In a razor-thin 215–214–1 vote, the Republican-led House of Representatives has passed their long-anticipated budget reconciliation package, marking a significant—though politically dangerous—victory for Speaker Mike Johnson.
I have MAGA family member who is a veteran. They like punching down but don't realize they are punching themselves in the face or maybe they just don't care as long as Trump hurts the "others". I don't get it.
A lot of Vets will close ranks and form a tribe when times get tough. It's standard operating procedure that goes back centuries for humans. It's a basic way to get a group to focus and cooperate for its own survival. You have to step back, get a wide angle view and strategize. Show them a better way and help them figure it out for themselves. Otherwise they'll probably think they're being played. Read "Never Split the Difference" by Chris Voss. Your tone of voice is very important. "On Killing, The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society" by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman is another good book. Boot Camp and other training gives the psychology to kill a human being. Over 90% don't want to do that. From battle field to street is about 48hrs. Not much deprogramming gets done there. As far as punching down there is a certain amount of 'Thank God it wasn't me' if something happens to someone else. Not nice but there it is. Good Luck.
I’m looking into work Visas in other countries. I don’t trust our government to do what’s in our interest (haven’t for a long time but this is different). I don’t trust POTUS to follow lower court rulings, and I don’t trust SCOTUS to stop him.
I know history and I know what Project 2025 plans for me as a middle aged woman who is the breadwinner with a hidden disability.
You keep posting the same thing over and over and over again. Do you think you are some kind of a big DILL? Or just just the BOT-tom of the barrel trying to look up?
Yes, it’s looking bleak for large sections of our population. Women past childbearing age? Sorry to be so dismally pessimistic, but I think we’re toast. I wish you luck and a chance for a better life.
I trust POTUS to screw us over (even more than is already happening) in every conceivable way, and the SCOTUS already granted him complete immunity from prosecution for any crime he commits in office. Way to go. How could that move possibly go wrong?
And thanks so much to our elected and appointed “guardians of democracy” who accepted contributions from huge corporations and their overlords.
P25 wants us to be caretakers for our grandchildren. Well, newsflash, I don’t have any. The one parent I talk to is 19 years older than I am. I won’t have SSI to take care of her. She’s spending hers.
I also only have one child. I likely won’t have a grandchild because of all of this & more.
Same here. Headed to France. They will probably cut SS to people in foreign countries next. Selling my house to enjoy life with people who must debate a point before they can graduate from secondary school, so their best to keep the environment clean, drive little cars. And have smaller footprint in their world.
We sing this in my Jubilee Singers choir that preserves the music that preserved hope for hundreds of years and in our own time while folks prayed, fought, marched and died to make a better America. Now it’s our turn! Let the bad news put steel in your spine, resolve in your heart and a song of freedom on your lips. As Bob Dylan wrote in “the Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll”,,take the rag away from your face, now ain’t the time for your tears.”
My exact thought. That's a whole lot of Republicans that need voted out. Yes, I realize there's no Republicans left, they have an R after their name. They should change the name officially to party of maga.
"Whigs generally supported higher tariffs, distributing land revenues to states and passing relief legislation in response to the financial panics of 1837 and 1839."
Not WE, maga!! So unless you're maga, then yes, you're doomed to repeat it.
I have just finished reading the book "On Tyranny" by Timothy Snyder. It's a short book which describes to a T for Tyrant what Republicans are enabling our President to do.
Not only is the Big Bad Bill, bad for the poor, it is good for a tyrant. It will effectively eliminate the checks and balances of the judicial branch on Trump. Here is the hidden clause:
“No court of the United States may use appropriated funds to enforce a contempt citation for failure to comply with an injunction or temporary restraining order if no security was given when the injunction or order was issued….”
Translated: No federal court may enforce a contempt citation.
Where can I verify this is written in the bill that passed the House? “No court of the United States may use appropriated funds to enforce a contempt citation for failure to comply with an injunction or temporary restraining order if no security was given when the injunction or order was issued….”
Shouldn’t this be talked about more than, if not as much as, the Medicare/Medicaid and SNAP cuts?
I’ll try my own search but would be nice to get a link please
Please if you're going to write to the Obama's, spell *Barack* correctly. All other grammar I can let go. This isn't simply grammar, it's the spelling of the man's name. Same as pronunciation of Kamala. It's comma la. At the DNC, she had her nieces help people with the correct pronunciation. The least we can do with Former President Obama, is spell his first name correctly. Again, it's Barack & Michelle Obama.
So, basically the underprivileged and the working class is screwed so that the money hoarders can hoard even more. They already have more money than their next 10 generations could ever spend and most of us out here busting our asses can’t afford groceries. Un-fkn-believable.
Exactly well said they can live there rich lives having there fancy dinners and going out to nice restaurants and we work are asses off for our families and can barely afford groceries and pay for health care and they want to take all of this away a bunch of cold blooded snakes
So taxpayers dollars are being used to pay for Trumps golf trips but not for the social services I’ve spent decades paying into. Cool. Are we great again yet?
I mean no disrespect in correcting you, but it was actually economist Professor Paul Krugman who called them "sadistic zombies." It comes from his 2020 book, "Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future".
That's what O'Donnell said. I don't want to say what she was thinking when typing her comment, however, my guess is she left all that all out because she didn't remember who O'Donnell said wrote a book, only that O'Donnell kept repeating that they were sadistic zombies. It was on the screen next to his head. That's what I remember most, too.
That's about right. His episodes are scheduled to appear on the YT notification page, but I didn't have time to watch it. O’Donnell has often put his opinion on the screen and “sadistic zombies” sounds like something he would say. 😆
I get it! I too saw O'Donnell's report on it. I am just providing credit where credit is due. As a researcher and writer it is in my DNA to give proper source citation. The book from which the saying/statement originates looks like an interesting read :)
I didn't remember who wrote the book. O'Donnell had those words beside his head for so long, it was easy to remember those, and that he said something about a book. Thank you for the title and the author! Sounds like an interesting book to read!
No worries. I’m aware that I posted that error. When O’Donnell’s episode appeared on my YT notification page, I noticed “sadistic zombies” on the screen — however, at that moment I saved the episode to watch it later. Moreover, the most critical news item of the day was the Republican tax and spending bill, and given its elements of cruelty—I assumed that was his only reference.
I’m not sure why they pretend to be in this for the greater good and to “make America great” when they are dismantling everything good about our country and no one is stopping them…
Off-topic. My sister's name is Rochelle. Every time I see your name, my breath catches. My sister is maga. Why tf would she be on Aaron's Substack? Then I catch my breath, realizing it's not her. Because, if she's regretting her 3rd vote for trump, surely she'd contact me after years of silence, right? Such fun having maga family members. 🤦♀️
Exactly. Kennedy is removing red dye from foods that children will no longer receive because they’ve stopped school lunch programs and cut SNAP. What a crime.
America is over! He can now do whatever the fuck he wants and the courts cant stop him now. Why do you think GOP voted for this, because they know they're will never be another election!
“They got money for war but can’t feed the poor” -Tupac Shakur
War on the poor.
Something is very wrong when Trump ignores court orders again and again. Why isn’t he put in jail. Where are the law enforcers??
Judges are starting to get fed up with his childish behavior. Sanctions are what's needed. Yesterday wouldn't have been soon enough!
Thankfully Congress is getting fed up with the judges. Even SCOTUS is discussing reigning them in.
Exactly!! 😞😡
As an Aussie, I weep 😭
Whole lot of veterans from more than one war out there.
I have MAGA family member who is a veteran. They like punching down but don't realize they are punching themselves in the face or maybe they just don't care as long as Trump hurts the "others". I don't get it.
Something is very wrong when Trump gets to ignore court orders again and again. Why isn’t he put in jail???
Well, Trump is now flat out taking bribes in plain sight and still nothing. I mean a foreign country is "donating" Air Force One? OMG
I don’t get it either.
A lot of Vets will close ranks and form a tribe when times get tough. It's standard operating procedure that goes back centuries for humans. It's a basic way to get a group to focus and cooperate for its own survival. You have to step back, get a wide angle view and strategize. Show them a better way and help them figure it out for themselves. Otherwise they'll probably think they're being played. Read "Never Split the Difference" by Chris Voss. Your tone of voice is very important. "On Killing, The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society" by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman is another good book. Boot Camp and other training gives the psychology to kill a human being. Over 90% don't want to do that. From battle field to street is about 48hrs. Not much deprogramming gets done there. As far as punching down there is a certain amount of 'Thank God it wasn't me' if something happens to someone else. Not nice but there it is. Good Luck.
Something is very wrong when Trump gets to ignore court orders again and again. Why isn’t he in jail. Where are the law enforcers??
Something is very wrong when Trump ignores court orders again and again. Why isn’t’t he in jail???
How many times are you going to post the same thing?
Something is very wrong when Trump gets to ignore court orders again and again. Why isn’t he in jail?? Where are the law enforcers??
😡😡😡😡😡
God blessing 'em ain't gonna put food in their mouths.
Be gone, bot
Why? The states are better positioned to serve their own people more effectively than the feds.
This news is like waking up November 6 to the news Kamala and Tim Lost. I am crying! 73 years old and I am devastated!
These people never helped to build America, but they sure know every crooked move to tear apart our country.
PROJECT 2025 spells Genocide
True
https://web.archive.org/web/20241005200542/https://www.project2025.org/truth/
Something is very wrong when Trump ignores court orders again and again. Why is
Damn
Hugs. This is horrible.
Me too Nancy.
Hang in there! We are all in this together. I feel defeated! So many people will be hurt. What will the Senate do now?
Something is wrong when Trump gets to ignore court orders. Where are law enforcers??
That’s the 4 trillion dollar question.
They have said they don't have the votes to pass it in the senate. 🙏
I’m getting off this fucking planet😡😡👺👺👺😢😢😢😢😢
I’m looking into work Visas in other countries. I don’t trust our government to do what’s in our interest (haven’t for a long time but this is different). I don’t trust POTUS to follow lower court rulings, and I don’t trust SCOTUS to stop him.
I know history and I know what Project 2025 plans for me as a middle aged woman who is the breadwinner with a hidden disability.
This is me 💯
I don’t know what to do.
And I don’t look good in red 😢
Something is very wrong when Trump gets to ignore court orders again and again. Why isn’t he jailed???????
I wish I knew. Only thing I can think is he made a deal with the devil. And I’m agnostic.
You keep posting the same thing over and over and over again. Do you think you are some kind of a big DILL? Or just just the BOT-tom of the barrel trying to look up?
Yes, it’s looking bleak for large sections of our population. Women past childbearing age? Sorry to be so dismally pessimistic, but I think we’re toast. I wish you luck and a chance for a better life.
I trust POTUS to screw us over (even more than is already happening) in every conceivable way, and the SCOTUS already granted him complete immunity from prosecution for any crime he commits in office. Way to go. How could that move possibly go wrong?
And thanks so much to our elected and appointed “guardians of democracy” who accepted contributions from huge corporations and their overlords.
Agree
P25 wants us to be caretakers for our grandchildren. Well, newsflash, I don’t have any. The one parent I talk to is 19 years older than I am. I won’t have SSI to take care of her. She’s spending hers.
I also only have one child. I likely won’t have a grandchild because of all of this & more.
But hey, gun silencers are more important.
Somebody is lying to you about P25.
https://web.archive.org/web/20241005200542/https://www.project2025.org/truth/
I'm with you. Our govt failed us miserably
Same here. Headed to France. They will probably cut SS to people in foreign countries next. Selling my house to enjoy life with people who must debate a point before they can graduate from secondary school, so their best to keep the environment clean, drive little cars. And have smaller footprint in their world.
https://web.archive.org/web/20241005200542/https://www.project2025.org/truth/
I will go with you!
Right? I feel like I can't move far enough away from this catastrophe.
“Oh [Maria]don’t you weep
Oh [Maria]don’t you moan
oh [Maria],don’t you weep
Tell Martha not to moan.” 🎶
—Traditional Negro Spiritual
We sing this in my Jubilee Singers choir that preserves the music that preserved hope for hundreds of years and in our own time while folks prayed, fought, marched and died to make a better America. Now it’s our turn! Let the bad news put steel in your spine, resolve in your heart and a song of freedom on your lips. As Bob Dylan wrote in “the Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll”,,take the rag away from your face, now ain’t the time for your tears.”
Thank you! We have to continue to RESIST!
Yes. Another gut punch.
I am 79. I know how you feel.
Something is wrong when Trump ignores court orders again and again. Where are the law enforcers??
Too much waiting
Blue fascism or red fascism, your choice!
Oh my God they just ruined so many things that were great about America 😭😭😭😭
Anyone in government that is not concentrating on helping people in need…should GTFO! 😡
My exact thought. That's a whole lot of Republicans that need voted out. Yes, I realize there's no Republicans left, they have an R after their name. They should change the name officially to party of maga.
This has happened before.
https://www.history.com/articles/whig-party
Guess we are doomed to repeat it. 🤷🏼♂️
"Whigs generally supported higher tariffs, distributing land revenues to states and passing relief legislation in response to the financial panics of 1837 and 1839."
Not WE, maga!! So unless you're maga, then yes, you're doomed to repeat it.
We ALL suffer from MagaNazis…because they are running things .
If your Rep is a maga Nazi, also, do everything in your power to vote them out next year.
lol. Riiiiiiggghhhttt. MAGANAZIS hate facts and reality! My bad. Fool.
Good God. From May? How to tell a paid subscriber from someone who's not 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻
Something is very wrong when Trump gets to ignore court orders again and again. Why isn’t he put in jail?
OMG HORRIFIC
It also limits judiciary power
Yes this what they really want more power to the chief
Yes! Tucked away in there. This is horrible.
How so? Not disputing, but im asking i had not heard this part.
Jo MaceNRO, Professor Robert Reich (@robertreich) explains how the bill limits judiciary power here: https://substack.com/home/post/p-164132842
Thank you
Thank you
I just read the clause below!! It’s horrific
Right but how bc u can't change the constitution with a bill
I have just finished reading the book "On Tyranny" by Timothy Snyder. It's a short book which describes to a T for Tyrant what Republicans are enabling our President to do.
Not only is the Big Bad Bill, bad for the poor, it is good for a tyrant. It will effectively eliminate the checks and balances of the judicial branch on Trump. Here is the hidden clause:
“No court of the United States may use appropriated funds to enforce a contempt citation for failure to comply with an injunction or temporary restraining order if no security was given when the injunction or order was issued….”
Translated: No federal court may enforce a contempt citation.
The House is rushing us into Tyranny...
Where can I verify this is written in the bill that passed the House? “No court of the United States may use appropriated funds to enforce a contempt citation for failure to comply with an injunction or temporary restraining order if no security was given when the injunction or order was issued….”
Shouldn’t this be talked about more than, if not as much as, the Medicare/Medicaid and SNAP cuts?
I’ll try my own search but would be nice to get a link please
Okay, I’m seeing the MeidasTouch network covering this 👍
America as we know it is gone.
Please if you're going to write to the Obama's, spell *Barack* correctly. All other grammar I can let go. This isn't simply grammar, it's the spelling of the man's name. Same as pronunciation of Kamala. It's comma la. At the DNC, she had her nieces help people with the correct pronunciation. The least we can do with Former President Obama, is spell his first name correctly. Again, it's Barack & Michelle Obama.
It's not being "judgey" to point out you've misspelled the 44th president's name.
So, basically the underprivileged and the working class is screwed so that the money hoarders can hoard even more. They already have more money than their next 10 generations could ever spend and most of us out here busting our asses can’t afford groceries. Un-fkn-believable.
Exactly well said they can live there rich lives having there fancy dinners and going out to nice restaurants and we work are asses off for our families and can barely afford groceries and pay for health care and they want to take all of this away a bunch of cold blooded snakes
Turning billionaires into trillionaires.
Senate must stop this from ever reaching the president.
But will they. I have no faith in anyone in DC anymore. My own senators are MIA.
They won't. Trump will be King. Makes me sick.
So taxpayers dollars are being used to pay for Trumps golf trips but not for the social services I’ve spent decades paying into. Cool. Are we great again yet?
I feel like I'm in a never ending nightmare 😔
Lawrence O’Donnell called Trump, Musk, and the bastards who passed the bill “sadistic zombies.”
I mean no disrespect in correcting you, but it was actually economist Professor Paul Krugman who called them "sadistic zombies." It comes from his 2020 book, "Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future".
That's what O'Donnell said. I don't want to say what she was thinking when typing her comment, however, my guess is she left all that all out because she didn't remember who O'Donnell said wrote a book, only that O'Donnell kept repeating that they were sadistic zombies. It was on the screen next to his head. That's what I remember most, too.
That's about right. His episodes are scheduled to appear on the YT notification page, but I didn't have time to watch it. O’Donnell has often put his opinion on the screen and “sadistic zombies” sounds like something he would say. 😆
I get it! I too saw O'Donnell's report on it. I am just providing credit where credit is due. As a researcher and writer it is in my DNA to give proper source citation. The book from which the saying/statement originates looks like an interesting read :)
I didn't remember who wrote the book. O'Donnell had those words beside his head for so long, it was easy to remember those, and that he said something about a book. Thank you for the title and the author! Sounds like an interesting book to read!
No worries. I’m aware that I posted that error. When O’Donnell’s episode appeared on my YT notification page, I noticed “sadistic zombies” on the screen — however, at that moment I saved the episode to watch it later. Moreover, the most critical news item of the day was the Republican tax and spending bill, and given its elements of cruelty—I assumed that was his only reference.
that's kind
We. Are. Fucked
Hateful and creating problems instead of sound solutions. Our healthcare system will be in a downward spiral.
I’m not sure why they pretend to be in this for the greater good and to “make America great” when they are dismantling everything good about our country and no one is stopping them…
they say it to keep their cult followers in line.
Off-topic. My sister's name is Rochelle. Every time I see your name, my breath catches. My sister is maga. Why tf would she be on Aaron's Substack? Then I catch my breath, realizing it's not her. Because, if she's regretting her 3rd vote for trump, surely she'd contact me after years of silence, right? Such fun having maga family members. 🤦♀️
Sadly Terry I have MAGA “family” as well. It’s truly sad they can’t see what is happening to our country.
I'm confused - how do you make America healthy if they can't go to the doctor or eat food?
Exactly. Kennedy is removing red dye from foods that children will no longer receive because they’ve stopped school lunch programs and cut SNAP. What a crime.
they are making america healthy by getting rid of all the unhealthy people. that is the plan.
If we’re dead, we don’t need medical attention or food.
What a cluster F I am so disgusted It is going to take forever to recover from this, if we ever do.
America is over! He can now do whatever the fuck he wants and the courts cant stop him now. Why do you think GOP voted for this, because they know they're will never be another election!
Remember, Senate hasn't passed this. This isn't shit, till Senate passes it.