Good morning! It’s Monday, July 7, 2025. We hope you had a safe, relaxing and happy Fourth of July. Our hearts go out to everyone who lost loved ones in the floods over the weekend.
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Making news: Elon makes good on a promise
Stories the algorithm is keeping out of your feed
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TOP STORY
The awful truth revealed by deadly Texas floods

This weekend’s catastrophic flooding in central Texas has revealed a brutal truth: slashing essential government services in the middle of a climate crisis is a death sentence.
THE LATEST: As of this morning, authorities say 80 people, including 28 children, were killed when flash floods tore through communities across central Texas. Ten more are still missing.
Now, the blame game is in full swing—with state and federal officials pointing fingers in every direction.
But one fact is already clear: the National Weather Service office responsible for forecasting the storm was dangerously understaffed—and those staffing shortages trace directly back to Trump’s budget cuts earlier this year.
THE DETAILS: According to the New York Times, the local weather office had no senior hydrologist, no staff forecaster, and no meteorologist in charge when the storm hit.
Nearby San Antonio’s office was missing both its warning coordination meteorologist and its science officer—roles that are critical for emergency response and evacuation planning.
WHAT WE DON’T KNOW: Investigations are underway, and it may take months to determine whether these specific vacancies caused the delayed warnings that left so many people trapped.
But one thing is certain: gutting government agencies responsible for protecting people during climate disasters doesn’t make us safer—it makes us more vulnerable.
WHY IT MATTERS: Climate change is making these storms more frequent and more deadly. But Trump wants to dismantle the government agencies that will keep us safe from a growing crisis—as the Heritage Foundation outlined in Project 2025.
WHAT’S NEXT: Under pressure from all sides, Trump is now pledging to “modernize” America’s weather warning systems.
But for the people who died this weekend, it’s too little, too late. It’s not just the tools that failed—it’s the years of austerity and anti-government ideology that left communities exposed. And unless that changes, more disasters are coming.
➡️ Question of the Day
Last week, before the break we asked: Do you trust the mainstream media? Most of you said no.

Swidowski voted yes and said, “I trust the media to tell the truth more than I trust this president to tell the truth. CNN and MSNBC have professional journalists looking for the truth and report it with integrity. Their guests are knowledgeable and credible. FOX programming leads viewers down a twisted scripted rabbit hole of lies and conspiracy theories.”
Calvin voted no and said, “Money has corrupted media just like it’s corrupted politics!”
Carteen also voted no: “There are too many lies. They make whatever truth they are told to make. I tend to get my news from foreign resources now. Those that are not involved directly in United States business and are being bought by billionaires in their country.”
TODAY’S QUESTION: Today we want to know: Do you think there should be term limits on Congress? Tell us why or why not—and what they should be—after you vote!
🗞️ Making News
Congress gives ICE more money than it can even use
Trump’s newly signed megabill turns ICE into the most powerful law enforcement agency in U.S. history—bigger than the FBI, DEA, and U.S. Marshals combined. With $45 billion in funding, ICE will have more resources than most militaries on Earth—fueling fears that the agency is becoming a domestic “standing army” for the far right. Full story from The New Republic.
Trump’s “no tax on tips” was a lie
Trump promised to eliminate taxes on tips—but the fine print tells a different story. Only the first $25,000 in tips is exempt from income taxes, not payroll taxes, and many workers (especially low-income or undocumented ones) are excluded entirely. Once again, a flashy GOP promise delivers less for workers than it claims—while giving Trump a soundbite to sell. Full story from The Wall Street Journal.
Elon Musk launches his own political party
After a public falling-out with Trump, Elon Musk says he’s officially launching a new “America Party” to challenge the two-party system—though it’s unclear if it legally exists. Once Trump’s biggest backer and budget-cutter-in-chief, Musk now calls the U.S. a fake democracy run by “waste & graft”—a dramatic heel-turn that seems more about revenge than revolution. Full story from the BBC.
Trump sparks more confusion over tariffs
Trump now says his sweeping new tariffs won’t take effect until August 1—after days of mixed messages and contradictory statements from his administration. While trade partners scramble to cut last-minute deals, importers and markets are left in limbo, with Trump threatening extra penalties for countries aligned with BRICS. The result? Another round of Trump-induced economic whiplash. Full story from The Guardian.
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IN DEPTH
The only good thing about Trump's megabill

On Friday, Donald Trump signed into law a sweeping tax-and-spending bill that slashes Medicaid and other essential programs—all to hand massive tax breaks to billionaires and big corporations.
But in doing so, he may have handed Democrats their biggest electoral opportunity in years.
DRIVING THE NEWS: Hours after the House passed the bill, longtime Democratic strategist James Carville appeared on CNN with a stark prediction.
He believes the legislation will backfire so severely that Democrats could pick up at least 40 seats in the 2026 midterms—flipping control of the House and possibly the Senate.
He went so far as to call it a looming “mass extinction event” for the GOP.
BIG PICTURE: Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” is deeply unpopular. Polls consistently show that Americans overwhelmingly oppose both cuts to Medicaid and tax giveaways to the rich.
But there’s a catch: many voters still don’t know what’s actually in the bill.
That’s about to change.
ZOOM OUT: Over the next few years, over 17 million people are expected to lose health insurance thanks to this “big, beautiful bill.”
And unlike abstract deficit projections or political talking points, losing your health care hits hard—and fast.
The bill’s fine print also includes new work requirements, bureaucratic red tape, and eligibility restrictions that disproportionately affect low-income families, disabled people, and children.
WHY IT MATTERS: Democrats are betting that once the bill’s consequences are felt in everyday life—when people can’t get medication or a child’s surgery is denied—public outrage will explode.
If that happens, this could be 2010 in reverse: a red wave replaced by a blue reckoning.
Whether or not that happens depends on whether the left can make clear what this bill really is: a war on the working class disguised as policy.
👀 Kept Out of Your Feed
Here are some stories the algorithms may be keeping out of your feed.
New York City’s election proves why cities need ranked choice voting
Kamala Harris sparked a MAGA meltdown with her Fourth of July post
Why Social Security's 2026 COLA is shaping up to be a no-win scenario for retirees
Guess what Trump has vowed to hold on the White House lawn
Trump goes fully unhinged on Elon Musk in latest social post…
…while Musk leads a MAGA meltdown over latest Jeffrey Epstein claims
CNN data chief ‘never thought I'd see’ this stunning shift in sentiment
Trump pretends not to hear difficult question on Texas deaths
Here’s the good news about Elon’s new party
Marjorie Taylor Greene proves she’s batsh*t crazy with this new piece of legislation
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