Tuesday

June 17, 2025

By Felipe De La Hoz

For many weeks now, Senate Democrats have been trying to home in on the right message against the Republicans’ preposterously titled Big Beautiful Bill. While the budget bill narrowly cleared the House after some false starts, its deficit-busting characteristics have thus far kept it from the unified GOP support it needs to clear the Senate. Yet the Democrats similarly are not united on the best strategy to turn the bill into a political loser among voters: The bill is a tax break for the rich. It will kick millions of people off Medicaid and food stamps. It will explode the federal deficit.

All of this is true. But the Democrats have been largely silent on perhaps the bill’s most ominous characteristic: an orgy of resources for Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller’s shock troops to carry out President Trump’s indiscriminate crackdown on immigration and protest.

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In today’s newsletter: Trump chickens out on major immigration flip; the Supreme Court takes up a major case on anti-abortion clinics; how Americans protested king Trump; and much more.

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As Trump ramps up the threats to crack down on blue cities after his North Korean–style military parade and a horrific assassination, a scholar of authoritarianism explains why we’re now in the danger zone.

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A group of crisis pregnancy centers in New Jersey is looking to thwart a state investigation into their potentially deceptive practices. It could have national consequences.

By Matt Ford

With so many major decisions coming down—with implications for the role of religion in public life, efforts to restrict gender-affirming care, gerrymandering—not to mention the serious threat to our Constitution, there’s a lot to unpack. 

Join us on July 2 to analyze and discuss the end-of-session Supreme Court rulings and their legal and political ramifications.

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