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@chu.house.govOct 2, 2026, 5:59 PMReposted by @songbird8.bsky.social

Trump’s $500 checks are a joke. In my district, a family of 3 is seeing premiums go up by $900 a month. A $500 check won’t even cover 1 month of that increase.

@thebulwark.comOct 7, 2026, 3:45 PMReposted by @songbird8.bsky.social

The official rationale for Trump's $500 checks is that they are a “refund” going to people “overcharged” by the Biden administration for coverage. Yeah, no.

The latest edition of The Breakdown from @citizencohn.bsky.social:

@swin24.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 2:02 PMReposted by @songbird8.bsky.social

Corrupt, yes finance.yahoo.com/economy/poli...

I also don’t think this is going to work

Wweeder@weeder.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 1:54 PM
Letter portion reads:

We also secured an unprecedented 50 Billion Dollar v Healthcare, expanded access to Health Saving Accounts for millions of people on O Price Transparency, all while rooting out the Waste,

I am proud to return your money to you, and I will never stop fighting to put the A restore Affordability, protect your hard-earned money, and lower the Cost of Hea

May God bless you, and may He continue to bless the United States of America!

Trump signature

Photo of treasury check
finance.yahoo.comMost Obamacare $500 rebate checks are going to states that are midterm political battlegroundsCritics of the Trump administration call the move an attempt to sway voters ahead of the November midterm elections.
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@karlykingsley.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 9:32 PMReposted by @songbird8.bsky.social

Could you imagine the confused outrage and coverage that would have happened if Biden sent out $500 Treasury checks to select Americans with a note that said it was because Trump overcharged them for healthcare?

@grudgie.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 1:01 PMReposted by @songbird8.bsky.social

The ACA subsidies that Donald Trump killed averaged $550/mo/person. And now he’s sending them one time $500 checks. What a fucking clown.

@theladyred.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 6:01 PMReposted by @songbird8.bsky.social

🙄🙄🙄🤬🤬🤬 Trump has offered Americans dividends, rebates, or checks FIFTEEN TIMES since February of 2025 and delivered ZERO.

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Fifteen times Trump promised Americans a dividend, rebate, or check
Checks that have reached the public fromn any of them: zero.
Nov 10 Oval office "Were going to issue a dividend to our middle-income people and lower-income people of about $2,000." Nov 14 Air Force One ""I be giving back $2,000 or s..everybody but the rich." Before Christmas? "No, no, not for this year. Rt'₩ be next year sometime. OvarOffice "We're goling to be issuing dlvidends later o. robably the middie of next year, alitle bit later than that.Thousands of dollars for individuals of moderate income." Cabinet meeting "Were going to be glving back refunds out of the tariffs..We're going to be giving a nice dividend to the people in addition to reducing debt." New York Times intervisn 1did do that? When did I do that?" Then: "Il be able to do $2,000 sometime. I would say toward the end of the year." White House press brteting "We'll be able to issue leasta $2,000 divildend..'belleve we can do that without Congress." NBC Nighty News Can you promise the checks? "Oh yeat, sure. I can do that.1 haven't made the commitment yet,but I may make the commitment. Trump fundralsing emal, "$2,000 stolen from you?" "T"m looking into these checks very seriously. I'm the only one who can do it thavent made the commitment yet, but 1 may make the.commitment.
DOGE DIVIDEND
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Fl Summit, Mami Beact "There's even under consideration a new concept where we give 20% of the DOGE savings to American clitizens, and 20% goes to paying down debt." Alr Force One "I love it. A 20% dividend, so to speak, for the money that we're saving.. think It's a great idea:
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REBATE / DIVIDEND white Houst, departing for Scotiand "We have so much money coming in, we're thinking about a Ittle rebate.for people Q- certain income level might be very nice."
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Aleatown, "There could be a distribution or dividend to the people of our country... midd…
@facepuncher.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 7:22 PMReposted by @songbird8.bsky.social

I'm so baffled by just how consistently people will vote against their own interests if it means "lesser" people will suffer as well. Years of educational dismantling, erasing the concepts of critical thinking and empathy whilst pushing imperialism and capitalism has done it's job.

@scerb.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 10:18 AMReposted by @songbird8.bsky.social

All Medicare recipients should donate the $90 to democratic candidates.

@2k115.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 9:05 AMReposted by @songbird8.bsky.social

​A one-time $90 handout to 20 million seniors is a pathetic electoral bribe. It's a literal drop in the bucket that does nothing, especially coming from politicians who backed major cuts to the very Medicare and Medicaid programs seniors rely on. Pure hypocrisy.

D@deepkillaryblues.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 4:20 AMReposted by @songbird8.bsky.social

Trump lies. It’s basically all he does, apart from grifting, now that he’s aged out of raping.

@goldtiepin.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 4:51 AMReposted by @songbird8.bsky.social

No thank you. But if it shows up I donate it to Dems

@grrrin.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 4:28 AMReposted by @songbird8.bsky.social

He’s trying to bribe the electorate??? NOW???? 😂😂😂😳

@ddiamond.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 12:50 AMReposted by @songbird8.bsky.social

New: Trump’s abrupt announcement to send $90 payments to seniors by dipping into a Medicare fund has rattled Capitol Hill. One GOP aide told WaPo that lawmakers had planned to use the money to offset funding for community health centers, diabetes programs and other initiatives.

@sethcotlar.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 9:54 AMReposted by @songbird8.bsky.social

It’s interesting how the standard bearer for the party whose message used to be “Democrats suck because they just buy votes by giving people free stuff” has decided the closing message for the midterms will just be “how many more checks do we have to send you in order to earn your vote?”

DDan Diamond@ddiamond.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 12:50 AM

New: Trump’s abrupt announcement to send $90 payments to seniors by dipping into a Medicare fund has rattled Capitol Hill. One GOP aide told WaPo that lawmakers had planned to use the money to offset funding for community health centers, diabetes programs and other initiatives.

washingtonpost.comTrump announces plan to send $90 payments to millions of seniorsThe White House said the one-time payments would be drawn from a fund set up to improve Medicare.
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@sethcotlar.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 9:59 AMReposted by @songbird8.bsky.social

This makes check promise number three in just the past few weeks. We’ve got the $5000 check promise (but only if the Republicans win the midterms), the $500 checks already sent out to people who got shafted by the GOP cutting Obamacare subsidies, and now $90 checks supposedly going to seniors.

@aaronparnas.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 1:55 PMReposted by @songbird8.bsky.social

NEWS: Trump launches nationwide effort to bribe voters before November. He is sending $500 checks to battleground states with a letter blaming Biden for high costs. Privately, Republicans are telling him off and admitting that the GOP is a "sinking ship." Horrible economic numbers.

@giandoh.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 1:31 PMReposted by @songbird8.bsky.social

We don’t want $500 checks. We want 500 checks and balances.

@crampell.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 3:06 PMReposted by @songbird8.bsky.social

A much-needed explainer from @citizencohn.bsky.social about those $500 checks (bribes) Trump is sending out as an alleged Obamacare "refund." Looks quite likely to be illegal.
www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...

@rachelcourtland.comOct 7, 2026, 11:27 PMReposted by @songbird8.bsky.social

RIP to the world's first software engineer news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

@luckytran.comOct 7, 2026, 11:43 PMReposted by @songbird8.bsky.social

This picture will always be iconic. RIP Margaret Hamilton who wrote the software that successfully guided NASA’s Apollo missions through the moon.

Margaret Hamilton with printed computer code in 1969. Credit: NASA/Alamy
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