{"id":1456,"date":"2026-07-21T12:07:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1456"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:07:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:07:48","slug":"escalation-and-exhaustion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1456","title":{"rendered":"Escalation and Exhaustion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>Today\u2019s notice:<\/i><\/b><i> Congress grapples with the escalating Iran war. Hakeem Jeffries gets a DSA-shaped lifeline. Primary day in Arizona. A full legislative plate for House Republicans. And: Trump brings back (a version of) the tariffs. <\/i><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1452\">What $1 Million Gets You in D.C., Maryland and Virginia (With a Pool!)<\/a><\/p><h2><b>THE LATEST<\/b><\/h2><p><b>Fresh attacks: <\/b>\u201cIt looked like things were tapering off, and now things look like they\u2019re heating up,\u201d Sen.<b> Bill Cassidy<\/b> (R-Louisiana) told NOTUS as the Iran war inches closer to the five-month mark. With 17 service members confirmed killed in action and <span><u>a hundred more injured<\/u><\/span> since early July, there\u2019s growing anxiety on Capitol Hill over the intensifying hostilities and the lack of justification for them.<\/p>\n<p><b>The U.S. launched a new round of airstrikes<\/b> yesterday, the 10th consecutive day of the assault. The Houthis in Yemen declared a \u201cmaritime blockade\u201d against Saudi Arabia, blocking off another key waterway and potentially opening up a new front in the war.<\/p>\n<section>\n<div>\n<h2>\n<span>Trending<\/span>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sen. John Fetterman\" class=\"wp-image-1437\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5a9f6c7d86c9c6b270b520b2be8e629f-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5a9f6c7d86c9c6b270b520b2be8e629f-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5a9f6c7d86c9c6b270b520b2be8e629f-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5a9f6c7d86c9c6b270b520b2be8e629f.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Fetterman\u2019s Ultimatum Giving Some Democrats Anxiety He\u2019ll Switch Parties\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"_C0A4698 copy.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1379\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/54a93b0f4289c0ccd8008db1b7a9a5dd-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/54a93b0f4289c0ccd8008db1b7a9a5dd-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/54a93b0f4289c0ccd8008db1b7a9a5dd-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/54a93b0f4289c0ccd8008db1b7a9a5dd.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Will Free Buses Ever Arrive in D.C.?\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An American flag in front of New York City\u2019s skyline.\" class=\"wp-image-1450\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/51cf73efdb6055ff8eb6d03c4e217356-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/51cf73efdb6055ff8eb6d03c4e217356-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/51cf73efdb6055ff8eb6d03c4e217356-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/51cf73efdb6055ff8eb6d03c4e217356.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n<u>Matt K. Lewis:<\/u> Let\u2019s Reclaim \u2018America First\u2019 From the Bigots and Sycophants\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Consumer Retail\" class=\"wp-image-1455\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/387d44fdf92c36d6162d3973e7db50e4-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/387d44fdf92c36d6162d3973e7db50e4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/387d44fdf92c36d6162d3973e7db50e4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/387d44fdf92c36d6162d3973e7db50e4.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Trump Keeps Claiming Credit for Major Chains\u2019 Summer Price-Cut Promotions\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Several lawmakers <span><u>told NOTUS\u2019 Hamed Ahmadi, Al Weaver and Igor Bobic<\/u><\/span> that Congress should no longer remain on the sidelines and that the White House needs to explain where the conflict is headed (blink if this sounds familiar!).<\/p><p><b>House Republicans will have a chance to ask Donald Trump<\/b> about the escalations directly today, when he hosts some in the Oval Office at 5 p.m. And new details could come from Defense Secretary <b>Pete Hegseth<\/b> and Chair of the Joint Chiefs <b>Dan Caine<\/b> when they get grilled by senators about the nearly $70 billion supplemental request for war funding. Expect some tough questions from both sides of the aisle.<\/p><p><b>\u201cThe president is threatening escalation and war crimes,<\/b> and suggesting this could be another forever war,\u201d Sen. <b>Patty Murray<\/b> (D-Washington) is expected to say, according to excerpts released this morning.<\/p><p><b>Meanwhile, the president\u2019s allies say Iran escalated first.<\/b> \u201cI\u2019m not nervous that it is expanding,\u201d House Foreign Affairs Chair <b>Brian Mast<\/b> (R-Florida) told Manuela. He said he thinks the daily bombings \u201cwill be the status quo\u201d going forward.<\/p><p><b>Stockpile shortcomings:<\/b> It would take three and a half to six years to restock America\u2019s interceptors and a number of other missiles to the point the Pentagon could juggle a major war and a smaller conflict \u2014 and that\u2019s if Congress appropriated every dollar needed to replace them. That\u2019s according to a new report out this morning by the pro-Israel Jewish Institute for National Security of America, NOTUS\u2019 Joe Gould picked up.<\/p>\n<p><b>Open tabs:<\/b> <span><u>Democrat set to replace Platner in Maine led state Senate with a temper<\/u><\/span> (WaPo); <span><u>U.S. Sought Phone Records of Times Journalists and Their Relatives<\/u><\/span> (NYT); <span><u>Trump, Pushing Back on Mamdani, Says Netanyahu Won\u2019t Be Arrested if He Comes to U.S.<\/u><\/span> (WSJ); <span><u>Chuck Edwards gifted pink and blue handguns to young female staffers<\/u><\/span> (Axios)<\/p><h2><b>From the campaign trail <\/b><\/h2><p><b>The progressive push and pull:<\/b> Congressional candidate <b>Brad Lander<\/b> (D-New York) says he\u2019ll support House Minority Leader <b>Hakeem Jeffries<\/b> for speaker if Democrats take back the House, even as he and other \u00fcber-progressives run as insurgents against the status quo, <span><u>NOTUS\u2019 Daniella Diaz reports<\/u><\/span>.<\/p><p><b>\u201cI look forward to voting for Hakeem<\/b> to be the speaker of the House,\u201d Lander told Daniella. \u201cAt the same time, I want a party and party leadership that can listen to the passion and anger that voters feel and be responsive to it, and that means showing people much more clearly than leadership have so far what we\u2019re fighting for.\u201d<\/p><p><b>It\u2019s part of the tug-of-war growing between DSA-aligned candidates <\/b>challenging the establishment and the party\u2019s center of political gravity. And that contest is playing out mostly in Jeffries\u2019 backyard.<\/p><p><b>It\u2019s primary day in Arizona, <\/b>and all eyes are on the Democratic contest in the 1st Congressional District, an open-seat toss-up race in this year\u2019s general. For the palace intrigue, <span><u>NOTUS\u2019 Christa Dutton reports<\/u><\/span> that the DCCC is backing <b>Marlene Gal\u00e1n-Woods<\/b>, a former broadcast journalist who\u2019s never held public office, over former state Rep. <b>Amish Shah<\/b>, who got the group\u2019s support last cycle. Gal\u00e1n-Woods came in third when she ran in 2024 for the same nomination.<\/p><p><b>\u201cShe\u2019s on paper a better fit,<\/b> but you\u2019re dealing with the rather uncomfortable question that she already lost a primary to him,\u201d said a Democratic strategist and DCCC alum.<\/p>\n<p>Other Democrats, including Shah himself, are not too pleased. \u201cI think they got it wrong,\u201d Shah told Christa. \u201cI think the Democratic Party voters do not want to see meddling from D.C. here in our district.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1451\">Tax Cuffs<\/a><\/p><h2><b>From the Hill<\/b><\/h2><p><b>What\u2019s a week without some House drama? <\/b>Republican leadership is chugging along with its plan to vote on a rule to advance multiple priorities today: the budget resolution, the National Defense Authorization Act, a short-term continuing resolution to fund federal agencies and a stock-trading ban bill.<\/p><p><b>Speaker Mike Johnson faced some pushback<\/b> from members regarding reconciliation 3.0 during a leadership meeting yesterday, sources told NOTUS\u2019 Oriana Gonz\u00e1lez, Kadia Goba and Reese Gorman. Rep. <b>Chip Roy<\/b> (R-Texas), who said he was undecided on the rule, said Republicans need to have more conversations about these bills.<\/p><p>But still, Johnson\u2019s confident the rule vote will not blow up: \u201cWe\u2019ll pass it. We\u2019re in good shape,\u201d he told NOTUS.<\/p><p><b>Pen to paper:<\/b> A question hanging over Democrats ahead of November is not just <i>if<\/i> they can take back control of Congress but <i>what<\/i> they would do with the power? Sen. <b>Andy Kim<\/b> (D-New Jersey) is ready to start filling that void today by introducing the MediKids Act, which would basically enroll every child into a section of Medicaid that is already used to provide health services for children from lower-income families, <span><u>NOTUS\u2019 Paul Kane reports<\/u><\/span>.<\/p><p>\u201c<b>I\u2019m trying to think through everything I can do<\/b> for the next two-and-a-half years. But I\u2019m also thinking through the next two-and-a-half decades,\u201d Kim, who is just 18 months into his first Senate term, told Paul in an interview. \u201cWhat do I want to accomplish here, what is the type of senator I want to be? And I think this is, particularly, very meaningful.\u201d<\/p><h2><b>From the White House<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Tariffs are back, baby:<\/b> Trump slapped 50% tariffs on some Canadian products yesterday, from wine to wood furniture, apparel and cosmetics, <span><u>NOTUS\u2019 Violet Jira reports<\/u><\/span>. And while Trump threatened to smack America\u2019s northern neighbor for the wildfire smoke that wafted over the border and cost America, by the president\u2019s own math, billions of dollars, a senior administration official said these are \u201cnot the so-called wildfire tariffs.\u201d<\/p><h2><b>NOTUS PERSPECTIVES<\/b><\/h2><p><b>\u201cAmerica First\u201d is often associated<\/b> with bigots and sycophants, <span><u>argues Matt K. Lewis today at NOTUS Perspectives<\/u><\/span>. But it doesn\u2019t have to be \u2014 and he\u2019s reclaiming the phrase.<\/p><h2><b>NEW ON NOTUS<\/b><\/h2><p><b>Switching sides?<\/b> The Senate Democrats\u2019 albatross, Sen. <b>John Fetterman<\/b>, is sparking growing speculation that his time on the party rolls is coming to an end. The Pennsylvanian\u2019s embrace of members on the right and his recent declaration that he\u2019d leave the Democratic Party if it officially opposes Israel have left some on edge, <span><u>NOTUS\u2019 Igor Bobic reports<\/u><\/span>.<\/p><p>One Democratic senator, who requested anonymity to speak freely, expressed anxiety over the prospect of an unexpected party switch.<\/p><p>\u201cI am concerned,\u201d the senator told NOTUS.<\/p><p><b>More:<\/b> <span><u>House Judiciary Panel Gives Border-Enforcement Legislation Another Try<\/u><\/span>, by Jackie Llanos<\/p>\n<p><span><u>Trump Keeps Claiming Credit for Major Chains\u2019 Summer Price-Cut Promotions<\/u><\/span>, by Jenna Monnin<\/p><p><span><u>The FDA Says It Did Not \u2018Officially Apologize\u2019 to Taylor Farms<\/u><\/span>, by Margaret Manto<\/p><p><span><u>Darline Graham Will Run for a Full Term in the Senate<\/u><\/span>, by Torrie Herrington<\/p><h2><b>NOT US<\/b><\/h2><ul><li><span><u>The Wingman<\/u><\/span>, by Mark Leibovich for The Atlantic<\/li><li><span><u>How Biden Enabled Israel\u2019s Aggression Toward Gaza\u2014and Iran<\/u><\/span>, by David D. Kirkpatrick for The New Yorker<\/li><li><span><u>America First, Soccer Second<\/u><\/span>, by Adam Wren for Politico<\/li><\/ul><p><b>Thank you for reading!<\/b> If you liked this edition of the NOTUS Newsletter, please forward it to a friend. If this newsletter was shared with you, please <span><u>sign up<\/u><\/span> \u2014 it\u2019s free! Have a tip? Email us at <span><u>tips@notus.com<\/u><\/span>. And as always, we\u2019d love to hear your thoughts at <span><u>newsletters@notus.com<\/u><\/span>.<\/p><p>The newsletter was produced by Thomas Burr, Brett Bachman and Andrew Burton. Photo by U.S. Navy via AP.<br\/><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1447\">What $1 Million Gets You in D.C., Maryland and Virginia (With a Pool!)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s notice: Congress grapples with the escalating Iran war. Hakeem Jeffries gets a DSA-shaped lifeline. 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