New York Times (July 2, 2026): "MAGA Base Stays Quiet After Trump Reports Billions in Personal Gains" | "[The chair of an Iowa group called MAGA Nation] said the president’s personal enrichment had not been a topic of conversation among her friends in Iowa" (Gift Article)
A press release from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (one of the top lobbying groups for the business community in the US) praised the "Working Families Tax Cuts Act" (also known as the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act") | "The U.S. Chamber was proud to help shape this legislation from the start" (7/4/2026)
The Guardian (July 3, 2026): "Democrats will have ‘field day’ with Trump inquiries if they win House, legal experts say" | Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin: "The political and financial corruption driving the Trump presidency is a civic emergency"
"[Republicans are] craven hypocrites, but their voting base doesn’t care. Indeed, far from being ashamed of their inconsistencies & lies & corruption, Republicans revel in it. They seem to take great pleasure in the fact that there is one set of rules for them & another set of rules for the [many]."
NPR (7/2/2026): "House Democrats accuse Trump of 'hijacking' America's 250th birthday for his own gain" | "Democrats […] published a 55-page report Thursday accusing the group [Freedom 250] of aiding President Trump in turning America's milestone into a "hotbed of corruption and self-enrichment" …"
Progressive State Sen. Tanya Vyhovsky: "Ukrainians suffer terrible oppression under occupation. They certainly have not found peace & safety. The stories from Crimea are horrific. I really worry that an occupation will lead to full-scale genocide as it has in Palestine after 75 years of occupation."
Article in Truthout (June 27, 2026): "Trump’s Federal Lawyers Ramp Up Their Attacks on Demonstrators and the Left: Prosecutions of anti-ICE and pro-Palestine protesters are part of a broad effort to crack down on dissent." (Op-Ed)
NOTUS (July 3, 2026): "Democratic Socialists of America Are Seeing Surge in Membership" | "Grace Mausser, co-chair of New York City’s DSA chapter, told NOTUS that the chapter gained about 500 members in the weeks after the primary election."
Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) co-chair: "You’re going to see some real fighters in there who are really ready to go to bat for making sure that things are the best they can be, as opposed to jumping straight to sort of milquetoast compromise that benefits the ultrawealthy"
Military Times (July 2, 2026): "Air Force major arrested on Capitol steps during protest calling for Trump impeachment" | "Watson is the first-ever active-duty commissioned officer in the military to publicly protest for the impeachment, conviction and removal of Trump and Vance."
Media Matters (June 30, 2026): "While local media in Ohio cover the human cost of ending TPS for Haitians, right-wing media celebrate and lob racist smears"
POLITICO (7/3/2026): "Congress wants more homes. HUD is closing its low-income housing pipeline." | "The Department of Housing and Urban Development […] is shutting down the “Restore-Rebuild” initiative, which helps local governments build new homes eligible for federally subsidized rental vouchers"
Opinion: 'So-Called ‘Moderate’ Democrats Must Stop Parroting Trump’s Red-Scare Rhetoric' | "[…] once Democratic voters have chosen their primary winners, it’s destructive to continue to attack the [progressive] winners as some kind of semi-commies."