Trump’s Horrible Week: A MAGA Congressman Booed, A Network Defies Him, and His Friend’s Propaganda Machine Dies
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Rep. Mike Flood went home to Bellevue, Nebraska, on Tuesday to defend his vote for Trump’s Big Ugly Bill—in a district Trump carried by thirteen points, and one that sent Flood back to Congress by more than twenty. It didn’t save him. One constituent asked what he would do about the bill’s cuts to disability benefits. Flood got as far as “Well, under the One Big Beautiful Bill, we protected—” before the boos drowned him out. He kept going—“the developmentally disabled, the persistent mentally ill, people that are of advanced age”—and the boos didn’t let up. When he called the bill “bipartisan,” the crowd came for him. In reality, every Democrat voted no and JD Vance was forced to break a tie to pass it. Flood has now been booed in town after town across his own red district. His own voters are done pretending. November is coming. THE CLINICS THAT SURVIVED ARE STILL OPEN
Walk into a Planned Parenthood clinic almost anywhere in the country today, and Medicaid covers your visit again. A year-long attack on that care just ran out of road—and lost. A year ago, Trump signed a law cutting Planned Parenthood off from Medicaid—the way millions of low-income patients pay for cancer screenings, birth control, and checkups. Republicans built the ban to last exactly one year. When it ran out, they let it die rather than fight to renew it heading into an election. Close to two dozen clinics didn’t survive the year. Most did—and on Sunday, every one of them could bill Medicaid again. Rep. Brittany Pettersen, a Colorado Democrat, welcomed the news: “Restoring this funding means resources can finally flow back to the Coloradans who need them.” They spent a year trying to shut these clinics down, and lost. Now the same groups are begging Congress to bring the ban back. Too late. The doors are open, the patients are getting care, and that’s what winning looks like. ABC REFUSED TO KNEEL—THIS TIME
Trump’s FCC has spent months investigating The View, after the show hosted a Democratic Senate candidate without giving equal time to his opponent. ABC has folded at least twice to Trump before—a $15 million settlement in 2024, and a five-day suspension of Jimmy Kimmel last fall. Monday night, they didn’t fold. They filed a legal answer that reads like a dare. The network reminded the FCC of something inconvenient: the agency itself ruled The View a legitimate news program back in 2002. Nothing about the show has changed since—only who’s president. Then ABC swung: “The First Amendment does not permit the government to sit in an editor’s chair.” Meanwhile, more than 77,000 Americans flooded the FCC with public comments, most in support of the network. What the FCC is really asking for is the power to decide who counts as a “real” journalist in America. ABC told them, on the record, that nobody holds that power here. A company that already caved twice finally stood its ground—and that’s how the regime loses its grip, one refusal at a time. ORBÁN’S LIE FACTORY WENT DARK—AND SAID SORRY
For sixteen years, Hungary’s state television fed people whatever lies kept Viktor Orbán in power. In April, voters finally threw Orbán out. This week, the network he used to lie to them went dark. In its place, a message: “Public media should not lie. We are sorry for doing it for so long.” The state radio switched to classical music. New Prime Minister Péter Magyar, who beat Orbán in a landslide, didn’t hold back: “They lied at night, they lied during the day, they lied on every wavelength. That is now over.” He’d promised exactly this the night he won—this week he made good on his pledge. Remember who tried to save Orbán. Vance flew to Budapest, held his phone up to a rally microphone, and blasted Trump’s voice across the stadium: “I love that Viktor.” None of it worked. They crossed an ocean to prop up a dictator. Hungary defeated him at the ballot box—and took his lie machine down with him. 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That’s power, and it’s yours. Onward! Scott Have you ever been to a town hall like Flood’s? I want to hear what it was like—drop your story in the comments. Thanks for your support! Another way to help us out is by gifting subscriptions to friends and family! You can get yours by clicking the link. For all contact Congress links, or to volunteer, you can go here: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-up-for-the-watchdog-coalition 🚨 Tell your Senators to vote NO on Todd Blanche. Click and send: 👇 https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-senators-oppose-todd-blanche-for-attorney-general/ TODD BLANCHE has enough ethics complaints that he will be disbarred in time: Todd Blanche hit with state bar complaint backed by 101 former judges Steve Benen Tue, June 23, 2026 https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/todd-blanche-hit-state-bar-150842503.html 🚨 Tell Congress to keep troops away from the polls! https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-stop-trump-from-sending-troops-to-our-polling-places/ JUST A FEW COMMENTS: This is exactly why I do this. Watching voters in Flood’s own district push back, seeing clinics reopen, watching a propaganda machine apologize on air — it’s proof that we still have the power—we just need to use it. INFORMED Voters in FLOOD'S district knew the FACTS and refuted FLOOD'S LIES! NO ONE WOULD VOTE FOR REPUBLICANS IF THEY DIDN'T LIE! PLANNED PARENTHOOD provides care in low income and rural communities that are not otherwise available. And just based on his deranged performance at NATO while looking like he’s on death’s doorstep it’s no wonder they cancelled all meetings for 3 days. At least not the ones we will know about. I keep asking the same question: What is wrong with Republicans? Why are they happy to let this regime destroy our credibility all over the world? I don't get it. Maybe it's the usual, money and power. Thanks, and I think, that you may be right, in a sense, however, it also seems that they are just being too stubborn - or maybe even too stupid - to realize they are already losing their money and power and that the longer they persist in ignoring their duty to us - we the people of the U.S. and the world - and ignoring the obvious "handwriting on the wall" the harder the big elephants will fall! They probably won't impeach or activate the provisions in our 25th Amendment... MAGA MAGGOTS were put in office to fulfill MAGA PROPAGANDA. At this time, many actually believe the HORSE MANURE they shovel....rigged election? voter fraud? COME ON! Think about their RHETORIC - they all regurgitate the same HORSE MANURE VERBATIM! That's what the REPUBLICAN PARTY has become and they can't deviate! I posted numerous comments and articles about the ICE GESTAPO KILLINGS and DHS LIES - not a single REPUBLICAN speaks out! The BUDGET defines the MORAITY of a nation - REPUBLICANS FLUNKED! The statistics of MOM having to choose between MEDICATION and feeding her kids are staggering... BRAIN DEAD BOOB BROOKE ROLLINS babbles nonsense about JOB CREATION while WE ALLOW KIDS TO GO HUNGRY? MARKWAYNE MULLINS was known as the DUMBEST SENATOR....apparently even surpassing a lengthy list of REPUBLICANS.... Appointing STUPID PEOPLE is tRump's greatest accomplishment.
Because they only answer to the moneyed special interest groups/corporations that put them in office. They are doing exactly what their puppeteers want them to do. I think it's the result of many, many years of making excuses for all kinds of evil. Like that old legend about the two dogs (or wolves depending on your interpretation). Which one gets bigger? The one you feed. They've been feeding misogyny, racism, corruption, pedophilia and extreme greed for many years. What did they think was going to happen? And just based on his deranged performance at NATO while looking like he’s on death’s doorstep it’s no wonder they cancelled all meetings for 3 days. At least not the ones we will know about. So glad the constituents of Bellevue, Nebraska who attended Rep. Flood's town hall showed their dissatisfaction with him and the tRump regime he supports. Bravo! And, that Planned Parenthood clients who are on Medicaid can now receive services again! Oh dear and now poor Donnie boy is shaking in his boots because he knows the Iranians are going to get him. Are we taking bets on who will be the first to throw Donnie to the Iranians? ABC should not have caved the first time. It seems to me that the trumpians' enormous, ridiculous shelter made of bovine fecal material is crumbling so swiftly now that no one will be able to throw him anywhere - he'll suffocate due to the troubles of his own making. Thus, always to tyrants! ABC will find there are a LOT more people in this country who'd rather see them stand up than lie down. I'll even resubscribe to Disney if they hold the line. They HAVE to. Trump’s saga of the two planes was also entertaining. I wish he’d took the dare and stuck with the Qatari one. Thank you! Today’s post reads one joyful story after another😂 - Yay I’m a PP donor - Yay ABC - - Yay for the Turkish people and NO STATE MEDIA! Apology accepted! Yay standing up against lies told by bought politicians! Have a great day I’ll off to volunteer at our CommUNITY free store feeding the community and welcoming ALL neighbors! It's driving me nuts I hear on mainstream media that Susan Collins will win her senate seat in November. It's critical that Democrats win not only Maine, but North Carolina, Iowa, Texas, and Alaska. This election is a referendum on Trump, MAGA, and all the other delusional congressmen who have allowed this toxicity to metastasize. We need to take back both houses to start repairing the damage. Susan Collins must loose to a Democrat. This is important for the whole country (I live in Arizona, where we have TWO Democratic senators). Susan Collins wins in a Democratic state. How can that be? She is the reason the SC is what it is (corrupt) and the reason Kavanaugh and the other monsters on the SC have taken away OUR reproductive rights. She is a Trump sycophant, and as a result she should be held accountable for everything he's done to destroy our climate, foreign relations, income inequality, and more. She allowed DOGE to happen, the defunding and deregulation of important federal programs, life saving programs, not to mention our safety. She is as responsible for the blood on their hands in Gaza, Iran, and Africa. Sure, she does stuff in the interest of Mainers. The list is long. All the money in her war chest may convince some Democrats and Independents in Maine for voting for her. We need to fight that massive amount of money. No matter who the Democratic candidate is, we CAN NOT let Susan Collins win. Please support whoever the Democratic candidate for the Maine senate seat. YES! You defined SUSAN COLLINS! MAINERS are savvy folks and they know that SUSAN COLLINS got rich by genuflecting when her vote was needed... Take a deep breath and look at the potential candidates - they're impressive! (Sorry about GRAHAM PLATNER!) Thanks Scott Dworkin for the breath of fresh air that your most excellent report continues to deliver. Let's just all keep putting one foot in front of the other and RESIST - DEFY - & PERSIST! My maga congressperson, Finstad by name, doesn't hold town halls. It's just as well, I have better uses for my chickens' eggs. Are you kidding? Lindsey Graham is my senator and he has never held a town hall in my living memory!! He's a cowardly war-monger and a Trump sycophant~~he doesn't want to hear from his constituents! We need to take down 'rump's lie machine: F-O-X. This is not my job. It is entirely possible that Scott would ask me to butt out. "The Dworkin Report" is one of the best and most worthy series on Substack. And Scott only wants $50 per year. Scott ranks with Mark Mansour, Drop Site News, and at least a few others as the best $50 you could possibly spend. Please pay to subscribe. Some of us don't charge anything, because we have day jobs, and we don't rely on Substack for income. We also don't do as good a job as Scott does. My apologies. I omitted the Meiselas brothers, Chris Zappa, and Trygve Hammer, who are also all very well worth paying for. More will come to mind. One thing about this regime, it has taught me patience. By nature I am a "punch 'em in the head" type, but apparently patience is a virtue as demonstrated this week... A congressman getting booed in a district he won by twenty points isn't a bad town hall — it's a performance review. And "we protected the developmentally disabled" getting drowned out mid-sentence tells you the crowd already read the bill, which is apparently more than can be said for some people who voted on it. The Planned Parenthood story is peak regime energy: build a one-year ban, watch it become wildly unpopular, then quietly let it expire like a gym membership you're too embarrassed to cancel in person. Looks like the leadership at ABC finally found a spine, which took some time. Hungary wins the week. Sixteen years of state propaganda and the sign-off is basically "our bad, here's some Chopin." In 2009, I went to a town hall meeting that Marsha Blackburn was having about the Affordable Care Act. It was held at an Embassy Suites. When I arrived, the place was mobbed. I couldn’t get in the meeting room. I then learned I had to have a ticket that was provided by Congressional representative Blackburn. I was pissed. There was a bigger venue five miles away (the County Ag Center) that would’ve accommodated EVERYONE. Haven’t thought much of Blackburn since. PS Blackburn is too old to be governor. Wait, what? Rep. Mike Flood held a Town Hall? Our MAGA sycophant Bunker Ben Cline VA06 hasn't been seen in years. If anyone in a safe blue district wants to lend a hand to the candidate who took on Purdue Pharma (Beth wrote "Dopesick"), check out Beth Macy for Congress! |
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