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Donald Trump threatens to arrest NYC mayoral Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, falsely questions his citizenship
Well folks, we've reached the super fun stage of fascism where the president of the United States is floating the idea of arresting opposition politicians simply for disagreeing with his heinous agenda. "Well then, we'll have to arrest him," said Trump to reporters asking him about Zohran Mamdani's pledge to not cooperate with ICE. Trump also said that "a lot of people are saying he's here illegally," which is both extremely false and terrifying in its implication. The NYC Young Republicans have already called for Trump to deport Mamdani, and that call has been picked up by a few of the more openly racist GOP members of Congress. Just how far are the MAGA cult leader and the oligarchs supporting him willing to go to make sure that New Yorkers don't get to enjoy free bus rides or some goddamn rent relief?

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VIDEO OF THE DAY: GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski gives shocking response after voting for Trump's budget disaster
The Alaska Republican, the deciding vote in the Senate yesterday in favor of Trump's utterly disastrous budget bill, was caught on camera feebly tyring to rationalize her decision to inflict catastrophic pain on tens of millions of Americans, add more than three TRILLION dollars to the national debt, and give the megawealthy yet another completely unnecessary tax cut, and...it did not go well. Murkowski, who has lambasted Trump's big bill of bullshit on multiple occasions, essentially sold out TENS OF MILLIONS of Americans across the country, including our most economically vulnerable citizens, for the modern-day equivalent of 30 pieces of silver. Lisa held her nose and named her price. Donald eagerly accepted. Or as GOP Sen. Rand Paul — who voted against the bill — put it: "There was a time in which [the Trump administration] had to make a decision, dealing with me and reducing the debt ceiling or giving pork and subsidies to Alaska. They chose to add more pork and subsidies for Alaska to secure that." It's not quite a midnight kiss in a garden, but it's in the same ballpark.

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Trump’s Big Ugly Bill would drive up costs for American families
League of Conservation Voters: Senate Republicans’ reckless, Trump-backed reconciliation bill would devastate hardworking families by driving up costs and threatening 1.6 million clean energy jobs. By slashing clean energy tax credits it would raise energy costs by up to $400 annually – that's hundreds of dollars less a year for groceries, gas, and essentials. And instead of supporting workers, Republicans are giving huge tax breaks to Big Oil. We can't let them wreck our economy and our planet. Add your name to tell Congress to vote no to this extreme bill!

Paramount caves, settles with Trump for $16 million over 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris
In yet another troubling turn in the ongoing collapse of our once-sacred fourth estate, the MAGA cult leader has inexplicably reached a $16 MILLION settlement with Paramount, the parent of CBS News, over what he claimed was false editing of a pre-election interview with the Democratic candidate for president, Kamala Harris, in 2024. The unconscionable decision by executives at CBS to roll over is just the latest damning example of feckless capitulation by obviously compromised media companies foolishly hoping to play nice with the country's openly fascistic and authoritarian president, all in the name of access (and almight quarterly profits, of course). This will not end well.

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Trump tours "Alligator Alcatraz," a day before its first prisoners are expected
The MAGA cult leader visited a cartoonishly evil new detention center for immigrants in Florida, hastily erected in an isolated, 39-square mile airstrip located within the wetlands of the Big Cypress National Preserve — surrounded by boggy marshes chock full of alligators and pythons, not unlike a James Bond supervillain's lair. The president was clearly impressed, praising the speed with which the dystopian facility was built and the utter inhumanity of its existence. At an unrelated press appearance, one-time Trump punching bag and current Florida Gov. Ron Desantis gushed over the Trump regime's newest concentration camp: "What'll happen is you'll bring people in there, they ain't going anywhere once they're there unless you want them to go somewhere, because, good luck getting to civilization. So the security is amazing — natural and otherwise." Did you catch that? Decivilization. The cruelty IS the point. It's almost as if these amoral MAGA mongrels WANT detainees to attempt escape and try their luck in gator-infested swamps. You'd be forgiven for thinking this nightmare was all lifted from an unpublished Stephen King novel. Alas, it is all very, very real.

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House Republicans jettison all principle, race toward a final vote on Trump’s abominable tax bill, daring critics to oppose
Throwing caution and anything resembling human morality, decency, and empathy to the hellfires of history, House GOP leaders are rushing to try to pass Trump's "Kill The Poors" bill before his self-imposed July 4th deadline. It's a risky gambit that ostensibly runs right into the Freedom Caucus and their piteous honking about fiscal responsibility, but we've seen this movie before. None of these spineless cowards have any fucking principles, and they will all eventually bend the knee and vote for this monstrosity after the obligatory, self-righteous kabuki show of resistance. Except for Thomas Massie, of course. The vote will almost certainly go down to the wire. Contact your reps early and often. Let them know exactly how you feel! Like the Balrog before Gandalf in Moria, this bill shall not pass.

Gillibrand apologizes to Mamdani over "jihad" comments
Lost in the hubbub over Trump's Big Evil Bad Bill were comments from Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who was busy spending her time promoting disgusting Islamophobic smears against the winner of New York City's Democratic mayoral primary, Zohran Mamdani, instead of spending every waking moment trying to drill into the public's heads that 17 MILLION people were about to lose their healthcare thanks to Republicans. During a radio call-in show with WYNC's Brian Lehrer last Thursday, a caller asked about holding Mamdani accountable for "glorifying Hamas" and accused him of Holocaust revisionism, among a number of false and racist conspiracy theories — which, it must be stressed, are completely bogus. Gillibrand responded, "Jewish New Yorkers were alarmed by Mamdani’s past statements," then cited his phantom "references to global jihad," which, again, are entirely fictional. The GOP and AIPAC have been waging a hysterical and appallingly racist smear campaign against Mamdani for his support for Palestinian human rights and have been portraying Mamdani's refusal to "condemn" the phrase "globalize the intifada" as evidence that he's a jihadi who wants to rid New York of Jews and somehow institute sharia law in the most diverse city on the planet. To his credit, Mamdani is refusing to entertain gotcha questions surrounding "globalize the intifada" altogether. When was the last time any other political candidate was asked to "condemn" random phrases... for simply existing? It's bullshit, and playing into it is outright racist. Gillibrand (whose top donor is AIPAC) should be ashamed of herself for perpetuating such racist tropes. After days of blowback, the junior Democratic senator from New York called Mamdani Monday evening and formally apologized for the gross misstep.

Anti-gun violence trailblazer launches run for Attorney General
Karen McDonald for Attorney General: Karen McDonald has spent her career working to keep our families safe and put an end to the scourge of gun violence and mass shootings. She made history as the first prosecutor to successfully hold the parents of a school shooter accountable for failing to safely secure their guns and acting indifferently to signs of their son’s deteriorating mental health, which led to the tragic deaths of four students in Oxford, MI. Now she’s going to take her mission to the Attorney General’s office in a vital swing state, where she’s vowed to stand up to Trump and use her office to resist his tyrannical overreach from Washington. Chip in to help jump-start her campaign!

Google undercounts its carbon emissions, report finds
We'll take "Lease Surprising News of the Day" for 10 to the power of 100 dollars, Alex.

New study reveals brutal hit that US employers face from Trump tariffs
The real question is: Will American business owners hold the MAGA cult leader accountable for the seismic suffering and pain he's needlessly inflicting, or will they simply let the career con man get away with this mess, too?

Marjorie Taylor Greene calls pressure to meet Trump’s July 4 megabill deadline "a shit show"
Donald Trump’s catastrophic budget bill returns to the House of Representatives on Wednesday, but some Republicans in the lower chamber are already threatening a revolt. QAnon Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene appeared on Steve Bannon’s War Room podcast on Tuesday and complained that the MAGA cult leader's July 4 timeline for passing the massive tax and spending legislation was arbitrary and "not realistic." "It is really a dire situation," Greene told Bannon. "We’re on a time clock that’s been really set on us, so we have a lot of pressure. It’s a shit show." Uh, yeah, that's one word for it.

Northeastern US sees record tick season as climate crisis sparks arachnid boom
Oh, good. More ticks. Can someone please stop this nightmare of a ride and let us off?