News On Tap For Monday, June 30, 2025

It’s Time To Fight – LFG!

In today’s “News On Tap”, Republicans in Congress are racing to push through this monstrous, health care-killing bill - so it’s time to fight back. CALL YOUR SENATORS & tell them to vote “Hell no!” Also, the unjust Supreme Court threw a hard punch for the MAGA right last week. But it's time to get up, get clarity on what they did, & fight back - and we’ve got award-winning legal expert, lawyer, & journalist Chris Geidner to help us on that front. Plus, there’s a way forward for Democrats everywhere! We’ll talk with Brooklyn Dad Defiant about too. REad up & get informed before you join us at the bar tonight!

First Round - The News Of The Day

• Time To Kill The Bill

• Senate Vote-A-Rama Continues, As Republicans' Wrangling Over Their Big Ugly Disastrous Bill Continues (Live Blog)

• Up To 16 Million Americans Could Lose Their Health Insurance Through Cuts To The ACA If Republicans' Big Ugly Bill Passes

• Senate Republicans Wound Filibuster In Order To Pass Medicaid-Killing Debt Bomb Of A Bill

• A List Of Nearly Everything Included - Or Gutted - In Senate Republicans' Big Ugly Awful Bill, And How Much They Claims It Would Cost Or Save [Gift Link]

• Ramesh Ponnuru: How The Republican Shell Game On Tax Cuts Works - Or Doesn't

• James Downie: The Real Reason Republicans Are Rushing To Pass This Ugly Bill? The More Americans Learn About It, They More They Hate It.

• Robert Reich: Republicans' Giant Budget-Busting, Medicaid-Shattering, Shafting-The-Poor-&-Working-Class, Making-The-Rich-Even Richer Bill Is A Travesty

• Judd Legum: 7 Things Everyone Should Know About Republicans' Big Ugly Bill

Second Round - More News To Drink About

• The Court Of Supreme Injustice

• Supreme Court Takes Up Republican Appeal To End Limits On Party Spending In Federal Elections For Hearing This Fall

• In New Shadow Docket Ruling, Supreme Court Rules Prison Inmate Cannot Sue Federal Officers For Alleged Assault

• In Wake Of Supreme Court Ruling, An Emboldened Trump Says He Will Move Aggressively To Undo Nationwide Blocks On His Agenda

• Multiple Groups File Nationwide Class Action Lawsuit Over Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order

• From The It's Not That Bad Caucus: Nicholas Bagley - SCOTUS Put Nationwide Injunctions To The Torch. But It's Not That Bad. [Gift Link]

• From The It's The End Of Everything Caucus: Elie Mystal - The Supreme Court’s Birthright Citizenship Ruling Is A 5-Alarm Catastrophe

• A Sane Balance - Chris Geidner: SCOTUS Conservatives Ended Universal Injunctions In A Case That Provided More Complications Than It Provided Answers

• Immigration Wars

• As ICE Ramps Up Arrests In Worksite Raids, Employers Are Largely Escaping Charges

• U.S. Sees Spate Of Arrests Of Civilians Impersonating ICE Officers

• Big Brother Rising: Trumps DHS, In Partnership With DOGE, Has Built A National Citizenship Data System

• Trump Now Floating Idea Of A "Temporary Pass" For Migrant Farm & Hotel Workers - But He Has No Details To Back Up His Claim

• Fighting Back: New iPhone App, ICEBlock, Alerts Users To Nearby ICE Sightings

• Immigration Crackdowns Are Booming. So Is The Digital Resistance Fighting Them.

• The Trump Admin's Star "Witness" Against Kilmar Abrego García Is A Three-Time Violent Felon, Set To Be Deported. Now He's Also A Free Man. [Gift Link]

• Foreign Affairs

• For Third Time In Recent Weeks, Russia Launches The Biggest Aerial Attack Since The Start Of The War

• Ukraine's Zelensky Signs Decree To Withdraw Ukraine From Anti-Personnel Mine Treaty

• Intercepted Call Of Iranian Officials Downplays Damage Of U.S. Attack, Saying Trump’s Strike On Iran Proved Less Devastating Than Expected

• IAEA Chief Confirms Iran Will Now Probably Be Able To Produce Enriched Uranium In A ‘Matter Of Months’

• Senate Rejects War Powers Act Measure On Trump - & Additional Military Strikes On Iran

• Canada Walks Back Digital Services Tax “In Anticipation” Of A Mutually Beneficial Comprehensive Trade Arrangement With U.S.

Third Round - Hope, Pride, & Progress

• Marching On With Pride

• Marchers Cap Pride Month With Celebrations And Protests Around The U.S.

• Tens Of Thousands Defy Hungary’s Ban On Pride Celebrations With Massive Protest Against Orbán

• Political Endings

• Republican Sen. Thom Tillis Announces His Retirement After Opposing Trump’s Big Ugly Medicaid-Killing Bill

• Nebraska Republican Rep. Don Bacon Announces He Will Not Seek Re-Election To The U.S. House

• The Way Forward

• Election Data From NYC Democratic Mayoral Primary Shows Mamdani Won Because Of A Massive Surge Of Young Voters

• How Did Zohran Mamdani Win? He Brought Tens Of Thousand Of New Voters To The Polls - Young Voters, Who Finally Showed Up

• Democratic NYC Mayoral Nominee Zohran Mamdani In New Interview Says 'I Don't Think (The U.S.) Should Have Billionaires'

• Michael Tomasky: What Centrist Democrats Need To Learn From Zohran Mamdani

• Illinois' Democratic Gov. Pritzker Announces He's Running For Re-Election To Protect The Progress Made In His State

• Bolts: The Six Elections To Watch This July

Fourth Round - Entertainment & More

• Rest In Peace

• Fmr. Pres. Biden & Fmr. VP Harris Among Attendees As Slain Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman, Her Husband, & Their Dog Are Laid To Rest

• Gov. Tim Walz Eulogized Slain Lawmaker Melissa Hortman As A Historic Minnesotan — And As His Friend

• Entertainment & Sports

• Box Office: ‘F1’ Film Revs To $144 Million Globally, As Live-Action ‘Lilo & Stitch’ Nears $950 Million Milestone

• Beyoncé Abruptly Stops Concert In Her Hometown Houston, As Scary Stage Malfunction Leaves Her Dangling In Tilted Car

• Medvedev Suffers Shock First-Round Exit As Wimbledon Begins

• Caitlin Clark, Napheesa Collier Named Captains For WNBA All-Star Game

• WNBA Embarking On Significant Expansion, Adding Teams In Cleveland, Detroit And Philadelphia, Marking 6 New Teams Between Now & 2030

• U.S. Men's National Soccer Team Advances To Gold Cup Semifinals On Goalkeeper Matt Freese's PK Heroics Over Costa Rica

Today’s Special Guest

Chris Geidner has been a journalist for more than 25 years, including time as a legal editor, correspondent, & writer for Buzzfeed News, the New York Times, MSNBC, & more. These days, he's the force behind LawDork on Substack. Chris will join us in the bar tonight to settle the argument about whether the Supreme Court's ruling in CASA - the nationwide injunctions/birthright citizenship case - is as bad as some say, or if it’s still awful but leaves ways to fight back..

Your Bar Regular Today

Brooklyn Dad Defiant, AKA Majid M. Padellan, activist, blogger, & author, will join us at the bar to discuss the latest news, his Substack, & the power of independent media. We’ll also talk about the race to be the new mayor of New York City, a place Majid knows well, and if there are truly lessons for Democratic candidates across the country to learn from Zohran Mamdani.

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