In Episode 1 we covered the cuts to SNAP and Medicaid. In this episode, we go deeper.

The cuts don’t stop at Medicaid and food assistance—they come for the very systems meant to keep us alive. From rural hospitals to reproductive rights, this bill takes aim at the infrastructure of care.

What happens when your clinic disappears?
When the ambulance never arrives?
When your rights are rewritten in silence?

This isn’t about fiscal policy. It’s about power and who’s left without it.

Press play. It’s all connected.

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~ H.R. 1. The Big Beautiful Bill Act

~ Human Rights Campaign

~ Rural Hospitals At Risk

~ Medicaid Redetermination Policy

~ Michigan Medicaid Cuts

~ Kentucky Hospital Risks

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Welcome to The Big Ugly Bill Breakdown, a special series from Pulse on Politics that breaks down what is arguably the most destructive piece of legislation passed in modern U.S. history—H.R.1, signed on July 4th by a rogue president.

In this first episode, we start with SNAP and Medicaid; programs that feed the hungry and provide healthcare for those with the least are now being gutted in broad daylight, wrapped in language that makes it sound like reform.

But it’s not reform. It’s punishment. And millions of people are about to feel it.

We’re not just reading headlines. We’re walking you through what this bill actually does—line by line, section by section—so you understand how deep the cuts go, who’s going to suffer, and who’s cashing in while the rest of us lose what’s left of our social safety net.

This is more than a policy change. It’s a blueprint for cruelty lead by American fascists.

Subscribe and stay with us. There’s a lot more to come.

Episode Resources

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~ H.R.1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act

~ GAO SNAP Statistics

~ USDA SNAP Statistics

~ CBPP Worsening SNAP's Harsh Work Requirements

~ EPI Work Requirements for SNAP and Medicaid

~ Gig Economy Labor Trends

~ Gig Economy Data

~ American Progress Medicaid Cuts

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The second episode in our two part series. Today we continue the discussion we started in Part 1. Our focus this episode is on why it doesn't have to be this way. We discuss alternatives to hedge fund and private equity ownership of mobile home parks. We talk about what is working, how it works, and why it matters. I'm joined today by Paul Tarranova, Midwest Community Organizer for MHAction; Jim Davis from Family Promise of West Michigan; Holly Hook and Marge Wisniewski, both resident policy advocates fighting the good fight. Welcome to the conversation.

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Family Promise of West Michigan https://www.familypromisewm.org/who-we-are/our-team/

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