It's good to review the bidding before we sanctify the guy.

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"One can and should pursue liberty and justice with courage and conviction, but we can also recognize that humility in defense of liberty is no vice, and cruelty in the pursuit of justice is no virtue." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/o...

Awesome interview with a legend. "So which character do you go back to?...This is the show business dichotomy and it’s something you learn to live with, and you always hope that you’re a so-called normal person underneath." gift link-- www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/m...

2/2 When governments start subpoenaing journalists who report potential security concerns, the story is no longer just about an airplane. It’s about whether exposing possible risks becomes a punishable offense instead of a public service. This administration is out of control.

"There are a lot of men in this world relying on the silence of women to be where they are. And I don’t want to contribute to that." www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/11/m...

I say we let DJT fly this thing whenever he wants, wherever he wants. Like he says, everything he manages compounds the winning.

really think that if democrats hold any chamber of congress next year that a condition of passing a budget is the removal of russ vought, who has a genuinely tyrannical vision of presidential power and is a focal point of the lawlessness of the trump administration

"value will come from specialized [AI] systems addressing specific business problems...The frontier model bubble will burst, giving way to an era of specialized, cost-effective, and highly integrated AI systems that prioritize utility over scale." www.alpharockinvestments.com/market-force...

"Plus, when he laughed, everyone laughed. It was infectious." On top of all his other gifts. Vince Wilfork. www.bostonsportsjournal.com/2026/07/06/g...

Oil-impregnated densified wood. Add that to your grid-efficiency toolkit. engineering.yale.edu/news-and-eve...

There you go: a president-in-waiting who will unify the country.

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Uncle Jeff explains:

Mountain climber? My kind of guy. gift link-- www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/u...

ICE is not about immigration. ICE is not about the southern border. ICE is about normalizing paramilitary force on our streets. It cannot be reformed. It cannot be retrained. ICE must be abolished.

I'm no architect nor engineer, but isn't this just asking for trouble?

Girth, yes, but neither IQ nor CV.

Interesting mea culpa from Michelle Goldberg, who traveled to Maine last fall to report on the Platner campaign. gift link-- www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/o...

A wave is building. The kind of wave that comes once a generation, when people have been pushed too far, and they decide all at once, all together, that enough is enough.

1/ Kicking myself for failing to mention what @keubiko.bsky.social remembered about how Tesla secured its inclusion in the S&P 500 (I've edited the Substack Post to include the comment in the text):

"Few of the many millions of retirement fund investors who were harmed have no idea about the damage. They lacked the ability to look under the hood at the complicated financial mechanics." open.substack.com/pub/montanas...

In a post going up tomorrow morning, I'll detail exactly how, with Tesla, Musk pilfered billions from mom & pop investors to massively enrich himself & his cronies, and how he's doing it again with SpaceX. As a reminder, my Substack is free (and worth every penny). montanaskeptic.substack.com

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This California Town Banned Fireworks. Then Came the Dogs. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/u...

Fascinating. gift link-- www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/s...

No wonder Abe has his head turned away.

"In the 1960s, real net investment in structures ran 7 to 9% of GDP while equipment and IP ran under 1%. Today they’re about 2.1% each...The problem is who gets the gains from high-tech and who suffers the cost of the wear and tear on the country's physical bones." open.substack.com/pub/epbresea...

brazen / adj. Unrestrained by a sense of shame; rudely bold. synonym: shameless

Trump’s tariffs were never about the American economy or American businesses. They were, like everything else, just another Mob Boss extortion racket to enrich Trump and his cronies.

Morale suffers. People leave. “The right question isn’t are your positions fully staffed. It’s how many people do you have who have been working over 20 years?” gift link-- wapo.st/3SJkZv4

Trump’s new strategy. Now he’s failed completely abroad, he’s looking to the Enemy Within to create new Hate Figures to unite his wavering followers. Can’t stop Iran’s threat so let’s have a 2026 Red Scare to turn neighbour against neighbour. A new HUAC on the way? Very dangerous.

Spot the difference

I'm a day-long drive away. Far enough?

Art of the Steal.

Who did this?!

Maybe if we wait after 4 p.m. ET we can get to a baker's dozen.

2/3 ‼️👀 Clarence had a lot to say — in a 91-page (!) dissent. 🤦🏽 Shorter Thomas: "I got mine. Pull up that damn ladder." Clarence is a "made" self-loathing black man, tap dancing others' rights away for a bag 💰, RV & cigar. (Stephen Miller would scrap it all & re-enslave blacks in a heartbeat)...

His 80-year-old mind can't distinguish between winning and whining.

Ossoff is simply brilliant youtu.be/90lJYFzBKOI?...

In Spain today: installation of solar panels above major irrigation channels. Channels of more than 100 kms transport water from dams to farmland. - Reduces evaporation -Provides large agricultural areas with power & supports irrigation -Decreases use of water in food production, doubling the crop.

“Donahue is leaving just as the impact of Trump’s corruption and Hegseth’s partisanship and incompetence is becoming obvious to the American people, in matters both large and small…” By @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social GIFT link:

The clock is ticking on the Social Security Trust Fund. substack.com/home/post/p-...

JD Vance seems to be saying, "We are WAY MORE corrupt than Nixon, y'all!" And he is right. But the biggest difference between then and now is that when Watergate happened Nixon's fellow Republicans had the spines and principles to hold him accountable for his corruption—that is no longer the case.

The #BrokenTimes can't see itself in the mirror. Now daily Watergates "age like fruit flies" because news media--led by NYT--lack the diligence to keep them front of mind. The TImes blames voters and competition, accepting no responsibility. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/27/u...

"...rushing to help the Trump admin resegregate education" is an inflammatory overstatement. Here's a GIFT LINK so readers may decide for themselves. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/u...

One battle after another. themainemonitor.org/eastport-res...

Boston GLOBE: "Of the five World Cup group matches in Foxborough, this [i.e. France vs. Norway] was the most expensive ticket and, on paper, the most exciting matchup. Instead, fans were treated to Week 18 of the NFL season."