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312
Number of times Donald Trump’s name appears in the Project 2025 MAGA fascist manifesto.
40% – 40%
Result of post-debate Reuters/Ipsos poll showing support in the presidential race for Pres. Biden and Donald Trump tied among registered voters. A prior Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted June 11-12 showed Trump with a marginal 2 percentage point lead, 41 percent to 39 percent.
133%
Percentage Trump’s plan to replace the income tax with tariffs would increase prices, according to economist Paul Krugman.
3
Number of additional bribes Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted from GOP megadonor Harlan Crow. The AP reports that a Democratic-led Senate Committee found that “Thomas took three trips, and at least six flights, on Crow’s private jet in 2017, 2019 and 2021. The panel also found evidence of private jet travel during trips to Indonesia and California that Thomas recently disclosed in an amendment to a 2019 financial disclosure report.”
$400 Million
“Donald Trump’s paper fortune dropped by hundreds of millions of dollars on Friday as shares in his media firm came under pressure in the wake of his conviction in his New York hush-money trial,” according to the Guardian. “By the time markets closed for the day, Trump’s stake stood at about $5.6bn. The previous day, it was closer to $6bn.”
38
Number of countries who ban entry to travelers with felony convictions. They include Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, Israel and China, among others. Regulations can result in automatic denial of visas or entry permits to convicted felons, potentially impacting Trump’s ability to travel internationally, according to Newsweek.
6
New Yorker: “There are six things now that are true about him that were not true in 2020, that all voters are going to come to know in the following months—they are that he raped E. Jean Carroll in a department-store dressing room; that he oversaw one of the largest financial frauds in American history… that he stole American secrets… it’s the greatest betrayal of our national security by a former President in all of American history; he led an insurrection against the United States, he led an armed attack on the Capitol… and sixth, and this is really important, is that he’s singularly responsible for ending Roe.”
56%
A new CBS News poll finds 56% say Donald Trump is definitely or probably guilty of a crime in his recent trial, in which he has been charged with falsifying business records to hide a “hush money” payment and influence the 2016 election. The public is more split on what they think the jury will decide, with about half expecting jurors to find Trump guilty and half saying the opposite.
54%
“Illegal crossings along the U.S.-Mexico border in May are down by more than 50% compared to the record highs reported in December, giving the Biden administration an unexpected reprieve during a time when migration has historically surged,” CBS News reports.
$7.7 billion
CBS News: The White House on Wednesday said it has approved $7.7 billion of student debt cancellation for 160,500 borrowers, part of its ongoing effort to provide relief after the Supreme Court last year blocked President Joe Biden’s plan for broad-based college loan forgiveness.>/h2>
