The "Big Beautiful Bill" passed Congress today, but the real story isn't what made headlines. While mainstream media focused on healthcare cuts, they missed the creation of America's first federally funded secret police and Trump's treasonous betrayal of Ukraine. Here's what actually happened on July 3rd, 2025.
5️⃣ Election Rigging Infrastructure Exposed
Our guest
revealed that Jack Cobb, who runs ProV&V—the company that certifies voting machine updates—operated from the same building as Dynetics, a major defense contractor owned by Leidos. Cobb has a history of breaking election security rules, was forced to shut down his previous company, CIBER, only to start ProV&V which began doing "de minimis" updates to voting machines right before last year’s elections—updates that weren't tracked or tested by anyone. When people started asking questions, the company's website collapsed into a shell of itself. The same military-industrial complex players involved with Palantir and Starlink are now gatekeeping our elections. Free and fair? Only if we make them.
4️⃣ Trump's Dementia Goes Prime Time
At his Florida concentration camp yesterday, Trump couldn't answer a basic question about detainee timelines. After asking for clarification, he delivered a two-minute ramble about Palm Beach real estate that had nothing to do with what he was asked. As our nurse guest confirmed, Trump shows clear signs of cognitive decline typical of dementia—yet he now controls nuclear codes and a $160 billion secret police force. The man calling other world leaders "Mr. Japan" is making life-or-death decisions for 330 million Americans.
3️⃣ America Becomes a Police State
The megabill hands ICE $160 billion through 2029—more funding than the defense budgets of most countries. This isn't immigration enforcement; it's the creation of America's first federally funded secret police answerable only to Trump. With 10,000 new agents getting $10,000 signing bonuses, detention capacity for 100,000 people daily, and unlimited surveillance powers, ICE now eclipses the funding of the Marines. History shows us exactly where this leads: Hitler's Gestapo, Stalin's NKVD, Pinochet's DINA. Today's targets are migrants; tomorrow it's protesters, journalists, and political opponents.
2️⃣ The Megabill Passes Into Law
Congress officially passed Trump's $5 trillion "Big Beautiful Bill"—the most draconian legislation in American history. It strips healthcare from 17 million Americans, cuts food assistance to children, and transfers massive wealth to billionaires through tax cuts. The cruelest detail? Republicans scheduled most cuts to begin in 2027, right after the midterms, showing their calculated cynicism. This isn't just policy—it's the legal framework for authoritarianism, putting Project 2025 into law while funding the police state to enforce it.
1️⃣ Trump Pulls Ukraine Weapons During Massive Attack
Here's what the media missed: Trump didn't just pause weapons to Ukraine—he actively pulled missiles and munitions from Poland and gave them to Israel while Ukraine endured one of its fiercest bombardments in weeks. As 600 Russian drones and ballistic missiles rained down on Ukrainian cities, crippling grain terminals that feed the world, Trump was literally disarming Ukraine's defenses. Meanwhile, Putin told Trump on their call that Russia "won't step back from its original goals"—the complete takeover of Ukraine. This isn't foreign policy; it's treason disguised as diplomacy, with Ukrainian lives as currency for Trump's real estate deals in Syria and Vietnam.
The Bottom Line: Today marked America's transformation into a surveillance state that betrays allies while empowering enemies. The megabill provides the legal framework, the ICE funding creates enforcement muscle, and Trump's cognitive decline makes him even more dangerous as Putin's useful idiot. We're not just watching democracy die—we're funding its executioner.
As Dissent in Bloom reminded us, this feels like 1984 come to life. The surveillance state is here, the Ministry of Truth is the DOJ, and Americans are about to discover what happens when you give an autocrat $160 billion and unlimited power.
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