Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
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Not necessarily first thing I wanted to see when I got home and turned the game on 👿
🤬 Something is helping the disadvantaged? Must dismantle immediately! www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u...
Trump Administration Plans to Upend Head Start by Deregulating It (Gift Article)
The White House tried but failed to block funding for preschool for poor children. Instead, it will seek to strip away standards on health, literacy — and brushing teeth.
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Nice: Fauci talked to her several times a day, counseling her when she got COVID while pregnant and then when her newborn developed a medical issue -- but now she's saying he should be in prison newrepublic.com/post/213730/...
Fauci Diaries Expose Depths of Katie and Stephen Miller’s Hypocrisy
Before Katie and Stephen Miller called for Dr. Fauci’s imprisonment, they were actually on very friendly terms.
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We are the team in black. They are the team in orange. We are the team in black. They are the team in orange. We are the team in black. They are the team in orange. We are the team in black. They are the team in orange.
So wildfires in Minnesota and Canada, spreading smoke eastward, floods in Texas, a heat dome from the Dakotas to the East Coast -- what did I miss?
My loafer is Prada My All Star is Adley My wrinkly black shirt Is Gregory Armani x.com/baltimoresun...
The Baltimore Sun (@baltimoresun) on X
Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman walks the red carpet before the All-Star Game in Philadelphia. 🎥: Matt Weyrich, @baltimoresun
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I don’t usually watch the All Star game from start to finish but is there always that much booing during the intros or is that a Philly thing
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Whoa Ralph Waldo Emerson circa 1850: 'How can he be honoured when he does not honour himself.. when he is no longer the lawgiver, but the sycophant, ducking to the giddy opinion of a reckless public; when he must sustain with shameless advocacy some bad government?' newrepublic.com/article/2130...
Lindsey Graham Knew the Secret About Sucking Up
The literature on sycophancy suggests it’s a more successful strategy than we want to know.
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🤝 'A Warner Bros. spokesperson referred CBS News to Paramount Skydance... Paramount Skydance, the parent company of CBS, has argued that the deal would promote competition and result in a stronger company.' www.cbsnews.com/news/states-...
12 states sue to block Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger
The suit poses a new challenge to the $110 billion deal that would unite two of the nation's largest media companies.
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‘If we honored all the unnecessary death caused by U.S. policies since Jan. 20, 2025, if we thought of one person per day who might still be alive, it would take more than 2,000 years…’ www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Column | What a photo of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo reveals about his humanity, and our own
Numbers don’t capture the toll of our losses. Details do.
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You had me at 'flight of pork sausages' www.mnstatefair.org/new/food
New Foods for 2026
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´We actually live the American dream. The American dream, it’s more reality in the Nordic countries than in America.’ www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/o...
Opinion | What We Should Learn From Nordic Happiness
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