Republicans like to think their "Big Beautiful Bill" that cut Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act didn't actually hurt anyone. Absurd. I recently spoke up and told the stories of some of the people who are already being hurt by this inhumane bill.

This month, I've been at home in Massachusetts, the home of America, where the idea of our great nation emerged. This month, we celebrated America's 250th birthday. And this month, we've had to deal with the fallout of a president who acts more like the king we fought off 250 years ago than the democratically elected leader of a free people.

Thanks to Donald Trump's Supreme Court, political parties can now spend unlimited money in coordination with candidates for office — further eroding the fabric of democracy and launching us into a corporate-controlled republic.

This kind of unfettered spending isn't free speech. It allows rich and powerful people to have more of a say because they have more money.