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Episode 11 | The Bastard Billionaire's Bill and State-Level Wins for Abortion Rights
In this week’s episode of the Feral Mamas Club Podcast, Fiona breaks down the newly passed FY2025 Congressional Budget Reconciliation Bill or what we’re calling the Bastard Billionaire’s Bill. This sweeping legislation slashes healthcare, guts reproductive rights, and cuts food assistance while handing billions to the ultra-wealthy and massively expanding ICE detention funding.
We unpack:
How the bill harms families, especially caregivers and low-income parents.
The devastating impact on Medicaid and Planned Parenthood.
The staggering $75 billion ICE expansion—and who profits from it.
The hypocrisy of tax cuts for billionaires at the expense of basic human needs.
PLUS: A Bright Spot roundup of key wins for abortion rights from Montana, Wisconsin, and Missouri that remind us the fight is far from over.
Stay wild. Stay tender. Stay feral.
Show notes and links:
The Bastard Billionaire’s Bill - Full Text & Summary: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/14
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - SNAP Cuts Analysis: https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/snap-works
Planned Parenthood Action Fund - CBO Report on Defunding Planned Parenthood: https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/pressroom/breaking-new-cbo-report-shows-defunding-planned-parenthood-would-cost-taxpayers-52-million-over-10-years
Guttmacher Institute - Impact of Defunding Planned Parenthood: https://www.guttmacher.org/
KFF Health News - Medicaid and Reproductive Health: https://kffhealthnews.org/
Snopes - ICE Budget Fact Check: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ice-budget-big-beautiful-bill/
Washington Post - ICE Expansion and Detention Blitz: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/07/04/trump-bill-ice-immigrant-detention/
AP News - No-Bid Contracts and Private Detention Expansion: https://apnews.com/article/32e830ffec3956e58977b0bec9c42614
AP News - ICE Detention Beds Expansion: https://apnews.com/article/e92b67a388f041b84593d7a29fd93c54
Montana Abortion Access Supreme Court Ruling: https://apnews.com/article/0f7b1198b0c8af2a9a17f38bccd8217c
Wisconsin Supreme Court Abortion Ban Decision: https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/wisconsin-court-says-19th-century-abortion-ban-cannot-be-enforced-2025-07-02/
Missouri Judge Blocks Anti-Abortion Laws: https://apnews.com/article/bf10f0463cd2a5b7f23a2b169f4ac74b
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget - Tax Cuts Impact: https://www.crfb.org/
National Alliance to End Homelessness - State of Homelessness: https://endhomelessness.org/state-of-homelessness/
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By Feral Mamas ClubIn this week’s episode of the Feral Mamas Club Podcast, Fiona breaks down the newly passed FY2025 Congressional Budget Reconciliation Bill or what we’re calling the Bastard Billionaire’s Bill. This sweeping legislation slashes healthcare, guts reproductive rights, and cuts food assistance while handing billions to the ultra-wealthy and massively expanding ICE detention funding.
We unpack:
How the bill harms families, especially caregivers and low-income parents.
The devastating impact on Medicaid and Planned Parenthood.
The staggering $75 billion ICE expansion—and who profits from it.
The hypocrisy of tax cuts for billionaires at the expense of basic human needs.
PLUS: A Bright Spot roundup of key wins for abortion rights from Montana, Wisconsin, and Missouri that remind us the fight is far from over.
Stay wild. Stay tender. Stay feral.
Show notes and links:
The Bastard Billionaire’s Bill - Full Text & Summary: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/14
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - SNAP Cuts Analysis: https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/snap-works
Planned Parenthood Action Fund - CBO Report on Defunding Planned Parenthood: https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/pressroom/breaking-new-cbo-report-shows-defunding-planned-parenthood-would-cost-taxpayers-52-million-over-10-years
Guttmacher Institute - Impact of Defunding Planned Parenthood: https://www.guttmacher.org/
KFF Health News - Medicaid and Reproductive Health: https://kffhealthnews.org/
Snopes - ICE Budget Fact Check: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ice-budget-big-beautiful-bill/
Washington Post - ICE Expansion and Detention Blitz: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/07/04/trump-bill-ice-immigrant-detention/
AP News - No-Bid Contracts and Private Detention Expansion: https://apnews.com/article/32e830ffec3956e58977b0bec9c42614
AP News - ICE Detention Beds Expansion: https://apnews.com/article/e92b67a388f041b84593d7a29fd93c54
Montana Abortion Access Supreme Court Ruling: https://apnews.com/article/0f7b1198b0c8af2a9a17f38bccd8217c
Wisconsin Supreme Court Abortion Ban Decision: https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/wisconsin-court-says-19th-century-abortion-ban-cannot-be-enforced-2025-07-02/
Missouri Judge Blocks Anti-Abortion Laws: https://apnews.com/article/bf10f0463cd2a5b7f23a2b169f4ac74b
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget - Tax Cuts Impact: https://www.crfb.org/
National Alliance to End Homelessness - State of Homelessness: https://endhomelessness.org/state-of-homelessness/