ICYMI: The OBBB Senate Version Breakdown
In which the Byrd Rule restored some sanity, but the blood thirst could not be sated
In a month where Republicans tried to disguise a budgetary neutron bomb as fiscal discipline, we got a masterclass in cruelty economics. Think of it as the Hunger Games, but for Medicaid and public land. And just like that, your tax dollars are now subsidizing a billionaire’s fifth yacht while they slash your kid’s lunch program. Let’s dig in.
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Eight Budgetary Dumpster Fires (and the Matches That Lit Them)
Who Me? Naw, I’m a Party Man. For Sure.
Surprise! Representatives who swore they hadn’t read the bill or were unaware of certain provisions, when confronted by angry mobs, managed to quietly vote for it again with exactly the same language. It’s almost like they fear the wrath of party leadership more than being torched at a town hall.
What Did We Just Vote For Again? Inside the Quiet Reconfirmation of the OBBB
On June 10, House Republicans quietly voted to reaffirm one of the most controversial pieces of legislation in recent memory: the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB). Presented as a set of “technical corrections” to comply with Senate rules, this second vote was more than procedural. It was an opportunity to address the very provisions that drew outrage from …
You Get Something to Hate! You Get Something to Hate! Everyone Gets Something to Hate!
This GOP proposal is less a budget, more a blueprint for collapse. After narrowly passing the House, any hopes for a more reasonable Senate version have quickly been dashed, and absolutely no one is happy. However, the real losers continue to be voters who will face either draconian provisions or complete confusion. It’s basically the legislative equivalent of releasing bees into a daycare and blaming the kids for getting stung.
OBBB: A Budget Built to Fail
When the House passed its version of the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB), critics hoped the Senate would step in with a more tempered approach, something closer to reality, if not compassion. However, instead of mitigating the damage, the Senate Finance Committee's version, released last week, made the bill even more extreme. The cuts go deeper, the tax g…
Wealthy? Corporate? You Win! Everyone Else? Especially the Vulnerable? Not So Much
Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” isn’t just ugly—it’s bloodthirsty. Safety nets shredded, billionaires rewarded, and your health care options handed to the Grim Reaper. Fiscal policy via firing squad.
The Big Beautiful Guillotine: Trump’s War on the Sick and the Poor!
Behind the branding and buzzwords is a direct assault on your health care, your dignity, and your future. Here’s what they’re not telling you, because they’re counting on you not to fight back.
The Party of Small Government Wants to Sell Federal Land, and Erase History. So, Basically, It is Tuesday….
Hidden in the fine print: a fire sale of federal land. Because nothing screams “budget reform” like auctioning off your national parks to oil barons while pretending it’s for the deficit. Next up: privatizing your grandma’s oxygen supply.
Selling the Soil, Scrubbing the Story
As the U.S. nears its 250th birthday, what should be a moment of national reflection is instead turning into a reckoning with how the country’s memory, land, and truth are being quietly but systematically stripped away.
Creative Accounting & the Byrd Bathing of BS
GOP budget math makes Enron look honest. Cooked books hide a $3.4 trillion deficit hole while defunding the CFPB, nuking environmental and financial regulators, and gutting the Inflation Reduction Act. Also included: judicial interference, lower Fed salaries, and a ban on truth itself, apparently.
Partisan Stunts Meet the Parliamentarian
The Senate’s procedural referee earned her paycheck, swatting down GOP attempts to backdoor-repeal Biden-era laws on climate, food aid, gun safety, and immigration. Think of it as an adult finally walking into the frat party and turning off the nitrous.
Medicaid’s Last Stand (Thanks, Parliamentarian)
Three GOP Medicaid poison pills—tax caps, bans on care for undocumented folks, and erasing trans healthcare—met the parliamentarian’s veto pen. At this point, she’s the only thing standing between “budget” and “burn-it-all-down manifesto.” Someone give this woman a medal!
Senate Passes the Budget Chainsaw… Barely
In a 51–50 squeaker (thanks to VP Tie-Breaker Barbie), the Senate passed Trump’s budget horror show. It now heads to the House, where dysfunction is the only functioning system. Stay tuned for more grandstanding and maybe a government shutdown with your morning coffee.
So there you have it: a budget season where Republicans tried to dress a moral collapse in Brooks Brothers suits. The parliamentarian became an unlikely hero, while the rest of Congress juggled chainsaws and called it governance. If this is “fiscal responsibility,” then I’m the Queen of England. Until next time, hide your wallet, hug your public school teacher, and maybe chain yourself to a national park tree, just in case. We will be back with more soul-crushing commentary as this flaming pile of poo navigates back through the House.
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