What’s Going On?

I have the song “What’s Going On?” in my head from the late, great Marvin Gaye.

The Big Bad Awful bill passed on strictly party line votes in the Senate and the House. With so much disinformation in America and throughout the world, I want to present facts.

• 17 million Americans will lose their health care
  AI Overview
  Yes, a recent bill passed by Congress, known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”, is projected to cause approximately 17 million Americans to lose their health insurance coverage. This is according to a nonpartisan analysis by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The bill includes cuts to Medicaid and changes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces, which are expected to significantly reduce the number of people with health insurance. An estimated 1 in 4 nursing homes will have to close because of Medicaid cuts.
  • https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/by-the-numbers-senate-republican-reconciliation-bill-takes-health-coverage-away
  • https://www.medicarerights.org/medicare-watch/2025/07/03/final-house-vote-looms-on-devastating-health-and-food-assistance-cuts
• 30% higher electricity costs
  AI Overview
  Yes, electricity costs could potentially increase significantly due to a recent bill, with some analyses predicting a rise of nearly 30% by 2029. This is primarily because the bill would phase out tax credits for clean energy sources like solar and wind. 
  • https://www.americanprogress.org/article/with-americans-facing-utility-bill-increases-this-year-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-act-threatens-to-drive-costs-even-higher/
  • https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/big-beautiful-bill-state-costs
• Millions of manufacturing and construction jobs destroyed
  AI Overview
  A recently passed bill, often referred to as the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” is projected to cause significant job losses in the manufacturing and construction sectors, potentially exceeding 1.1 million and 1.75 million jobs respectively. These losses are attributed to the bill’s impact on clean energy incentives and tax cuts that support these industries. 
  • https://nabtu.org/press_releases/nabtu-statement-on-the-u-s-senate-republican-proposed-one-big-beautiful-bill/
  • https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/06/report-failure-to-pass-one-big-beautiful-bill-will-kill-1-1-million-manufacturing-jobs/
• Largest cut in food assistance for families, children, veterans
  AI Overview
  Based on recent reports, a bill known as the “Big Beautiful Bill” or reconciliation bill, which passed in Congress on July 3, 2025, includes significant cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps. The bill cuts federal funding for SNAP by $186 billion through 2034, which some sources describe as the largest cut to food assistance in history
  • https://frac.org/blog/senate-follows-house-lead-on-snap-cuts-proposal-a-direct-threat-to-families-communities-and-the-economy
  • https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/house-reconciliation-bill-proposes-deepest-snap-cut-in-history-would-take
• $4 Trillion in deficits
  • https://www.epi.org/blog/the-radical-republican-budget-bill-steals-from-the-poor-to-give-tax-cuts-to-the-rich/
  • https://www.crfb.org/blogs/senate-reconciliation-bill-could-add-over-4-trillion-debt
• $1 Trillion in tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires
  AI Overview
  A recently passed bill, often referred to as the “Big Terrible Bill” or the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” is generating significant controversy due to its provision of substantial tax cuts for the wealthy, with some estimates projecting over $1 trillion in tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires. Critics argue that these tax cuts primarily benefit the richest Americans while potentially harming essential social programs. 
  • https://itep.org/top-1-to-receive-1-trillion-tax-cut-from-trump-megabill-over-next-decade/
  • https://www.crfb.org/blogs/senate-obbba-charts

And, friends, this is just a small list of atrocities that we have to look forward to.

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