Medicaid also pays for nursing home care for millions of elderly people, so if you have a parent who could need it someday, this is why you need to fight for it. Nursing home coverage is hugely expensive, and health insurance doesn't cover it, but somehow this seems to escape the attention of the news media.
2/3 of the people on Medicaid already work, and the other 1/3 are disabled and would qualify for exemptions anyone? Yeah, sounds about right.
People I know on Medicaid:
- My own disabled sister, who has the functionality of a 10 year old. When she was 19 she briefly tried to work at a Burger King, and lasted all of two weeks. Later on, she worked in a sponge factory, but was only paid $2/hour. She knits and does paintings for other people in her group home. Oldest sister worked hard to get her on Medicare QMB but Medicaid kicks in for a lot of things that she'd otherwise have to cover.
- All the other disabled women in her group home that are not yet 65 years old - they are on some combo of Medicare/Medicaid as well.
- A friend in Vermont on disability who suffers from cluster migraines. She works as an unpaid moderator for a Twitch streamer right now, but if a headache hits, she's out of commission for 24-48 hours. Not exactly conducive to working a full time job outside of the house. Medicaid is what lets her see any doctor at all.
My mother needed to go from the hospital to a skilled nursing facility, so we had to apply for Medicaid because health insurance doesn't cover nursing home care. So unless people want to blow their inheritance (if they have one) on paying for a nursing home, they need to demand Congress protect Medicaid.
I have an old friend who, in 1975 and at the age of 17, was in a devastating car accident, after which he remained in a coma for a year and suffered extensive brain damage. He has had to live all his adult life as a disabled man needing daily care with eating, bathing, and mobility. What would have happened to him without Medicaid?
Right wing idiots think people who aren't sick shouldn't be getting Medicaid. They also don't seem to care about elderly people who need to be in a care facility. These proposed cuts jeopardize millions of Americans, now and in the future.
The fundamental problem in this area for Republicans is that they see poverty or illness as moral issues, not as the result of socioeconomic factors, or just plain bad luck. They feel that the poor and the unhealthy are wicked, and are being punished for their sins by a righteous and angry deity.
They call themselves Christians, but they ignore every word that Jesus of Nazareth said during his lifetime about care of the poor and suffering. They hold their temporary positions of minimal power only because so many “Christians” feel the same way about the suffering and the poor, and vote accordingly. The hypocrisy of the American electorate in this area is breathtaking. The only hope that the rest of us have is that the obvious incompetence of the President and his creatures in the Cabinet and in Congress will limit the damage they can they can do before the decent people in this country have the gumption to throw them out.
In some cases, poverty and illness are the result of moral issues. However in the vast majority of cases it is the result of socioeconomic factors, or just plain bad luck. I've been through some rough patches myself, but was able to pull; myself out of them because I'm just a stubborn SOB and am good at rolling with the punches. I don't expect everybody to have the talents I possess. They are a gift from God and it's my duty to share when called upon.
That being said I have a great deal of empathy for people who are "down on their luck", I've been there myself. I never give to charities, I prefer to help people on a personal level. I've helped people with rent and mortgage payments. car repairs, even bought vehicles for them so they could get to work. I've also directed people to public welfare benefits. Many people don't know what is available to them. I do firmly believe that if you are able, you should be working. I'm not a church goer, and in general have a disdain for organized religion. it does more harm than good and the vast majority do nothing but look out for the financial well being of the pastoral section. How in good conscience can a Pastor live in a very comfortable circumstance while members of his congregation are suffering in poverty?
In the words of Jesus "Give all that you have to the poor and follow me" If you call yourself a "Christian" you cannot ignore the suffering of others.
Let's make it really clear here Rs are not religious they weaponized it to serve themselves. If they could have gotten their power and greed in other ways they would have done that. One reason I have issues with religion in general. They use it as an excuse to maim and kill. They are no better than terrorists and dictators.
Disdain for the poor outweighs their racism. If you're Black and successful, you'll be more welcome around them than if you're white, poor, and have a mental illness.
There may be a hierarchy as to who they hate first but the class system is solidly in place. They hate the poor because it's a drain on their society. They have everything not straight white male.
The class system is intended to mirror the racial hierarchy they keep trying to enforce.
That's why White people who are poor and racist get so angry -- because they don't believe they belong in the same "tier" as people of color AND they want wealthy people of color to have less than they do *by law*.
That's the whole idea behind apartheid -- which Elon wants to go back to and Donald and Goebbels Miller want to force on the United States.
That's why people of color get upset when people like Bernie - and you - continue to ignore all that.
If nothing else - it demonstrates that you haven't read Isabel Wilkerson's book which explains the whole thing, and which also won a Pulitzer (in part I suspect *because* it explains the whole thing )
You might also want to watch Thirteenth -- which Ava Duvernay put out *eight years* ago -- which explains the invisible class of people you don't see -- the people in prison making prison wages whose employers are the corporations price gouging regular citizens and making 900% profits on stock buybacks
There's a REASON why the prison population is both the highest in the world in the United States AND ALSO why Black people make up around 32% to 38% of the prison population while only making up 13% of the general population -- which is why white supremacists work so hard to keep felons disenfranchised so they can't vote away these racist policies -- and Latino & Hispanic individuals make up around 23% to 31% of the prison population while only making up 11% of the general population.
And one of the reasons you don't know about any of this is because the power structure who wants this racial hierarchy to stay in place works very hard to keep the information from you.
But the reason you keep making half an argument is because your argument doesn't take this information into consideration.
Read the book and watch the movie and then maybe think again about the topic in the context of the new information you'll have after you've done those things.
FFS, when will someone connect dots and simply run on "when you pay taxes, you help pay for Medicare and Medicaid, and so everyone should be able to enroll. You're paying for it, after all. You don't pay GEICO for car insurance when you have Progressive, so why do it for healthcare?"
Fucking rename it the "Taxpayers and Citizens' Insurance Company" with a parenthetical in -2 point font after it that says (that's not really a company) and tell all the Republicans to go fuck themselves.
Ta, Dok. The FQHC where I work serves patients who cannot pay, as well as many, many, many Medicaid recipients. The few of them who are capable of working have jobs. If it were not for Medicaid coverage, many of them would be dead. All my clients are HIV positive adults. Are THEY going to have to get jobs?
"Medicaid, which currently provides healthcare for one in five Americans..."
20%... How fucked is 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵? A number right there to be considered with that appalling percentage of Americans who don't owe federal income taxes because they don't earn enough money.
But don't worry! US institutions charge fees and regressively tax 'em on consumption, etc to get their slice...
I'm on Medicaid because I have serious mental health issues. Medicaid pays for my weekly therapy sessions. And of course all my doctor bills. If it goes, I am truly fucked.
"they’ve been instructed to cut $880 billion over the coming decade. That means huge cuts to Medicaid, in the neighborhood of $700 billion"
While it shouldn't still affect me, the hypocrisy of the Fulvous Fuckwad and the RINOs still takes my breath away (and it's not my COPD acting up). They are slashing budgets left and right, but with a few key carveouts:
> "The recommended funding levels result from a rigorous, line-by-line review of FY 2025
spending, which was found to be laden with spending contrary to the needs of ordinary working
Americans and tilted toward funding niche non-governmental organizations and institutions of
higher education committed to radical gender and climate ideologies antithetical to the American
way of life. [The current regime does nothing rigorously other than trample on the rights of anyone the RINOs oppose, throw raw meat to the base and issue nonsensical diktats that shouldn't have been issued in the first place that are unenforceable because... Constitution -- and even that won't stop him since he's made it abundantly clear that intends to pick and choose those parts he'll obey and those parts he'll ignore because it puts to many constraints on his fulfilling his every wet dream.]
...
the President is proposing base non-defense discretionary budget authority $163 billion-22.6
percent-below current-year spending, while still protecting funding for homeland security,
veterans, seniors, law enforcement, and infrastructure.
...
For Defense spending, the President proposes an increase of 13 percent to $1.01 trillion
for FY 2026; for Homeland Security, the Budget commits a historic $175 billion investment to, at
* Increase the DOD budget by 13% while firing a large part of the experienced bureaucracy in the Pentagon and throughout the DOD;
* Give $175 billion [again, an~65% increase over FY 2025] to Sec/DHS Birkenau Barbie Noem so she can continue to fuck the country as Mooseballs Mussolini is demanding.
A few other highlights, if I may:
* "America First Opportunity Fund (A1OF) +$2,900 [numbers changes in millions] The Budget includes $2.9 billion for a new America First Opportunity (A1OF) Fund. This Fund
would focus on strategic investments that make America safer, stronger, and more prosperous. The A1OF would be able to: support some of America’s most enduring and critical partners such as India +2,900 Fund and Jordan; support activities critical to keeping American safe, such as repatriations; counter China and other near-peer rivals; and fund new activities to strengthen America’s national security priorities."
* "Development Finance Corporation (DFC) +2,820 The Budget increases the U.S. International DFC to support U.S. national security and American interests through billions in loans and guarantees that would generate returns to the taxpayer and reduce reliance on foreign aid. This investment includes $3 billion for a new revolving fund to allow DFC to recycle any realized returns from its initial investments without further appropriation." [Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this basically what USAID was doing?]
* "Economic Support Fund, Development Assistance, Democracy Fund, Assistance for Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia -8,326 U.S. economic and development aid has been funneled to radical, leftist priorities, including climate
change, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), and LGBTQ activities around the world. The Budget and eliminates funding for these programs and combines duplicative accounts into the single A1OF, which supports the foreign programs that serve American interests and advance the President’s Assistance for Europe, Eurasia, and objectives abroad. The Budget simultaneously strengthens the DFC to shift America’s global posture from handouts to investments, returning a profit for the taxpayer while making America safer, stronger, and more prosperous."
* "Peacekeeping Missions -1,614 The Budget does not provide funding for wasteful United Nations (UN) and other peacekeeping missions due to recent failures and high level of assessments. The United States has a history of paying for more than its fair share of international peacekeeping activities. Further, UN peacekeepers have been accused of narcotics trafficking across multiple continents, especially in the Central African Republic where peacekeepers smuggled gold, diamonds, and drugs."
* "Educational and Cultural Exchanges -691 Inspector General reports have documented insufficient monitoring for fraud and inefficient, wasteful programming at the expense of U.S. taxpayers. Foreign students receiving technical and high-demand training leave to take those skills overseas, including back to near-peer rivals, having deprived American students of places to acquire those skills. This program is no longer affordable."
* "National Endowment for Democracy (NED) -315 Under the Biden Administration and at the start of the Russia/Ukraine war, the NED blocked public access to its grant details after having never provided disclosure in the manner required by Federal law. In March 2025, it was discovered that NED funded the Ukraine disinformation organization that doxed U.S. journalists called for prosecutions of allies of the President, and attacked the Vice President, Joe Kent, and others as “foreign propagandists of the Russian Federation.” NED also funded the now-infamous Disinformation Index Foundation that targeted and blacklisted conservative media outlets like Federalist, Newsmax, TAC, the Blaze, NYP, etc. The Budget eliminates funding for NED."
* "Global Health Programs/Family Planning -6,233 The United States is the largest global contributor to programs that provide so-called family planning services through liberal NGOs, and have funded abortions. This stands in direct conflict with the President’s action reinstating the “Mexico City Policy.” The Budget protects life and prevents a proabortion agenda from being promoted abroad with taxpayer dollars. The Budget focuses on lifesaving assistance and preventing infectious diseases from reaching the United States. The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief funding is preserved for any current beneficiaries." [NB: The AIDS relief funding is for ***current*** beneficiaries; nothing mentioned about future AIDS emergencies.]
These are just for the category titled "Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)" and there are an additional 43 pages for the budget request for other agencies/organizations. (All figures op cit)
I'm having trouble understanding why disturbing a House meeting with chants is illegal when a violent mob of insurrectionists chasing the House and Senate out of their chambers in the middle of a constitutionally mandated session did not disrupt the session. At least according to the Supreme Court. Because they did not destroy any documents, and according to the warped reasoning by that court, the legal definition of two words in that law, "and" and "or", both actually mean "and".
So unless these people in the gallery managed to rip up some House documents they should be in the clear. While in the insurrection there was a lot of harm, including deaths, but no foul. With the family of one of the insurrectionists attempting to climb through a broken window and open the chamber door to the mob but getting shot and killed before gaining entry getting a multimillion dollar settlement. Which I doubt any of the police who died as a result of this violence, like officer Sicknick and four suicides, ever will get.
Funny how home owners shooting and killing a home invader busting through a door is a hero and the victim a criminal. In this case Trump has elevated the criminal to a hero and the police officer protecting the lives of Congress members and their staff is the criminal. Actually, it's disgusting, not funny, but members of the MAGA cult consider all of the people involved in the insurrection heroes and victims of oppression. Regardless of video evidence of extreme violence committed against police officers.
Republicans have perfected the scam of gaslighting. Particularly on the titles of their bills. If it says "Health" that means "Death". If it says "Jobs", that means they're cutting unemployment benefits, or reducing opportunity or real wages, or all of above. If it says "Save" anything, that means the wealthy will get richer, or children will get sick needlessly, or women won't be able to vote. When reading a positive sounding title, it means just the opposite. When reading felonpotus posts, you're in for a tantrum of epic proportions. On topic, Medicaid cuts will kill people, particularly children and seniors. But most of them don't donate bigly to Republicans, so the R's say "Health"! See above translation.
It's just subordinate to the Holy Grail of owning the libs as a diversionary tactic. If we're focused on the utter mendacity of his misrepresentation we're not paying attention to the problem.
We need to ignore the provocation and fiocus on resolving the problem. Stop responding to the provocation and it'll stop. This is Psych 101 stuff.
Medicaid also pays for nursing home care for millions of elderly people, so if you have a parent who could need it someday, this is why you need to fight for it. Nursing home coverage is hugely expensive, and health insurance doesn't cover it, but somehow this seems to escape the attention of the news media.
2/3 of the people on Medicaid already work, and the other 1/3 are disabled and would qualify for exemptions anyone? Yeah, sounds about right.
People I know on Medicaid:
- My own disabled sister, who has the functionality of a 10 year old. When she was 19 she briefly tried to work at a Burger King, and lasted all of two weeks. Later on, she worked in a sponge factory, but was only paid $2/hour. She knits and does paintings for other people in her group home. Oldest sister worked hard to get her on Medicare QMB but Medicaid kicks in for a lot of things that she'd otherwise have to cover.
- All the other disabled women in her group home that are not yet 65 years old - they are on some combo of Medicare/Medicaid as well.
- A friend in Vermont on disability who suffers from cluster migraines. She works as an unpaid moderator for a Twitch streamer right now, but if a headache hits, she's out of commission for 24-48 hours. Not exactly conducive to working a full time job outside of the house. Medicaid is what lets her see any doctor at all.
My mother needed to go from the hospital to a skilled nursing facility, so we had to apply for Medicaid because health insurance doesn't cover nursing home care. So unless people want to blow their inheritance (if they have one) on paying for a nursing home, they need to demand Congress protect Medicaid.
I have an old friend who, in 1975 and at the age of 17, was in a devastating car accident, after which he remained in a coma for a year and suffered extensive brain damage. He has had to live all his adult life as a disabled man needing daily care with eating, bathing, and mobility. What would have happened to him without Medicaid?
Right wing idiots think people who aren't sick shouldn't be getting Medicaid. They also don't seem to care about elderly people who need to be in a care facility. These proposed cuts jeopardize millions of Americans, now and in the future.
Country Club Republicans just don't give a shit about you....
And we don't give a shit about them
Go! That congresswoman
𝘈𝘖𝘊 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘴 ‘𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭’ 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥
𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/aoc-medicaid-funding-miscarriages-b2750975.html
The fundamental problem in this area for Republicans is that they see poverty or illness as moral issues, not as the result of socioeconomic factors, or just plain bad luck. They feel that the poor and the unhealthy are wicked, and are being punished for their sins by a righteous and angry deity.
They call themselves Christians, but they ignore every word that Jesus of Nazareth said during his lifetime about care of the poor and suffering. They hold their temporary positions of minimal power only because so many “Christians” feel the same way about the suffering and the poor, and vote accordingly. The hypocrisy of the American electorate in this area is breathtaking. The only hope that the rest of us have is that the obvious incompetence of the President and his creatures in the Cabinet and in Congress will limit the damage they can they can do before the decent people in this country have the gumption to throw them out.
In some cases, poverty and illness are the result of moral issues. However in the vast majority of cases it is the result of socioeconomic factors, or just plain bad luck. I've been through some rough patches myself, but was able to pull; myself out of them because I'm just a stubborn SOB and am good at rolling with the punches. I don't expect everybody to have the talents I possess. They are a gift from God and it's my duty to share when called upon.
That being said I have a great deal of empathy for people who are "down on their luck", I've been there myself. I never give to charities, I prefer to help people on a personal level. I've helped people with rent and mortgage payments. car repairs, even bought vehicles for them so they could get to work. I've also directed people to public welfare benefits. Many people don't know what is available to them. I do firmly believe that if you are able, you should be working. I'm not a church goer, and in general have a disdain for organized religion. it does more harm than good and the vast majority do nothing but look out for the financial well being of the pastoral section. How in good conscience can a Pastor live in a very comfortable circumstance while members of his congregation are suffering in poverty?
In the words of Jesus "Give all that you have to the poor and follow me" If you call yourself a "Christian" you cannot ignore the suffering of others.
Let's make it really clear here Rs are not religious they weaponized it to serve themselves. If they could have gotten their power and greed in other ways they would have done that. One reason I have issues with religion in general. They use it as an excuse to maim and kill. They are no better than terrorists and dictators.
Thank you. I was just thinking the same thing.
"They feel that the poor and the unhealthy are wicked"
But ONLY IF THOSE PEOPLE ARE NOT WHITE.
You can't just think it halfway through. You have to think it ALL the way through.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N0xqqZLNFA&t=65s
Disdain for the poor outweighs their racism. If you're Black and successful, you'll be more welcome around them than if you're white, poor, and have a mental illness.
No
https://bsky.app/profile/globalextremism.bsky.social/post/3lp7q7kwmok2m
But they especially hate the poor, wish them dead and look at them as dead weight on their system.
No
https://bsky.app/profile/globalextremism.bsky.social/post/3lp7q7kwmok2m
There may be a hierarchy as to who they hate first but the class system is solidly in place. They hate the poor because it's a drain on their society. They have everything not straight white male.
" the class system is solidly in place"
The class system is intended to mirror the racial hierarchy they keep trying to enforce.
That's why White people who are poor and racist get so angry -- because they don't believe they belong in the same "tier" as people of color AND they want wealthy people of color to have less than they do *by law*.
That's the whole idea behind apartheid -- which Elon wants to go back to and Donald and Goebbels Miller want to force on the United States.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/elon-musk-doge-neo-apartheid/
That's why people of color get upset when people like Bernie - and you - continue to ignore all that.
If nothing else - it demonstrates that you haven't read Isabel Wilkerson's book which explains the whole thing, and which also won a Pulitzer (in part I suspect *because* it explains the whole thing )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP0m0jKORwg
You might also want to watch Thirteenth -- which Ava Duvernay put out *eight years* ago -- which explains the invisible class of people you don't see -- the people in prison making prison wages whose employers are the corporations price gouging regular citizens and making 900% profits on stock buybacks
There's a REASON why the prison population is both the highest in the world in the United States AND ALSO why Black people make up around 32% to 38% of the prison population while only making up 13% of the general population -- which is why white supremacists work so hard to keep felons disenfranchised so they can't vote away these racist policies -- and Latino & Hispanic individuals make up around 23% to 31% of the prison population while only making up 11% of the general population.
And one of the reasons you don't know about any of this is because the power structure who wants this racial hierarchy to stay in place works very hard to keep the information from you.
But the reason you keep making half an argument is because your argument doesn't take this information into consideration.
Read the book and watch the movie and then maybe think again about the topic in the context of the new information you'll have after you've done those things.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In2lNmBuz94
I'm aware of all of that information. A couple of sentences doesn't even begin to cover it just as you've cited here.
The class system hard at work.
arbeit macht gesund, huh
The reddest rednecks will building gallows on the Mall again.
FFS, when will someone connect dots and simply run on "when you pay taxes, you help pay for Medicare and Medicaid, and so everyone should be able to enroll. You're paying for it, after all. You don't pay GEICO for car insurance when you have Progressive, so why do it for healthcare?"
Fucking rename it the "Taxpayers and Citizens' Insurance Company" with a parenthetical in -2 point font after it that says (that's not really a company) and tell all the Republicans to go fuck themselves.
Ta, Dok. The FQHC where I work serves patients who cannot pay, as well as many, many, many Medicaid recipients. The few of them who are capable of working have jobs. If it were not for Medicaid coverage, many of them would be dead. All my clients are HIV positive adults. Are THEY going to have to get jobs?
"Medicaid, which currently provides healthcare for one in five Americans..."
20%... How fucked is 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵? A number right there to be considered with that appalling percentage of Americans who don't owe federal income taxes because they don't earn enough money.
But don't worry! US institutions charge fees and regressively tax 'em on consumption, etc to get their slice...
I'm on Medicaid because I have serious mental health issues. Medicaid pays for my weekly therapy sessions. And of course all my doctor bills. If it goes, I am truly fucked.
"they’ve been instructed to cut $880 billion over the coming decade. That means huge cuts to Medicaid, in the neighborhood of $700 billion"
While it shouldn't still affect me, the hypocrisy of the Fulvous Fuckwad and the RINOs still takes my breath away (and it's not my COPD acting up). They are slashing budgets left and right, but with a few key carveouts:
> "The recommended funding levels result from a rigorous, line-by-line review of FY 2025
spending, which was found to be laden with spending contrary to the needs of ordinary working
Americans and tilted toward funding niche non-governmental organizations and institutions of
higher education committed to radical gender and climate ideologies antithetical to the American
way of life. [The current regime does nothing rigorously other than trample on the rights of anyone the RINOs oppose, throw raw meat to the base and issue nonsensical diktats that shouldn't have been issued in the first place that are unenforceable because... Constitution -- and even that won't stop him since he's made it abundantly clear that intends to pick and choose those parts he'll obey and those parts he'll ignore because it puts to many constraints on his fulfilling his every wet dream.]
...
the President is proposing base non-defense discretionary budget authority $163 billion-22.6
percent-below current-year spending, while still protecting funding for homeland security,
veterans, seniors, law enforcement, and infrastructure.
...
For Defense spending, the President proposes an increase of 13 percent to $1.01 trillion
for FY 2026; for Homeland Security, the Budget commits a historic $175 billion investment to, at
long last, fully secure our border." https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Fiscal-Year-2026-Discretionary-Budget-Request.pdfcontent/uploads/2025/05/Fiscal-Year-2026-Discretionary-Budget-Request.pdf
-and-
> "Defense spending would increase by 13 percent, and appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security would increase by ***nearly 65 percent***, to ensure that our military and other agencies repelling the invasion of our border have the resources they need to complete the mission." [emphasis added] https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/05/the-white-house-office-of-management-and-budget-releases-the-presidents-fiscal-year-2026-skinny-budget
* Increase the DOD budget by 13% while firing a large part of the experienced bureaucracy in the Pentagon and throughout the DOD;
* Give $175 billion [again, an~65% increase over FY 2025] to Sec/DHS Birkenau Barbie Noem so she can continue to fuck the country as Mooseballs Mussolini is demanding.
A few other highlights, if I may:
* "America First Opportunity Fund (A1OF) +$2,900 [numbers changes in millions] The Budget includes $2.9 billion for a new America First Opportunity (A1OF) Fund. This Fund
would focus on strategic investments that make America safer, stronger, and more prosperous. The A1OF would be able to: support some of America’s most enduring and critical partners such as India +2,900 Fund and Jordan; support activities critical to keeping American safe, such as repatriations; counter China and other near-peer rivals; and fund new activities to strengthen America’s national security priorities."
* "Development Finance Corporation (DFC) +2,820 The Budget increases the U.S. International DFC to support U.S. national security and American interests through billions in loans and guarantees that would generate returns to the taxpayer and reduce reliance on foreign aid. This investment includes $3 billion for a new revolving fund to allow DFC to recycle any realized returns from its initial investments without further appropriation." [Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this basically what USAID was doing?]
* "Economic Support Fund, Development Assistance, Democracy Fund, Assistance for Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia -8,326 U.S. economic and development aid has been funneled to radical, leftist priorities, including climate
change, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), and LGBTQ activities around the world. The Budget and eliminates funding for these programs and combines duplicative accounts into the single A1OF, which supports the foreign programs that serve American interests and advance the President’s Assistance for Europe, Eurasia, and objectives abroad. The Budget simultaneously strengthens the DFC to shift America’s global posture from handouts to investments, returning a profit for the taxpayer while making America safer, stronger, and more prosperous."
* "Peacekeeping Missions -1,614 The Budget does not provide funding for wasteful United Nations (UN) and other peacekeeping missions due to recent failures and high level of assessments. The United States has a history of paying for more than its fair share of international peacekeeping activities. Further, UN peacekeepers have been accused of narcotics trafficking across multiple continents, especially in the Central African Republic where peacekeepers smuggled gold, diamonds, and drugs."
* "Educational and Cultural Exchanges -691 Inspector General reports have documented insufficient monitoring for fraud and inefficient, wasteful programming at the expense of U.S. taxpayers. Foreign students receiving technical and high-demand training leave to take those skills overseas, including back to near-peer rivals, having deprived American students of places to acquire those skills. This program is no longer affordable."
* "National Endowment for Democracy (NED) -315 Under the Biden Administration and at the start of the Russia/Ukraine war, the NED blocked public access to its grant details after having never provided disclosure in the manner required by Federal law. In March 2025, it was discovered that NED funded the Ukraine disinformation organization that doxed U.S. journalists called for prosecutions of allies of the President, and attacked the Vice President, Joe Kent, and others as “foreign propagandists of the Russian Federation.” NED also funded the now-infamous Disinformation Index Foundation that targeted and blacklisted conservative media outlets like Federalist, Newsmax, TAC, the Blaze, NYP, etc. The Budget eliminates funding for NED."
* "Global Health Programs/Family Planning -6,233 The United States is the largest global contributor to programs that provide so-called family planning services through liberal NGOs, and have funded abortions. This stands in direct conflict with the President’s action reinstating the “Mexico City Policy.” The Budget protects life and prevents a proabortion agenda from being promoted abroad with taxpayer dollars. The Budget focuses on lifesaving assistance and preventing infectious diseases from reaching the United States. The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief funding is preserved for any current beneficiaries." [NB: The AIDS relief funding is for ***current*** beneficiaries; nothing mentioned about future AIDS emergencies.]
These are just for the category titled "Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)" and there are an additional 43 pages for the budget request for other agencies/organizations. (All figures op cit)
For additional kicks and giggles read the entire statement quoted above at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/05/the-white-house-office-of-management-and-budget-releases-the-presidents-fiscal-year-2026-skinny-budget
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I'm having trouble understanding why disturbing a House meeting with chants is illegal when a violent mob of insurrectionists chasing the House and Senate out of their chambers in the middle of a constitutionally mandated session did not disrupt the session. At least according to the Supreme Court. Because they did not destroy any documents, and according to the warped reasoning by that court, the legal definition of two words in that law, "and" and "or", both actually mean "and".
So unless these people in the gallery managed to rip up some House documents they should be in the clear. While in the insurrection there was a lot of harm, including deaths, but no foul. With the family of one of the insurrectionists attempting to climb through a broken window and open the chamber door to the mob but getting shot and killed before gaining entry getting a multimillion dollar settlement. Which I doubt any of the police who died as a result of this violence, like officer Sicknick and four suicides, ever will get.
Funny how home owners shooting and killing a home invader busting through a door is a hero and the victim a criminal. In this case Trump has elevated the criminal to a hero and the police officer protecting the lives of Congress members and their staff is the criminal. Actually, it's disgusting, not funny, but members of the MAGA cult consider all of the people involved in the insurrection heroes and victims of oppression. Regardless of video evidence of extreme violence committed against police officers.
Shorter Republicans:
“Arbeit Macht Frei.”
Republicans have perfected the scam of gaslighting. Particularly on the titles of their bills. If it says "Health" that means "Death". If it says "Jobs", that means they're cutting unemployment benefits, or reducing opportunity or real wages, or all of above. If it says "Save" anything, that means the wealthy will get richer, or children will get sick needlessly, or women won't be able to vote. When reading a positive sounding title, it means just the opposite. When reading felonpotus posts, you're in for a tantrum of epic proportions. On topic, Medicaid cuts will kill people, particularly children and seniors. But most of them don't donate bigly to Republicans, so the R's say "Health"! See above translation.
My granny would have whupped me if I lied like that, Mr. Crenshaw. Are you a child, that you don't know right from wrong?
Of course he knows right from wrong.
It's just subordinate to the Holy Grail of owning the libs as a diversionary tactic. If we're focused on the utter mendacity of his misrepresentation we're not paying attention to the problem.
We need to ignore the provocation and fiocus on resolving the problem. Stop responding to the provocation and it'll stop. This is Psych 101 stuff.