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LymphocyteLover

(8,141 posts)
Sat May 24, 2025, 09:18 AM May 24

Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' Should Doom the GOP. But It Will Doom Many Americans Too

"The good news is that the GOP’s budget bill is a political suicide pact. And more power to them. Oblivion could not happen to a more odious bunch of people.

The tragically bad news, however, is that it is not just a suicide pact. It is a murder-suicide pact. It may end Republican careers, but it will also end tens of thousands of American lives. Many more will suffer."

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-should-doom-the-gop-but-it-will-doom-many-americans-too/


"No other developed nation in the world would tolerate the monstrosity that is the GOP's Murder-Suicide Pact with America. It's time to face the fact that virtually every other leading democracy on the planet serves their people better than we do here."

No other developed nation in the world would tolerate the monstrosity that is the GOP's Murder-Suicide Pact with America. It's time to face the fact that virtually every other leading democracy on the planet serves their people better than we do here. My latest. www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-big-b...

David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf.bsky.social) 2025-05-22T15:23:30.516Z
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Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' Should Doom the GOP. But It Will Doom Many Americans Too (Original Post) LymphocyteLover May 24 OP
No it won't because there will be no more elections (or they will be meaningless.) PSPS May 24 #1
there will be meaningful elections. That clause is terrible but it's not going to destroy our LymphocyteLover May 25 #2

LymphocyteLover

(8,141 posts)
2. there will be meaningful elections. That clause is terrible but it's not going to destroy our
Sun May 25, 2025, 07:53 AM
May 25

democracy.

Courts hardly issue contempt citations anyway.

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