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Texas Officials Slam Trump's National Weather Service for Bad Forecast — BLAME GAME — The government weather forecaster has been hit with huge cuts by the president's administration. — Officials in Texas are casting blame on the National Weather Service (NWS) for failing …
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In Texas region prone to catastrophic floods, questions grow about lack of warning — Water rose fast along the Guadalupe River, causing more than two dozen deaths. Local officials said they couldn't have seen it coming. — The forecast began to look ominous in Texas Hill County on Thursday afternoon.
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Texas Officials Blame Agency Gutted by Trump for Results of Deadly Storm — As the best and the brightest were being fired at the National Weather Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by senseless and draconian ‘DOGE’ cuts earlier this year under Trump …
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The Mahablog

Meteorologists Say the National Weather Service Did Its Job in Texas — DOGE cut hundreds of jobs at the NWS, but experts who spoke to WIRED say the agency accurately predicted the state's weekend flood risk. — At least 27 people, including nine children, are dead in central Texas …
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WTOP News, USA Today, Balanced Weather, New York Times and Forbes

At least 32 dead in central Texas in devastating flash floods, over two dozens remain missing, officials say
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Joe Rogan Feels Trump Betrayed Him on Immigration — The podcast king, once a prominent supporter of Donald Trump, denounced the president's aggressive deportation tactics on his wildly popular podcast. … Joe Rogan, one of the most influential voices in American media, is turning on Donald Trump.
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Trump ramps up deportation spectacle with new stunts and ICE funding
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Al Jazeera and Talking Points Memo
Myah Ward / Politico:
Trump got $170 billion for immigration. Now he has to enact it.
Trump got $170 billion for immigration. Now he has to enact it.
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MSNBC and Rolling Stone

Trump Admin Insider Blows Lid Off Tariffs: 'It's All Fake' — MADE FOR TV — A source close to the MAGA administration suggested the president's “deals” are all theatrics. — A source deeply embedded in the Trump administration's ongoing trade talks accused the Republican president of waging a tariff war for TV ratings.
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Raw Story, Bloomberg, Politico and The Indian Express
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Trump on if he can end fighting in Ukraine: 'I don't know'
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump tariff letters going to a dozen countries Monday
Trump tariff letters going to a dozen countries Monday
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Don't call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp. — This facility's purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country. — By Andrea Pitzer, author of “One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps”
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The Supreme Court's timing couldn't be worse — Concentration camps are often compared to prisons, but that comparison is inaccurate. In the United States, inmates arrive in penitentiaries only after they have been convicted of serious crimes, under criminal processes constrained by the US Constitution at all times.

Trump administration deports 8 migrants to South Sudan — The migrants were the subject of a lawsuit that halted their deportation. — In this Dec. 21, 2024, file photo, an aerial view of Djibouti, East Africa is shown. — The Trump administration deported eight migrants to South Sudan …
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The next megabill Congress needs to worry about … It's not escaping the notice of Democrats. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries spent much of his marathon floor speech before the vote Thursday calling out GOP moderates in battleground seats, many of whom had swallowed their misgivings …
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The GOP's Big Bill Is Massively Unpopular — If People Actually Know About It
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Wall Street Journal
Seung Min Kim / Associated Press:
Trump branded, browbeat and prevailed. But his big bill may come at a political cost
Trump branded, browbeat and prevailed. But his big bill may come at a political cost
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Bangor Daily News and Washington Examiner

Musk says ‘America Party’ is formed in US — A day after asking his followers on X whether a new U.S. political party should be created, Elon Musk said on Saturday that the “America Party is formed.” — “By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it!” he said in a post on X.
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Musk announces arrival of new ‘America Party’ after Trump split … “By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it! When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy,” he wrote.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Critical Read About the BBB, Federalism and the Future of American Democracy … TPM Reader TS (Harvard sociologist/political scientist Theda Skocpol) and I often compared notes on the news of the day and I am always particularly attentive to her thoughts on state structure and power.

Trump's Politicized F.B.I. Has Made Americans Less Safe — Only 11 days after President Trump was inaugurated for a second term, his administration began a purge of the F.B.I. that now threatens some of the bureau's most important missions. His appointees ousted eight of its most experienced managers …
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Raw Story, Alternet.org and Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I, more at Mediagazer »

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Makes Herself Heard, Prompting a Rebuke — In solo dissents this term, the justice accused the conservative majority of lawless bias. On the term's last day, Justice Amy Coney Barrett fired back. — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote just five majority opinions …
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Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post:
One of the Supreme Court's sharpest critics sits on it
One of the Supreme Court's sharpest critics sits on it
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USA Today

What Trump—And the U.S.—Can't Understand About Air Strikes — American leaders refuse to learn from allies and overestimate the benefits of showy tactical attacks. — When Donald Trump ordered air strikes on key Iranian nuclear-enrichment sites last month and immediately declared …

‘The vehicle suddenly accelerated with our baby in it’: the terrifying truth about why Tesla's cars keep crashing — Elon Musk is obsessive about the design of his supercars, right down to the disappearing door handles. But a series of shocking incidents - from drivers trapped in burning vehicles …
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Eschaton

Kamala Harris Sparks MAGA Meltdown With Fourth of July Post — FIREWORKS — President Donald Trump's supporters took the former vice president's holiday sentiments as a sign she'd be looking to run for office again. — Former Vice President Kamala Harris sent MAGA into a frenzy with her simple Fourth of July message.
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New York Post and Raw Story

RFK's proposal to let bird flu spread through poultry could set us up for a pandemic, experts warn — HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins have expressed interest in letting H5N1 outbreaks spread unchecked through U.S. poultry farms.