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Biden “White House officials & outside analysts touted job creation linked to IRA investments in GOP districts & states as a tangible benefit of the law that would make it politically impossible to overturn.” Yet here we are, with the GOP on the verge of killing virtually every element of the IRA.

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I said it before & I’ll say it again, Biden team & climate ppl made little effort to focus IRA on Dem-voting areas, putting far more subsidies into electric cars than transit, promoting greenfield manufacturing rather than infill development… & Dem cities lost out, relatively, & now everyone will.

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New CNN reporting: The Trump admin has discussed helping Iran access <$30 billion to build a civilian-energy-producing nuclear program, easing sanctions, and freeing up billions of dollars in restricted Iranian funds–efforts to bring Tehran back to the negotiating table. www.cnn.com/2025/06/26/p...

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Rand Paul votes against advancing the reconciliation bill, joining Tillis

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An enraging story from NYT on the spread of measles in the U.S. — the direct consequence of deluded, irresponsible parents encouraged by anti-science public health figures now ascendant in the Trump admin. These people are endangering everyone. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...

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The kids aren't alright. www.axios.com/2025/06/21/g...

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Pleased to share a new report with Aspen Digital, “No Turning Back: AI’s Growing Role in News,” which synthesises insights from a convening of 80 UK and European media leaders on AI and news: buff.ly/K1LSzBl

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Wedding inflation. Don’t get drawn into it. No regrets at having had a very small registry office wedding followed by nice lunch for family. Still married 38years later. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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Public schools are facing a host of new pressures from all corners of government on a range of subjects. Check out our virtual schoolhouse to see some of the biggest headwinds. www.washingtonpost.com/education/in...

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My latest Mamdani vs. Trump could soon be the sharpest example of a wider global trend of mayors locking horns with nationalist leaders I spoke to Gergely Karacsony, mayor of Budapest, who is staging a Pride parade this weekend in the face of an Orban govt ban Non-paywalled link: wapo.st/4enVYw1

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Senator Wyden, ranking Democrat, reports preliminary CBO scores of $930B/10 years in #Medicaid cuts, under Senate reconciliation bill: www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-memb...

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Tillis: “I did my homework on behalf of North Carolinians, and I cannot support this bill in its current form. It would result in tens of billions of dollars in lost funding for North Carolina, including our hospitals and rural communities”

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Can ‘Ohio’s Anthony Fauci’ Stage a Political Comeback? politico.com/news/magazin... Great feature by @lizskalka.bsky.social on Amy Acton, the politician whose campaign is inherently forcing voters to remember life during the early days of the pandemic

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Jim McLaughlin, one of Trump’s top pollsters, said Republicans should nix the Senate's deeper Medicaid cuts in the megabill or risk deep backlash from voters.

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NEW: We all know Mamdani’s social campaign was killer. Top political and media strategists say it’s because he departed from Democrats’ standard playbook, engaging directly with opponents and hammering concrete policy points. wapo.st/4laXIeE

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GOP Sen. Thom Tillis says Trump's mega-bill is bad for North Carolina: "This will force the state to make painful decisions like eliminating Medicaid coverage for hundreds of thousands in the expansion population, and even reducing critical services for those in the traditional Medicaid population."

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I read Trump + Senate Republicans' "One Big Beautiful Bill" so you don't have to. It came out at midnight & we're still getting numbers in from Congress's bookkeepers. Early returns: Nearly $1 TRILLION in Medicaid cuts. Happy Saturday. Follow for more. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Orban banned Pride demonstrations in Hungary, but today’s march in Budapest drew record crowds in defiance: amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/06/...

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No one expects to have to start over from the bottom rung at age 50. But when the pandemic struck, marketing professional Stephen Starring Grant rose to the challenge. 🔗 Read more: https://on.wsj.com/3I0YbS9

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In today’s (free to read) newsletter: the idiocy of suggesting that NYC has become overrun by immigrants, Pentagon pizzas and the speed of the planets. s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...

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"Across the U.S. retail and manufacturing distribution chains, inventory has started to be re-ticketed with higher prices, by between 8%-15%, according to ITS Logistics, including for apparel and consumer product goods." 🚨🚨🚨 www.cnbc.com/2025/06/27/d...

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I’m going to be on vacation for the next two weeks — just at the moment when, after decades out in the wilderness, my profession has become hip again. open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...

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Challenge: Accepted! Patriotic songs: Janelle Monae, Americans Rickie Lee Jones, Tell Somebody Prince, Dear Mr. Man Johnny Cash, Man in Black Charles Mingus, Fables of Faubus and close it out upbeat: Los Lobos, Good Morning Aztlan

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Harvard and University of Toronto make contingency plan for international students reut.rs/4kVwvwy

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Trump vowed to end inflation "on day one," but prices keep rising under his policies apnews.com/article/infl...

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The Public Is Resisting Trump. The Elites Aren’t. @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social in @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-public...

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“I think we are churning behind closed doors to figure out which camp is going to win,” Sen. Elissa Slotkin said of the Democratic Party after Zohran Mamdani’s shock win in New York City’s mayoral primary this week.

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“Deliberately misleading the country”: Sen. @vanhollen.senate.gov, who attended a classified briefing today on the U.S. strike against Iran, slams Trump for lack of clarity surrounding the fate of Iran’s nuclear stockpile.

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The approach Trump took on Iran was not comprehensive or strategic, and that’s dangerous to the American people. Here’s what you need to know about how the Trump administration is falling short.

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Given what happened last time Tulsi Gabbard had to deal with intelligence that didn't suit Donald Trump's preferred storyline, her sudden announcement of new Iran intelligence doesn't come with much credibility.

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America’s top Army commander in Europe said yesterday that he expects troop levels to hold steady on the continent, despite all Trump’s bluster. While the Donald has unleashed unrestrained MAGA at home, the international picture looks increasingly conventional. www.stripes.com/branches/arm...

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Karoline Leavitt says today the July 9 deadline for country-specific tariffs to kick in is "not critical"—the latest signal from the White House that the date for reciprocal tariffs could be squishy My note: Trump will have to sign a new EO for that to hold true. Watch for that in the next 2 weeks

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A must read analysis. I can't recommend this highly enough. True expertise on the most pressing issues now. By @briannarosen.bsky.social @tessbridgeman.bsky.social and Nima Gerami

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On the heels of the DoD presser and congressional briefings on Iran... My latest on how the growing politicization of the U.S. #IntelligenceCommunity undermines decision-making on Iran and national security more broadly. 👇 #MidnightHammer #ODNI www.justsecurity.org/115642/intel...

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