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Trump Takes Credit for Infrastructure Projects
New York Times: “In recent months, a number of similar signs have popped up in front of major infrastructure projects financed by the bipartisan 2021 legislation, a $1.2 trillion package that Mr. Trump, who left office in January of that year, had passionately railed against. He called the bill ‘a loser for the U.S.A.,’ and warned that Republican lawmakers who signed on could be thrown out of office by angry primary voters…”
“The signs bearing Mr. Trump’s name now adorn bridge projects in Connecticut and Maryland; rail-yard improvement projects in Seattle, Boston and Philadelphia; and the replacement of a tunnel on Amtrak’s route between Baltimore and Washington.”
Allred Has the Edge Over Talarico
A Public Policy Polling survey in Texas finds Colin Allred (D) leading James Talarico (D) in the Democratic Senate primary, 40% to 32%.
Trump Declares War on Chicago
President Trump posted a meme that reimagined Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 Vietnam War dystopia “Apocalypse Now.”
In the poster military helicopters fly over the Chicago skyline while there’s a raging explosion.
And the caption from Trump: “I love the smell of deportations in the morning.”
Associated Press: Trump threatens Chicago with apocalyptic force and Pritzker calls him a “wannabe dictator.”
California GOP Braces for Redistricting ‘Catastrophe’
“Republicans wield almost no power in California. But as a moribund state party gathered here over the weekend, it confronted an even grimmer reality now suddenly settling in: If the state gerrymanders its congressional map, they’ll practically be an endangered species,” Politico reports.
Said GOP delegate Dale Quasny: “It’s a guillotine. We won’t be able to pick up the pieces and move forward. I mean, we were making a little headway, but this would be a catastrophe.”
Some Republicans Are Now Worried About RFK Jr.
“Seven months after they voted to confirm longtime anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the nation’s health secretary, some Republican senators are having second thoughts,” the Washington Post reports.
CNN: RFK Jr. decries testy Senate hearing as “theater.”
Russia Steps Up Disinformation Efforts
“Since returning to the White House in January, President Trump has dismantled the American government’s efforts to combat foreign disinformation. The problem is that Russia has not stopped spreading it,” the New York Times reports.
“How much that matters can now be seen in Moldova, a small but strategic European nation that has since the end of the Cold War looked to Europe and the United States to extract itself from Moscow’s shadow.”
“The Trump administration has slashed diplomatic and financial support for the country’s fight against Russian influence, even as the Kremlin has conducted what researchers and European officials described as an intense campaign to sway that country’s parliamentary elections, scheduled for Sept. 28.”
Every Election Is a Change Election Now
CNN: “In the 100 years between 1900 and 2000, control of the House, Senate or White House changed hands in Washington with relative infrequency and never in more than two elections in a row.”
“In the 25 years since 2000, the party controlling the White House and/or at least one chamber of Congress changed in all but two US elections.”
“It is an unprecedented period of political turnover in which voters have pulled the lever for some kind of change – either picking a president from a new party or flipping the majority in the House or Senate – nearly every time they’re given the chance in recent years.”
‘Even Beer Is Getting More Expensive’
Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow (D) put out a video showing how Donald Trump has made Sunday football more expensive.
Why Did Kamala Harris Lose?
Seth Masket polled Democratic Party county chairs in November 2024 and then again during the summer of 2025.
“What really stands out about this figure is that there was even less of a consensus about the causes of Harris’ loss in the summer of 2025 than there was right after election day in 2024. Most chairs had named economic conditions as their top narrative in November. This was still the top answer in July, but quite a few of those originally naming economic conditions had bled to blaming Biden’s unpopularity, candidate traits, or other causes.”
Trump Plans to Make Citizenship Test Harder
“The Trump administration is planning to make the test to become a U.S. citizen more difficult, possibly with an essay requirement that would help give officials wide discretion on which immigrants are approved,” Axios reports.
Quote of the Day
“JD ‘I don’t give a shit’ Vance says killing people he accuses of a crime is the ‘highest and best use of the military.’ Did he ever read To Kill a Mockingbird? Did he ever wonder what might happen if the accused were immediately executed without trial or representation??”
— Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), on X, tearing into Vance’s defense of the U.S. military’s strike on an alleged drug vessel leaving Venezuela.
Trump Tramples Congress’s Power
New York Times: “The Trump administration continues to erode the power of Congress, trampling on its constitutional prerogatives in ways large and small. Through it all, Republicans in charge have mostly shrugged — and in some cases, outright applauded — as their powers, once jealously guarded, diminish in ways that will be difficult to reverse.”
“In recent weeks, GOP leaders have looked on passively as the president has fired a litany of agency leaders whom senators worked for weeks to confirm, from the CDC to the Internal Revenue Service to the Federal Reserve.”
“And they have shown little appetite for challenging the administration, even as a few have expressed occasional displeasure about the consequences of their decisions earlier this year to swallow their reservations about some of his nominees and confirm them.”
‘Pro-Family’ Voters Dismayed at Trump
“Donald Trump this spring dubbed himself the ‘fertilization president,'” Politico reports.
“But some conservative family policy advocates say he’s done little so far to publicly back that up and are pushing to get the White House in the remaining months of the year to prioritize family policy — and help Americans make more babies.”
Pardoned Capitol Rioter Arrested Again
The Jan. 6 rioter seen in photos wearing a “Camp Auschwitz” hoodie inside the U.S. Capitol building has been arrested in Virginia on charges stemming from a dog attack, ABC News reports.
Exchange of the Day
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was interviewed on Meet the Press by Kristen Welker:
WELKER: Hasbro says they’re going to have to increase their prices. Goldman Sachs says 86% of the tariff revenue collected so far has been paid by American businesses and consumers. So just bottom line, Mr. Secretary, do you acknowledge that these tariffs are attacks on American consumers?
BESSENT: No, I don’t.
WELKER: Even though you have companies saying they are going to have to increase prices, and given the fact that 86% of these tariffs so far have been paid by Americans.
BESSENT: No, no, no, no, no, you’re quoting Goldman Sachs.
WELKER: Yes, Goldman Sachs. That’s correct, which I said, yeah.
BESSENT: I made a good career of trading against Goldman Sachs.
Chinese Hackers Pretended to Be a Top U.S. Lawmaker
“As the Trump administration’s contentious trade talks with China were set to begin in Sweden last July, staffers on the House committee focused on U.S. competition with China began to get puzzling inquiries,“ the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Several trade groups, law firms and U.S. government agencies had all received an email appearing to be from the committee’s chairman, Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI), asking for input on proposed sanctions with which the legislators were planning to target Beijing.”
“‘Your insights are essential,’ the email read, asking the groups to review a draft of the legislation attached to the message. But why had the chairman sent the message from a nongovernment address?”
“It turned out to be the latest in a series of alleged cyber espionage campaigns linked to Beijing, timed to potentially deploy spyware against organizations giving input on President Trump’s trade negotiations.”
Democrats Must Practice Responsible Retaliation
Ed Kilgore: “Democrats shouldn’t reflexively ape Trump’s every excess, particularly in formulating an agenda for their eventual return to power. They currently have the high ground with a small but strategically critical share of voters who dislike partisan power grabs no matter who is carrying them out. These voters may not want to restore Democrats to power in 2026 or 2028 if they believe that when it comes to lawless conduct, ‘both sides do it.’”
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