July 3, 2025

The BBB passed amidst carping from every conceivable corner of the political spectrum. Senior citizens welcomed the income tax exemptions for social security benefits, and service workers are cheering the exclusions of tips. But few spotted, or cared about, the Trojan Horse that just snuck in with a ginormous payload for Technocracy, AI, and biometric surveillance. This is on par with the Patriot Act, which was hastily passed in 2001 in a knee-jerk response to the 9/11 attacks: The TSA was created and has been feeling us up ever since then.