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State Democrats set up digital ad business with an influential private company. Now a key Dem official is becoming its CEO. ow.ly/klRm106b7FE

A source sends photos taken this morning of new temporary security fencing being put near the White House in the wake of the turmoil in LA.

SCOOP: MN Lt. Gov. and Senate candidate Peggy Flanagan has made rejecting corporate money a big part of her campaign platform. But she accepted millions in corporate cash on behalf of the Democratic Lieutenant Governors Association when she was its chair. politico.com/newsletters/po…

SCOOPLET: Despite her Virginia gubernatorial campaign denying to me last month it wrote a campaign fundraising email tying slavery to DEI, Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears sent a similar email one week later, according to the second email we obtained. subscriber.politicopro.com/newsletter/202…

SCOOP: After Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) introduced a bill that targeted the third party litigation funding industry, a surprising event occurred: A group from the conservative movement — usually against helping trial attorneys — publicly opposed the bill. politico.com/newsletters/po…

In a departure from many buttoned-up, non-tattooed members, Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) recently added a dramatic tattoo to his arm showing the Capitol surrounded by clouds and light and the words “We the People” in red and black lettering, per a pic I got. politico.com/newsletters/fl…

Cory Mills has a dramatic new Capitol tattoo ow.ly/iMlG106bMvJ

NEW: Gaurav Srivastava, the Indian American businessperson who last year had big donations to Dems frozen or returned after allegations he’d posed as a CIA spy, now appears to be trying to curry favor with top Republicans, recently posting a pic w/ Vance. politico.com/newsletters/po…

“In the 1990s, Israel was closer to a run-of the-mill developing country. Today, its per capita gross domestic product rivals many in Europe … In 1990, Israel’s GDP per capita was slightly higher than Iran’s; today, it is nearly 15 times Iran’s.” washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/…

Per a person familiar w/ debates inside the administration, the “Pentagon assessed this year that the U.S. military would need to do 30 days of sustained strikes to destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities, owing to their underground depth and spread out layout.” politico.com/news/2025/06/2…

NEW: Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.) evidently reads Politico Influence because on Wednesday she pressed conservative economist Brian Blase, a prominent advocate of Medicaid cuts, about our reporting on him receiving a PPP loan that he didn’t repay. politico.com/newsletters/po…

SCOOPLET: As the Hill considers the threat of unidentified anomalous phenomena, 3 groups focused on the issue, the UAP Disclosure Fund, Disclosure Advocacy Group and UAP Caucus, are merging to drive advocacy, pass legislation and protect whistleblowers. politico.com/newsletters/na…

SCOOP: The US Chamber of Commerce accidentally scooped who the WH may be planning to nominate for the National Labor Relations Board (Scott Mayer and James Murphy) by emailing some members before the formal rollout of the picks, according to emails I got. politico.com/newsletters/pl…

“Mr. Mihzah, 47, said that as bodies overflowed from a pit, an officer once told a bulldozer driver, ‘Push them down, or I’ll put you with them.’” nytimes.com/interactive/20…