Sunday, December 21, 2025

Trump, Johnson, and Thune's Holiday Gift This Year to the Non Millionaire/Billionaire Class-Higher Health Insurance Rates



How is this following the teachings of Jesus and Christian Tenets?

For all their talk about being good Christians, Donald Trump, Mike Johnson, John Thune, and the vast majority of Legislative Republicans showed their hypocrisy again towards the non-millionaire and billionaire class of the American People by giving them the holiday gift of higher health insurance rates in 2026. 

Or perhaps their version of Christianity is one where they preach kindness and compassion to members of the Fortune 500, and everyone else who needs health care, food stamps, housing, utility, and education assistance can go to Hell. 

Last week, the United States Senate blocked competing health care measures

The Democrats offered a clean three-year extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies. It was blocked. 

The Republicans offered a plan that would have increased people's out-of-pocket costs by offering the fiction of lower premiums through health savings accounts that would only serve to provide people with junk health insurance plans that would help no one financially or health-wise. 

Earlier today, House Republican leadership, obsessed with doing everything in their power to cripple the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare, decided not to put a measure for consideration on the House floor that would extend the subsidies. 

Instead, they are offering a measure that, while it has some interesting prescription drug reduction and small business association insurance features, would not extend the subsidies and would throw an average of 100,000 people a year off the Obamacare Insurance rolls. 

Meanwhile, after ten years, Unstable Genius and Art of the Fraudulent Deal Donald Trump still has not given the American People his health care plan that he claimed would be better and less expensive than Obamacare. 

Reaction to the House leadership screwing over the American People again from members of Arizona's Democratic Delegation came quickly. 

Representative Yassamin Ansari posted:

Representative Adelita Grijalva posted:

Representative Greg Stanton posted:

Senator Mark Kelly posted:

Senator Ruben Gallego posted:

One interesting condemnation worth noting here is politically endangered New York Republican Representative Mike Lawler, who railed against his party's House leadership for not having the guts to allow a vote on extending the Affordable Care Act subsidies. He also railed against Democratic House Leadership for not releasing their members to sign a discharge petition to allow a vote on a bipartisan compromise that would couple an ACA extension with health insurance reforms. 

Whatever one may think of Lawler, there is something to the political adage of 'take half a loaf now' and come back for the rest later. 

Take the bipartisan compromise and campaign on offering something better for the American People next year and in 2028. 

Democrats are taking a wait-and-see approach on the outcome of the Republican infighting to see which discharge petition health care legislation to support. 

Unfortunately, time is running out for the American People thanks to Trump, Johnson, and Thune giving them the holiday gift of higher health insurance rates.

RIP Rob Reiner


 

Trump's Reaction to the Death of Rob Reiner and His Wife Shows What a Foul Piece of Fecal Matter He Is

When Rob Reiner was on CNN's Piers Morgan show in late September following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, he said:

"I don't care what your political beliefs are. That's not acceptable. That's not a solution to solving problems...I'm Jewish, but I believe in the teachings of Jesus. I believe in doing unto others. I believe in forgiveness..."

Below is the frankly foul, sick, and self-centered post by Mad King Donald Trump, reacting to the horrific stabbing murder of Mr. Reiner and his wife, Michele, apparently by their son. 

What a sick piece of fecal matter. 

What a foul bastard. 

When confronted by White House reporters on his post and Republican condemnation of it, Trump responded:

"I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned. He said...that I was a friend of Russia. Controlled by Russia. The Russia Hoax. He was one of the people behind it...I thought he was very bad for our country."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpl0pH9YOEw

The only person suffering from derangement is Donald Trump.

In contrast to Mad King Trump's stenchy post, this is Joe Biden's post. 

This is Barack Obama's.

Biden and Obama gave Presidential responses to the tragedy. 

Trump gave an asshole's response. 

For Mad King Trump to interject that the cause of the murders was the Reiners driving their son crazy with Trump Derrangement System is the height of self-centered arrogance.

It is, as Reiner's character in The Princess Bride, Vizzini, would say, on the 47th occupant of the White House's slimy post, degrading his office.

But is it really inconceivable with this White House occupant given his past remarks and actions on the campaign trail and in office?

Remember January 6, 2021. 

Remember two impeachments. 

Remember 34 criminal convictions. 

Remember being found liable for sexual assault. 

Remember giving ICE agents the power to take innocent people off the streets without due process.

Remember, Trump cutting food stamps and health care assistance to millions, including many who, despite the track record, thought Trump would bring prices down for them. 

Remember back in November when Mr. Trump, whose family is financially entrenched in Saudi Arabia, invited Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi Crown Prince and suspected murderer of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Below was the January 6 Domestic Terrorist Enabler's response to an ABC News journalist's question on the appropriateness of having the crown prince in the Oval Office, given his family's financial ties to that nation and his part in Khashoggi's murder:

"...You're mentioning somebody that was extremely controversial a lot. But a lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about, whether you liked them or didn't like them. Things happen, but he knew nothing about it, and we can leave it at that. You don't have to embarrass our guest by asking a question like that..."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U07IWXgXYNM

He also called the reporter a person from "fake ABC News," said the Crown Prince was doing "a phenomenal job" and he has "nothing to do with the family business."

If you believe all of that, Trump has a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you. 

Donald Trump is the foulest and most disgusting person ever to occupy the Oval Office. 

The sooner he retires from the political arena, the better for the American People, the country, and the civilized world.

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