Presidential declarations become substitutes for sustained leadership. Institutions become secondary to personality. Puffed-up confidence replaces discipline. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

According to a new survey from "Big Four" accounting firm KPMG, a significant number of corporate executives are reeling from sticker shock over new usage-based AI pricing schemes. finance.yahoo.com/technology/a...

The shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo marks the first person killed by federal immigration officers since Renee Good and Alex Pretti www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Trump threatens more strikes on Iran after saying ceasefire is ‘over’ www.cnn.com/2026/07/08/w...

What we already know is horrific. Imagine how bad discovery would be if the government is willing to pay our fees (something the government doesn’t readily do) just to avoid it.

ABC fights back against FCC regulators in dispute over ‘The View’ and equal time rules apnews.com/article/abc-...

Aaron Szabo will step down as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency's air office this month, he told employees, after overseeing rollbacks of a range of pollution limits. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/c...

The world's largest AI companies have weakened key safety commitments even as their models grow more powerful, according to a new report from the Future of Life Institute. www.axios.com/2026/07/07/r...

A spokesperson for Our Revolution told The Hill that Jackson’s platform, which included a pledge to bring down prescription drug costs and emphasized affordable housing and lowering property taxes, most resembles Platner’s. thehill.com/homenews/cam...

"This inevitable retreat confirms what was clear all along: USPTO had no legal basis to stand in as a straw trademark holder for this shady scheme," Raskin, a Maryland Democrat, said in a statement on Monday. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

The plaintiffs are arguing that the pending employee relocations to other areas of the country are an attempt to downsize USDA’s workforce. www.govexec.com/management/2...

Happy first day of tour, to those who celebrate 🐠 www.reddit.com/r/phish/s/XM...

Wearing a Godzilla shirt to the zoo today. In the hopes of inspiring lil guys in the reptile house to dream B I G.

Phish #Pick5 N1 Madison PYITE Blaze On Mango Song Pillow Jets Free

Jury duty today. Re-reading “Hocus Pocus” by KV www.goodreads.com/book/show/9589

#Phish today!!

"In at least 22 cases, CNBC has written about Kalshi and not disclosed its financial conflict..." www.publicnotice.co/p/kalshi-cnn...

Ukraine's SSO said they struck Russia's largest oil refinery in Omsk for the first time, reportedly using new long-range drones that flew approximately 3,000 kilometers – the deepest strike of the full-scale war, damaging the refinery's primary oil-processing unit www.kyivpost.com/post/79696

After New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani urged residents to conserve energy amid a heat wave, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley tried to claim that it's "socialism"—and was swiftly called out for asking people to do the same when she was governor. www.comicsands.com/haley-mamdan...

This story is 55 paragraphs (granted some of them are a single sentence) It takes until paragraph 54 to mention RFK Jr and the antivax movement of the government www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

Iran's IRGC has completely shut down the US-backed Omani corridor in the Strait of Hormuz with its speedboat fleet, with not a single vessel using the corridor for more than half a day, per marine traffic data. x.com/hormuzletter... www.reddit.com/r/oil/s/x6a4...

BASH: How much is it gonna cost to fix? And are you gonna use the same company you did in the no bid contract, or will you open it up to new bids? BURGUM: We'll use the same company, because they did a fantastic job