The GOP Machine that is notoriously good at closing ranks.
Fail to follow the Party line and you will lose committees/support for legislation and now risk being primaried by Musk money in 2026. The only ones that speak out are a few with principles or the ones that will leave at the end of their term (though it's still a bit early now to get uppity).
There will likely be a consonant argument that pharmacists and others, in other countries, are absolutely allowed to prescribe and that a well-trained AI has as much ability to "diagnose" as those professions.
Of course, opposition will rise up from the AMA who has been so effective
thus far in
1) maintaining medical care quality at an enviable level and
2) organizing our nation's ability to have Centers of Excellence at rational distances from where the populace lives and
3) providing coverage or at least controlling costs so that all Americans may be insured - especially in the arena of preventative care, and
4) stopping those fucking prescription adverts for niche medicines for incredibly niche maladies from clogging up the media.
Not that I have an opinion, of course. Just ignore me and go about your day.
Reminds me of that quip from Bishop Tutu:
When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land.
They said 'Let us pray.'
We closed our eyes.
When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.
Reminds me of that quip from Bishop Tutu:
When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land.
They said 'Let us pray.'
We closed our eyes.
When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.
Calling all debt hawks. 1 month in, 4 trillion dollars in new debt is on the table and moving forward. Is trickle down *finally* going to work this time?
Calling all debt hawks. 1 month in, 4 trillion dollars in new debt is on the table and moving forward. Is trickle down *finally* going to work this time?
So, f*ck you folks on Medicaid, rich Republicans deserve that money!
Well, there are chickens on the way home now. Some of these voters will now experience the cuts they wish on others. Many loyalist who are dependent on health care are going to feel some pain. Unfortunately, they seem to lack any empathy, so the only way to get their attention is to have them experience the policies themselves.
Last night in the Senate, something really important happened. Republicans forced us to debate their billionaire bailout budget framework. We started voting at 6 PM because they knew doing it in the dark of night would minimize media coverage. And they do not want the American people to see how blatant their handover of our government to the billionaire class is.
So I want to explain what happened last night and what we did to fight back. The apex of Republicansâ plan to turn over our government to their wealthy cronies is a giant tax cut for billionaires and corporations. And they plan to pay for it with cuts to programs that working people rely on. Popular and necessary programs like Medicaid, Medicare, and SNAP, are all being targeted. In order to pass the tax cut, Republicans have to go through a series of procedural steps. Last night, they took the first step which requires them to pass an outline of their plan, but with it, any senator can offer as many amendments as we want. So my Democratic colleagues and I did just that.
Now, we knew that Republicans would largely unanimously oppose them, but we had two objectives here. One, Republicans were forced to put their opinion on record â many for the first time â on the most corrupt parts of Trump and Muskâs agenda. Two, as Iâve been saying, I am going to make every process and procedure as slow and painful as possible for as long as my colleagues choose to ignore the constitutional crisis happening before our eyes.
So what did we propose? We proposed no tax cuts for anyone who makes a billion dollars a year. We made them vote on whether or not Elon Musk and DOGE should have limitless access to Americansâ personal data. We made them vote on whether to protect IVF and require insurers to cover it. Every single amendment Democrats proposed was shot down. On almost every single amendment, Republicans universally opposed it. Every Republican voted against our proposal to prevent more tax cuts for billionaires. The corruption and theft is happening in the open here.
The whole game for Republicans is taking your money and giving it to the wealthiest corporations and billionaires â even if it means kicking your parents out of a nursing home or turning off Medicaid for the poorest children. They know what they are doing is deeply unpopular. They are offering a tax cut to the most wealthy that is 850 times larger than what they are offering working people. Oh and by the way, any tax cuts for working people are going to be washed out by higher costs for basic necessities, like health care and food. Itâs a fundamental injustice.
Thanks to your pressure and support, many of my Democratic colleagues have joined my effort to do everything we can to make sure they cannot destroy democracy and steal your money in the dark of the night. We are being loud about what is happening. Iâm going to continue to grind the gears of Congress down as much as possible to make it that much harder and slower to get away with this corruption. Thatâs why the votes lasted until nearly 5 AM.
This is a five-alarm fire. I donât think we have two years to plan and fight back. I think we have months. Itâs still in our power to stop the destruction of our democracy with mass mobilization and effective opposition from elected officials. So we canât miss any opportunity to take advantage of opportunities to put Republicans on the record and shine a light on what is happening.
And you have a role to play in this as well. I need you to amplify whatâs happening, support the leaders who are fighting for you to make sure they can continue speaking truth to power against Musk and Trumpâs billionaire cronies, and show up at rallies and town halls. Use every tool at your disposal to send a message loud and clear about how you expect my colleagues to lead and fight in this moment.
