Gut punch. Feeling so sick with grief and despair! All the values I hold so dear to my heart are being destroyed by this administration: wildlife, public lands, public health, head start, possible loss of Medicaid/care, voting rights and list goes in and on! Thinking about closing pediatric therapy practice I’ve had for over 25 years. Lost my sibling and family to MAGA and Republican beliefs. State of our country is in crisis! Anything living in the country will suffer and/or die except uber wealthy.
Thank you Wes from the bottom of my heart! You can sure shake the tree, your insight and strength is phenomenal! You could guide the world to pure goodness! 🌱🌳🐝🦋🪽🐻💕🙌
The joke is that he lives in Santa Barbara, California, but uses a rental property in Whitefish to claim Montana residency. That happens to be the same property he stole taxpayer dollars to help renovate when he was in the Navy, and the one he tried to incrementally improve the value of using a Haliburton investment in an adjacent park, which was the final straw when he was Interior Secretary.
'The measure will now be sent to the Senate. Republican leaders say they hope to pass it there by Monday.'
Yes last night the Senate officially killed the filibuster via the three CRA votes to gut CA's ability to basically regulate air pollution (it's at more than just EV). So any other lines in the budget re $45 billion for detention centers, granting the executive power to capriciously target non-profits, a decade long ban on states regulating AI, curbs on judges issuing injuctions, a massive gutting of environmental regulations, and so many other beautiful things.
So it may be true that Memorial Day is the target for the Senate, but I sure hope not ...
Yes they are separate. I was searching the deeper reaches of alternative press and substacks. Didn't think to look in corporate (or near corporate) media.
Well I'd certainly listen to Politico's reporting around procedural stuff over mine. I'll double check my tabs and correct if necessary, but gimme a little bit, I'm crosseyed after staring at my laptop all morning.
No worries. My Spidey sense notices little things in passing.
Because if correct then alot of folks would be sounding the alarm. Or I'd be telling them to. There are a tremendous outpouring on Sun/Mon of this week.
Great reporting, Wes, thanks for your hard work on this.
Q: if we subscribers have an unrelated Q for you, should we ask it here in these comments for example or is there a separate place to reach out to you. I presume there's a separate place but not sure how to reach it
Paid subscribers should feel free to direct message me on Substack Chat or email me on [my first name]@wessiler.com if they want correspondence to be just between us. Or, just start at thread in the main "Chat with Wes" link on the home page and other readers can chime in then too. Chilling at the cabin for the weekend so it's a good time to reach out.
This is a never ending fight! Keep sharing your insights so we can stay on top of it.
Gut punch. Feeling so sick with grief and despair! All the values I hold so dear to my heart are being destroyed by this administration: wildlife, public lands, public health, head start, possible loss of Medicaid/care, voting rights and list goes in and on! Thinking about closing pediatric therapy practice I’ve had for over 25 years. Lost my sibling and family to MAGA and Republican beliefs. State of our country is in crisis! Anything living in the country will suffer and/or die except uber wealthy.
Thank you Wes for your attention to detail and giving us the "big" picture. We must keep fighting.....
Thanks for the update, and continued alarm bells
The power base of American preservation has always been in the grassroots. That tradition remains alive and well 💪🏻
Nice work, Wes.
Thank you Wes from the bottom of my heart! You can sure shake the tree, your insight and strength is phenomenal! You could guide the world to pure goodness! 🌱🌳🐝🦋🪽🐻💕🙌
Thanks Birdy!
Great piece Wes!
Awesome Wes this is amazing stuff! Just fyi you have Zinke as R- Santa Barbara. No way he would get elected there thank goodness.
The joke is that he lives in Santa Barbara, California, but uses a rental property in Whitefish to claim Montana residency. That happens to be the same property he stole taxpayer dollars to help renovate when he was in the Navy, and the one he tried to incrementally improve the value of using a Haliburton investment in an adjacent park, which was the final straw when he was Interior Secretary.
Awesome Wes this is amazing stuff! Just fyi you have Zinke as R- Santa Barbara. No way he would get elected there thank goodness.
Please share a source for this Wes:
'The measure will now be sent to the Senate. Republican leaders say they hope to pass it there by Monday.'
Yes last night the Senate officially killed the filibuster via the three CRA votes to gut CA's ability to basically regulate air pollution (it's at more than just EV). So any other lines in the budget re $45 billion for detention centers, granting the executive power to capriciously target non-profits, a decade long ban on states regulating AI, curbs on judges issuing injuctions, a massive gutting of environmental regulations, and so many other beautiful things.
So it may be true that Memorial Day is the target for the Senate, but I sure hope not ...
Sources: Reporting in NYTimes, multiple statements from GOP.
I think the CRA vs California vehicle stuff is separate from this budget.
Yes they are separate. I was searching the deeper reaches of alternative press and substacks. Didn't think to look in corporate (or near corporate) media.
Wes, I looked far and wide for this information, including checking the NYT.
July 4th is clearly mentioned in this update from this afternoon on Politico:
.https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/05/22/congress/trump-bill-senate-rewrite-00365731
Well I'd certainly listen to Politico's reporting around procedural stuff over mine. I'll double check my tabs and correct if necessary, but gimme a little bit, I'm crosseyed after staring at my laptop all morning.
No worries. My Spidey sense notices little things in passing.
Because if correct then alot of folks would be sounding the alarm. Or I'd be telling them to. There are a tremendous outpouring on Sun/Mon of this week.
Great reporting, Wes, thanks for your hard work on this.
Q: if we subscribers have an unrelated Q for you, should we ask it here in these comments for example or is there a separate place to reach out to you. I presume there's a separate place but not sure how to reach it
Paid subscribers should feel free to direct message me on Substack Chat or email me on [my first name]@wessiler.com if they want correspondence to be just between us. Or, just start at thread in the main "Chat with Wes" link on the home page and other readers can chime in then too. Chilling at the cabin for the weekend so it's a good time to reach out.
Nevermind, found it, doh!
Awesome Wes this is amazing stuff! Just fyi you have Zinke as R- Santa Barbara. No way he would get elected there thank goodness.