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No President Has Had Something Like Trump’s Megabill
Ed Kilgore: “Thanks to this bill, Trump could resign tomorrow and still point to an enduring legacy. Quite a few of his executive orders may ultimately be reversed or curtailed…
A Few Thoughts on the Republican Budget Bill
Despite abysmal public polling and private doubts from within their own ranks, Republicans pushed through a sweeping budget reconciliation package that cements their policy vision for the country. The vote…
Google Might Be Next to Settle With Trump
The Atlantic: “Trump sued Zuckerberg, Pichai, and the former CEO of Twitter (which Musk later purchased and renamed X) in 2021 for restricting his accounts after the January 6 attack…
Did the Republicans Just Blow Up the Trump Coalition?
Dan Pfeiffer: “This is the least popular piece of major legislation passed since the advent of polling nearly a century ago. But how does this vote impact Republican chances in…
July 4th Special
If you’ve been considering becoming a Political Wire member — and getting all the great benefits — I’m pleased to offer a special 20% discount of an annual membership for…
House Passes Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
“Republicans on Thursday notched the first major legislative victory of President Donald Trump’s second term, a mammoth tax and immigration agenda the GOP hopes will reshape the U.S. economy and…
Inside Hakeem Jeffries’ Decision to Stall Trump’s Bill
“The overwhelming consensus on Capitol Hill was that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) would only delay President Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ by about an hour. As noon approached on…
One More Bonus Quote of the Day
“Tax breaks for billionaires — permanent. Tax breaks for everybody else expire.” — Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), quoted by Punchbowl News, on the Republican budget reconciliation bill. Save to Favorites
Let’s Get Specific
Derek Thompson: “Zohran Mamdani isn’t just charismatic; he’s charismatically specific. In his campaign videos, he’ll walk through city bodegas to tell voters how he might tweak the details of urban…
This Is Who Trump Wants to Protect Whistleblowers
“The man President Donald Trump wants to put in charge of protecting whistleblowers – and rooting out government corruption – is a 30-year-old lawyer with barely a year of government…
A New Front in Trump’s War on Democracy
Here’s a story that shouldn’t be buried in a pre-holiday news dump… The New York Times reports the Justice Department is weighing whether to bring criminal charges against state and…
Another Bonus Quote of the Day
“We met with President Trump, and, you know, he did a masterful job of laying out how we could improve it, how he could use his chief executive office, use…
Supreme Court to Take Up Case on Transgender Athletes
“The Supreme Court is diving back into the culture war issue of transgender rights, adding a potentially blockbuster case on transgender athletes to its next term,” USA Today reports. “The…
Jeffries Has His Moment in Hourslong Speech
“Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the Democratic leader, passed the four-hour mark on Thursday morning in a marathon speech in the House opposing Republicans’ signature legislation carrying out President…
Droughts Worldwide Push Millions Towards Starvation
“Drought is pushing tens of millions of people to the edge of starvation around the world, in a foretaste of a global crisis that is rapidly deepening with climate breakdown,”…
How Hunter Biden Helped Derail His Father’s Re-Election
Wall Street Journal: “On June 3, Hunter Biden reported to a federal courthouse in Wilmington, Del., to face three felony charges for lying on a federal firearms application and possessing…
Pentagon Admits Iran’s Nuclear Program Not Obliterated
The Bulwark: “Last week, the White House insisted Iran’s nuclear program had been totally ‘obliterated’ and went to war against a low-confidence preliminary intelligence assessment that the program had only…
White House Planning Signing Ceremony for Megabill
The White House is planning a Friday 9 a.m. ET signing ceremony for the budget reconciliation bill, Punchbowl News reports. Save to Favorites
Trump’s Big Beautiful Debt Bomb
Paul Krugman: “And that’s why I was a deficit dove in, say, 2011. America needed to run substantial deficits to recover from the 2008 financial crisis. But I didn’t think…
Hiring Defied Expectations Last Month
The U.S. added 147,000 jobs in June, the Labor Department reported Thursday, above the gain of 110,000 jobs economists had expected, the Wall Street Journal reports. The unemployment rate fell…
