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Sandra Blessman's avatar

This bill should have not even been put forward in the first place. Trump has so much to answer for. What a sick sick little toddler trump is

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Ellie Leonard's avatar

I’m following your live right now, but if you need a full simple breakdown of the bill (from 1000 pages to 40) you can find it on my Substack, with links, references, explanations, and pictures: https://open.substack.com/pub/ellieleonard/p/hr-1-the-big-beautiful-bill-simplified-3d2?r=nfz7g&utm_medium=ios

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Maria's avatar

Thank you, ELLIE, I have reposted every time you wrote on this article gives others the opportunity to ingest this bite-size pieces. I appreciate all the work you’ve done and I’m sure others have also. 🙏 thank you

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Ellie Leonard's avatar

Thank you! I hope it helps somehow in the long run.

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Angie's avatar

Let’s just try to help our friends and neighbors and let’s try not to get discouraged. We can’t stop in the middle of it. We need to be defiant and strong and we will defeat these fascists. Look at our friends in Ukraine. There can be no surrender.

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Judy Cross's avatar

Totally agree. We can do this and win. I signed a petition to try to get this regime out of office and be held accountable for what they are doing and what they have done. If you are interested in seeing it goggle Change.org The Peoples' Petition For Global Against Authoritarianism. Read the article, dated May 5, 2025 and then the one below it, dated 6 days ago. If you agree with it, sign it and pass this information on. It does give me some hope.

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Gayla Feeney's avatar

People are going to be desperate. Do things they never thought about doing before this. I'm heartbroken and absolutely terrified 😭😬🤮🤬

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Douglas's avatar

Yes....there might be a spike in crime. People will be desperate cause they lack money.....and a future....their lives.

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Schmendryck's avatar

Which makes it easier for them to justify killing the poor.

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Judy Cross's avatar

I went to the store today to buy chocolate chips. I did not buy them because a bag that cost under $3.00 2 months ago were $7.00 today. Everything else that I bought was up between $.50 and $1.20. Trump don't even tell me that your stupid tariffs are not hurting people.

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uRNangel423's avatar

So angry and sad that the Republicans in the House passed this ugly bill! I sent emails and left voice messages to my representative in my district to vote NO and he voted for it! He will be gone in the next election as millions in my district rely on so many of these programs. I’m heartbroken that so many in Congress felt the need to rush this awful bill through so DT can have on his desk by July 4. Just a mockery to our Independence Day by this regime! SHAME ON CONGRESS!!

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Douglas's avatar

How about the ICE/Gestapo increase of ten thousand to enact a police state. THAT is what the Dems needed to publicisize too...but they don't know how to message.

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Sis Wohlslagel's avatar

This is sick

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DLH's avatar

Do you actually believe they will give us a fair midterm election?! I don’t. They rigged the 2024 election and now w/ their power in all branches, they’re not going to allow any further free and fair elections in the future.

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Annette Caamano's avatar

We need to hit the f'g streets this weekend. LOOK UP WOMEN'S MARCH.

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Alex Ng's avatar

Thank you so much, Adam

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Chriss Graf's avatar

The Dictator's Playbook:

And how to fight it!

1. Threaten Violence to Gain Power

2. Consolidate Power

3. Establish a Police State

4. Jail the Opposition

5. Undermine the Free Press

So I asked AI how to fight this Playbook...

This is a worrying topic! To combat such a "dictator playbook," the following steps could be helpful:

1. *Empowerment through education*: Educate people about their rights and the importance of democracy.

2. *Strengthening civil society*: Support organizations that promote human rights and democracy.

3. *Promoting press freedom*: Supporting independent media and journalists to ensure diverse and critical reporting.

4. *Strengthening the opposition*: Supporting opposition groups and parties to provide a political alternative.

5. *International support*: Mobilizing the international community to exert pressure on authoritarian regimes and provide support for democracy movements.

6. *Peaceful resistance*: Promoting peaceful protests and movements to protest authoritarian measures.

It is important that these steps are implemented in a coordinated and strategic manner to effectively combat authoritarian tendencies.

I ASKED MY BRAIN TOO

Let us take a historical look at the leadership, the real drivers, the big donors, the media poisoners, of the establishment of a regime, for example Hitler, Ceaușescu, Putin, Erdogan, Orban. etc

In many Dictatorships, the number of people in the hard core of a Regime, desition maker, big Donators, media broader, etc is mostly under 1000 persons

Let's find out who they are and punish them

If the leadership of a regime is eliminated quickly, efficiently and effectively, individually or in Groups. Soon only Inactive followers will remain

BE FREE to ask AI and your Brain too

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Ani Weaver's avatar

In order to return to work you have to get a JOB! Not all available jobs will work. Even if available. Are people going to move to the central valley California to pick canteloupes?

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Annette Caamano's avatar

They passed the senate version or were changes made?

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Stacy M's avatar

A gentleman at the gym tried to tell me how good things will come of this bill while calling people illegal … no one is illegal on stolen land and what threat do “illegals” have on you in your own house or your summer house you are retiring in? Sick of racist old white males who are deciding the future of the working class

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Lowell C. Johnson's avatar

This is a travesty!

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