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Starve the State, Feed the Machine: Inside the GOP’s Budget Reconciliation Bill

Slashing Medicaid, selling public land, gutting federal agencies to fund militarization

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May 14, 2025
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The House GOP’s budget reconciliation bill, heralded by President Trump as “big and beautiful,” is neither. It’s sprawling, chaotic, and strategically devastating. With sweeping cuts to Medicaid, food assistance, and climate programs, paired with a fire sale of public lands and billions more for the Pentagon, this isn’t just a budget. It’s an attempt to…

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