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RonSupportsYou<p>According to Matthew Yglesias, Trump's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigUglyBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigUglyBill</span></a> will have many harmful effects, including causing "nearly 11 million people to lose their health insurance, create an energy shortage, raise the prices you pay every day, and increase the national debt by $3 trillion." <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/recklessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recklessness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>"As the Senate debates the GOP's One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and Pres. Donald Trump pushes for a July 4 deadline to sign it, voters 53 - 27% oppose the legislation. (By political party) Republicans 67 - 10% support the bill. Democrats 89 - 2% oppose the bill. Independents 57 - 20% oppose the bill. "38% of voters approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president, while 54% disapprove": <br><a href="https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3924" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">poll.qu.edu/poll-release?relea</span><span class="invisible">seid=3924</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigUglyBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigUglyBill</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/recklessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recklessness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>"Seven Hidden Ways Trump’s Megabill Would Remake America": <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/opinion/trump-big-beautiful-bill.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/06/09/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/trump-big-beautiful-bill.html</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorstPresidentEver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorstPresidentEver</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigUglyBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigUglyBill</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/recklessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recklessness</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>The claim from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@mcnado" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mcnado</span></a></span> that "If the Democrats had a party, there’d be a parade of their leaders on TV today demanding Trump resign" looks good at first, but it makes no sense because Trump would not resign, no matter how many Democrats demanded he resign. Hopeless comments from Democrats would distract people from trying to convince Senators not to pass Trump's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigUglyBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigUglyBill</span></a>, which should be our major goal right now. <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheArtOfThePossible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheArtOfThePossible</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigUglyBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigUglyBill</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/recklessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recklessness</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>Rep. Mike Levin: "A new Yale &amp; Penn study finds the Republican <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigUglyBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigUglyBill</span></a> would cause 51,000 preventable DEATHS every year by gutting healthcare and food aid. That’s not policy—it’s mass cruelty. This isn’t a budget. It’s a disgusting abomination." <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/recklessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recklessness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>Jesse Lee: "It is a good thing that the Supreme Court handed unfettered control of American government and our most sensitive personal information to a guy* who even Trump says has lost his goddam mind and his staff says is a junkie. Luckily the junkie is gone, so all of this power now falls to Big Balls." <br>*Musk <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/recklessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recklessness</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>"Supreme Court allows DOGE team to access Social Security systems with data on millions of Americans": <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/doge-social-security-trump-elon-musk-99f3f281154fe0f91e6a6e612bf8e9ba" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/doge-social</span><span class="invisible">-security-trump-elon-musk-99f3f281154fe0f91e6a6e612bf8e9ba</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/recklessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recklessness</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>Sen. Brian Schatz: "The main thing to remember about this Musk-Trump fight is that the Republican bill will bounce 16 million people off of Medicaid and collapse rural hospitals in order to give the biggest tax cut in history to people making more than four million bucks." <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigUglyBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigUglyBill</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/recklessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recklessness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>"It's the break-up we've all been waiting for, Elon Musk and Donald Trump": <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-xWCgPMXD8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=m-xWCgPMXD8</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheBestPoliticalDivorceOfAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheBestPoliticalDivorceOfAll</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigUglyBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigUglyBill</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/recklessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recklessness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>"Gavin Newsom, Elon Musk and Marjorie Taylor Greene agree on this one thing. Donald Trump’s megabill has attracted the rebuke of typical allies and opponents alike": <br><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/03/gavin-newsom-musk-greene-megabill-00383512" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2025/06/03/g</span><span class="invisible">avin-newsom-musk-greene-megabill-00383512</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigUglyBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigUglyBill</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/recklessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recklessness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>Sen. Mark Kelly: "I talk to a lot of Arizonans, and they don’t think there is anything 'beautiful' about taking away health care and food assistance from them, their kids, and their parents just to give a tax break to rich people." <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigUglyBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigUglyBill</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/recklessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recklessness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>Rep. Jake Auchincloss: <br>"First: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RFKjr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKjr</span></a> cancels funding that Harvard and MIT use to study the molecular basis of autism.</p><p>Then: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RFKjr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKjr</span></a> issues a report on autism with made-up scientific notations." <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extremism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dishonesty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dishonesty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/recklessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recklessness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>Kristen Welker (host of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MeetThePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MeetThePress</span></a>: "Do you have any evidence of Medicaid fraud?"</p><p>Speaker Mike Johnson: "There is a tremendous amount of fraud" <br>but he did not mention any specific evidence of fraud.</p><p>John Harwood: "Weird that there's a tremendous amount of fraud, but they still can't find it. Unless he just thinks providing health care to poor people and seniors is, in itself, fraudulent." </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extremism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dishonesty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dishonesty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigUglyBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigUglyBill</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/recklessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recklessness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>Dan Pfeiffer: "A billionaire-funded group* to run ads pushing for tax cuts for billionaires." <br>*Americans for Prosperity <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigUglyBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigUglyBill</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/recklessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recklessness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>VoteSaveAmerica: "The GOP budget bill asks: <br>What if we did the most evil AND economically destructive <br>transfer of wealth to the people who need it least?" <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cruelty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigUglyBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigUglyBill</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/recklessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recklessness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>This political cartoon from Rob Rogers shows how the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigBeautifulBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigBeautifulBill</span></a> will affect poor people. It will have a similar effect on middle class people. <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigUglyBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigUglyBill</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/recklessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recklessness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>“I was disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the deficit, not just decreases it, and undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing,” Musk said: <br><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/27/musk-says-hes-disappointed-with-trump-backed-megabill-00372048" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2025/05/27/m</span><span class="invisible">usk-says-hes-disappointed-with-trump-backed-megabill-00372048</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigUglyBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigUglyBill</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/recklessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recklessness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PeopleForTheAmericanWay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeopleForTheAmericanWay</span></a>: "Trump and Republicans’ new budget bill is officially the biggest upward transfer of wealth in American history. It cuts millions of Americans’ health care to give tax handouts to billionaires." <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigUglyBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigUglyBill</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/recklessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recklessness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>Sarah Longwell: "I a focus group this week one of the Trump voters called it a Big Ugly Bill. Which struck me as both an obvious and an underutilized re-framing by its critics." <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigUglyBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigUglyBill</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/recklessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recklessness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>Hillary Clinton: "House Republicans passed a budget that would give huge tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy at the expense of everyone else. Now, it's on to the Senate. Call your senators and demand they do everything in their power to stop this theft:"</p><p>Sen. Elizabeth Warren, about what Republican Senators are doing: "They're fighting over how many children should go hungry so that Mark Zuckerberg can buy another Hawaiian island." <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cruelty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/recklessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recklessness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
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