By Michael Woyton
The Senate just passed one of the most unpopular pieces of legislation ever — the magaGOP budget bill — that will increase the national debt more than $3 trillion and remove health care for at least 17 million Americans, while giving billionaires a massive tax cut.
Granted, the bill only passed because Shady Vance broke the 50-50 tie, and it’s being said that it is uncertain whether the House will be able to pass the revised budget, but come on.
Does anyone doubt that the magaGOPs in the House will find a way to murkowski their way into rationalizing a “yes” vote and then scamper back to their districts to say to their constituents that it’s a good thing many of them will see their Medicaid and food assistance funds disappear?
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Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska actually can go back to her state and say that her vote in favor of the budget will benefit her constituents.
She got carveouts including a special tax deduction for captains of whaling boats that allowed her to screw over the rest of America by voting for the budget.
I’m certain the 2.3 million Californians, the 1.6 million Texans, the 1 million New Yorkers and many, many others in the United States who will lose their health care will be content with blubber prices staying reasonable.
And Murkowski had the gall to say post-vote that she thought the bill was “not good enough” for the country.
Then why the hell did you vote for it, Murkowski? Shame on you.
Hell, even Sen. Susan “I’m Concerned” Collins voted against it.
Now is the time to start making those phone calls and writing those emails — especially if your congress person is an R, but also if she or he isn’t. Find your representative here.
According to CNN, an average of four recent polls found the budget bill was 24 points underwater, with 55 percent of Americans opposing it and 31 percent supporting it.
We need to let our representative know that we know they know how bad the bill will be for pretty much everyone in the country except for about 100 of the ultra-wealthy among us who need to be able to rent a few more gondolas for their resort wedding.
I have no faith in this Congress — please prove me wrong.
It’s too bad the magaGOPs don’t love their constituents more than they fear President Donald J. Felon.
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Speaking of the Mad King, he’s going to be getting a whopper of a check from Paramount for $16 million, which is a win in his lawsuit railing against 60 Minutes for its Kamala Harris interview.
He is also selling another round of “fragrances” for men and women called “Victory 45-47,” with each 3.3 ounce bottle costing $250. So much for the price of eggs. The scents are part of his licensing deals that are said to worth more than $7 million.
And he still has time to threaten the Democratic candidate for New York City mayor.
The grifter-in-chief on Tuesday said he might throw Zohran Mamdani, who defeated former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo and others for the nomination, in jail. For what? Mamdani said he won’t help federal officials enforce immigration laws.
In a social media post Wednesday the president said, “As President of the United States, I’m not going to let this Communist Lunatic destroy New York.”
The golfer-in-chief “claimed that he will exert his influence over New York City’s direction should Mamdani become mayor,” AL.com reported.
He posted, “Rest assured, I hold all the levers, and have all the cards. I’ll save New York City, and make it ‘Hot’ and ‘Great’ again, just like I did with the Good Ol’ USA!”
BTW, 33,000 jobs were lost in the private sector in June, according to payrolls processing firm ADP.
Dow Jones had polled economists who forecast an increase of 100,000 jobs for the month. Oops.
So much winning.
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Call it what it is: a concentration camp in America.
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