What the senator claimed was a difficult decision was just a case of backroom deals and abandoned principles.

When the Republican-controlled Senate passed the disastrous megabill on Tuesday, the deciding vote came from Sen. Lisa Murkowski. The Alaskan lawmaker, who has long claimed to be a moderate, got over the finish line the bill for Donald Trump’s priorities, which would send billions of dollars to ICE, extend tax cuts for the wealthy, kick large abortion providers out of the Medicaid program, and knock millions of low-income people off their health insurance.

Murkowski cast this vote just a week after she suggested in a podcast interview that she’d consider becoming an independent and caucusing with Senate Democrats. She cast this vote, which could shutter nearly 200 Planned Parenthood clinics, after repeatedly painting herself as “pro choice.” She cast this vote after Planned Parenthood called the bill a “backdoor abortion ban” and said it could eliminate one in four abortion providers nationwide.

As Bolts Magazine Editor-in-Chief Daniel Nichanian noted after the vote: “The Senate’s small-state ultra-bias is never more maddening than when one senator uses it to get benefits for her 740,000 constituents while openly acknowledging the bill she’s supporting will harm the nation’s 339 million other residents.”

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[+] 91 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 79 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Have you seen the fucks cheering after it passed? Imagine knowing you're fucking over 15+ million people just so you can get a tax break. Disgusting as fuck.

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  • [–] 53 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Lisa fight

    I’d like to say that Alaska will vote her out but Alaska isn’t known for being progressive or sane. People come here to hoard broken cars & ripped tarps in peace.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Murkowski was literally primaried by a further right nut job, ran in the general as a write in, won and rejoined the Republicans. The only thing that will stop Alaskans electing her is death or retirement.

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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago

    Her defiant reaction to the backlash was the worst part of it. She refuses to acknowledge people's ire. She ends up making the case that she did it for Alaskans at the expense of the rest of her country. That she knew it was wrong but didn't mind throwing everyone else under the bus.

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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Alaska got an exemption from Medicaid Cuts. I imagine her rationale was that she was protecting her constituents. Fucked everyone else though.

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    [–] 30 points 1 year ago

    I guarantee she has a nice cushy lobbyist position lined up for Big Oil after pushing that bill through. She could give two shits about reelection with that fallback.

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  • [+] 20 points 1 year ago (1 child)
  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago

    She’s a piece of shit.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    These people shouldn't be elected, they should be studied. In a lab.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Fuck that cunt!

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I don't want all this responsibility, I just wanted respect and a nice house. Why are these problems mine to deal with?!

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    This is the problem with having old people decide on things. Anybody who has a grandmother or grandfather knows how many mistakes they make in a single day.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Remember when republicans would harp on Grover Norquists Taxpayer protection pledge about swearing theyd never raise any taxes? Yeah way back in the old before times, like 2024. You never hear about that anymore.

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  • [+] -8 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Does anyone have a non biased article about what the bill actually does? Everything I’ve seen does not present any downsides to the bill, even going as far as to say it will be good for Americans.

    I know for a fact there limitations on the tax on tips and OT

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  • [+] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)
  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Buddy I am a moron I can’t understand politician jargon. You sent me a link to the actual bill. I was just hoping to find an article that breaks it down with both the pros and cons. I’ve tried the major news sources but read 0 drawbacks. Every liberal source just says it’s terrible for Americans. They don’t even explain anything about it other than it cuts SNAP and Medicaid.

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