Saudi money, TikTok, Israel, AI, CNN, Trump The Paramount Warner Merger has it all

Santa Monica, South Pasadena, Palo Alto, San Mateo, and now Atherton! All the places that used to (and still try to) severely limit or prohibit new multifamily homes. No longer! State housing laws get the goods! www.almanacnews.com/atherton/202...

Developer proposes 30-unit Atherton townhome project using new state law

Atherton, a town known for single-family homes on spacious lots, could soon see a 30-unit townhome development. A Cupertino-based developer submitted a preliminary application that takes advantage of ...

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Seems there’s a lot of deals happening lately that include substantial funding from Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi & Qatar. Seeing more & more over the past year.

David Dayen@ddayen.bsky.social · 2w ago

An under-the-radar part of the Paramount/Warner Bros merger is that the merged company would be 49.5% owned by the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, and Qatar. Somehow this hasn't raised the ire of those who most fear Sharia law. prospect.org/2026/07/21/a...

The Nincompoop has spoken.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7h ago

Tuberville: "If we don't straighten out this country's voting and immigration system, we're not gonna make it. It's gonna be over. I'm gonna go back to Alabama and hey, we might build a 30-foot wall around our state."

Q: Do you know any Democrats? Do you talk to any Democrats? A: No. Q: Then how did you come to know they want to turn America into a Communist country & make you wear a burka? Where did you learn that, if you didn’t learn it from them? A: 🫤

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝@sundaedivine.lol · 4d ago

She wants a civil war because Thanksgiving arguments aren’t producing enough casualties.

Don't threaten me with a good time, Tommy.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7h ago

Tuberville: "If we don't straighten out this country's voting and immigration system, we're not gonna make it. It's gonna be over. I'm gonna go back to Alabama and hey, we might build a 30-foot wall around our state."

So very true! My reply about how the national Democratic Party has practically abandoned red states & how it’s affected my state of Idaho. bsky.app/profile/kari...

Tom Nichols@radiofreetom.bsky.social · yesterday

The right answer to this question is that Democrats are often a suicidal party, which is how Republicans have taken many winnable seats away from them

Smoke. Filled. Rooms. Bring them back. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

‘Disappear the Democrat’ Backfires in Montana

The party has been backing independent Senate candidates in red states. But Montana is not working as planned.

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Sounds like a typical vacation at our family’s cabin.

Andrew Lokenauth | TheFinanceNewsletter.com@thefinancenewsletter.com · last wk.

I’m done with Airbnb. I’d rather stay at a hotel. I pay a $150 cleaning fee. Then I get a checkout list. Take out the trash. Start the laundry. Load the dishwasher. Vacation should feel like a break.

Wilmington / Coastal NC: This beautiful boy showed up at our house a few weeks ago very skinny, so we've been feeding him. He is super affectionate and has the best personality. Clearly he used to be an indoor cat and he loves people. Would love to find him a home. DM or contact link in bio.

BREAKING: The New Mexico Department of Justice has sued Acting AG Todd Blanche and the DOJ, requesting the court for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding.

This plane landed in Myanmar about three hours ago. This is the third ICE flight to Myanmar this year. Burmese deportees in 2025 were immediately sent to a torture facility next to the airport, according to Myanmar Now. Weeks later, not all of them had emerged.

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · yesterday

This likely ICE flight operated by Journey Aviation has taken off and appears to heading for an Asia removal. In May, this aircraft deported people to Myanmar.

Many pediatricians no longer trust the CDC on vaccines since the Trump administration replaced the agency’s vaccine advisory board. So they’re sending patients to alternative sources. @nepublicmedia.bsky.social

Pediatricians and Health Departments Sidestep Trump's CDC on Vaccine Guidance - KFF Health News

When the Trump administration upended years of vaccine advice, it left pediatricians in a quandary. Many say they can no longer direct families to the CDC as a trusted source of information. So some are creating their own.

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Saudi wealth fund and Jared Kushner's Affinity finalize $55 billion EA Sports deal

Saudi wealth fund and Jared Kushner's Affinity finalize $55 billion EA Sports deal

EA said its stock has ceased trading and will be delisted from the Nasdaq. Its shareholders will receive $210 in cash per share.

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Introduce yourself with your worst feedback from school 👇 I’m Karin & I’m bossy. 🥴

Debbie Ribolini@dribolini.bsky.social · 2y ago

I’m Debbie. I talk too much.

SpaceX is falling after posting first earnings report since IPO. What the biggest Wall Street firms are saying

SpaceX is falling after posting first earnings report since IPO. What the biggest Wall Street firms are saying

The Elon Musk-led rocket company posted a loss of 9 cents per share for the second quarter, beating the 26 cents per share loss expected by LSEG.

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Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.

Last night, russia launched 24 missiles and waves of drones at Ukraine. Not a single missile was intercepted. In Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast, 17 people were killed and more than 40 injured. The attack destroyed some of Ukraine’s largest warehouses and logistics hubs serving major retail chains.

A heavy Russian missile and drone attack killed at least 17 people and injured at least another 44 in Kyiv.

Russian Attack Kills 17 in Ukraine

The impact of ballistic missiles in Kyiv could be heard around the city in the small hours of Wednesday.

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Seems like an upset might be brewing in the GOP primary in #MI08 to take on Dem Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet. Trump endorsed Amir Hassan, but he currently trails an absolute nobody who suspended his campaign a month ago by a wide margin.

Another video of the awful scenes in Kyiv tonight as a result of the ballistic missile attack. People on the right bank are being told to shut windows. It's awful seeing Russia being allowed to pick-off targets with no "allies" able to help defend.

Did you ever think you'd see this? Suspected N Korean cluster munitions exploding over a European capital city They're not illegal but cannot be used near the public - but Russia doesn't care about laws, humanity, doesn't sign up to anything and can veto everything in the U.N.

A federal court says the Trump admin improperly terminated $20B in "green bank" funds — a big win for the nonprofit groups fighting to restore clean-energy and climate lending. But a likely Supreme Court appeal may delay them from getting their money: www.canarymedia.com/articles/cli... #energysky

Court rules against Trump EPA’s freeze of $20B in ‘green bank’ funds

A federal appeals court finds the EPA acted improperly in terminating grants to boost clean energy projects. The Trump administration may appeal to the…

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❗️The war of attrition has entered the next phase. The enemy is attacking everything in sight: retail warehouses, food depots, logistics hubs, enterprises, construction material warehouses, – Zelensky's advisor "Flash".

Something tasty for your evening. Hard to imagine there will finally be accountability for something, but we can dream. thestandarddispatchandmail.substack.com/p/trumps-all...

Trump's Alleged Money Laundering

In the end, it would be sweet justice if it's Trump's beef with the banks that brings him down

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Elon said a few minutes ago that the heat shield problem is "solved." Hmmm.

CoverDrive@coverdrive12.bsky.social · 5d ago

Great detective work by Raging Spirit. Read the alt text comments.

This is an extraordinary amount of time to take fixing your hair before making a kick… and then missing it. #Commanders

Is it me or is there an odd smell in the air here in Kyiv after the attacks?

The paperback of Invisible Rulers is out today! To celebrate I dropped audio of the Twitter Space where Mike Benz first groomed Matt Taibbi into believing there'd been "mass censorship" of "hundreds of millions of tweets"—something he'd then testify before Congress. open.substack.com/pub/agentsof...

When Matt Taibbi Met Mike Benz

How independent media turned an obscure political operative into a "whistleblower"—and his claims into government action.

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States sued by DOJ in a Federal District Court that are still being litigated: DC, DE, GA, HI, ID, MN, NV, UT, VT & WA www.democracydocket.com/cases/topic/...

Lawsuits

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