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Nebraska Rep. Mike Flood was booed relentlessly at his own town hall as he admitted to a roomful of constituents he'd simply not read some parts of Trump’s big, beautiful budget bill. “You voted for all of it!” someone shouted. https://trib.al/dsjICs7

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RFK Jr. has bragged his “Make America Healthy Again” report, released last week, is based on “gold-standard” science: In reality, its citations are error-ridden, with missing links, incorrect conclusions, and sometimes even made-up studies. https://trib.al/z8Vaz4X

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In one case, the supposed author of a study on anxiety in adolescents, epidemiologist Katherine Keyes, was surprised to find she was cited in the report for a paper she didn’t even write. https://trib.al/WAKKfDb

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Many of our billionaires are richer than any pharaoh or king in the history of the world, while a family lifestyle that could be comfortably supported by a single income in 1980 takes two people working full-time to maintain today. https://trib.al/X9l4PzM

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Rep. Ashley Hinson told an Iowa town hall audience that God saved Trump’s life last July. She was met with an overwhelming chorus of boos. https://trib.al/CZFUeZP

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It happens every few generations: the Confederates who attempted succession in the 1860s; the robber barons who murdered union organizers and catapulted America into the Great Depression; and it’s why wages stagnated post-Reagan. The rise of greedy oligarchs. https://trib.al/tzbfXwS

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Many of our billionaires are richer than any pharaoh or king in the history of the world, while a family lifestyle that could be comfortably supported by a single income in 1980 takes two people working full-time to maintain today. https://trib.al/X9l4PzM

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Nebraska Rep. Mike Flood was booed relentlessly at his own town hall as he admitted to a roomful of constituents he'd simply not read some parts of Trump’s big, beautiful budget bill. “You voted for all of it!” someone shouted. https://trib.al/dsjICs7

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A jawdropping ProPublica report reveals the Trump administration knew many of the 238 Venezuelans it shipped off to a notorious Salvadoran megaprison had no criminal records—and did it anyway. https://trib.al/p7MAdma

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Iowa Republican Senator Joni Ernst was cut off when an audience member shouted, “People are going to die!” “People are not—well, we all are going to die,” Ernst responded, as the audience drowned her in loud protests. https://trib.al/Je0Dp5L

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TPS is a long-standing program that allowed those 500,000 immigrants to stay in the U.S. after they fled violence and risk in their home countries. Now, all of them are at risk. https://trib.al/YaxvSmv

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Trump’s dystopian plan is already underway: collecting data on every American, potentially to wield surveillance powers over us. And the administration has been very quiet about these efforts. https://trib.al/IYmRKt2

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It happens every few generations: It’s what drove Confederate oligarchs to attempt succession in the 1860s; robber barons to murder union organizers at the turn of the 20th century; and it’s why wages have stagnated since the Reagan revolution. The rise of greedy oligarchs. https://trib.al/f8tpkYv

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What’s really at issue here is whether Trump can simply pull “emergencies” out of his rear to assume dictatorial powers for himself. The court is saying, No, you can’t. Trump’s rant basically says: Yes, I can. https://trib.al/B1IaKZK

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Former deputy chief of staff to President George W. Bush slammed Trump on several areas, including the president’s admission that as a result of his tariffs “children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls." Trump didn’t take kindly to the feedback. https://trib.al/YC6wgzR

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It happens every few generations: It’s what drove Confederate oligarchs to attempt succession in the 1860s; robber barons to murder union organizers at the turn of the 20th century; and it’s why wages have stagnated since the Reagan revolution. The rise of greedy oligarchs. https://trib.al/f8tpkYv

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“Diversity is now described as ‘illegal.’ Equity is to be shunned. Inclusion is a dirty word.” Pelley never explicitly named Trump—but the message was clear. https://trib.al/QrJ2kxT

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The State Department has plans to establish an “Office of Remigration": a white supremacist concept pushed by Austrian neo-Nazi Martin Sellner that posits all immigrants and “non-assimilated citizens” be forcibly removed. With the goal of establishing a white ethnostate. https://trib.al/iZknJKE

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Trump explicitly equates lawful limits imposed on his powers by Congress—and upheld by judges—with the total destruction of presidential authority. Letting this ruling stand, he rages, would “completely destroy Presidential Power.” https://trib.al/SbdQ07g

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It happens every few generations: the Confederates who attempted succession in the 1860s; the robber barons who murdered union organizers and catapulted America into the Great Depression; and it’s why wages stagnated post-Reagan. The rise of greedy oligarchs. https://trib.al/pBnqQED

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Despite the fanfare over Elon Musk’s supposed departure, “This is not the end of DOGE, but really the beginning," Musk said. 🔑 Plus, the president made sure to give Musk a gaudy golden key to make sure he could get back into the White House. https://trib.al/olXaiHN

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AI researchers claim there’s “definitive” proof the Health Secretary and his team used AI to write his MAHA report. Some of the 522 scientific references in the report include the phrase “OAIcite” in their URLs—a marker indicating the use of OpenAI.

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The administration is losing these cases for a simple reason: They’re breaking the damn law. They’re invoking old and obscure laws and insisting that they confer upon them the authority to do things they don’t have the authority to do. https://trib.al/5PfgqRd

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Trump's eruption at Leonard Leo is deranged but the really bad part is where Trump basically says straight out that he should be allowed to disregard Congress when he decrees there's an emergency. He's laying the whole tyrant thing bare. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/1959...

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Musk being an avid drug user is unsurprising, but doing so while hugely impacting the president’s policy is very troubling. Sources close to Elon Musk say his drug use was so bad it affected his bladder. https://trib.al/vU1iLwf

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Musk was getting high on ketamine, psychedelics, Adderall, and ecstasy frequently while on the campaign trail for Trump last year. Multiple sources reported that he was using so much ketamine that it was hurting his bladder, a common side effect. https://trib.al/gV71d4a

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Remarkable: It suddenly appears that there's a real chance Trump's tariffs will be stopped in the courts. On the pod, @ilyasomin.bsky.social, a lawyer on the lawsuit that just won a temporary victory, explains the whole case in under 20 minutes. You'll learn a ton: newrepublic.com/article/1958...

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New Column: Trump keeps losing court cases cuz, well, he keeps breaking the law. Pretty simple. newrepublic.com/post/195906/... via @newrepublic.com

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Kristi Noem is celebrating the arrest of a Mexican man she claims made a threat against Donald Trump’s life—but law enforcement thinks he’s been framed, according to a CNN exclusive report. https://trib.al/Y3qxBga

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“The only attempted coup here is, as the courts have ruled, the president’s attempt to usurp a power that belongs to Congress on the basis of a bogus emergency.” https://trib.al/OBekgRG

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President Trump unleashed a furious screed lamenting his recent legal loss on tariffs, and pointed the finger at “sleazebag” conservative billionaire Leonard Leo ... the man who recommended several of Trump’s Supreme Court picks. https://trib.al/l2ql6Wt

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“Trump is now trying to act like a monarch himself, imposing what would be a massive $2 trillion tax increase on Americans without any meaningful congressional authorization.” https://trib.al/I8cu8T6

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In one case, the supposed author of a study on anxiety in adolescents, epidemiologist Katherine Keyes, was surprised to find she was cited in the report for a paper she didn’t even write. https://trib.al/CMJb1j0

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Earlier this month, Kennedy did say something that is worth following: He said the public should not look to him for medical advice. Considering how much information in his signature report appears to be made up, that sounds like a good idea. https://trib.al/pk4y4nU

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Granted humanitarian permission to enter the U.S. from Mexico in 2023, the child is receiving treatment for a rare bowel condition. But last month, the family received a notice telling them to leave the country. https://trib.al/F6fQDXh

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Nebraska Rep. Mike Flood was booed relentlessly at his own town hall as he admitted to a roomful of constituents he'd simply not read some parts of Trump’s big, beautiful budget bill. “You voted for all of it!” someone shouted. https://trib.al/T79iBHV

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Gaza has endured 11 weeks of a blockade so total it lacks any precedent in modern history. Eleven weeks. Bones started showing through skin. Children were whittled down to a few kilograms. Worms found the last sacks of flour before the people did. https://trib.al/WqXwyEn

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All policy is climate policy. Cuts that make people poorer also make them more vulnerable to baking in their homes; programs that keep people out of poverty help them avoid meeting that fate. https://trib.al/zZIu4b1

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“They break the law out in the open over and over again precisely because they want the people to think that the law simply doesn’t apply anymore.” https://trib.al/5PaK0Tm

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Rep. Ashley Hinson told an Iowa town hall audience that God saved Trump’s life last July. She was met with an overwhelming chorus of boos. https://trib.al/roGtK6n

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Remarkable point from @katherinestewart.bsky.social here: A big part of Trump's lawless assault on Harvard is about fomenting terror and uncertainty about what the autocrat will do next. Here's our exchange on this idea, and a link to the full transcript: newrepublic.com/article/1958...

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Earlier this year, the Trump administration announced it would scale back enforcement of the FACE Act, which prohibits obstruction and property damage of abortion clinics. Abortion providers now worry about an increased threat environment, and emboldened protesters. newrepublic.com/article/1958...

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I wrote about how the GOP wants poor people to bake in their homes in what could be the hottest summer ever, and why welfare programs are climate policies, too newrepublic.com/article/1958...

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My latest explains how the Court of International Trade puts Congress to shame. newrepublic.com/article/1958...

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“The Trump administration doesn’t have a vision for how to improve American education. He’s really only promising to debilitate it.” https://trib.al/2ippG6V

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“Trump is failing according to his own account. So where does this go? It just seems like a deeply contradictory position.” https://trib.al/rH2c7Hx

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Trump wants to bring Harvard “to its knees,” as if this is unremarkable, when it should be depicted as the power-crazed ravings of a Mad King. https://trib.al/i5CkOmI

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U.S. District Court Judge Allison Burroughs agreed to extend a temporary restraining order preventing the Trump administration from enforcing its action. News of the order sparked a wave of relief at Harvard’s commencement, as students learned their peers are safe—for now. https://trib.al/FktrfCS

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Trump’s 250-year anniversary of America military parade (coincidentally, his birthday) will likely cost MORE than the exorbitant $45M it’s already budgeted for. 6,700 soldiers, 50 in-air helicopters, 34 horses, and 28 huge 70-ton M1 Abrams battle tanks. https://trib.al/LZ7bP9v

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