From Fox, Schumer forces name change for 'big, beautiful bill' moments before it passes, "Senate passes Trump's $3.3T bill after Schumer removes 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act' title. . . . Asked whether he hoped to irritate Trump by changing the name of the bill, Schumer responded, "I didn't even think of President Trump. I thought of the truth. This is not a beautiful bill." Inflation Reduction Act anyone? CBS whines House nearing final vote on Trump's "big, beautiful bill". "The House voted 219-213 overnight Wednesday, after hours of delay, to advance President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" for debate before a final vote. GOP leaders had to overcome pushback over changes the Senate made to the legislation. That final vote is expected soon. The key procedural vote began at about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday and wrapped up at about 3:20 a.m. as GOP holdouts were pressured to vote "yes."" Catturd ™ @catturd2 "Breaking … all House Democrats to vote on a 68% tax hike for the middle class." Quote Hakeem Jeffries @RepJeffries, "Every single House Democrat will vote no on Trump’s One Big Ugly Bill. Keep the pressure on." Hat Hair's Beege Welborn thinks there's Nothing Madder or Sadder Than a Weepy Fauxcahontus. Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren "After 26 hours of fighting on the Senate floor, Republicans voted to rip health care from millions of people and let little babies go hungry. And they cheered. I'm angry. You should be too. But this fight isn't over." Matt Vespa at TownHall, Trump's Reconciliation Package Makes Good on a Key Promise to Seniors, Here Are the Three Traitors Who Almost Wrecked the Reconciliation Package , and Does Thomas Massie Have a Bloc of 10 'No' Votes or Not? Here's His Response. Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie, "I don’t have a bloc of anything. There are probably 10 NO’s at the moment, but I don’t speak for them or vouch for them."
Ace, CNN Poll: Trump Now More Beloved By Republicans Than Even the Great Ronald Reagan Was. (((Harry Enten))) @ForecasterEnten, "GOP voters love for Trump is record breaking. His strong approval (63%) is up like a rocket from term 1 (53%). It's higher than any GOP prez on record at this pt. 95%+ of those Trump endorses win primaries. When you mess with Trump, you go in the grinder to quote Good Burger." PJM's Scott Pinsker introduces Meet the ‘Mercenaries’ Who Will Destroy the MAGA Movement, Steve Bannon, Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk and MTG. "Eventually, all movements end — and when they do, it’s usually with a sad little whimper, not a big, glorious bang. They just sort of fizzle out (either because they achieved their goal and have nothing left to fight for, or they’ve had their [tushies] kicked and thrown in the towel)." Let's hope for the former. PJM's Ashley McCully says Waffle House Proves That Trump's Policies Are Egg-cellent. Waffle House @WaffleHouse, "Egg-cellent news…as of June 2, the egg surcharge is officially off the menu. Thanks for understanding!" At ET, US Job Openings Unexpectedly Soar to 7.7 Million as Labor Demand Remains Solid, "Job vacancies in the federal government declined by 39,000 in May." Reuters whines Fed rate cut bets rise after Powell doesn't rule out July.
At the Peacock, Pentagon halts weapons shipment to Ukraine amid concerns over U.S. stockpile. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Trump Warns Hamas: Take This 60-Day Temporary Pause ... or Else. Rod Bishop at RCD, Operation Midnight Hammer—Can’t We All Just Be Proud Americans? Nope. A majority of Democrats now support Hamas. Jason Cohen @JasonJournoDC, "NEW: CNN's Harry Enten *GOBSMACKED* by how pro-Palestinian Dems have become. "In 2017, the Democratic Party was a pro-Israeli party. Look at this: They sympathized with the Israelis by 13 points more than with the Palestinians." "But look at the sea change! Now Democrats sympathize more with the Palestinians by 43 points!" "Oh my God! That is a change in the margin of 56 points over the course of just eight years!" "So all of a sudden, it's the pro-Palestinian position that actually reigns supreme in Democratic politics — not the Israeli position."" At the Victory Girls The People’s Union USA Wants You to Boycott July 4th — Please Do! RCP, Democrats, Animated by Loathing of Trump, Are Driving Their Party to Self-Destruction.
Insty at his NYPo gig says Mamdani’s grocery scheme is foolish — but there’s method to the madness. The graft. Virginia Kruta at Da Wire hears ‘We’ll Have To Arrest Him’: Trump Threatens Action If Zohran Mamdani Tries To Block ICE, "Look, we don't need a communist in this country but if we have one I'm going to be watching over him very carefully." The California Globe is Making the Case for Denaturalizing and Deporting Zohran Mamdani "There indeed are compelling legal, national security, and political grounds that Mamdani is deportable under U.S. law when evidence substantiates fraud or concealed ties to prohibited groups during his naturalization process seven years ago."
Matt Vespa celebrates that USAID Is No More...and CNN Totally Melted Down. Media Lies @MediasLies "Anand Giridharadas stated on MSNBC that USAID cuts since January 2025, influenced by Elon Musk, led to 300,000 deaths, citing a Boston University study by Brooke Nichols. These figures lack primary evidence, and no such study has been confirmed. Attributing this solely to Musk oversimplifies complex policy decisions. Comparing it to Vietnam War casualties is misleading, as the contexts differ significantly." Driscoll at Insty, WAIT, I THOUGHT EVERYBODY DIED ALREADY FROM NET NEUTRALITY ENDING AND GLOBAL COOLING WARMING: Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays, "This looks like a Dilbert situation. An organization makes a hard-to-check-and-probably-exaggerated claim of saving millions of lives via their excellent work. When their funding is cut, they can claim it kills those imaginary people they saved." Quote Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal, "FORMER USAID ADMINISTRATOR CLAIMS TRUMP CUTS COULD COST 12 MILLION LIVES Former USAID Administrator Samantha Power says Trump era cuts to global health programs are dismantling aid under the false label of efficiency. . . " At Da Wire, Trump: ‘DOGE Is The Monster That Might Have To Go Back And Eat Elon’ "'I don’t know, we’ll have to take a look,' Trump said, when asked if Musk should be deported." Brandon Morse at RedState sees Democrats Try to Block Info About Something They Swear Isn't Happening... Again. "As reported by Libs of TikTok, 20 Democrat-led states are suing the DHS in order to make them stop looking into whether Medicaid dollars have been spent on illegals."
ET, Judge Blocks DHS From Terminating Temporary Protected Status for Haitian Immigrants "More than 500,000 Haitians are covered under the Temporary Protected Status program, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem." Using the class action dodge allowed in the recent Supreme Court ruling. Margot Cleveland at Da Fed says We Still Have An Imperial Judiciary, Yet Trump Continues To Exercise Extreme Restraint. But Shooting News Weekly is pretty happy an Obama District Court Judge Rules California’s Non-Resident Concealed Carry Ban Violates the Second Amendment.
At Althouse, "The Wisconsin Supreme Court invalidated a state abortion ban that was enacted in 1849 and had been dormant for five decades...." The NYT reports. "That is, the decision is based on statutory interpretation and not on a state constitutional right. It's up to the legislature to make new law restricting (or permitting) abortion." Dan O'Donnell @DanODonnellShow, "Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley may just have written an even better dissent than Amy Coney Barrett."
Bonchie at RedState, New: CIA Assessment Reveals How Far Obama Administration Went to Frame Trump, Implicates Officials. CIA Director John Ratcliffe @CIADirector, "All the world can now see the truth: Brennan, Clapper and Comey manipulated intelligence and silenced career professionals — all to get Trump. Thank you to the career @CIA officers who conducted this review and exposed the facts." Quote New York Post @nypost, "Obama’s Trump-Russia collusion report was corrupt from start: CIA review https://trib.al/O43mJYW" Richard Grenell @RichardGrenell, "I’ll take Things We Already Knew for $500."
Dave Strom at Hat Hair how the FBI Covered Up Chris Wray's Perjury on Chinese election interference on behalf of Joe Biden. Catherine Herridge @C__Herridge. "NEW: Heavily redacted @FBI emails released via @ChuckGrassley @FBIDirectorKash •FBI HQ interfered with Albany NY investigation into alleged Chinese 2020 Election Interference •Designed to shield then FBI Director Wray from political blowback over his Congressional testimony •Emails suggest FBI HQ was focused on optics, not fact finding two months before the election AMONG KEY EMAILS: pg. 23 "A new 1023 will be needed, that will have updated date of acquisition and contact, with an updated source context statement. AND it will have to run the gamut at HQ for review/approval. Again, the reporting will contradict Director Wray’s testimony." NOTE: FD-1023 is used to record information from confidential human sources." Breccan Thies at Da Fed, FBI ‘Suppressed Intelligence’ On Chinese Meddling In 2020 To Cover For Christopher Wray: Documents. "Grassley’s office says that the evidence was never investigated further, despite signs of credibility, because of a ‘sudden and “abnormal”‘ decision to stop further proceedings and ‘bury the IIR’s existence,’ because, as the FBI put it, ‘the reporting will contradict Director Wray’s testimony.’" Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC "Which of course begs the obvious question: WHY would Christopher Wray lie about Chinese involvement in our election? All the potential answers to that question are very, very bad." Quote Sean Davis@seanmdav, "Chris Wray lied to Congress about Chinese attempts to rig the election for Biden using fake IDs and votes, and then the FBI suppressed the evidence and ended investigations of the Chinese efforts, all to protect Wray and Biden." Da Caller says FBI’s New HQ Is A Total Slap In The Face To Democrats. Sending them to the Ronald Reagan Building after USAID was dismantled.
Dave Strom wonders Have UFOs Always Been a PsyOp? "Unsurprisingly, the Pentagon found the latent desire to see UFOs useful in hiding its own activities. They planted stories, hazed new officers with stories of fake UFOs, and even doctored photos. This is according to a Congressionally mandated investigation, and it has the ring of truth." Crazier conspiracy theories have proven to be true.
John Sexton likes the Trump Effect: Illegal Border Crossings Hit a New Low (But Will It Continue?) Driscoll notes DNC-MSM FINALLY DISCOVERS A TAX IT HATES: Taxing remittances is a big risk for very little reward. A proposal to tax remittances sent by individuals without Social Security numbers has passed the House and is now before the Senate. At 3.5%, the levy was initially expected to raise $26 billion over the next decade. Changes made by the Senate on Saturday greatly narrowed the scope, so the tax would be 1%, and the yield only $10 billion over the next decade. However, the goals have remained the same: deter undocumented migration and recoup funds from those working outside legal status who send money to their families back home." Auron MacIntyre @AuronMacintyre "Taxing remittances is the obvious solution to both our budgetary and immigration problems It doesn’t solve either by itself but has a big positive impact on both It’s such an obvious solution you should assume malice on the part of politicians who have not already embraced it." Quote ExposeIT @RealWaKhan, "The Indian diaspora sent home $135.46 billion in the last fiscal year, the highest on record. https://m.economictimes.com/nri/invest/diaspora-remittances-hit-new-record-at-135-46-bn-in-fy25/articleshow/122144367.cms" I hadn't even considered the Indians. VodkaPundit at Insty has another of his DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES: California moves to allow non-related adults to consent to medical care for minors, enroll them in school to support immigrant families, and at PJM he says So I Installed That ICEBlock App on My Phone... So why did I, a mostly law-abiding conservatarian, install an app designed to facilitate lawbreaking, and maybe even the doxxing (or worse) of federal law enforcement? . . . Far be it from me to encourage Longtime Sharp VodkaPundit Readers™ to download ICEBlock. Or to spend a pleasant afternoon with a cocktail, making false reports of ICE activity where illegals gather. Except that I absolutely encourage you to do exactly that."
Ace, CBS, Paramount Settle With Trump Over Word-Salad Election Interference Case, Update: CBS Lies About the Settlement. "CBS continues insisting it will never apologize. But it has agreed to a key demand Trump made: that they will always release a full transcript of every interview with a presidential candidate. I wish they could have gotten them to agree to release the full video of an interview, and extended this to all interviews. But this will limit CBS's ability to butcher interviews to either boost or slander their presidential candidate interview subjects." Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze "This happened because 60 minutes refused to release an unedited transcript. Now ask why." Quote The New York Times @nytimes "Breaking News: Paramount agreed to pay President Trump $16 million to settle his lawsuit over a “60 Minutes” interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris." Mark Hemingway @Heminator "Bingo." Quote Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze "The fact that major national media networks keep settling lawsuits before discovery can happen should be a huge giant tell about what's going on with their industry."
At Hat Hair, John Sexton delights that Columbia University Gets More Bad News (Update), Capt. Ed cites the WSJ: Is Harvard's Endowment a House of Cards? and Dave Strom, He Was Driven Off MIT Campus Because He Was Jewish--And He Is Suing. From the Free Bacon, Duke Law Journal Sent a Secret Memo to Minority Applicants Telling Them They’d Get Extra Points for Writing About Their Race "Memo offers a snapshot of how personal statements can be used to skirt affirmative action ban."
PJM's Stephen Kruiser thinks the recent events are A Big Step Towards Getting Boys Out of Girls' Locker Rooms and takes on The Tedious Myth of Transgender 'Invisibility'. If they're invisible, why do we see so much of them? RedState's Mike Miller sees a No-Nonsense Megyn Kelly Educates NYT Contributor on the Danger of 'Going Along With' Preferred Pronouns: Megyn Kelly @megynkelly, "It is not rude or cruel to say what’s real and true or to refuse to participate in another person’s delusion. Going along w/preferred pronouns is dangerous - it forces us to cede entire arguments about who can play in which sporting event, disrobe in which locker room and enter into which prison before we’ve even made our case. (“She” can’t play in women’s sports makes no sense; HE can’t do it makes everything clear.) Preferred pronouns are meant to dull our senses to get us accustomed to the gender-bending lies we are being told - it’s an effort to override instincts that are there for good reason … including, for women, their own safety. It can literally be a matter of life and death for a girl to learn to listen to her own instincts about when a man is present. Teaching her to force herself to lie about that is teaching her to dull her gift of fear. . . " Sometimes it's a delusion; other times it's a scam. From Twitchy, VICTORY! After Banning Woman From Their Locker Room, YMCA Settles Her Lawsuit for a Hefty Sum. Center for American Liberty @Liberty_Ctr "BREAKING: 82-year-old Julie Jaman wins $65K settlement after being banned from her local YMCA pool for objecting to men in the women’s locker room. We're proud to officially announce this HUGE win. Free speech isn’t dead and we’re here to prove it!" At Althouse, "For the first time, my insides don’t feel like fire. They feel like warm, golden love." "Says Penelope, a child in the book "Born Ready," described by Justice Alito in the new Supreme Court case, Mahmoud v. Taylor: . . . Quite aside from the topic of transgenderism, that is — if not blatantly sexual — too closely approximate to sexuality to belong in reading material for children. If I say I'm amazed that school authorities would adopt such a book for classroom instruction, I am sure commenters will scoff at me for being too naïve to perceive the deliberate "grooming.""
First, let’s get the actual “news”:
Rachel Zegler is reportedly in talks to play the main role in The Sound of Music. Zegler is known as a skilled actor on both the stage and screen. On the film side of things, she got her start playing the role of Maria in Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of West Side Story. This year, she returned to the musical genre when she played the titular princess in Disney’s live-action Snow White. . . .Note that this is merely a rumor, and involves Zegler playing the Julie Andrews role in a stage production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. This is absurd enough, but some people mistakenly got the idea that someone was planning a movie remake starring Zegler, an idea so obviously crazy that not even ultra-woke Disney executives would try it.
Zegler is now reportedly in talks to play the protagonist in The Sound of Music. According to the source, the Snow White actor is in conversation to play the role of Maria von Trapp, a part originated by Julie Andrews, in a stage production of the series at Lincoln Center in New York City. It was noted by the source, however, that Zegler’s Sound of Music role is not yet confirmed.
OK, but what if they did? Thanks to AI, we can get a glimpse of what such a project might look like, and it’s hilarious:
“Wait,” you say, “why is Sydney Sweeney on the title card?” Don’t want to spoil it for you, but trust me, it’s funny.
There are still lots of latent links at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.01.25. The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Surf’s Up and FMJRA 2.0: Not Long Before The End up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.
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