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I was going to post an excerpt from @davidjroth.bsky.social's latest, but I couldn't decide which part I liked best. The whole thing is just way too good. Gift article link: defector.com/were-just-go...
We're Just Going To Keep Doing 2020 Again Until All The Wrong Stuff Is True | Defector
In a bunch of ways, there is no real percentage in remembering what things were actually like during the worst years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Beyond all the uncertainty and suffering and death, there...
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“Baghaei didn’t mention any role of the US in its statement, except to say the closure of the strait was a result of attacks by Washington and Israel.” We’re officially the baddies, but good for market www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Iran Says Agreement on Hormuz Shipping Route Reached With Oman
Iran said an agreement with Oman has been reached on a proposed route for shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a potential step toward a reopening of the critical waterway for energy supplies.
bloomberg.com
Speaking of frauds and hucksters, JD needs to look around (and in a mirror). The biggest fraud ever perpetrated on this country is by the Trump crime family, lead by Donald J. Trump. Do us a favor, JD, and go back to your couch. Thank you for your attention to this matter. wapo.st/3TAR4Wp
Opinion | JD Vance: The president is fighting a fraud crisis. Now Congress can help.
A whole-of-government approach is necessary to stop the exploitation of Americans’ generosity.
wapo.st
Gift link www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Inside the Spending of AIPAC, One of the U.S.'s Largest Super PACs (Gift Article)
The lobbying group has more than doubled its spending on political campaigns, while rarely mentioning Israel. It has placed a large financial bet on today’s Michigan Senate primary.
nytimes.com
At least 17 people were killed and dozens were wounded by Russian missile attacks in Ukraine on early Wednesday morning, Ukrainian officials said, as Moscow takes advantage of Kyiv’s depleted air defenses. nyti.ms/454LE8H
“[P]rosecutors acknowledged that there was a ‘virtual meeting’ on Sept. 26 — the day of the Broadview incident — between U.S. Justice Department lawyers in Washington D.C., the Chicago U.S. attorney’s office and other federal law enforcement agencies.” www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/05/u...
US attorney’s office offers mea culpa in ‘Broadview Six’ case, says no further inquiry warranted
Prosecutors for embattled Chicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros said in a court filing late Tuesday that while mistakes were made in the now-defunct “Broadview Six” case against immigration protesters,...
chicagotribune.com
"One-quarter of men aged 18-29 said they trade stocks daily, and almost two-thirds of them (64%) report feeling like failures ... "The findings were strikingly similar to outcomes among men who gamble" (They're the same picture) Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Some 64% of Young Men Who Trade Stocks Daily Feel Like Failures
Surging retail trading isn’t just transforming markets; it’s also highly correlated with demoralization in young men, according to a new study.
bloomberg.com
The story of Dr. Albert Sabin one of history's most important and divisive scientists #vaccines #Booksky #nonfiction www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/b...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/w...
I Left a Plastic Water Bottle in a Hot Car. Is It Safe to Drink? (Gift Article)
Experts explain some of the potential risks.
nytimes.com
You know what’s not great for women’s sexual desire? When men partners pressure them to have sex! Surprisingly, there’s been very little research on this association. UNTIL NOW! 😉 Excited to announce our new open access article on sexual coercion & desire, published in Sex Roles! rdcu.be/fxXCV
Judge Mehta .., Oath Keepers were stationed in Virginia as a “quick reaction force” ... had assembled an arsenal of weapons that one witness at the trial described as the largest cache of firearms he had seen since serving in the military. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u...
Judge Pained as He Grants Dismissal of Jan. 6 Charges Against Oath Keepers (Gift Article)
The judge, Amit P. Mehta, blasted the administration’s request for a dismissal in the case, saying it bestowed “unearned grace” on the Oath Keepers defendants “by wiping their records clean.”
nytimes.com
Emily Wilson takes another crack at a critique of Nolan’s “visually stunning, emotionally empty” Odyssey. “Verbally, we are told that people matter; visually, we are shown that they do not.” [theatlantic.com]
A Trojan Horse Is Supposed to Have Humans Inside It
Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey is full of contradictions about deceit and violence.
theatlantic.com
"HR Is Watching You" Why Black Employees Are Managed Like Risks and White Employees Like Assets medium.com/@malikshakur...
"HR Is Watching You"
Why Black Employees Are Managed Like Risks and White Employees Like Assets
medium.com
Gift article - Ukraine is the battlefield we should be committed to, not the stupid and counterproductive attack on Iran. Now that effort is crippling what should be a 1st priority. This adminiustration is both incompetent and evil. wapo.st/4fTRFK8
Ukraine fails to halt Russian barrage as Zelensky blames partners for ‘horrific casualties’
U.S.-made systems are Kyiv’s only means to shoot down ballistic missiles, and Ukraine says it has run out of interceptors. Seventeen Ukrainians died overnight.
wapo.st
I am skeptical of the premise of this article. You know who else supported the war in Iraq but wasn't particularly eager to take on Iran? George W. Bush. They're different countries that pose or posed different challenges www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The Slow, Then Sudden, Death of the Hawkish Democrat
In 2002, most ambitious Democrats supported a Middle Eastern war. In 2026, most oppose it.
theatlantic.com
How low can he go? Trump's approval numbers are lower than any modern President, with the sole exception of Richard Nixon days before his resignation @peterbakernyt.bsky.social @nytimes.com
Trump’s Polling Numbers Hit a New Low. Don’t Expect Him to Change Course. (Gift Article)
Barely a third of Americans approve of Mr. Trump’s handling of the job, putting him at historic depths for a second-term president at this stage of his tenure.
nytimes.com
A microcosm of 2028? This is a story worth watching. They Were Voted Out. They Refuse to Leave. Now What? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...
They Were Voted Out. They Refuse to Leave. Now What? (Gift Article)
Avenal, Calif., a city in the rural Central Valley, has become an unlikely example of election denialism months after a recall election.
nytimes.com
