Lynn

Lib concerned by over-reach & austerity budgets of GOP @ state/nat'l levels negatively affecting protections of safety net, healthcare, voting & civil rights.

[Justin Barasky @JustinBarasky]

NEW: Vivek Ramaswamy not only opposes abortion even in cases of rape and incest but he’s aligned himself w/ a group that opposes ALL forms of contraception.

[Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree]

Not clear is how soon the housing bill is going to the White House

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

The president’s son-in-law — Michael Boulos, husband to Tiffany Trump — may be looking to develop Middle Eastern connections of his own, and the federal government appears to be accommodating him.

Story: https://t.co/KFzEknNTVN

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

Here it is:

National Park Service notifies the federal court that the Trump Admin plans on draining the Reflecting Pool after July 4.... and trying again at repairs

https://t.co/hEYoKEngma

[David Shepardson @davidshepardson]

A day after @USPS Postmaster General testified on mail-in voting proposal https://t.co/NA93xbO8L8

[Katie Bergh @Katie_Bergh]

If I wanted to reduce errors in SNAP, I simply would not:
- Pass a law adding a ton of red tape to SNAP
- Require states to implement those changes overnight but wait months to give them any specifics about how to do so
- Then cut federal funding for states' admin costs in half

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

NEW: Hours after heated exchange with Trump, Sen Bill Cassidy (R-LA) joins Sen Cory Booker (D-NJ) in memo to Todd Blanche seeking answers about Trump’s sweetheart immunity deal with IRS

[Social Security Works ❌👑 @SSWorks]

SSW President Nancy Altman on the consequences of DOGE's Social Security data breaches:
"This is people's most personal data, and it's also enormously useful for a scammer. Your medical records, your Social Security number, your bank routing number...it has so much information."

[Edward Wong @ewong]

Trump's son-in-law, Michael Boulos, sits next to Rubio in this meeting in UAE with Sheikh MBZ, the country's leader. Boulos is a businessman who has no official post (his father has one). He visited UAE in May 2025 with Trump for a business event.

[Joaquin Castro @JoaquinCastrotx]

The Air Force confirmed with my office that the flu outbreak at the Air Force Lackland Base in San Antonio is getting worse. There are now 275 confirmed cases.

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

🚨BREAKING: In a MAJOR VICTORY, the 6th Circuit REJECTS Department of Justice lawsuit to access Michigan's voter file. The first appeals court to rule on an appeal in DOJ's 9 defeats.

I am proud of the Elias Law Group team for this critical win! https://t.co/vNk9oMTnTM

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

PETERS: Yes or no, if a state refuses to turn their absentee voter list to the federal government, will the Postal Service still mail their ballots under this proposed rule?

POSTMASTER GENERAL STEINER: No.

PETERS: So the proposed rule basically coerces states to hand over their absentee voter rolls or face the consequences of not being able to vote by mail

[Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree]

🚨Before the 10-day clock can start for Trump on the housing bill - the final enrolled bill must be signed by Speaker Johnson & the Senate President Pro Tem (Grassley). Then the bill goes to the White House.

Those steps have not happened yet. 1/

[Mother Jones @MotherJones]

NEW: Eight protesters who the DOJ accused of having connections to antifa were sentenced to decades in federal prison over a shooting outside a Texas immigration detention center that left one police officer wounded.

Activists who didn’t plan the protest and left when asked still received 50-year terms. https://t.co/IcjFn2mNSU

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

NOW: In a major blow to Trump, the Senate voted 50–48 to approve a resolution ordering the removal of U.S. forces from hostilities against Iran unless Congress declares war or authorizes the use of military force.

Republican senators Collins, Cassidy, Murkowski, and Paul voted yes. Fetterman was the only Democrat to vote no.

Senators McConnell and McCormick did not vote.

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

NEW: $100 million went missing from an online bank.

"Neobanks" promise higher rates and lower fees, but they exist in a regulatory black box created by Andreessen, Thiel, Musk and more.

We investigated an online bank where thousands of Americans' FDIC-insured savings vanished.

[Moe Davis (U.S. Air Force, Retired) @ColMoeDavis]

I’m sharing a link to an op-ed by Democrat Elizabeth Warren and Republican Bernie Moreno in today’s New York Times. Here’s how it begins . . .

“One of us is a Republican from Ohio who built a business that generated hundreds of jobs. The other is a Democrat from Massachusetts who built a career protecting consumers from financial tricks and traps.

We don’t agree on everything, but here’s one thing we do agree on: Congress must act now to save Social Security for generations of Americans to come.”

Imagine that . . . both sides working together to solve a problem that impacts over 70 million Americans. And it’s not a proposal to punish the rich, but it would require them to pay their fair share. As the Senators note, ordinary Americans pay into Social Security based on 100% of their income while billionaires are taxed on less than 0.1% of their earnings.

Look for the rich to use their wealth to pump out propaganda to convince ordinary Americans that it’s their patriotic duty to continue getting screwed. Here’s hoping ordinary Americans wise up and stand up to the oligarchs.

https://t.co/dh2DmQj9SC

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

1,056 hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes are now facing closures or cuts in the wake of the GOP cutting healthcare to give tax cuts to the rich — per @ProtectOurCare.

[Brendan Duke @Brendan_Duke]

The Trump Administration may be flailing in its foreign policy and trade goals, but its efforts to take away nutrition assistance and health care from millions are roaring successes.

[Jonathan Oosting @jonathanoosting]

ICE confirms plan to sell Romulus warehouse rather than turn it into an immigrant detention center. Filing is part of Michigan lawsuit by AG Dana Nessel and city