This is not politics. This is pillage.

The Republicans are deceptively calling it "reform." We call it what it is: an attack on women’s lives.

This week in Washington, behind closed doors, Senate Republicans revived their plan to carve up Medicare—the federal health insurance program that protects 33 million older women—as a bargaining chip in their so-called “megabill” of tax cuts and spending deals.

The same extremists who gutted Medicaid and SNAP in the House now whisper that Medicare should be "touched," under the guise of cutting "waste, fraud, and abuse." But as we have already seen with Social Security—where "efficiency cuts" became phone lines that don’t answer, payments delayed, and widows left stranded—these euphemisms mask deliberate cruelty.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune confirmed it: “I think anything that is waste, fraud and abuse are obviously open to discussions,” he said this week. And insiders report that Donald Trump is on board, provided the cuts are spun just right.

The pattern is plain. They begin with "fraud," move on to "reforms," and soon your or your mother’s doctor visit is no longer covered, your prescription costs soar, and your own hard-earned benefits dwindle.

And make no mistake—this attack on Medicare hits women first and hardest:

We have seen this playbook before. This spring, the same Republican leaders crippled Social Security services through executive orders, leaving desperate widows unable to access survivor benefits. Now they are circling Medicare.

It is time to raise the alarm.

Then ask two friends to do the same. Let your voice echo across the lines they tried to cut. Let it multiply.

Because they want you to give up. They want you to be tired. Confused. Silent.

But you are not silent. You are watching. You are calling.  You are the firewall between the people and the plunder.

Your  Resistance To Do Task The Week:

Email both of your Senators now - there is not time to waste.  Then forward this email to three friends. Ask them to do the same.  

Because what they are trying to steal is not just money.  It is dignity. It is health. It is the belief that a life of work should not end in desperation, bankruptcy and premature death.

Let them hear it loud and clear. Let them fear us.

In defiance and resolve,

P.S.  If you can, please consider making a donation to help support the Feminist Majority’s efforts to protect Medicare and all we hold dear. Together, we can outlast the chaos—and build something stronger.