Discussion
Please stop listening to BULLSHIT!
Can Democrats stop the upcoming health care rollbacks before they hit? Short answer: No. Long answer: still no.
Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), major changes to Medicaid (like upcoming work requirements and semi-annual renewals) and ACA Marketplace rules are locked into federal law. Because any legislative fix would require passing a new bill through Congress and getting Trump’s signature, Democrats have zero unilateral power to roll these …
can’t fix without super majorities to override a presidential veto.
Shorter: We’re still very, very fucked. We’re just a little less fucked than when we were a week ago, but If we don’t get lost in typical Democratic infighting , we’re poised to win back the White House in 2028. And that can change everything.
It’s important for me to add this is a postscript. I don’t mean for a moment to suggest it isn’t important to push hard to put these things on the table and have them be vetoed. That will build up deep resentments that will play well in 2028, when it will most matter.
@shoq the Dems need to start talking details on what is coming down the pike and let voters know the pain they will soon be feeling is because of the Fascists. Someone must have a parent that can be used as an illustration of the upcoming disaster for the elderly.
Start detailing in actual human terms on what will happen.
Start NOW.
provisions back before they take effect. Without a veto-proof supermajority, any attempt is a dead end.
The only chance of repealing the damage from that bill is to make Trump himself do it with Executive Orders. And with Stephen Miller in charge, the chances of that are zero.
We won a great battle on Tuesday, but we’re still in very big war that won’t end anytime soon, and there will be much direct and collateral damage. And I don’t mean the war with Iran. That’s a whole other problem we …