Missives from the GWN

Donald Trump kept saying he’d protect programs like Medicaid, Social Security, and Medicare.  He even repeated this after taking office again in 2025. But since then, he’s supported budgets that clearly try to cut these programs. He told people the changes would only remove “fraud and abuse,” but fact-checkers proved that was a lie. The changes in his BBB voted in by GOP Senators will now kick millions of people off Medicaid by making it harder to qualify. And the states hit hardest?  Red states, states that voted for this shit.  The rules added work requirements, blocked funding for women’s health providers, and forced people to reapply constantly. This would hurt at least 8.6 million Americans, especially low-income families and disabled people. Even though Trump said he wasn’t cutting it, experts from places like PolitiFact, Vox, and Al Jazeera showed these were deep cuts.¹ Trump also lied about Social Security.  On the campaign trail and after taking office ag...