Hope?

 Politico sucks, as it always sucked, but then was bought by a right wing German billionaire. However, that may give them some access into the GOP.

They are reporting that the atrocious Big Beautiful Bill is running into real trouble. This is a draconian attack on the social safety net that will deprive millions - tens of millions - of Americans health insurance and lead to the closing of rural hospitals. There's also a host of awful things in there that will make America weaker, poorer, sicker and dumber.

My worry is that we have these sort of moments where vulnerable GOP members stroke their chins and worry about the impact of a terrible piece of legislation and then cave and vote for it anyway. See Susan Collins. 

In some ways, gutting Medicaid could be Democrats path back to a Senate majority, as whether Tillis votes for it or not, Republicans will get blamed.

Best case scenario is that their efforts to pass the massive bill fails and they have to basically just extend the 2017 tax cuts. Not great, but not as painful as it could be.