I called Scalise’s office today. His Metairie office and his DC office. I wanted to confirm the reporting before publishing it and get a statement. Nobody would talk to me about it officially. I left a message. I think Congresspeople in our country have gotten so divorced from reality and regular people that they don’t think anyone will notice their actions.
Steve Scalise told Axios the Republican budget will cut three hundred thousand people off ACA health insurance to fund the war. Jodey Arrington, a Congressman on the Ways and Means committee, is slashing thirty billion in subsidies. The Congressional Budget Office already calculated it: 300,000 more Americans uninsured.
Lockheed Martin’s stock moves with the war. RTX climbs. Northrop Grumman, too. The Americans losing healthcare is an accounting offset. Their suffering pays for the line item.
Trump posted on Truth Social: obliterate Iran’s power plants, oil wells, and desalination plants. No drinking water. No water for hospitals. Amnesty International was clear: he’s willing to plunge an entire country into darkness. Scalise and Arrington chose to propose this plan. Three hundred thousand Americans lose coverage so Congress can vote to destroy the water supply of thirty million Iranians.
This war has the potential to really escalate over the next few weeks. There are multiple countries involved with nuclear weapons and nuclear materials; there could be a devastating event. We must ask ourselves why the big banks, oil companies, and military contractors are all making tons of money on this? And are they buying our politicians with dark money campaign contributions?
