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Mary Orencole's avatar

There are 529 days, 13 hours to the midterms

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Kim Hayes's avatar

Please share links to those lists of how Congress voted and other very shareable content about the current tyranny. This is insane!!!! Thank you, Contrarian.

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Elizabeth K. Baker's avatar

Did this bill that passed still include: " U.C. Berkeley School of Law Dean and Distinguished Professor of Law Erwin Chemerinsky notes, this provision would eliminate any restraint on Trump.

‘Without the contempt power, judicial orders are meaningless and can be ignored. There is no way to understand this except as a way to keep the Trump administration from being restrained when it violates the Constitution or otherwise breaks the law. …

‘This would be a stunning restriction on the power of the federal courts. The Supreme Court has long recognized that the contempt power is integral to the authority of the federal courts. Without the ability to enforce judicial orders, they are rendered mere advisory opinions which parties are free to disregard.”

With this single provision, in other words, Trump will have crowned himself king. No congress and no court could stop him. Even if a future Congress were to try to stop him, it could not do so without the power of the courts to enforce their hearings, investigations, subpoenas, and laws.

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Maddy Thompson's avatar

I am inspired to write up a summary of what this bill does and share it with friends via a one to one communication. We also need an analysis of the 100% tax credit for school vouchers. This means instead of paying capital gains rich companies will donate their profits to religious schools and then get the profits right back as a tax credit. This will reduce revenue for the public purse (who will pay for the things we need?) and put more extreme wealth in the pockets of the extremely wealthy. It will completely undermine the public school system and absolutely tear up the very fabric of the country. Now is the time to call all Senators and tell them to vote NO! And now I need to look up the bill title/ number!!

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Suzanne's avatar

Rich people want but do not need to have tax cuts. Why are we talking about doing this? Not only politically toxic but wrong!

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Mary Kreeger's avatar

My exact question!!!!!! Goodness!!!!!!!!🤯

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William Lowry's avatar

I know this would be very difficult, but there should be a way to track the impact of the various political actions by our present government that actually serve as a death warrant to the poor and even middle-class population. I hope the rich that are enjoying the benefits realize it's at the sacrifice of other people's lives!!

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Anne Cahill's avatar

There are ways to do this. I used to do this type of work. On a high level, it includes tracking Medicaid and SNAP enrollment numbers, death rates by age and cause, poverty rates, medical debt and medical facility closures.

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Patti Hart's avatar

Katie, I think the feedback is coming through your earbuds. You might consider just using the audio and the mic on your computer and ditching the buds.

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Lauren's avatar

Is that what it is? It's not just hers. I've noticed it on other substacks too.

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Teresa Baustian's avatar

We talk incessantly about how impervious red state voters are to their interests, always vote against their interests …. If this becomes law, will gop voters finally see whose policies are keeping them down, making them ill, and denying them a future?

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Angie's avatar

It’s the MAGA Murder Bill.

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Angie's avatar

Will we have elections? Atrocities like this point to No.

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J Laughlin's avatar

Capitol Switchboard # (202) 224-3121

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Pamela G's avatar

Love this and love you so much! Thank you for hope in the shit storm of emotions and disbelief💝🇺🇸🌈

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Lisa F Jackson's avatar

Wireless Lav mike signal not stable

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Greg Cummings's avatar

"'THE ONE, BIG,BEAUTIFUL BILL' has PASSED the House of Representatives! This is arguably the most significant piece of Legislation that will ever be signed in the History of our Country"

Are you fucking kidding me dude??! I passed some "Legislation" this morning that didn't stink as badl.

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Greg Cummings's avatar

Good morning Katie and Ben.

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Mary Orencole's avatar

Love those sessions.

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