Some Additional Thoughts and Reading . . . Fellow Rats
– Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions, but fate of Trump birthright citizenship order unclear. The Copper Courier. “the decision left unclear the fate of President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship.”
– States can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court rules. Associated Press. “authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch and joined by the rest of the court’s conservatives could have broader implications for Medicaid patients because it blocks them from suing.”
– US Manufacturing Will Rebound in Second Half of the Year, Plastics Today. “Where some experts are predicting economic uncertainty for the rest of the year, this Wall Street indicator suggests otherwise.”
– Robin Hood in reverse, Merrill Goozner – GoozNews. “If passed, the GOP’s One Big Ugly Bill will cap off more than a half century of upward redistribution of wealth and income, making America more unequal than any time in its history.”
– Senate Passes Megabill as Murkowski Stays Bought, The American Prospect, David Dayen. “Senator Murkowski (R-AK) decided she could live with a bill that takes food and medicine from vulnerable people to fund tax cuts tilted toward the wealthy. As long as it didn’t take quite as much food away from Alaskans.”
– Mass Incarceration Is a Public Health Crisis, Vera Institute. “The United States is home to less than 5 percent of the world’s population, yet 16 percent of all incarcerated people, making our incarceration rate one of the highest in the world.”
– 5 Ways Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Will Undermine Public Safety, Vera Institute “the GOP megabill will also seriously undermine safety across the country.”
– Siamese Criminals: Trump and Netanyahu, Informed Comment. “Convicted felon Donald Trump is now trying to intimidate the Israeli Judiciary into cancelling the three criminal trials of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.”
– America’s worsening Solar Gap with China, which installs 100 Panels per Second, Informed Comment, Juan Cole. “China installed 93 gigawatts of solar in May, along with 27 gigawatts of wind.”
– Senate rejects Susan Collins amendment to boost rural hospitals, raise taxes on wealthy, POLITICO, “The Senate rejected a bid by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) to raise taxes on the ultra-wealthy and boost money for rural medical providers.”
– John Roberts Wants America To Understand That He Does Not Care, Above the Law. latest bugaboo is blaming the American public for daring to question judges, going so far as to suggest calling out judges as partisan hacks in a blog post to burning crosses on the lawns of Southern federal judges in the 1960s.
– Student Sues School Over Pledge of Allegiance, Gov. Newsom Sues Fox for Lying, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. “American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of a 14-year-old student who said a teacher humiliated her for refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance in protest of U.S. support of Israel’s war in Gaza . . .
– We’re All Rats Now, Paul Krugman. Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama: “These inner-city rats, they live off the federal government. And that’s one reason we’re $37 trillion in debt. And it’s time we find these rats and we send them back home, that are living off the American taxpayers that are working very hard every week to pay taxes.”