E. J. Dionne Jr.

An Accounting of Trump’s Culture of Corruption “Historically, when corruption becomes the norm in a country, economic growth suffers and living standards stagnate. Under Mr. Trump, the United States is sliding down that slope.” Good for you @NYTimesOpinion https://t.co/e9HOGPAqE1

Trump invites electoral backlash abroad but Europe’s far right is far from dead. My ⁦@BrookingsGov report on this year’s elections. Trump’s policies galvanized centrist & progressive forces in key elections but the nationalist right remains a potent force https://t.co/dVPcIMrAOb

There’s a deal for you: CBO today estimated the GOP’s big mess of a bill would add $2.4 trillion to the national debt over the next decade while increasing the number of people without health insurance by 10.9 million by 2034 because of Medicaid & ACA cuts. Worst of all worlds!

EJ Dionne @EJDionne

So much for a new, "populist" Republican Party. So much for the GOP as a brave band of fiscally prudent, anti-deficit hawks. Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill is a declaration of intellectual bankruptcy, policy incoherence & political vacuousness. My essay: https://t.co/6e4AUFlgab

As the Senate takes up what we can call the Big Incoherent Mess Act, consider that it is a wildly redistributionist bill (from lower income Americans to the rich) and at odds with itself as phony deficit hawks pile on new debt. My essay:

EJ Dionne @EJDionne

So much for a new, "populist" Republican Party. So much for the GOP as a brave band of fiscally prudent, anti-deficit hawks. Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill is a declaration of intellectual bankruptcy, policy incoherence & political vacuousness. My essay: https://t.co/6e4AUFlgab

RT @EJDionne: So much for a new, "populist" Republican Party. So much for the GOP as a brave band of fiscally prudent, anti-deficit hawks.…

So much for a new, "populist" Republican Party. So much for the GOP as a brave band of fiscally prudent, anti-deficit hawks. Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill is a declaration of intellectual bankruptcy, policy incoherence & political vacuousness. My essay: https://t.co/6e4AUFlgab

“Where to meet the real Ben Stiller and Timothée Chalamet: Courtside When are celebrities most like us? When they are sports fans.” Loved this by ⁦@williamfleitch⁩. https://t.co/FgfyECOTPh

“There’s a better path forward, but it requires the Senate to tear up this legislation and start again, rejecting …proposals that…take health coverage and food assistance away from families” & “drive up poverty.” @ParrottCBPP Good analysis of a bad bill. https://t.co/NSO6ThFHVh

“How to Take Medicaid from Millions of Americans, in Less Than 72 Hours” Of course the GOP wants to pass its bill fast: They want to avoid public focus on the damage it would do to health coverage, writes ⁦@CitizenCohn. He also shares important history. https://t.co/zrHgQY5h0L

RT @EJDionne: This graphic from ⁦the @CenterOnBudget⁩ is exceptionally revealing of what the GOP’s “big beautiful bill” is all about. https…

This graphic from ⁦the @CenterOnBudget⁩ is exceptionally revealing of what the GOP’s “big beautiful bill” is all about. https://t.co/xrFjScya1q

The party of pronatalism & motherhood medals escalates its war on children “The GOP’s budget bill slashes the safety net to fund regressive tax cuts.” This transfers wealth not just from poor to rich but also from young to old. Excellent column @crampell https://t.co/x6iWtG9rC9

Targeting food and health care for the least advantaged is unconscionable — especially in light of how many Republicans involved in this demolition project profess to be devout Christians. “Blessed are the rich” is not among the beatitudes.

Washington Post Opinions @PostOpinions

"Medicaid and SNAP cuts are now at the center of a daunting character test for Republicans in Congress," @ejdionne writes. https://t.co/PHlbHSFs5j

“A Plane From Qatar? C’mon, Man.” “The American people should make their disgust known: There is no room for this kind of flagrant disregard of the Constitution in the skies above or in digital wallets down below.”

Norm Eisen @NormEisen

Trump's crypto grift is as dangerous as the Qatari plane His family's coin is backed by UAE money—& Trump stands to profit You can't regulate what you're cashing in on! More in our @nytopinion essay https://t.co/ZZGPjxhwJB

Despite Trump’s phony populist rhetoric, Americans with modest incomes are at least as “socially invisible” & “politically invisible” as they were 63 years ago, when Michael Harrington wrote his classic book on American poverty “The Other America.” The result: shameful policies.

EJ Dionne @EJDionne

Are Republicans trying to cut Medicaid and SNAP cruel or just out of touch? I spoke with doctors and others around the country who are close to Americans living tough and precarious lives. These cuts make neither moral nor practical sense. My essay https://t.co/V73kK5Tl2R

“We feel bad for Jayson. But nobody feels as bad as Jayson. He wouldn’t want us sitting around and not competing. And it’s sad because of what he’s meant to this team, to this city. But we had no choice but to bounce back.” —Jrue Holiday #CelticsBounceBack https://t.co/Pm83FndfJq

My friend Harry Holzer is a rigorous economist who goes where the data take him. This three-minute speech is well worth your time because it explains why the cuts to programs for low-income people in the GOP bill emerging in the House are bad for the economy.

Scholars Strategy Network (bsky: @scholars.org) @SSNScholars

At yesterday's U.S. Capitol press conference with @CommChangeAct and @EconomicSecProj, SSN member Harry Holzer spoke out against plans to gut Medicaid & SNAP. Watch his 3-min speech on how this hurts families & the economy. https://t.co/yrWLVKjusP