid cuts. The guests engaged in reasoned & intricate arguments from opposite sides of the national debate.
“You don’t find that on commercial television,” he said.
#Trump#Republicans#PublicBroadcasting #censorship #authoritarianism #autocracy
Remember when RFK Jr said he wanted to make lists of autistic people?
Disabled advocates warned that was just the beginning. That the violation of medical privacy would be used for nefarious purposes.
Today the regime announced it’s giving all personally identifiable information of Medicaid enrolees to ICE.
That’s right, ICE bullies will now have access to almost 80 million people’s personal info. This is an atrocious violation of privacy that will no doubt be used to target other groups as well.
It won’t stop with immigrants. It won’t stop with autistic people.
Fascists never stop and we must all fight back.
"Patients and medical centers are already feeling the pain as several provisions in the GOP’s deadly spending law take immediate effect, either as required or in practice. ...
Hospitals are closing or actively considering doing so, cutting programs, and laying off staff."
~ Whitney Curry Wimbish
#Trump#BigBeautifulBill #hospitals#Medicaid#EconomicElites#TaxCuts
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People voted for this to be done to themselves and their loved ones.
"Planned Parenthood is warning patients it can no longer accept Medicaid insurance & in one region says it can’t provide services to Medicaid recipients at all, even if the patient doesn’t use Medicaid to pay. And lawmakers in at least five states are planning special sessions to revamp their already-enacted budgets & determine how to handle the cuts, including what cuts they should enact and how to administer the new Medicaid work requirement."
"Planned Parenthood is warning patients it can no longer accept Medicaid insurance & in one region says it can’t provide services to Medicaid recipients at all, even if the patient doesn’t use Medicaid to pay. And lawmakers in at least five states are planning special sessions to revamp their already-enacted budgets & determine how to handle the cuts, including what cuts they should enact and how to administer the new Medicaid work requirement."
"Patients and medical centers are already feeling the pain as several provisions in the GOP’s deadly spending law take immediate effect, either as required or in practice. ...
Hospitals are closing or actively considering doing so, cutting programs, and laying off staff."
~ Whitney Curry Wimbish
#Trump#BigBeautifulBill #hospitals#Medicaid#EconomicElites#TaxCuts
/1
People voted for this to be done to themselves and their loved ones.
Dr. Oz Tells Americans Who Are Concerned About #Medicaid Cuts to Eat Less Cake. And then he wonders why he lost the Senate election in #Pennsylvania. https://truthout.org/articles/dr-oz-tells-americans-who-are-concerned-with-medicaid-cuts-to-eat-less-cake/?utm_source=Truthout&utm_campaign=269e477e30-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_07_14_08_42&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bbb541a1db-269e477e30-651072241#Trump#PoliticianFootInMouthDisease
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