Day 123
May 22, 2025
3 incidents
- Serious Rights Violation Civil Rights
One Big Beautiful Bill: $1 Trillion in Medicaid Cuts and $295 Billion in SNAP Cuts
The 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act' (H.R. 1), signed into law on July 4, 2025, includes an estimated $863 billion in Medicaid cuts and $295 billion in SNAP cuts over ten years. The Congressional Budget Office projected, for the House-passed version, that 10.9 million Americans would lose health insurance, while SNAP work requirements will extend to age 64, cutting food aid for approximately 800,000 older adults per month.
- Major Abuse of Power Federal Dismantlement
District court enjoins the layoffs
A federal judge in the District of Massachusetts issues a preliminary injunction blocking the layoffs and ordering affected employees reinstated.
From: Department of Education: Near-Abolition and Mass Staff Terminations
- Major Abuse of Power Civil Rights
Supreme Court allows Wilcox removal to stand
The Supreme Court rules Wilcox cannot return to work while she challenges her termination, leaving the NLRB without a quorum indefinitely.