June 30, 2025
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Senate GOP prepares for marathon final drive to pass Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' . . . Senate Republicans are facing a marathon session on Monday to pass President Trump's ambitious tax and spending package and meet the White House's end-of-week deadline to OK its top domestic agenda item. The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act includes the elimination of taxes for some tipped and overtime income. Republicans can lose a maximum of three votes, with two of those already spoken for. Sens. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) are both expected to vote "no" over their opposition to proposed Medicaid cuts and the inclusion of a $5 trillion debt ceiling hike, respectively. The Hill
Tillis Buckles To Trump Threat, Won't Seek Reelection . . . Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) said on Sunday that he will not seek reelection in 2026 less than 24 hours after President Donald Trump threatened to support a primary challenge against the lawmaker following his vote against the "One Big, Beautiful Bill." The announcement marks a turnaround as Tillis had indicated in December of last year that he was pursuing a third term in the upper chamber. Daily Wire
Politics
Senate Megabill Stuns the Clean Energy Industry With New Tax on Wind and Solar . . . Senate Republicans stunned the power industry over the weekend with a proposed new tax on wind and solar projects, part of a broader push to unravel incentives for renewable energy. This weekend, clean energy companies were surprised by the sudden appearance of a tax that they hadn't realized was under consideration. It would apply to wind and solar projects completed after 2027 if they use a certain percentage of components from China, the industry's primary supplier of everything from critical minerals to batteries. Wall Street Journal
Anything to stop those grotesque structures that kill whales.
Trump's Major Foreign Policy Wins Last Week: It's Not Just Iran . . . Almost overlooked amid the successful military strikes on Iran's nuclear sites and NATO allies agreeing to increase annual defense spending to 5% of their gross domestic product, the Trump administration also facilitated a peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. The peace deal ends a 30-year conflict in Africa between Congo and Rwanda. "They were going at it for many years, and with machetes," Trump said Friday. Daily Signal
Given Three Chances, Zohran Mamdani Won't Condemn Calls To 'Globalize The Intifada'
He also said we should not have billionaires in this country. That's because he's a communist.
Culture
Trump Admin Weighs Eliminating Funds for Hospitals Offering Sex Change Assistance to Minors . . . The Trump administration is weighing cutting off funds to hospitals that it says provide gender-related treatments for children and teenagers, a move that would sharply escalate officials' scrutiny of such programs. "President Trump has been clear: America will protect kids from life-altering and experimental procedures," Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator Mehmet Oz said. "CMS has warned hospitals and state Medicaid programs about these dangers—and is taking regulatory enforcement actions." Wall Street Journal
How can US taxpayers be forced to pay for this barbaric form of child abuse neatly dressed up as "medical care"?
Inside The American Medical Establishment's Bitter Refusal To Rethink Trans Procedures For Kids
Texas becomes first state to implement a series of MAHA reforms . . . SB 25, the first of its kind in Texas and the country, requires the food industry to either remove more than 40 harmful chemicals and additives from processed foods or add warning labels for products sold in Texas. SB 25 creates additional regulations, expands the size of government bureaucracy and expands physical education requirements for public schools, The Center Square reported. It mandates that a warning label be placed on foods that contain any one of 44 artificial additives, dyes and chemicals. Just the News
National Security
The Web of Activist Groups Backing ICE Riots, Hamas, and Iran . . . Activists in the revolutionary ecosystem that organize street mayhem are veering sharply from anti-deportation actions to pro-Iran ones. They may have to swap in flags of the Islamic Republic for the Mexican ones they've been waving in Los Angeles, or the Hamas ones they waved earlier, but so be it. Who are these organizations lining up behind Iran's theocracy? Some are committed to the anti-Israel cause, sort of a raison d'être for the Tehran regime at this point. But many others are secular, Marxist organizations that just want the destruction of the West in general. The Daily Signal
The main point here for those funding these protests is to destroy the United States, not create Palestine.
Trump to visit 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center this week . . . President Donald Trump is expected to visit Florida's controversial detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" when it opens Tuesday, a source familiar with the matter told NewsNation. The immigrant detention center, fast-tracked by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, is located deep in the state's Everglades wetlands. Trump to visit 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center this week. The state has estimated that by early July, it will have 5,000 immigration detention beds in operation. NewsNation
Pilots Of B-2 Bombers That Hit Iran Nuclear Sites Coming To White House, Trump Says
International
Trump has Putin trapped, and the Kremlin knows it . . . Failing to deliver tangible support to Iran could result in Russia losing an ostensibly valuable ally, friendship with whom Moscow likes to brandish as a bogeyman whenever it wants to threaten the West. But if Putin were to decide to help Tehran re-arm, perhaps providing new air defence systems to replace the ones destroyed over the past few months, it would likely anger Donald Trump, who may decide to beef up supplies of lethal aid to Ukraine in its fight against Russia. By Rebekah Koffler for The Telegraph
Russia Masses 50,000 Troops Around Sumy, Putting Ukraine in Precarious Position . . . ussian forces are just 12 miles from this northern Ukrainian regional capital, a new target for Moscow, as the Kremlin presses its manpower advantage at a growing number of places along the front. Having almost entirely ejected Ukrainian forces from the Russian Kursk region earlier this year, Russian forces have now poured over the border in the opposite direction toward Sumy. With 50,000 troops in the area, they outnumber the Ukrainians roughly 3-to-1, according to soldiers fighting there. Wall Street Journal
Germany: 4 Syrian Migrants Charged with Sexual Assault of 9 Girls as Young as 11 at Swimming Pool . . . Four men aged between 18 and 28 have been arrested and criminally charged for allegedly groping young girls at a public swimming pool in the town of Gelnhausen in central Germany. The youngest alleged victim is just 11 years old, while the oldest is 17. The girls said that when they were in the whirlpool area, the men approached them and began touching them all over their bodies. Breitbart
Hey Germany, good luck assimilating all these people you let in.
Money
Canadian Prime Minister Carney says trade talks with US resume after Canada rescinded tech tax . . . Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said late Sunday trade talks with U.S. have resumed after Canada rescinded its plan to tax U.S. technology firms. President Trump said Friday that he was suspending trade talks with Canada over its plans to continue with its tax on technology firms, which he called "a direct and blatant attack on our country." The Canadian government said "in anticipation" of a trade deal "Canada would rescind" the Digital Serves Tax. The tax was set to go into effect Monday. Associated Press
Trump again and again is demonstrating that courageously taking maximalist stands that are impolite and even shocking gets results. Unlike previous presidents, he doesn't care what people will say when he breaks norms and treats adversaries and competitors the way they deserve to be treated. This is the value of having as president a businessman who has spent a lifetime getting the best deals by calling people's bluffs.
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Gunman started Idaho blaze and then fatally shot 2 firefighters in ambush attack, officials say . . . A man armed with a rifle started a wildfire Sunday and then began shooting at first responders in a northern Idaho mountain community, killing two firefighters and wounding a third during a barrage of gunfire over several hours, authorities said. A shelter-in-place order was lifted Sunday night after a tactical response team used cell phone data to "hone in" on a wooded area where they found the suspect's body with a firearm nearby as flames rapidly approached. Associated Press
CNN Republican commentator Scott Jennings calls Elena Kagan a "hack" . . . Jennings took a swing at Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, pointing out how quickly she'd changed her tune on the topic of nationwide injunctions when the party in power had changed. Jennings raised the point during a panel discussion on "CNN Newsnight" with host Abby Phillip, captioning a video of the exchange, "Does anyone remember Justice Kagan being against nationwide injunctions when we had a DEMOCRAT President? Pepperidge Farms remembers." Daily Wire
Kagan, like Ruth Bader Ginsburg before her, is an alleged trailblazing intellectual who in fact is completely predictable.
State Department Looks To Revoke Visa For British Rappers Who Chanted 'Death To The IDF' . . . The State Department is looking to revoke the visa for Bobby Vylan, a British rap duo whose performance at a festival over the weekend went viral for his virulent anti-Israel lyrics that included a call for death to all Israeli soldiers. A senior State Department official told The Daily Wire that it is "already looking at revocation" of their visas ahead of a roughly twenty-city tour through the United States. "As a reminder, under the Trump Administration, the U.S. government will not issue visas to any foreigner who supports terrorists," the senior official said. Daily Wire
Our foreign guests are finally being reminded that they are guests.
Fatwa declared on Trump by top Iranian cleric . . . A top Iranian cleric has issued a fatwa against US president Donald Trump, declaring him an 'enemy of god.' Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi said that both Trump and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu were guilty of 'mobareb', the term in Islamic law for waging war against God. Shirazi added in the fatwa: 'Any cooperation or support for that enemy by Muslims or Islamic states is haram or forbidden. Daily Mail
Oh yeah? Well, we're going to Fatwa you right back!
Guilty Pleasures
Climate Warrior Leonardo DiCaprio Attends Bezos Wedding As 90 Private Jets Fly Into Venice . . . Famous leading man and prominent climate activist Leonardo DiCaprio attended Jeff Bezos's wedding in Venice on Friday, during which time over 90 private jets reportedly flew into the city, according to The Guardian. Photographers captured DiCaprio, who is the United Nations Messenger of Peace for climate change and a longtime environmental activist, trying to hide his face with a ball cap as he climbed onto a boat in Venice on Friday, the same day Jeff Bezos married his now-wife Lauren Sanchez in the city. Daily Caller
Fortunately, these were all solar airplanes.
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