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Ding-dong ditch
Europe is breaking up with corporate America: “You are not dealing with an administration that has processes, you are dealing with a single volatile individual.” / The Wall Street Journal [$] ...
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Do make say think
In the past 10 months, the US government has killed 221 people in strikes on suspected drug boats—apparently to little effect, based on the purity and prices of street drugs in the US. / The Atlantic ...
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Oh hey can you breathe
We’ll be off tomorrow for the Fourth of July, and we’ll see you on Monday! Federal models show President Trump’s planned record-breaking fireworks show on the Fourth of July will cause dange...
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Loot, there it is
The Trump family is found to have made billions since returning to power, much of it in ventures that benefit directly from White House policies. / The Hill Presidential historians say no ot...
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Breaking the law, breaking the law
The new FDA panel appointed to review peptides includes multiple panelists who also sell peptides or run clinics that prescribe them. / ABC News At least four public federal websites deployed under t...
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Crema of the crop
The Supreme Court decides President Trump can fire independent regulators at will, though not at the Federal Reserve. / NPR In ruling that prison staff can’t be held financially liable for violating ...
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Tulips sealed
Officials say Russia has been pressuring Belarus to launch nonconventional operations against NATO members. / The Wall Street Journal [$] Thanks to Ukraine’s attacks on energy infrastructur...
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See no evil
At least 164 people have been killed and nearly 1,000 injured in Venezuela after 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes struck last night. / The Associated Press As part of sentencing related to...
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Grayer and estranger
At least 94 million people in Europe are expected to experience temperatures above 95 degrees Fahrenheit today. / The Guardian Forty people drowned recently in France while trying to escape the heat....
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Cart imitates life
Madison Square Garden is reportedly tracking activists who have publicly criticized the venue’s use of facial recognition. / 404 Media Grocery stores seem well on their way to introducing AI-enabled ...
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Sci-fi lullabies
Embattled British PM Keir Starmer announces he’ll step down, likely to be succeeded by Andy Burnham, who will become the UK’s seventh PM in 10 years. / Reuters Polymarket has been paying cre...
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Resting ranch face
Israel has reportedly killed more than 1,000 Palestinians in Gaza since the alleged ceasefire in October. / The New Arab For the first time in 110 days, ships are crossing the Strait of Hormuz after ...
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Pond scum
What’s in Trump’s Iran deal? No regime change, no mention of Israel, and no clear answer on who’s supposed to pay Iran $300 billion. / Al Jazeera Netanyahu ally and right-wing anchor Shimon ...
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Where do we mango from here
As reported yesterday, Iran appears to have emerged from Trump and Netanyahu’s attack in a stronger strategic position. / Institute for the Study of War A round-up of media coverage of the a...
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We’ll always have Ferris
Hosted by a fractured North America, this year’s World Cup feels like three separate—and competing—events, each with its own message and mascot. / The Wall Street Journal [$] The coach of I...
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Ripe for the picking 🍅
President Trump looks to stay awake through meetings with world leaders by celebrating his new Iran agreement. / NPR The “memorandum of understanding” appears to be pretty heavily tilted toward Iran,...
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Aisle be rich someday
A brief summary of why the United States finds itself “on the outside looking in” as China and Gulf states pursue African partners. / Council on Foreign Relations Case in point: More than 75% of Afri...
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Paradise lost and gained
In Europe, violent anti-immigrant riots continue in Northern Ireland, with people like Elon Musk encouraging them. / The Guardian, USA Today In the Middle East, Iran hits Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan ...
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The run-aissance
On a single day in April, all 50 of the world’s hottest cities were in India, where unprecedented heatwaves are becoming common. / Carnegie Endowment for International Peace President Trump ...
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Shade expectations
Israel has reportedly killed nearly a thousand people in Gaza since the so-called ceasefire in October. / Proximities Netanyahu typically reserves his overt defiance for American leaders that “he wis...
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28 days ago
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Pop-up to no good
Despite President Trump posting “stop ‘shooting’” on his family’s social media platform, Iran and Israel resume warring openly. / CNN Noah Smith summarizes three recent Trump disasters: the...
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Espresso yourself
We’ll be off next week for summer vacation, and will be back on Monday, June 8. See you then! A Russian drone, presumably bound for Ukraine, crashes into an apartment building in Romania, a NATO and ...
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What comes down must go up
The DoJ is investigating E. Jean Carroll over her assault litigation against Trump, who still wants the Supreme Court to review Carroll’s $5 million verdict. / Associated Press, SCOTUSblog Why Republ...
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Olive the single ladies
Iran continues its negotiations with the White House while also trying to resurrect its economy. / The Wall Street Journal [$] Did Netanyahu and Trump really intend to install Mahmoud Ahmad...
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Take a walk
“They need to work a little bit harder, get on that shit a little bit more.” Three “clean” athletes win events at the pro-doping Enhanced Games. / The Guardian The one world record unofficially broke...
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Beer with me
We’re off on Monday for Memorial Day in the US. We’ll see you again on Tuesday! Iran is in talks with Oman about charging fees for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. / The New York ...
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about 2 months ago
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Liquid assets
“We’re now finding out exactly how far the Court will let [Republicans] go” in once again making democracy a “racial entitlement” in America. / The Atlantic [$] Trump officials cla...
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Cat-ching!
Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace,” established to oversee reconstruction in Gaza, admits it basically has no funding. / Al Jazeera Israel detains the president of Ireland’s sister for attempting to br...
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Blueberries for now
Only a tenth of this year’s House of Representatives races are competitive—where fewer than 10 points separate candidates—due to states’ redistricting schemes. / The New York Times [$] ...
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Got a light?
Trump’s IRS settlement earmarks nearly $1.8 billion in taxpayer dollars for purported victims of the Biden administration, including Jan. 6. insurrectionists. / The Washington Post [$] See ...
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Stag party
Republican-led states are using public health agencies to enforce Trump’s deportation efforts—and discouraging immigrants’ US-born children from seeking Medicaid. / KFF Health News In its settlement ...
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The tooth will out
An analysis shows judges have ruled against the Trump administration’s ICE detention practices in around 90% of cases. / Politico Shipping companies are circumventing the Strait of Hormuz wi...
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Rather script
Visualizing the dismal job market college graduates are now entering, where hiring has cratered practically to 2009 levels. / The Washington Post [$] Princeton’s 133-year-old Honor...
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Cheesy does it
Two months into a supposed ceasefire, Trump and Netanyahu’s war on Iran is said to be settling into a gray zone “that is neither war nor peace.” / The Wall Street Journal [$] Despite playin...
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Paint no sunshine
Virginia’s Supreme Court has invalidated the redistricting voters approved last month—meaning to take the House, Democrats must now win the national popular vote by four points. / Talking Points Memo ...
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The way the Biscoff crumbles
The United States seeks access to the Red Sea via Eritrea after shunning the country for decades. / Responsible Statecraft With sovereignty being contested around the world, from Ukraine to Iran, “th...
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2 months ago
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Robot mock
New satellite imagery shows Mexico City is sinking by nearly 10 inches a year, and it’s damaging critical infrastructure. / Associated Press For NASA to achieve its goal of 21 lunar landings in the n...
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Suite dreams
European leaders in tech, space, and defense are increasingly shifting long-term contracts away from the United States. / Carnegie Europe France’s Macron wants the EU to unleash its “bazooka” trade i...
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Psy of the times
When it comes to announcing policies that will be effective immediately or by a certain date, Trump has stuck the landing only a third of the time in his second term. / Wake Up to Politics The White ...
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Gala-venting
Israel and Hezbollah continue to war in Lebanon despite the nominal ceasefire. / Al Jazeera Why didn’t Iran’s oil infrastructure implode like Trump said? Because the country was prepared and had alre...
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Gyro dreams of sushi
Today marks the 60th day of Donald Trump’s war on Iran, though House Speaker Mike Johnson says we are not at war, actually, “so we’ll see how it plays out.” / NBC News The White House presse...
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Run the joules
Yesterday, the Supreme Court continued dismantling the Voting Rights Act—and with it Black voting power—and some states are now rushing to redraw their maps before November. / The Guardian S...
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2 months ago
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Bound to be good
Famine looms in Somalia, and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is making things worse. / Reuters Analysis suggests President Trump at this point doesn’t care about Iran’s nuclear capabilities, he s...
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Sending out an SOS
Before the war, Iran exported an average of two million barrels a day; now, it’s storing crude in improvised containers and trying to ship it by rail to China. / The Wall Street Journal [$] ...
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2 months ago
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Cowl at the moon
Chicagoans are still dealing with the trauma from Operation Midway Blitz, where only 3% of detainees were the kinds of criminals Trump said they targeted. / The New York Times [$] “The world’s first ...
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The merch awakens
President Trump says the United States will destroy any vessel laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz. / Al Jazeera Scholars say the US-Israel war on Iran is fated to be a frozen conflict: “an unresolv...
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2 months ago
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Peel out
A new report finds “credible sexual harassment allegations against 162 sitting [US] state officials, in 424 incidents between 2013 and 2026.” / Mother Jones See also: The US Constitution says it’s Co...
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3 months ago
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Tickle-down economics
Only four candidates are running to be the next secretary-general of the United Nations, as compared to 13 in 2016. / The Associated Press Hezbollah fires drones and rockets in retaliation for the Is...
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