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Tue Jul 1, 2025, 05:21 PM Jul 1

Olivia of Troye - Alligator Alcatraz & the Big Beautiful Bill

Back in May, I warned that Republicans were gutting Medicaid and Social Security by a thousand paper cuts. If you’ve watched any coverage, you’re likely overwhelmed by what's taking place on Capitol Hill as “voter-a-rama” became the longest in Senate history.

The Senate’s 940-page “Big Beautiful Bill” jams that slow kill into overdrive:

$350 billion for Trump’s mass-deportation engine including $46B for the border wall, $45B for 100,000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention beds, 10K new agents with $10k signing bonuses, and a $10 billion slush fund for states that help with round-ups and ICE raids.

$930 billion ripped out of Medicaid, pushing approximately 11.8 million people off coverage. Experts warn the bill will unleash a tidal wave of pain, over-crowded emergency rooms, a spike in chronic illness, soaring medical debt, and more families going hungry.

3–5 million fewer Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients as work rules climb to age 64.


https://www.livingitwitholiviatroye.com/p/alligator-alcatraz-and-the-big-beautifu
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