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Welp, the Big Ugly Bill defied cloture and will become law soon, barring an unforeseen rebellion in the House. Thom Tillis and Rand Paul were the only Republican “nays”. The only good news for Democrats, and probably humanity, is that Tillis announced that he won’t seek re-election in 2026:
Thom Tillis announced on Sunday that he will not run for re-election to the US Senate next year, one day after the North Carolina Republican’s vote against Donald Trump’s signature piece of domestic legislation prompted the president to launch a barrage of threats and insults – as well as promise to support a primary challenger to defeat him in their party’s 2026 primary.
“In Washington over the last few years, it’s become increasingly evident that leaders who are willing to embrace bipartisanship, compromise, and demonstrate independent thinking are becoming an endangered species,” Tillis said in a statement sent to reporters.
“As many of my colleagues have noticed over the last year, and at times even joked about, I haven’t exactly been excited about running for another term”, he added. “It’s not a hard choice, and I will not be seeking re-election.”
We’re going to see a lot of bad consequences of this bill, but like most things in the Trump 2.0 era, it won’t be immediate, and the totality of the problems won’t be felt for a long time. We need to think like Republicans and keep repeating the bad consequences of this thing for a very long time.
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