Evening Roundup, July 2
Featuring Jen Rubin and Neera Tanden, Jen and Ezra Levin, Eliza Orlins, Shalise Manza Young, Norman Ornstein, Josh Levs, Jennifer Weiss-Wolf and Jennifer Klein, Michael de Adder, and Julie Sweetland
The Big, Bad Bill passed the Senate: Neera Tanden on what's next
Yesterday, Trump’s Reconciliation Bill passed through the Senate. While the House still has a change to block its passage, hope is in limited supply.
How they vote tells you everything: Ezra Levin on the destructive results of the Reconciliation Bill
Jen is joined by Ezra Levin to discuss what is—beyond a politically catastrophic choice for Republican—a monumental threat to the wellbeing of millions of Americans. If passed by the House, Trump’s Reconciliation Bill will bring devastating consequences.
Eliza Orlins explains the Diddy verdict
Sean “Diddy” Combs was just acquitted of the most serious charges against him—sex trafficking and racketeering. New York City public defender Eliza Orlins explains the jury's decision to convict the rapper of two lesser counts and the questions that still remain.
The American people are driven by fairness and decency
Remember these two watchwords as the fight against Republican-driven autocracy moves into high gear: fairness and decency.
In crackdown on women’s health, the White House gets an assist from legacy media
In early June, a slew of reports spread the same false information. “Trump administration ends emergency abortion requirement for hospitals,” the Washington Post published in a headline that is still up despite the fact that it’s wrong. PBS had a similar
Don't be fooled: A national abortion ban is still the GOP goal
By Jennifer Weiss-Wolf and Jennifer Klein
Helping hands
Michael de Adder is an award-winning editorial cartoonist. You can find him on Substack here.
Why the hell should we care about the Sean "Diddy" Combs trial?! It was the *headline* of the NYT!
Well, we know that the House Republicans are going to present some bad theater and eventually pass this damned bill that will harm the majority of us in this country. Shame on them all. They should have never considered the horrible piece of legislation in the first place, thought of their constituents instead of the president, and thrown it out and started over. Shame on all of them. They have committed cruelty and hardship. May the 2026 election rid us of the ones that we can.