[pilowsky]

Another important announcement by Kayleigh's replacement Karoline about Krocodiles in Florida.

[barmar]

The Senate just passed their version of the One Big Beautiful Bill. There were 3 GOP defections, but Vance broke the tie. Now it's back to the House, where I can't see any reason why it won't pass, unfortunately.

The amendments that the Senate added do seem to be improvements. They removed the provision that blocked states from regulating AI, and removed the excise tax on wind and solar projects. So it's slightly less eggregious.

[pilowsky]

barmar, on 2025-July-01, 13:52, said:

...So it's slightly less eggregious.

They're still playing chicken with the world economy.

[WasWinM]

 barmar, on 2025-July-01, 13:52, said:

The Senate just passed their version of the One Big Beautiful Bill. There were 3 GOP defections, but Vance broke the tie. Now it's back to the House, where I can't see any reason why it won't pass, unfortunately.

The amendments that the Senate added do seem to be improvements. They removed the provision that blocked states from regulating AI, and removed the excise tax on wind and solar projects. So it's slightly less eggregious.

Only killed half of the poor people; kept a few around as kindling.

[shyams]

barmar, on 2025-July-01, 13:52, said:

The Senate just passed their version of the One Big Beautiful Bill. There were 3 GOP defections, but Vance broke the tie. Now it's back to the House, where I can't see any reason why it won't pass, unfortunately.

The amendments that the Senate added do seem to be improvements. They removed the provision that blocked states from regulating AI, and removed the excise tax on wind and solar projects. So it's slightly less eggregious.

Curious that exactly 3 Senators defected on the bill.

Mitch McConnell hates Trump, and he is not running for reelection. Yet he voted to approve the bill.
Lisa Murkowski often votes against such bills. This time, she gave some dumb excuse to vote in favour of the bill.

Others who protested (or should have protested) numerous sections of the bill --- like Josh Hawley, Ron Johnson, Mike Lee --- quietly voted in favour of the bill.

It's all carefully staged political theatre.

[WasWinM]

The GOP has openly declared war on the poor. Let’s ask Louis XVI how well that works out in the long term.

[benellis58]

The GOP is filled with spineless pieces of dirt who pretty much always give in to that that piece of garbage Trump.

[WasWinM]

There has been the first armed attack on ICE. How long now until the Insurrection Act is invoked and Martial law.

[benellis58]

Scary times indeed.

[barmar]

shyams, on 2025-July-01, 19:50, said:

Curious that exactly 3 Senators defected on the bill.

Mitch McConnell hates Trump, and he is not running for reelection. Yet he voted to approve the bill.
Lisa Murkowski often votes against such bills. This time, she gave some dumb excuse to vote in favour of the bill.

Others who protested (or should have protested) numerous sections of the bill --- like Josh Hawley, Ron Johnson, Mike Lee --- quietly voted in favour of the bill.

It's all carefully staged political theatre.

Jon Stewart remarked on this on last night's The Daily Show. The GOP carefully arranged for exactly 3 "defections" so that Vance could supposedly break the tie.

Murkowski did get an amendment that benefited her state, so it looked to her constituents like she did her job. But when a reporter asked her about this, she just stared at him without answering.

[WasWinM]

The courtier press keeps using its megaphone to hype Trump’s propaganda by parroting over and over “Big Beautiful Bill”.