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Trump plays golf in Scotland as protesters take to the streets
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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”

Chairperson Curtis Hertel
Silence from Michigan’s GOP on
Jeffrey Epstein

Representative Betsy Coffia
No More Masks for Federal
Immigration Squads

 

Medicaid Cuts: He Thinks You’re Stupid
Lincoln Project

In the News

Michigan House Democrats introduce bill to ban masked,
unidentified law enforcement officers
Michigan Advance

Michigan Politics and Policy

• UAW Statement on U.S. Trade Agreement with Japan – UAW | United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
• American Car Companies Are Pissed About Trump’s Japan Trade Deal – The New Republic
• Cracks widen in Japan and US’s interpretation of tariff trade deal – Financial Times
• Report projects Michigan business tax hit from ‘big, beautiful bill’ – Detroit Free Press
• Impact of Federal Budget Bill on Michigan – State House Fiscal Agency
• Michigan GOP lawmakers applaud collapse of $6.24B SanDisk incentive deal – mlive.com
• Report: Michigan needs to make changes to education governance – Detroit Free Press
• Dem budget chair removed, lawmakers skip session in House impasse – Detroit News
• Michigan is attempting something never done before in America’s nuclear industry – mlive.com
• Huizenga opts out of Michigan Senate race – The Hill
• Leonard Working Full Time While Running For Governor – MIRS Blog
• GOP group wants Bouchard’s son to run for Congress – Daily Tribune

The Billionaires Tax Reduction Act (a.k.a. Trump’s “Beautiful” budget bill)

• Obamacare insurance plans face big premium hikes, analysis shows – The Washington Post
• Most think GOP tax bill will help the wealthy, poll finds – AP News
• GOP wants to cut waste. Critics say SNAP exemption could do opposite. – The Washington Post
• White House Pushes to Block Government Accountability Office Inquiries Into Its Cuts – The New York Times
• “Mostly False”: Labor secretary cherry-picks chart showing lower- and middle-income gains from Trump’s tax bill – Politifact
• Republicans are split on extending Obamacare tax breaks as higher costs loom – NBC News
• As US wildfires rage, Trump staff cuts force firefighters to clean toilets, critics say – Reuters
• Trump administration pauses student loan forgiveness under IBR plan – The Washington Post
• Why cheaper power looks unlikely as Trump’s big budget law reshuffles the U.S. energy landscape – MarketWatch

Trump-World Grift, Lies, Corruption and Incompetence

• A Polling Analyst Digs Into Trump’s Ratings and the Epstein Saga – POLITICO
• Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files – Wall Street Journal
• GOP Senator Admits He Killed Epstein Resolution to Give Trump “Cover” – The New Republic
• Trump’s War on the First Amendment – Harry Litman/Talking Feds Substack
• Trump Declares War On The Past – Michael Cohen/Meidas+
• Trump Set To Spend $10 Million Of Taxpayer Money To Market His New Scotland Golf Course – HuffPost
• Trump’s trip to his Scottish golf course blurs politics and business – AP News
• How the crypto industry bought Trump (and by extension DC) – Public Notice Substack
• House Republicans propose naming Kennedy Center’s opera house after Melania Trump – CBS News
• Trump Lashes Out at Obama and Calls for Investigation – Wall Street Journal
• Fact check: Trump tariffs would not ‘pay off our deficit,’ as commerce secretary said – Politifact
• FEMA Rescue Chief Quits Over Noem’s 72-Hour Texas Aid Delay – Daily Beast
• CBS News poll finds support for Trump’s deportation program falls; Americans call for more focus on prices – CBS News

The GOP Cruelty-and-Death Agenda

• RFK Jr. to Oust Advisory Panel on Cancer Screenings, HIV Prevention Drugs – Wall Street Journal
• RFK’s Plot Against Vaccines – Mother Jones
• How Trump Killed Cancer Research – WIRED
• U.S. Quietly Drafts Plan to End Program That Saved Millions From AIDS – The New York Times
• ‘Do what y’all need to do’: How EPA fired its science advisers – Politico
• E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change – The New York Times
• Critics say Trump’s order on homelessness is the wrong way to deal with the issue – AP News

Across the Nation

• DNC Rolls Out New Billboard Campaign Outside Rural Hospitals – NOTUS
  
• Trump’s Inflation: Amazon Hiked Prices on Hundreds of Essentials After Pledging to Keep Them Low – Wall Street Journal
• How tariffs are shaping the holiday shopping season – AP News
• Trump Policies Will Cost The U.S. Up To $29 Billion In Tourism – Forbes
• Cash bail myths debunked by plummeting city crime data – Popular Information Substack
• David Letterman calls ‘Late Show’ cancellation ‘gutless’ – USA Today

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Chairperson Curtis Hertel
Trump Agenda Kills a
$63-BILLION/10,000 jobs project

Representative Carrie Rheingans
State-based Medicare for All

 

VIDEO: Senator Gary Peters – Trump Budget an Economic Disaster Plan
Lincoln Square

In the News

Thanks Trump! Semiconductor project, sought by Gov. Whitmer, falls through – Detroit News

Trump promises “better deal” after $63-billion semiconductor deal fell apart
Detroit Free Press

McDonald Rivet Statement on 10,000 Jobs Lost to Administration’s Chaos

The GOP Death Agenda

• FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show – The New York Times
• U.S. fentanyl deaths have been plunging. Enter Trump – Reuters
• Addiction funding withheld by Trump administration – NPR
• ‘Final nail:’ Trump administration memo could strike fatal blow to wind and solar power – POLITICO
• E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm – The New York Times
• Health experts raise alarm over RFK Jr’s ‘war on science’ amid mass firings and budget cuts – The Guardian
• Insured Losses From US Hurricanes Could Rise by 50% With Global Warming – Insurance Journal
• NASA website won’t publish major climate change reports – AP News

Michigan Politics and Policy

• Whitmer Trumpets GM Building More Cars In Michigan – MIRS Blog
• Trump Medicaid cuts could risk closing three Michigan hospitals – Michigan Public Radio
• Elissa Slotkin Wants Democrats to Reclaim Their ‘Alpha Energy’ – The New York Times
• Senator Slotkin Introduces New Legislation to Require Immigration Officers to Display Clear Identification
• The sad net product of the Legislature: Six bills – Lansing City Pulse
• Rogers’ early fundraising lags Democrats’ in Michigan Senate race – Detroit News
• Maddock: John James should run for the House, not governor – Detroit News
• Michigan GOP moves against ranked choice voting as petition drive gears up – Bridge Michigan
• Obama’s blunt message for Democrats: ‘Toughen up’ – CNN Politics
• Democrats try a new tone: Less scripted, more cursing, Trumpier insults – The Washington Post
• Democrat Sean McCann announces congressional run in Michigan – Detroit Free Press

The Billionaires Tax Reduction Act (a.k.a. Trump’s “Beautiful” budget bill)

• U.S. Inflation Picks Up to 2.7% in June as Tariffs Start to Push Up Prices – Wall Street Journal
• Trump Effect Starts to Show Up in Economy – Wall Street Journal
• New polling: Public opposes latest GOP budget cuts – Data for Progress
• Fabrizio Ward Poll: Extending ACA tax premium credits
• Most say Trump’s policies haven’t helped them: AP-NORC poll – AP News
• Medicaid Cuts? Yes. But the GOP Is Quietly Cutting Medicare, Too. – The New Republic
• Obamacare insurance plans face big premium hikes, analysis shows – The Washington Post
• GOP Wrecking Ball Slams Through Medical System – The American Prospect
• Trump Is Gutting Weather Science and Reducing Disaster Response – The New York Times
• Trump’s Alcatraz prison could cost $2 billion – Axios
• Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Targets $1.7 Trillion Student-Loan Program – Wall Street Journal
• Gutting the Student Loan Program – The American Prospect
• The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s work is frozen. Attacks on consumers have not. – MSNBC
• Housing assistance is at risk under Trump’s HUD time limits proposal – AP News

Trump-World Grift, Lies, Corruption and Incompetence

• Trump Kept Gold Club World Cup Trophy for Himself So FIFA Had to Give the Winners a Replica – Daily Beast
• A massive Trump scandal. Minuscule media attention. – Judd Legum/Popular Information
• Judge dismisses Trump’s copyright lawsuit against Bob Woodward and audiobook publisher – CNN Business
• Truemed, a Start-Up Run by an RFK. Jr. Aide, Gives Tax Breaks for Meat and Mattresses – The New York Times
• Do Doctors Profit Off Vaccines? Fact-Checking RFK Jr.’s Claims – The New York Times
• For Sale: Trump is leveraging power of his office to reap profits for family businesses – AP News
• The U.S. Will Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food Aid – The Atlantic
• The State Department Guts Its Office Combating Human Trafficking – Mother Jones
• VIDEO The Cover-up – Lincoln Project

Across the Nation

• Poll: Surge in U.S. Concern About Immigration Has Abated – Gallup Organization
• VIDEO Here’s How Republicans Are Trying To Rig the 2026 Elections – Lincoln Square
• VIDEO The Epstein List – Lincoln Project
• DNC launches new website to highlight costs of GOP tax and spending package – Roll Call
• Andy Beshear, a Democratic governor in a state Trump won by 30 points, tests a 2028 message in South Carolina – NBC News
• Stephen Colbert’s Cancellation Is Exactly What It Looks Like – The New Republic
• Colbert’s Cancellation Is a Dark Warning – Mother Jones
• Trump Will Lose His War on Laughter – Andy Borowitz

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Chairperson Curtis Hertel
The story of one family, and
a Congressman who won’t listen

• Representative Hillary Scholten
  
• State Senator Sean McCann
  
• State Representative Carol Glanville
  The GOP Budget devastates Michiganders

VIDEO: Epstein’s List & Elon’s Revenge – Lincoln Square

In the News

The GOP Death Agenda

• Study: 14 million lives could be lost due to Trump’s USAID cuts – NPR
• How Trump Is Getting Away With Murder. Literally – Daily Beast
• The EPA’s Lee Zeldin Is Unleashing a Chemical Nightmare – The New Republic
• Trump Seeks to Cut Basic Scientific Research by Roughly One-Third, Report Shows – The New York Times
• Experts say US attitudes toward extreme weather events like Texas’ flash flooding need updating – AP News
• Trump Is Stalling on Giving Long-Term Disaster Money — Even for Texas – NOTUS
• FDA Cuts Will Limit Scrutiny of Troubled Foreign Drug Factories, Inspectors Say — ProPublica
• U.S. Measles Cases Climb to 33-Year High, at Least 1,288 Cases Reported in 2025 – Wall Street Journal
• Doctors’ groups sue Kennedy over Covid shot changes for kids, pregnant people – POLITICO
• Opinion – I’m Scared Children Will Die of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases – The New York Times
• RFK’s proposal to let bird flu spread through poultry could set us up for a pandemic, experts warn – Live Science
• How the Trump administration is already cutting off climate research – The Washington Post

Michigan Politics and Policy

• Dems Host Busy Townhall On What Happens Next With Medicaid Reforms – MIRS Blog
• Norminton Petts polling analysis of MI Senate race
• Representative Rheingans Says Hall Is ‘Platforming Nazis’ – MIRS Blog
• Michigan GOP grassroots vice chair sounds alarm as ‘ton’ of Republican donors back Mike Duggan for governor – The Midwesterner
• Michigan NRC member ‘insulted’ by Ted Nugent hunting testimony – Detroit News
• Poll: Majority of voters support state programs that provide quality dental care to low-income Michigan adults – EPIC•MRA
• Judge rejects a challenge to Michigan’s decades-long ban on publicly funded abortions – AP News
• Michigan’s Medicaid program faces $15B hit from ‘big beautiful bill’ – Detroit News
• Michigan, Trump administration dispute affects marine patrol funding – Detroit Free Press
• Opinion | Michiganders should decline to sign anti-voter ballot petition – Bridge Michigan
• Attorney General Nessel Files Amicus Brief Supporting Case to Block ICE and CBP from Unlawful Practices in Los Angeles – Attorney General
• Michigan utility aided sabotage of Covid lockdown policies, documents reveal – The Guardian
• Josh Cowen runs for U.S. House in Michigan 7th Congressional District – Detroit Free Press

The Billionaires Tax Reduction Act (a.k.a. Trump’s “Beautiful” budget bill)

• Trump Promised ‘No Tax on Tips.’ Then Came the Fine Print. – Wall Street Journal
• Three ways the big budget bill fails Americans – PIIE
• Opinion | Lawrence Summers: This Law Made Me Ashamed of My Country – The New York Times
• Fact-checking Trump, Democratic claims of the tax and spending bill – The Washington Post
• The Big Bad Republican Bill Wasn’t Regressive Enough for the Anti-Tax Crusaders – Mother Jones
• Social Security yanks staff from field offices to answer overwhelmed phone line – The Washington Post
• Trump Sneaked Huge Gift for Peter Thiel–Backed Company Into Budget – The New Republic
• American Teachers in Red States Are Walking Away for Good – The New Republic

Trump-World Grift, Lies, Corruption and Incompetence

• Editorial: Trump’s Politicized F.B.I. Has Made Americans Less Safe – The New York Times
• Trump aides tied to firms that may benefit from privatized weather forecasts – AP News
• Trump Media just got a lot slimier – Daily Kos
• Donald Trump’s Vampire Presidency – The New Republic
• Paramount Caves – and We All Lose – Harry Litman/Talking Feds Substack
• Trump Hires Scientists Who Doubt the Consensus on Climate Change – The New York Times
• The Trump administration predicted 90 trade deals in 90 days. So far there have been 2 – AP News
• Kristi Noem Delayed DHS Response to Texas Floods With Outrageous Rule – The New Republic
• ICE Barbie Kristi Noem Asks Social Media to Vote on Her Best Cosplay – Daily Beast
• After deadly Texas floods, where is FEMA? – MSNBC
• Columbia protester Mahmoud Khalil files $20M claim against Trump administration – AP News
• EDITORIAL: The Economic Drain of Mass Deportation – Wall Street Journal
• FACT FOCUS: Trump misrepresents facts about wind power – AP News
• RFK Jr. promotes a food company that makes ultraprocessed meals – AP News

Across the Nation

• Obama returns to fundraising circuit for DNC – Axios
• Views on immigration are more positive since Trump took office – AP News
• Voters Do Not Support Trump’s “Denaturalization” Threats – Data for Progress
• Texas Republicans Have a Brazen New Plan to Block Democrats from Retaking the House in 2026 – Mother Jones
• Texas Flash Flood Is a Preview of Climate Chaos to Come — ProPublica

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✹ Chairperson Curtis Hertel
GOP Candidates Agree: No Healthcare Choice for Women

✹ House Appropriations Vice Chair Alabas Farhat
The GOP Roadblock to a Budget

VIDEO: Here’s the New Messaging for the Midterms – Lincoln Square

In the News

The GOP Death Agenda

• Medicaid cuts in ‘big, beautiful bill’ could hit 200K-700K in Michigan – Detroit Free Press
• Opinion | How to Wreck the Nation’s Health, by the Numbers – The New York Times
• Vaccine Shortages. Viral Outbreaks. Widespread Illness. More Death. – The New Republic
• RFK Jr.’s vaccine policies and earlier promises conflict – AP News
• Top F.D.A. Official Overrode Scientists on Covid Shots – The New York Times
• The Renewable-Energy Sector’s Relative Winners and Losers in the Megabill – Wall Street Journal
• China’s Clean Energy Boom Could Win the Race to Power the Future – The New York Times
• USAID cuts may cause over 14 million additional deaths by 2030, study says – Reuters

Michigan Politics and Policy

• Democratic groups target ‘non-political spaces’ in new campaign ahead of fall elections and 2026 midterms – NBC News
• Democratic State Attorneys General Are Now the Most Powerful People in the Trump Resistance – NOTUS.org
• 6 laws in 6 months: Michigan’s divided Legislature off to slowest start in decades – Bridge Michigan
• No deal: In blow to schools, Michigan’s divided Legislature misses budget deadline – Bridge Michigan
• Republicans cheer, Democrats jeer passage of sweeping Trump bill – Detroit Free Press
• Medicaid cuts in ‘big, beautiful bill’ could hit 200K-700K in Michigan – Detroit Free Press
• Michigan rural hospitals at risk under Trump’s ‘beautiful’ bill, experts say – Bridge Michigan
• Trump administration withholding $157M in funding for Michigan schools – Detroit News
• What does a $3B battery factory look like? Ford’s Michigan mega-project is taking shape – mlive.com
• Immigrants Revived Rust Belt Cities. Now They’re in Hiding. – Wall Street Journal
• Mike Rogers’ crypto evolution – Punchbowl News
• Michigan attorney general investigating a company promoting ‘twin flame’ romance – AP News
• UM regents, execs get 24-hour security as threats, harassment persist – Detroit News
• Former Navy SEAL, Nuclear Code-Carrier Enters Primary To Challenge Barrett In CD-7 – MIRS Blog
• 7th District congressional candidate Bridget Brink raises more than $500,000 in less than 2 weeks – Brink Campaign
• Michigan petition summer: What to know about voting, tax, wage proposals before you sign – Bridge Michigan

The Billionaires Tax Reduction Act (a.k.a. Trump’s “Beautiful” budget bill)

• Tax Cuts Now, Benefit Cuts Later: The Timeline in the Republican Megabill – New York Times
• Buy Now, Pain Later – Susan J. Demas/Lincoln Square
• The Ugliness of the ‘Big, Beautiful’ Bill, in Charts – Steve Rattner/The New York Times
• The Cult of the Big Beautiful Bill – Rick Wilson/Lincoln Square
• 7 things everyone should know about Trump’s megabill – Judd Legum/Popular Information Substack
• Republicans are cutting Medicare. Not only Medicaid, Medicare. – American Prospect
• Opinion | What’s in Trump’s budget bill? Here are six obscure features. – The Washington Post
• Donald Trump Makes Glaring Error as He Touts His Megabill in Victory Speech – Daily Beast
• Fact focus: Trump misrepresents facts about coal – NBC Chicago
• Congress Passes National Private School Voucher Program as Part of Policy Bill – The New York Times
• Solar Industry Says Republican Policy Bill Would Cede Production to China – The New York Times
• The Oligarchs’ Big Prize in Trump’s Budget-Busting Bill – The New Republic

Trump-World Grift, Lies and Corruption

• Trump’s New Fragrance Doesn’t Smell Like Success – WIRED
• Trump Golf Track
• VIDEO: How Trump Extorts the Mainstream Media – Mark Jacob & Susan J. Demas via Lincoln Square
• America declared independence from the crown 249 years ago — today it has a would-be king – MSNBC
• Here are the Declaration of Independence’s Grievances Against King George III. Many Apply to Trump. – Mother Jones
• Trump’s Finances Were Shaky. Then He Began to Capitalize on His Comeback. – The New York Times
• Trump Officials Want to Prosecute Over the ICEBlock App.
  Lawyers Say That’s Unconstitutional – WIRED
• Trump Kicks Off Celebration of America by Declaring His Hatred for Democrats – Daily Beast
• Free Speech? E.P.A. Suspends 144 Employees After They Signed a Letter Criticizing Trump – The New York Times
• Trump administration sued for allegedly targeting brown-skinned people in Southern California – AP News
• Groups sue to stop Trump administration from using what they call unconstitutional tactics in raids – Detroit News
• Paramount Surrenders to Trump and Agrees to Pay Him Millions – The New Republic
• New U.S. jobs report shows 2025 is off to a discouragingly sluggish start – Maddow Blog
• The Dollar Has Its Worst Start to a Year Since 1973 – The New York Times
• Justice Department Announces Chilling Plan to Revoke Citizenship – The New Republic

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✹ Chairperson Curtis Hertel
GOP Candidates Agree: No Healthcare Choice for Women

✹ Dr. Farhan Bhatti
The human cost of the GOP war on healthcare

VIDEO
Slotkin pitches ‘economic war plan’ for
Democrats to play ‘offense’  – Bridge Michigan

VIDEO
Representative Hillary Scholten
‘Lowering Costs Caucus’ Launched

In the News

Michigan Politics and Policy

• Republican proposed K-12 budget creates uncertainty among Michigan school leaders – mlive.com
• Michigan hospitals warn of reduced care if Senate enacts Medicaid cuts – Detroit News
• The future of same-sex marriage in Michigan: 9 key questions, answers – Detroit Free Press
• Editorial: Slashing funds for UM, MSU, would hurt Michigan – Detroit News
• Michigan hospitals warn of reduced care if Senate enacts Medicaid cuts – Detroit News
• Michigan poll: Voters more confident in elections system, need more education on existing security protections – Democracy Defense Project
• We Are Still Underreacting on AI – Pete Buttigieg Substack
• Leonard Joins James in Support of Gutting Medicaid. Do Nesbitt & Cox Also Support? – Michigan Democratic Party
• Bump stocks, ghost gun bans passed by Michigan Senate – Detroit Free Press
• GOP leader: Bump stock, ghost gun bans ‘dead on arrival’ in Michigan House – Bridge Michigan
• Ford to ‘stick behind’ Marshall plant amid threat to battery tax credit – Detroit News
• Michigan nears ticket bot ban as House OKs plan inspired by Taylor Swift – Bridge Michigan
• Michigan recoups $166K after transparency website problems, Benson says – Detroit News
• Rep. Stevens: Limit presidents’ power to send troops to protests – Detroit News
• Aerospace Leader Not Returning To Michigan; Believes He’s Being Targeted By AG – MIRS Blog
• Iconic whitefish on edge of collapse as Great Lakes biodiversity crisis deepens – Bridge Michigan
• MIRS – Karen McDonald Announces A.G. candidacy
• Virgil C. Smith, trailblazing Detroit lawmaker and judge, dies at 77 – Detroit Free Press

• The Supreme Court Just Handed Down a Devastating Blow to Medicaid – Lincoln Square

The War on Democracy

• Why I Finally Went to my First Protest – Jeff Timmer, former Michigan Republican Executive Director
• Don’t Get Distracted. That’s Exactly What Trump Wants. – Lincoln Square
• Whistleblower says top DOJ official suggested ignoring court orders on deportations – NBC News

Trump-World Grift, Lies and Corruption

• Trump Golf Track
• Trump Just Expanded His Tawdry Empire of Scams – The New Republic
• Trump attacks Watergate laws in massive shift to ethics system – The Washington Post
• Suck-ups: GOP lawmakers push ‘unprecedented’ legislation paying homage to Trump – The Washington Post
• A new war based on manipulated intelligence – Judd Legum/Popular Information Substack
• Damning Report Exposes Stephen Miller’s Shady Ties to Palantir -The New Republic
• HBO’s ‘Surviving Ohio State’ has Jim Jordan again denying he knew about awful scandal – MSNBC
• Trump’s Military Birthday Parade ‘Illegally’ Used Hit Song: Lawyer – Rolling Stone
• Justice Department fires 3 lawyers involved in Jan. 6 cases – AP News

Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” a.k.a. “Goodies for Billionaires”

• Fact-checking falsehoods about Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ and taxes, deficit, Medicaid – PolitiFact
• Senate GOP’s tax cuts projected to cost $4.2T — with costly SALT deal pending – Live Updates – POLITICO
• How the national debt affects the U.S. — and you — in 10 charts – The Washington Post
• The Big Beautiful Bust: Trump’s Economic Slide and the GOP’s 2026 Suicide Pact – Rick Wilson/Lincoln Square
• The Health Care Cuts in Trump’s Budget Bill Are Even Worse than You Think – Charles Gaba/Lincoln Square
• The Republican Budget Bill Includes Several Anti-Abortion Provisions — and They’re Unpopular With Persuadable Voters -Dara for Progress
• Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ unlikely to reverse Biden EV rules – Detroit Free Press
• Trump administration’s new rule will limit Obamacare enrollments – Detroit News
• The Word Games That Enable Medicaid Cuts – The American Prospect
• Medicaid Work Requirements — Results from the First Year in Arkansas – New England Journal of Medicine
• Mitch McConnell says voters will ‘get over’ losing Medicaid. That’s a risky bet.- MSNBC
• Democrats slam McConnell over ‘they’ll get over it’ quip on Medicaid cuts – Maddow Blog
• A lab in Maryland holds the keys to bee conservation. It might disappear under Trump budget cuts. – The Washington Post
• Trump and GOP’s tax bill would sell off USPS’s brand-new EVs – The Washington Post
• GOP tax bill would ease regulations on gun silencers – AP News
• GOP’s food stamp plan in Trump’s big bill is found to violate Senate rules – AP News
• Senate parliamentarian deals blow to GOP plan to gut consumer bureau in tax bill – AP News
• Judge blocks the Trump administration’s National Science Foundation research funding cuts – AP News
• The Republican Plot to Un-Educate America – The New Republic
• Group of 21 States Sues Trump Administration Over Federal Funding Cuts – Wall Street Journal

Trump’s Cabinet of Incompetents

• Fact check: Kristi Noem, Trump allies warn of ‘northern border crisis’ at Michigan event – Bridge Michigan
• Whistleblower says top DOJ official suggested ignoring court orders on deportations – NBC News
• RFK Jr.’s New Advisers Rescind Recommendations for Some Flu Vaccines – The New York Times
• Hiltzik: Contradicting RFK Jr., CDC says the COVID vaccine protects pregnant women, babies, and children – Los Angeles Times
• Families share their stories of damage done by vaccine-preventable diseases like measles and rubella – AP News

The Nation

• VIDEO: What Did SCOTUS Do Now? | U..M. Law Professor Sam Bagenstos talks to Susan J. Demas
• The World Is Producing More Food than Ever—but Not for Long – WIRED
• World’s richest 1% increased wealth by $33.9 trillion since 2015, Oxfam says – The Washington Post
• A majority of Americans disapproves of Trump’s Iran airstrikes, CNN poll finds – CNN Politics
• Democrats in Congress Decry Trump’s Iran Strikes as Unconstitutional – Mother Jones
• Immigration fuels population growth as Americans age, census shows – The Washington Post
• Ohio abortion bill would ban all abortions, declare it homicide – Columbus Dispatch
• Ohio to swiftly appeal private school voucher decision – AP News
• New Texas law will require Ten Commandments to be posted in every public school classroom – AP News
• Murkowski leaves door open to scenario of caucusing with Democrats – Axios
• Trump to strip protections from millions of acres of national forests – The Washington Post
• GOP plan to sell 3,200 square miles of federal lands violates Senate rules – AP News

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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”

✹ Chairperson Curtis Hertel
Matt Hall Sides With Trump, Against Michiganders

✹ State Senator Sam Singh
MAGA Budget Jeopardizes All of Michigan

In the News

VIDEO: Slotkin Grills Hegseth – Military OK to Shoot Civilian Protestors?
Slotkin tells Hegseth to ‘be a man,’ divulge Los Angeles military order – Detroit News

Michigan Politics and Policy

• Leonard Joins James in Support of Gutting Medicaid. Do Nesbitt & Cox Also Support? – Michigan Democratic Party
• House Republican Education Budget Will Harm Michigan Students – Michigan AFT
• School groups: Don’t balance road deal ‘on the backs’ of students – Detroit News
• Cuts To U-M, MSU Can’t Be Absorbed By Restricted Endowment Funds, MASU Says – MIRS Blog
• A steep drop in Michigan overdose deaths, thanks in part to Narcan – Bridge Michigan
• Brink, former Ukrainian ambassador, challenges U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett – Lansing State Journal
• Tripp Adams announces candidacy for Michigan’s 10th Congressional district – CBS Detroit
• Back from DC, Michigan GOP leader backs Medicaid, food assistance cuts – Bridge Michigan
• IRS Data to Show that Republican Attacks on Earned Income Tax Credit Could Cost Michigan Families Up to $10,000 Per Year – Governor Whitmer
• AG raids state economic development offices in Lansing – Detroit Free Press
• GOP fundraiser pleads guilty in ‘dark money’ scheme tied to Unlock Michigan investigation – mlive.com
• MSU’s international enrollment is falling, costing university millions – Lansing State Journal
• Centrist Democrats Spanberger, Sherill and Slotkin lead the party – The Washington Post
• Former Michigan House Speaker Tom Leonard from DeWitt joins governor’s race – Detroit Free Press
• Longtime Michigan congressman Lucien Nedzi dies at 100 – Detroit Free Press

The War on Democracy

• Trump directs ICE to prioritize deportations from Democratic-run cities – AP News
• The Trump Admin. Keeps Detaining and Prosecuting Elected Officials Who Get in His Way – Mother Jones
• Images of Handcuffed Democrats Are Piling Up in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown – The New York Times
• DHS tightens rules for congressional visits to immigration facilities – The Washington Post
• Political Violence Is No Longer Fringe — It’s Local But Not Unstoppable – MIRS Blog
• Trump says he won’t call Gov. Tim Walz after Minnesota shootings: ‘He’s a mess’ – NBC News
• Michigan officials made Minnesota shooter list. Some want home address shield – Bridge Michigan
• Debbie Dingell: ‘We cannot let terrorists terrorize us.’ Dingell targeted by Minnesota shooter – mlive.com
• The Tyrant Test – The Atlantic
• Senate GOP’s Remedy for Anti-Trump Lawsuits? Make Them Impossible – The New Republic
• Less than 10% of immigrants taken into ICE custody in recent months had serious criminal convictions, internal data shows – CNN
• Trump Struggles to Press Deportations Without Damaging the Economy – Wall Street Journal
• Trump, FBI’s Patel run with a weird new 2020 election conspiracy theory – Maddow Blog
• Opinion: Trump’s War on Blue America – Harry Litman Substack

Trump-World Grift, Lies and Corruption

• Trump Golf Track
• Trump Just Expanded His Tawdry Empire of Scams – The New Republic
• ‘Trump Inc.’: Filings Show Staff Profited From Being in the President’s Orbit – The New York Times
• Donald Trump reports $600 million in income and $1.6 billion in assets – The Washington Post
• Donald Trump’s Dirty Self-Dealing: The Audacity of His Rapacity – The New Republic
• Trump’s TI Phone Just A Rebranded Chinese T-Mobile – Crooks and Liars
• The Trump Family’s Latest Grift Is a Cheap Phone That Might Not Work – The New Republic
• TACO Trump Chickens Out on Major Immigration Flip – The New Republic
• A judge sided with Trump. Behind the scenes, he was lobbying for a nomination. – POLITICO

Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” a.k.a. “Goodies for Billionaires”

• VIDEO – Kornacki: Americans say the economy matters more than immigration, hurting Trump’s approval – NBC News
• Single Moms Will Bear the Brunt of the Republicans’ Budget Cuts – The New Republic
• Michigan hospitals warn of reduced care if Senate enacts Medicaid cuts – Detroit News
• Americans want Medicaid and food stamps funding maintained or increased, AP-NORC poll shows – AP News
• Senate Republicans seek tougher Medicaid cuts in Trump’s big bill – AP News
• The GOP’s big bill would bring changes to Medicaid for millions – AP News
• Trump administration’s new rule will limit Obamacare enrollments – Detroit News
• Trump tax bill would widen deficits by $2.8T over the next decade, CBO says – AP News
• Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ unlikely to reverse Biden EV rules – Detroit Free Press
• Reagan-appointed judge says some of Trump’s NIH funding cuts illegal, cites discrimination – AP News
• The Worst Part of Trump’s Big Bill Is Getting Almost No Attention – The New Republic
• Republicans Threaten a Hospital Apocalypse – The American Prospect
• Senate Bill Gives Giant Tax Break to Big Oil – The American Prospect
• Elimination of CFPB and other financial agencies tossed out of budget bill – American Prospect

Trump’s Cabinet of Incompetents

• Why a Vaccine Expert Left the C.D.C.: ‘Americans Are Going to Die’ – The New York Times
• Trump moves to scrap merit hiring system for one that prizes loyalty – The Washington Post

The Nation

• Juneteenth Goes Uncelebrated at White House as Trump Complains About ‘Too Many’ Holidays – The New York Times
• Trump’s Truth Social rant on Juneteenth is part of a nasty history – MSNBC
• The $1 Trillion Climate Problem​ Republicans Are Ignoring – The New Republic
• Supreme Court deals stunning setback to transgender rights in Tennessee case – AP News
• The Supreme Court takes aim at abortion in blue states. – Slate
• Indiana AG Rokita threatens Notre Dame, Butler, DePauw over DEI, echoing Trump – IndyStar.com
• Skrmetti: John Roberts’ anti-trans opinion isn’t just cruel. It’s incomprehensible. – Slate.com
• Ted Cruz Absolutely Explodes in MAGA Civil War Gotcha Moment – Daily Beast

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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”

✹ Chairperson Curtis Hertel
1,700 Rallies nationwide say “No Kings”

✹ State Senator Jeff Irwin
Taking food away from hungry children

In the News

VIDEO: Senate Appropriations Chair Sarah Anthony on GOP Education Budget

Michigan Politics and Policy

• Whitmer joins Democratic governors condemn National Guard deployment – Detroit News
• VIDEO: Senator Slotkin, DNC Holding Public Town Hall – WLNS TV
• Opinion: Dear John James, Medicaid Is a lifeline. Please don’t let my family down – The ‘Gander
• Trump questions John James’ bid for governor, who will succeed him in Congress – Detroit News
• Senate Hearings Expose Harm Federal Cuts Pose to Families, Farms, and Food Access – Michigan Senate Democrats
• Hertel: SNAP cuts in GOP bill could harm grocers, food access – Detroit News
• Michigan Dems Blast Matt Hall and Republicans for Cutting Free School Meals and Defunding School Safety  – Michigan Democratic Party
• Michigan House GOP’s higher ed budget includes huge cuts for UM, MSU – Detroit News
• House Republicans back away from some cuts to Michigan universities – Detroit News
• AG Nessel Urges Meta to Address Investment Scams on Facebook, WhatsApp – Attorney General
• Michigan GOP budget takes aim unisex school bathrooms, ‘woke’ universities, email pronouns – Bridge Michigan
• Some Arab Americans in Michigan feel betrayed by Trump’s travel ban – AP News
• Pantsuits and Lawsuits Launches Two-Part Podcast Series Marking 10 Years Since Obergefell Marriage Equality Decision – Attorney General Nessel
• MI Senate Dems Poll May 28-June 2 Global Strategy Group
• Bird flu that infected Michigan dairy farmer can spread via air – Detroit Free Press
• Time to rewrite the Michigan Constitution? Voters will decide 2026 ballot proposal – Bridge Michigan

The War on Non-White Immigrants

• Trump promised relief for migrant farmers. His team didn’t get the memo – Daily Kos
• Trump tells immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to leave – AP News
• Trump’s travel ban fuels despair, disgust among Arab Americans in Michigan – Bridge Michigan

Trump-World Lies and Corruption

• Editorial: A Comprehensive Accounting of Trump’s Culture of Corruption – The New York Times
• Opinion: Corruption Has Flooded America. The Dams Are Breaking. – Ben Rhodes/The New York Times
• A felon in the White House is making crime legal – David Lurie/Public Notice Substack
• Constitution Meets Kevlar—What Could Go Wrong? – Michael Cohen via Mei
• Hegseth resists when pushed to explain Trump’s Air Force One deal – The Washington Post
• White House Pushes Texas to Redistrict, Hoping to Blunt Democratic Gains – The New York Times
• The Real Reason Trump Has Created This Autopen Scandal – The New Republic

Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” a.k.a. “Goodies for Billionaires”

• Trump ‘big beautiful bill’ could cost Michigan families Medicaid, SNAP – Detroit Free Press
• GOP tax bill would cost poor Americans, boost highest earners, CBO says – AP News
• GOP bill could worsen inflation and debt, economists warn – The Washington Post
• The White House’s through-the-looking-glass budget spin – The Washington Post
• After vowing ‘90 deals in 90 days,’ the White House’s rhetoric runs into reality – Maddow Blog

Trump’s Cabinet of Incompetents

• Trump Team Lies About Attack on Democratic Senator – The New Republic
• RFK Jr. ousts ACIP group that advises CDC on vaccines – AP News
• Opinion | Kennedy’s purge of a key vaccine committee is a power grab – The Washington Post
• NIH scientists go public with criticism over Trump cuts – AP News
• ABC Suspends Terry Moran for Calling Stephen Miller a ‘World-Class Hater’ – The New York Times

The Nation

• Judge blocks Trump’s election executive order – AP News
• Congress Demands Answers on Data Privacy Ahead of 23andMe Sale – WIRED
• GM touts major leap in EV sales ahead of quarterly report – Detroit Free Press
• Florida agency tells newspaper to halt reporting angle on foundation associated with governor’s wife – AP News

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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”

✹ Chairperson Curtis Hertel
House GOP leads a do-nothing session

✹ State Senator Kevin Hertel
Chair, Senate Health Policy Committee

In the News

The real cover-up is of Trump’s disordered mental state
Stephen Robinson/Public Notice

Michigan Politics and Policy

• Senate Health Policy Dedicates Nearly 2 Hours To Medicaid Hearing – MIRS Blog
• VIDEO: Senate Health Policy Committee Medicaid Hearing – YouTube
• Tell Barrett to reverse his vote to defund Planned Parenthood and gut Medicaid – Lansing City Pulse
• GOP tax bill could force Michigan to reduce food assistance – Detroit News
• Attorney General: Attorney General Nessel Intervenes in Consumers Energy’s $436 Million Rate Hike Request – Attorney General
• ‘No one will know’: Records reveal secret money flowing through Lansing – Detroit News
• Republicans Moving Out Of Secchia-Weiser Building – MIRS Blog
• New Michigan bill would adopt definition of antisemitism in state law – Detroit Free Press
• Slotkin says she’s developing ‘alternative vision’ to offer country – Detroit News
• Democrats need to stop acting like they’re holding a losing hand – MSNBC
• Benson Campaign Statement on the GOP’s Desperate Attacks Against Jocelyn Benson – Benson for Governor campaign
• OpinionL Will Michigan say yes to Constitutional Convention in 2026? – John Lindstrom/Detroit Free Press

Attacks on the Constitution

• Supreme Court Allows DOGE Access to Social Security Data – Wall Street Journal
• Trump orders investigation into Biden’s actions as president – AP News
• Trump Officials Leave Out One Key Detail on Colorado Attack Suspect – The New Republic
• Republican push for proof of citizenship to vote proves a tough sell – AP News
• Texas bill gives university boards power to reshape curriculum – AP News

Trump-World Corruption

• Casey Means, Trump’s surgeon general pick, profits from wellness sales – AP News
• Mar-a-Lago Bump: Feds Pay $13 Million in Rent to Trump Neighbors – Bloomberg News
• Some of Trump’s Biggest Inaugural Donors Benefit From Early Government Actions – Wall Street Journal
• Trump’s Takeover Wrecks Kennedy Center as Subscriptions Plummet – The New Republic

Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” a.k.a. “Goodies for Billionaires”

• US growth likely to slow to 1.6% this year, hobbled by Trump’s trade wars, OECD says – AP News
• Trump bill will add $2.4T to deficit and leave 10.9M more uninsured, CBO says – AP News
• KFF Health Tracking Poll: The Public’s Views of Funding Reductions to Medicaid – Kaiser Family Foundation
• Deep cuts erode the foundations of US public health system, end progress, threaten worse to come – AP News
• Shhh. Republicans are trying to repeal Obamacare again. Sort of. – The Washington Post
• Trump administration shutters Job Corps: What it means for Michigan – Bridge Michigan
• Trump​ Is Going to Raise Your Insurance Premiums – The New Republic
• The war on poor kids – by Judd Legum – Popular Information
• Records of dead people show how the pro-Trump spin machine keeps going – The Washington Post

Trump’s Cabinet of Incompetents

• Despite talk of ‘meritocracy,’ a Team of Amateurs holds sway on Team Trump – Maddow Blog
• DOGE Is on a Recruiting Spree – WIRED
• Thomas Fugate: Trump Appoints 22-Year-Old Ex-Gardener and Grocery Store Assistant as Terror Prevention Chief – Daily Beast
• Pete Hegseth orders Harvey Milk’s name scrubbed from US Navy ship – AP News
• Trump administration revokes guidance to hospitals on emergency abortions – AP News
• Trump’s Education Secretary Schooled in Reading and Math by Senators – Daily Beast

The Nation

• CNN Poll – Late May1995 – Role of government in solving problems.
• Tallying Trump’s online posting frenzy: 2,262 ‘truths’ in 132 days – The Washington Post
• These are the safest states for gay and trans people – USA Today
• Republicans Trying to Control Indiana University Meet Little Resistance – The New York Times
• Court fight, 2026 ballot issue loom over Missouri abortion access – Springfield News-Leader

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✹ Chairperson Hertel
Working to get results for Michigan

✹ State Senator Sarah Anthony
Chair, Senate Appropriations Committee

In the News

VIDEO New concern over Trump’s rambling speeches, posts – Chris Hayes via MSNBC
Cognitive Decline? Trump Repeatedly Fumbles in Multiple Weird Rants – The New Republic
VIDEO: Trump gives DISASTER Speech leaving ARMY STUNNED – MeidasTouch

Michigan Politics and Policy

• Brinks: No Genuine Conversation Between House, Senate On Road Funding – MIRS Blog
• Michigan allots $5.4 million for worker housing, down payment help – Bridge Michigan
• Slotkin is testing a ‘war plan’ to beat Trump. She wants Dems to ditch wokeness and muscle up – POLITICO
• Whitmer Slams Trump for Plan to Pardon Kidnap Plotters Who Wanted to ‘Hog-tie’ Her
• Impact poll – Whitmer favorability at all-time high
• Whitmer Gets ‘Trump Bump’ for Cozying Up to President -Daily Beast
• Glengariff Group Poll – May 2025 ( U.S. Senate, Governor)
• Trump to Michigan: Comply with immigration, DEI orders or lose road funding – Bridge Michigan
• Nessel: Trump admin’s order to keep coal plant open ‘unprecedented’ – Detroit News
• Chinese Students Thriving At The University Of Michigan – ShunStudent
• International Students at MSU – MSU Office of International Students and Scholars
• Judge tosses wrongful prosecution lawsuit against Nessel’s Flint team – Detroit News

Trump Corruption

• Trump Has Dropped the Pretense of Ethics – Mother Jones
• Trump Profits Like No Other President, as Outrage Is Muted – The New York Times
• Trump’s Air Force One deal with Qatar not final despite U.S. claims – The Washington Post
• Rep. Jamie Raskin opens investigation into Trump’s crypto dinner – The Washington Post
• Trump’s New Pardon Attorney, Ed Martin, Is Eager to Target Biden-Era Cases – Wall Street Journal
• Trump Accused of ‘Unforced Error’ Over Latest Pardons – Daily Beast
• Trump set to pardon reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley – AP News
• Ex-Connecticut Gov. John Rowland, who resigned amid a corruption scandal, pardoned by Trump – AP News
• Trump to pardon Virginia sheriff convicted on bribery charges – AP News
• Trump’s border czar consulted for immigrant detention firm GEO Group – The Washington Post
• Trump wants an investigation of Democrats’ fundraising. His own campaign has issues – AP News
• Three Coin Monte – The American Prospect
• The Golden Age of Scams – The American Prospect
• NPR sues Trump over executive order to cut funding to public media – AP NewsΩ

Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” a.k.a. “Goodies for Billionaires”

• Trump’s tax cuts will be cripplingly expensive for most Americans – MSNBC
• How Trump’s Regulatory Rollbacks Are Increasing Costs on Americans – The New York Times
• NPR sues Trump over executive order to cut funding to public media – AP News

Trump’s Cabinet of Incompetents

• CDC Issues New Advice on Covid Vaccines for Children That Contradicted RFK Jr. – The New York Times
• The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist – NOTUS
• Leaked audio suggests Trump’s new Social Security chief had to Google his own job – Maddow Blog

Attacks on the Constitution

• Trump Administration Knew Most Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Had No U.S. Crime Convictions — ProPublica
• Freedom of the Press Foundation Threatens Legal Action if Paramount Settles With Trump Over ’60 Minutes’ Interview – WIRED
• The Trump Administration Is Already Ignoring the Supreme Court – Mother Jones
• The Trump administration’s big week of gaslighting and censorship – MSNBC
• Trump’s clemency spree extends to ex-gangster, artist, former congressmen – Washington Post
• Trump administration moves to cut $100 million in federal contracts for Harvard – AP News

The Nation

• Missouri Supreme Court Defies Voters, Halts Abortions in the State – Mother Jones
• A Bipartisan Majority of Voters Do Not Want Congress to Repeal the Inflation Reduction Act – Data for Progress
• Voters Support Progressive Policy Alternatives to Trump’s Immigration Agenda – Data for Progress
• Earth will breach the 1.5 degrees Celsius goal by 2027, scientists say – The Washington Post
• The world could break another annual temperature record in the next five years – AP News
• Trump presented ‘evidence’ of ‘white genocide’ to South African president. The facts say otherwise – Snopes.com

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This Week’s “Party on the Peninsulas”

✹ Chairperson Hertel
More Money for Trump, Budget Cuts for Working Americans

✹ State Representative Joe Tate
U.S. Senate Candidate

In the News

A Complete List of Everything in the Republican Bill, and How Much It Would Cost or Save
The New York Times

House Budget Bill increases deficit
Penn Wharton Budget Model

Michigan Politics and Policy

• Michigan Chief Justice mourns the death of her father, a former Chief Justice – WLNS TV
• Protecting Michigan’s election security – Jocelyn Benson
• DeVos family plots new strategy ahead of Michigan 2026 election – Detroit News
• Michigan advocates, politicos slam James’ vote to approve proposed Medicaid cuts  • Michigan Advance
• US Supreme Court rejects Michigan GOP bid to overturn new voting rules – Bridge Michigan
• Northern travel to Michigan dips following Trump’s tariffs, threats to annex Canada -The Michigan Independent
• Michigan Senate: Give sexual assault survivors more time to sue |- Bridge Michigan
• Opinion | Trump just handed Democrats their midterm message – Rahm Emanuel/Washington Post
• Two new Democrats could challenge highly vulnerable Michigan Republican – The DownBallot
• Ranked choice voting backers plan campaign despite Trump opposition – Detroit News
• GOP lawmakers vote to hold Benson in contempt of the House over subpoena – Detroit News
• Peters Unveils New Investigative Report Finding Fired Inspectors General Identified More Savings than DOGE – Homeland Security Committee
• Reps. Borton, Martin: Senate DNR budget is dead on arrival in House – MI House Republicans
• MSU eyes $85 million in cuts, fewer staff over federal funding reductions – Bridge Michigan
• House OKs bills barring biological male athletes from women’s sports – Detroit News
• Ingham Co. clerk launches campaign to be Michigan secretary of state – Detroit News

Trump Corruption

• Trump Profits Like No Other President, as Outrage Is Muted – The New York Times
• Pentagon accepts luxury jet from Qatar to use as Air Force One – ABC News
• Why The Qataris Are Happy To Dump Their 747 On Trump – Forbes
• Eric Trump Breaks Ground on $1.5B Resort in Country Desperate for Tariff Relief From His Dad – Daily Beast
• 10 Ways to Enrich the Trumps and the MAGA Movement – Mother Jones
• Trump’s Mar-a-Lago and Bedminster Clubs Are Taking In More Money Than Ever – Wall Street Journal
• The problem(s) with the White House’s defense of Trump’s scandalous crypto dinner – Maddow Blog
• A Helicopter, Halibut, and ‘Y.M.C.A’: Inside Donald Trump’s Memecoin Dinner – WIRED
• The Father Pursues Trump’s Diplomatic Deals. The Son Chases Crypto Deals – Wall Street Journal

Trump’s Budget

• The ugly truth about Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” – Judd Legum/Popular Information Substack
• Trump and the power of the big (fake) number – Public Notice Substack
• Here Are the Worst Things in Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill – The New Republic
• Voters Do Not Support the GOP Reconciliation Bill’s Tax and Spending Proposals – Data for Progress
• It’s not just Medicaid: Why the Republicans’ bill would likely force Medicare cuts, too – Maddow Blog
• Voters in Every Congressional District Oppose Cuts to SNAP – Data for Progress
• Hidden Threat to Democracy Slipped Into Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful’ Bill – Daily Beast
• Trump Gets Huge Boost as GOP Slips New Court Rules Into Budget – The New Republic
• Dems Flabbergasted by Plan to Rename Baby Savings Accounts in Donald Trump’s Honor: ‘Treating Him Like a King’ – Daily Beast

Trump/Musk Administration’s Assault on Government, the Constitution and Truth

• VIDEO: Trump gives DISASTER Speech leaving ARMY STUNNED – MeidasTouch
• Trump orders the government to stop enforcing rules he doesn’t like – The Washington Post
• Trump’s image of dead ‘white farmers’ came from Reuters footage in Congo, not South Africa – Reuters
• Dems Preparing to Go to War on Immigrant Detention Centers – The Bulwark
• Harvard Hits Back at Trump With Lawsuit Over International Student Ban – The New Republic
• The White House is Quietly Memory-Holing Transcripts of Donald Trump’s Words – Daily Beast

The Nation

• GOP won’t install Jan. 6 plaque honoring law enforcement, Dems say – The Washington Post
• Trump and Republicans are targeting blue states’ climate policies – The Washington Post
• Supreme Court deadlocks 4-4 on nation’s first religious charter school – NBC News