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Thus, today is the first installment of what will likely make frequent appearances in these pages: "When Reality Bites — a Lying Politician With Actual Facts." In today's edition, Reality Bites Sen. Jon Ossoff and Rep. Jamie Raskin, Democrats, respectively, from Georgia and Maryland. Do not be surprised when future installments feature Republicans, because lying in politics is an equal opportunity character flaw.

Now, Ossoff has been pushing this falsehood as fact: "The Medicaid program has been gutted... cut to make room in the budget for a tax cut that went overwhelmingly to top earners. Our priorities are out of whack right now." The Georgia Democrat was referring to the historic tax cuts included in President Donald Trump's Big Beautiful Bill (BBB) of 2025.
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So, Sen. Ossoff, meet Just Facts, a non-partisan, non-profit government and politics research watchdog that thrives on comparing the facts with spurious claims such as yours regarding Medicaid.

Here's what Just Facts found:

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"IN FACT, the BBB only cuts Medicaid for able-bodied loafers, illegal immigrants, other aliens, fraudsters, and states like California that exploited the program. Meanwhile, the portion of the U.S. population receiving Medicaid has more than doubled since 2000, while the poverty rate is the same (emphasis added)."

Here are the specifics, according to Just Facts' researchers:

*To receive Medicaid, the BBB requires “nonpregnant, nondisabled adults, aged 19 through 64” who don’t have a “dependent child under the age of 14” to “complete a minimum of 80 hours” per “month” of “work,” “community service, or enrollment in an education program.”

* The BBB prevents illegal immigrants and other aliens from receiving Medicaid under executive fiats that make them “lawfully present” for the purpose of receiving government benefits, even though they don’t have “legal status” to be in the United States.

* The BBB contains a range of fraud prevention measures such as “address verification” and “ensuring deceased individuals do not remain enrolled” in Medicaid, which has the second-highest level of improper payments among all federal programs.
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And speaking of tall tales, that brings us to the Maryland Democrat, Mr. Raskin, the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, who would have you believe that Trump has established a “huge slush fund” for his “private militia of insurrectionists, rioters, and white supremacists, including those who brutally beat police officers on January 6, 2021.”

Uh, no, Mr. Raskin. Here are the specifics, according to Just Facts' researchers:

* As explained in the Washington and Lee Law Review, “American prosecutors exercise almost limitless discretion in a series of decisions affecting individuals embroiled in the criminal justice system,” such as “whether to accept or decline a case,” “what crimes should be charged and the number of counts,” “whether to engage in plea negotiations and the terms of an acceptable agreement,” “all aspects of pretrial and trial strategy,” and “in many cases,” the “punishment that will be imposed upon conviction.”

* Biden’s DOJ used that discretion to prosecute hundreds of non-violent J6 protestors for being in the Capitol for as little as “two minutes.”

* Biden’s DOJ also prosecuted more than a hundred J6 protestors for “obstructing an official proceeding,” a federal law that was created to criminalize the destruction of evidence. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled (6–3) that these prosecutions were illegal and wrongfully gave “prosecutors broad discretion to seek a 20-year maximum sentence for acts Congress saw fit to punish with far shorter sentences.”

Kali (56,906 posts)

had an interesting evening yesterday

attended a high school graduation. southside of Tucson. 95% (or more) of names read were Hispanic. class of 2026 won over 12 million in scholarships, 5 students had graduated with associates degrees from Pima Community College the day before, getting their degrees BEFORE their HS diplomas. One student who had an unbelievable story won over 2 million/full ride to Princeton. She gave a barn burner of a valedictorian speech.

My favorite things were NO ****ing pledge of allegiance, NO PRAYER, and the school Mariachi band/singer did the anthem.

They are right, the schools are subversively indoctrinating the kids in pride, dei, critical thinking, academic achievement, empathy. No wonder magats so afraid of everything.

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