Liveblog - ICYMI: July 01, 2025

Below, you will find some headlines we may have missed and some interesting video clips on several subjects. Please feel free to share anything you may have run across; just make sure it’s not from a MAGAt infested shithole.

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Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart dies at age 90

Jimmy Swaggart, a televangelist and gospel singer whose fall from grace in the late 1980s made national headlines, has died, according to a social media post published by his ministry.

He was 90.

Updates:

It's peak wildfire season, and Trump's militarization of LA has California National Guard firefighting crews operating at just 40% capacity.Top military officials at the Department of Defense agree: it’s time to pull back the National Guard and get them back to fighting fires.

Governor Gavin Newsom (@governor.ca.gov) 2025-06-30T22:48:51.159Z

Stop threatening and just do it—Iranian-linked hackers claim to have 100 gigabytes of emails tied to the White House.

Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@nothoodlum.bsky.social) 2025-07-01T14:43:05.045Z

The Big, Ugly Bill Goes to the House of Representatives:

Jeffries: "Why would any so-called traditional Republican, particularly those who are in swing seats all across America, vote for a bill that will aggressively and actively hurt their constituents?"

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) July 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM

Boyle on Trump's big bill: "It will be the greatest loss of healthcare in American history."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) July 1, 2025 at 11:19 AM

McGovern: "A family making less than $50,000 a year? They get less than $1 a day in tax cuts. You can't buy a damn cup of coffee with that. But those making a million dollars or more? They'll get more than $250 a day in tax breaks … that's how rigged this bill is to benefit the wealthy."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) July 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM

The Gestapo:

ICE “bounty hunters” dressed like they’re in a war zone to detain day laborers and a lady selling tacos at a Home Depot in Cypress Park this morning.I’m so sick of these punks!

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— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) June 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM

Pam Bondi is really angry about ICEBlock: "Shame on CNN for promoting that app." So whatever you do, DON'T USE THE APP, because it will make her mad.

Craig R. Brittain (@craigbrittain.com) 2025-07-01T02:34:54.962Z

The Fascist Felon and His Brownshirts:

Are you paying attention?

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— Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) July 1, 2025 at 9:58 AM

Mamdani is a naturalized citizen. Denaturalization has been used rare until now, but as I explained in my newsletter last night, DOJ is prioritizing it now. If your response is, that exceeds what the law allows, when has that ever stopped Trump? open.substack.com/pub/joycevan…

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— Joyce White Vance (@joycewhitevance.bsky.social) July 1, 2025 at 10:16 AM

Q: You message to communist Zohran Mamdani?TRUMP: Well then, we'll have to arrest him

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) July 1, 2025 at 9:43 AM

Trying to imagine Hitler and Goebbels preening for photos at a concentration camp, wearing stupid little hats like these.

Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) 2025-07-01T15:52:00.533Z

Kristi Noem at DeSantis's new migrant detention camp: "This facility is exactly what I want every single governor in the country to consider doing with us."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) July 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM

In the course of sixty seconds, threats to violate the First Amendment three times over: prosecuting CNN for reporting about an app, prosecuting the maker of an anti-ICE app, and prosecuting CNN for reporting about the Iran bombing.

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— Adam Steinbaugh (@adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social) July 1, 2025 at 8:34 AM

The New Grift:

From crypto scams to shady real estate deals, Trump phones, and cologne. He’s never stopped using the presidency to enrich himself and his family.Go ahead, MAGA. Try defending this blatant corruption.

Republicans Against Trumpism (@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social) 2025-06-30T23:46:05.869Z

Here he is, folks. The President of the United States selling his new men’s cologne for $199 and women’s perfume for $249.

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— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) June 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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