William Lindsey :toad:<p>Robyn Pennacchia highlights the kind of religion undergirding Republican cruelty under Trump: as she notes, yesterday speaker Mike Johnson, a Southern Baptist, told journalists, </p><p>"His presidency and his life are the fruits of divine providence."</p><p>As German Christian leaders said re: Hitler, Johnson says God has sent Trump to save the nation.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StephenMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StephenMiller</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConcentrationCamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConcentrationCamps</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cruelty</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BigBeautifulBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigBeautifulBill</span></a><br>/19</p><p><a href="https://www.wonkette.com/p/mike-johnson-trump-appointed-by-god" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wonkette.com/p/mike-johnson-tr</span><span class="invisible">ump-appointed-by-god</span></a></p>
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William Lindsey :toad:<p>"'Religion simply as a form of worship, an empty ceremony, and not a vital principle, requiring active benevolence, justice, love and good will towards man.' I fail to see how you can shout glory to God one minute and laugh about the harsh conditions of Alligator Alcatraz the next."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StephenMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StephenMiller</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConcentrationCamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConcentrationCamps</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cruelty</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BigBeautifulBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigBeautifulBill</span></a><br>/18</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"For too long this administration has presented itself as the only defender of Christianity while it engages in merely symbolic gestures like posting Bible verses or publicizing worship services in the White House. Frederick Douglass described this type of performance:"</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StephenMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StephenMiller</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConcentrationCamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConcentrationCamps</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cruelty</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BigBeautifulBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigBeautifulBill</span></a><br>/17</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Their issues with the legislation vary, but they seemingly all note that the ravenous greed at the core of this law threatens to devour the poor.</p><p>I am glad to see this pushback, but none of these policies can be called a surprise. What many feared has become a reality: treating diversity as a threat, dehumanization of migrants & policies that favor the wealthy at the expense of the poor."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StephenMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StephenMiller</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConcentrationCamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConcentrationCamps</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cruelty</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BigBeautifulBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigBeautifulBill</span></a><br>/16</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"In a rare moment of Christian ecumenism, white evangelicals, mainline Protestants, Roman Catholics and Black church leaders agree that there’s no glory to be found in this legislation. They have leveled distinctively religious criticism at Mr. Trump’s signature piece of legislation."</p><p>~ Esau McCaulley</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StephenMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StephenMiller</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConcentrationCamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConcentrationCamps</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cruelty</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BigBeautifulBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigBeautifulBill</span></a><br>/15</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/opinion/trump-republicans-christians.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/07/11/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/trump-republicans-christians.html</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"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."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BigBeautifulBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigBeautifulBill</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/hospitals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hospitals</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> <br>/2</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"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. ...</p><p>Hospitals are closing or actively considering doing so, cutting programs, and laying off staff."</p><p>~ Whitney Curry Wimbish</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BigBeautifulBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigBeautifulBill</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/hospitals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hospitals</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicElites</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TaxCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxCuts</span></a> <br>/1</p><p>People voted for this to be done to themselves and their loved ones.</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Hannah Knowles reports that deep-red rural Trump voters in Curtis, Nebraska, are having to deal with the loss of their only medical clinic, which is shutting down because of the cuts in Medicaid by Trump's administration — for which they voted. </p><p>But blame Trump and themselves for voting for him? Not a chance. The clinic is lying about why it has to close, they say. And nothing Trump does could be anything but wonderful.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BigBeautifulBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigBeautifulBill</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/13/trump-tax-bill-medicaid-rural/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">25/07/13/trump-tax-bill-medicaid-rural/</span></a></p>
🔻Stones of David🔻<p>Trump's BBB: hyper-militarization at home and abroad</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/sfQJXZ1Sl_w" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/sfQJXZ1Sl_w</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BigBeautifulBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigBeautifulBill</span></a> making starvation grate again<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> 🤮<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iran</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/lebanon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lebanon</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/lebanon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lebanon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/yemen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>yemen</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@irannachrichten" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>irannachrichten</span></a></span> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/SettlerColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerColonialism</span></a><br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/AntiImperialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiImperialism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/tiktok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiktok</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/antiPalestinianracism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antiPalestinianracism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/yemen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yemen</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/blackmastodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>blackmastodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/freePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freePalestine</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/GazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/IsraelTerroristState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IsraelTerroristState</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/StopGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopGenocide</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/palestina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palestina</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/StopAIPAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopAIPAC</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/IDFTerrorists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IDFTerrorists</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/DismantleZionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DismantleZionism</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"and, according to the Yale Budget Lab, adding $3tn to the national debt over the next decade, inexorably leading to raised interest rates, which will depress the housing market. These are the harsh, brutal and undeniable realities of Trumpism in the glare of day as opposed to his carnival act about how he will never touch such benefits."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BigBeautifulBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigBeautifulBill</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/hospitals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hospitals</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WomensHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHealth</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <br>/3</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"$1tn in cuts to Medicaid; throwing 17 million people off health coverage closing rural hospitals and women’s health clinics; battering food assistance for families, children and veterans; the virtual destruction of US solar and wind energy manufacturing; limiting access to financial aid for college;"</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BigBeautifulBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigBeautifulBill</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/hospitals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hospitals</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WomensHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHealth</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <br>/2</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Donald Trump’s so-called 'big, beautiful bill', which will eviscerate the living standards, healthcare and aspirations of his white, working-class base, conclusively draws the curtain down on his Maga populist conceit, the most elaborate charade in recent American political history.</p><p>The price will be staggering:"</p><p>~ Sidney Blumenthal</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BigBeautifulBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigBeautifulBill</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/hospitals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hospitals</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WomensHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHealth</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/11/trump-big-beautiful-bill" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/jul/11/trump-big-beautiful-bill</span></a></p>
KB<p>But will his MAGA acolytes have the wit to realise Trump has stitched them up? Unlikely, given that they didn't realise he was a snake before they took him in. Despite all the evidence.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/11/trump-big-beautiful-bill" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/jul/11/trump-big-beautiful-bill</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BigBeautifulBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigBeautifulBill</span></a></p>
The Spectre of Communism 🇵🇸🇾🇪<p>Once again, the parasitic administration of billionaires has chosen to sacrifice the lives of millions of people in the U.S. by choice.</p><p><a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/psl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psl</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/PartyforSocialismandLiberation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PartyforSocialismandLiberation</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/bigbeautifulbill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigbeautifulbill</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>So how do those who cherish this fantasy imagine the nation can feed itself when it deports all those lazy freeloading immigrants and no one is left to harvest the crops that feed us?</p><p>Why, the answer's obvious, isn't it? Once you kick all those other freeloaders off Medicaid, they'll be happy to take the jobs left behind by deported immigrants.</p><p>Won't they? As Robyn says, these fantasists might try doing some math.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BigBeautifulBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigBeautifulBill</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> <br>/3</p>
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"This person is largely imaginary for a variety of reasons starting with the fact that it’s pretty tough to get public assistance of any kind, beyond unemployment, as a single person with no actual disabilities.
They love it, they cherish it, they seethe over it. It is the imagined existence of legions of these people that has motivated them to be the callous, uncaring, empathy-free humans we all know & … well, know."
#Republicans #immigrants #deportations #ICE #BigBeautifulBill #Medicaid
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Robyn Pennacchia notes,
"There is no Republican fantasy more deeply ingrained than that of the lazy, entitled (and traditionally non-white) jackass living off of the government because they don’t want to work — just collecting welfare, SNAP, Medicaid, etc. while eating king crab legs for dinner every night."
#Republicans #immigrants #deportations #ICE #BigBeautifulBill #Medicaid
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Wonkette · But Are There Enough Sick People On Medicaid To Pick All The Tomatoes?By Robyn Pennacchia
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"This is a big deal. Because the FBI is a professionalized organization with strict standards and a well-defined mission while ICE is more or less a national brute squad."
#Trump #ICE #military #BigBeautifulBill #violence #dictatorship
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"While most people spent the budget fight fixated on health care policy, I suspect that in a year we will consider this legislation to be the moment that Trump created his own internal security apparatus: His goal is to have ICE supplant the FBI in national law enforcement."
~ Jonathan V. Last
#Trump #ICE #military #BigBeautifulBill #violence #dictatorship
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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-american-police-state-is-here
The Bulwark · The American Police State Is HereBy Jonathan V. Last
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"Why was a victory lap on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (as stupid as it makes one feel to even say it, that is its official name) the opportunity for an anti-wind rant? Because the bill includes the most aggressive assault on climate action of any legislation in history."
~ Paul Waldman
#Trump #Texas #NWS #NOAA #ClimateChange #BigBeautifulBill
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https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-big-bill-obbb-climate-policy-provisions
Public Notice · The Republican budget is a climate horrorBy Paul Waldman
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