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NBC News:
A megabill mystery: New solar and wind tax comes as a surprise to Republican senators  —  “I don't know where it came from,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, told NBC News after he released the 940-page legislation.  —  WASHINGTON — Tucked inside …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
This Is a Shameful Way to Make Law  —  No time for throat-clearing fripperies!  The Senate is probably going to do something insane that renders our analysis obsolete five minutes after we send this!  Hurry up and read it!  Happy Tuesday.  —  Time's Up, Pencils Down  —  by Andrew Egger
Discussion: NewsNation and The Fiscal Times
Will Oremus / Washington Post:
In dramatic reversal, Senate votes to kill AI-law moratorium  —  The Washington Post's essential guide to tech policy news  —  Happy Tuesday!  Hope you slept more than your senators did last night.  Send news tips and coffee to: [email protected]  —  In dramatic reversal, Senate votes to kill AI-law moratorium.
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
As the Republican megabill faces crunch time, Trump pushes a fraudulent claim about taxes  —  The president said his claim about preventing 68% tax hikes is true “according to what they tell me.”  But “they” have no idea what they're talking about.  —  Shortly after midnight …
Discussion: Fox News
The Hill:
Thune says Senate Republicans have a deal to pass Trump megabill  —  Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters Tuesday morning that he thinks he has a deal with Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) to pass President Trump's “big, beautiful bill” — but also cautioned he's a “realist …
Edward Luce / Financial Times:   Donald Trump's big, beautiful act of self-harm
Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Trump wavers on July 4 megabill deadline
Discussion: Associated Press, CBS News and MSNBC
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
JD Vance on Republican megabill: ICE funding matters, ‘everything else’ is ‘immaterial’
Discussion: Daily Kos and NBC News
Bloomberg:
Senate Votes 99-1 to Strip AI Provision From Trump's Tax Bill
Politico:
Senate GOP scrambles to save Alaska SNAP carveout
Michael Gold / New York Times:
ICE will require lawmakers to give a week's notice before detention visits.
Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
GOP clean-energy amendment won't get a vote
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Bloomberg
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Vance arrives at Capitol as GOP short votes to pass Trump megabill
Discussion: UPI, NewsMax.com and twitchy.com
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Geoff Duncan weighs whether to run for Georgia governor - as a Democrat
Discussion: The Downballot and New York Times
Aysha Diallo / Bloomberg:
Musk Walks Back Chainsaw Wielding Display: ‘It Lacked Empathy’  —  Elon Musk is expressing some regret for waving a chainsaw to rile up the crowd during a conservative conference back in February, as his feud with Donald Trump over the president's tax and spending bill reignites.
Discussion: Plain Dealer and Business Insider
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J.D. Wolf / MeidasTouch News:
Trump Threatens to “DOGE” Elon Musk in Late-Night Tirade  —  After Musk floated forming the “America Party” and unseating Republicans, Trump fired back with threats to dismantle Musk's empire  —  In a late-night Truth Social post, Donald Trump lashed out at Elon Musk following …
Luc Olinga / Gizmodo:
Elon Musk Wants to Blow Up the U.S. Political System  —  The tech billionaire has had it with the “Porky Pig Party,” and he wants to replace it with something new. … After a three week silence on political matters, Elon Musk is back.  And he appears ready to blow up the entire U.S. two party system.
Bloomberg:
Trump Says He'll Have to ‘Take a Look’ at Deporting Musk
Fox News:
Trump says DOGE ‘monster’ may have to ‘eat Elon’ as Musk vows primary ads for lawmakers who cross him on BBB
Discussion: HuffPost and The Post Millennial
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Trump threatens to re-examine government support for Elon Musk's companies as mogul trashes megabill
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
A corrupted Supreme Court sinks to new lows  —  🗣️ Paid subscribers make Public Notice possible.  If you appreciate our fiercely independent coverage of American politics, please support us.  👇  —  With another Supreme Court term having drawn to a close …
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Sam Bagenstos / Off Message:
Don't Applaud Supreme Court Conservatives For Doing Trump Special Favors
Discussion: Techdirt
Sherrilyn Ifill / Sherrilyn's Newsletter:
A Court Without the Range
Discussion: Reason
Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
USAID cuts may cause over 14 million additional deaths by 2030, study says  —  Deep funding cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development and its potential dismantling could result in more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030, according to research published in The Lancet medical journal on Monday.
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Christopher Flavelle / New York Times:
Bush, Obama and Bono Commend USAID Staff Members on Their Last Day
Discussion: NPR
Leigh Kimmins / The Daily Beast:
Young Men Who Elected Trump Just Realized They Scr*wed Up  —  BUYER'S REMORSE  —  “They are turning against him,” John Della Volpe said.  —  The young men who helped get Donald Trump back into the White House are now realizing they made a massive mistake, according to a Harvard polling expert.
Discussion: Raw Story
USA Today:
Suspected Idaho shooter showed ‘Nazi tendencies’ in school, ex-classmates say: Updates  —  The man accused of fatally shooting two firefighters in an ambush in rural Idaho on Sunday had “Nazi tendencies” in school, sketched pictures of guns and swastikas in a notebook and was “obsessed with guns,” three former classmates told USA TODAY.
Raphael Satter / Reuters:
Iran-linked hackers threaten to release Trump aides' emails  —  Iran-linked hackers have threatened to disclose more emails stolen from U.S. President Donald Trump's circle, after distributing a prior batch to the media ahead of the 2024 U.S. election.  —  In online chats with Reuters …
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ProPublica:
A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage  —  A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
Alan Elrod / Liberal Currents:
Adoption, Belonging, and the Question of Citizenship  —  Am I a citizen?  Right now, the answer is pretty simple: yes.  I am adopted, though I was born in North Carolina.  I assume both of my birth parents were citizens, and know that my adoptive parents are citizens.
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Poll: Most feel democracy is threatened and political violence is a major problem  —  Ahead of the July 4 holiday and the country's 249th birthday, three-quarters of Americans say democracy is under serious threat, according to a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll.
Julie Appleby / Washington Post:
A Texas boy needed protection from measles.  The vaccine cost $1,400.  —  A family living in Galveston was surprised to be charged thousands of dollars for immunizations for their children.  —  In the early days of the West Texas measles outbreak, Thang Nguyen eyed the rising number of cases and worried.
Discussion: Raw Story
Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
Alligator Alcatraz immigrant prison camp is Florida's sadistic ‘one-stop shop’ for mass deportation  —  Trump will attend the opening on Tuesday with Gov. DeSantis and DHS Sec. Noem. … The Florida GOP announced via X on Friday: “Feds approve Alligator Alcatraz: Florida's gator-guarded prison for illegal aliens.
Victor Goury-Laffont / Politico:
The first American ‘scientific refugees’ arrive in France  —  MARSEILLE, France — The first American academics fleeing Donald Trump's America for France have arrived.  —  Aix-Marseille University last week introduced eight U.S.-based researchers who were in the final stage of joining the institution's …
Associated Press:
Mystery surrounds the Jeffrey Epstein files after Bondi claims ‘tens of thousands’ of videos  —  It was a surprising statement from Attorney General Pam Bondi as the Trump administration promises to release more files from its sex trafficking investigation of Jeffrey Epstein: The FBI, she said …
Discussion: WTTG-TV
Aubrey Wright / Indiana Public Media:
Indiana public colleges cut almost 20% of degrees  —  Public Indiana colleges and universities will eliminate 19 percent of their degree programs to meet requirements added to the state's budget, according to the Commission for Higher Education.  —  The institutions volunteered to cut …
Discussion: Chicago Tribune
 
 
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Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Ford Foundation's New Leader Says She'll Work to Protect Democracy
Gabriel Hays / Fox News:
Far-left actor John Cusack says Iran ‘should get’ nukes to protect Middle East from US and Israel
Discussion: IJR
Daniel N. Gullotta / The Bulwark:
The Decline and Fall of Christianity in America
Adam Kredo / The Washington Free Beacon:
Prestigious Virginia K-8 School Hit with Civil Rights Complaint over Environment ‘Hostile to Jews’
Discussion: IJR and Jewish Insider
Our Moral Moment w/ Bishop William …:
They Will Not Kill Us Without A Fight
Discussion: The Hill and USA Today
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Allred launches second Senate bid in Texas
 Earlier Items: 
Greg Olear / PREVAIL:
Fascism in the USA Enters the Fifth & Final Phase
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
June 30, 2025  —  “This is the most deeply immoral piece of legislation I have ever voted …
Discussion: Breitbart
Michael Linhorst / Politico:
The Lawyer Who Became the Face of Trump's Deportation Agenda
Discussion: Raw Story
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
Taking away your citizenship
New York Times:
California Rolls Back Its Landmark Environmental Law
Rolling Stone:
Team Trump Is Serious About Unleashing the Espionage Act on the Media
Heidi Li Feldman / Slate:
Supreme Court Rules Some Americans Have a Constitutional Right to Insist on Theocracy
Discussion: RNS and Reason
 

 
From Techmeme:

Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple says general counsel Kate Adams and policy chief Lisa Jackson will retire, and Jennifer Newstead, Meta's former chief legal officer, will replace Adams

Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Sources: Meta is considering deep budget cuts to its metaverse efforts in 2026, potentially as high as 30% and most likely including layoffs as early as January

Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Two studies suggest AI chatbots can shift political views more effectively than TV campaign ads, especially by presenting many claims, regardless of accuracy
 
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