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BREAKING: JD Vance is now on the Senate floor lobbying GOP holdouts to vote YES on the Big Beautiful Bill.

They NEED 4 more votes for him to break a tie. Republicans appear to be in disarray.

This isn't just a secret police force. this is a military branch

Tell Congress: Demand DHS Secretary Kristi Noem resign Contact Congress today!

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American exceptionalism

Dallas Morning News: Alleged gunmen in fatal Old East Dallas shooting were bounty hunters June 27, 2025

Los Angeles Times: 'Who are these people?' Masked immigration agents challenge local police, sow fear in LA June 24, 2025

Tri-City Herald: Masked bounty hunter threats upset eastern Washington town. Does ICE pay private trackers? February 1, 2025

KIRO7: Washington State lawmakers want to crack down on bounty hunters acting as immigration agents February 17, 2025

Bounty hunters should be illegal. Add that to "abolish ICE."

JIST NOW: Alaska Republican Senator @lisamurkowski sells out the people

#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer

Democracy was built on the idea that each branch of government would check the other. Yesterday, that founding principle took a hit.

But the fight isn’t over.

YouTube video by MSNBC 'It's impossible': Is Trump's team starting to sweat as his own trade deal deadline approaches?

OPINION:

'It's impossible': Is Trump's team starting to sweat as his own trade deal deadline approaches?

The Trump administration finds itself in a new series of trade tussles as the clock ticks. @stephruhle.bsky.social reports.

WATCH:

time.com Measles Is Now Showing Up in Wastewater

Measles Is Now Showing Up in Wastewater https://twp.ai/4in1BA

In arguing against having a Dept of Education, Sen Markwayne Mullin asks:

“What was we ranked in 1979?”

What was we ranked…

Trump job cuts hobble NOAA team that reopens ports after hurricanes, sources say The closure of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s Navigation Response Team in Fernandina, Florida – one of the network's six national locations - could mean slower response times and longer port closures if hurricanes slam into the U.S. Southeast this summer.

Trump job cuts hobble NOAA team that reopens ports after hurricanes, sources say reut.rs/3T7cHdg

www.rawstory.com America under attack: Trump uses dictator tactics to dismantle democracy

America under attack: Trump uses dictator tactics to dismantle democracy https://twp.ai/4in19q

Forecast shows trade war bogging down economic growth The OECD expects U.S. growth to slow to 1.6% this year, a significant fall from last year's 2.8% growth rate.

Forecast shows trade war bogging down economic growth

The U.S. government is breaking up families without an ounce of compassion.

ICE is detaining migrants at court—asking judges to dismiss cases so they can arrest people as they leave & shove them into fast-track deportation.

Word’s out: Show up, risk deportation. Stay home, lose your case.

www.dailykos.com Trump’s new FEMA head apparently unaware of hurricane season

Trump’s new FEMA head apparently unaware of hurricane season https://twp.ai/4in1AS

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka Sues Interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba for False Arrest and Malicious Prosecution Newark Mayor Challenges Prosecutorial Overreach in major Civil Rights Lawsuit

BREAKING: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has sued Alina Habba for malicious prosecution and false arrest.

Trump official who shut down counter-Russia agency has links to Kremlin Darren Beattie, who alarmed the State Department with his pro-Moscow views, is married to a woman whose uncle has ties to Vladimir Putin

Darren Beattie - the State Dept official who dismantled the US government's main center for fighting Russian and Chinese propaganda around the world - turns out to have personal ties to the Russian elite.

www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

JUST IN: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka sues interim US Attorney Alina Habba for "false arrest and malicious prosecution." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

It’s been around since 1983.

Absolute clown show.

The original tariff deadline lasted 2 days.

Governing on vibes and the whims of the last person Trump speaks to is not sustainable.

China Called Trump’s Bluff There is a lesson here for anyone Trump threatens.

“But suddenly China shouted: the emperor is not wearing anything! And soon the news spread that the Emperor was naked. All the people shouted the Emperor is not wearing anything.”

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

King Charles to host Emmanuel Macron for UK state visit in July Buckingham Palace says French president and his wife have been invited to stay at Windsor Castle The king is to host Emmanuel Macron on a state visit to the UK from 8-10 July, Buckingham Palace has announced. The palace said: “The president of the French republic, his excellency Emmanuel Macron, accompanied by Mrs Brigitte Macron, has accepted an invitation from his majesty the king to pay a state visit to the United Kingdom from Tuesday 8th July to Thursday 10th July 2025. The president and Mrs Macron will stay at Windsor Castle.” Continue reading...

King Charles to host Emmanuel Macron for UK state visit in July

Trump admin ‘looking at’ suspending key right amid ‘invasion’ claim Constitution allows for habeas corpus to be suspended in times of rebellion or invasion

Jeez. The Trump administration is “looking at” ways to suspend habeas corpus, a Constitutional right that allows a person to challenge government detention, as a way to assist President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda

Heaven help America

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

This week on #StrongMessageHere we’re joined by Phil Wang to talk about national identity. Plus my genuinely hilarious encounter with a racist on X. It’s up now wherever you get your podcasts.

North Korea's Kim makes rare visit to Russian embassy as ties deepen North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made a rare visit to the Russian embassy in Pyongyang with his daughter on Friday to celebrate Russia's Victory Day to mark the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, state media said.

North Korea's Kim makes rare visit to Russian embassy as ties deepen reut.rs/43lyVy5

Courts have the power to review the constitutionality of presidential actions. The Supreme Court's decision in Marbury v. Madison (1803) established the principle of judicial review, which allows courts to strike down actions of the executive branch that are unconstitutional. So why haven’t they?

YouTube video by The Dangerous Ones Republican SNEAK ATTACK with Senator Alex Padilla

🚨Fighting voter suppression head-on!

Senator Alex Padilla joined politics battling California’s racist Prop 187.

NOW he’s fighting Trump’s SAVE Act, another sneak attack disguised as patriotism.

WATCH @alex-padilla4ca.bsky.social rally resistance: youtu.be/vJc19zrZl2k

Orlando City Commissioner Tony Ortiz just switched from Republican to Democratic.

“The Republican Party is not the party I signed up with... The marginalization of Latinos and immigrants—many of whom have helped build this country—is not leadership. It’s fear-based politics.”