Congratulations America, Trump's Big Beautiful Bill Passes The House

[feelosofer]

This video mentions something 'hidden' in the bill, and I tried to find the article he quotes Robert Reich from. I could only find an article on MSN/Alternet, with some other mentions in comments on a The Daily Show clip?

MSN

shytty website... I can't even select the text properly...


Has there been any wider discussion of this? Because it seems pretty fukking serious. Or do your newscasters just plug books now?

The media is essentially between a rock and a hard place because the FCC chair is a Trump loyalist who weaponizes what should be a relatively neutral entity.

Plus Trump can sue the stations and most stations will settle as opposed to going to court and battling it out. So in doing this Donald Trump has essentially control of the media narratives.

 

[GoFlipAPack]

The country is being looted.

This is some stuff you expect to see in Eastern Euro oligarch countries or African dictatorships.


It's fascinating when it happens here. I hope hashtag-gang will finally understand why people "flee" their countries. There was no such thing as going back and fighting when you have no say whatsoever in the corruption that happens in your country.


We are witnessing this right now in America as our president and his cronies blatantly enrich themselves with half a billion dollar jets and billion government contracts for themselves while stealing from the public. Infrastructure, healthcare, and education be damned.


And again the mirrors between what's happening now and what happens in third world countries is mind-boggling. So now if you go to court and try to sue, the judges have been packed with loyalists turning the rule of law into toilet paper. If you go to the streets and protest, there is a nice little, extraterritorial jail cell waiting for you in El Salvador.


All trump and friends need to do To complete the third world playbook is declare martial law when the inevitable protests happen over the summer

They're going to fukk around and create 100 more Luigi's

 

[Wargames]

They're going to fukk around and create 100 more Luigi's

Are they cause as far I am concerned the average person is a sheep.

 

[feelosofer]

They're going to fukk around and create 100 more Luigi's

No one is coming to save us.

 

[Heimdall]

The media is essentially between a rock and a hard place because the FCC chair is a Trump loyalist who weaponizes what should be a relatively neutral entity.

Plus Trump can sue the stations and most stations will settle as opposed to going to court and battling it out. So in doing this Donald Trump has essentially control of the media narratives.

So much for the 1st Amendment...

Is it not the case that the suits are pretty weak and Trump would most likely lose if they did go to court? So why not handle it? idk it just seems like they capitulated rather easily to me. Or is the FCC chair the greater of the two threats?

 

[kevin arnold]

This video mentions something 'hidden' in the bill, and I tried to find the article he quotes Robert Reich from. I could only find an article on MSN/Alternet, with some other mentions in comments on a The Daily Show clip?

MSN

shytty website... I can't even select the text properly...


Has there been any wider discussion of this? Because it seems pretty fukking serious. Or do your newscasters just plug books now?

Senate can invoke the Byrd rule, and that’s most likely coming out. Republicans don’t have 60 votes. Not too worried about that

 

[feelosofer]

So much for the 1st Amendment...

Is it not the case that the suits are pretty weak and Trump would most likely lose if they did go to court? So why not handle it? idk it just seems like they capitulated rather easily to me. Or is the FCC chair the greater of the two threats?

Lawsuits still cost the stations a lot of time and money and Trump has entire law firms that will work on his behalf basically pro bono (not that Trump pays them anyway)

 

[the cac mamba]

The country is being looted.

if we're being honest, that started with the first covid bill

america/the dollar can't continue on this trajectory forever. social security is a looming time bomb. and these pieces of shyt in power are gonna loot it for their families as much as they can, as we drive off the cliff

 

[bnew]

https://www.axios.com/2025/08/15/white-house-rating-big-beautiful-bill

Aug 15, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Scoop: White House loyalty rating for companies​

• Mike Allen
  

Photo illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios. Photo: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

The West Wing has created a scorecard that rates 553 companies and trade associations on how hard they worked to support and promote President Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill," a senior White House official tells Axios.

Why it matters: Trump works transactionally, and companies have rushed to pay demonstrative homage. Now, senior aides will have data to consult when considering corporate requests.

• The unusual spreadsheet fits this administration's proclivity for micromanaging companies and administering loyalty tests.
  

Factors in the rating include social media posts, press releases, video testimonials, ads, attendance at White House events, and other engagement related to "OB3," as the megabill is known internally.

• The organizations' support is ranked as strong, moderate or low.
  
• Axios has learned that "examples of good partners" on the White House list include Uber, DoorDash, United, Delta, AT&T, Cisco, Airlines for America and the Steel Manufacturers Association.
  

How it works: The data, which is being circulated to White House senior staff, will be used as a reality check when someone from K Street calls and says, for instance, that they'd "love to catch up — was so great working with you to pass the big, beautiful bill."

• The ranking "helps us see who really goes out and helps vs. those who just come in and pay lip service," the official said.
  
• Separately, a running list on the White House website tracks announcements of "Trump Effect" investments in U.S. manufacturing, production, and innovation.
  

What's next: We're told this is an evolving document, with the organizations' engagement on other presidential initiatives to be added.

• "If groups/companies want to start advocating more now for the tax bill or additional administration priorities, we will take that into account in our grading," the official said.
  

Zoom in: Companies on the White House "good" list took a variety of approaches to supporting the megabill, often singling out specific benefits for their industry.

• DoorDash deliverer Maliki Krieski of Ripon, Wisconsin, wore a red "DoorDash Mom" T-shirt as she stood behind President Trump at a White House event promoting the bill the week before final votes. She later plugged the "no tax on tips" provision in a Fox News Digital interview.
  
• "No Tax on Tips is now law," Uber cheered on a blog for drivers. "No Tax on Tips, first proposed by President Trump during his 2024 presidential campaign, is a proposal to change how tips are taxed. Now that this has become law, you won't pay federal income taxes on your tips that are reported to the IRS on a 1099 form."
  
• Chuck Robbins — CEO of Cisco, who's also chair of Business Roundtable, the association of top U.S. CEOs — posted on X: "Encouraged by the House #reconciliation package's corporate tax provisions. By preserving a competitive rate, retaining FDII, & restoring immediate R&D expensing, this bill will strengthen America's pro-growth tax system — allowing US companies to better innovate & invest at home."
  

• AT&T announced "plans to more quickly build fiber infrastructure thanks to pro-investment policies in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed by Congress."
  

Airlines for America (A4A), which represents major U.S. airlines, issued a statement saying it "strongly supports the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and applauds the inclusion of a critical investment of $12.5 billion in modernizing the Federal Aviation Administration's air traffic facilities, systems and infrastructure."

• United and Delta issued statements of support for the air-traffic provision.
  
• The Steel Manufacturers Association said the megabill "will allow manufacturers to buy new equipment, to further their lead in research and development, to raise wages and improve employee benefits. Most importantly, this legislation will allow our members to create more jobs."