🔵 Musk-Trump Battle Erupts

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Citizen Frank
July 01, 2025

Good morning. It’s Tuesday, July 1.

Elon Musk has renewed his assault on President Donald Trump’s signature budget bill, drawing new ire from the president and investors — and glee from some Democrats — with his threat to launch a new political party.

“If this insane spending bill passes, the America Party will be formed the next day,” Musk wrote Monday evening on X. “Our country needs an alternative to the Democrat-Republican uniparty so that the people actually have a VOICE.”

Trump fired back Tuesday in an early-morning barb on Truth Social as Senate Republicans wrangled over the bill overnight, taking aim at the federal subsidies Musk has received. Without them, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX would “probably have to close up shop and head back home to South Africa,” the president wrote, adding that cutting them would save the country a “FORTUNE.”

 
 

An Iran-linked cyberattack group that hacked President Trump’s 2024 campaign is threatening to release another trove of emails it has stolen from his associates, including White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and Roger Stone.

Reuters first reported the threat on Monday that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on X called a “calculated smear campaign” — which came the same day as the Trump administration released a report warning that “Iranian Cyber Actors” may target U.S. firms and “operators of critical infrastructure.”

And it came three days after Trump announced he was halting plans to potentially ease sanctions on Iran after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei claimed U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities didn’t cause major damage.

The Justice Department issued a memo directing US attorneys to “prioritize and maximally pursue denaturalization proceedings” as part of an effort by the Trump administration to crack down on crime.

The memo from Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate states that denaturalization cases against “individuals who pose a potential danger to national security, including those with a nexus to terrorism, espionage, or the unlawful export from the United States of sensitive goods, technology, or information raising national security concerns” are one of the key priorities.

“The benefits of civil denaturalization include the government’s ability to revoke the citizenship of individuals who engaged in the commission of war crimes, extrajudicial killings, or other serious human rights abuses; to remove naturalized criminals, gang members, or, indeed, any individuals convicted of crimes who pose an ongoing threat to the United States; and to prevent convicted terrorists from returning to U.S. soil or traveling internationally on a U.S. passport,” Shumate wrote.

Senators on the morning of June 30 will begin a marathon vote series dubbed a “vote-a-rama” to pass their version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, with the vote expected to go late into the day, possibly wrapping up sometime on July 1.

The legislation, resulting from weeks of intraparty and bicameral negotiations among House and Senate Republicans, would implement sweeping changes to U.S. policy and funding over a 10-year period in order to carry out President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” agenda.

Trump hopes for final passage of the bill by July 4. The Senate earlier approved advancing the legislation in a 51–49 vote, in which Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) joined Democrats in voting against the procedural measure.

The debate is raging this week over increased government spending and the potential raising of the debt ceiling by $5 trillion, with many fiscal conservatives splitting with the GOP and the Trump Administration over what they feel is a betrayal of their campaign promises to reduce government waste.

Trump argues that all the elements included in his “big beautiful bill” are necessary in order to revitalize the US economy and break from the interdependency of the current globalist model. Can the dollar continue to absorb the pressure of ever increasing debt obligations? Is there a way to cut the debt without cutting spending?

At least one aspect of Trump’s fiscal plan is showing success in this area despite the warnings of critics; the establishment media has been forced to admit that the administration’s tariff efforts are actually working.

The two firefighters who were killed in Idaho on Sunday after a shooter ambushed first responders attempting to battle a wildfire have been identified.

Both men were battalion chiefs in their respective departments. Per KXLY, Kootenai County Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief Frank Harwood and Coeur d’Alene Fire Department Battalion Chief John Morrison were identified as the firefighters killed.

Harwood had been with his department for 17 years, while Morrison, 52, had been with the Coeur d’Alene Fire Department for nearly 29 years.

For decades, Jaguar stood for a blend of British engineering, performance, and luxury, an identity that helped the brand build loyalty among customers who valued refinement and heritage. But in its attempt to reinvent itself for a new era, Jaguar now finds itself facing one of the most severe sales declines seen in the European automotive market. In April 2025, the company registered just 49 vehicles in Europe, a 97.5% drop from 1,961 units sold during the same month the previous year.

At the centre of this dramatic slide is a rebranding strategy that, analysts say, misread both the market and Jaguar’s own strengths.

The brand’s new identity, launched in November 2024, was meant to signal a bold pivot towards electrification and a new customer base. Instead, it left many long-time buyers alienated and failed to connect with the new audience it was hoping to attract.

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