“Republican Sen. Thom Tillis went to the Senate floor and slammed the GOP’s plans for drastic Medicaid cuts — warning Republicans they are about to ‘make a mistake on health care and betray a promise.’” https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/29/congress/thom-tillis-slams-megabill-trump-00432290 Inside Congress Live
“The Justice Department is aggressively prioritizing efforts to strip some Americans of their U.S. citizenship.” https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/immigration/2025/06/30/525225/doj-announces-plans-to-prioritize-cases-to-revoke-citizenship/ DOJ announces plans to prioritize cases to revoke citizenship – Houston Public Media
Zohran Mamdani: “This Is The Heart Of The Battle For The Future Of The Democratic Party”
The Lever
Zohran Mamdani: “This Is The Heart Of The Battle For The Future Of The Democratic Party”
David Sirota sat down with the democratic socialist upstart who just won New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary to discuss his plans for City...
Inspector General Probes Whether Trump, DOGE Sought Private Taxpayer Information or Sensitive IRS Material
ProPublica
Inspector General Probes Whether Trump, DOGE Sought Private Taxpayer Information or Sensitive IRS Material
The request, spelled out in an email obtained by ProPublica, comes amid concerns that DOGE has overstepped its bounds in seeking highly restricted ...
“Besides filing lawsuits and issuing angry statements, unions have done little to teach Trump that he has anything to fear from attempting to destroy them.”
In These Times
Unions Without Strikes
Today's labor movement has been built to rely on forms of power that are all going away.
In Q&A with DOE employees: “I just hope that people realize that it’s not because we don’t want to serve you. It’s because we have people in power right now who want to break this system and who want to get rid of the fact that education is an equalizer.”
The Texas Observer
'We're Not Just Some Bureaucrats': DOE Employees on How Their Work Helps Texas Students
Department of Education workers and union leaders in Texas say kids will pay the price for Trump’s decision to “break this system.”
“Ultimately, you’re going to see the system collapse and an interruption of benefits,” O’Malley [former U.S. Social Security Administration Commisioner] said. ..Ahead of any interruption in benefits, “people should start saving now,” O’Malley said.
CNBC
Social Security has never missed a payment. DOGE actions threaten 'interruption of benefits,' ex-agency head says
New changes at the U.S. Social Security Administration may put its ability to deliver monthly benefit checks at risk, former agency head says.
I wonder how much more Musk’s companies will get in government handouts through tax write-offs and what not while he continues to attempt cutting basic services for everyday people. https://truthout.org/articles/tesla-paid-zero-federal-income-tax-in-2024-despite-2-3-billion-in-income/
Interesting read!
The American Prospect
Ford and Musk. They Made Cars. They Backed Fascists. - The American Prospect
Each age’s premier industrialist has had appalling politics.
“The country’s largest health insurers have invested over $120 billion into repurchasing their own shares since the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010.”
The Lever
Health Insurers Gave $120 Billion To Shareholders While Denying Your Claim
The country’s largest insurers spent $120 billion on stock buybacks since 2010, with nearly half of that spent by UnitedHealth.