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Ousted Republican Senator Threatens To Go Nuclear Against Trump
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• Taegan Goddard
Trump’s Waning Sway Over the World
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• Taegan Goddard
Lawmakers Buy SpaceX Stock After IPO
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Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
Amazon Data Centers Hit in Iran Strikes
“Satellite imagery shows damage to two Amazon.com Inc. data centers in Bahrain, supporting Iran’s claims last week that it struck the sites with missiles,” Bloomberg reports.
Techdirt
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The Trump FCC’s Chinese Drone Ban Continues To Be A Sloppy, Protectionist Mess
Last year the Trump administration announced it would ban Chinese-made drones from the U.S. As I noted at the time, the plan had several problems, not least of which being the Trump administration is a racist, corrupt, dysfunctional mess filled with weirdos and lazy incompetents, primarily interested in assorted personal investment grifts and protecting less […]
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The writer John J. Lennon will have you know that he killed a man in New York City in the winter of 2001. He will not rationalize it, will not explain it away. He will have you know this fact again and again, in essay after essay because he believes the reader deserves to know why he is writing from prison.
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Prison Journalism Project
• Floyd Green
Who’s the Best Vendor for California Prisons?

More than two decades ago, prisons in California stopped allowing packages from family members, instead requiring items be purchased and shipped through approved vendors. The policy was intended to reduce contraband and other unauthorized items. When the policy was enacted in 2003, there were initially only two vendors available to residents: Walkenhorst’s and Access Securepak. […]
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PRINT Magazine
• Debbie Millman
What Matters to Debra McGuire
Award-winning costume designer, fashion designer, fine artist, and author Debra McGuire reflects on a life shaped by creativity, gratitude, family, and resilience, revealing how decades of artistic practice have been grounded in curiosity, discipline, and love.
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TPM – Talking Points Memo
• John Light
The Brief: Majority Leader Thune Tries to Dismiss Trump’s Latest SAVE Act Demands
‘Yeah, That’s Not Going to Happen’ Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and other Senate Republicans are resisting two aspects...
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• Taegan Goddard
Russia Closes Window for Dissent
“The Kremlin has initiated a new crackdown on anti-war voices ahead of Russia’s parliamentary elections in September, barring candidates from running if they show any sign of opposing the bloody, expensive and increasingly unpopular military operation in Ukraine,” the Washington Post reports. “While repression of political opposition forces is nothing new in President Vladimir Putin’s […]