Back when Republicans were on the verge of passing their tax cut, I made a prediction 1/ nytimes.com/2017/11/27/opi… 
Sure enough, Mitch McConnell is already saying that we need to cut entitlements -- which is a euphemism for cuts in Medicare and Social Security, something every news article should point out -- in response to the deficit the tax cut exploded 2/ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
This is, to be honest, even faster than I expected. Oh, and Ted Cruz says that the problem is "socialized medicine" -- which is, and always has been, GOP-speak for Medicare 3/
Let's also note the brazen lie involved in blaming spending for the deficit surge. In reality, spending is growing at normal rates -- barely above population growth plus inflation -- while there have been huge cuts in taxes 4/
Meanwhile, Republicans are claiming that *Democrats* want to cut Medicare, and lying nonstop about their position on preexisting conditions 5/ huffingtonpost.com/entry/mcsally-…
The sheer corruption involved in promising one thing, while more or less openly planning to do the opposite, is, I think, unprecedented in American politics. And anyone who tries to "both sides" this is complicit in the corruption 6/
