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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 …
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Lauren Lewis / The Daily Beast:
How Trump Family Profits From President's Scorched-Earth Civil War Fallout  —  KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY  —  The president's daughter-in-law Lara Trump is primed to run for a seat in the Senate, strengthening Trump's power if she is elected.  —  President Donald Trump's scorched-earth civil war might benefit …
New York Times:
What's in the Senate Version of Trump's Big Policy Bill?  —  The reporters reviewed the hundreds of items in the bill and their corresponding C.B.O. scores.  —  10-year costs 10-year savings  —  Source: New York Times analysis of Congressional Budget Office estimates.
Discussion: CBO Publications and UPI
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
The worst bill in modern history  —  Democrats must make it a career-ender for Republicans.  —  Senate Republicans over the weekend decided to move forward on the big, ugly bill to rip healthcare coverage from 17 million people, deprive millions of food assistance, and use that money to pay …
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.
Punchbowl News:
6/30/25 ☀️ AM: … Senate Democrats and a handful of Republicans wrapped …
Politico:
Thom Tillis denounces GOP megabill's Medicaid cuts in fiery speech
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Senate GOP tax bill includes largest cut to U.S. safety net in decades
Al Weaver / The Hill:
Trump celebrates Tillis's decision to retire
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
How the reconciliation bill would change America
Discussion: Grabien
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:   June 29, 2025  —  There are four political stories people should know about tonight.
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 …
Discussion: New Republic and The Independent
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:   Kristi Noem Secretly Pocketed Cash From Dark Money Group: Report
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 …
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Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Trump's justice department issues directive to strip naturalized Americans of citizenship for civil offenses
Discussion: New Republic
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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Timothy J. Heaphy / New York Times:
What the University of Virginia Should Have Done
Discussion: The Guardian and CBS News
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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Politico:
Dwight Evans says he will retire from House  —  Democratic Rep. Dwight Evans said Monday he will not seek reelection “after some discussions this weekend and thoughtful reflection,” opening up a solid-blue seat in Philadelphia.  Evans faced mounting questions about his ability to serve …
Discussion: The Hill and Axios
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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 …
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
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ABC News:
Firefighters ambushed by gunman while responding to brush fire in Idaho: Sheriff
KHQ-TV:
2 Idaho firefighters killed, another injured in active shooter situation near Coeur d'Alene
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.
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
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
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.
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
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 and Semafor
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
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.
New York Times:
How to Wreck the Nation's Health, by the Numbers How to Wreck the Nation's Health, by the Numbers  —  After decades as a physician studying the factors that determine our risks of getting sick and how long we live, I am convinced that the actions of the Trump administration will cost lives.
Discussion: MSNBC
Andrew Freedman / CNN:
Trump admin will cut hurricane forecasters out of key satellite data in one month  —  The abrupt cutoff of satellite data crucial for hurricane forecasting is delayed by one month, until July 31, according to a message posted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Monday.
Discussion: CBS News
New York Times:
‘Completely Disrupted’: Fear Upends Life for Latinos in L.A. … Many Latinos are limiting the time they spend in public because they fear federal immigration agents will detain them.  —  Some carry passports to travel to the corner store.  Others do not venture out at all, too afraid of the consequences.
MSNBC:
Debating Mamdani's refusal to condemn the phrase ‘globalize the intifada’  —  Zohran Mamdani, the presumptive Democratic nominee in New York City's mayoral race, on Sunday again sidestepped an opportunity to condemn the phrase “globalize the intifada,” saying that mayors shouldn't “police speech.”
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
 
 
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Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
CNN Data Chief Hits Trump With Some ‘Terrible, Terrible, Terrible’ New Numbers
Discussion: New Republic, Raw Story and WTTG-TV
CISA:
Iranian Cyber Actors May Target Vulnerable US Networks and Entities of Interest
Reuters:
Immigration raids leave crops unharvested, California farms at risk
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Why AOC should run for president in 2028
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and New York Times
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Supreme Court refuses American Airlines' bid to validate JetBlue alliance
Discussion: UPI, USA Today and NewsMax.com
Robert Reich / The Guardian:
Peter Thiel's Palantir poses a grave threat to Americans
Punchbowl News:
Collins inches toward Georgia Senate bid
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Michael Savage / The Guardian:
BBC says it ‘should have pulled’ Glastonbury live stream of Bob Vylan anti-IDF chants
Washington Post:
DOGE has the keys to sensitive data that could help Elon Musk
Discussion: Raw Story
Steve Vladeck / One First:
163. A New Kind of Judicial Supremacy
Discussion: MSNBC
New York Times:
Trump Vowed to Dismantle MS-13. His Deal With Bukele Threatens That Effort.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Government of Canada:
Canada rescinds digital services tax to advance broader trade negotiations with the United States
New York Times:
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