Senate Majority Leader John Thune and the Senate GOP finally grew a spine and sent a message to the unelected bureaucrat trying to tear apart President Trump’s big, beautiful bill.

As TGP readers know, Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough struck down several key features of Trump’s “Big, Beautiful bill,” on Thursday, including defunding of Medicaid for illegal aliens and defunding “gender-affirming care” under Medicaid and CHIP, citing the Byrd rule.

MacDonough also axed the Medicare Provider tax, which complicated the Senate GOP’s math on the spending cuts they wanted to use to help pass the legislation.

This was the second time MacDonough has removed key parts of Trump’s bill. As the Gateway Pundit reported, MacDonough last weekend struck down several GOP provisions in the bill by applying the ‘Byrd Rule.’

But on Sunday morning, the Senate GOP managed to work around MacDonough and implement language that cleared her previous ruling.

This time, she rolled over.

LOOK:

In addition to Medicaid, the section that limited non-citizen immigrants from qualifying for premium tax credits or cost-sharing reductions was put back in the bill. This will save significant money by barring individuals from qualifying for premium assistance while buying insurance via Obamacare marketplaces.

MacDonough also greenlighted a reworked version of the Senate GOP’s crackdown on Medicaid provider taxes.

NEW: The parliamentarian has cleared a reworked version of Senate GOP’s crackdown on Medicaid provider taxes, per Senate Budget Dems. Means it meets reconciliation rules

BIG win for Finance Committee R’s, who need the provision to meet spending cut targets

More parl ruled OK: pic.twitter.com/ifZV5RlcF5

— Laura Weiss (@LauraEWeiss16) June 29, 2025

While this is all welcome news, the GOP has more work to do, considering these three provisions were just part of what Macdonough took out. If she again refuses to allow policies that meet the Byrd Rule, the Senate should start considering who could replace her.

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GOP Senator Thom Tillis (NC) won’t seek reelection after President Trump scorched him.

NEWS: Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) will NOT seek reelection in 2026, according to a statement sent by his office just now.

Here’s part of the long release: pic.twitter.com/3PgA4vjlgO

— Brendan Pedersen (@BrendanPedersen) June 29, 2025

President Trump went off on Senator Thom Tillis (NC) after he voted against advancing Trump’s reconciliation bill.

The Senate is voting to advance President Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ on Saturday evening. So far, three GOP Senators voted against advancing the bill.

Vice President JD arrived at the Capitol as he prepared to break a potential tie on the vote.

Vice President Vance enters the Capitol as he prepares to break a potential tie on the first procedural hurdle on the GOP reconciliation bill pic.twitter.com/d2ATm6dP6m

— Max Cohen (@maxpcohen) June 29, 2025

On Saturday evening Tillis voted ‘no’ to advance President Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’ He said he will also vote no on the final passage.

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) says he’ll be a no on both motion to proceed and final passage for Trump’s bill

— Ramsey Touchberry (@ramsberry1) June 28, 2025

“Looks like Senator Thom Tillis, as usual, wants to tell the Nation that he’s giving them a 68% Tax Increase, as opposed to the Biggest Tax Cut in American History! At the same time, he is unable to understand the importance of a Debt Extension, which Republicans gave to the Democrats just prior to the November 5th Election, because of its significance, and how important it was for the future of the U.S.A. Sadly, the Democrat Politicians probably won’t reciprocate on a Debt Extension because they’re nasty people who actually hate our Country. Tillis is also willing to throw the very important Tobacco Industry in North Carolina, “out the window,” for reasons nobody seems to understand. He loves China made windmills that will cost a fortune, ruin the landscape, and produce the most expensive Energy on Earth. I can’t believe that the Great People of North Carolina, a State that I love and won all three times, and a State that I just brought back with money, blood, sweat, and tears, from the recent tragic floods, when Sleepy Joe Biden let them DROWN, right up until the end of that Administration, without doing anything — I was given an A+ Rating for the job we did in bringing it back, and Tillis, despite being a Republican, was MISSING IN ACTION — North Carolina will not allow one of their Senators to GRANDSTAND in order to get some publicity for himself, for a possible, but very difficult Re-Election. America wants Reduced Taxes, including NO TAX ON TIPS, NO TAX ON OVERTIME, AND NO TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY, Interest Deductions on Cars, Border Security, a Strong Military, and a Bill which is GREAT for our Farmers, Manufacturers and, Employment, in general. Thom Tillis is making a BIG MISTAKE for America, and the Wonderful People of North Carolina!” Trump said on Truth Social.

Trump followed up by saying he will help primary Tillis.

“Numerous people have come forward wanting to run in the Primary against “Senator Thom” Tillis. I will be meeting with them over the coming weeks, looking for someone who will properly represent the Great People of North Carolina and, so importantly, the United States of America. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” Trump said.

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Democrats are so damaged by Trump Derangement syndrome that they are utterly incapable of giving him credit for, and have to make up the most insane stuff imaginable to find fault.

During an appearance on “Meet the Press,” Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) was confronted by host Kristen Welker with the historically low border crossing numbers under the Trump Administration.

As TGP readers know, this is because we have a President who is not only enforcing the immigration laws on the books, but also because he has struck fear in the hearts of illegal migrants who are even considering making the journey.

This is a complete 180 from the lawless border policies under the Biden regime.

“You know, border crossings are at a record low,” Welker told Murphy. “Do you give the Trump Administration some credit for that…Do you think things are moving in the right direction?”

Murphy, though, could not admit the obvious and uttered this unbelievable whopper.

“No, I don’t give them credit for that because border crossings are low because they’re violating the law every day,” he retorted.

What is he talking about?

WATCH:

WTF? Sen. Chris Murphy makes BIZARRE statement on whether he gives “credit” to Trump for closing the border

“I don’t give them credit for that because border crossings are low because they’re violating the law every day!”

21% approval is too high!pic.twitter.com/kDQrfW5Dfc

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 29, 2025

Only in a Democrat dream world could holding criminals accountable on the books be considered breaking the law.

But Murphy and his party apparently would rather see American citizens get killed by illegals and addicted to drugs coming across the border than praise Trump. No wonder their approval ratings are in the toilet.

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Despicable Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s stunt to have the entire 940-page “Big, Beautiful Bill” read has officially blown up in his face today after his party got exposed to a basic biological fact they are clueless about.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, the Senate last night advanced Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” to a full debate despite two GOP defections after hours of drama.

The legislation accomplishes several critical policies, including making the Trump tax cuts permanent, eliminating taxation on tips and overtime, locking down the border, and taking an axe to Joe Biden’s green energy scam.

Following the vote, Schumer took to social media to vow that he would make the Senate read the entire 940-page bill to stall its likely inevitable passage.

Per Senate procedure, the poor, overworked Senate clerks were to begin reading the bill, which was still ongoing as of this writing.

However, Schumer and the Senate Democrats are likely already regretting this move because the definition of the word “woman” was included in the bill. Democrats have no clue what that word means, and many even think men are women and can give birth.

So, imagine the look on their faces when one of the clerks reached this section of the legislation.

“For the purposes of paragraph three, the term female means someone who naturally has had, will have,…the reproductive system that at some point produces, transports, and utilizes eggs for fertilization,” the clerk reads.

No wonder the Democrats are so angry about the legislation!

WATCH:

BREAKING: While reading the Big Beautiful Bill Democrats READ the Definition of a “WOMAN”

Maybe this is why they are SO MAD about it?? pic.twitter.com/svyXlSJE9o

— The Patriot Oasis (@ThePatriotOasis) June 29, 2025

For good measure, the clerk also read the definition of the word “male,” a group that the Democrats have alienated for years due to supposed “privilege” and “toxic masculinity.”

Talk about your all-time backfires.

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Veteran NYPD officers are signaling a possible exodus if radical socialist Zohran Mamdani becomes mayor of New York City.

Although Zohran Mamdani claims he will not “defund the police” or shrink their workforce, veteran officers are not buying the sudden, politically motivated reversal of his prior positions.

Experts worry that, with crime spiraling and a potential mass exodus of police, the city would face a total breakdown in public safety should he be elected.

During the 2020 protests following George Floyd’s death, Mamdani explicitly advocated for defunding the NYPD.

In a June 8, 2020, post on X, he stated, “No, we want to defund the police.”

No, we want to defund the police. https://t.co/XJgIKNWnFy

— Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@ZohranKMamdani) June 8, 2020

On June 28, 2020, he wrote, “We don’t need an investigation to know that the NYPD is racist, anti-queer & a major threat to public safety.”

“What we need is to #DefundTheNYPD.”

We don’t need an investigation to know that the NYPD is racist, anti-queer & a major threat to public safety.

What we need is to #DefundTheNYPD.

But your deal with @NYCMayor uses budget tricks to keep as many cops as possible on the beat.

NO to fake cuts – defund the police. https://t.co/2RCXU8heg2

— Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@ZohranKMamdani) June 29, 2020

Scott Munro, president of the NYPD Detectives’ Endowment Association, told The New York Post, “The city would be totally unsafe for people who live here.”

“I go to bed and worry about the phone ringing. I’m worried about my members getting killed. I don’t want to plan any funerals,” he continued.

Per The Post:

“If you put a guy like him in there, our people are going to get hurt, and nobody’s going to want the job. It’s going to put recruitment back five more steps,” Munro said.

NYPD brass are quietly bracing for a potential mass exodus unless Mayor Adams, a Democrat and retired NYPD captain seeking re-election as an independent, or GOP mayoral nominee Curtis Sliwa, pull off an upset.

“I’ve had guys call me and say ‘If he wins, I’m quitting,’” a police source said of Mamdani. “It’s just weird that New York City would vote for him. I know he’s not here for the police.”

“The city would be totally unsafe for people who live here,” predicted Scott Munro, president of the NYPD Detectives’ Endowment Association.

“I go to bed and worry about the phone ringing. I’m worried about my members getting killed. I don’t want to plan any funerals,” he… pic.twitter.com/G3ml60HsIx

— Detectives’ Endowment Association (@NYCPDDEA) June 28, 2025

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