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Trump’s All-Out Assault on Science Constitutes a “Mind-Boggling Own-Goal”

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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A generation of scientific talent is at the brink of being lost to overseas competitors by the Trump administration’s dismantling of the National Science Foundation (NSF), with unprecedented political interference at the agency jeopardizing the future of US industries […]

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Passage of Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” Approves Reversals in Climate Policy

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To pay for the tax breaks, the bill sunsets clean energy tax credits put in place by the Inflation Reduction Act.

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Social Security Chief Celebrates Budget Bill That Could Slash Program’s Finances

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The bill will accelerate depletion of Social Security and Medicare’s trust funds by a year, according to an analysis.

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Calls to GI Hotlines Rise as Service Members Consider Defying Trump’s Orders

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Conscientious objector applications surge under Trump as military members fear becoming “the saber that he’s rattling.”

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A July 4th Reflection

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The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture. Subscribing costs just $5 a month—but you can sign up for a free 30-day trial. As the nation celebrates its 249th birthday, it’s hard not to wonder […]

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“Self-Inflicted Tragedy”: Washington’s Abrupt Turnaround on Climate Policy

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The US House of Representatives voted 218 to 214 on Thursday to pass President Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill, greenlighting deep cuts to America’s social safety net and the decimation of the country’s only federal climate strategy. Democrats uniformly opposed the bill, while […]

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Republicans Just Passed “the Worst Bill in Modern American History”

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Just in time for the nation’s birthday, House Republicans have passed the most regressive legislation in recent memory, a bill that’s expected to cut more than $1 trillion from Medicaid and boot some 12 million Americans off their health insurance, even as it explodes the federal deficit—all to extend and expand tax cuts that favor the rich. […]

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The Supreme Court Turns Its Sights on Trans Athletes

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The US Supreme Court announced Thursday that it will hear a pair of cases in the fall involving state laws in that ban transgender girls and women from participating in girls’ and women’s school sports. The cases originate in Idaho, which passed the country’s first trans youth sports ban in 2020, and West Virginia, which […]

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Trump’s FCC Scraps Ban on Prison Phone Price Gouging, a Gift to Some of His Top Donors

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This story was originally published by Popular Information, a substack publication to which you can subscribe here. The Federal Communications Commission will no longer enforce a rule capping the price of prison phone calls, according to an announcement made Monday by FCC Chairman Brendan Carr. The move suspends a 2024 FCC decision that capped the price of in-state phone calls at 6 cents […]

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Here are the Declaration of Independence’s Grievances Against King George III. Many Apply to Trump.

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When Thomas Jefferson was writing the Declaration of Independence in the weeks leading up July 4, 1776, he wanted to not only rely on just high-falutin enlightenment ideals to justify the case for separation from Great Britain. His aim was also to present a slam-dunk indictment of King George III—to prove that the royal was […]

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Europe Puts Social Programs on Chopping Block to Appease Trump on NATO Funding

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Fawning for Trump’s favor, European leaders are ramping up military spending at the expense of public benefits.

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Has MAGA Killed Satire?

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In June, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced plans to build an immigrant detention center on an unused airstrip in the Everglades. “There’s not much waiting for them except alligators and pythons,” Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said in a video on social media, suggesting that the detention center’s location in the middle of a swamp […]

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