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The last time a Republican-controlled Congress and President Donald Trump moved to slash Medicaid spending, in 2017, a key political force stood in their way:
GOP governors.
Now, as Congress steamrolls toward passing historic Medicaid cuts of about $1 trillion over 10 years through Trump’s tax and spending legislation,
red-state governors are saying little publicly about what it does to health care
— even as they face reductions that will punch multibillion-dollar hole…

GOP Governors Mum as Congress Prepares To Slash Medicaid Spending for Their States - KFF Health News
In 2017, when President Donald Trump tried to repeal Obamacare and roll back Medicaid coverage, Republican governors helped turn Congress against it. Now, as Trump tries again to scale back Medicaid, Republican governors — whose constituents stand to lose federal funding and health coverage — have gone quiet on the health consequences.

this is basically "qu'ils mangent de la brioche" for the northeastern USA, isn't it
> the former chief executive and chairman of [massive stock broker] Cantor Fitzgerald also vowed to protect [Maine]’s lobster industry, telling the audience: “I love lobster”
https://ww…

GOP Senator Accidentally Reveals Howard Lutnick’s Tariff Ignorance
The heated exchange was the latest sign of growing impatience over the White House’s trade strategy.

House GOP weighing bills to remove elected D.C. AG, overhaul justice policies - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/09/03/house-gop-weighing-bills-remove-elected-dc-ag-overhaul-justice-policies/

How the GOP Megabill Would Turbocharge Local Immigration Enforcement (Daniel Nichanian/Bolts)
https://boltsmag.org/how-the-gop-megabill-would-turbocharge-local-immigration-enforcement/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250703/p128#a250703p128

GOP tax bill bets big on Trump's immigration agenda despite poll warnings (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/07/04/trump-deportations-gop-tax-bill/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250704/p7#a250704p7

"According to Politico, Grassley and Curtis are blocking the officials' confirmation to protect lucrative solar and wind energy projects in their states. And they're apparently not the only Senate Republicans willing to go to the mat for those projects."
GOP senators tell Trump to 'back off' — and are now holding up 3 of his nominees: report - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/gop-senators-trump-treasury/

Do we need memes for each gop member of Congress with their face, name and the words “destroyer of Medicaid, SNAP and the Affordable Care Act,” then paper their districts with them?
Because they need to own this for the rest of their careers.
#USpol #Indivisible

Dozens of Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives are heading to Illinois to deny a necessary quorum for the GOP to move forward with redistricting efforts.
Roughly 30 Democrats are expected to stay for the week in a plan brokered with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker.

Texas Democrats head to Illinois to deny Republicans a quorum on redistricting
Dozens of Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives are heading to Illinois to deny a necessary quorum for the GOP to move forward with redistricting efforts. The roughly 30 Democrats are expected to stay for the week in a plan brokered with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker. Former Attorney General Eric Holder joins MSNBC's Rev. Al Sharpton to discuss the move.

The latest version of the Senate's OBBB has a provision removing the 6 GHz band's protection from spectrum auctions; Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-FI 7 utilize the 6 GHz band (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

Senate GOP budget bill has little-noticed provision that could hurt your Wi-Fi
Cruz bill could take 6 GHz spectrum away from Wi-Fi, give it to mobile carriers.

Massie implores GOP colleagues to help force vote to release Epstein files (Hailey Fuchs/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/03/massie-gop-release-epstein-files-00541753
http://www.memeorandum.com/250903/p89#a250903p89

Selfishness.
Lack of accountability.
Cowardice.
Moral rot.
#LisaMurkowski #Cowardice #immorality

Missouri Begins GOP Gerrymander to Help Trump Rig 2026 Election (Jen Rice/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/missouri-begins-gop-gerrymander-to-help-trump-rig-2026-election/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250904/p116#a250904p116

"They Roll Right Over"
Why millions of #voters are fully fed up with the lackadaisical losers and kiss asses known as #Democrat party...

‘They roll right over’: Many Democrats think their party is weak, AP-NORC poll finds
Many Democrats see their political party as “weak” or “ineffective,” according to a poll that finds considerable pessimism within Democratic ranks. Republicans are more complimentary of their party, although a small but significant share describe the GOP as “greedy” or say it is generally "bad."

GOP tax bill includes a $6,000 ‘senior deduction.’ Here’s who qualifies.
Under current law, most taxpayers claim the standard deduction of $15,000 (or $30,000 for couples)
to reduce their tax liability,
though the GOP tax bill would increase those amounts slightly.
Additionally, seniors already qualify for an additional deduction of $2,000 (or $3,600 for couples).

The Senate bill would create a third category that gives seniors an additional $6,000 (or $12,000) off…

GOP tax bill includes a $6,000 ‘senior deduction.’ Here’s who qualifies.
The provision emerged from President Donald Trump’s campaign pledge to end taxes on Social Security. But experts say many are excluded.

House GOP weighing bills to remove elected D.C. AG, overhaul justice policies (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/09/03/house-gop-weighing-bills-remove-elected-dc-ag-overhaul-justice-policies/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzU2ODcyMDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzU4MjU0Mzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NTY4NzIwMDAsImp0aSI6ImMyNzE2YjcxLTMxYzctNDc2Ni1hMWMwLTI0OWY0MDlmNDBkZCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9kYy1tZC12YS8yMDI1LzA5LzAzL2hvdXNlLWdvcC13ZWlnaGluZy1iaWxscy1yZW1vdmUtZWxlY3RlZC1kYy1hZy1vdmVyaGF1bC1qdXN0aWNlLXBvbGljaWVzLyJ9.AjWbub0A4fdoxXeA0tATj7mCtlWG4Nq7a703sIMndyg&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/250903/p182#a250903p182

A year ago today, potus said he’d try to release the Epstein files, and that he’d have no problem with it: https://youtu.be/_eT9Lvj-i20
Today, “[gop]…supporting the discharge petition [to release the files]…would be viewed as ‘a very hostile act,’” and that the files are a hoax.
They’re him-from-a-ye…

Texas Democrats to flee state, blocking plan to pad GOP's control of Congress (Patrick Marley/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/03/texas-democrats-block-gop-redistricting/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250803/p53#a250803p53

Senate strikes AI provision from GOP bill after uproar from the states
https://apnews.com/article/congress-ai-provision-moratorium-states-20beeeb6967057be5fe64678f72f6ab0

Senate strikes AI provision from the Republican tax bill after uproar
A proposal to deter states from regulating artificial intelligence for a decade was soundly defeated in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, thwarting attempts to insert the measure into President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts. The Senate voted 99-1 to strike the AI provision after weeks of criticism from both Republican and Democratic governors and state officials. Originally proposed as a 10-year ban on states doing anything to regulate AI, lawmakers later tied it to federa…

Hey, remember when the #GOP opposed the #ACA because it would stop you from using the healthcare provider of your choice?
Well, guess what the #GOP-appointed

Hey, remember when the #GOP opposed the #ACA because it would stop you from using the healthcare provider of your choice?
Well, guess what the #GOP-appointed

Senate Democrat: Nation would be 'sicker, hungrier, and less well-off' if GOP megabill passes (Tara Suter/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5383907-chris-coons-donald-trump-gop-megabill/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250703/p111#a250703p111

When JD Vance arrived in the Senate in 2023, he backed a raft of proposals that were characterized as reflecting a new brand of economic populism for the Republican Party.
He championed higher taxes on some businesses, increased support for families and a willingness to interfere in free markets that bordered on the heretical in the modern GOP.

Two years later, the now-vice president’s distinctive policy ideas are hard to find in the tax legislation now advancing through Congres…

JD Vance’s prior vision for populism is largely absent from GOP tax bill
The GOP tax bill advancing through Congress does not include key proposals championed by JD Vance, including a $5,000 child tax credit and a tax on executives of large banks that fail.

In a letter, FTC chair Andrew Ferguson warns Google not to filter or suppress emails sent by Republicans over Gmail; Google says its spam filters are not biased (Hans Nichols/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/28/ftc-google-gop-email-andrew-ferg…

Scoop: FTC chair warns Google not to discriminate against GOP email
Google insists that its spam filters do not discriminate.

WHOA:
'Quit now': MAGA freaks out on GOP leader after he blocks Trump from recess appointments - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/quit-now-thune-maga-flips-out-on-senate-majority-leader-after-he-blocks/

Despite #DJT firing female fed official who released declining economic #statistics that contrasted #WhiteHouse narrative, new US mfgr stats emerge that further erode #GOP

Seriously? Yep, absolutely not a cult.
GOP Bill Seeks to Rename Kennedy Center for Trump https://ground.news/article/gop-bill-seeks-to-rename-kennedy-center-for-trump_79642e

We spoke to several people on the House GOP whip team Tuesday night who were expressing alarm about what they’re seeing on their whip cards.
These sources said that they were racking up no’s from lawmakers who they didn’t expect would be opposed to the bill.
Again, it is likely the bill passes in the next 24 hours
but as we learned with the Trump’s failed effort to repeal the ACA in 2017 nothing is pre-ordained in this business,
and we just have to keep working as ha…

The House Needs To Hear A Roar Of Disapproval From The American People Today - Let's Get To Work Everyone!
Paid Subscribers Gather Tonight at 7pm ET, DNC "Organizing Summer" Meeting at 8pm ET

President wants-to-gerrymander-the-gop-into-permanent-power says _Democrats_ cheat.
Every accusation really is a confession.
#USpol

The brazen partisan redistricting underway in Texas,
with Republicans attempting to entrench themselves in office and Democrats weighing a counter-offensive in blue states,
👉 was greenlit by the US Supreme Court six years ago.
Chief Justice John Roberts, in an opinion for a 5-4 court,
💥declared that federal judges could not review extreme partisan gerrymanders to determine if they violated constitutional rights.
Roberts’ opinion reversed cases that would have all…

Chief Justice John Roberts enabled Texas’ gambit to gerrymander the state for the GOP
The brazen partisan redistricting underway in Texas, with Republicans attempting to entrench themselves in office and Democrats weighing a counter-offensive in blue states, was greenlit by the US Supreme Court six years ago.

GOP bill would ban gender-affirming care for veterans in "broader effort to worsen" VA health care - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/06/gop-bill-would-ban-gender-affirming-care-for-veterans-in-broader-effort-to-worsen-va-health-care/

GOP leaders look to White House to sway Freedom Caucus on megabill (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/07/02/congress/gop-megabill-freedom-caucus-00437113
http://www.memeorandum.com/250702/p67#a250702p67

Rep Jared Moskowitz:
There's a little bit of waste here
$42000 Bonus for each ICE employee
https://bsky.app/profile/jdtrumputinmusk.bsky.social/post/3lt3bftqo7c2q

Vibe shift in House as Trump, GOP leaders begin to flip votes (Roll Call)
https://rollcall.com/2025/07/02/vibe-shift-in-house-as-trump-gop-leaders-begin-to-flip-votes/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250702/p132#a250702p132

'Admission of weakness': Trump's latest election moves seen as confession about GOP odds - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-midterms-weakness-gop/

House GOP probes whether NY Gov. Kathy Hochul pulled Medicaid funds to plug billion-dollar hole in state budget (Josh Christenson/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/07/02/us-news/house-gop-probes-kathy-hochul-over-hoarding-medicaid-funds-to-plug-billion-dollar-budget-hole/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250702/p106#a250702p106

Trump’s administration warned Republicans Tuesday that voting to release more files on Jeffrey Epstein would be seen as an act of war.
Republican Representative Thomas Massie is leading the charge on moving for a House vote to release the Epstein files in full,
following the GOP-led House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s lackluster release of more than 33,000 documents on the child sex offender Tuesday night -- 97 percent of which had already been made public.
Re…

Trump Desperately Tries to Kill Petition to Release Epstein Files
The White House said yesterday that the petition to force a vote on the release of the files was “a hostile act.”

Dems dig in, Trump demands all: Nominee fight boils over in Senate as GOP looks for a deal (Alex Miller/Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-dig-in-trump-demands-all-nominee-fight-boils-over-senate-gop-looks-deal
http://www.memeorandum.com/250802/p59#a250802p59

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is threatening to remove Democratic lawmakers from office
for fleeing the state
and claiming they could be charged with crimes,
-- escalating tensions overnight
in a showdown over redrawing congressional lines
ahead of the midterm elections.

Most of the Democrats in the Texas state House exited the state Sunday
— many of whom arrived in Chicago in the evening
— to prevent Republicans from overhauling the state’s map t…

Abbott threatens to try to expel Democrats who fled Texas, escalating tensions
The Texas state House is set to reconvene at 3 p.m. CT Monday. Democrats have left the state to try to stop Republicans from moving ahead with enacting a new congressional map that would give the GOP five more safe seats.

GOP support erodes for Epstein files petition (Kate Santaliz/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/04/massies-epstein-discharge-petition-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/250904/p148#a250904p148

GOP effort forms to shut down Texas vs. California redistricting war (Andrew Solender/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/04/california-texas-redistricting-newsom-abbott
http://www.memeorandum.com/250804/p128#a250804p128

Under Trump, GOP Support For 'Path To Legality' Has Spiked | Crooks and Liars
https://crooksandliars.com/2025/06/gop-support-immigrant-path-legality-has

GOP megabill littered with special tax breaks (Brian Faler/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/04/from-rum-to-gun-silencers-tailored-tax-breaks-add-billions-to-megabill-00438962
http://www.memeorandum.com/250704/p51#a250704p51

Latino GOP lawmakers voice worry about Trump's mass deportation campaign (Marianna Sotomayor/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/03/latino-republicans-immigration-trump-law-abiding-ice/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250803/p20#a250803p20

Thom Tillis becomes third Republican to oppose Senate's GOP megabill
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5375176-thom-tillis-gop-senate-megabill-opposition/

'That Was You': GOP Lawmaker Hit With Blunt Reminder Of His Own Words On Live TV (Ed Mazza/HuffPost)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/brianna-keilar-tim-burchett_n_6865f07fe4b0d0f8dccc4daf
http://www.memeorandum.com/250703/p52#a250703p52

House GOP fiscal hawks demand big changes to megabill
Members of the House Freedom Caucus were expected to meet with the president this morning.
Earlier, caucus chairman Andy Harris earlier told CNN:
"I’m still voting no on the rule. We have to get this thing right."
And Texas representative Chip Roy, among the most vocal critics of the Senate’s version of the bill,
said that he and many other conservatives remain opposed to the bill and still want maj…

It's Official: The GOP Is Not A Working-Class Party (Paul Blumenthal/HuffPost)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-budget-bill_n_6866f478e4b0225e8f8c014e
http://www.memeorandum.com/250704/p32#a250704p32

Lawfully Present Immigrants Help Stabilize ACA Plans. Why Does the GOP Want Them Out? - Cobb Courier
https://cobbcountycourier.com/2025/07/lawfully-present-immigrants-help-stabilize-aca-plans-why-does-the-gop-want-them-out/

GOP leaders launch their last-ditch megabill whip job (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/02/gop-megabill-whip-job-00436966
http://www.memeorandum.com/250702/p72#a250702p72

Texas House Democrats flee the state in bid to block GOP's proposed congressional map (Kayla Guo/The Texas Tribune)
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/03/texas-democrats-quorum-break-redistricting-map/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250803/p59#a250803p59

Orange County congresswoman targeted by protests over Trump megabill, cuts to healthcare
Protesters railed on Tuesday against Orange County GOP Rep Young Kim
who could be a critical vote on Trump’s proposal to cut more than $1 trillion in federal dollars
that helped pay for healthcare for those in need and extend tax cuts for millions of Americans.
Trump’s proposed Megabill narrowly passed the U.S. Senate hours before hundreds of people gathered in a cul-de-sac outsi…

O.C. congresswoman targeted by protests over Trump megabill
Protestors railed on Tuesday against an Orange County congresswoman who could be a critical vote on President Trump’s proposal to cut more than $1 trillion in federal dollars that helped pay for healthcare for those in need.

GOP clean-energy amendment won't get a vote (Katherine Tully-McManus/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/07/01/congress/gop-clean-energy-amendment-wont-get-a-vote-00434821
http://www.memeorandum.com/250701/p49#a250701p49

"If the Senate followed through on the president’s call to eliminate blue slips, the move would effectively cut Democratic lawmakers out of the judicial selection process under the Trump administration — even when the White House nominates federal judges and U.S. attorneys in their home states."
Trump urges Senate GOP to end blue slip tradition for federal judges, US attorneys | Courthouse News Service
https://www.courthousenews.com/trump-urges-senate-gop-to-end-blue-slip-tradition-for-federal-judges-us-attorneys/

Senate GOP readies for high-stakes battles as work resumes in Washington (Al Weaver/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5478009-senate-gop-funding-nominees/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250901/p63#a250901p63

During a closed-door meeting of Republican senators on Tuesday, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) tried to tamper down fears of voter blowback against the proposed cuts to Medicaid spending in the GOP’s budget reconciliation bill,
⭐️claiming that voters will ultimately “get over it.”
The former Republican Senate leader’s comments came after Sen. Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), one of the most vulnerable Senate GOP incumbents in the 2026 midterm elections, expressed concern that

Voters Will “Get Over It,” McConnell Tells GOP Colleagues Scared That Medicaid Cuts Will Hurt Them in Midterms
Polling consistently shows that voters strongly object to the Medicaid cuts proposed in the GOP reconciliation package.

Ron Klain, other former aides scheduled to testify as part of GOP probe on Biden's mental acuity (Hailey Fuchs/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/07/01/congress/ron-klain-gop-probe-biden-mental-acuity-james-comer-00435585
http://www.memeorandum.com/250701/p104#a250701p104

It is just INSANE that the GOP is going to 🆘 tax new solar and wind capacity,
as well as a whole bunch of other terrible energy policies in the BBB,
when electricity prices have risen 20% since start of 2022,
and the grid is ever more fragile.
Prepare for a lot of rolling blackouts.
https://…

GOP elections official charged with putting drugs in granddaughters' ice cream - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/gop-election-official/

GOP lawmaker who railed about Biden & inflation now says prices are a "state level" issue - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/08/gop-lawmaker-who-railed-about-biden-inflation-now-says-prices-are-a-state-level-issue/

GOP Whip Rep. Emmer says church shooting suspect shouldn't have been able to possess firearm (Isabel Danzis/ABC News)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/gop-whip-rep-emmer-church-shooting-suspect-possess/story?id=125134844
http://www.memeorandum.com/250831/p73#a250831p73

Senate GOP scrambles to save Alaska SNAP carveout (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/30/congress/senate-gop-scrambles-to-save-alaska-snap-carveout-00434310
http://www.memeorandum.com/250630/p159#a250630p159

'Ignorant fool': Ex-GOP strategist tells Dems how to make Kristi Noem a liability - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-2673946164/

Even in a long line of anti-labor GOP presidents, Trump stands out.
And while he may not succeed in completely destroying collective bargaining in America, he’s poised to strike terrible blows against organized labor.
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-labor-d…

Trump 2.0 is a disaster for workers
Don't be gaslit when he says "Happy Labor Day!"

House GOP fumes over Senate megabill: 'How did it get so much f‑‑‑ing worse?' (Mychael Schnell/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5377946-house-gop-senate-megabill/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250630/p141#a250630p141

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is doubling down on his threat to overhaul the state's independent redistricting process,
escalating a political standoff with Texas Republicans that's becoming a flashpoint in the fight for control of Congress.
This week, the Texas Legislature kicked off a special session where redistricting is on the table,
🆘as Republicans reevaluate their congressional maps to help the GOP retain its slim House majority after the 2026 midterms.
A…

Newsom calls GOP's push to redraw TX congressional maps an 'existential crisis to democracy'
Newsom told reporters the GOP's push to redraw congressional maps in Texas is a "five-alarm fire for democracy in the United States" and is doubling down on his threat to overhaul California's redistricting process.

GOP Rep Lied About His Family's Immigration History - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/07/gop-rep-lied-about-his-familys-immigration-history/

Constituents in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District showered Representative Ashley Hinson with
boos and jeers for supporting Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill.
The Republican lawmaker was excoriated during a town hall Wednesday in Worth County,
where Iowans urged Hinson to
“stop lying” after she baselessly claimed that the president’s key legislation had ushered in “higher wages” and an improved cost of living.
“Higher wages?” shouted one woman incredulously. “F…

“Stop Lying”: Voters Erupt at GOP Lawmaker’s Shocking Claim on Economy
Iowa State Representative Ashley Hinson’s comments were met with boos and jeers.

Republicans restore bill language eliminating $200 fees for silencers and short-barrel rifles (Alexander Bolton/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5374948-senate-gop-gun-silencer-short-barrel-rifle-fees-gop-megabill/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250628/p35#a250628p35

Mike Johnson warns Senate GOP they're fucking the House majority - National Zero
https://nationalzero.com/2025/06/25/mike-johnson-warns-senate-gop-theyre-fucking-the-house-majority/

GOP Declares Tax-Cut Extensions 'Free' to Obscure Megabill's Cost (Richard Rubin/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/gop-declares-tax-cut-extensions-free-to-obscure-megabills-cost-4c4089bf?st=UuBkoQ&reflink=article_copyURL_share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250629/p77#a250629p77

These defenseless dem justices need our help 🥺🐶
The 3 Democratic Justices responsible for the Dem majority on the PA Supreme court are up for reelection this November
-- and MAGA is going all out to remove them.
Their removal = full GOP redistricting of PA Congressional map,
a total abortion ban,
and a freehand for MAGA to rig the ‘26 and ‘28 elections.
𝗗𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗣𝗔 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 - 𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳. This will affect everyon…

GOP Sen. Thom Tillis says he's not running for re-election in North Carolina (Sahil Kapur/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/gop-sen-thom-tillis-not-running-re-election-north-carolina-rcna215819
http://www.memeorandum.com/250629/p51#a250629p51

If Dems sent troops into U.S. cities like this, Republicans would take up arms. A widespread resistance is needed before it's too late.
READ: The GOP would call this "civil war"
https://www.treason.io/p/read-the-gop-would-call-this-civil

Playbook: Can the GOP megabill hold together? (Zack Stanton/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2025/06/29/can-the-gop-megabill-hold-together-00431477
http://www.memeorandum.com/250629/p67#a250629p67

Tillis becomes third GOP senator to oppose Trump' s big, beautiful bill (Alexander Bolton/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5375176-thom-tillis-gop-senate-megabill-opposition/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250629/p3#a250629p3

The White House announced an attempt to claw back $4.9 billion in foreign aid funds without congressional approval,
drawing the ire of Democrats and appropriators and increasing the chances of a shutdown. 
Such a move had not been made in nearly a half-century,
and it is expected to face legal challenges.
It also comes two months after GOP lawmakers approved the first rescissions package worth $9 billion
that targeted global aid programs and the Corporation for…

Murkowski votes to advance GOP megabill after early misgivings over Medicaid, SNAP cuts (Alexander Bolton/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5375462-murkowski-votes-to-advance-gop-megabill-after-early-misgivings-over-medicaid-snap-cuts/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250629/p56#a250629p56

Newsom: Crime is a larger problem in GOP-led areas than Democratic-led ones
At a news conference discussing the expansion of an existing crime suppression program in California,
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) went after P Donald Trump for the
“blatant hypocrisy” of surging National Guard troops and federal law enforcement agents to Democratic-led cities
when, he says, there are higher crime rates in some Republican-run places.

Newsom called his expansion of a program tha…

Newsom: Crime is a larger problem in GOP-led areas than Democratic-led ones
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Trump’s law enforcement surge to Democratic-led cities is “blatant hypocrisy,” when, he says, there are higher crime rates in some Republican-run places.

Protesters caught on camera delivering coffin to GOP congressman's front door in mock funeral procession (Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/protesters-caught-camera-delivering-coffin-gop-congressmans-front-door-mock-funeral-procession
http://www.memeorandum.com/250730/p153#a250730p153

GOP revolt delays House vote on Trump's "big, beautiful bill" (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/02/trump-big-beautiful-bill-house-vote-delay
http://www.memeorandum.com/250702/p109#a250702p109

Senate GOP eyes recess appointments as stalemate drags on (Stef W. Kight/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/02/senate-republicans-recess-appointments-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/250802/p58#a250802p58

Senate GOP barrels toward ultimatum over Trump nominees (Jordain Carney/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/02/senate-trump-deal-00490401
http://www.memeorandum.com/250802/p56#a250802p56

The GOP budget bill’s $75 billion in supplemental funding for ICE
is now under increasing scrutiny
as reports and viral images emerge of protests against indiscriminate immigration raids and the violent arrests of U.S. citizens by masked and heavily armed federal officers.
Trump has made it clear that he is intentionally using ICE to terrorize blue cities with Democratic mayors and large immigrant communities.

Trump’s ICE Agents Are Arresting US Citizens. GOP Budget Would Hire 10,000 More.
Billions of dollars for ICE and border patrol in Trump’s budget bill would supercharge the chaotic crackdown.

In windy Iowa, a GOP lawmaker faces a reckoning over Trump's clean energy war (Josh Siegel/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/01/trumps-anti-renewable-energy-spree-threatens-a-vulnerable-republican-in-wind-rich-iowa-00530060
http://www.memeorandum.com/250902/p10#a250902p10

Oz works to assuage GOP members on Medicaid relief fund (Meredith Lee Hill/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/07/02/congress/oz-medicaid-relief-hospitals-00437647
http://www.memeorandum.com/250702/p121#a250702p121

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders condemned the Republican budget reconciliation package in stark terms during a floor speech late Sunday -- calling the measure
“the most dangerous piece of legislation in the modern history of our country”
and warning that its massive cuts to Medicaid, federal nutrition assistance, and other programs would have deadly consequences nationwide.
“Over 50,000 Americans will die unnecessarily every year,” said Sanders (I-Vt.),
referring to a recent…

Sanders Calls Trump-GOP Budget Bill 'Most Dangerous Piece of Legislation' in Modern US History | Common Dreams
"In my view, nobody in the Senate or the House should vote for this legislation," said Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Democrats to focus on unpopular GOP cuts in bid to take back the House (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/02/midterms-tax-spending-bill-democrats-republicans/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250702/p107#a250702p107

House GOP moderates dig in against Senate Medicaid cuts (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/28/congress/gop-moderates-medicaid-megabill-00431376
http://www.memeorandum.com/250628/p72#a250628p72

Senate GOP adds SNAP waivers for Alaska, Hawaii in new megabill text (Samuel Benson/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/28/congress/senate-gop-snap-waivers-alaska-hawaii-megabill-00430999
http://www.memeorandum.com/250628/p28#a250628p28

Collins, Hawley -- two key holdouts -- will support advancing GOP megabill (Alexander Bolton/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5375124-collins-hawley-gop-megabill/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250628/p67#a250628p67

Schumer to force reading of 1,000-page GOP mega bill, delaying it by half a day (Alexander Bolton/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5375278-schumer-to-force-reading-of-1000-page-gop-mega-bill-delaying-it-by-half-a-day/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250628/p81#a250628p81

Alaskan whaling captains score special tax cut in GOP megabill (Brian Faler/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/28/congress/alaskan-whaling-captains-score-special-tax-cut-in-gop-megabill-00431077
http://www.memeorandum.com/250628/p37#a250628p37

RNC sues over Arizona voter registration law (Elizabeth Crisp/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5377332-gop-sues-arizona-overseas-voting-law/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250630/p116#a250630p116

Senate bill allowed to 'defund' Planned Parenthood (Nathaniel Weixel/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5377656-senate-gop-provision-planned-parenthood/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250630/p147#a250630p147

GOP Rep. Barry Moore exits through back door after he is heckled at Alabama town hall (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-rep-barry-moore-exits-back-door-heckled-alabama-town-hall-rcna227899
http://www.memeorandum.com/250828/p143#a250828p143

GOP Bill Seeks to Strip JFK's Name From Kennedy Center and Replace It With Trump's (Erkki Forster/The Daily Beast)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-bill-seeks-to-strip-jfks-name-from-kennedy-center-and-replace-it-with-trumps/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250728/p132#a250728p132

Exclusive: Senate Dems launch "budget-buster" site targeting GOP costs (Stephen Neukam/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/28/senate-democrats-budget-buster-gop-site
http://www.memeorandum.com/250828/p76#a250828p76

G.O.P. Bill Adds Surprise Tax That Could Cripple Wind and Solar Power (Brad Plumer/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/climate/gop-bill-adds-surprise-tax-that-could-cripple-wind-and-solar-power.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250629/p48#a250629p48

Democrats break GOP supermajority in Iowa Senate by flipping Republican seat in special election (Zoë Richards/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/democrats-break-gop-supermajority-iowa-senate-catelin-drey-rcna227419
http://www.memeorandum.com/250827/p3#a250827p3

Senate Republicans remove pension overhaul provisions from megabill text (Lawrence Ukenye/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/28/congress/senate-gop-removes-pension-overhaul-from-megabill-00430853
http://www.memeorandum.com/250628/p29#a250628p29