TIME
Nearly 450,000 New Yorkers Are Losing Health Coverage July 1
Thousands of low-income New Yorkers are among the first to feel the impacts of the "Big Beautiful Bill."
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New York Post
Don’t forget San Diego’s July 4 fiasco — then vote the bums out
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The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted this year to align the county’s Independence Day event with “equity and racial justice” goals.
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How much will Americans spend on Fourth of July food this year?
Ten of the 12 Fourth of July staples tracked by the American Farm Bureau Federation cost more than they did a year ago.
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US news | The Guardian
US judge blocks Trump bid to limit mail-in voting in latest setback for president
Ruling marks second time that Trump’s plan to restrict mail ballots across the US has suffered a setback in courtA federal judge blocked a proposed restriction on mail-in voting across the US, challenging a crackdown on elections ordered by Donald Trump.Judge Emmet Sullivan of the US district court for the District of Columbia ruled that a US Postal Service (USPS) plan to deny ballots to voters in states that do not turn over their voter rolls to the federal government should not proceed. Continue reading...
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No Path, No Votes: Inside the GOP Revolt Threatening Trump’s SAVE America Act
No Path, No Votes: Inside the GOP Revolt Threatening Trump's SAVE America Act
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Alternet.org
Bruised White House now fretting over July 4th rally attendance
President Donald Trump and his aides are worried that his upcoming July 4th rally, which is meant to cap off his Great American State Fair and America’s 250th anniversary celebration, is going to be a flop.The concern exists because, despite the efforts of pro-Trump media outlets like Fox News to depict his Great American Fair as a success, it has in fact been a dud, from MAGA supporters deriding it to a triumphal arch built for the event literally falling apart.“Inside his White House, there’s growing angst over how many people will actually show up to celebrate,” CNN’s Adam Cancryn, Kristen Holmes and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn reported on Wednesday. “The lackluster attendance for Trump’s speech on the mall last week — a fact that has infuriated the president behind the scenes — has sparked fears of a similarly disappointing turnout when he headlines an Independence Day celebration, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.”Yet the speech may not get a large turnout given the triple-digit heat, tightened security and various planning problems. White House officials are apparently terrified of that happening.“I do not understand why we are doing this so late,” a White House official told CNN, adding that aides are still trying to fix things for the president. “I’m really not sure who thought this was a good idea.”Making matters worse for the staff, Trump was reportedly “livid” when he only drew a small crowd to a campaign-style speech he gave last week.“Though he wasn’t initially aware of the size of the crowd, he later saw an aerial photo that showed acres of sparsely populated fields beyond the audience that had crowded around the stage,” CNN reported. “The visual enraged him, the sources said, and multiple White House officials who had posted the photo deleted their posts. The revelation led to a defensive Trump lashing out on social media, claiming that the crowds were ‘packed to the brim.’”The Guardian’s Adam Gabbatt broke down on Wednesday exactly what has made the fair so unappealing, even to people who might agree with Trump’s politics.“The fair’s signature attraction, a (quite small) ferris wheel, was plagued by power cuts on the first day,” Gabbatt wrote. “And despite organizers’ claims that 56 states and territories would be represented, each given their own booths at the event, several declined to participate due to cost.”He added, “The opening ceremony was meant to be a musical extravaganza, featuring acts including Martina McBride, Bret Michaels, the Commodores, Morris Day and the Time, Young MC, and Flo Rida, but most of those performers pulled out, several saying they had been unaware the event would have a political undertone.”He concluded, “Instead, people attending the opening night got a performance from Trump: specifically, a campaign-style rally during which the president trotted out his usual claims about how the US is the ‘hottest country anywhere in the world.’ (Ironically, the Virginia booth at the fair was closed on Tuesday due to extreme heat, and the fair itself was forced to close early on its second day, because of a storm.)”
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The New Republic
Trump Team Panics Over July 4 After Tiny Fair Crowd Sent Him Raging
White House staff are reportedly concerned that Donald Trump’s Fourth of July rally is a recipe for disaster—one that will send the president into yet another meltdown. The remarkably low turnout for Trump’s Great American State Fair has sparked serious worries that the president’s massive rally planned for Saturday will also be a dud, multiple sources told CNN Wednesday. The rally is scheduled to take place outside on the National Mall, as temperatures in Washington are forecast to reach a stifling 100 degrees. One official familiar with the event told CNN that there would likely be large groups of people who reserved tickets for Trump’s address but don’t end up attending. Empty seats means that viewers are likely in for another presidential temper tantrum—a sorry sight given it will be the country’s 250th anniversary. The rally will be punctuated by a massive fireworks display, currently scheduled to begin at 11 p.m. Unlike in past years, attendees will not be able to bring coolers to help beat the heat. “I do not understand why we are doing this so late,” one White House official told CNN, adding there were still ongoing efforts to fix the timing. “I’m really not sure who thought this was a good idea.”So far, Trump’s Great American State Fair has been supremely underwhelming and beset by technical difficulties, lame programming, and disappointing weather delays. Trump has raged in the face of bad reviews and lied about the visibly low attendance.Internally, those in Trump’s orbit have begun pointing fingers about the president’s own Fyre Festival (except people actually went to the Fyre Festival). “The mistake here was not driving attendance,” one person close to the White House told CNN. “It was an ‘if you build it, they will come’ mentality that failed.”
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New York Post
Best and worst California cities to celebrate the Fourth of July, ranked
California is home to some of the country's best places to celebrate the Fourth of July — but not every city in the state is brining fireworks-worthy fun.
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ProPublica
A Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification
The post A Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification appeared first on ProPublica.
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