It was supposed to be Trump's big legislative achievement. It could be a weapon for Democrats to win in the midterms

[Dulcinea]

(CNN) President Donald Trump marked the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding on July Fourth with a speech touting a roaring stock market, urging election reforms, and hailing military interventions in Venezuela and Iran.

But another anniversary went conspicuously unmarked: the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law by Trump exactly one year earlier.

At its ceremonious signing, the act seemed poised to be a defining legislative achievement for Republicans to run on in November.

But 12 months later, the law’s cutbacks to key safety-net programs such as Medicaid and food stamps have fueled a chorus of criticism, challenging the effort to promote its populist and business-friendly tax cuts.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/12/politics/trump-big-beautiful-bill-midterms

[LymphocyteLover]

1. No shit! This was also clear from the moment they proposed that abomination

[displacedvermoter]

2. "Defining legislative achievement" my ass!

Why on earth would they -- CNN -- think that? Cause they honest to God think we are all as stupid as they are...

Thinking of the 22 year old dumbass interviewed by USA Today about how he can't afford to insure his young wife now because of this piece of shit legislation, and if that idiot figured it out, it seems likely this bill passing should be the death knell to a number of Mike Johnson's foot soldiers.

[lastlib]

3. Well, it DOES define the basturds......

they would be in the dictionary under "evil stupid shitheads".....

[displacedvermoter]

4. When you are right, you are right!

[Scubamatt]

5. Hmmmm . . . . so affordability and safety net issues

. . . are popular with the public? Maybe Democrats should appeal to the public on those issues? Maybe they could frame their messaging around those issues? Just sayin . . . .