The Senate Democrats Can stop OBBBA (aka the Socioeconomic Genocidal Budget) from passing by July, but They Need to Act Now! At the end of May, Senate Republicans broke precedent and used the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to revoke California’s right to set pollution standards — even after the Senate parliamentarian said it didn’t qualify. What does that mean? It means they nuked the rulebook — and handed Democrats a powerful procedural weapon by starting a new precedent: redefining anything as a rule subject to the CRA. Now, Democrats can use that same tool to flood the Senate floor with hundreds of CRA resolution votes on past agency actions. This would grind everything to a halt - including the final vote on Trump’s extremist One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) budget. This buys us time. This doesn't stop OBBBA forever, but it may extend the debate past July 4th, the GOP target, which is close to the 180 day timeline Project 2025 originally aimed to implement its core government restructuring. OBBBA creates the largest wealthy transfer from the bottom 10% to the top 10% in history. It slashes food aid, healthcare, housing, and green energy to fund the tax cut. It bans regulations that protect children from AI, strips courts of their power to enforce rulings, and consolidates even more control in the executive branch. It essentially changes the shape of our government. But if Democrats jam the Senate floor using the CRA loophole Republicans just opened, they can buy the country time: ➡️ Time for public outrage to grow ➡️ Time for the media to finally connect the dots ➡️ Time for states to file lawsuits ➡️ Time to stop this train before it locks in a corporate-run AI surveilled techno-feudalistic dictatorship Spread the word. Call your Senators. Demand they use every tool we have. We won’t get another shot. This bill if passed as is, could be the end of democracy as we know it. 📞 Find your (Democrats) Senators' phone numbers here: https://lnkd.in/g4EFrdu2 💬 Leave a message (or email) (here's a sample) Voice Call Template"Hi, my name is [Your Name], and I’m calling/writing to urge the Senator to use every available tool — including the Congressional Review Act — to block the One Big Beautiful Budget Act. This bill slashes basic support for families while handing more power to the executive branch. The GOP broke precedent by ignoring the Senate parliamentarian and using the CRA to revoke a longstanding environmental waiver that wasn’t even a rule. Now Democrats must use that same precedent to defend democracy. Please act now. We’re counting on you." Email Template to Copy/Paste Subject: Urgent: Use Every Tool to Stop the OBBBA and Defend Democracy
Dear Senator [Last Name], My name is [Your Name], and I’m writing to urge you to use every available tool -including the Congressional Review Act (CRA) - to block the One Big Beautiful Budget Act (OBBBA), which is now being called the "Social Murder bill." This bill is not a legitimate budget. It slashes essential support for working families — including Medicaid, SNAP, and education — while consolidating power into the Executive Branch and gutting congressional oversight. It even strips federal judges of the power to enforce their own rulings and bans states from regulating AI, leaving children vulnerable to exploitation. The GOP has already broken precedent by misusing the CRA to revoke a decades-old environmental waiver that wasn’t even a formal rule, ignoring the Senate parliamentarian to do so. If that’s the new precedent, then Democrats must be equally willing to act with urgency and courage to protect the rule of law and democratic norms. Please do everything in your power to stop this bill from becoming law. We are counting on you to act decisively to defend our democracy and protect the citizens. Sincerely, [Your Name]
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This is not a budget. It’s a blueprint for mass suffering - passed through an illegal process designed to evade public scrutiny and dismantle democracy before we can fight back. So, what’s buried in this bill? Let's take a look: It destroys the social contract: ➡️ Cuts SNAP by redefining children over age 7 as non-dependents (previously was 18!) - millions more kids at risk of hunger. This is a dangerous precedent w/ implications in child labor, juvenile justice, statutory rape. ➡️ Cuts Medicaid, MEDICARE, student aid, & removed protections for students from predatory schools - removing care for the poor, disabled, elderly, & young. ➡️ Blocks Planned Parenthood It dismantles democratic checks and rule of law: ➡️ Uses budget reconciliation to hardwire Project 2025’s goals - circumventing filibuster & locking authoritarian control with a 51-vote Senate majority. ➡️ Blocks courts from enforcing injunctions, i.e. strips the courts of power to enforce their own rulings. The court can no longer hold them in contempt, one of the only tools they have to enforce accountability. It locks in a techno-authoritarian future without care for human and environmental life: ➡️ Declares AI & surveillance national infrastructure, bans state-level regulation for 10 years, making children much more vulnerable to nefarious AI actors. ➡️ Defunds the CFPB, which protects consumers from financial fraud, repeals clean energy programs, sells off public lands, and lifts taxes on gun silencers. ➡️ Hands the Executive branch power to revoke nonprofit status for dissenting groups. And it adds over $2 trillion a year to the deficit! This is State-Sanctioned Violence. Economic eugenics. And the GOP knows exactly what they’re doing & they’re doing it fast, before we can stop them. Call or Email your senator: https://www.senate.gov/senators/ You can also write to your Senators on the Budget Committee, even if they aren't from your state. https://www.budget.senate.gov/about/committee-members Sample Letter to Cut and Paste: Subject: Reject the OBBBA - Protect Our Democracy, Economy, and Children
Dear Senator [Last Name], I am writing to urge you to firmly oppose the so-called One Big Beautiful Budget Act (OBBBA). This bill is not a budget. It is a blueprint for authoritarianism. Under the guise of fiscal responsibility, the OBBBA would:
What’s worse, this bill is being rushed through the reconciliation process - a maneuver meant for budget adjustments, not sweeping power grabs. Using reconciliation to pass a bill that rewrites the balance of power in our democracy is a gross abuse of process and a deeply illegitimate use of legislative tools. This bill would lock in inequality, consolidate power, and remove the guardrails of democracy — all while pretending to balance the budget. In reality, it’s a Trojan horse for economic cruelty and authoritarian rule. And to top it off, it doesn’t even reduce the deficit — it adds more than $2 trillion in new debt, proving its real agenda has nothing to do with fiscal responsibility. We need a budget that reflects moral clarity and constitutional balance, not a power grab dressed up as reform. Please vote NO on the OBBBA and speak out publicly against this dangerous legislation. Sincerely, [Your Full Name] |
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AuthorIanthe Greene, Research Analyst, Editor, Creative Writer, Visual Artist Archives
June 2025
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