Big, Beautiful, and Predictably Cruel

It's not just bad policy — it’s social vandalism dressed in patriotic language.

I tried to warn people.

I said it in the classroom. I said it on social media. I said it in passing conversations with politically engaged friends who were optimistic in ways I couldn’t relate to. I told them this “Big Beautiful Bill” — or more accurately, this big, dangerous piece of legislation — was always going to pass. I’ve seen the playbook before,…