Friends in White Evangelical churches who believe the government has been intruding in domains of caring —for widows, orphans, and other economically marginalized people — that churches should be looking after: Can you share your formula for deciding how many of your neighbors’ medical bills your congregation is prepared to cover if they lose health insurance under the Republican budget plan?
You can find June 2025 projections for your state here:
The odds that you or I or any American knows someone who currently depends on or has depended on Medicaid-funded healthcare is about 70%.
I keep waiting for Donald Trump to say the violence between Israel and Iran would never have happened if he'd been president (and how, in a third term, he would stop it in a single day).
[Update] Here on earth, Mr. Trump hasn't, and says he won't call Minnesota Governor Tim Walz in the wake of the assassination of a Minnesota political figure and her spouse, and the attempted assassination of another. "Why would I call him?" the president asked reporters on Air Force One. "I could call and say, ‘Hi, how you doing?’ The guy doesn’t have a clue. He’s a mess. So I could be nice and call, but why waste time?"
Speaking of messes, last night, Heather Cox Richardson noted the president's performance yesterday in Canada, at the G7 conference.
Trump drew criticism of his own incompetence today at the meeting of the Group of Seven (G7) in Kananaskis, Alberta, in Canada. The G7 is a forum of democracies with advanced economies that includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, as well as the European Union. During today’s meetings, Trump seemed to think the United Kingdom and the European Union were the same thing.
Trump also parroted Russian talking points, telling reporters: “The G7 used to be the G8. Barack Obama and a person named Trudeau didn't want to have Russia in, and I would say that that was a mistake, because I think you wouldn't have a war right now if you had Russia in, and you wouldn’t have a war right now if Trump were president four years ago.”
In fact, the members of the G7 kicked Russia out of the forum after Russian president Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine in 2014. And former Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau didn’t take office until 2015.
On Friday, journalist Dean Blundell reported that Washington insiders and observers from abroad had noticed how rarely Trump appears in public and how often he falls asleep when he does, prompting speculation that he is not physically able to do the work of the presidency. Blundell suggested Trump’s team would look for a way to get the president out of the G7 early to avoid exposure.
After today’s meetings, at which it appears the U.S. was delaying a joint statement in which G7 members called for an end to the conflict between Israel and Iran, Trump posted on social media: “Iran should have signed the ‘deal’ I told them to sign,” although it was Trump who pulled out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the “Iran nuclear deal” that limited Iran’s nuclear program. He continued: “What a shame, and waste of human life. Simply stated, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I said it over and over again! Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!”
More than 9 million people live in Tehran, with more than 16 million in the metropolitan area.
Then Trump’s team announced the situation in the Middle East required the president to leave the G7 a day early.
On the 149th day of the president's second term in office, it looks like Americans have fucked around and are finding out.
If only there were no one to hurt but us.
Sources
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-16-2025
Our slice of the ‘No Kings’ rally on Seattle’s Capitol Hill . June 14, 2025 at about 12:30p.
Until we say otherwise, this, apparently, is who we are…
(Now with federalized National Guard Troops on American streets without consent from the legally established authority.)
*This* is why we have a written constitution and codes.
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