July 3, 2025
TIME IS RUNNING OUT BUT....ITS NOT TOO LATE TO SAVE OUR INDEPENDENCE FROM TYRANNY-
AND GUN VIOLENCE
Tell Congress to Vote No on "Big Barbaric Budget Bill"
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As we celebrate our independence, let's remember why we fought in the first place
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is fighting to prevent this dangerous bill from passing the House, but he needs his colleagues to wake up and Vote No as well.
Watch Hakeem Jeffries deliver his speech to Congress LIVE
The Budget slashes nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid and threatens coverage for millions of Americans.
The Medicaid cuts passed in the Senate bill could have serious consequences for gun violence in America, and could be devastating for States, especially relating to community violence in Black and Brown communities. Community violence intervention (CVI) strategies, a proven strategy for reducing gun violence, is likely to be one of the first areas targeted to be cut, if states are forced to make hard budget decisions, due to cuts proposed in this "Big Barbaric Bill." This means a likely increase in gun violence
Trading our lives to protect the wealthy, instead of funding Medicaid puts all communities as risk
Additionally, the Senate added legislation that promotes the purchase or transfer of silencers, short barreled rifles (also known as a sawed-off shotgun or scatter-gun) and other dangerous weapons that are tightly regulated under the National Firearms Act. These are weapons and devices that are routinely used by criminals. The current budget legislation eliminates the $200 tax to transfer or purchase these and other dangerous weapons that are currently regulated under the National Firearms Act.
The budget bill would also do the following:
* Permanently extend the 2017 Trump tax cuts, while exempting overtime pay, tips and some Social Security income from taxation.
* Impose 80‑hour‑per‑month work requirements on many adults receiving Medicaid and apply existing SNAP work rules to additional beneficiaries.
* Repeal most clean‑energy tax credits created under President Biden.
* Authorize a $40 billion border security surge and fund a nationwide deportation initiative.
* Raise the federal debt ceiling by $5 trillion, with the Congressional Budget Office estimating that it could add $3.4 trillion to the deficit over the next 10 years.
WE THE PEOPLE have seen the very fabric of our democracy start to unravel
WE have a duty to exercise our constitutional rights to free speech and protest without fear of gun violence and tyranny.
Won't you join us in this fight. OUR LIVES DEPEND ON IT!
