From @journalgazette.net “Of the six states studied, Indiana trailed only Michigan for the largest tariff impacts. The additional cost paid by the average Michigan household was $3,200, and its number of manufacturing jobs effectively lost was 12,400.” www.journalgazette.net/business/stu...

Study: Tariffs cost average Indiana family $2,600 last year

Tariffs imposed by the Trump Administration last year cost the average Hoosier household $2,600, according to a new, nonpartisan report.

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SHOUT OUT to Mike Luckovich: one of the all-time great political cartoonists. 🏆 With corporate media doing such a poor job in these most perilous of times, his work is more vital than ever! THANK YOU @mluckovich.bsky.social!!! 🙏

1. Now-deleted audio shows that Acting AG Todd Blanche privately told faith leaders the DOJ is working to make the 2022 Dobbs decision, which revoked federal abortion protections, “permanent in every single state.” Blanche also suggested a crackdown on the mailing of abortion pills.🧵

I wrote about how weird and bad it is to have a future AG going around claiming he'll make Dobbs "permanent in every single state"—unless he understands Dobbs to be a national abortion ban, and thinks his job is to force states to comply

Todd Blanche Is Claiming That He Can Ban Abortion In Any State

As he fights to be confirmed as attorney general, Blanche is trying to appease Christian-right groups with wild legal theories about restricting abortion.

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🚨 174,000 Hoosier children lost Medicaid coverage in just four months. Indiana had the largest percentage decline in child Medicaid enrollment in the country. Healthcare coverage is a public health issue. #HoosierSky #GTC #PublicHealth #Medicaid

Sarah Matthews rounds up some of the biggest stories you may have missed this week.

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"You're only getting out deported or dead." A chilling new report from Human Rights Watch and the ACLU details alleged abuse inside Camp East Montana, America's largest ICE detention center. @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social shares more. Warning: Some of the accounts are disturbing.

Andrew and Tristan Tate now face a total of 59 criminal charges.

Barron Trump’s Manospehere Idols Arrested

The brothers, who face criminal investigations in multiple countries, have ties to the Trump administration.

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The 2020 election was not rigged and no votes were changes. Donald Trump's reaction was to sue and incite a violent insurrection in the Capitol. Donald Trump is once again laying the groundwork to try to overturn elections he is about to lose. We need to be prepared and to fight back.

‘…we need to achieve a minimum of 40% street tree canopy cover, and preferably more, before we start to really feel the benefits of nature’s most advanced air-conditioning technology.’ Me, for Big Issue, on tackling urban #heatwaves…👇 www.bigissue.com/opinion/heat...

#ELB: “Nearly a Million Investors Lost a Total of $3.8 Billion on Trump Crypto Coin” https://electionlawblog.org/?p=157063

"Americans love America. They are of America. And so they like a leader who reminds them of the good stuff while not sugarcoating or shying away from the hard stuff." @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social reacts to Jon Ossoff's rally speech, with @hcrichardson.bsky.social:

“.. Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C.” @reuters.com

JUST POSTED: An updated tally is in, and the count of Trump followers turned financial losers is even bigger than first thought. Much bigger. 988,905 buyers of $TRUMP memecoin have lost a total of $3.81 billion. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/u...

Nearly a Million Investors Lost a Total of $3.8 Billion on Trump Crypto Coin

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Announced during a historic heat wave. These guys are buffoons.

Trump officials misled people who wanted to donate to a bipartisan initiative to mark the U.S.’s 250th anniversary, redirecting them to donate to the administration’s own group instead, according to a congressional investigation released this week. trib.al/fiZBfl1

The next time you catch yourself judging someone for their clothing, hobbies, or interests, ask yourself, "What does it matter to me?" The answer will likely be, it doesn't.

new video up with more thoughts on trump v barbara youtu.be/kjvAnWSBz4E

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Told the True Story of Birthright Citizenship

YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie

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2/2 And while I'm at it: Reminder that DC has more residents than two entire states w total of 3 Reps and 4 US Senators (WY and VT, closing in on ND). We pay *more* federal tax per capita than any other jurisdiction—really, top even NY and CA. And have zero vote in Congress. Statehood for DC.

Jack Smith: James Comey, Letitia James, Jerome Powell. There's not criminality here. I mean, seashells?? The only reasonable explanation is the president has it out for these people. He has people who are his former personal lawyers who are going to do what he says, regardless of the facts or law

MS NOW EXCLUSIVE: "There is no way I'm going to be intimidated." Former special counsel Jack Smith tells @nicollewallace.bsky.social why it's important for him to speak out.

Jack Smith: "I think we are facing an attack on the rule of law that is different in kind and scope to anything I've seen in my lifetime"

BREAKING: In a huge win, a federal court blocked parts of Trump's executive order targeting mail voting. The judge halted: ✔️A mandate to create lists of verified U.S. citizens eligible to vote in each state. ✔️ USPS' decision to only mail absentee ballots from certain individuals.

Trump has turned the White House into a 24/7 corruption operation. This is a national crisis. Trump thinks the public will stop paying attention. So I went to the Senate floor to call his bluff. I told the ENTIRE STORY of his 500 days of corruption. 1/ Here it is - in one🧵

This is a brief but utterly harrowing description of our nation in decline and the role of Trump's disastrous presidency in making it all happen, from @pkrugman.bsky.social on the pod. Transcript: newrepublic.com/article/2121...

Imagine living with the loud hum of data center noise all day, every day. No peace. No quiet. No escape. No thank you! LISTEN…

"...there is a sustainable, practical and cost-effective solution...: make voter registration a normal part of high school ahead of graduation" Are you listening, #Indiana @madvoters.bsky.social @aft.org @indivisiblenwi.bsky.social @zinnedproject.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Four million Americans will turn 18 this year. Why aren’t we registering them to vote? | Laura W Brill

Less than a third are likely to be registered in November. We must work to ensure they have a voice

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