June 5, 2025 - SHOCKER: CBO Confirms GOP Lying About Medicaid Cuts
Plus days of action ahead for the disappeared and voting rights, support systems for trans youth, and more!
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🏥 16 MILLION LOSE INSURANCE AND 51,000 PREVENTABLE DEATHS FROM GOP HEALTH CARE CUTS 🏥
Republicans have attempted to defend their Medicaid cuts in classic Trumpian fashion: flagrantly lying and hoping people would get confused. But their insistence that that “no one will lose coverage” as a result of their bill keeps running into the facts.
Yesterday the Congressional Budget Office released an updated estimate that 10.9 million additional Americans will go uninsured if the House Republican version of the MAGA murder budget is passed, including 7.8 million losing Medicaid. That number grows to 16 million once we account for all those who will lose coverage when they allow the premium tax credits under Obamacare to expire.
A new analysis from experts at Yale and the University of Pennsylvania found these health care losses would lead to more than 51,000 preventable deaths – every year. (Although in Senator Joni Ernst’s defense, they are all going to die at some point.) And the Economic Policy Institute estimated the GOP will kill 850,000 jobs and countless rural hospitals, too: “For the very rich who will see enormous tax cuts from this bill, it all might end up being a good deal. For everybody else, it will not.”
Let’s take a moment to reach out to our members of Congress and tell them we know the Republicans are lying, and we know exactly how badly the health care cuts they’re proposing are going to hurt us. We can find base scripts from 5Calls here and language making it clear we understand “work requirements” aren’t “saving” anyone here, along with a Resistbot we can send by texting SIGN PBCYTH to 50409.
We can also make sure everyone else knows, too – we can sign up to phonebank to constituents of swing votes with Indivisible, the Medicaid Defenders, and Grassroots Dems HQ or People’s Action today, plus find more ways to help here.
⚖️ WHAT MIKE FLOOD DIDN’T READ: MURDER BUDGET WOULD ALSO STOP FEDERAL COURTS FROM HOLDING TRUMP ACCOUNTABLE ⚖️
Marjorie Taylor Greene isn’t the only House Republican who’s been forced to admit they didn’t read the murder budget before voting on it. Rep. Mike Flood (R-NE) confessed he was unaware before he voted yes of Section 70302, the provision that would weaken the ability of federal courts to use contempt orders to hold the Trump regime accountable for its lawbreaking, and now wants it removed before final passage. (Maybe the Congressman should subscribe to Rogan’s List.)
Better late than never to wake up to this dangerous attack on the rule of law and separation of powers. Now we need our senators to act, withholding their votes until Section 70302 is killed and challenging it under the Byrd rule. Let’s demand they step up. We can find scripts and language for calls and emails here or send this message via Resistbot by texting SIGN PFJMNX to 50409.
🚨 TRUMP PENTAGON PICK: BIGOTED CONSPIRACY THEORIST WHO WILL ABUSE MILITARY 🚨
One thing that separates America from so many other nations is our firm belief in an apolitical military that must never be used against our own people. Donald Trump has undermined this principle. He’s threatened to deploy our troops against us, purged generals he deems political foes and insufficiently loyal, and pushed the boundaries of domestic use of military power. And he’s putting in place personnel who will help him turn our armed forces into a weapon against his perceived enemies.
Anthony Tata, Trump’s nominee for Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, would be charged with overseeing three million service members and civilian defense workers. He’s also a virulent bigot, a conspiracy monger completely out of touch with reality, and backed using our troops for Trump’s political agenda.
Tata has a long record of hateful comments against Black Americans and Muslims. He also spread the birther lie about President Obama, and deemed him a “terrorist leader” and a secret Muslim. Even more wildly, he suggested former CIA director John Brennan ordered Donald Trump’s assassination and claimed the National Guard and some of our troops were “compromised.”
Tata has backed Trump’s purges, doubled down on his support during his confirmation hearing and explicitly called for the suspension of posse comitatus in January. This is not a man who respects the values that have preserved our democracy.
A bipartisan group of senators objected to Trump picking Tata for a top Pentagon job in his first term, forcing them to withdraw his nomination. His record has only gotten worse. Let’s reach out to our senators and tell them they need to block Anthony Tata’s confirmation again. We can find scripts and language here, or send this message via Resistbot by texting SIGN PATCKV to 50409.
❌👑 NEXT NATIONAL MOBILIZATIONS: DISAPPEARED IN AMERICA JUNE 26TH, JOHN LEWIS GOOD TROUBLE DAY JULY 17TH ❌👑
People in our country are being disappeared and thrown into outsourced concentration camps because they have tattoos honoring their parents. Families are being torn apart. Basic protections against tyranny are being ignored. And our very ability to change things is being stripped away by the billionaires in power.
Nothing about this is normal. And we need to do whatever it takes to continue drawing attention to it.
Public Citizen, MoveOn, Indivisible, The Workers Circle, Black Voters Matter, the Transformative Justice Coalition and other national organizations are hard at work building for #NoKings, and they’re also already planning for the next national mobilizations: the Disappeared in America Day of Action Thursday, June 26th and the John Lewis Good Trouble Day of Action July 17th.
We can join a mass organizing call for the Disappeared in America actions this MONDAY at 8PM ET here. (We can also start spreading the word with this social toolkit from here and find more information about the stories of those who’ve been disappeared here.)
We can learn more about the John Lewis Day of Action in an informational session on June 18th at 7PM ET here.
In the meantime, we can continue growing the crowd for #NoKings on June 14th. We can join a media and messaging training tonight at 7PM here, use this toolkit to spread the word on social media, create art to help promote the mobilization and submit it here, and of course keep reaching out to those around us and inviting them to join us in the streets!
🏳️⚧️ SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR TRANS YOUTH 🏳️⚧️
Young trans people are growing up in an environment hostile to their existence and steadily getting worse. We need to build up support systems to ensure they can survive and thrive anyways.
The Trans Mentor Project provides youth who identify as trans, nonbinary, intersex, gender non-conforming, or are questioning their identity with opportunities to connect with a trans/nonbinary mentor for weekly one-to-one video meetups on a secure platform. It’s virtual, so youth can join from anywhere in the country. Let’s spread the word about this resource to folks in our lives. And if we’re adults who identify as trans, nonbinary, intersex, gender non-conforming, or questioning, we can apply to become a mentor today here.
KEEPING AN EYE ON…
Why are we all shocked that the Republican Party has lied…again? They’ve been lying to us all along! They’re only interested & have been interested in only themselves for DECADES! Just look at their voting history & the fact they have consistently & systematically cut benefits for the people, while making sure their own pockets are lined! Tax codes have changed so much that the working class can’t even claim things they used to decades ago & it’s getting worse!
VOTE OUT EVERY F*CKING REPUBLICAN FROM LOCAL TO FEDERAL!
INACT TERM LIMITS FOR ALL ELECTED OFFICE - Local to Federal.
TERM LIMITS FOR SCOTUS AS WELL…15 years & they are out! And strong ethics oversight!
The CBO errs greatly in its analysis of the Big Beautiful Bill. Their starting point misses $1.5 trillion in the first 2 years. 1) First CBO overlooks that the first 2 years will be impacted by budget additions with no offset until the 2028 tax year. The annual deficit will be $2.5 trillion over each of the next 2 years. They estimated those deficits to be $1.8 and 1.7 trillion, instead of $5 trillion that must be borrowed at higher interest rates than CBO uses. 2) CBO uses 3.5% interest on Treasury bonds. That is far below the 4.91% that we current “enjoy” due to falling worldwide buyer-investor confidence. 3) CBO says inflation will be calculated at 2% when it now 2.4%. Tariffs will hit inflation hard! 4) That is how they get to saying hogwash like $2 trillion ADDED over 10 years. 5) CBO did not tell you they are talking about ADDED to their $52 Trillion estimate for 2035. 6) They see $54 trillion as our total outstanding deficit in 2035. I see $56 trillion if Republicans cut $13 trillion with the Big Beautiful Bill. We need a tax cut like we need a hole in the head. The fiscal irresponsibility is unfathomable. Republicans have lost their minds. https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/the-25-trillion-annual-deficit-plan?r=3m1bs