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Watch live: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' "magic minute" speech has been going for more than five hours as Democrats fight to delay passage of Republicans' megabill.
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Where's your god now, Moses?
#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-07-03 11:06 AM | Reply
Not much else he can do, I suppose.
It'll pass, and there's a whole lot of people that are making sure of that who will be long gone way before we even begin to pay off this new debt.
Long gone because they're old and at the end of their lives, not because of any violence (for all you chomping at the bit to call Trump's SS).
#2 | Posted by horstngraben at 2025-07-03 11:09 AM | Reply
He shoulda just pulled the fire alarm, it makes a prettier noise.
#3 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-07-03 11:13 AM | Reply
"Trump's SS = ICE
#4 | Posted by danni at 2025-07-03 11:19 AM | Reply
He shoulda just smeared ---- on the walls like the vermin who support the brain dead orange pedo.
Ftfy
#5 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-07-03 11:29 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
Trying to delay the inevitable, what a loser.
#6 | Posted by Bluewaffles at 2025-07-03 12:03 PM | Reply
He should include comments such as "This is great! A bunch of you guys are going to lose your jobs next November, and have rocks thrown at you until then", or "Christians for pain, hunger, want and homelessness. Good luck explaining that to Saint Peter" or even "There will be a lot more crime in your districts as soon as the cuts kick in. Remember: a hungry man is an angry man."
The the MAGA GOP folk what's coming, so they cannot express surprise at the rage...
#7 | Posted by catdog at 2025-07-03 12:21 PM | Reply
"Just the other day Charles de Gaulle called me and said he believes that since I put an end to Corn Pop's reign of terror, I could do the same to Trump."
Biden when asked about if he should speak out against Trump.
#8 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-07-03 12:24 PM | Reply | Funny: 1
#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead
FPBP
#9 | Posted by freewilly at 2025-07-03 12:27 PM | Reply
If he keeps hittin that glass of vodka he'll never be done.
#10 | Posted by freewilly at 2025-07-03 12:28 PM | Reply
#3 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS
He shoulda called in the "tourists" for a "wild time" and obstruct Congress the fun way with flagpoles and bear spray. Maybe crush a brave Capitol defender or two.
#11 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-07-03 12:31 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
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#12 | Posted by freewilly at 2025-07-03 12:32 PM | Reply
#12
Is just another slave to the racist cult of the criminal traitor in the WH.
#13 | Posted by Corky at 2025-07-03 12:41 PM | Reply
#6 | Posted by Bluewaffles
This bill makes YOU the loser unless you're a billionaire. Are you?
#14 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-07-03 12:47 PM | Reply
Apparently Trumpers still buh-lieve that the droppings from their betters, the billionaires who financed their Orange Cult Leade,r will eventually someday maybe possibly Tinkle Down on them.... which has never, ever happened. Ever.
#15 | Posted by Corky at 2025-07-03 12:51 PM | Reply
Just pass it already.
I want to see all the GOP Deep Red Rural Communities get what they voted for.
A lot of people here depend on the local hospital that is entirely Medicaid dependent. A lot of them get home nursing care that depends on Medicaid.
Goodbye to all of it.
#16 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-07-03 12:59 PM | Reply
#14 | POSTED BY SPEAKSOFTLY AT 2025-07-03 12:47 PM | REPLY
No, but because of it I'll be closer!
#17 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-07-03 01:33 PM | Reply
Republican challenge: Big Beautiful Bill' has big costs, provides few new benefits www.csmonitor.com
... Republican lawmakers are on the cusp of handing President Donald Trump a major legislative victory by passing his entire congressional agenda in one fell swoop. But many Americans will face more costs than tangible new benefits from the sprawling tax and immigration enforcement bill that adds trillions to the national debt. The Senate on Tuesday passed its version of the "Big, Beautiful Bill" by the barest of majorities " 51 to 50 " after more than 26 hours of debate and amendments. House Republicans are rushing to try to pass the bill into law this week before a July 4th deadline set by the president, though a handful of House GOP critics make that prospect less than certain. The bill's most expensive component is an extension of the individual tax cuts that Mr. Trump and congressional Republicans passed into law during his first term and which are set to soon expire. ... But as Republicans now move to make those lower rates permanent, it won't actually feel any different to taxpayers. And many of the bill's spending cuts -- such as to Medicaid and food stamps -- will impact their voters directly. Even with the cuts to government programs, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that the just-passed Senate bill will add a net $3.4 trillion to the national debt over the next decade. What the bill does add in new, tangible benefits for Americans is limited. ...
The Senate on Tuesday passed its version of the "Big, Beautiful Bill" by the barest of majorities " 51 to 50 " after more than 26 hours of debate and amendments. House Republicans are rushing to try to pass the bill into law this week before a July 4th deadline set by the president, though a handful of House GOP critics make that prospect less than certain.
The bill's most expensive component is an extension of the individual tax cuts that Mr. Trump and congressional Republicans passed into law during his first term and which are set to soon expire. ...
But as Republicans now move to make those lower rates permanent, it won't actually feel any different to taxpayers. And many of the bill's spending cuts -- such as to Medicaid and food stamps -- will impact their voters directly.
Even with the cuts to government programs, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that the just-passed Senate bill will add a net $3.4 trillion to the national debt over the next decade.
What the bill does add in new, tangible benefits for Americans is limited. ...
#18 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-03 01:43 PM | Reply
The fact is, there probably are a fair number of us who will make money off this financial statutory obscenity. It is the HUNDREDS of millions of working class Americans and their families who are Gerri g totally screwed but do not realize it yet.
#19 | Posted by moder8 at 2025-07-03 01:49 PM | Reply
* getting
#20 | Posted by moder8 at 2025-07-03 01:50 PM | Reply
Dems don't want this bill passed because they don't agree with what's in it, they know that as a result of what's in it they won't be in power for at least 10 years.
#21 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-07-03 01:53 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
Bwahaha. Sure pal. See you in '26.
#22 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-07-03 02:04 PM | Reply
Passed!!!! Game changer.
#23 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-07-03 02:24 PM | Reply
"they know that as a result of what's in it they won't be in power for at least 10 years."
Interesting. Which part(s) of the bill take down the "Shadow Government."
#24 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-03 02:35 PM | Reply
The leopards will begin consuming faces promptly.
Good luck, MAGAdiots, and remember, you wanted this!
#25 | Posted by chuffy at 2025-07-03 02:38 PM | Reply
Glad that's over, onto the President's desk.
#26 | Posted by Bluewaffles at 2025-07-03 02:39 PM | Reply
Glad that's over, onto the President's dick. #26 | POSTED BY BLUEWAFFLES
You dick ride Trump so hard, you should be embarrassed.
But you're too stupid to care.
Some thing about destroying this country that really gets your rocks off.
#27 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-03 02:42 PM | Reply | Funny: 1
Bonfire of vanities.
#28 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-07-03 02:43 PM | Reply
Dems don't want this bill passed because they don't agree with what's in it, #21 | POSTED BY FISHPAWN
Holy Shht!
FishChum cracked the code!!!
Who helped you figure it out?
#29 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-03 02:50 PM | Reply
Holy Shht! FishChum cracked the code!!! Who helped you figure it out?
Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-03 02:50 PM | Reply
Like Duh lmfao
#30 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-07-03 02:52 PM | Reply
Clownshack, how does this destroy the country?
#31 | Posted by Bluewaffles at 2025-07-03 02:55 PM | Reply
#17 | Posted by fishpaw
The only people who will be richer are rich already. You got conned.
#32 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-07-03 02:57 PM | Reply
#23 | POSTED BY FISHPAW
Happy Birthday America.
Congrats! This is what you voted for.
The Neo Nazi Hunger Games and the MAGA Squid Games.
#33 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-07-03 03:06 PM | Reply
Gee, what a shock. The Wall St 2, Schumer and Jeffries, with all the resources at their command, couldn't manage more than symbolic resistance to this bs bill. Democratic "leadership" is damned near as much a problem as the GOP.
#34 | Posted by morris at 2025-07-03 03:13 PM | Reply
"Big beautiful bill"
Our country is run by toddlers
Thanks magat scum
17 Million will lose health insurance
Millions will have less food
Hundreds of concentration camp
Surrender on the race to sustainable energy (In 2024 China built more solar panels then the rest of the world combined)
Massive reduction in available energy just as energy intensive industries are ready to explode (loss of industry AND brown outs)
#35 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-07-03 03:32 PM | Reply
An actual factual explainer on the big stupid bill
youtu.be
You ------- morons truly ------ yourselves
But you will be too stupid to understand who is responsible for your ------ lives
#36 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-07-03 03:34 PM | Reply
One problem is that the ------- coward magat scum delayed the implementation of most of the ------ provisions till after the mid term
So, assuming Dems gain at least one house when idiots start losing their healthcare and jobs they will blame Dems
I say ---- u magat scum
#37 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-07-03 03:36 PM | Reply
The Wall St 2, Schumer and Jeffries, with all the resources at their command, couldn't manage more than symbolic resistance to this bs bill. Democratic "leadership" is damned near as much a problem as the GOP.
#34 | POSTED BY MORRIS
100% of Democrats, in both the House and the Senate, voted against it. Passage of this bill is 100% on Repubicans. What resources do either of those 2 "command" that would've changed the outcome, without the votes?
#38 | Posted by chuffy at 2025-07-03 03:38 PM | Reply
#28 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-07-03 02:43 PM | Reply | Flag:
For Democrats, it's bonfire of the panties.
#39 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-07-03 03:45 PM | Reply
#35 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-07-03 03:32 PM | Reply | Flag:
Think of the bright side, 17 million able-bodied Americans just started a job search...
#40 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-07-03 03:47 PM | Reply
Trumpers care not at all about right or wrong, truth, justice, or the American Way.
They care about a political win, 'bragging rights'... no matter how damaging to the People it is, even when it's damaging to themselves as well.
All because an uppity black-ish guy became President, twice in a row, and then women had the audacity to think they could win, too!
That was enough for the Republican Racist/Misogynist Genes to kick in; enough for them to support a documented criminal and traitor in the WH, no matter that he's an evil SOB unfit to serve.
#41 | Posted by Corky at 2025-07-03 03:55 PM | Reply
#36 | Posted by truthhurts
And they'll blame democrats for every bit of suffering it causes.
#42 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-07-03 03:58 PM | Reply
#39 | Posted by lfthndthrds
Your cult leader wears diapers.
#43 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-07-03 04:06 PM | Reply
#43
Diapers that he will eventually have dipped in gold (colored paint) in China, and sell for the bargain price of $1000 each; Only $10,000 with their original contents!
#44 | Posted by Corky at 2025-07-03 04:11 PM | Reply
Hey Lokisfur should design a pair and make multiples to sell to the MAGA Trumpers. I'd bet good money that he would make a killing from said sale.
#45 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-07-03 04:19 PM | Reply
Think of the bright side, 17 million able-bodied Americans just started a job search... #40 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTURDS
The entire premise of your post is incorrect. If the people who are dependent upon government assistance were able to provide for themselves, they would.
The delight you're taking in the misery of Americans is abhorrent.
It's Deplorable people like you, who hate others, that have turned a once mighty nation into just another failed empire.
#46 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-03 04:26 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1
"17 million able-bodied Americans just started a job search..."
Some of them will. Not all.
The truth is somewhere in between. The true number of outright lazy bastards is probably short of 17 million. But it's not zero either.
#47 | Posted by eberly at 2025-07-03 05:08 PM | Reply
When do I start getting to deduct all my SALT taxes?
#48 | Posted by eberly at 2025-07-03 05:09 PM | Reply
-Hundreds of concentration camp
That gets me wet.
#49 | Posted by eberly at 2025-07-03 05:12 PM | Reply
You are so fccking ignorant it hurts.
#50 | Posted by YAV at 2025-07-03 05:31 PM | Reply
It's damn close to zero.
64% of adult Medicaid enrollees are already working. 12% of adults are caregiving, taking care of elderly parents, children with disabilities, etc. 10% are not working due to illness or disability. 7% are not working because they are attending school. 8% are not working due to other reasons like retirement or inability to find work. www.kff.org
Kentucky put in a work requirement for Medicaid. It cost them $280 million. It failed miserably. There just aren't that many people on Medicaid that are 'cheating" the system. There just isn't that much "waste fraud abuse" going on. This abomination of a bill allocated $75 million for the entire United States for the work-requirement system. That's a quarter of what one state spent trying to make this work. (The $280M and $75M numbers are from memory, but are easy enough to check)
#51 | Posted by YAV at 2025-07-03 05:43 PM | Reply
"Think of the bright side, 17 million able-bodied Americans just started a job search..."
Think that 17 million jobs are available?
Like the man says:
"You are so fccking ignorant it hurts"
#52 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-03 05:46 PM | Reply
#47 | Posted by eberly
Better to take healthcare from millions of suffering citizens than to have a few lazy people get unearned benefits. Unless they're rich of course.
#53 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-07-03 05:53 PM | Reply
Correction: If implemented (as passed) it would cost KY and estimated $270 million to implement: healthlaw.org
KY's previous attempt (stopped by a judge) cost $99.5 million. www.lpm.org www.vox.com
#54 | Posted by YAV at 2025-07-03 06:02 PM | Reply
#51
Absolutely right... the same thing happened in FL when the GOPhers put in drug testing for welfare users; they had to close it down because it cost 10's of millions of dollars to find out that there were less than 2 percent testing positive.
Underedumacated rwingers are highly susceptible to political myth, as LBJ pointed out.
And it not only works on race, immigration, and gender, it also works when people are too poor to own homes, have health care, and feed themselves BECAUSE THEY NEVER HAD A GOOD EDUCATION NOR A LIVING WAGE!
Elite Corporate donors made sure of that.
Just look at some of the Trump posters here, for example. And others of his supporters who are perhaps better off, but have never in their life been concerned about anyone other than themselves.
If they're ok, F everyone else.
#55 | Posted by Corky at 2025-07-03 06:09 PM | Reply
Fortunately big investment interests are buying up housing turning lower and middle class Americans into renters and not wealth generating home owners
#56 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-07-03 06:17 PM | Reply
-64% of adult Medicaid enrollees are already working.
Let's be clear, I didn't say they weren't "working" ... ..and there needs to be a clear definition of "working". I said lazy.
I know plenty of employed lazy people.
People who can't be counted on to take a full time job that's available. A full time job that would get them off Medicaid.
And you know people like that also.
#57 | Posted by eberly at 2025-07-03 07:05 PM | Reply
-Think that 17 million jobs are available?
Yes.
#58 | Posted by eberly at 2025-07-03 07:06 PM | Reply
But generally speaking I agree this (kicking people off Medicaid) won't solve any real problems.
#59 | Posted by eberly at 2025-07-03 07:10 PM | Reply
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