ICE’s Internal Watchdog Is Now Investigating Online Critics: The ICE office that customarily probes employee misconduct is being refocused to investigate ICE critics
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)
Mallory McMorrow ends bid for Democratic Senate nomination in Michigan. The state senator’s decision sets up a two-person Aug. 4 primary showdown between former public health official Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens.
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]."
The 227th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) voted overwhelmingly to declare White Christian nationalism and similar ideologies “a theological error” incompatible with the teachings of Jesus Christ
A Belgian diamond group is gifting Trump a lavish ring after that industry won tariff relief: All told, 321 diamonds, 56 sapphires, 13 emeralds and six rubies encrust the watch-sized gold ring