GOP’s debt battle ends as Trump push grows
The piece argues the GOP no longer has a debt-cutting constituency as Trump and allies push a $3.8 trillion reconciliation package of tax cuts and new domestic spending. It notes debt remains around $37 trillion, with Medicaid cuts unlikely to net a deficit reduction, and cites inflation as a priority for voters. It highlights a Trump-populist shift in the Republican base and enduring political risk in balancing budgets.
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Donald Trump
Trump
Capitol Hill
House of Representatives
Senate
GOP
Washington
U.S
David Winston
Winston
Ronald Reagan
Realigning Voters reshape Republican fiscal stance
Bloomberg Opinion columnist David M Drucker analyzes how working class and suburban voters shifted into and away from the GOP, creating a coalition more tolerant of spending yet divided on debt. He cites Trump era culture driving the realignment and notes fiscal conservatives' losses among upscale voters.
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Republican Party
GOP
U.S
Brad Todd
Washington
Donald Trump
Todd
California
Sacramento
Putin’s war explained as a fight over Ukraine’s existence
The piece frames Putin as driven by a civilizational mission to erase Ukraine as a sovereign nation. It traces post 1994 nuclear deals, Crimea seizure, and ongoing insurrections, noting Western misreadings and the enduring end of history debate. It cites Kuleba, Brands, Will, Monnet, Eisenhower, and Rohac to argue unintended NATO gains and Ukraine’s resilience.
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Cologne
Ukraine
Europe
Soviet Union
U.S
Francis Fukuyama
Russia
Crimea
Dmytro Kuleba
Foreign Affairs
Vladimir Putin
Putin
Economist
Johns Hopkins University
Hal Brands
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Kyiv
Steve Witkoff
Donald Trump
Witkoff
Jimmy Carter
Cyrus Vance
Leonid Brezhnev
Trump
United States
Kremlin
State Department
Marco Rubio
Theodore Bunzel
Elina Ribakova
Jean Monnet
European Union
NATO
Finland
Sweden
Poland
Separate televisions prove long marriage secrets
D L Stewart jokes about a 30 year marriage by detailing a two TV household routine after dinner. He notes his wife’s disdain for sports unless ice skating, and his preference for reality-free viewing, joking about burning buildings and cleavage laden lawyers. He recalls Ozzie and Harriet as family TV past. Contact info included.
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England
Ozzie and Harriet
Almanac item highlights births and milestones
Almanac for Monday June 9 2025 notes the 160th day of the year and 82nd of spring. It lists birthdays including Michael J. Fox Les Paul Cole Porter and Natalie Portman plus facts about Les Pauls Hall of Fame inductions and the Belmont Stakes record set by Secretariat in 1973. It quotes Gregory Maguire and mentions McNamara timeline at Ford and the lunar phase between June 2 and June 11.
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Cole Porter
Les Paul
Robert McNamara
World Bank
U.S. Secretary of Defense
Jackie Wilson
Dick Vitale
Gregory Maguire
Michael J. Fox
Aaron Sorkin
Johnny Depp
Natalie Portman
Xolo Mariduena
National Inventors Hall of Fame
Secretariat
Out of
Ford Motor Co
Defense
McNamara
Ford
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