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Sarah Jones: After Trump’s Economy Shrank More Than Expected, Karoline Leavitt Gaslights the Country
Karoline Leavitt announced that the Trump economy is “booming!” when just four days ago, red flags were raised about the Trump economy contracting even worse than expected.
The job of Donald Trump’s press secretary might not seem like an easy one, but when you really consider what it takes, it’s very easy. One must simply be willing to lie about any and everything at every moment.
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And so on Monday, Karoline Leavitt announced with the confidence of a seasoned liar, that the Trump economy is “booming!” when just four days ago, red flags were raised about the Trump economy contracting even worse than expected, with the first GDP drop in three years being a sharper and worse decline than expected.
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Yahoo! Finance: Bessent talks Fed succession options as Trump sends note to Powell
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – June 30, 2025
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In fact, the drive to slash health insurance is part of the Republicans’ determination to destroy the modern government.
(Heather Cox Richardson more…)Ron Fournier: Why MAGA’s Congress is Voting Against MAGA’s Interests
When retribution is a policy, we all pay.
NY Times: A Saber-Rattling Musk Promises a New Political Party if the G.O.P. Bill Passes
The billionaire and former Trump adviser suggested that if the domestic policy bill passed, he would swiftly form a new “America Party” and back primary challenges to Republicans.
Charlotte Clymer: We’re All Just Dead Mice to Republicans
And somehow the snake is still hungry.
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 Budget Committee, told NBC News after he released the 940-page legislation.
JD Vance: Everything else—the CBO score, the proper baseline, the minutiae of the Medicaid policy—is immaterial compared to the ICE money and immigration enforcement provisions.
Bulwark: The Big Beautiful Bill is a midlife crisis for congressional Republicans.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Student Sues School Over Pledge of Allegiance, Gov. Newsom Sues Fox for Lying
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I’m looking for a new means of measuring a person’s intelligence. It’s based less on accumulated knowledge than on how one uses knowledge to achieve happiness without exploiting others. A smart person acquires knowledge: an intelligent person uses that knowledge to achieve happiness.
…“The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of a 14-year-old student who said a teacher humiliated her for refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance in protest of U.S. support of Israel’s war in Gaza…Danielle Khalaf’s teacher told her, “Since you live in this country and enjoy its freedom, if you don’t like it, you should go back to your country,” according to the lawsuit…Danielle, whose family is of Palestinian descent, declined to recite the Pledge over three days in January…As a result, Danielle “suffered extensive emotional and social injuries,” including nightmares, stress and strained friendships, the lawsuit says.”
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AXIOS: What to know about the DOJ revoking citizenship of naturalized Americans
Adam Mockler: Elon Paid Millions for Trump to Deport Him
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Standing on the White House lawn, moments before boarding Air Force One to visit the new migrant detention site chillingly dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” Trump was asked if Musk could be deported. His response? “I don’t know. We’ll have to take a look.”Sarah Jones: Trump: DOGE is the Monster that Might Have to Eat Elon
Donald Trump threatened to put DOGE on Elon Musk when asked if he was going to deport the South African after Musk vowed to primary any Republican who voted for BBB.
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Fox News: Attorney General Pam Bondi warns ICEBlock app developer to ‘watch out,’ says DOJ is ‘looking at him’
ICEBlock allows anonymous users to share where they’ve seen ICE agents
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NY Times: Bush, Obama and Bono Commend USAID Staff Members on Their Last Day
Two ex-presidents and a rock star thanked the outgoing workers of a doomed agency.
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Dispatch: From Eisenhower to Hegseth
The greatness of man vs. the greatness of his manner.
… No mortal man has ever truly had the fate of the world on his back, but Eisenhower probably comes a lot closer at this moment than almost anybody has in a long time. Darkness rising. He comes to a decision, which he announces with these words:“Okay. Let’s go.”
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Forbes: Trump’s Crackdown On ‘Negative’ History At National Monuments Faces Sabotage By Counter-Protest
Just as digital protesters took credit for raining on Trump’s military parade, national park supporters appear to have flooded the Department of Interior’s feedback portal, possibly frustrating an order by Trump to remove any “negative” history from national parks and monuments.
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Irish Star: Trump’s mental competence in question again after incoherent ‘word salad’ in latest FOX News interview
President Donald Trump is blaming Democrats for leaking intelligence to the media about the amount of damage the U.S. strikes caused to Iranian nuclear sites, despite saying they didn’t inform the Democrats about the attacks.
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Borowitz: Trump Signs Executive Order Changing Meaning of Word Obliterate
Tracking the Lawsuits Against Trump’s Agenda
Project 2025 Tracker
DOGE Tracker
ProPublica: Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Wired: 6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Civil Liberties
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