- Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart @ Reuters: Trump, US Army birthday bash plans include 25 Abrams tanks
Twin celebrations of U.S. President Donald Trump's birthday and the Army's 250th anniversary will include as many as 25 tanks rolling through Washington in a celebration that will cost $25 million to $45 million, U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday.
- Warren Throckmorton @ The Statehouse File: When all that glitters is not gold, Indiana should say no to WallBuilders
As an academic who has devoted considerable time to studying Christian nationalism and WallBuilders, I feel compelled to warn Hoosiers that you should be alarmed that WallBuilders’ selective reading of American history might be accorded any legitimacy.
- Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: After launching investigations, Ed Martin is suddenly facing an investigation of his own
The hyper-partisan “Stop the Steal” activist is confronting a disciplinary investigation that could threaten his law license.
- Sage Hodil and Emma Mae Weber @ Slate: Right-media are split over Trump's “flying palace” gift from Qatar
“Disgraceful,” “skeezy,” and “problematic”: Some on the right aren’t sold on Trump’s new jet.
- Frank Bruni @ The New York Times: Live by the Loomer, Die by the Loomer
[Laura] Loomer exemplifies the danger — to Trump’s own fortunes as well as the country’s — of how he often sizes up potential allies. He looks not at the quality of their ideas but at the audacity of their provocations, not at how nicely they play with others but at how reliably they rile their followers. That’s a fine approach if you’re just owning the libs and staging a carnival. But if you mean to govern? The freak show gets in the way.
- Mary Ziegler @ Slate: Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Is a Sneak Attack on Abortion
With Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” of tax and Medicaid cuts up for consideration, abortion might be the last thing on anyone’s mind. But a provision buried in the bill is Republicans’ latest attempt to stop losing on reproductive rights.
