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Anonymous ID: 196c8b July 1, 2025, 5:30 a.m. No.23261028 🗄️.is 🔗kun >>1161 >>1304 >>1322 >>1464 >>1603 >>1682 >>1753 >>1787 >>1797 >>1803

CNN accused of endangering ICE agents: 'This is a federal crime'

Outnumbered' panelists sound off on CNN for publishing an article about a new app that alerts when ICE agents are in a given area, calling for the app to be shut down and for investigations into users.

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https://youtu.be/z7Qm5a64VRQ

The Senate megabill is on a collision course with House fiscal hawks

GOP senators appear poised to violate a House budget framework conservatives negotiated with Speaker Mike Johnson.

By BENJAMIN GUGGENHEIM

06/30/2025 07:15 PM

House fiscal hawks are looking at the math underlying Senate Republicans’ sprawling domestic policy legislation, and they don’t like what they see.

As Senate Republicans try to muscle President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” for final passage, they’re on track to violate a budget framework brokered between House fiscal hawks and Speaker Mike Johnson. Under that framework, if the GOP piles on tax cuts over $4 trillion, they’d need to match them dollar-for-dollar with additional spending cuts beyond the $1.5 trillion in the House-passed bill.

“The Senate version adds $651 billion to the deficit — and that’s before interest costs, which nearly double the total,” said the House Freedom Caucus in a Monday afternoon post on X. “The Senate must make major changes and should at least be in the ballpark of compliance with the agreed upon House budget framework.”

It’s a wonky hill to die on, but dozens of House conservatives insisted on the deal before smoothing the megabill’s path through their chamber. Johnson at one point told the conservatives they could go after his gavel if he didn’t hold up the deal — what some of the holdouts considered a “blood oath.”

If the House hawks stand by the deal and the Senate bill doesn’t change appreciably during the final amendment vote marathon that got underway Monday, it could force GOP leaders to “conference” the legislation between the two chambers — likely delaying the bill’s passage beyond Trump’s deadline of July 4.

Now compounding concerns for House GOP leaders, who have ordered members back to Washington to start voting on the bill Wednesday morning, billionaire Elon Musk sent new volleys of criticism at Trump’s marquee legislation Monday over the bill’s deficit impact.

“Every member of Congress who campaigned on reducing government spending and then immediately voted for the biggest debt increase in history should hang their head in shame!” said Musk on X on Monday. “And they will lose their primary next year if it is the last thing I do on this Earth.”

The House fiscal hawks have been crystal-clear about their fiscal red lines, though many now privately worry that they could end up getting jammed by Senate Republicans — and by Trump — with a far spendier bill. Johnson on Monday would not address whether the pending Senate bill could pass the House but told reporters he’s long advised Senate GOP leaders to hew as close to the House version as possible.

There’s “a lot of game left to play,” he added.

Notably, a group of 38 House Republicans led by Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-Pa.) wrote Senate Majority Leader John Thune in early Junewarning that any changes to the GOP megabill needed to adhere to the fiscal framework laid out by the House. Under that plan, if the GOP includes $4.5 trillion in tax cuts in their bill, then they would need to scrounge up at least $2 trillion in spending cuts.

It’s already looking to be a far cry from what Senate Republicans hope to pass in the coming hours.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/30/house-fiscal-hawks-arent-liking-the-senate-gops-megabill-math-00434256

Senate rejects Susan Collins amendment to boost rural hospitals, raise taxes on wealthy

The proposal fell on a 78-22 vote; few members of either party sided with Collins.

The Senate rejected a bid by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine)to raise taxes on the ultra-wealthy and boost money for rural medical providers in the GOP’s megabill.

The chamber voted 78-22 against a procedural motion related to her amendment, which would have increased a rural hospital fund from $25 billion over five years to $50 billion and allowed a wider range of health providers to tap it. The amendment also would have raised the top tax rates for individuals who earn more than $25 million a year and couples earning more than $50 million starting next year.

It remains unclear whether the failure of the amendment could cost GOP leaders Collins’ vote. She had been concerned about the impact on rural hospitals from the bill and even questioned if any amount in a rural hospital fund would help offset the losses.

“Rural providers, especially our rural hospitals and nursing homes, are under great financial strain right now, with many having recently closed and others being at risk of closing,” Collins said before the vote. “This amendment would help keep them open and caring for those who live in rural communities.”

Most Democrats joined the majority of Republicans in opposing consideration of the amendment. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) called it a “Band-Aid on an amputation” that would barely offset the other health care cuts in the bill: “It would be much more logical to simply not cut $1 trillion from Medicaid in the first place,” he said. Georgia Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock and Virginia Sen. Mark Warner were the only Democrats to vote with Collins, along with independent Sen. Angus King of Maine.

Collins criticized Democrats after the vote for opposing her. “They’ve complained repeatedly about the distribution in this bill, of Medicaid cuts hurting individuals, rural hospitals, and tax cuts being extended for people who are wealthy, and yet when I tried to fix both those problems, they took a very hypocritical approach.”

She said she remained undecided on the overall bill and that the snub would not affect her decision.

Several GOP senators have aired concerns that the bill’s cuts to Medicaid in the bill would force rural hospitals to close. The bill lowers the amount a state can tax a hospital and then use the funding to qualify for more federal Medicaid dollars without having to dip into their own general funds. Hospitals don’t mind the tax because they can get higher payments from their state.

Conservatives have claimed these provider taxes amount to a “money laundering” scheme that enables states to use the extra federal dollars for other things. But the hospital industry has fought this claim, arguing that the provider taxes are needed to help rural hospitals that operate on thin margins.

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/30/congress/megabill-susan-collins-amendment-rural-hospitals-00434729

Indiana University braces for cuts of $100 million for fiscal year that begins July 1, 2025 1/2

Friday, June 27, 2025 6:00 PM

As Indiana University reels from cuts to state and federal government funding, it faces another budget challenge for the fiscal year that begins Tuesday —pressure from Gov. Mike Braun resulting in an in-state tuition freeze.

Tuition revenue is one of IU’s largest sources of income, making up about a third of its budget. For some schools, it’s more.

“Where is the money going to come from?” said Leah Shopkow, chair of IU’s Department of History.

Another question is where cuts will be made as campus awaits details of the full budget, which the university won’t release until August.IU will lose $60 million from the state and $40 million from the federal government.

At the Board of Trustees meeting earlier this month, IU Chief Financial Officer Jason Dudich discussed the cuts.The university will remove unfilled positions. Travel will be reduced, and retirement contributions will decrease by 1 percent.

IU said it’s making “deliberate and targeted reductions.” The university will release the full budget details in August.

“We do have a balanced budget, $4.5 billion coming in through revenue or utilization of cash, and $4.5 billion of expenses,” Dudich said.

The university is planning another phase of cuts, adding up to $200 million.

David Polly, chair of IU’s Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department, said faculty didn’t expect cuts six months ago.

“It's serious in the sense that IU has always been, sort of, cutting it close to what we can afford,” Polly said.

Shopkow said potential losses will ripple throughout the university. She fears staff won’t be replaced if they leave.Plus, she said IU may not attract or keep young researchers because of changes coming from the state government and upper administrators.

“It cannot be business as usual,” Shopkow said. “When people ask me what I think is going to happen, my answer is nothing good.”

One thing made the cuts particularly hard for Shopkow.

After hearing the budget cuts on June 12, theBoard of Trustees awarded Whitten with a $225,000 bonus – the maximum allowed by her salary bump to $900,000. One person, student trustee Kyle Seibert, voted against the bonus.

“The people who teach courses are producing revenue,” Shopkpow said. “The staff and the departments are supporting that revenue-producing operation, you know, and these are the people who are being asked to, you know, bite the bullet here.”

Legislators cut at least 5 percent of higher education funding in a tight budget year.Then, Braun and the Commission for Higher Education requested tuition freezes for undergraduate students to make college more affordable for Indiana families.

“A month ago, we challenged our state’s public higher education institutions to find efficiencies, eliminate redundancies and identify ways to streamline services without compromising quality,” Braun said in a statement. “=The commitment made by all of Indiana’s public colleges and universities puts students and parents firstand demonstrates to the rest of the country that Indiana is a leader in providing a high quality education at an affordable price.”

IU spokespeople referred to statements made at the board meeting and news releases.

“Even amid reduced appropriations, we remain steadfast in our mission to deliver affordable, high-quality education to students from Indiana,”IU President Pamela Whittensaid at the meeting.

https://indianaeconomicdigest.net/Content/Default/Major-Indiana-News/Article/Indiana-University-braces-for-cuts-of-100-million-for-fiscal-year-that-begins-July-1-2025/-3/5308/119316

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Shopkow said IU is supposed to serve Hoosiers. But now, out-of-state students could bring more money amid budget cuts.

“Setting us up in this particular way really forces us not to serve the state as well as we might,” Shopkow said.

Russell Scott Valentino, former chair of the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures, said funding cuts by themselves aren’t necessarily concerning.

Valentino is more worried about another point slipped into the state budget:public colleges and universities must remove programs with low numbers of degrees awarded.

“They seem to be trying to micromanage not just the fact that we are cutting, but how we are cutting,” Valentino said. “By doing that, they're really overstepping their expertise, because they're reaching down into the mechanics of the way degrees are offered without really understanding the consequences of that.” (His class is obviously not filled with students)

Cutting those degree programs — and potentially the staff and faculty that support them — could also jeopardize federal funding, Valentino said.

“Because we won't have the kind of expertise and the kind of programs that that funding requires in order to receive it,” Valentino said.

A lack of expertise isn’t the only problem with securing federal grants.

After President Donald Trump took office, his administration planned significant funding cuts for university research across the country. Arts and humanities programs also feel the reductions. Some grants have been outright cancelled.

Federal agencies have cited the ability to save billions of dollars and repurpose the funds for efficient research.

One major issue is a change in indirect funding. Federal grants directly fund research projects by paying for equipment or materials. The grants also cover a variety of indirect costs such as accounting, maintenance or just keeping the lights on.Now those indirect funds could be significantly reduced.

“That cut will have tremendous impact, because it basically means the university won't be able to afford to have the labs that are necessary to do that research,” Polly said. (Bullshit)

Caps on indirect funds are being challenged in federal courts.

Other renowned federal programs are at risk, such as the Fulbright Program.

Fulbright, an international scholarship and cultural exchange program, has been sponsored by the U.S. government.The highly selective program was created by Congress in 1946 to promote partnerships and peace with 160 countries.

On June 11, the entire Fulbright board resigned after the Trump administration denied scholarships for a “substantial number of individuals” and forced others to undergo additional review.A spokesperson for the administration said it is “ridiculous to believe” that the Fulbright board should have the final say in its scholarship recipients, according to CBS.

“Fulbright is one of those prestige programs that's been around for a long timethat people recognize,but to the Trump administration, that hasn't meant very much,” Valentino said.

https://indianaeconomicdigest.net/Content/Default/Major-Indiana-News/Article/Indiana-University-braces-for-cuts-of-100-million-for-fiscal-year-that-begins-July-1-2025/-3/5308/119316

Planned Parenthood funding at grave risk after Senate ruling(for one year only)

A ban on federal funding for the women’s health organization can be included in the GOP megabill, the parliamentarian ruled.

Robert King06/30/2025, 5:04pm ET

Republicans are on the cusp of a breakthrough in their long effort to strip federal funding from Planned Parenthood after a Senate ruling Monday.

Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough advised lawmakersthat a provision that would cut off Medicaid funding for one yearto the women’s health organization and abortion provider can remain in the GOP’s domestic policy megabillwithout threatening its ability to be passed along party lines, according to Senate Democrats. (WTF one year?)

The megabill is expected to clear the Senate Monday or Tuesday using a budgetary tool to bypass a 60-vote filibuster. Bills advanced with that tool must adhere to strict budget rules, and the parliamentarian is the de facto arbiter of those rules. Senate Democrats had challenged whether the provision was allowed.

“Republicans will stop at nothing in their crusade to take control of women’s bodies,” said Democratic Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley of Oregon in a statement.

Conservative lawmakers have sought to strip Planned Parenthood’s eligibility for federal funds for decades. It has long been subject to the Hyde amendment, which bans federal funding directly on abortions, but the organization bills Medicaid for nonabortion services and receives other federal funding through other programs and grants.

Republicans sought to target the group in their party-line 2017 push to repeal the Affordable Care Act, but the overall effort collapsed.

Planned Parenthood’s U.S. divisionreceived $792 million in funding from government reimbursements and grants, which includes Medicaid, as of June 2023, according to the group’s 2023 and 2024 annual report. A Congressional Budget Office score of the provision targeting Planned Parenthood included in the House-passed version of the megabill estimated it would cost taxpayers an additional $52 million over 10 years.

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/30/congress/planned-parenthood-funding-gop-megabill-00434095

Beall: “The American People Do Not Want To See A Freebie For The Tech Industry To Do Whatever They Want”