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Trump Kicks 'Pathetic' GOP Lawmaker Out Of His Movement: 'MAGA Doesn’t Want Him'
The president vowed to campaign against Rep. Thomas Massie for opposing him on Iran, the "big beautiful bill" and more.
Ed Mazza
By
Ed Mazza
Jun 23, 2025, 12:15 AM EDT

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-thomas-massie-maga_n_6858beece4b0d509390c286c?cdmc=2yueEfU6qUf2lHFiwA4omRY5Wsr&refcode2=2yueEfU6qUf2lHFiwA4omRY5Wsr&refcodecdmc=2yueEfU6qUf2lHFiwA4omRY5Wsr

Politics
Trump Humiliates Hegseth, Rubio and Vance With Iran ‘Regime’ Post
‘MIGA!!!‘
There was a clear message from the Trump administration Sunday, until the president stepped in.
Jasmine Venet

Breaking News Intern
Matt Young

Night Editor
Updated Jun. 23 2025 9:29AM EDT /
Published Jun. 22 2025 8:18PM EDT

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-humiliates-hegseth-rubio-and-vance-with-iran-regime-post/?via=newsletter&source=DDMorning&user_emailA=ba66dbf7254c215b98844cb297ac7cac&user_emailB=f5da2b6c88fa60c0a232a75959acb9e0590a6a672e40dbd8f8ebed98f20bf333

Senate Parliamentarian Blocks Republican Attacks on SNAP, CFPB in Reconciliation Bill

"We will be fighting this bill every single day until Republicans bring it to the floor," said Sen. Jeff Merkley.
Julia Conley
Jun 21, 2025

https://www.commondreams.org/news/senate-parliamentarian

'The World Sees You, Netanyahu': Israel's Iran Strikes Seen as 'War of Distraction' Amid Gaza Genocide

"This 'war' is an unprovoked, unilateral attack, a criminal act of aggression, and it is meant to distract the world from acting with regard to Israel's genocide," said one Israeli critic.
Julia Conley
Jun 21, 2025

https://www.commondreams.org/news/netanyahu-and-iran

This Is What Authoritarianism Looks Like—and How We Fight Back

Sunrise is launching a new campaign to end the oligarchy and save our futures.
Aru Shiney-Ajay
Jun 18, 2025

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/sunrise-fight-oligarchy

Fossil Fuels
USGS Touts Potential Oil and Gas Resources Beneath Public Lands in Updated Survey
Environmentalists worry the report will be used to justify an increase in drilling without justifiable demand.
By Jake Bolster
June 18, 2025

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18062025/usgs-touts-potential-public-land-oil-gas/

Thom Hartmann/
June 20, 2025
NEVER STOPS
Senate GOP’s Remedy for Anti-Trump Lawsuits? Make Them Impossible.
There’s a provision in the Senate’s “big, beautiful bill” that would make plaintiffs against the federal government post huge bonds to file lawsuits. And they’re proud of this crap.

https://newrepublic.com/article/197029/senate-gop-budget-bill-anti-trump-lawsuits-impossible?vgo_ee=On4%2BqO%2BfM3ZGNk0DEt94Y%2BUBLnmwT%2BDOqIp0JTRPuRoBhk%2FWS6M%2BwQ%3D%3D%3Ae8ab0ywYKPX3j%2B0JAhCB%2BMokm3va%2F3BV

Trumpland
TACO Trump Punts Decision on Bombing Iran in Wild New Twist
TRUST ME!
The delay comes as his MAGA base remains deeply divided over the U.S. intervention.
Farrah Tomazin
Farrah Tomazin

Political Correspondent
Updated Jun. 19 2025 4:40PM EDT
Published Jun. 19 2025 2:27PM EDT

https://www.thedailybeast.com/karoline-leavitt-says-taco-trump-will-punt-decision-on-bombing-iran-in-wild-new-twist/?via=newsletter&source=DDMorning&user_emailA=ba66dbf7254c215b98844cb297ac7cac&user_emailB=f5da2b6c88fa60c0a232a75959acb9e0590a6a672e40dbd8f8ebed98f20bf333

Incomprehensible': Trump Admin To Shut Down LGBTQ+ Suicide Hotline

"This is devastating, to say the least," said one critic of the White House decision to dismantle a program that has served nearly 1.3 million young people in recent years. "Suicide prevention is about people, not politics."
Stephen Prager
Jun 19, 2025

https://www.commondreams.org/news/incomprehensible-trump-admin-to-shut-down-lgbtq-suicide-hotline

Melissa Gira Grant/
June 19, 2025
fanatics
Vance Boelter and the Rise of “Spiritual Warfare”
The accused assassin in Minnesota may have seen himself as an entrepreneurial missionary, influenced by a theology of “violent prayer” and spiritual war.

https://newrepublic.com/article/196984/fringe-religious-movement-schooled-vance-boelter?vgo_ee=POBh%2F0Y7IanBYlt9i8V8ERIIA%2FWI53VIj04vFdcYCMSmm1tUGSH1uQ%3D%3D%3A3bygp4CXej4lO1AvxW9GK1FztoLXkIAp

MAGA Meltdown: Trump Wants War, Base Wants Out
Politicians hide themselves away. They only started the war. Why should they go out to fight? They leave that role to the poor - Black Sabbath, "War Pigs"
Cliff Schecter
Jun 18, 2025

https://www.blueamp.co/p/maga-meltdown-trump-wants-war-base?publication_id=3722532&post_id=166245209&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=pn6zb&triedRedirect=true

AIPAC Demands Democrats ‘Stand With Israel’

The pro-Israel lobbying group has sent a flurry of communications to members of Congress, citing specific language for them to parrot in support of Israel’s strikes on Iran.

by David Dayen, Ryan Grim, Nicolae Butler, Pablo Manriquez

June 18, 2025

https://prospect.org/politics/2025-06-18-aipac-demands-democrats-stand-with-israel/?vgo_ee=CZC%2BAEq16Zj4bfhnu6NODXkgAbPLAXo4CrAxgj%2BlfYGGch41I7sfGA%3D%3D%3AvIOFF6RYB5Ns0gZ5iubx20YmeIIKQEBu

Josh Hawley Blames Nonprofits for “Bankrolling Civil Unrest” in LA Without Evidence

The Republican senator accused groups supporting immigrant communities of planning “astroturf” protests.
Jessica Washington
June 12 2025, 5:47 p.m.

https://theintercept.com/2025/06/12/josh-hawley-la-protests-ice-nonprofits/

Opinion
Trump Has Us On His Golden Escalator to Hell—But There is a Way Off
DECADE OF DON
Exactly 10 years ago, he began a descent and pulled us down. We are tarnished, sullied and divided—but there is a reason for hope.
David Rothkopf
David Rothkopf
Updated Jun. 16 2025 3:39PM EDT
Published Jun. 16 2025 2:41PM EDT

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-has-us-on-his-golden-escalator-to-hellbut-there-is-a-way-off/?via=newsletter&source=DDMorning&user_emailA=ba66dbf7254c215b98844cb297ac7cac&user_emailB=f5da2b6c88fa60c0a232a75959acb9e0590a6a672e40dbd8f8ebed98f20bf333

Politics
DHS Flip-Flops Again on TACO Trump’s Immigration Raids
REVERSE COURSE
The agency once again reversed guidelines for immigration raids issued just last week.
Julia Ornedo
Julia Ornedo

Reporter
Updated Jun. 17 2025 8:51AM EDT
Published Jun. 17 2025 12:44AM EDT

https://www.thedailybeast.com/dhs-flip-flops-again-on-taco-trumps-immigration-raids/?via=newsletter&source=DDMorning&user_emailA=ba66dbf7254c215b98844cb297ac7cac&user_emailB=f5da2b6c88fa60c0a232a75959acb9e0590a6a672e40dbd8f8ebed98f20bf333

Trumpland
Trump’s FAA Pick Made a Claim About His Pilot License That Won’t Fly
NOT YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING
Bryan Bedford had said in his official biography that he is certified to fly aircraft “commercially.”
Ewan Palmer
Ewan Palmer

Reporter
Updated Jun. 16 2025 6:25AM EDT
Published Jun. 16 2025 5:53AM EDT

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-faa-pick-bryan-bedford-made-a-claim-about-his-pilot-license-that-wont-fly/?via=newsletter&source=DDMorning&user_emailA=ba66dbf7254c215b98844cb297ac7cac&user_emailB=f5da2b6c88fa60c0a232a75959acb9e0590a6a672e40dbd8f8ebed98f20bf333

EPA: Listen to the Biden Admin AI Tool, Not Climate Deniers
https://civicshout.com/p/epa-listen-to-the-biden-admin-ai-tool-not-climate-deniers-2/?link_id=1&can_id=ac7b8de3c795c777e8cc3084fe627283&source=email-sign-the-petition-to-the-epa-listen-to-the-biden-admin-ai-tool-not-climate-deniers&email_referrer=email_2771751&email_subject=sign-the-petition-to-the-epa-listen-to-the-biden-admin-ai-tool-not-climate-deniers&&

What Just Happened in Iran is All Trump’s Fault
Late night bombings in Tehran launched over nuclear deal
The Feed
Jun 13, 2025

https://beagoodinfluence.substack.com/p/what-just-happened-in-iran-is-all?publication_id=4998227&post_id=165752052&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=pn6zb&triedRedirect=true

Sign Petition: Demand Accountability for Assault on Senator Padilla
https://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/337/390/061/?TAP=1181&source_id=padillanoem&eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=d54abafe-2343-495c-a13d-3f9be7240dd6

Israeli Attacks Kill Dozens at Aid Sites as Gaza Death Toll Surpasses 55,000

One Palestinian man said he and his brother, who was killed, had no choice but to try to access aid at privatized distribution points, even though they knew it was dangerous to approach them.
Julia Conley
Jun 11, 2025

https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-death-toll-today