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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, Vox and The Fiscal Times
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 …
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
Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
GOP clean-energy amendment won't get a vote  —  Sen. Joni Ernst said her closely watched amendment seeking to maintain wind and solar tax credits will not get a Senate vote before the anctipated passage of the GOP megabill.  “I don't think they're going to let us” offer the amendment …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Bloomberg
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Donald Trump's big, beautiful act of self-harm  —  Many Republicans could lose their seats in Congress as a result of the president's reverse Robin Hood budget  —  Two cheers for Thom Tillis.  The North Carolina Republican voted against Donald Trump's “big beautiful bill”, then said he was quitting politics.
Michael Gold / New York Times:
ICE will require lawmakers to give a week's notice before detention visits.
Politico:
Senate GOP scrambles to save Alaska SNAP carveout
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
JD Vance on Republican megabill: ICE funding matters, ‘everything else’ is ‘immaterial’
Discussion: Rolling Stone, Daily Kos and NBC News
Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Trump wavers on July 4 megabill deadline
Discussion: Associated Press, CBS News and MSNBC
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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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.
ABC News:
Trump says he'll ‘look’ at deporting Musk as feud reignites  —  “We might have to put DOGE on Elon,” the president said on Tuesday.  —  President Donald Trump and Elon Musk speak in the Oval Office before departing the White House in Washington, on the way to Trump's residence at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, March 14, 2025.
J.D. Wolf / MeidasTouch News:
Trump Threatens to “DOGE” Elon Musk in Late-Night Tirade
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Trump threatens to re-examine government support for Elon Musk's companies as mogul trashes megabill
Bloomberg:
Trump Says He'll Have to ‘Take a Look’ at Deporting Musk
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
Associated Press:
Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose ministry was toppled by prostitution scandals, dies at 90  —  Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose multimillion-dollar ministry and huge audience dwindled following his prostitution scandals, has died.  He was 90.  —  Swaggart death was announced Tuesday on his public Facebook page.
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
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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.
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.
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.
Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Ford Foundation's New Leader Says She'll Work to Protect Democracy  —  Heather K. Gerken, the dean of the law school, will run the powerful philanthropy, known for pushing for social justice.  —  Heather K. Gerken, the dean of Yale Law School, will become the president of the Ford Foundation later this year, the group said Tuesday.
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.
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: The Texas Tribune
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
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 …
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.
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
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.
Emily Peck / Axios:
“Big, beautiful bill” pushes millions of people away from social safety net  —  The “big, beautiful bill” slashes food and health benefits for the poorest Americans, while giving tax cuts to higher earners — blowing a hole in the nation's safety net, according to healthcare experts and advocates for lower-income people.
 
 
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