Source: Liberal Currents
by Patrick J Sobkowski

“The Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling on birthright citizenship is just one battle in the right’s larger war on the Second Founding.” (07/01/26)

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-war-on-reconstruction/

Source: Persuasion
by Charles Lane

“President Trump has a lot of obsessions. If you had to name the ones he cares about the most, the list would probably include imposing tariffs on imports, getting the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates (even if it means ousting board members who disagree), abolishing mail-in voting, ending birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants, and—last but not least—fighting personal lawsuits brought against him since his first administration. And yet on every one of these fixations, the Supreme Court in its just-completed term dealt Trump a defeat.” (07/01/26)

https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-supreme-court-just-affirmed-its

Source: The Price of Liberty
by Nathan Barton

“Canada Day is the Dominion’s national day and a statuatory federal holiday. It celebrates, not freedom from rule by the British Crown, but the anniversary of the Confederation of Canada. (On 1 July, 1867), merging the ‘United Canadas’ (Ontario and Quebec), Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. The Confederation remained within the British Empire. Until 1982, when Canada got its own Constitution (by the Canada Act) and severed the vestiges of legal dependence on the UK Parliament in London, it was called Dominion Day. Although it is often informally referred to as ‘Canada’s birthday’ (parroting US ideas of Independence Day), it is not: Instead of an eight-year war and a peace treaty, it took a long time to reach the country’s full sovereignty.” (07/01/26)

https://thepriceofliberty.org/2026/07/01/oh-canada-how-sad/

Source: Semafor
by David Weigel

“Primary season is more than halfway over, after 31 states and the District of Columbia picked their nominees. There’s a three-week pause before intra-party contests start again with Arizona. That means it’s a good time to take stock of what’s happening.” (07/01/26)

https://www.semafor.com/article/07/01/2026/the-decline-of-the-impeachment-voter-and-other-midterm-lessons-so-far

Source: Exiled Policy
by Jason Pye

“For the second week in a row—and for the fifth time since the beginning of the 119th Congress—a faction of House Republicans voted down a rule on the House floor. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was once again forced to send Congress home. It’s an embarrassing situation for Johnson. Worse, it’s coming during an election year, as Republicans try to hold on to their already slim majority. You’ve got to remember that the House suspends the rules to pass most legislation.” (07/01/26)

https://exiledpolicy.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-taking-down-rules-in