Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) called the Big Beautiful Bill (BBB) a disaster and said that every Republican who votes for it must be defeated in the next election.
Because they are single elections so are under increased scrutiny.
You should be asking How could the Dems lose all 7 swing states when they are winning the special elections by such great margins? Sounds a little fishy, doesn’t it?!
Absolutely agree. Buh bye Republicans. Every . single . One . Of . You! You are disgraceful. You have ignored your oath to the constitution and sold every one of your constituents and the American people out to further someone else’s greed. Are you getting cut in on these rewards for the billionaires? I’d like to call for investigations into each one of you!
And that's it in a nutshell! They are to stand up for the Constitution and that's what they swore to uphold. They didn't sware to uphold Trump. He may be their commander and chief but he can't use the military against the people of the United States .
Trump won’t allow election Republicans in Congress know this so they don’t give a damn. You know they feel nothing at all about anyone put themselves. Evil humans
Do you think there are enough honest military people that will uphold the constitution that they swore to and not follow the illegal orders of their commander in chief?
Go, Bernie! The man is not afraid to speak the truth, however little the GOP and the monster in the White House want to hear it. It is only through truth-telling, loudly and clearly, that we will get out of this mess. The more that we shout out the truth, more inhumane members of the GOP will be voted out of office.
If granting immunity for semi automatic weapons from lawsuit is "speaking the truth" something is wrong. I mean, you have to be able to tell an AR15 from a baseball bat IMO. However, if the choice is maga or Bernie, I vote Bernie; not sure about the rest of the country that is fed social media toxic waste about Socialism being Satanic though.
I am glad that you feel free to express your opinion. Too often, people are afraid to disagree, especially in a public forum. I respect you for speaking your mind. Thank you.
Totally agree with Sanders. They apparently don't recall what happened after the 1890 McKinley Tariff which then gave the Dems a two to one majority in the house at the following election. Let's kick them out!
I think we know that the republicans will not resist Trump and will lose their seats. We will not vote for traitors to the American people. stand up senators now!!!
Elon or any other hacker as Elon stated, the election programs can be hacked. Trump won’t let election happen unless he gets piss at several Rep or Elon stops it Trump can’t do it alone!!
Yes they should... and we will begin campaigning against every single named legislator who voted "yea" in every State. We will point out what each one did for their constituents and how they helped them into or further into poverty. How they helped them lose their hospitals, nursing homes, doctors, nurses, clinics, and jobs. We will make sure that everyone knows that the public land that was once pristine and open to the public is now closed, locked and guarded while oil and other mining and drilling are being conducted that destroys the land, pollutes the water, the earth and the air.
We will let them know that the elderly who they threw off of Medicaid and out of their nursing facilities are where? Where will these people be? We will report on Medicare and how 500 billion dollars in cuts to give to the rich made it impossible for you to retire. Of course, with hospitals, hospices, assisted living facilities, and nursing care facilities with memory care shut down due to lack of funds, who needs medicare? {sarcasm}...
We will be here to let everyone know! Spread the word!
How many of you have called republican politicians, or emailed them with your negative feelings about this ugly bill? If you haven't, do so. They need to hear from more than just their constituents. I tell them they should consider themselves murderers if they vote yes on this bill. So far, none have responded, so I don't know if they even get my messages. It makes me feel better just letting them know how wrong & selfish they are.
Geez Fran murderers, really? You really don't want to know what I write 🤣 I expect a knock on the door at some point. Self elimination time, but I will be sure to take some with me.
I’ve written this before. Bernie is the moral compass of our country and the only teller of truth. He is absolutely correct. This bill will decimate key programs that people need to survive.
Thank you Senator Bernie Sanders. It is a total collapse of our government as we know it. My hope is everyone is staying informed and on top of the issues that affect their daily life and this terrible BBB bill and this horrific time in our history.
Yes, I totally agree. They are self serving politicians who are not representing their constituents. They are afraid. Good vote them out! Send them all to a gulag would be a good end to their careeers!
I am so grateful for Bernie Sanders speaking out so strongly. Nothing seems to impact these politicians supporting this horrific Bill. WE MUST VOTE THEM ALL OUT, but first we must work to have fair and honest elections....
DOJ Official to MAGA Leader: We’ll Target States That Won’t ‘Police’ Their Voter Rolls
For months, we’ve been tracking how the Department of Justice has shifted under Trump from fighting to protect and defend voting rights to working instead in support of more restrictive voting rules.
The key figure in that transition has been Harmeet Dhillon, the far-right legal activist who now leads DOJ’s Civil Rights Division. Under Dhillon, the division has launched a series of actions accusing North Carolina, Colorado, Arizona, Wisconsin, and Orange County, California of failing to maintain or hand over voter registration records in violation of federal law.
Last week, Dhillon spoke with the prominent MAGA activist Charlie Kirk, and offered a little more information about the June 25 lawsuit against Orange County, which is based on a complaint suggesting a non-citizen had been registered to vote.
“Every citizen is entitled to their vote being counted once and being counted equally,” Dhillon told Kirk. “And that’s not happening in any jurisdiction that is refusing to police their voter rolls and clean their voter rolls when they get a complaint like this that shows that there are non-citizens on the voter rolls.”
“So we asked [Orange County] … ‘hey guys, can you show us the data that we’re entitled to under this federal law?’” Dhillon continued. “And they refused to give it to us. So this lawsuit followed today.”
In fact, Democracy Docket obtained emails showing that Orange County election administrators offered to give DOJ the records it sought. But, citing California privacy laws, the county asked the department to promise to keep voters’ sensitive personal information confidential.
DOJ officials never responded to the offer, instead filing the lawsuit the next day.
“And that’s going to happen to other jurisdictions that are refusing to comply with the Help America Vote Act,” Dhillon continued. “We’ve sent letters out to other jurisdictions ... We’ve asked them to preserve their evidence and we are asking for this information. So one by one we’re going to make sure that states are compliant.”
In a post on X promoting the interview, Dhillon made the message even clearer.
“Any state or jurisdiction that refuses to comply with the Help America Vote Act will be met with lawsuits from @CivilRights,” she wrote.
Cleta Mitchell Urges EAC Not to Stop at Trump’s Anti-Voting Order
Key provisions of Trump’s restrictive executive order on voting may have been blocked, for now, by two different federal courts. But it’s still a focus for plenty of anti-voting activism.
On Monday, the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) released the comments it received after asking the public for input on how to implement the order. Among the comments was a detailed, six-page letter submitted in April by the Election Integrity Network, the prominent far-right group founded and led by the conservative lawyer and close Trump ally Cleta Mitchell.
Of course, Mitchell wrote in support of the order’s requirement to add proof of citizenship requirements to the national voter registration form. But she went much further.
She said the EAC should “work aggressively” on a broad effort to have states turn over their voter rolls “to be compared to federal databases.” The goal would be to remove from the rolls not only “noncitizens, dead registrants, and other ineligible registrations,” but also “registrations that have less than full legal names and special or foreign characters.”
Mitchell also urged the EAC to add to the federal registration form state-specific legal requirements for voting, “such as status as a felon, adjudication of mental incompetence, specific requirements for a valid registration address, etc.”
“The failure of the federal form to acknowledge and reflect state specific voter registration requirements must be corrected once and for all,” she wrote.
The form also should include a "signature attestation on every form whereby the registrant revokes all prior voter registrations," Mitchell added.
The polished legal and technical language of Mitchell’s letter might lead us to forget that she was among the very few most important players in Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election. Her role included being on the infamous call where he tried to strong-arm Georgia’s top election official into rigging his state’s results in Trump’s favor.
Of course, anyone can submit a public comment. But it’s worth asking why someone who worked to subvert the results of a democratic election should expect to have their input respectfully considered by EAC staff as a good-faith effort to improve election administration.
If Republicans in swing states and districts won't resist Trump, then vote out the Republicans. Problem solved.---Jason
Except the voting machines are all fixed. How do we get around That!?
If they're all fixed why are we winning most special elections? Or..do you not wanna realize that parr out loud?
Because they are single elections so are under increased scrutiny.
You should be asking How could the Dems lose all 7 swing states when they are winning the special elections by such great margins? Sounds a little fishy, doesn’t it?!
Elon can repair the damage he did to allow Trump to win in 2024
Will we have fair and free elections?
Don't count on it. Haven't you heard, it's all Joe Biden, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton's fault for the ugly mess the country is in; not maga. (sarc)
What if you don't get a 2026 Election?
Don't say it! You're helping them if you do. We WILL have elections.
Exactly!
Agree 100%
Absolutely agree. Buh bye Republicans. Every . single . One . Of . You! You are disgraceful. You have ignored your oath to the constitution and sold every one of your constituents and the American people out to further someone else’s greed. Are you getting cut in on these rewards for the billionaires? I’d like to call for investigations into each one of you!
He did in LA. The soldiers are still there
And that's it in a nutshell! They are to stand up for the Constitution and that's what they swore to uphold. They didn't sware to uphold Trump. He may be their commander and chief but he can't use the military against the people of the United States .
Trump won’t allow election Republicans in Congress know this so they don’t give a damn. You know they feel nothing at all about anyone put themselves. Evil humans
Do you think there are enough honest military people that will uphold the constitution that they swore to and not follow the illegal orders of their commander in chief?
Go, Bernie! The man is not afraid to speak the truth, however little the GOP and the monster in the White House want to hear it. It is only through truth-telling, loudly and clearly, that we will get out of this mess. The more that we shout out the truth, more inhumane members of the GOP will be voted out of office.
If granting immunity for semi automatic weapons from lawsuit is "speaking the truth" something is wrong. I mean, you have to be able to tell an AR15 from a baseball bat IMO. However, if the choice is maga or Bernie, I vote Bernie; not sure about the rest of the country that is fed social media toxic waste about Socialism being Satanic though.
Bernie does not apeak for me. He will tr.y to ruin the usa
I am glad that you feel free to express your opinion. Too often, people are afraid to disagree, especially in a public forum. I respect you for speaking your mind. Thank you.
Totally agree with Sanders. They apparently don't recall what happened after the 1890 McKinley Tariff which then gave the Dems a two to one majority in the house at the following election. Let's kick them out!
And what was interesting about that is that was way before Democrats and Republicans switched.
It will require heavy lifting against billionaires, social media, news and maga.
I think we know that the republicans will not resist Trump and will lose their seats. We will not vote for traitors to the American people. stand up senators now!!!
Y'all are assuming this regime will even ‘allow’ us all the vote…or will tabulation the #s correctly…..
Elon or any other hacker as Elon stated, the election programs can be hacked. Trump won’t let election happen unless he gets piss at several Rep or Elon stops it Trump can’t do it alone!!
Ah, the vote and voters are to be the saviors again.
Yes they should... and we will begin campaigning against every single named legislator who voted "yea" in every State. We will point out what each one did for their constituents and how they helped them into or further into poverty. How they helped them lose their hospitals, nursing homes, doctors, nurses, clinics, and jobs. We will make sure that everyone knows that the public land that was once pristine and open to the public is now closed, locked and guarded while oil and other mining and drilling are being conducted that destroys the land, pollutes the water, the earth and the air.
We will let them know that the elderly who they threw off of Medicaid and out of their nursing facilities are where? Where will these people be? We will report on Medicare and how 500 billion dollars in cuts to give to the rich made it impossible for you to retire. Of course, with hospitals, hospices, assisted living facilities, and nursing care facilities with memory care shut down due to lack of funds, who needs medicare? {sarcasm}...
We will be here to let everyone know! Spread the word!
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Every single one who votes to pass this travesty needs to be primaried. They are soulless, selfish, evil people!
How many of you have called republican politicians, or emailed them with your negative feelings about this ugly bill? If you haven't, do so. They need to hear from more than just their constituents. I tell them they should consider themselves murderers if they vote yes on this bill. So far, none have responded, so I don't know if they even get my messages. It makes me feel better just letting them know how wrong & selfish they are.
I've been calling Thom Tillis and Ted Budd every day. Maybe enough people called Tillis and he actually decided to do the right thing.
Geez Fran murderers, really? You really don't want to know what I write 🤣 I expect a knock on the door at some point. Self elimination time, but I will be sure to take some with me.
Me, but they don't seem to actually listen.
I’ve written this before. Bernie is the moral compass of our country and the only teller of truth. He is absolutely correct. This bill will decimate key programs that people need to survive.
The "only teller of truth." Well, I don't know about that.
Thank you Senator Bernie Sanders. It is a total collapse of our government as we know it. My hope is everyone is staying informed and on top of the issues that affect their daily life and this terrible BBB bill and this horrific time in our history.
So, when does Bernie LEAD the revolt in the streets against thugs from ICE, Homeland Security, National Guard and Marines?
AND AMERICANS wll make sure there is an election despite what just occurred in Florida. We will not stand for election interference!
Oh, maga does not want us standing at all.
Yes, I totally agree. They are self serving politicians who are not representing their constituents. They are afraid. Good vote them out! Send them all to a gulag would be a good end to their careeers!
yes!
I am so grateful for Bernie Sanders speaking out so strongly. Nothing seems to impact these politicians supporting this horrific Bill. WE MUST VOTE THEM ALL OUT, but first we must work to have fair and honest elections....
We MUST have fair and honest elections.
Tell me how that works out.
We have to work hard to fight state gerrymandering and fair STATE BALLOT BOARDS
DOJ Official to MAGA Leader: We’ll Target States That Won’t ‘Police’ Their Voter Rolls
For months, we’ve been tracking how the Department of Justice has shifted under Trump from fighting to protect and defend voting rights to working instead in support of more restrictive voting rules.
The key figure in that transition has been Harmeet Dhillon, the far-right legal activist who now leads DOJ’s Civil Rights Division. Under Dhillon, the division has launched a series of actions accusing North Carolina, Colorado, Arizona, Wisconsin, and Orange County, California of failing to maintain or hand over voter registration records in violation of federal law.
Last week, Dhillon spoke with the prominent MAGA activist Charlie Kirk, and offered a little more information about the June 25 lawsuit against Orange County, which is based on a complaint suggesting a non-citizen had been registered to vote.
“Every citizen is entitled to their vote being counted once and being counted equally,” Dhillon told Kirk. “And that’s not happening in any jurisdiction that is refusing to police their voter rolls and clean their voter rolls when they get a complaint like this that shows that there are non-citizens on the voter rolls.”
“So we asked [Orange County] … ‘hey guys, can you show us the data that we’re entitled to under this federal law?’” Dhillon continued. “And they refused to give it to us. So this lawsuit followed today.”
In fact, Democracy Docket obtained emails showing that Orange County election administrators offered to give DOJ the records it sought. But, citing California privacy laws, the county asked the department to promise to keep voters’ sensitive personal information confidential.
DOJ officials never responded to the offer, instead filing the lawsuit the next day.
“And that’s going to happen to other jurisdictions that are refusing to comply with the Help America Vote Act,” Dhillon continued. “We’ve sent letters out to other jurisdictions ... We’ve asked them to preserve their evidence and we are asking for this information. So one by one we’re going to make sure that states are compliant.”
In a post on X promoting the interview, Dhillon made the message even clearer.
“Any state or jurisdiction that refuses to comply with the Help America Vote Act will be met with lawsuits from @CivilRights,” she wrote.
Cleta Mitchell Urges EAC Not to Stop at Trump’s Anti-Voting Order
Key provisions of Trump’s restrictive executive order on voting may have been blocked, for now, by two different federal courts. But it’s still a focus for plenty of anti-voting activism.
On Monday, the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) released the comments it received after asking the public for input on how to implement the order. Among the comments was a detailed, six-page letter submitted in April by the Election Integrity Network, the prominent far-right group founded and led by the conservative lawyer and close Trump ally Cleta Mitchell.
Of course, Mitchell wrote in support of the order’s requirement to add proof of citizenship requirements to the national voter registration form. But she went much further.
She said the EAC should “work aggressively” on a broad effort to have states turn over their voter rolls “to be compared to federal databases.” The goal would be to remove from the rolls not only “noncitizens, dead registrants, and other ineligible registrations,” but also “registrations that have less than full legal names and special or foreign characters.”
Mitchell also urged the EAC to add to the federal registration form state-specific legal requirements for voting, “such as status as a felon, adjudication of mental incompetence, specific requirements for a valid registration address, etc.”
“The failure of the federal form to acknowledge and reflect state specific voter registration requirements must be corrected once and for all,” she wrote.
The form also should include a "signature attestation on every form whereby the registrant revokes all prior voter registrations," Mitchell added.
The polished legal and technical language of Mitchell’s letter might lead us to forget that she was among the very few most important players in Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election. Her role included being on the infamous call where he tried to strong-arm Georgia’s top election official into rigging his state’s results in Trump’s favor.
Of course, anyone can submit a public comment. But it’s worth asking why someone who worked to subvert the results of a democratic election should expect to have their input respectfully considered by EAC staff as a good-faith effort to improve election administration.
Loser republicans