June 25, 2025

Wins for Love: obscure Senate procedure and the NYC mayoral race

Hello, friends! It has been a minute since our last update. Turns out trying to keep up with all the things gets a little overwhelming (who knew?), so I'm going to try something a little different. Rather than a full weekly round-up, this newsletter will highlight a few key wins, weekly-ish. Starting with:

Love comes in the shape of the Senate Parliamentarian

• Senate parliamentarian’s no-go list: 12 pieces struck from Trump’s megabill [The Hill]
• A great explainer by Jay Kuo of the nonpartisan role of Senate Parliamentarian in reviewing the proposed reconciliation bill and what's been stricken so far: Un-Byrdened: The Senate Parliamentarian Has Reset The Game [The Big Picture]

Love takes the lead in the NYC mayoral race

• Who is Zohran Mamdani? State lawmaker seeks to become NYC’s first Muslim and Indian American mayor [AP News]
• A great take from Garrett Bucks on the significance of Mamdani's primary win: Hot Earnestness Summer [The White Pages]

Recommendations for Further Reading

• Our Wins Of The Week from The Big Picture is always heartening!
• Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick of The Trend Report consistently delivers a thought-provoking mashup of news and pop culture, and this is no exception: throw a BOOK at the WORLD, "On the urgent need for fiction in these strange times..."
• Looking for a news source that prioritizes seeing the big picture across different viewpoints? The Tangle is well-researched and covers a wide range of stories. It includes views you're likely to agree with and others that will probably make you mad, and tries to find the thread of shared reality that runs through it all. Isaac Saul's take on the NYC mayoral primary is a prime example: A political shockwave in New York City

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