If you thought maybe, MAYbe Congressional Dem’s could shut down the govt by refusing to pay the bills for ICE…..read it and weep. Jay Kuo breaks it down:

https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/i-need-to-correct-an-error

TLDR: ICE is funded through 2029 by the one gargantuan travesty of a bill

#obbb #ice #ICEOutForGood

I Need To Correct An Error

Folks, I made an error in a piece I wrote the other day.

The Status Kuo

"The #Cuban American lawmakers got wind that the [#Chevron #Venezuela oil] license could be extended, and they threatened to withhold their votes for Mr. Trump’s signature legislation, “the #OBBB.”  ...
Mr. #Trump did not renew Chevron’s license when it expired on May 27. His domestic policy bill passed Congress five weeks later."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/us/politics/venezuela-trump-maduro-oil-boat-strikes-immigration.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AFA.lkUz.ftGJpjBOhgKJ

How Oil, Drugs and Immigration Fueled Trump’s Venezuela Campaign

New details of deliberations show how aides with overlapping agendas drove the United States toward a militarized confrontation with Venezuela.

The New York Times

#USPol #Budget

Does anyone have a detailed breakdown of what's in the funding bill? (But higher than the text itself)

All I found was on #SNAP was "will fully fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, through Sept. 30, 2026."

Curious when the #OBBB Payment Error Rate scoring system was supposed to go in effect. In other words, did Senate D's get 9 months of relief for recipients and state budgets or not?

https://www.npr.org/2025/10/31/nx-s1-5593039/snap-ebt-food-stamps-oregon

@SeanCasten

In #Virginia, #DOGE and the #OBBB hurt a LOT of people, and they held Trump and those that backed his policies, or simply licked his boots, to account.

There were some pretty red districts in the VA House of Delegates that went blue, & not just by one or two votes.

This is the biggest margin for Democrats in the House in several decades.

#election2025

This is South Dakota:

“The Faith Temple Food Giveaway is seeing an increase in people reaching out about its program,” incl. furloughed federal workers.

The food bank expects more people at its future giveaways if the #GovernmentShutdown stretches on.

-AND-

“We're stretched too thin to absorb #SNAP cuts” (from July 23, right after Trump signed his ‘beautiful’ spending bill, OBBB, into law)

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#USA #US #USpol #FoodInsecurity #USDA #OBBB

https://www.keloland.com/news/local-news/food-organizations-on-impacts-of-government-shutdown/amp/

https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2025-06-23/budget-policy-and-priorities/sd-food-bank-were-stretched-too-thin-to-absorb-snap-cuts/a97360-1

Food organizations on impacts of government shutdown

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — It’s been nearly a week since the federal government shut down. The U.S. Senate remains gridlocked over passing a short-term funding bill. As lawmakers debate…

KELOLAND.com

EDITORIAL: Democrats are right on health care bedlam, but wrong on shutdown timing

‘Democrats should be lauded for refusing to be bullied by a president who mocks his opponents online while millions face the loss of their health care. But fighting smart is as important as fighting hard’

https://sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/editorial-democrats-are-right-on-health-care-bedlam-but-wrong-on-shutdown-timing/

#shutdown #MedicaidCuts #ACA #OBBB

EDITORIAL: Democrats are right on health care bedlam, but wrong on shutdown timing

'Democrats should be lauded for refusing to be bullied by a president who mocks his opponents online while millions face the loss of their health care. But fighting smart is as important as fighting hard'

Sentinel Colorado

EDITORIAL: Democrats are right on health care bedlam, but wrong on shutdown timing

‘Democrats should be lauded for refusing to be bullied by a president who mocks his opponents online while millions face the loss of their health care. But fighting smart is as important as fighting hard’

https://sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/editorial-democrats-are-right-on-health-care-bedlam-but-wrong-on-shutdown-timing/

#shutdown #MedicaidCuts #ACA #OBBB

EDITORIAL: Democrats are right on health care bedlam, but wrong on shutdown timing

'Democrats should be lauded for refusing to be bullied by a president who mocks his opponents online while millions face the loss of their health care. But fighting smart is as important as fighting hard'

Sentinel Colorado

This is really depressing and if all my medical providers start using AI I guess I will try street drugs? Idk, that seems safer than letting some janky AI hallucinate in my medical records that are also legal documents because my SSDI gets reviewed every couple years.

https://digginginnh.substack.com/p/the-one-big-beautiful-bill-what-it

My ADHD provider won’t do this, she’s in a small office that she owns herself. She’s a black woman and she’s an immigrant and there’s no way she’s going to let the tech bros do that to her patients.

#AI #healthcare #NH #OBBB

The One Big Beautiful Bill: What it Means for New Hampshire Healthcare

The reduction in federal funding will have significant impact in the Granite State

Rep Anita Burroughs Substack