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Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Have you no sense of decency, sir? [1]
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Date: 2025-07-03
Gustavo Arellano/Los Angeles Times:
x New - 2028 Poll
🔵 Harris 45%
đź”´ Vance 42%
Overton #B - 6/24 pic.twitter.com/20SpCgNu3E — Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) July 2, 2025
It’s not real, but it does give you an idea of how much Vance sucks.
Norm Ornstein/The Contrarian:
The American people are driven by fairness and decency Everyone who has a heart and conscience needs to rail against indecency if we are to retain any semblance of our American ideals. Remember these two watchwords as the fight against Republican-driven autocracy moves into high gear: fairness and decency. Let me start with fairness. It is a major motivator for most voters; people react to government policy that is seen as unfair—giving advantages or benefits to one group while other deserving people suffer or do not get what they should. I was first struck by this phenomenon in 1977, when Social Security Act reform adjusted benefits for beneficiaries who reached age 62 between 1979 and 1983. The reason? The 1972 formula for cost-of-living adjustments had a flaw, giving more benefits to those born before 1917, and the 1977 reforms fixed the formula. But that fix had an adjustment period to smooth out the old and new formulas. And the people born from 1917 to 1921 got lower benefits than those born earlier. Boom! That group became known as “notch babies,” and they were furious—even though they were getting more generous payments than before. Though the formula did not change, members of Congress felt the wrath, especially then-Ways and Means Chairman Dan Rostenkowski, and have been cautious since about adjusting Social Security formulas.
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
Wisconsin Supreme Court invalidates the state's strict 1849 abortion law In a 4-3 ruling July 2, the liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court affirmed a lower court's previous decision that overturned the 19th Century law. The decision ends three years of tumult over the issue following the 2022 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that overturned Roe v. Wade, which had provided women nationwide with a constitutional right to abortion. Writing for the court's liberal majority, Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Dallet said the Wisconsin state Legislature had effectively repealed the 1849 law when it enacted additional laws regulating access to abortion.
x Elections have consequences and sometimes good things happen 👇 pic.twitter.com/3B3EiPsGTn — Mike Nellis (@MikeNellis) July 2, 2025
CNBC:
The private sector lost 33,000 jobs in June, badly missing expectations for a 100,000 increase, ADP says Key Points Private sector hiring unexpectedly contracted in June, payrolls processing firm ADP said Wednesday.
It’s a potential sign that the economy may not be as sturdy as investors believe.
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