By Ben Meiselas
Let me cut right to it: Donald Trump’s latest “big, beautiful” tax bill is one of the biggest scams I’ve ever seen pushed through Congress. That’s not hyperbole — that’s straight from the mouths of nonpartisan analysts and members of Congress who have actually read the fine print.
This week, I sat down with Congressman Tom Suozzi on the MeidasTouch Podcast to break down what’s really inside Trump’s so-called tax plan (Remember the add the show now on Apple Podcasts and Spotify). And let me tell you: the bill is not just bad — it’s dangerous.
Trump is out on the campaign trail making wild promises: “Your tips will be tax-free!” “Overtime will be untaxed!” “Social Security benefits will be protected!” But when Suozzi asked tax officials point-blank in a congressional hearing whether any of those things were true, the answers were clear: No. Nope. Still taxed. Another lie.
Instead of helping workers, this bill slashes taxes for the ultra-wealthy and pays for it by ripping away health coverage from nearly 14 million Americans. It jacks up premiums, cuts Medicaid, and explodes the deficit by $4 trillion in a single year. You read that right — the biggest increase in the deficit in U.S. history, all so billionaires can pocket even more.
And if you live in New York, California, or any state that invests in public schools, transit, or healthcare? You’re getting hit again. Trump promised to restore the full State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction. Instead, he capped it at a level so low it’s actually raising taxes for middle-class families. Even his own Republican allies in Congress are furious.
As Suozzi told me, this isn’t policy — it’s parody. Trump’s economic agenda is like something out of Bizarro World: up is down, lies are truth, and billionaires are the “working class.” And the worst part? Millions of Americans suffer while the rich get richer.
So here’s the deal: We see the scam. Now we fight back.
Watch the interview, share it, and stay informed. We don’t need more billionaire bailouts. We need truth, accountability, and leadership that actually works for the people.
Let’s keep the momentum going. Subscribe to the MeidasTouch Podcast. Join us on this Substack as a paid subscriber for more comprehensive coverage. And let’s make sure the people hear the truth — not Trump’s snake oil.
Tax all of the billionaires! force them all to pay their fair share every single day. No more massive tax breaks for the top 1% more massive tax breaks for the middle class ASAP.
The Satanic, blasphomous, sexual deviant Christian nationalists,......know nothing about Jesus words..."Render unto Ceasar what is Ceasar's"
I read my Bible on a daily basis and last night was Acts. Acts 12:21 to 24 is On the appointed day Herod, wearing his royal robes, sat on his throne and delivered a public address to the people. They shouted, "This is the voice of a god, not of a man." Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died. But the word of God continued to spread and flourish."
And so I said innocently, God, why can't you do that to Trump?
Excellent, Sylvia. It's especially maddening because so many of these republiCRAPS claim that they are "GOOD Christians."
Bless you for reading the word daily. He will give only what you can handle. During these trying/testing times these verses keep me grounded and focused. I know that you understand fully.
Matthew 7:21-23
Jesus states that those who will say "Lord, Lord," and may have done things in his name, like prophesying, casting out demons, and performing miracles, will be rejected with the words, "I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness"
Trump just engages in Big, Beautiful Bullshit
Not so beautiful
That was meant as sarcasm. Everything Trump touches is destroyed, devalued, demoralized, ...Asylum for Afrikaners - who knew that was a thing - Not! But he eviscerates programs for the poor, elderly, pulls people off the streets & transports them to prisons in BS countries (I wonder if he is getting a kickback?). The worst type of predator.
🤣 THANK YOU!!?
The only way to stop this corrupt regime is to protest in huge numbers. June 14 is Trump’s birthday and his military parade in DC — but the biggest story of that day will be the actions we take everywhere else. Join our nationwide day of defiance to show that organized people power is stronger than Trump’s authoritarian aspirations: https://www.nokings.org/?SQF_SOURCE=indivisible
Thank you for doing this! Also, the Blimp deserves his birthday to be ruined. Sure hope it is.
My dream is that the entire military parade participants refuse to March. Thid guy is blowing through our tax money waaaaay too fast. It infuriates me when I think of all the people he has chosen to starve and die- just so he can feel powerful and important.
Those 7000 troops need to arrest Trump on his birthday and escort him to prison ~ preferably in El Salvador 🇸🇻 at CECOT💥‼️
Stupid question here: if all these Congresspeople see these scams for what they are, just vote NO!
And tell the truth???? The Trump Bible removed all listings of that word.
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This is what we need -- short incisive information on what's going on.
I agree. I appreciate in-depth reporting in some things, like ALL the crap hidden in this big bullshit bill, but it's important to know exactly what is being done when it happens, not endless analysis after the fact.
He and his administration don't care. They delivered us to Russia which was all that mattered. Until Congress decides to do its job, we continue down the rabbit hole of autocracy.
How about we just tax the billionaires?!! How about rising the cap on Social Security?!! Anyone still supporting tRump and company are toadies and bootlickers.
Keep up the good work, Ben! Truth to power like shining a light on the cockroaches they are.
Isn't the looting the of Treasury by politicians and bureaucrats the last conventional act of a dying empire? Daddy government isn't coming to the rescue this time ladies and gentlemen. He's too busy raiding the cookie jar with a smirk on his face while we all watch with our mouths agape.
The solution:
The solution is to get local, get self-dependent, get the common unity back in community by building webs of resilience with your neighbors, get control of your school boards, mayors office, and town councils, get to know your sheriff, get a garden in your lawn no matter how small, a single tomato plant is better than nothing, get a well (water is your most important resource hands down), get ready, get moving, get doing, and, if so inclined, get God.
Some of us have a constitutional sheriff & much of that may be out of our reach ATM, but I'm totally going to try to get a tomato plant!
Thank you Kathy. Every avalanche starts with a single snowflake.
Start where you are
Use what you have
Do what you can
If enough of us do this, we will sail this nation-ship of ours out of the storms and back into the safe harbor where she belongs..
This clip needs to be replayed and highlighted on all news media! HAH, they won't and you do.... every House/Senate Representative need to get this out there, NOW! How do we do this?
This tax bill is nuts, right? Do you think enough Republicans will cross over to block it? I doubt it, but I hope I'm wrong.
Me too. Live with hope. Die in despair?
Thanks Ben for having Rep. Suozzi on to explain the fine print of DT’s “big, beautiful bill”. I’m appalled that the republicans are attempting to rush this bill through with a deadline of the end of May. DT wants this bill passed before Congress goes on their next hiatus. Why you ask, because the quicker it’s passed, the less the public will notice what’s in it & going to hit them.
It’s time for We the People to Call, & Email Congress to NOT SUPPORT this bill NOW!
Congress is planning on voting on this bill next week, so We need to flood the congressional switchboard with calls and email members to “Stop the Steal” and protect the lower & middle classes, instead of giving outrageously high tax cuts to the rich & corporations!
I recently read and want to share and something so true that GOP stands for "Grifters Over Principles".
The info on taxes on overtime and tips really needs to get out to the public. This is a non=starter for many working people who believed 47
You'd think! The fact, alone, that he lied!
“Watch the interview, share it, and stay informed. We don’t need more billionaire bailouts. We need truth, accountability, and leadership that actually works for the people.”
Thanks again Might Meidas! This bill is the worst in American History! Debt! Debt! Debt! Cruel to so many Americans! Uncaring about the next generation! Corrupt oligarch building! Republican complicity! International criminal payoffs. Complete disregard for the Constitution, and American legal system.
Thank you Rep Suozzi!
There is growing pessimism about the global financial system and the current geopolitical situation is a symptom of the financial system Word to the wise get out of credit ie countries currency and into gold or silver for wealth preservation
Tax all the billionaires - they must pay taxes. They do not need any more money
Exactly these gluttonous billionaires have more money than they could ever spend in 100 lifetimes and they own everything already. Why do they need MORE money??
Everyone else struggles to survive? It's disgusting, inhuman and unchristian.
How could they not want a better life for their fellow humans??
Taking away my Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security I will die and that's what Trump wants!!! All poor people dead or deported!
It's unbelievable just like everything else this rogue regime does, but it's true. You're only safe if you're a rich white straight male. Everyone else are considered undesirables.
Miller, thiel, yarvin, musk, tech bros, it's all their dystopian ideologies.
They're a bunch of inhuman psychopaths. Disgusting!
Yeah, obviously they aren't exactly good with the "straight" part, being so threatened by women & anything they think challenges their sexuality .... but need to go play their Lord of Flies shit far away from civilized, decent people.
So, what is Congress going to do about it? We all knew it was coming before the election!
Another 2 day old news piece. Is this what you need subscription money for? I thought you guys were really good , the first few weeks you were in business. Now it’s comical that you even ask for Money from subscribers. What a joke .
has something new happened in the last 2 days? Maybe it was covered on another video, they are posted several times per day.
I agree. I am considering just canceling my subscription. I keep wondering what the purpose of this is now, getting really upto date news or making money for these guys?
Brilliant, concise ideas here. Short read.
https://www.marytrump.org/p/now-is-our-time/comment/117540901?r=3cubt1&utm_medium=ios
I know I'm not the brightest bulb in the box, but not only should the republicans vote against whatever the felon wants, not only should SCOTUS step in and do whatever they can to get him out of our lives, but the greedy, prickish, billionaires could also tell the felon no. How much money does one billionaire need? Those greedy bastards should be helping their fellow man instead of trying to grind them into the dirt. I am so sick and tired of the orange felon and his regime, there isn't a one of them with any balls or backbone.
Absolutely agree 1000% trump is just the public puppet. Miller, thiel, yarvin, musk and other billionaire tech bros - THIS is their ideas, this is their dystopian ideologies.
Trump sold the presidency to musk so they could bring this nightmare to fruition.
Thank you To rep Suozzi!
14 million people and at least 600,000 thousand children!!?
You are scoring great guests on your shows-thank you!!!
"GOP Now Stands for: Grifters Over Principles."
Exposing the corruption they want you to forget: Trump’s billion-dollar grift, GOP complicity, and the courage it takes to fight back when democracy is on life support. (Continue)
(MeidasTouch Network and Michael Cohen,
May 15, 2025)
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/gop-now-stands-for-grifters-over?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3078900&post_id=163627398&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
"Trump's cabinet exposed."
(Steve Schmidt,
May 15, 2025)
While Trump's cabinet is made up of conspiracists and sycophants, Democratic leadership in the Senate is finally taking a stand against their actions. I look at RFK Jr. and Kristi Noem's hearings, and commend those holding them accountable. (Continued)
https://steveschmidt.substack.com/p/trumps-cabinet-exposed?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=836444&post_id=163654625&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
"Republicans in Congress suddenly care what Canadians think."
Canadians have had enough of Donald Trump’s America, and they’re showing it by selling their U.S. property, vacationing elsewhere, and severely punishing their own country’s homegrown conservatives. For some bizarre reason, Trump decided to pick a fight with our closest ally—and the consequences are real.
I’ve written often about Trump’s amazing ability to hurt his own supporters with scalpel-like precision, and this kerfuffle with the Canucks is no different. (Continued)
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/14/2322120/-Republicans-in-Congress-suddenly-care-what-Canadians-think
"This annual government report proves that DOGE is useless."
Finally, the moment we’ve all been waiting for: The Government Accountability Office’s annual report on reducing overlap, fragmentation, and duplication has been released!
In normal times, this would not be something most people would even notice, much less get hyped about. But in Trump’s America, a run-of-the-mill report from an independent, nonpartisan agency feels momentous, like some tiny part of the government remains untouched by the rampages of Elon Musk’s ostensible Department of Government Efficiency.
It’s also wild that this particular report escaped containment and is just out there in the world, since it’s literally a review of Congress and federal agencies “to improve efficiency and effectiveness of government.” (Continued)
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/14/2322284/-This-annual-government-report-proves-that-DOGE-is-useless
Rachel Maddow advice. 4 minute video. Valuable info 💜
https://substack.com/@letsgetintoit2025/note/c-116277250?r=3cubt1&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
Watch: "Mexico Prez DESTROYS Trump IN PUBLIC over HIS ACTIONS", on YouTube.
(Meidas Touch)
https://youtu.be/mwz9t29cwp0?si=5e4Tin2fGuNXG6er
Watch: "Journalist PUNCHES BACK, As Trump Tries SILENCING Him", on YouTube.
(Tennessee Brando and Aaron Parnas)
https://youtu.be/yYhftdT0bHI?si=yL7kLAPRcxcnwOo2
"DAILY DOSE OF DEMOCRACY."
(Continued)
(May 15, 2025)
https://doseofdemocracy.com/?link_id=0&can_id=56bdad496d5a1d659d2f23c00c81d0e3&source=email-aoc-shuts-down-rude-goper-to-his-face-in-fiery-house-clash&email_referrer=email_2737329&email_subject=gop-rep-shreds-mtg-in-intraparty-feud&&
"BREAKING: Walmart to Raise Prices Because of Tariffs."
(Aaron Parnas,
May 15, 2025)
Walmart has announced plans to raise prices, in response to higher costs stemming from the ongoing trade dispute initiated under Trump. “We remain committed to keeping our prices as low as possible,” said Walmart CEO Doug McMillon. “However, the scale of the tariffs—even after the recent reductions—makes it difficult to fully absorb the added costs, due to the already slim margins in retail.” (Continued)
https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/breaking-walmart-to-raise-prices?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1810164&post_id=163628649&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Watch: "Trump Has DISASTER MORNING, as White House CRUMBLES", on YouTube.
(AF Legal/Meidas+)
https://youtube.com/shorts/70RVpZ1R3QA?si=DbuCiNslT7_4a41w
Hey Barb!
I came across this article, you might be interested in. It's a good read.
Also a comment from Sarah on Mary trumps Substack which is brilliant and the forward thinking we NEED atm 💜
https://open.substack.com/pub/thestormbynorm/p/the-blame-game?r=3cubt1&utm_medium=ios
https://www.marytrump.org/p/now-is-our-time/comment/117540901?r=3cubt1&utm_medium=ios
Thanks for sharing, Dee! Very informative article. It's hard to believe Mary is related to DJT.
So true, thankyou for all your informative articles you share everyday 💜
This one is good too.
https://substack.com/@bluepowerdemgirl/note/c-117248664?r=3cubt1&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
This guy was illegally detained by ICE Gestapo for the last 2 months - he's just been released.
This is his story.
https://youtu.be/OatfsT6FxxQ?si=4UYqXBMSProQS0L3
"Top Dem has new plan for Trump's Qatar plane."
Donald Trump should accept a $400 million plane from Qatar, but then sell it and use the money to train air traffic controllers at home, a senior congressional Democrat said.
“I think it's outlandish, it's against the Constitution, the emoluments clause,” Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) told Raw Story at the Capitol on Wednesday, referring to criticism of Trump's stated intent to accept the Qatari gift, from sources including the president's own supporters. (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/trump-qatar-jet/
'"Trump has given away the game': Attorney says president's new move reveals his true goal."
Donald Trump's true intentions have been revealed when it comes to his immigration policies, a former federal prosecutor has said.
Ex-prosecutor Joyce Vance, who frequently comments on the president and his legal matters, weighed in ahead of a Supreme Court hearing connected to the Trump administration's attempt to roll back the notion of birthright citizenship.
Taking to her Substack, Vance explained that the issue before the Supreme Court isn't technically the concept of becoming a citizen of the U.S. by birth. She also noted what she thinks is Trump's end-game plan.
"We’re here because Donald Trump is intent on usurping as much of the power of government as he can into his own hands. And what is more fundamental than assigning citizenship? We know that Trump wants people from Mexico, Central America, South America, the Middle East, and Asia out of the country," Vance said, pointing to one of the president's other recent actions. "But he’s okay with white Afrikaners from South Africa, even willing to bring them in, give them benefits, and put them on a fast track to citizenship. Deporting people to gulags in El Salvador and abducting students and others from their neighborhoods are part and parcel of this."
She added that, "Trump is, quite literally, trying to define the complexion of America."
It's this action with South Africans that, according to Vance, betrays Trump's true intentions.
"Trump himself has given away much of the game by bringing Afrikaners, white South Africans who will receive refugee status and a fast track toward citizenship, into the country while others fleeing persecution and war are being rejected," she wrote. "The racism is transparent. There is no evidence to support Trump’s claims that Afrikaners’ land is being taken away from them by South Africa’s majority Black government." (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-gave-game-birthright-vance/
"White House 'privately' relieved Trump avoided 'embarrassing moment' on his trip: CNN."
Vladimir Putin won't be attending the Ukraine peace talks that he suggested, and CNN's Jeff Zeleny reported that White House officials are privately relieved.
Neither the Russian president nor U.S. Donald Trump appear likely to attend peace talks Thursday in Turkey, in which Putin said earlier this week he would personally take part with Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskky, and Zeleny reported that the discussions were dramatically scaled back from what had been expected. (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/white-house-privately-relieved-trump-avoided-embarrassing-moment-in-turkey-cnn/?u=7b9efb3185bef2bd309f85021fcf366956aa9a477375b276f5af3843618fd1f1
"JD Vance plans to attend big event with pope, who blasted him on social media."
JD Vance is headed back to Rome this weekend to attend Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural mass, according to a Bloomberg report.
This will be Vance’s second trip to the Vatican in two months. Last month, he visited Pope Francis on Easter weekend, before the pontiff died on Easter Monday. Conspiracy theorists and jokesters alike swelled the digital world with the idea that Vance’s meeting killed the pope. However, Francis was hospitalized before his death.
Vance is the highest-ranking Catholic in the U.S. Government, followed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Both men are expected to attend the event with their wives. The vice president converted to Catholicism in 2019.
The mass is to be held in St. Peter’s Square, where Leo, the first pope born in the U.S., will be formally given his position. (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/pope-leo-vance-2672023994/?u=7b9efb3185bef2bd309f85021fcf366956aa9a477375b276f5af3843618fd1f1
"Trump compared to 'toddler', whose 'latest shiny toy' is actually 'very dangerous'."
In a dialogue between two New York Times columnists, one raised the alarm that Donald Trump's immaturity has not only made the U.S. a dangerous place, but has impacted how other world leaders have had to adapt to dealing with what is essentially a "toddler", who must constantly be placated. (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-toddler-2672023691/
Hey barb, did you watch the meidas brothers interview with Katie couric?? It's on YouTube. 1.5hrs but it's so interesting feels like 20 minutes 😂
https://youtu.be/Zh7n5Pe2qsY?si=Vg0r0kkv41O-xhL8
Thanks, Dee!
More evidence trump cheated to steal the presidency yay!!
https://open.substack.com/pub/electiontruthalliance/p/the-plot-thickens-in-pennsylvania?r=3cubt1&utm_medium=ios
Al Green - articles of impeachment with Jessica denson - lights on podcast 💜
https://www.youtube.com/live/ZOqEaISb82w?si=nNvYW6TwAutEtBnk
Hi Barb
Hope you're well today 🌹
Watch this short video - Our Bernie Sanders
Over 200,000 DEATHS due to USAID cuts - thanks to the richest man on earth - muskrat
There's a special place in heII waiting for this evll vermon
https://open.substack.com/pub/bluepowerdemgirl/p/bernie-sanders-with-rfk-hearing-wednesday?r=3cubt1&utm_medium=ios
'"I say it to your face': Dem stares down Kristi Noem, and demands she quits."
U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez has led calls for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign for weeks, condemning her prominent role in overseeing the Trump administration's virulently anti-immigrant agenda—but on Wednesday she took a rare in-person opportunity to once again call on the far-right Republican to step down.
"For weeks and weeks we've been waiting for Secretary Noem to come before our committee," said Ramirez (D-Ill.) in a video she posted online ahead of the House Homeland Security Committee hearing. "I'm not going to sit there and just let her lie under oath about all the horrifying things that she's doing... I say enough is enough, and in just a few minutes, I'm going to say that to her face, because it's about damn time that person, that secretary, resigns." (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-congress/?u=7b9efb3185bef2bd309f85021fcf366956aa9a477375b276f5af3843618fd1f1
Republicans work for the wealthy not middle or lower income citizens.
The tax on tips and overtime is eliminated in the bill, but they expire after 2028. The other tax cuts are permanent. Why is the video not mentioning the full story of those taxes?
This bill is shameful and embarrassing.
How do we stop them?? Congress is under 45/47's 'voodoo' spell. What can the American people do to protect themselves???/
it seems that the republicans are being threatened… parnas reported that using the same “secure” app as the dept of defense, messages were leaked with threats of harm if they didn’t vote with their party. It makes sense, its wither stupid or under duress.
Jesus Fucking Christ. The Three Stooges looked better on camera than Benny does,,, What the fuck is that horse hair growing on your face?? You are always a dat late and a dollar short
Shut up you are so annoying.
State taxes are deductions started in 1913
Is it coincidence that the Federal Reserve began in 1913 too?
We definitely need to be taxing the wealthy more
They won’t miss it and we can restore the middle class
We could balance the budget and have social programs for lower income people, eliminate homelessness if we just tax the richest what they should pay!
I hope u will read this
My girlfriends SS check was 3 days late Her friend in Tucson fidnt get his
Mine is due to come to me in New Mexico Please we are all needing help we have been advocates ,demonstrating they are messing around with us we were told they would HELP!!!!!!!!!
Mine was on time, actually a week early last month and 3 days early this month but I am suffering anxiety worrying if it’s coming. It sucks to be living in a trump World where we need to worry so much
This is like living in fight or flight constantly and I’m sure everyone is aging more rapidly
Worst is yet to come. Donald "The Beast" Trump is building a wall once again. Colossal tariff wall that is the beginning of the end for the system of down. At first the beast will pull the plug out of the global economy. The worst financial crisis of human history will pull a swarm of the banks underwater and the bank run begins. Then the beast will collapse a mountain of debt shattering the backbone of the monetary system causing a systemic risk to realize. Finally the beast will cast American citizens into a system slavery under the name of Ronald Wilson Reagan, just to "honor his legacy" count the number. After the destruction a new world order will be established in the US. And the Golden Age begins from the ruins of the world wide collapse. All of the system slaves will love it. No more cash - just digital transactions. No more traditional criminal activity. No more tax evasion. No more transactions without the "all seeing eye". Outcasts will hate the world without freedom, hope and privacy. To cover up the mess and distract the public by smoke and mirrors, the beast will engage in a war with Iran. Lies and deceit, corruption and decay, dancing on the graves will continue. Until; Black hole sun, won't you come, won't you come... I want to play a game. Time has come to opt out of the empire of filth. Live or die...
Wow shocking 😏
Who would ever think rump would scam even his “own people?”
Everybody. Let me clarify; everyone who has a working brain.
Of course, trump lied ! Why are you all surprised ? There is no honor among thieves 😡
NOTHING makes sense! Add four trillion to our debt? WTF!
"Meidas Pod on Trump's Qatar Disaster, and Trump Cabinet Getting GRILLED."
(Continued)
(Brett Meiselas, Ben Meiselas, Jordy Meiselas, and MeidasTouch Network, May 16, 2025)
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/meidas-pod-on-trumps-qatar-disaster?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3078900&post_id=163672635&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
"BREAKING: House Budget Bill Fails, in Major Loss for Donald Trump and Mike Johnson."
(Aaron Parnas,
May 16, 2025)
In a dramatic blow to Donald Trump’s legislative agenda, the GOP-controlled House Budget Committee has voted to reject his administration’s sweeping tax and spending proposal — a development that underscores deep divisions within the Republican Party, and leaves Trump’s economic agenda in jeopardy.
I spoke with Congressman Tom Suozzi about where things stand, and whether this rebellion within the GOP will hold. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is reportedly growing anxious that his “big, beautiful bill” might fall apart.
Minutes ago, the committee voted 16–21 against advancing the bill, with five conservative Republicans joining all Democrats in opposition. The defeat is a stinging embarrassment not only for Trump, but also for House Speaker Mike Johnson, who had championed the plan in recent weeks as a centerpiece of the administration’s second-term economic strategy. (Continued)
https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-republican-budget-bill-in-deep?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1810164&post_id=163718085&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
"Sexual assault victims are being abandoned—just as Trump ordered."
Resources to help victims and survivors of sexual assault are being denied to anyone who calls the National Sexual Assault Hotline, thanks to another bogus executive ordery signed by Donald Trump.
According to The New York Times, the Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network purged these resources from the list of referrals used by operators of the hotline, which was used by6 460,000 people last year.
The resources supported the LGBTQ+ community, immigrants, women, and other marginalized groups who have been targeted by Trump and the GOP. (Continued)
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/15/2322506/-Sexual-assault-victims-are-being-abandoned-just-as-Trump-ordered
"Supreme Court argument, on birthright citizenship, shouldn't be happening."
Thursday’s oral argument at the Supreme Court, over Donald Trump’s blatantly unconstitutional executive order ending birthright citizenship, should never have happened. (Continued)
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/15/2322578/-Supreme-Court-argument-on-birthright-citizenship-shouldn-t-be-happening
Watch: "Fox News LOSES CONTROL on AIR over Trump DISASTERS", on YouTube.
(Meidas Touch)
https://youtu.be/pV6__AjAr6k?si=BwjXXSEGA9s1GhMm
Watch: "Republican cuts to health care will have devastating consequences", on YouTube.
(Brian Tyler Cohen)
https://youtube.com/shorts/SnkxjTrUgLE?si=WHEwtG41SYoova3W
Watch: "This Is EXACTLY How You Handle Trump's Cabinet", on YouTube.
(Tennessee Brando)
https://youtu.be/OUA057J1rug?si=vyLgpa72eHc72Sik
"Dems Must Not Let Media Make 2026/28 About Biden."
This is a trap for Democrats, because American voters simply don't care. (Continued)
(Ron Filipkowski.
May 16, 2025)
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/dems-must-not-let-media-make-202628?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3078900&post_id=163708809&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
QUORA, Done With The Bullshit:
QUESTION: "Is Chief Justice Roberts setting Donald Trump up in the Birthright Citizenship hearings on Thursday? Is he going to make Trump look like a criminal, in order to take the rule of law out of danger, and to put Trump into danger?"
ANSWER/Jeff Hayes: "Are you out of your mind? The birthright laws have been here since the beginning of this great nation. Trump is deporting people who were born here. If he is allowed to continue, who is next? You? Me, because I voice my displeasure at him? Maybe your child will end up in a South American or Cuban prison. If so, serves you right for supporting a criminal dictator."
Watch: "Zelenskyy CHECKMATES Trump in Turkey, with POWER MOVE", on YouTube.
(MeidasTouch)
https://youtu.be/iF1cELk57oQ?si=xKtofC78cZMK0SD9
"Fighting for what's right in a great cause."
(Continued)
(Steve Schmidt,
May 16, 2025)
https://steveschmidt.substack.com/p/fighting-for-whats-right-in-a-great?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=836444&post_id=163706450&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
"Department of Homeland Security Considers Reality TV Show For Immigrants to Fast Track Citizenship."
The Department of Homeland Security considers a tv show for immigrants to fast track citizenship, FEMA admits its not ready for hurricane season, Russia and Ukraine meet in Turkey for first time. (Continued)
(Aaron Parnas,
May 16, 2025)
https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/department-of-homeland-security-considers?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1810164&post_id=163706610&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Fake news from a retard
Aiding and abetting a huge scam artist should grounds for termination and imprisonment preferably El Salvador.
All well and good but it passed the House. Going to the Senate
Oh, you know him answering those questions honestly, he knows he’s gonna fucking lose his job ,but bravo for actually being half ass honest
Hey TomTom, I despise you for censuring Al Green and your stupid "come to center" bullshit. You just made comments about the NAZIGOP narrative "the deficit is a threat"... but now in the seat, you see the whole kkklan plan was to up the deficit and fund the rich. Hey dingdong, IT IS ALL A NARRATIVE CONSTRUCT. Get it yet? You mouthed off about "the left, liberals, trans fights..." blah, blah, THAT IS NAZIGOP "culture" russian-developed SUBVERSIVE NARRATIVE, too. Do you get it yet? It came out of your uninformed mouth? How about DEMS STOP quoting the dirty consultants you pay? You know the ones. They turn about to be rumpTers after they rot a race.
You could listen to "WE THE PEOPLE." Here is a free preview: WE WILL NOT GO BACK.
Omg. I know we didn’t want to say I told you so but I’m going to hold your little republican hand when I tell you this..he lied to your face
The whole world is watching in astonishment as America become what is for so long, it claimed to despise
"Notes from the Front Line Of the Anti-Trump, Pro-Democracy Movement."
(Continued)
(Robert Reich,
May 16, 2025)
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/notes-from-the-front-line?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=365422&post_id=163442557&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
"MAGA is so ignorant it won't even realize when the true pain hits."
Under Donald Trump, the federal government is not going to be doing a lot of things that it used to do, and the question is going to be: Will Americans realize just how much they have been taking for granted?
I’m not sure, but if there is a bright side, it might be that more Americans take an interest in what they used to have, in the beforetimes, and with that knowledge, work to bring it back. The safety net is about more than Social Security and Medicare. It’s an expression of our values, especially how we treat these least among us. (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/trump-federal-government-cuts/
"This Trump trick should have damned the GOP long ago."
Trump is an illegitimate president, but he’s not the first. The last Republican who was elected president, without fraud or naked treason, was Dwight D. Eisenhower. And it’s damn well past time that Democrats started telling the story.
The investigative reporter Greg Palast recently did the math, and it’s now irrefutable: the only reason Trump is in the White House is because over 4 million Americans were either denied their right to vote or their votes were discarded.
The US Elections Assistance Commission data tells the damning story: a staggering 4.7 million voters were wrongfully purged from voter rolls before the election. By August 2024, self-proclaimed “vigilante” vote fraud hunters had challenged the eligibility of 317,886 voters across multiple states. When Election Day arrived, the Georgia NAACP estimated challenges had exceeded 200,000 in Georgia alone. (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/donald-trump-lies-gop/
"Republicans just proved they hate their own voters."
Republicans in the House of Representatives voted out of committee early Wednesday morning legislation that would strip as many as 14 million Americans of their Medicaid-based healthcare, including millions of seniors in nursing homes and children living in poverty.
Ironically, red states will be hit harder by this than blue states, as they’re generally less capable of making up the loss of federal funds (Medicaid is administered at the state level with block grants from the feds). (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/will-republicans-cut-medicaid/
"Trump panics with overnight rant about 'sleazebags' manipulating Supreme Court."
It took a while, but Donald Trump finally weighed in on the Supreme Court holding a hearing on his opposition to birthright citizenship and how it is applied, and he does not appear to be pleased with what occurred.
In a frantic rant posted from overseas to Truth Social in the middle of the night, he fretted that the nation's highest court is being manipulated. (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-supreme-court-2672028961/
"Trump's latest firing hits wave of GOP opposition: 'Betrays lack of understanding'."
Senate Republicans are not happy about Donald Trump’s decision to fire Cameron Hamilton, the acting director of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), according to The Hill.
Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) is one of the many voices who are disappointed to see Hamilton go. (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/fema-2672029157/
"Amy Coney Barrett is 'validating' hints she has 'left the Trump side'."
Reacting to conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett jumping in and siding with liberal Justice Elena Kagan during a hearing on birthright citizenship, a CNN analyst noted her tendency of late to deviate from the policies of the man who gave her a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court.
Sitting on a panel with host Audie Cornish, CNN analyst Edward-Isaac Dovere sat and listened to clips of Coney Barrett grilling Donald Trump's Solicitor General John Sauer about the president's executive order, which is at the heart of the historic legal case. (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/coney-barrett-trump-ruling-tricky/?u=7b9efb3185bef2bd309f85021fcf366956aa9a477375b276f5af3843618fd1f1
"Republican lawmaker blasts Marjorie Taylor Greene as 'replaceable', amid GOP civil war."
One of the Republican House majority's most vulnerable members called out Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) in an escalating civil war.
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) has been insisting on substantially raising the deduction on so-called SALT taxes – state and local taxes – as Republicans try to pass the "big, beautiful bill" sought by president Donald Trump, and debate on the issue has pitted swing-state GOP lawmakers who represent wealthier areas against rural Republicans who represent less affluent rural districts, reported Politico. (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/republican-civil-war-2672029030/?u=7b9efb3185bef2bd309f85021fcf366956aa9a477375b276f5af3843618fd1f1
"Trump's about to blow massive success story with single move: expert."
Federal public health officials on Thursday announced an unprecedented drop last year in drug overdose deaths, which have plagued the United States for decades and had been rising steadily over the past several years.
But experts warned that now is exactly the wrong time to "take our foot off the gas pedal," as the Republican Party and Donald Trump are threatening to do with steep cuts to Medicaid and other federal programs. (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-drugs-deaths/
"How Republicans let Trump hijack the Constitution."
Republicans in Congress have been making behind-the-scenes efforts to pass major domestic legislation via the federal budget process. They include potential cuts to Medicaid and extending the 2017 Trump tax cuts.
But even though it’s Congress’ job to pass a budget and set tax policy, most media outlets have been content to frame key elements of the legislation as being driven not by Congress but by the president.So the news media say that the purpose of the bill is to “deliver Trump’s agenda” or to pass the “Trump tax cuts.” Many have even adopted Donald Trump’s trademark name for the legislation: his “big, beautiful bill.” (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-constitution-2672025622/
'"Sheer cruelty': Outrage as GOP votes to gut Planned Parenthood."
As the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday voted along party lines to advance legislation that includes a measure which seeks to cut Medicaid funding for the abortion and healthcare provider Planned Parenthood, reproductive rights defenders are sounding the alarm on the impacts that such a move would have.
"This provision is about punishing Planned Parenthood health centers for providing abortion care, and threatening access to affordable birth control, wellness checkups, and cancer screenings for millions of people across the country in the process," said Alexis McGill Johnson, the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood, in a statement on Wednesday. (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/planned-parenthood-2672025700/?u=7b9efb3185bef2bd309f85021fcf366956aa9a477375b276f5af3843618fd1f1
"Shock move earns Trump accusations of sheltering white supremacism."
U.S. officials who specialize in terrorism prevention are bracing for their office to be eliminated or broken up as the State Department readies to root out what Secretary Marco Rubio calls a “radical political ideology” embedded in a “sprawling bureaucracy.”
The plan to eliminate the Office of Countering Violent Extremism (CVE), along with offices that further human rights and prevent war crimes, was first reported by the Free Press. Rubio appeared to confirm the reporting, sharing a link and describing “the real exclusive on how we’re making the State Department Great Again.” (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/u-s-the-saudi-arabia-of-white-identity-terrorism-but-anti-extremism-office-faces-chop/?u=7b9efb3185bef2bd309f85021fcf366956aa9a477375b276f5af3843618fd1f1
"Trumpers Attack and Defame MeidasTouch…FIGHT!!"
(Continued)
(MeidasTouch Network and Ben Meiselas,
May 16, 202
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/trumpers-attack-and-defame-meidastouchfight?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3078900&post_id=163680850&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Watch: "Trump gets TERRIFIED in Public over a FUTURE IMPEACHMENT", on YouTube.
(Meidas Touch)
https://youtu.be/IIMqtprhpAc?si=KLBElTGIoTkgq22e
You are camera cringeworthy
Straight questions. Rethugs have a problem with straight answers.
Souzzi is a joke, he voted against the black democrat from Texas, he stands for nothing.
Watch: "RFK Jr Just ADMITTED He’s a Fraud", on YouTube.
(Meidas Touch)
https://youtu.be/750hdepnaqA?si=H5qsmQ_gN7xvnmPU
Knowledge well used is indeed power. From some interviews I've seen it seems that many members of Congress really don't quite know what is in the bill and exactly what it will mean for their constituents, and even though the vast majority of the GOP congress does not actually care about their constituents, a few might and we need to be sure they understand just what is in the bill. I live in Missouri and I honestly don't know what is going on with Josh Hawley with his coming out very strongly against the Medicaid cuts....that's just not like him to do something for the 20 % of his constituents who receive Medicaid or any public assistance (except bail outs for farmers which somehow is not public assistance). Medicaid seems to have gotten most of the attention and probably (maybe) most GOP congressmen/women, Senators know something about this (but I really don't think so....they seem to think millions of able bodied folks are sitting at home using their medicaid card to get unnecessary medical treatment and that needs to stop???? But it's ok for trump to use over $30,000 for 20 days of golfing). So many thanks to MTN and Congressman Suozzi for this sort of summary that maybe we can use when making calls to our MOC to tell them we do not approve of the budget.
"Donald Trump’s latest “big, beautiful” tax bill is one of the biggest scams I’ve ever seen pushed through Congress." Worst is yet to come. Donald "The Beast" Trump is building a wall once again. Colossal tariff wall that is the beginning of the end for the system of down. At first the beast will pull the plug out of the global economy. The worst financial crisis of human history will pull a swarm of the banks underwater and the bank run begins. Then the beast will collapse a mountain of debt shattering the backbone of the monetary system causing a systemic risk to realize. Finally the beast will cast American citizens into a system slavery under the name of Ronald Wilson Reagan, just to "honor his legacy" count the number. After the destruction a new world order will be established in the US. And the Golden Age begins from the ruins of the world wide collapse. All of the system slaves will love it. No more cash - just digital transactions. No more traditional criminal activity. No more tax evasion. No more transactions without the "all seeing eye". Outcasts will hate the world without freedom, hope and privacy. To cover up the mess and distract the public by smoke and mirrors, the beast will engage in a war with Iran. Lies and deceit, corruption and decay, dancing on the graves will continue. Until; Black hole sun, won't you come, won't you come... I want to play a game. Time has come to opt out of the empire of filth. Live or die...
"The Process That’s Due.
Four things you should know."
(Continued)
(Robert Reich,
May 15, 2025)
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-process-thats-due?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=365422&post_id=163311153&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Watch: "LIVE: MeidasTouch RESPONDS to MAJOR Breaking News - 5/15/25", on YouTube.
(Meidas Touch)
https://www.youtube.com/live/_qbiJJK2m30?si=6Q15VxDN18t0IuMD
Watch: "Trump goes HAYWIRE in Live Presser, as Middle East Tour Backfires", on YouTube.
(Meidas Touch)
https://youtu.be/0BuHSy3aVG8?si=PI4AHU3BZMyK70Dn
"Trump's scheme an unlikely unifier, as even MAGA joins Bernie Sanders in opposition."
Donald Trump's grift has gotten so big, he's actually selling off access to the United States itself, columnist Brian Karem claimed in a new column for Salon.
Karem quoted a former Trump official saying, "If you think Trump is holding a yard sale, I would remind everyone that the United States is the yard that is for sale and everything, including security secrets, defensive initiatives, private data, and secrets most people don’t know about are for sale. And no one in this administration is going to call him out," the official added.
"The new Trump regime is becoming increasingly insulated while his activities grow more outrageous. Everything he does is pay to play.” (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/qatari-royal-family-plane-2672025314/
"GOP members 'disgusted', after 'unhappy' MAGA influencer unleashes wrath."
Laura Loomer is arguably one of the most controversial figures in the MAGA world, and traditional republicans are "disgusted" by her influence, according to a New York Times column.
Writer Frank Bruni said of Loomer, “She has a sway that doesn’t seem to be going away.”
Loomer has launched successful attacks on Trump nominees like Surgeon General Dr. Janette Nesheiwat. Loomer believed Nesheiwat was too supportive of vaccines. Trump ditched Nesheiwat for someone who is less supportive of vaccines, Dr. Casey Means. (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/maga-2672025191/
"Trump banner on gov building sparks backlash: 'Welcome to North America’s North Korea'."
A massive banner of Donald Trump is now hanging from the outside of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s building in Washington, D.C., opposite a banner of President Abraham Lincoln. Several critics are suggesting the hanging is fascist or authoritarian, with some saying it is giving off North Korea vibes.
“Looming down from the pillared front of the neo-classical facade is an enormous, brooding picture of Donald Trump, adapted from his official presidential portrait,” The Independent reported. “The picture of Trump is reminiscent of portraits of leaders hanging from public buildings, often seen in dictatorships, monarchies, and in descriptions in George Orwell’s 1984 of ‘Big Brother.'” (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-banner/?u=7b9efb3185bef2bd309f85021fcf366956aa9a477375b276f5af3843618fd1f1
"Justice Coney Barrett put Trump administration 'in a corner' in hearing: legal expert.:
Donald Trump's administration appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday for oral arguments about the birthright citizenship executive order.
On his first day in office, Trump signed an order that would bar citizenship to anyone born to a mother who was unlawfully present in the United States, and the father was not a U.S. citizen or a lawful permanent resident.
MSNBC legal analyst Catherine A. Christian, who previously served in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, brought up an exchange between Justice Amy Coney Barrett and U.S. Solicitor General John Sauer.
The debate was over the government's idea that there was no need for a nationwide injunction, while the case worked through the courts. The justices questioned if it would mean every child denied birthright citizenship must sue in court to obtain it. (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/birthright-citizenship-case-47/
Tireless truth tellers also need self care. Take time to recharge brothers because your work is imperative.
One can't leave a comment on YouTube? Too bad. I am old. I don't flip around sights to comment. Oh well..
I have to sign in with a YouTube/Google account to do some things. It's annoying, but it has the broadest range of stuff in one place that I actually watch. I'm old, too, & am not going to do a dozen streaming subscriptions or check a dozen places.
Friendly reminder: the Dem party is actually fighting against keeping your taxes at their lowest historical levels. Let tha marinate. Keep fighting!
💪💪💪💙💙💙💪💪💪
I know Trump lied on the campaign trail, but who are the stupid voters who believed him? He’s lied all his life!
"BREAKING: Supreme Court Torches Trump Administration During Birthright Citizenship Argument."
(Aaron Parnas,
May 15, 2025)
The Birthright Citizenship case may not touch the 14th Amendment directly, but it could reshape the balance of judicial power in America.
In a pivotal moment of Donald Trump’s second term, the United States Supreme Court has turned a skeptical and, at times, blistering eye toward the administration’s stance on nationwide injunctions. While the central question of the case doesn't address the constitutionality of modifying the 14th Amendment—a long-shot goal of Trump—the real issue at stake is just as critical: Can federal judges block executive actions on a national scale?
This seemingly procedural question could have massive consequences. If the Trump administration gets its way, lower federal courts would no longer be able to issue rulings that halt policies nationwide. Instead, any injunction would only apply to the plaintiffs directly involved in a given case. (Continued)
https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/breaking-supreme-court-torches-trump?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1810164&post_id=163641147&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
"Your private data is up for grabs, thanks to Trump."
Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, took time away from his busy schedule on Wednesday for his side gig as acting director of what’s left of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
In that role, Vought just tossed out a proposed CFPB rule that would have limited what data brokers could do with consumers’ private data, like credit history and Social Security numbers. (Continued)
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/14/2322354/-Your-private-data-is-up-for-grabs-thanks-to-Trump
"Democrats hit back on ActBlue probe and scrutinize GOP’s shady money."
House Democrats are pushing back against Republican attacks on ActBlue, the Democratic Party’s cornerstone fundraising platform, arguing that it’s the GOP’s own donation pipelines that are riddled with corruption and foreign influence. (Continued)
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/14/2322340/-Democrats-hit-back-on-ActBlue-probe-and-scrutinize-GOP-s-shady-money?detail=emaildkre
"Kristi Noem tells Congress she doesn't have to follow the Constitution."
According to the Trump administration, Supreme Court decisions hold no power—at least when Donald Trump doesn’t like them.
Testifying before Congress on Wednesday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem argued that the Trump administration does not have to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland resident who was wrongly deported to El Salvador—even though the Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that it does.
Noem’s assertion came during questioning from Democratic Rep. Daniel Goldman of New York, at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing. (Continued)
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/14/2322332/-Homeland-Security-chief-slammed-for-unconstitutional-rampage
Jen and "Pumps" nailed that entire exchange (with all the colorful lingo) on IHIPNEWS......
The hair extensions are a fire hazard.
"Woman is Being Used as an Incubator, Because of Georgia's Heartbeat Law."
(Aaron Parnas,
May 15, 2025)
In a story drawing comparisons to The Handmaid’s Tale, a Georgia woman has spent over three months on life support—not for her own survival, but to sustain the pregnancy she was carrying when she was declared brain dead.
Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old nurse and mother from Atlanta, was just under nine weeks pregnant in early February, when she was diagnosed with blood clots in her brain. Tragically, she soon lost all brain function, and has since been kept alive by machines under Georgia’s restrictive abortion law. (Continued)
https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/a-braindead-georgia-woman-is-being?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1810164&post_id=163637212&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
"Honesty is required to escape this disaster."
(Continued)
(Steve Schmidt,
May 15, 2025)
https://steveschmidt.substack.com/p/honesty-is-required-to-escape-this?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=836444&post_id=163626855&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
I can't watch this anymore more. If the Americans can't figure out how to take T out of the WH by now. We are done. Done.
Not watching anymore, ridiculous that you haven't dealt with this monster
Why is it that every single thing I get from here includes a fund request? I am on your side, and I have sent money, but every time I read something I get a request? Isn't there a better way to do this, more user friendly?
Thank you !