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WSJ: U.S. Firms Cut Jobs for First Time in Two Years, ADP Report Shows<\/a><\/h2>\nAmerican employers shed 33,000 staff last month, a new report showed, in an unexpectedly weak readout on U.S. labor-market health.<\/p>\n
\n- The ADP data undershot consensus expectations for job growth of 100,0000 positions in June, according to economists polled by The Wall Street Journal.\n
- It was the first pullback since March 2023.\n
- There were notable job losses in professional and business services, and education and health services, but gains in leisure and hospitality, and in manufacturing.\n
- “Though layoffs continue to be rare, a hesitancy to hire and a reluctance to replace departing workers led to job losses last month. Still, the slowdown in hiring has yet to disrupt pay growth,” said Nela Richardson, chief economist at ADP.\n
- Figures for May were revised down, to an increase of 29,000 positions, from an earlier 37,000.\n<\/ul>\n
\n(WSJ more…)<\/a><\/p>\nMarketWatch: Be very skeptical of ADP report showing economy lost jobs for the first time in years<\/a><\/h2>\nWSJ: Hiring Defied Expectations in June, With 147,000 New Jobs<\/a><\/h2>\nYCharts: June ADP Report vs. Jobs Report: How Advisors Reconcile Conflicting Jobs Data<\/a><\/h2>\nWSJ: The Jobs Market Is Starting to Fall Apart<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – July 2, 2025<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nFar-right Republicans think the bill doesn\u2019t make steep enough cuts; Republicans from swing districts recognize that supporting it will badly hurt both their constituents and their hopes of reelection. But Trump has demanded Congress pass the measure before July 4, an arbitrary date he seems to have chosen because of its historical significance.<\/p>\n
A new element in the Republicans\u2019 calculation emerged a few days ago as billionaire Elon Musk reentered the fight over the measure, warning he would start a new political party over it. He has threatened to run primary challengers against lawmakers who vote yes, a threat that is a counterweight to Trump\u2019s threat to run primary challengers against lawmakers who vote no. Already Musk has claimed to be donating to the reelection campaign of Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY), an outspoken opponent of the bill.
\n…<\/p>\n
Trump also met with far-right members, but because the Senate measure must pass the House unchanged, he can offer them little except to promise they will fix the bill after it passes. While that appeared to work on at least one representative, Representative Tim Burchett (R-TN) told the NOTUS<\/em> reporters: \u201cNow we\u2019re having to once again hear the line, \u2018Let\u2019s pass this and then we\u2019ll fix it later,\u2019 And we never fix it later, and America knows that.\u201d
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Bulwark: Republicans Always Chicken Out<\/a><\/h2>\nThey try to pretend they\u2019re not going to do whatever Trump says . . . and then they always do it.<\/p>\n
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Dean Blundell: Musk vs. Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Feud Ends In Humiliation For Musk. Again.<\/a><\/h2>\nElon just surrendered to Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” threats for a second time…<\/p>\n
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Robert Reich: Why They Hate Education<\/a><\/h2>\nWhat Trump, Vance, Stefanik, and Viktor Orban have in common
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Raw Story: ‘Bizarro’: Military leaders aghast as Zuckerberg strolls into secret WH meeting<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nA bizarre security breach unfolded in the Oval Office when Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg unexpectedly wandered into a classified meeting about the Air Force’s new F-47 fighter jets, according to insiders who talked to NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe intrusion left high-level defense experts alarmed \u2014 and revealed the Trump administration’s increasingly casual approach to national security protocols, the report stated.<\/p>\n
According to NBC, Zuckerberg wandered in unannounced, shocking White House staffers who leapt to remove the tech billionaire from the sensitive military briefing. The report doesn’t say when the meeting happened.
\n(Raw Story more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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NY Times: Top F.D.A. Official Overrode Scientists on Covid Shots<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nRecords show that a top U.S. regulator rejected the recommendations of agency experts and limited the use of Covid vaccines.<\/p>\nThe Food and Drug Administration\u2019s top vaccine official rejected broad uses of two Covid vaccines, citing unknown risks or injuries despite assurances of safety from dozens of staff experts, newly released documents show.<\/p>\n
The decisions by the official, Dr. Vinay Prasad, the agency\u2019s new chief medical and scientific officer, stunned agency veterans. Records show that the F.D.A.\u2019s vaccine staff members had signed off on approving the Novavax vaccine, an alternative to mRNA shots and weeks later on the next-generation of the mRNA Covid shot by Moderna for anyone 12 and older.
\n(NY Times more…)<\/a><\/p>\nJames Eagle: Is expensive medicine part of US life?<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Amelia Mavis Christnot: No One Is Illegal On Stolen Land\u2014ICE Versus the Indigenous in MAGA’s America<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n…<\/p>\nMany Americans worry no one is safe as the Trump administration works to eliminate the 14th Amendment\u2019s provision of birthright citizenship.<\/p>\n
Except for Indigenous Americans, of course. They’re safe, right?
\n…<\/p>\n
Ironically, the people targeting these Natives of the Americas\u2014labeling them immigrants\u2014can claim only a few hundred years or less on the land they now say is solely their own, having crossed an open border from the 17th to early 20th century.
\n(Amelia Mavis Christnot more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Ezekiel Kweku: This Is the Birthright Reckoning That America Needs<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Allison Gill: Mr. Abrego’s Account of Torture at CECOT in El Salvador<\/a><\/h2>\nMr. Abrego has filed an amended complaint asking the court to declare the government’s actions unlawful and to order his release. He describes his torture in El Salvador in the complaint.<\/p>\n
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LA Times: \u2018Shock and disbelief\u2019: U.S. citizen says ICE arrested her during Santa Ana park raid<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nHeidi Plummer, a U.S. citizen and Orange County attorney, strolled through Centennial Regional Park in Santa Ana on June 14 to clear her mind after a family funeral when she suddenly encountered an immigration raid.
\n…<\/p>\nShe stood only a few feet from the sweep, she said, when ICE agents approached and arrested her. Plummer said the federal agents didn\u2019t ask any questions before taking her personal belongings and leading her back to their vans.<\/p>\n
Plummer, who is half-Ecuadorian, began advising people of their rights after agents handcuffed her. In Spanish, she told those arrested by ICE not to answer any questions and to ask for a lawyer.
\n…<\/p>\n
Plummer said she provided authorities with her identification. After about an hour-and-a-half, they returned her ID, cellphone and released her.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for ICE did not respond to a TimesOC request for comment.<\/p>\n
…
\n\u201cIt\u2019s pretty clear that it\u2019s racial profiling,\u201d Jesse Rivera, an attorney representing Plummer, said of the raid. \u201cThey\u2019re going in and just grabbing Latinos. It\u2019s a clear violation of these individuals\u2019 constitutional rights.\u201d
\n(LA Times more…)<\/a><\/p>\nSarah Jones: ICE Inflicts Generational Trauma on Wrong Man as His Children and Wife Sob<\/a><\/h2>\nICE grabbed the wrong man in front of an immigration building. His children started sobbing as his wife refused to leave his side. Turns out, they grabbed the wrong man.<\/p>\n
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NY Times: Judge Rejects Trump\u2019s Attempt to Stop Asylum Claims<\/a><\/h2>\nThe judge wrote that neither the Constitution nor federal immigration law gave the president the authority to \u201cadopt an alternative immigration system.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Nicholas Kristof: U.S.A.I.D. Might Be Dead, but the Waste Is Alive and Well<\/a><\/h2>\nBecause of DOGE\u2019s misguided cuts, drugs donated to save lives will probably expire. Trump could still fix this.<\/p>\n
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Al Jazeera: US says its strikes degraded Iran\u2019s nuclear programme by one to two years<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nTracking the Lawsuits Against Trump\u2019s Agenda<\/a><\/h2>\nTrump Pardons Database<\/a><\/h2>\nProject 2025 Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\nDOGE Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\nProPublica: Elon Musk\u2019s Demolition Crew<\/a><\/h2>\nWired: 6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration\u2019s Attacks on Civil Liberties<\/a><\/h2>\n\n- The Impact Map<\/a>\n
- United States Disappeared Tracke<\/a>r\n
- ICE Flight Tracking<\/a>\n
- Regulatory Changes Tracker<\/a>\n
- Trump Administration Litigation Trackers<\/a>\n
- Far Right Groups Targeting Pride Month<\/a>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ul>\n
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… A new element in the Republicans\u2019 calculation emerged a few days ago as billionaire Elon Musk reentered the fight over the measure, warning he would start a new political party over it. He has threatened to run primary challengers against lawmakers who vote yes, a threat that is a counterweight to Trump\u2019s threat to run primary challengers against lawmakers who vote no. Already Musk has claimed to be donating to the reelection campaign of Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY), an outspoken opponent of the bill. Trump also met with far-right members, but because the Senate measure must pass the House unchanged, he can offer them little except to promise they will fix the bill after it passes. While that appeared to work on at least one representative, Representative Tim Burchett (R-TN) told the NOTUS<\/em> reporters: \u201cNow we\u2019re having to once again hear the line, \u2018Let\u2019s pass this and then we\u2019ll fix it later,\u2019 And we never fix it later, and America knows that.\u201d They try to pretend they\u2019re not going to do whatever Trump says . . . and then they always do it.<\/p>\n Elon just surrendered to Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” threats for a second time…<\/p>\n What Trump, Vance, Stefanik, and Viktor Orban have in common The intrusion left high-level defense experts alarmed \u2014 and revealed the Trump administration’s increasingly casual approach to national security protocols, the report stated.<\/p>\n According to NBC, Zuckerberg wandered in unannounced, shocking White House staffers who leapt to remove the tech billionaire from the sensitive military briefing. The report doesn’t say when the meeting happened. The Food and Drug Administration\u2019s top vaccine official rejected broad uses of two Covid vaccines, citing unknown risks or injuries despite assurances of safety from dozens of staff experts, newly released documents show.<\/p>\n The decisions by the official, Dr. Vinay Prasad, the agency\u2019s new chief medical and scientific officer, stunned agency veterans. Records show that the F.D.A.\u2019s vaccine staff members had signed off on approving the Novavax vaccine, an alternative to mRNA shots and weeks later on the next-generation of the mRNA Covid shot by Moderna for anyone 12 and older. Many Americans worry no one is safe as the Trump administration works to eliminate the 14th Amendment\u2019s provision of birthright citizenship.<\/p>\n Except for Indigenous Americans, of course. They’re safe, right? Ironically, the people targeting these Natives of the Americas\u2014labeling them immigrants\u2014can claim only a few hundred years or less on the land they now say is solely their own, having crossed an open border from the 17th to early 20th century. Mr. Abrego has filed an amended complaint asking the court to declare the government’s actions unlawful and to order his release. He describes his torture in El Salvador in the complaint.<\/p>\n She stood only a few feet from the sweep, she said, when ICE agents approached and arrested her. Plummer said the federal agents didn\u2019t ask any questions before taking her personal belongings and leading her back to their vans.<\/p>\n Plummer, who is half-Ecuadorian, began advising people of their rights after agents handcuffed her. In Spanish, she told those arrested by ICE not to answer any questions and to ask for a lawyer. Plummer said she provided authorities with her identification. 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\n(WSJ more…)<\/a><\/p>\nMarketWatch: Be very skeptical of ADP report showing economy lost jobs for the first time in years<\/a><\/h2>\n
WSJ: Hiring Defied Expectations in June, With 147,000 New Jobs<\/a><\/h2>\n
YCharts: June ADP Report vs. Jobs Report: How Advisors Reconcile Conflicting Jobs Data<\/a><\/h2>\n
WSJ: The Jobs Market Is Starting to Fall Apart<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – July 2, 2025<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nFar-right Republicans think the bill doesn\u2019t make steep enough cuts; Republicans from swing districts recognize that supporting it will badly hurt both their constituents and their hopes of reelection. But Trump has demanded Congress pass the measure before July 4, an arbitrary date he seems to have chosen because of its historical significance.<\/p>\n
\n…<\/p>\n
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\nBulwark: Republicans Always Chicken Out<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nDean Blundell: Musk vs. Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Feud Ends In Humiliation For Musk. Again.<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nRobert Reich: Why They Hate Education<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nRaw Story: ‘Bizarro’: Military leaders aghast as Zuckerberg strolls into secret WH meeting<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n<\/a>
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\nA bizarre security breach unfolded in the Oval Office when Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg unexpectedly wandered into a classified meeting about the Air Force’s new F-47 fighter jets, according to insiders who talked to NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n(Raw Story more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\nNY Times: Top F.D.A. Official Overrode Scientists on Covid Shots<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nRecords show that a top U.S. regulator rejected the recommendations of agency experts and limited the use of Covid vaccines.<\/p>\n
\n(NY Times more…)<\/a><\/p>\nJames Eagle: Is expensive medicine part of US life?<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nAmelia Mavis Christnot: No One Is Illegal On Stolen Land\u2014ICE Versus the Indigenous in MAGA’s America<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n…<\/p>\n
\n…<\/p>\n
\n(Amelia Mavis Christnot more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\nEzekiel Kweku: This Is the Birthright Reckoning That America Needs<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n(Ezekiel Kweku more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAllison Gill: Mr. Abrego’s Account of Torture at CECOT in El Salvador<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nLA Times: \u2018Shock and disbelief\u2019: U.S. citizen says ICE arrested her during Santa Ana park raid<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nHeidi Plummer, a U.S. citizen and Orange County attorney, strolled through Centennial Regional Park in Santa Ana on June 14 to clear her mind after a family funeral when she suddenly encountered an immigration raid.
\n…<\/p>\n
\n…<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIt\u2019s pretty clear that it\u2019s racial profiling,\u201d Jesse Rivera, an attorney representing Plummer, said of the raid. \u201cThey\u2019re going in and just grabbing Latinos. It\u2019s a clear violation of these individuals\u2019 constitutional rights.\u201d
\n(LA Times more…)<\/a><\/p>\nSarah Jones: ICE Inflicts Generational Trauma on Wrong Man as His Children and Wife Sob<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nNY Times: Judge Rejects Trump\u2019s Attempt to Stop Asylum Claims<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nNicholas Kristof: U.S.A.I.D. Might Be Dead, but the Waste Is Alive and Well<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nAl Jazeera: US says its strikes degraded Iran\u2019s nuclear programme by one to two years<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nTracking the Lawsuits Against Trump\u2019s Agenda<\/a><\/h2>\n
Trump Pardons Database<\/a><\/h2>\n
Project 2025 Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\n
DOGE Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\n
ProPublica: Elon Musk\u2019s Demolition Crew<\/a><\/h2>\n
Wired: 6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration\u2019s Attacks on Civil Liberties<\/a><\/h2>\n
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