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3:05 PM ET, June 30, 2025

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Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Senate Republicans Wound Filibuster To Pass Debt Bomb  —  Republicans used a new budget gimmick to obscure the cost of President Trump's $4 trillion tax and spending bill in a new attack on the Senate's filibuster rules.  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Monday rammed through …
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Punchbowl News:
6/30/25 ☀️ AM: … Senate Democrats and a handful of Republicans wrapped up a marathon of speeches on the Senate floor just after 1 a.m. Sunday night, mostly railing against the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.  —  But the real fight is set to begin soon.
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Thom Tillis's retirement is an ominous sign for the GOP  —  🗣️ Paid subscribers make Public Notice possible.  If you appreciate our fiercely independent coverage of American politics, please support us.  👇  —  North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis announced yesterday …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
This is what ICE is doing with the tax dollars you already provide it  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement stands to see a sharp increase in its funding under the Republican budget bill.  —  Should the Republican budget bill pass both chambers of Congress and be signed into law …
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Anxious House Republicans scramble to forestall Senate's Medicaid cuts
Natalie Daher / Axios:
Trump's megabill: What are the next steps and hurdles
Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
Who wins and loses in Republicans' ‘big, beautiful bill’
Discussion: City & State New York
David Dayen / American Prospect:
Trump Tax Cut Magic Wand Kicks Off Vote-a-Rama
ProPublica:
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  In 2023, while Kristi Noem was governor of South Dakota, she supplemented her income …
NPR:
DOJ announces plans to prioritize cases to revoke citizenship  —  The Justice Department is aggressively prioritizing efforts to strip some Americans of their U.S. citizenship.  —  Department leadership is directing its attorneys to prioritize denaturalization in cases involving naturalized citizens …
Discussion: MeidasTouch News
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New Republic:
“Mind-Boggling”: Trump Voters Shocked at How Badly He's Screwing Them  —  It's becoming clearer that many of President Trump's supporters are realizing how badly they're getting shafted by his big budget bill and other leading initiatives.  Senator Mitch McConnell just privately admitted …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Variety
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New Republic:   Transcript: Trump Is Screwing His Voters in “Mind-Boggling” New Scam
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Why AOC should run for president in 2028
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and New York Times
Wall Street Journal:
Harvard Violated Students' Civil Rights, Trump Administration Finds  —  Washington threatens university with ‘loss of all federal financial resources’  —  The Trump administration informed Harvard University that its investigation found it had violated federal civil-rights law over its treatment …
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Why Did a 75-Year-Old Man in Poor Health Just Die in ICE Custody?  —  In a notification sent to Congress over the weekend, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement revealed that a 75-year-old Cuban national named Isidro Perez died while in ICE custody on June 26.
Discussion: MeidasTouch News and The Guardian
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
American Pride Slips to New Low  —  Pride among Democrats tumbles, while independents also hit new low, more than offsetting increase among Republicans  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — A record-low 58% of U.S. adults say they are “extremely” (41%) or “very” (17%) proud to be an American …
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Associated Press:
National pride is declining in America. And it's splitting by party lines, new Gallup polling shows
Discussion: IJR
Representative Dwight Evans:
Evans Announces He Won't Seek Re-Election, Will Serve Full Term Ending Jan. 3, 2027  —  Offices will remain open to serve constituents  —  Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3) today announced that he will not seek re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2026, concluding …
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Politico:
Dwight Evans says he will retire from House
Discussion: The Hill and Axios
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Dear Joe Rogan, Kash Patel Played You  —  I don't know you.  We've never met, and I am not a regular listener of your podcast.  But I have the impression you are a man who does not like to be played.  I regret to inform you that Kash Patel played you.  —  When the FBI director was on your show …
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Gunman set blaze before fatal ambush on Idaho firefighters, police say  —  Two firefighters were killed and one wounded in a prolonged attack near Coeur D'Alene, authorities said.  The body of a suspected gunman was later recovered.  —  Suspected gunman in fatal Idaho ambush found dead
Al Weaver / The Hill:
Tillis told Trump to ‘start thinking about my replacement’ before primary threat  —  Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) told President Trump to start looking for his replacement in the upper chamber prior to the president's missive saying that he would start interviewing candidates to primary him.
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Al Weaver / The Hill:
Trump celebrates Tillis's decision to retire
Washington Post:
Supreme Court will hear challenge to limits on political party spending  —  The Republicans who sued are asking the Supreme Court to lift restrictions on how much political parties can spend on candidates, saying they violate free-speech protections.  —  The Supreme Court will hear …
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court takes up major new challenge to campaign finance restrictions
Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
CNN Data Chief Hits Trump With Some ‘Terrible, Terrible, Terrible’ New Numbers  —  Harry Enten said the president's signature “big, beautiful bill” is not at all popular with the public.  —  CNN data chief Harry Enten said President Donald Trump's signature “big, beautiful bill” is historically unpopular with the American public.
Discussion: New Republic, Raw Story and WTTG-TV
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Sound Familiar?  Democrats Lay Groundwork for a ‘Project 2029’  —  The plan to write a policy agenda for the next Democratic president is at the center of a raging debate within the party: whether its biggest problem is its ideas or its difficulty in selling them.
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court rules prison inmate cannot sue federal officers for alleged assault  —  The decision further undermines the ability of people to sue federal officials for constitutional violations, first recognized by the Supreme Court in 1971.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled …
Discussion: The Hill
John Fund / National Review:
Is Zohran Mamdani a Lifelong Socialist?  —  The New York City mayoral candidate is trying to soft-sell his radicalism.  —  Zohran Mamdani claims that he didn't really identify as a democratic socialist until after Bernie Sanders's 2016 presidential campaign, when he was 25 years old.  I'm skeptical.
Ian Smith / Financial Times:
US dollar suffers worst start to year since 1973  —  Donald Trump's trade policies and rising debt levels have sparked decline of more than 10% in first half of 2025  —  The US dollar has suffered its worst first half of the year since 1973, as Donald Trump's trade and economic policies …
Discussion: New Jersey Online
Olivia Prentzel / The Colorado Sun:
Boulder woman, 82, dies from injuries sustained in firebombing attack on Pearl Street Mall  —  An 82-year-old woman has died after a man hurled Molotov cocktails at her during a peaceful demonstration in support of Israeli hostages earlier this month in Boulder, authorities said Monday.
Paul Krugman:
We're All Rats Now  —  Time to take a stand, again, against racism  —  Zohran Mamdani's upset victory in New York's Democratic primary has created panic in MAGAland.  Stephen Miller, the architect of Donald Trump's deportation policies, waxed apocalyptic:
Discussion: MSNBC, al.com and Foreign Policy
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court turns away online censorship claim by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine group against Meta  —  The justices rejected Children's Health Defense's case against Meta Platforms for restricting the anti-vaccine group's posts.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday turned away without comment …
Discussion: USA Today
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
US revokes visas for musicians after band leads chants against Israeli military  —  The London-based Bob Vylan duo called for the death of the Israeli military at Glastonbury music festival over the weekend.  —  The State Department has revoked visas for a London-based punk duo set to tour …
 
 
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Rex Huppke / USA Today:
This July Fourth, my patriotism looks like two middle fingers - and that's OK
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David A. Lieb / Associated Press:
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Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
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Andrew Freedman / CNN:
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Reuters:
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Robert Reich / The Guardian:
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Punchbowl News:
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