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gwydion* News keeps moving fast, so some items may be already out of date.
We need to fight the Budget Bill
NOTE: Numbers subject to change.
If this budget passes, people die because they won't be able to afford the copays, especially as Trump economic policies kill jobs and keep causing prices to rise.
They are sacrificing people for the billionaires that bought them.
STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND CONTACT YOUR SENATORS NOW!!!
Remind Red State Senators that they are killing their own base with this bill!
These Senators are vulnerable in 2026, so it is particularly important to contact them if they represent you:
Collins (ME)
Tillis (NC)
Sulliven (AK)
Husted (OH)
Moody (FL)
Cornyn (TX)
Ernst (IA)
They are stealing healthcare from 7.8 million in the near future and 10.9 million peopleat minimum over the next decade.
1 Million children will lose food assistance.
They are making the bottom 10% of Americans 4% Poorer.
This is all so they can make the Wealthiest 10% 2.3% richer.
The goal of this legislation is to harm or kill as many ordinary people by stealing their health care while ballooning the deficit by 4.45 trillion by giving tax cuts to billionaires. (Republicans have decided to no longer count the billionaire tax cuts and related interest costs because the real figures make them look bad. Lying that a 4 trillion increase is a $508 billion decrease is better for them politically).
A budget is a moral document. It says what a society's priorities are.
Not all deficit is bad. Deficit to invest in things like education or health or infrastructure is good for obvious reasons. This deficit is entirely about sucking money out of the economy and into billionaire bank accounts. It gives nothing back; it only harms.
Reminder: They are also immunizing the executive branch against Contempt of Court so they can just ignore the judicial branch in future.
* "What’s in the latest version of Trump’s big bill now before the Senate:" https://apnews.com/article/senate-medicaid-food-stamps-tax-cuts-trump-04ba626c7e35c6a0070436f69616ab35
* "The Most Uselessly Expensive Part of the GOP Budget Bill:" https://archive.ph/IqJgb
* "Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO):"
* "The Senate is voting on amendments to the GOP megabill. Here's what's in it:" https://www.npr.org/2025/06/28/g-s1-74388/senate-big-beautiful-bill
* "Tax Cuts, Student Loans, Medicaid: What’s in the Senate GOP’s Megabill:" https://archive.ph/PI3cZ
* "Marathon Senate vote on Trump's big bill drags out as Republicans struggle to find path to passage:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-begins-votes-trumps-massive-bill-republicans-race-final-passage-rcna215843
* "Senate Republicans’ tax cuts cost projected to rise to $4.45T:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/28/congress/senate-republicans-tax-cuts-now-projected-to-cost-4-45t-00431416
* "Republicans move forward with controversial megabill accounting move:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/29/congress/republicans-move-forward-with-controversial-megabill-accounting-move-00432212
* "With Accounting Gimmick, Republicans Upend Senate Norms:" https://archive.ph/jYA8N
* "Senate bill hastens end of wind, solar tax credits and imposes new tax:" https://archive.ph/LKfs6
* "Senate’s tax bill seeks to gut clean energy; Musk calls it ‘utterly insane’:" https://archive.ph/EE7AN
* "Senate GOP tax bill includes largest cut to U.S. safety net in decades:" https://archive.ph/cqpj5
* "Sen. Bernie Sanders: Trump’s budget bill cuts to Medicaid “is a death sentence” for Americans:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/-sen-bernie-sanders-trump-s-budget-bill-cuts-to-medicaid-is-a-death-sentence-for-americans-242443333770
* "Sen. Tillis says he will retire following Trump attacks:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/sen-tillis-says-he-will-retire-following-trump-attacks-242445381792
* "'Bad news for all Americans': Sen. Maggie Hassan on Trump’s megabill:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/-bad-news-for-all-americans-sen-maggie-hassan-on-trump-s-megabill-242446405761
* Our job for the next two years is to survive, to build grassroots resistance, to do all in our power to slow the republican Christo-fascist agenda, and to prepare for 2026 in case there is still Democracy.
We are trying to build a good list of resistance resources.
Please add more below if you have them.
* "Take action with Indivisible:" https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/
* Trump 2.0 Indivisible Guide. https://indivisible.org/resource/guide
* "Democracy 2025:" https://www.democracy2025.org/?utm_source=df-ad&utm_medium=&utm_campaign=21912407002&utm_content=721373734297&source=df-ad-gs&gad_source=1
* "Resisting Fascism in 2025 and Beyond:" https://www.prideandpagesbookclub.com/resisting-fascism-in-2025-and-beyond
* If you can't safely contact them in person, here are some other options for contacting your Congress Critters:
Five Calls to your critters: https://5calls.org/
Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/
And another: https://faxzero.com/fax_senate.php
Snail Mail Campaigns: https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/3622760.html
"Congress. gov:" https://www.congress.gov/
White house (Possibly Dangerous): https://www.whitehouse.gov/
ACLU advice for writing to your Critters: https://www.aclu.org/writing-your-elected-representatives
This tracks legislation: https://www.govtrack.us/
"The Public Comment Process (+ how to write effective public comments):" https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/781844516804149248?source=share
Run for Something: https://runforsomething.net/
"Vote Smart:" https://justfacts.votesmart.org/
Useful organizing links and resources: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/771859083592613888/hater-of-terfs-ive-already-reblogged-a-link-to?source=share
Protests: "50501 Events:" https://www.fiftyfifty.one/events
How to render emergency aid in a riot: https://riotmedicine.net/static/downloads/riot-medicine_a5.pdf
"How to Safely and Ethically Film Police Misconduct:" https://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-to-film-police-safely
"ICE Raids Toolkit: Defend Against ICE Raids and Community Arrests:" https://www.immigrantdefenseproject.org/raids-toolkit/
Contains a raid tip hotline amoung other things. "Know Your Rights
LEARN HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY:" https://wearecasa.org/know-your-rights/
We need to fight the Budget Bill
NOTE: Numbers subject to change.
If this budget passes, people die because they won't be able to afford the copays, especially as Trump economic policies kill jobs and keep causing prices to rise.
They are sacrificing people for the billionaires that bought them.
STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND CONTACT YOUR SENATORS NOW!!!
Remind Red State Senators that they are killing their own base with this bill!
These Senators are vulnerable in 2026, so it is particularly important to contact them if they represent you:
Collins (ME)
Tillis (NC)
Sulliven (AK)
Husted (OH)
Moody (FL)
Cornyn (TX)
Ernst (IA)
They are stealing healthcare from 7.8 million in the near future and 10.9 million peopleat minimum over the next decade.
1 Million children will lose food assistance.
They are making the bottom 10% of Americans 4% Poorer.
This is all so they can make the Wealthiest 10% 2.3% richer.
The goal of this legislation is to harm or kill as many ordinary people by stealing their health care while ballooning the deficit by 4.45 trillion by giving tax cuts to billionaires. (Republicans have decided to no longer count the billionaire tax cuts and related interest costs because the real figures make them look bad. Lying that a 4 trillion increase is a $508 billion decrease is better for them politically).
A budget is a moral document. It says what a society's priorities are.
Not all deficit is bad. Deficit to invest in things like education or health or infrastructure is good for obvious reasons. This deficit is entirely about sucking money out of the economy and into billionaire bank accounts. It gives nothing back; it only harms.
Reminder: They are also immunizing the executive branch against Contempt of Court so they can just ignore the judicial branch in future.
* "What’s in the latest version of Trump’s big bill now before the Senate:" https://apnews.com/article/senate-medicaid-food-stamps-tax-cuts-trump-04ba626c7e35c6a0070436f69616ab35
* "The Most Uselessly Expensive Part of the GOP Budget Bill:" https://archive.ph/IqJgb
* "Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO):"
* "The Senate is voting on amendments to the GOP megabill. Here's what's in it:" https://www.npr.org/2025/06/28/g-s1-74388/senate-big-beautiful-bill
* "Tax Cuts, Student Loans, Medicaid: What’s in the Senate GOP’s Megabill:" https://archive.ph/PI3cZ
* "Marathon Senate vote on Trump's big bill drags out as Republicans struggle to find path to passage:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-begins-votes-trumps-massive-bill-republicans-race-final-passage-rcna215843
* "Senate Republicans’ tax cuts cost projected to rise to $4.45T:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/28/congress/senate-republicans-tax-cuts-now-projected-to-cost-4-45t-00431416
* "Republicans move forward with controversial megabill accounting move:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/29/congress/republicans-move-forward-with-controversial-megabill-accounting-move-00432212
* "With Accounting Gimmick, Republicans Upend Senate Norms:" https://archive.ph/jYA8N
* "Senate bill hastens end of wind, solar tax credits and imposes new tax:" https://archive.ph/LKfs6
* "Senate’s tax bill seeks to gut clean energy; Musk calls it ‘utterly insane’:" https://archive.ph/EE7AN
* "Senate GOP tax bill includes largest cut to U.S. safety net in decades:" https://archive.ph/cqpj5
* "Sen. Bernie Sanders: Trump’s budget bill cuts to Medicaid “is a death sentence” for Americans:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/-sen-bernie-sanders-trump-s-budget-bill-cuts-to-medicaid-is-a-death-sentence-for-americans-242443333770
* "Sen. Tillis says he will retire following Trump attacks:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/sen-tillis-says-he-will-retire-following-trump-attacks-242445381792
* "'Bad news for all Americans': Sen. Maggie Hassan on Trump’s megabill:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/-bad-news-for-all-americans-sen-maggie-hassan-on-trump-s-megabill-242446405761
* Our job for the next two years is to survive, to build grassroots resistance, to do all in our power to slow the republican Christo-fascist agenda, and to prepare for 2026 in case there is still Democracy.
We are trying to build a good list of resistance resources.
Please add more below if you have them.
* "Take action with Indivisible:" https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/
* Trump 2.0 Indivisible Guide. https://indivisible.org/resource/guide
* "Democracy 2025:" https://www.democracy2025.org/?utm_source=df-ad&utm_medium=&utm_campaign=21912407002&utm_content=721373734297&source=df-ad-gs&gad_source=1
* "Resisting Fascism in 2025 and Beyond:" https://www.prideandpagesbookclub.com/resisting-fascism-in-2025-and-beyond
* If you can't safely contact them in person, here are some other options for contacting your Congress Critters:
Five Calls to your critters: https://5calls.org/
Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/
And another: https://faxzero.com/fax_senate.php
Snail Mail Campaigns: https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/3622760.html
"Congress. gov:" https://www.congress.gov/
White house (Possibly Dangerous): https://www.whitehouse.gov/
ACLU advice for writing to your Critters: https://www.aclu.org/writing-your-elected-representatives
This tracks legislation: https://www.govtrack.us/
"The Public Comment Process (+ how to write effective public comments):" https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/781844516804149248?source=share
Run for Something: https://runforsomething.net/
"Vote Smart:" https://justfacts.votesmart.org/
Useful organizing links and resources: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/771859083592613888/hater-of-terfs-ive-already-reblogged-a-link-to?source=share
Protests: "50501 Events:" https://www.fiftyfifty.one/events
How to render emergency aid in a riot: https://riotmedicine.net/static/downloads/riot-medicine_a5.pdf
"How to Safely and Ethically Film Police Misconduct:" https://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-to-film-police-safely
"ICE Raids Toolkit: Defend Against ICE Raids and Community Arrests:" https://www.immigrantdefenseproject.org/raids-toolkit/
Contains a raid tip hotline amoung other things. "Know Your Rights
LEARN HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY:" https://wearecasa.org/know-your-rights/