There is a lot going on right now, but to sum it up the Trump administration is growing increasingly desperate. They are attempting to control the upcoming midterm elections.
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Is Venezuela a Colony Now? A Sovereign State? Modern Empires Rule in Ambiguity. (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
nytimes.com/2026/07/17/magazine/venezuela-empires-colony.html?unlocked_article_code=1
China’s Moonshot AI Adds More Fuel to Wall Street’s Chip Selloff (wsj.com)
House GOP seeks to push funding deadline to avoid shutdown before midterms (wapo.st)
Dozens of Wildfires Are Suddenly Burning in Oregon (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
高市首相、延長を招いても「国会で誠実に」 自民幹部「よう言うわ」：朝日新聞 (digital.asahi.com)
digital.asahi.com/articles/ASV7K41XYV7KUTFK011M.html?ptoken=01KXS9436NCQQXRTVNKX289NWE
Just Ask the Dinosaurs How Bad Air Quality Can Get (theatlantic.com)
7 Americans Sent to Disputed Kenya Ebola Site After New Trump Travel Ban (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
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• Taegan Goddard
Leon Black Walked Out of Epstein Interview
“Billionaire investor Leon Black, who for years paid Jeffrey Epstein for tax and financial advice, is facing scrutiny over his relationship with the late convicted sex offender after walking out of a closed-door interview with House investigators last month,” PBS reports. “Black refused to answer questions about nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) he signed with women less […]
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
Trump Media Pitched Premium Feed for $100K
“Donald Trump’s social media company has discussed charging Wall Street traders and investment firms as much as U.S.$100,000 a month for faster access to the U.S. president’s posts on his Truth Social platform, according to people familiar with the matter,” Reuters reports. “Trump Media & Technology Group, which owns Truth Social, has in recent weeks […]
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
Mike Lindell Not Registered to Vote in Minnesota
“Mike Lindell is running for governor in Minnesota, but he isn’t even registered to vote there,” Mediaite reports. “Lindell scored President Donald Trump’s endorsement on Wednesday and has maintained a small lead in the polls.”
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
AIPAC Blocks Funds to Democrats Over Aid Vote
“AIPAC, the powerful pro-Israel lobbying group, appeared on Friday to have cut off contributions on its political web portal to House Democrats who voted this week to end U.S. aid to Israel, punishing them financially for a stance it strongly opposed,” the New York Times reports. “That group included 15 House Democrats whom AIPAC had […]
Apple Books and Amazon Are Lousy With AI-Generated Books Ripping Off Legitimate Authors
Joanna Stern at New Things, last month:
Last month, just days after my book went on sale, AI knockoffs of
the ebook version flooded Apple Books. There was Joanna Stern On
I Am Not A Robot by Sophie Mercer. I AM NOT A ROBOT by Finn
Tech. I AM NOT A ROBOT by Joana Stern — ...
New 'Guaranteed Pathway' Program Between DCC and SUNY Purchase
A 'clear path for acceptance and enrollment' between Dutchess Community College and Purchase College (SUNY) was announced and signed into place this week. Continue reading…
Please wait whilst we redirect you (authors.elsevier.com)
Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal go from 'crazy' baby photos in a bath to a World Cup final (nytimes.com)
Biotech Venture Funding Roars Back (wsj.com)
wsj.com/pro/venture-capital/biotech-venture-funding-roars-back-bbe72385?st=NwV15Y
The Largest Vocabulary in Hip Hop
Literary elites love to rep Shakespeare’s vocabulary: across his entire corpus, he uses 28,829 words, suggesting he knew over 100,000 words and arguably had the largest vocabulary, ever.
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Istanbul Tourist
A short poem of our time in Istanbul