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Father. Husband. Cheesehead. Policy and Campaigns Nerd. Views are my own. #GoPackGo
Opinion | Stacey Abrams joins powerhouse Cap Times Idea Fest lineup captimes.com/opinion/paul-f…
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Republicans saved BadgerCare and rural healthcare infrastructure. Thanks for signing the budget.
90 days. That's how long until close to 20 million households get notices that their health insurance is going up, way up, by an average of more than 75%. Even those without ACA subsidies will see the raw cost of insurance up around 15%. Expect a 4-alarm fire this fall. From me:
That this very true fact continues to be debated on this silly app a whole year later is insane
Going from Biden to Harris saved several Senate seats, prevented a sizable GOP House majority, stemmed the tide of a down-ballot disaster, and gave Democrats a fighting chance to win. Without the switch, it would have been a generational Republican landslide.
Bessent says Aug. 12 China tariff deadline likely to be extended, talks planned in Stockholm cnbc.com/2025/07/22/bes…
Bessent says Aug. 12 China tariff deadline likely to be extended, talks planned in Stockholm cnbc.com/2025/07/22/bes…
Looks like One Big Beautiful Bill drained the pot of money Trump used in his first term to provide aid to farmers hurt by his trade war so he won't be able to use it now.
Things that maybe you shouldn’t have put in writing.
SCOOP: Leaked memo from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei outlines the startup's plans to seek investment from the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. “Unfortunately, I think ‘no bad person should ever benefit from our success’ is a pretty difficult principle to run a business on.”
Trump megabill final score: $3.4T in debt and 10 million kicked off health insurance — CBO
Just weeks after the governor visited Eau Claire to tout child care investments in the state budget, child care advocates held a rally in Eau Claire saying the funding is “not enough.” A leading advocate also said she will have to close her business. civicmedia.us/news/2025/07/2…
One year ago today. It was the right call, and should have happened sooner.
The cover up caucus.
NEWS — RALPH NORMAN, hardline conservative on the House Rules Committee, says the panel will not report a rule this week for bills, effectively shutting down the house floor. Why? He doesn’t want to vote on Democrats’ Epstein amendments. He says it’s grandstanding.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) heading to the House chamber today with a binder labeled “The Epstein Files: Phase 2”
The latest nonpartisan analysis shows the price of @millermeeks' billionaire tax giveaway keeps going up. She voted to blow up the national debt by 3.4 TRILLION dollars. It's just irresponsible. Iowa can't afford another term of MMM in DC. politico.com/news/2025/07/2…
Iowa's GOP delegation is doubling down on Trump's disastrous budget, but farmers in their home-state are being left to deal with the consequences. "Pretty frustrating when you walk in and there's not someone to help..." #IASen #IA02 #IA03 #IA01
Howard Lutnick's investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald is offering to buy the right to businesses tariff refunds, basically betting that the courts will overturn the tariffs.
fascinating
Howard Lutnick's investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald is offering to buy the right to businesses tariff refunds, basically betting that the courts will overturn the tariffs.
The hits keep on coming with the BBB amazingly bad legislation no matter how much lipstick they want to put on this pig
Final CBO score of the "big beautiful bill" is out Biggest Medicaid cuts ever - in fact, 4 times the size of the previous biggest; $894-$990 bn Kicks 10 million off health insurance Biggest SNAP cuts ever, $187 bn Still increases deficit by $3.4 trillion from huge tax cuts
NEW -- CBO has a new cost estimate for OBBB. The law will add $3.4T to the budget deficit over the next 10 years, CBO says. CBO: "That increase in the deficit is estimated to result from a decrease in direct spending of $1.1 trillion and an decrease in revenues of $4.5…
Please join our grassroots coalition for a town hall with special guest Rep. @MarkPocan on Thurs, July 31 at 5:00 PM CT at the Prairie Performing Arts Center in Prairie du Chien. Seating is limited. @derrickvanorden has also been invited to attend.