Abominations, fascist nations and Big Ugly Budget items

Today's 9 News Items

1. ITEM: At Iowa Town Hall a constituent questions impact of budget bill cuts on American citizen’s safety net programs. Audience doesn’t like her defense of Trump’s cruel budget bill. Republican Senator Joni Ernst responds “We all die.”

2. ITEM: Budget Office: Trump’s Big Ugly Bill adds $2,4000,000,000,000 deficit over a decade. Republican Senator Joni Ernst says “Nations all go bankrupt and die, that’s life, folks.”

3. ITEM: WH calls budget critical Congressional Budget Office (275 economists led by Republican appointee) biased. Republican Senator Joni Ernst says “Bipartisanship died long ago, that’s life, folks.”

4. ITEM: Bill allows A I tech to control and surveil us without legal restrictions; Republican Senator Joni Ernst says “So what? Privacy Rights always die. Everything dies, get a grip.”

5. ITEM: With the data on all of us that Musk’s DOGE cyber thieves accessed, Peter Thiel and Tech bros are building a techno-authoritarian state with PALANTIR. It will be the envy of Fascist police states everywhere. Republican Senator Joni Ernst says “Democracies all die, folks.”

6. ITEM: CBO says Big Beautiful Bill’s massive deficit to pay for tax cuts for the rich will impact medicaid, medicare; Republican Senator Joni Ernst says “Grandma, we all have to die sometime.”

7. ITEM: Public is reluctant to fly after multiple near misses, FAA cuts; and horror stories of system breakdowns. Republican Senator Joni Ernst says “We’re all going to die, take a chance. Fly close to Jesus.”

8. ITEM: Team Trump rescinds guidance requiring hospitals to perform emergency abortions, Republican Senator Joni Ernst says “Ladies, we all have to die sometime.”

9. ITEM: President pressing Republicans in the Senate to unite quickly behind “Big Beautiful Bill” before Americans can study it. The Bills was called an “Abomination” by Musk. Iowa voters tell Republican Senator Joni Ernst “Everyone who touches and obeys Trump dies politically.”