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10:05 AM ET, July 2, 2026

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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Ocasio-Cortez Endorses Abdul El-Sayed in Crucial Michigan Senate Race  —  The endorsement is the first in a contested Senate primary by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez this year, in a state that Democrats believe they must hold this fall to win a Senate majority.
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Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:   With Expletive-Laced Flex, DSA Co-Chair Puts Dems On Notice
Megan Messerly / Politico:
‘The old politics are gone’: Steve Bannon on the democratic socialist wave
Discussion: Raw Story
Perry Bacon / New Republic:
The Left Wins in Colorado—and It's Not Because of Gaza or Socialism
Elizabeth Findell / Wall Street Journal:
How Once-Red Colorado Became Fertile Ground for Democratic Socialists
Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
There's Nothing Democratic About These Socialists
The Atlantic:
Something is happening in the Democratic base.
New York Times:
The Key Ways Trump's Financial Interests Intersect With Government Policy  —  President Trump's business holdings, which garnered him more than $2 billion last year, create potential conflicts of interest surpassing any predecessor.  —  When President Trump's annual financial disclosure …
Discussion: OutsideTheBeltway, Vox and The Guardian
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Molly White / Citation Needed:
Trump's $1.4 billion crypto disclosure  —  Listen to me read this post here (not an AI-generated voice!), subscribe to the feed in your podcast app, or download the recording for later.  —  President Donald Trump's most recent financial disclosure reveals that he earned more than $1.4 billion …
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
U.S. economy added 57,000 jobs in June, less than expected; unemployment rate at 4.2%  —  The U.S. economy saw job creation cool sharply heading into the summer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday.  —  Nonfarm payrolls for June increased by a seasonally adjusted 57,000 for the month …
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Talmon Joseph Smith / New York Times:
Live Updates: U.S. Hiring Continues at a Steady Pace
Jack Healy / New York Times:
Colorado Governor Fires Officials Who Opposed Freeing Election Denier  —  Gov. Jared Polis commuted the sentence of Tina Peters, who tampered with voting machines in an attempt to show that the 2020 election had been rigged against President Trump.  —  Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado …
Fox News:
Fox News Poll: An early look at the Georgia Senate race  —  Georgia Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff narrowly won his Senate seat in a January 2021 runoff, defeating Republican David Perdue by just over a percentage point.  New Fox News polling suggests a different dynamic this time …
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Fox News:
Fox News Poll: A close Senate contest is brewing in Iowa
Discussion: Bloomberg
Ken Dilanian / MS NOW:
FBI directing hundreds of analysts to dig into Georgia election probe subjects, sources say  —  A personnel surge supporting Kash Patel's “priority effort” is underway, tasking intelligence experts with running tens of thousands of records checks by mid-July.
Discussion: Raw Story
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
The GOP's dirty little secret about the SAVE America Act … Instead, Johnson and other House leaders have stuck with an older version of the SAVE America Act that focuses on proof-of-citizenship requirements but otherwise lets states run their elections as they see fit.
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Calen Razor / Politico:   The GOP confronts its lost summer
Hamed Aleaziz / New York Times:
Immigrant Arrests Surge to 10,000 in 5 Days as ICE Clamps Down  —  The agency has doubled its daily arrest numbers without the fanfare of last year's large urban operations, sowing fear in immigrant communities.  —  Federal immigration officials have detained more than 10,000 people in the last five days …
Alicia Diaz / Bloomberg:
US Decides Against Renewing USMCA, Shifting to Rolling Talks  —  US Won't Renew USMCA Trade Deal Video Player is loading.  —  Current Time 0:00 Loaded: 37.44% Playback Rate  —  This is a modal window.  —  Unmute  —  The US won't renew its trade deal with Canada and Mexico …
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United States Trade Representative:
Ambassador Greer Issues Statement on the USMCA Joint Review
Jake Spring / Washington Post:
Fireworks on Mall likely to cause hazardous air pollution, documents show  —  Internal National Park Service modeling for the July Fourth show predicts dangerous pollution around the Mall and “very unhealthy” conditions across central D.C.  —  Summary  —  Fireworks for this year's July …
Discussion: Townhall
Nicole Winfield / Associated Press:
Vatican declares Society of St. Pius X in schism, excommunicates bishops and invalidates sacraments  —  The Vatican responded aggressively Thursday to a traditionalist group that consecrated bishops without the pope's consent, declaring the Society of St. Pius X had formally broken with the Catholic Church.
Financial Times:
OpenAI proposes handing Trump administration 5% stake  —  Sam Altman's start-up in early talks for a public ownership deal as political pressure rises  —  Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free  —  OpenAI has discussed giving a 5 per cent stake to the US government as the $852bn AI start …
New Republic:
Transcript: Trump Shows New Signs of Midterm Panic as Brutal Polls Hit  —  The following is a lightly edited transcript of the July 2 episode of the Daily Blast podcast.  Listen to it here.  —  Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.
Discussion: MS NOW and New York Times
Paul Krugman:
There Are Very Few Socialists in America  —  But most of us are social democrats  —  Fox News has a poll supposedly showing “socialism gaining ground with young voters.”  But I don't believe it.  Young people may be more receptive to the word socialism, but that's only because right-wingers constantly use …
Discussion: Associated Press
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Pledged No Forever Wars.  Now He Risks Forever Talks With Iran.  —  Tehran has well-worn playbook for putting off concessions that cross its redlines  —  President Trump came to office promising an end to forever wars.  He now finds himself bogged down in talks with Iran with no end in sight.
Discussion: Foreign Affairs
NBC News:
Paramedics responded to a ‘cardiac arrest’ at Mitch McConnell's home on day of hospitalization  —  McConnell's office has not disclosed why the former Senate majority leader was hospitalized on June 14.  —  Paramedics responded to a report of a “cardiac arrest” for an “unconscious” …
Anna Law / Anna O. Law:
I Read Trump v Barbara So You Don't Have To  —  As someone who took 16 years to research and write a new book, Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship, a policy and legal history, I paid keen attention to the oral arguments (April 1) in Trump v Barbara and read the entire 194 page opinion issued yesterday, June 30.
Axios:
John Brennan sues to preserve probe records  —  Former CIA Director John Brennan sued the Trump administration Tuesday, seeking a court order requiring officials to preserve records related to investigations into him. … - Brennan contends the investigation is part of Trump's broader push …
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Trump and America's 250th Overshadow the Republican Tax Cuts Anniversary  —  The one-year anniversary of the Republican tax cut law is set to come and go with a whimper amid America's 250th birthday celebrations, depriving the party of a key opportunity to sell the package as it struggles …
Discussion: Raw Story
Katherine Eban / Rolling Stone:
Are MAGA and MAHA Heading for Divorce?  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised ambitious plans to make Americans healthier.  But insiders say as soon as he was named health secretary, the problems between the coalitions began … n Nov. 26, 2025, the day before Thanksgiving …
Nicholas Wu / Semafor:
Republicans plot an investigative end run  —  The News  —  Congressional Republicans could bank on an unorthodox investigative strategy if they lose the House this fall: relying on the threat of parallel probes by Trump's administration to power the House minority's congressional investigations next Congress.
Discussion: Raw Story
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
E. Jean Carroll Beat Trump.  Again.  —  This edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  ☀️ Subscribe to PN ☀️  —  On Monday, the Supreme Court denied Trump's petition for certiorari in Trump v. Carroll with no noted dissents.
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
White House Officials Reportedly Deleted Photos of Trump Rally After President Became ‘Enraged’ by Poor Attendance  —  President Donald Trump became so enraged by photos of a small crowd at his rally kicking off the Great American State Fair that White House officials deleted the images …
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story and The Independent
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Troop Casualties in Ukraine War Top 2 Million, Study Finds  —  Russia has borne the heavier toll, with 1.4 million troops killed or wounded since it invaded in February 2022.  —  More than two million Russian and Ukrainian troops have been killed or wounded in the four years that Russia …
Washington Post:
Donors were misled by Trump-backed Freedom 250, House Democrats allege  —  The lawmakers' report alleges that Trump allies worked to divert funds away from America250, a bipartisan effort to mark the nation's semiquincentennial.  —  Summary  —  Some donors who intended to give money …
Emily Peck / Axios:
The U.S. is one of only 9 countries without guaranteed vacation time  —  Chalk it up to American exceptionalism: The U.S. is one of only nine countries in the world that doesn't guarantee workers some kind of paid annual leave, according to a comprehensive new analysis of all 193 United Nations member states.
 
 
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Jack Loftus / McSweeney's:
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Zeeshan Aleem / MS NOW:
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Discussion: Raw Story, Staff Stories and Politico
Laura K. Field / The Bulwark:
How Trumpism Betrays the Declaration of Independence
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
The case for assimilation  —  Is it true that “Muslims” — or anyone else — “shouldn't have to assimilate to belong”?
Discussion: The Argument
Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Republican Senate Candidates Start Their Own Super PACs to Gain Cash Advantage
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Department of Homeland Security:
MINNESOTA MADNESS: Governor Tim Walz Pardons Criminal Illegal Alien Convicted of Sexually Assaulting a 10-Year-Old Girl
 Earlier Items: 
Wall Street Journal:
The Trump Family and ‘Honest Graft’
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
New York Times:
Ruling on Trans Athletes Gave the G.O.P. a Win. Most Democrats Looked the Other Way.
New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Takes First Trip on Air Force One Jet From Qatar
Justin Kaufmann / Axios:
Retired military leaders back 18 governors over National Guard refusal
Marco Margaritoff / HuffPost:
Dwayne Johnson Blasted By Celebrities For Staying Silent On Politics: ‘Such A Coward’
Politico:
‘We are screwed’: People near data centers dread heat wave pollution
Discussion: NewsMax.com and KSTP-TV
Amos Barshad / Columbia Journalism Review:
‘All I Have Is the Power to Talk and Be Heard’