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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: The Fiscal Times
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
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Vance arrives at Capitol as GOP short votes to pass Trump megabill  —  Vice President JD Vance arrived at the Capitol early Tuesday as Senate Republican leaders had still not locked down the 50 votes needed to pass President Trump's “big, beautiful bill” after more than 21 hours of voting.
Edward Luce / Financial Times:   Donald Trump's big, beautiful act of self-harm
Will Oremus / Washington Post:
In dramatic reversal, Senate votes to kill AI-law moratorium
Michael Gold / New York Times:
ICE will require lawmakers to give a week's notice before detention visits.
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
JD Vance on Republican megabill: ICE funding matters, ‘everything else’ is ‘immaterial’
Discussion: NBC News
Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Trump wavers on July 4 megabill deadline
Discussion: NPR, Associated Press, CBS News and MSNBC
Bloomberg:
Senate Votes 99-1 to Strip AI Provision From Trump's Tax Bill
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Geoff Duncan weighs whether to run for Georgia governor - as a Democrat
Discussion: The Downballot and New York Times
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Collins, Murkowski vote with Democrats on striking Planned Parenthood provision from GOP megabill
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 …
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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.
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.
Fox News:
Trump says DOGE ‘monster’ may have to ‘eat Elon’ as Musk vows primary ads for lawmakers who cross him on BBB
Discussion: The Post Millennial and HuffPost
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Trump threatens to re-examine government support for Elon Musk's companies as mogul trashes megabill
Politico:   Playbook: Trump vs. Musk, Round II
Sam Bagenstos / Off Message:
Don't Applaud Supreme Court Conservatives For Doing Trump Special Favors  —  In Friday's momentous Trump v. CASA, Inc. decision, the Supreme Court held that a federal-court injunction against a government policy must not be broader than necessary to give “complete relief” to the particular plaintiff who brought the suit.
Discussion: Techdirt
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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 …
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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Kat Lay / The Guardian:   Obama and Bush call Trump's USAID closure a ‘travesty’ as report warns of millions of extra deaths
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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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.
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.
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
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
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Scoop: Donalds announces $22 million haul since running for Florida governor  —  Florida Rep. Byron Donalds has raised $22 million for his gubernatorial bid since entering the race, a sum that dwarfs any of the two dozen rivals in the race, according to his campaign.
Discussion: The Hill
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Kimberly Leonard / Politico:
Erika Donalds talks education policy and gov race
Discussion: Sun-Sentinel and New York Sun
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 …
New York Times:
California Rolls Back Its Landmark Environmental Law  —  Gov. Gavin Newsom had demanded changes to address the state's housing crisis, a philosophical shift for Democratic leaders.  —  California leaders on Monday rolled back a landmark law that was a national symbol of environmental protection …
 
 
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Aime Williams / Financial Times:
US narrows trade focus to secure deals before Donald Trump's tariff deadline
Discussion: Bloomberg, Semafor and New York Times
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
Associated Press:
Mystery surrounds the Jeffrey Epstein files after Bondi claims ‘tens of thousands’ of videos
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
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
 Earlier Items: 
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
Politico:
Senate GOP scrambles to save Alaska SNAP carveout
Associated Press:
An 82-year-old woman who was injured in a firebomb attack in Boulder, Colorado, has died
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
 

 
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Bloomberg:
Daniel Gross leaves Safe Superintelligence, the AI startup he co-founded with Ilya Sutskever, to join Meta's new superintelligence lab and work on AI products

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
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