shakedown.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
A community for live music fans with roots in the jam scene. Shakedown Social is run by a team of volunteers (led by @clifff and @sethadam1) and funded by donations.

Administered by:

Server stats:

258
active users

#spendingcuts

2 posts2 participants0 posts today

Flipping through channels, I accidentally caught the image of a ‘gilded rococo hellscape’ (see recent NYT guest essay).

In it, Larry and Moe (with apologies to the Three Stooges), were bragging about X-Doge-style ‘spending cuts’ in front of a breathless, media-packed press conference at the White House.

In a made-for-TV moment, they took a dramatic pause to point up at the ceiling in childlike wonder. These two champions of ‘spending cuts’ were sharing a mutual admiration for the ‘24 carat gold’ stain, newly applied to patriotic symbolism in the oval office ceiling. Any comedic irony seemed lost on reporters present.

What’s in Trump’s big bill? Trillions in tax cuts, changes to Medicaid and more

By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO
Updated 8:21 PM EDT, May 13, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — "#Republicans in Congress are moving with rapid speed to advance President Donald Trump’s big bill of #TaxBreaks, #SpendingCuts and beefed-up border security funding as leaders work to enact many of his campaign promises.

"House committees have been laboring for months to draft the legislation, which Republicans have labeled 'THE ONE, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL,' a nod to Trump himself. Speaker Mike Johnson is pushing to approve the package and send it to the Senate by Memorial Day.

"Democrats say they will fight what House party leader #HakeemJeffries calls 'this extreme and toxic bill.' "
apnews.com/article/trump-tax-c

#BigUglyBill #Environment #Ethics #StudentLoans #Medicaid #TaxBreaksForTheRich
#CorporatePolluters #AirIsLife
#WaterIsLife #LandIsLife
#MAGADeathCult #TrumpHatesTheEnvironment
#TrumpHatesThePoor
#AntiLife #Greenpeace
#Indivisible #FreePalestine
#CREW #PeaceAndJustice
#Corporatocracy #CharacteristicsOfFascism
#SilencingDissent
#USPol #HR9495 #StopHR9495
#TaxPackage #Authoritarianism
#AuthoritarianRule
#FightForTheFuture
#Section112209

Continued thread

#FarRight… Republican(s)… reacted to the #indictment by vowing to try to #cut #funding for the #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith while suggesting…opposing other #LawEnforcement #spending measures as well. With #Republicans already pressing for deep #SpendingCuts & #SocialPolicy reqs that have alienated #Democrats, they will likely have only 4 votes in their own party to spare, meaning just a handful of defections could sink the bills.