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#1 Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship, Rejecting Trump’s Proposed Limits - Mark Sherman for Associated Press, America, Stephen Miller, Politics & Poll Tracker, Commentary Donald J. Trump Truth Social Posts on X, and Nick Sortor on X
A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. By a 6-3 vote, the court struck down Trump’s order. A bare majority of five justices, in an opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts, held that the long-settled understanding of the 14th Amendment, adopted after the Civil War, makes a citizen of anyone born in the country, with very limited exceptions. “Citizenship, then and now, was the right to have rights—to freely participate in our political community. The Framers of the Fourteenth Amendment extended that promise to ‘every free-born person in this land,’” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the court, citing congressional debate over the amendment, “We keep that promise today.”
#2 Justice Thomas Invokes Black History to Argue Against Birthright Citizenship in Dissent - Brianna Tucker and Sara Boboltz for Huff Post, Right Scope, Ιώ #EndFossilFuels, Sandi/Jay Gatling, DC Cajun/The Hill, JL, and TRUTH THE NEWS on X
In a 91-page dissent, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas slammed the majority for blocking President Donald Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship, writing that his colleagues’ decision “repurposed” the 14th Amendment and “devalues” citizenship. “I am not sure that today’s opinion will stand the test of time,” he wrote. “The Citizenship Clause ‘added greatly to the dignity and glory of American citizenship.’ Today’s opinion devalues that citizenship. I respectfully dissent.”
#3 Supreme Court Allows States to Bar Transgender Athletes From Girls’ Sports - Nina Totenberg for npr, truthisunbreakable/Libs of Tiktok, NBC News (community note)/Iwontbelong, Goddess, Reconquista, and Colorado cane on X
The Supreme Court once again leaped into the culture wars on Tuesday, ruling that states may ban transgender girls from participating in sports at publicly funded schools. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who has long coached his daughters' and other girls' basketball teams at school, wrote the court's majority opinion. "The Constitution and Title IX do not require an overhaul of women's and girls' sports throughout America," he wrote, adding that transgender girls and women who want to play sports deserve "respect" and should not be "ostracized or vilified."
#4 Uncovering the Truth About the CIA’s MKUltra: Rep. Luna Spearheads Hearing on Capitol Hill - Geoff Harris for ABC4 NEWS, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, Tim Burchett, The SCIF, MJTruthUltra
House lawmakers convened on Capitol Hill Tuesday for a hearing on MKULTRA experiments and its impact on public trust. Titled ‘Mind Control and Accountability: Uncovering the Truth of the CIA’s MKULTRA Project,’ the hearing was led by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., who highlighted the widespread destruction of files when the program eventually ended. She also told The National News Desk after the hearing that what occurred is "criminal in nature."During the hearing, Luna shared that the CIA is working to declassify recently discovered files involving a forgery program. Plus, she highlighted the widespread destruction of files...
#5 U.S. Lifts Ban on Anthropic’s Powerful Fable 5 AI Model - Jared Perlo for NBC News, Anthropic, Wise, Watcher.Guru, leo, and Howard Lutnick/Susie Wiles on X
The public will once again be able to access Anthropic’s powerful Fable 5 model, the AI giant said Tuesday, weeks after the Commerce Department required it to disable the model over potential security risks.Access will be restored to customers beginning Wednesday, Anthropic said. Fable 5, part of Anthropic’s Claude family of AI systems, was forced offline June 12 alongside its sibling Mythos 5 model after senior administration officials said that the models posed severe cybersecurity risks and that Anthropic’s leadership did not sufficiently recognize their concerns...
#6 Mamdani and City Council Adopt $126B Budget That Dilutes Promises on Rental Aid - Chris Sommerfeldt for POLITICO, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani/Nick Shirley, Sean Hannity, Isiah/Democratic Capitalist of America, Josie Stratman, and Shiestynurse on X
Mayor Zohran Mamdani reached an 11th-hour deal Tuesday with the New York City Council on a $125.8 billion municipal budget that waters down a promised expansion of a rental assistance program — a reversal that speaks to the city’s difficult fiscal climate. The diluted expansion of the program for low-income residents runs counter to a campaign promise Mamdani made as a mayoral candidate last year. The budget deal — Mamdani’s first as mayor — also reverses his initial plan to increase the NYPD headcount, a proposal his allies criticized him for, and expands the city’s public transit discount program, which the mayor said brings him closer to making good on his pledge to deliver fare-free bus service...
#7 Gov. Desantis Distances Himself From Property Tax Measure on the Florida Ballot: “It Wasn’t My Proposal” - CBS News, Eric Daugherty, Lawrence Mower, Dr. Jim,
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Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to put some distance between himself and a property tax measure he pushed for that is going before voters in November. DeSantis said Monday he will vote for the ballot item regarding homestead property taxes, but "what the Legislature did wasn't my proposal." "If someone asked me to do something, I'm not saying I wouldn't, but in terms of leading the effort, in terms of me saying, 'here we go, we're going to do this, we're going to do all that.' You know, I'm not going to do it," DeSantis said during a bill signing event in Tampa...
#8 Conservative Firebrand Cruises to Primary Win Despite Clash With Trump - Leo Briceno for Fox News, Gerardo Nunez, CBSColorado, and John Solomon on X
Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., clinched her Republican primary after running unopposed to represent Colorado's 4th Congressional District on Tuesday evening, setting herself up to pursue a fourth term. Despite notable clashes with House GOP leadership and President Donald Trump, Boebert emerged from her primary largely unscathed, separating herself from the three other Republicans who voted with Democrats to advance the Epstein Files Transparency Act. If reelected in the state’s Nov. 3 general election, she will be the only one remaining next Congress among fellow GOP rebels Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky.; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.; and Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C...
#9 GOP Rep. Tom Kean Announces Depression Diagnosis After Mysterious Monthslong Absence From Congress - Sarah Ferris for CNN, NJ.com Politics, WFMZ-TV 69News, Mia Camille McCarthy, and P. Kenneth Burns/TMZ on X
Republican Rep. Tom Kean of New Jersey said Tuesday that he experienced severe depression that required a long-term stay in the hospital, keeping him away from Washington more than 100 days. Kean announced his previously undisclosed health condition in highly anticipated floor remarks, acknowledging it was “not an easy speech to give” but that he felt he owed his constituents and colleagues an explanation after months of keeping them in the dark. Speaking to a near-empty House chamber Tuesday, Kean offered the first account of where he had been. It began with the diagnosis of depression early this spring — and required months of treatment...
#10 Woke Paris Pol Blames Americans and Our Air Conditioning for Europe Heat Wave That Has Killed 1,300 People - Ronny Reyes for New York Post, The Babylon Bee, LⒶVENDER, Nick Sortor, RT, Libs of TikTok, and Christian Heiens/End Wokeness on X
A Paris politician blamed Americans and US air conditioning for the record-breaking heat wave in Europe that has resulted in more than 1,300 excess deaths. After US tourists mocked France over the lack of air conditioning across the country amid 104-degree temperatures, Audrey Pulvar, deputy mayor of Paris for international relations, claimed the situation was partly America’s fault. “Dear American journalists and social media ‘influencers’: for days, some of you have been criticizing and making fun of Paris because the city does not have A/C in every room … OMG, this is so rich!” Pulvar wrote on social media...
