Dumbest idea ever.

The logic behind #Trump Elon Musk chainsaw govt. Mars and tax havens for the rich, deportation for the rest: Ice dir Todd Lyons, wants to see a more “business”-oriented approach to deportations, “like [Amazon] Prime, but with human beings” shorturl.at/A8WKe

This pretty says it all about Trump's tariff policy: the highway to crony capitalism.

Colleges and universities are among America’s most competitive international exporters. In $$, last year, the US sold more educational services to the rest of the world than it sold in natural gas and coal combined. wapo.st/4luJyph

Nice to have something to feel good about

A 90 year old Holocaust survivor confronted Trump's ICE director. What a legend.

From Semafor : Trump destroying US tech edge: "40% of the 322,000 highly rated AI talents in the US came from other countries. And 115,000 benefited from funding from the National Science Foundation or National Institutes of Health." Ben Smith

Congratulations to M.A. Columbia Journ alum Julia Vargas Jones (MA Politics ‘24), who has been promoted to CNN Correspondent based in Los Angeles!

Musk’s group has eliminated more than 200,000 federal positions as of March. According to one analysis, Musk’s cuts will end up costing taxpayers $135 billion from lost productivity, re-hirings and paid leave for thousands.

Even North Korea would call this over the top. The groveling is next-level.

What is bizarre about this is that #Trump confuses #Harvard with #harlem perhaps because he is being asked a question by a Black person

The bottom line: Big Tax Cuts for the Rich, deep cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, 14 million people lose their health care, cuts to Food Stamps. Next to nothing for working people. $2 trillion more in debt that the rest of us will have to pay. A total disaster.

Medicare cuts led the head of Kentucky’s beleaguered Dem Party who is Black, to wryly remark, “If somebody who looks like me is your enemy, then you don’t care if the guy in the White House is peeing on your leg and telling you it’s rain.” nytimes.com/2025/06/09/opi…

appalling that the United States government is doing this.

ft.com/content/119fd6… Elon Musk says the OBBB will put America into “debt slavery”. Trump will be adding between $3tn and $4tn to the US national debt over the next decade. This will put America into the Italian category.ft.com/content/119fd6… via @ft

By one estimate, households in the top 0.1% of the income distribution would get a $296,160 annual tax break. Families in the top 1% would retain $78,650 a year. The average family in the bottom fifth of the income distribution would get a tax cut of $160.

The deadly floods in Texas are dominating headlines — and they're becoming a political story. Yesterday, Trump was questioned whether his DOGE cuts to emergency agencies might have been a factor in the response to this tragedy. Listen on #playbookpod: ow.ly/oP4n50Wlxke

This is footage from today in MacArthur Park. Minutes before, there were more than 20 kids playing — then, the MILITARY comes through. The SECOND I heard about this, I went to the park to speak to the person in charge to tell them it needed to end NOW. Absolutely outrageous.

nytimes.com/2025/07/07/us/… via @NYTimes

Wow.