"#Conservative economist Jessica Riedl discusses the impact of #Trump’s tariffs and trade deals, the cost of his tax cuts, and potential entitlement reforms. She assesses the #Republican Party’s shift toward populism and the threat posed by rising debt."

The funniest part is where senator Josh Hawley who voted for the so-called '#bigbeautifulbill' has introduced legislation to block the very #MedicaidCuts he voted for.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=hHTNbEPisvY

Jessica Riedl | Full Episode 7.25.25 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBS

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#GeoPol #EUpol #US
#BigBeautifulBill
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#VonDerLeyen kowtowing before #Tump:

"Finally, I want to thank President #Trump personally for his personal commitment and his leadership to achieve this breakthrough."

👉Tyrant 101:
He who caves once will do so again! 👈

This laughing stock of a "deal" will come back to haunt #VonDerLeyen and the #EurooeanUnion.

👉#Trump leads the #US and the West only one way, to the trade and fiscal abyss, inexorably so. 👈
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https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/statement_25_1915

@Nonilex

#GeoPol #US #EUpol
#BigBeautifulBill
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president went on to say that in👉 order to be free, you have to be feared. However, the #EU was not feared enough👈. It does not yet see itself sufficiently as a world power. It was therefore more urgent than ever to accelerate the #European agenda for sovereignty and competitiveness."

https://www.europesays.com/de/306046/

...President #VonDerLeyen was wrong to cave: all #Autocrats, including #Xi, #Putin, and #Trump, only respect strength...

@Nonilex @Nonilex

Zollstreit mit den USA - Frankreichs Präsident Macron: "EU wird nicht genug gefürchtet" - Deutschland

Der französische Präsident Macron (AFP / ELIOT BLONDET)

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@Nonilex

#GeoPol #US #EUpol
#BigBeautifulBill

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https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/114943152472432437

#LulaDaSilva and President #Macron are right:

"Be sure that we are treating this with the utmost seriousness. But seriousness does not require #subservience,” #Lula said. “I treat everyone with great respect. But I want to be treated with #respect.”

https://www.europesays.com/de/306046/

"The #French...

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No One Is Defying #Trump Like Brazil’s President President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of #Brazil during an interview with The New York Times on Tuesday at the Alvorada Palace in Brasília. Faced with threats of 50% #tariffs & demands to end a #criminal case, President Luiz Inácio #Lula da Silva said he wouldn’t take orders from Trump. #geopolitics #law https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/world/americas/brazil-president-lula-trump-tariffs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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The #Medicaid reforms in #Trump's #bigbeautifulbill were actually tried in the past by a few individual states. This excerpt shows how that worked out for Arkansas. The complete video is available here:
https://youtu.be/isSvH6oX8TM

They did it, buckle up! #bigbeautifulbill #solar

They did it, buckle up! #bigbeautifulbill #solar

What’s next? #bigbeautifulbill

What’s next? #bigbeautifulbill

great timing on releasing the #hurricane #katrina #documentary right after #doge #cuts the shit #bigBeautifulBill and the #fema dismantling. folks watching the show get to see exactly what all those cuts will create.

CNN’s Jake Tapper allows Speaker Johnson to lie about the One Big Beautiful Bill to Americans.

Jake Tapper failed miserably interviewing Speaker Johnson. His pushback against the litany of lies and misrepresentation was anemic, bordering on journalistic dereliction.

#BigBeautifulBill #JakeTapper

https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-nJM

The BBB cuts $1B from Medicaid. At the same time the Orange Freak is putting $1B of taxpayer money ($934m, technically) into renovating that old ass plane from Qatar, with full support from the GOP.

Trump and Republicans hate you.

#Trump #BigBeautifulBill #BBB #Qatar #AirforceOne #GOP #Republicans