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Jennifer Rubin: What now?<\/a><\/h2>\nIt is time\u2026<\/p>\n
The worst piece of legislation since the Slave Fugitive Act<\/a> passed 175 years ago rips a gash in the social safety net, delivers the largest transfer of wealth to the rich in memory, and supercharges a violent, reckless, and cruel deportation machine\u2014one which approves of \u201cspending<\/a> tens of billions of dollars to expand the unconstitutional kidnapping, trafficking, and confinement of people who\u2019ve committed no crime,\u201d as Massachusetts Democrat Sen. Elizabeth Warren put it. …
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\nIt is time<\/em> to stop berating House and Senate Democrats for not \u201cdoing enough.\u201d They did everything humanly possible to oppose the bill, pressure and shame Republicans, educate the public, and unify their ranks. …
\n…<\/p>\nIt is time<\/em> to focus instead on the MAGA culprits. …
\n…<\/p>\nIt is time<\/em> to tie every Republican incumbent on the ballot to the monstrous human results of the bill. …
\n…<\/p>\nIt is time<\/em> to change the contours of the electorate. Mass mobilization in protests, marches and rallies must draw in not just the already-committed but the never-before-engaged. Donald Trump voters who insist they \u201cNever voted for this\u201d must be allowed to return to the pro-democracy, pro-decency coalition. (Difficult as it may be, Democrats would be wise to hold dear the story of the prodigal son.)
\n…<\/p>\nIt is time<\/em> to focus on gubernatorial and state legislative elections in New Jersey and Virginia this year, where Democratic women with stellar credentials face off against MAGA Republicans who have wrapped their arms around Donald Trump.
\n…<\/p>\nIt is time.<\/em>
\n(Jennifer Rubin more…)<\/a><\/p>\nBulwark: Trump Probably Can\u2019t Believe How Easy It\u2019s Been<\/a><\/h2>\nHe\u2019s becoming a more effective bully, and no one is getting in his way.<\/p>\n
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Atlantic: Take Off the Mask, ICE<\/a><\/h2>\nThe federal government should prohibit the wearing of masks by ICE agents and require them to properly identify themselves.
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LAWdork: The Fourth in Beyonc\u00e9’s America, where the message was bright and clear<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – July 6, 2025<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nAll five living former directors of the NWS warned in May that the cuts \u201c[leave] the nation\u2019s official weather forecasting entity at a significant deficit\u2026just as we head into the busiest time for severe storm predictions like tornadoes and hurricanes\u2026. Our worst nightmare is that weather forecast offices will be so understaffed that there will be needless loss of life.\u201d<\/p>\n
But former NWS officials maintain the forecasts were as accurate as possible and noted the storm escalated abruptly. They told Christopher Flavelle of the New York Times<\/em> that the problem appeared to be that NWS had lost the staffers who would typically communicate with local authorities to spread the word of dangerous conditions. Molly Taft at Wired<\/em> confirmed that NWS published flash flood warnings but safety officials didn\u2019t send out public warnings until hours later.<\/p>\nMeanwhile, Kerr County\u2019s most senior elected official, Judge Rob Kelly, focused on local officials, telling Flavelle that the county did not have a warning system because such systems are expensive and \u201c[t]axpayers won\u2019t pay for it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Officials will continue to examine the crisis in Texas but, coming as it did after so many deep cuts to government, it has opened up questions about the public cost of those cuts. Project 2025 called for breaking up and downsizing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, claiming its six main offices\u2014including the National Weather Service\u2014\u201cform a colossal operation that has become one of the main drivers of the climate change alarm industry and, as such, is harmful to future U.S. prosperity,\u201d by which it meant the fossil fuel industry.<\/p>\n
CNN\u2019s Andrew Freedman, Emma Tucker, and Mary Gilbert note that several NWS offices across the country are so understaffed they can no longer operate around the clock, and many are no longer able to launch the weather balloons that provide critical data. The journalists also note that the Trump administration’s 2026 budget calls for eliminating \u201call of NOAA\u2019s weather and climate research labs along with institutes jointly run with universities around the country.\u201d
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\nNY Times: Officials Feared Flood Risk to Youth Camps but Rejected Warning System<\/a><\/h2>\nKerr County had discussed buying such things as water gauges and sirens after previous flood disasters. But as with many rural Texas counties, cost was an issue.
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Washington Post: U.S. measles cases reach 33-year record high as outbreaks spread<\/a><\/h2>\nJohns Hopkins University data reflects the public health reversal in defeating the vaccine-preventable disease since measles was officially eliminated from the U.S. in 2000.
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David Lat: Judicial Notice (07.06.25): Diddy Or Didn\u2019t He<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nThe racketeering and sex-trafficking counts were by far the most serious charges in the five-count indictment<\/a> against Combs; had he been convicted of them, he could have faced life in prison. So one can understand why Combs reacted jubilantly to the three \u201cnot guilty\u201d announcements, by pumping his fist, dropping to his knees, and holding his hands up in a prayer gesture toward the jurors.
\n…<\/p>\n… As for why Combs couldn\u2019t have been prosecuted for domestic violence or battery, the videotaped attack on Cassie took place in March 2016, but the videotape didn\u2019t become public until May 2024\u2014placing it beyond the statute of limitations.
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But some former federal prosecutors, including Elie Honig of CNN<\/a> and Ken White of Serious Trouble<\/a>, suggested that the government might have overcharged the case by making it a racketeering prosecution under the RICO Act. Intended to target complex criminal organizations like Mafia families, RICO stands for \u201cRacketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations,\u201d not \u201cRich Individuals with Copious Operatives\u201d (who are really good at making travel arrangements and stockpiling baby oil).<\/p>\nLooking ahead to sentencing, how much time could Combs end up serving on the Mann Act violations? His sentencing guidelines range is 21 to 27 months, according to the defense, or 51 to 63 months, according to the prosecution. And while the guidelines aren\u2019t binding, Judge Arun Subramanian (S.D.N.Y.) doesn\u2019t seem inclined to go easy on Diddy, who has already spent 10 months behind bars awaiting trial; in denying<\/a> his lawyers\u2019 post-verdict motion for release on bail, Judge Subramanian cited the defendant\u2019s \u201cdisregard for the rule of law\u201d and \u201cpropensity for violence.\u201d …
\n(David Lat more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Daily Beast: Musk Leads Right-Wing Meltdown Over Trump Administration\u2019s Epstein Review<\/a><\/h2>\nCROSSING OFF THE LIST
\nThe president\u2019s former first buddy lashed out after the DOJ and FBI concluded Epstein\u2019s notorious client list doesn\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n
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Borowitz: Americans Favor Work Requirements for Billionaires Receiving Tax Cuts<\/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
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Jennifer Rubin: What now?<\/a><\/h2>\nIt is time\u2026<\/p>\n
The worst piece of legislation since the Slave Fugitive Act<\/a> passed 175 years ago rips a gash in the social safety net, delivers the largest transfer of wealth to the rich in memory, and supercharges a violent, reckless, and cruel deportation machine\u2014one which approves of \u201cspending<\/a> tens of billions of dollars to expand the unconstitutional kidnapping, trafficking, and confinement of people who\u2019ve committed no crime,\u201d as Massachusetts Democrat Sen. Elizabeth Warren put it. …
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\nIt is time<\/em> to stop berating House and Senate Democrats for not \u201cdoing enough.\u201d They did everything humanly possible to oppose the bill, pressure and shame Republicans, educate the public, and unify their ranks. …
\n…<\/p>\nIt is time<\/em> to focus instead on the MAGA culprits. …
\n…<\/p>\nIt is time<\/em> to tie every Republican incumbent on the ballot to the monstrous human results of the bill. …
\n…<\/p>\nIt is time<\/em> to change the contours of the electorate. Mass mobilization in protests, marches and rallies must draw in not just the already-committed but the never-before-engaged. Donald Trump voters who insist they \u201cNever voted for this\u201d must be allowed to return to the pro-democracy, pro-decency coalition. (Difficult as it may be, Democrats would be wise to hold dear the story of the prodigal son.)
\n…<\/p>\nIt is time<\/em> to focus on gubernatorial and state legislative elections in New Jersey and Virginia this year, where Democratic women with stellar credentials face off against MAGA Republicans who have wrapped their arms around Donald Trump.
\n…<\/p>\nIt is time.<\/em>
\n(Jennifer Rubin more…)<\/a><\/p>\nBulwark: Trump Probably Can\u2019t Believe How Easy It\u2019s Been<\/a><\/h2>\nHe\u2019s becoming a more effective bully, and no one is getting in his way.<\/p>\n
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Atlantic: Take Off the Mask, ICE<\/a><\/h2>\nThe federal government should prohibit the wearing of masks by ICE agents and require them to properly identify themselves.
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LAWdork: The Fourth in Beyonc\u00e9’s America, where the message was bright and clear<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – July 6, 2025<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nAll five living former directors of the NWS warned in May that the cuts \u201c[leave] the nation\u2019s official weather forecasting entity at a significant deficit\u2026just as we head into the busiest time for severe storm predictions like tornadoes and hurricanes\u2026. Our worst nightmare is that weather forecast offices will be so understaffed that there will be needless loss of life.\u201d<\/p>\n
But former NWS officials maintain the forecasts were as accurate as possible and noted the storm escalated abruptly. They told Christopher Flavelle of the New York Times<\/em> that the problem appeared to be that NWS had lost the staffers who would typically communicate with local authorities to spread the word of dangerous conditions. Molly Taft at Wired<\/em> confirmed that NWS published flash flood warnings but safety officials didn\u2019t send out public warnings until hours later.<\/p>\nMeanwhile, Kerr County\u2019s most senior elected official, Judge Rob Kelly, focused on local officials, telling Flavelle that the county did not have a warning system because such systems are expensive and \u201c[t]axpayers won\u2019t pay for it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Officials will continue to examine the crisis in Texas but, coming as it did after so many deep cuts to government, it has opened up questions about the public cost of those cuts. Project 2025 called for breaking up and downsizing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, claiming its six main offices\u2014including the National Weather Service\u2014\u201cform a colossal operation that has become one of the main drivers of the climate change alarm industry and, as such, is harmful to future U.S. prosperity,\u201d by which it meant the fossil fuel industry.<\/p>\n
CNN\u2019s Andrew Freedman, Emma Tucker, and Mary Gilbert note that several NWS offices across the country are so understaffed they can no longer operate around the clock, and many are no longer able to launch the weather balloons that provide critical data. The journalists also note that the Trump administration’s 2026 budget calls for eliminating \u201call of NOAA\u2019s weather and climate research labs along with institutes jointly run with universities around the country.\u201d
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\nNY Times: Officials Feared Flood Risk to Youth Camps but Rejected Warning System<\/a><\/h2>\nKerr County had discussed buying such things as water gauges and sirens after previous flood disasters. But as with many rural Texas counties, cost was an issue.
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Washington Post: U.S. measles cases reach 33-year record high as outbreaks spread<\/a><\/h2>\nJohns Hopkins University data reflects the public health reversal in defeating the vaccine-preventable disease since measles was officially eliminated from the U.S. in 2000.
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David Lat: Judicial Notice (07.06.25): Diddy Or Didn\u2019t He<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nThe racketeering and sex-trafficking counts were by far the most serious charges in the five-count indictment<\/a> against Combs; had he been convicted of them, he could have faced life in prison. So one can understand why Combs reacted jubilantly to the three \u201cnot guilty\u201d announcements, by pumping his fist, dropping to his knees, and holding his hands up in a prayer gesture toward the jurors.
\n…<\/p>\n… As for why Combs couldn\u2019t have been prosecuted for domestic violence or battery, the videotaped attack on Cassie took place in March 2016, but the videotape didn\u2019t become public until May 2024\u2014placing it beyond the statute of limitations.
\n…<\/p>\n
But some former federal prosecutors, including Elie Honig of CNN<\/a> and Ken White of Serious Trouble<\/a>, suggested that the government might have overcharged the case by making it a racketeering prosecution under the RICO Act. Intended to target complex criminal organizations like Mafia families, RICO stands for \u201cRacketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations,\u201d not \u201cRich Individuals with Copious Operatives\u201d (who are really good at making travel arrangements and stockpiling baby oil).<\/p>\nLooking ahead to sentencing, how much time could Combs end up serving on the Mann Act violations? His sentencing guidelines range is 21 to 27 months, according to the defense, or 51 to 63 months, according to the prosecution. And while the guidelines aren\u2019t binding, Judge Arun Subramanian (S.D.N.Y.) doesn\u2019t seem inclined to go easy on Diddy, who has already spent 10 months behind bars awaiting trial; in denying<\/a> his lawyers\u2019 post-verdict motion for release on bail, Judge Subramanian cited the defendant\u2019s \u201cdisregard for the rule of law\u201d and \u201cpropensity for violence.\u201d …
\n(David Lat more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Daily Beast: Musk Leads Right-Wing Meltdown Over Trump Administration\u2019s Epstein Review<\/a><\/h2>\nCROSSING OFF THE LIST
\nThe president\u2019s former first buddy lashed out after the DOJ and FBI concluded Epstein\u2019s notorious client list doesn\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n
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Borowitz: Americans Favor Work Requirements for Billionaires Receiving Tax Cuts<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n<\/p>\n<\/center><\/p>\n
\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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\nIt is time<\/em> to stop berating House and Senate Democrats for not \u201cdoing enough.\u201d They did everything humanly possible to oppose the bill, pressure and shame Republicans, educate the public, and unify their ranks. …
\n…<\/p>\n
It is time<\/em> to focus instead on the MAGA culprits. … It is time<\/em> to tie every Republican incumbent on the ballot to the monstrous human results of the bill. … It is time<\/em> to change the contours of the electorate. Mass mobilization in protests, marches and rallies must draw in not just the already-committed but the never-before-engaged. Donald Trump voters who insist they \u201cNever voted for this\u201d must be allowed to return to the pro-democracy, pro-decency coalition. (Difficult as it may be, Democrats would be wise to hold dear the story of the prodigal son.) It is time<\/em> to focus on gubernatorial and state legislative elections in New Jersey and Virginia this year, where Democratic women with stellar credentials face off against MAGA Republicans who have wrapped their arms around Donald Trump. It is time.<\/em> He\u2019s becoming a more effective bully, and no one is getting in his way.<\/p>\n The federal government should prohibit the wearing of masks by ICE agents and require them to properly identify themselves. … But former NWS officials maintain the forecasts were as accurate as possible and noted the storm escalated abruptly. They told Christopher Flavelle of the New York Times<\/em> that the problem appeared to be that NWS had lost the staffers who would typically communicate with local authorities to spread the word of dangerous conditions. Molly Taft at Wired<\/em> confirmed that NWS published flash flood warnings but safety officials didn\u2019t send out public warnings until hours later.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Kerr County\u2019s most senior elected official, Judge Rob Kelly, focused on local officials, telling Flavelle that the county did not have a warning system because such systems are expensive and \u201c[t]axpayers won\u2019t pay for it.\u201d<\/p>\n Officials will continue to examine the crisis in Texas but, coming as it did after so many deep cuts to government, it has opened up questions about the public cost of those cuts. Project 2025 called for breaking up and downsizing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, claiming its six main offices\u2014including the National Weather Service\u2014\u201cform a colossal operation that has become one of the main drivers of the climate change alarm industry and, as such, is harmful to future U.S. prosperity,\u201d by which it meant the fossil fuel industry.<\/p>\n CNN\u2019s Andrew Freedman, Emma Tucker, and Mary Gilbert note that several NWS offices across the country are so understaffed they can no longer operate around the clock, and many are no longer able to launch the weather balloons that provide critical data. The journalists also note that the Trump administration’s 2026 budget calls for eliminating \u201call of NOAA\u2019s weather and climate research labs along with institutes jointly run with universities around the country.\u201d Kerr County had discussed buying such things as water gauges and sirens after previous flood disasters. But as with many rural Texas counties, cost was an issue. Johns Hopkins University data reflects the public health reversal in defeating the vaccine-preventable disease since measles was officially eliminated from the U.S. in 2000. … As for why Combs couldn\u2019t have been prosecuted for domestic violence or battery, the videotaped attack on Cassie took place in March 2016, but the videotape didn\u2019t become public until May 2024\u2014placing it beyond the statute of limitations. But some former federal prosecutors, including Elie Honig of CNN<\/a> and Ken White of Serious Trouble<\/a>, suggested that the government might have overcharged the case by making it a racketeering prosecution under the RICO Act. Intended to target complex criminal organizations like Mafia families, RICO stands for \u201cRacketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations,\u201d not \u201cRich Individuals with Copious Operatives\u201d (who are really good at making travel arrangements and stockpiling baby oil).<\/p>\n Looking ahead to sentencing, how much time could Combs end up serving on the Mann Act violations? His sentencing guidelines range is 21 to 27 months, according to the defense, or 51 to 63 months, according to the prosecution. 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\n(Jennifer Rubin more…)<\/a><\/p>\nBulwark: Trump Probably Can\u2019t Believe How Easy It\u2019s Been<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nAtlantic: Take Off the Mask, ICE<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nLAWdork: The Fourth in Beyonc\u00e9’s America, where the message was bright and clear<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nHeather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – July 6, 2025<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nAll five living former directors of the NWS warned in May that the cuts \u201c[leave] the nation\u2019s official weather forecasting entity at a significant deficit\u2026just as we head into the busiest time for severe storm predictions like tornadoes and hurricanes\u2026. Our worst nightmare is that weather forecast offices will be so understaffed that there will be needless loss of life.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\nNY Times: Officials Feared Flood Risk to Youth Camps but Rejected Warning System<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nDaily Beast: Musk Leads Right-Wing Meltdown Over Trump Administration\u2019s Epstein Review<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nThe president\u2019s former first buddy lashed out after the DOJ and FBI concluded Epstein\u2019s notorious client list doesn\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n
\nBorowitz: Americans Favor Work Requirements for Billionaires Receiving Tax Cuts<\/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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