Trump: Tariffs made our country rich
Trump threatens to bomb Iranian civilian infrastructure:
I could take out most of their bridges in less than 1 hour. I can knock out the power plants within one day. I think about 91 million people without power, without bridges, where they have to live.
Trump on Iran: "We have the confines of a deal"
Trump: We have an amazing economy
Trump on Iran: "Many Republicans want me to keep going"
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
Senators Reach Deal On Russia Sanctions Bill
“A bipartisan group of senators announced a deal Tuesday on long-awaited legislation to allow President Donald Trump to impose more restrictions on major buyers of Russian energy,” Bloomberg reports. “The bill extends penalties on Iran and singles out Russian gas and oil exports, empowering the president to target the top five buyers of Russian crude […]
Ars Technica
• Emily Mullin, wired.com
As US measles cases rise, biotech firms start developing new treatments
The US is making measles great again, so treatment options are needed for the most vulnerable.
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
Trump and Netanyahu to Meet Under a Dark Cloud
“Rather than revel in victory for the U.S. and Israel, Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu will aim to iron out tensions over a far-from-defeated Iran at their White House meeting today,” Bloomberg reports. “Trump says he and the Israeli prime minister have ‘a little difference’ on the Islamic Republic. Netanyahu says he’ll urge the U.S. […]
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
‘Lindsey Liked War’
“President Donald Trump said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) was a big fan of war during a Tuesday morning phone interview on Fox News,” Mediaite reports. Said Trump: “I mean, Lindsey liked war, to be honest with ya, OK? I said, ‘You’re a nice guy, how come you like war so much?’ He was a guy […]
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
Trump’s Interim Spy Chief Orders 30% Cut to Staff
“President Donald Trump’s controversial interim spy chief announced another round of sweeping cuts to the U.S. government’s intelligence community on Tuesday, ahead of a Senate vote to fill his position with a permanent replacement,” Bloomberg reports.
SCOTUSblog
• Kelsey Dallas, Blake Fox
The ongoing battle over TPS status
Plus, how predictable is the Supreme Court from oral argument?
EV Grieve
• Unknown
RIP Carlos 'Chino' Garcia, co-founder of CHARAS and longtime Lower East Side activist
Photo from 2021 by Stacie Joy
Carlos "Chino" Garcia, a pioneering Lower East Side community organizer whose decades of activism helped shape the neighborhood through housing advocacy, community gardens, environmental initiatives and the arts, died last week.
Garcia, ...
TPM – Talking Points Memo
• Emine Yücel
Kentucky Gov. Demands McConnell Give Verbal Address as Proof He Can Serve
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) has once again formally requested proof of life from Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who has...