These guys are more cleverly evil than you think. Come the 2026 elections they'll be saying - see, nothing bad came out of this bill, you Chicken Littles. Nobody lost their Medicaid (yet).

Evil, yes.

Clever, too clever by half.

The polling for the bill is mostly under water, which is unusual for a bill that hands out a lot of tax breaks.

Old folks (who tend to vote in large numbers) may be hard of hearing, but when you say Medicaid or Social Security, their hearing is quite good. Groups they trust, like AARP, will be having lots of information about this. They like the additional over-65 standard deduction, but will also be loud a clear about other provisions that will hurt seniors such as loss of healthcare and SNAP.

Sure, most changes were punted until after the election, but businesses plan ahead. They won’t wait for the train to hit them before they get off the track. Hence, the Nebraska hospital closing.

James Carville calls it a Mass Extinction Event for Republicans. As usual, Carville is over the top. But it won’t take changing a whole lot of seats to flip Congress these days.

I’m keeping with 30 days. 😎

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