“Contrary to brainwashed Democrat boomers think and protest about, Trump is not a king, MAGA is not a cult, and I can and DO have my own opinion.”

The OBBB is now 1) increasing deficits a LOT than the House bill, 2) watering down termination of the Green New Scam to less than 50%, 3) watering down food stamp reforms, 4) taking out HSA expansion, 5) gutting our (weak) effort to stop rogue judges, & 6) more… so… NOT GOOD.

Trump Announces He Has Evidence Thomas Massie Is Only Weeks Away From Acquiring Nuclear Weapons buff.ly/pz5RI7c

Asked Ron Johnson if a Friday vote on reconciliation seems realistic. His whole response: “Whatever”

Classified report says Iran retains most of its stocks of enriched uranium and has secret nuclear sites that remain. nytimes.com/2025/06/24/us/…

Trump: “Go ahead, back white, white Jacket” Reporter: “The NATO chief called you daddy. Do you regard your NATO allies as children?” Trump: “He did it very affectionately. ‘Daddy, you’re my daddy’”

Karoline Leavitt and James Blair are the RSC lunch guests today She wants “to make sure everyone understands” the OBB bill must be on Trump’s desk by July 4 “He's always ready to whip if he has to. Hopefully he doesn't and everyone just falls in line and gets this bill done”

Senate parliamentarian rules several Medicaid changes in Republicans mega bill violate budget reconciliation rules. Finance Committee will likely try to restructure some of these to comply, but that will take some time.

Senate reconciliation bill includes a $100M appropriation for OMB

Out: Cornhusker kickback In: Caribou carveout W/Margot Sanger-Katz nytimes.com/2025/06/28/us/… via @NYTimes

Murkowski working it - “There is even a provision that would allow certain Alaskan whaling captains to deduct more of their expenses.” Via ⁦Catie Edmondson⁩ ⁦Margot Sanger-Katz⁩ nytimes.com/2025/06/28/us/…

TILLIS: "Now, Republicans are about to make a mistake on health care and betraying a promise. It is inescapable that this bill in its current form will betray the very promise that Donald J Trump made in the Oval Office or in the Cabinet Room when I was there with Finance, where

Very angry Tillis on the floor: “What do I tell 663,000 people in 2 or 3 years, when President Trump breaks his promise by pushing them off of Medicaid because the funding isn’t there anymore.”

Surprise Tax in G.O.P. Bill Could Cripple Wind and Solar Power brad plumer nytimes.com/2025/06/29/cli…

To get it through Congress, FDR hid $12 billion (today's dollars) to fund the Manhattan Project in a single line item: "expediting production."

Susan Collins appears to have gotten her $50B rural hospital fund after all, per amendment text reviewed by Margot Sanger-Katz nytimes.com/live/2025/07/0…

The $50b rural hospital fund Sen. Collins has been asking for appears to be in the final version of the Senate bill.

Here we are.

me when the same house members who always vote yes suggest they’re a no

So does the Freedom Caucus vote to green light Murkowski’s Denali Deal?