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Laura Loomer's Reversal on Ukraine Stirs Up the MAGA Civil War

Donald Trump's base has been increasingly spilt. Laura Loomer's sudden embrace of Ukraine has only widened that divide.

Political Wire
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Inside Tim Scott’s Chaotic Staff Culture

Puck: “As his portfolio has grown, rumblings about his broader mismanagement have also resurfaced. His Banking Committee office has one of the highest turnover rates in the entire Senate: 20 committee employees have left during Scott’s tenure, and he is currently looking for his fourth staff director since becoming chairman 18 months ago.” “His personal […]

Letters from an American
Audio • Heather Cox Richardson

Trying to Rewrite History

TPM – Talking Points Memo
Text • Josh Marshall

The Revolt of the Insiders

Here’s a brief follow up, genetically if not literally similar to my post from earlier today about AI bubbles. Axios...

The Warning with Steve Schmidt
Audio • Steve Schmidt

This is no golden age

Donald Trump lied to voters in Michigan yesterday about the state of the economy under his presidency.

Political Wire
Text • Taegan Goddard

New Poll Shows Haley Stevens Is Stronger in Michigan

A new Glengariff Group survey shows Mike Rogers (D) beating Abdul El-Sayed (D) by 10 points in a hypothetical match-up, 49% to 39%. Meanwhile, Haley Stevens (D) barely edges out Rogers in a head-to-head, 46% to 45%.

@altnps.bsky.social - Alt National Park Service
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Update: Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is calling on Sen. Mitch McConnell to “directly and verbally address the people of Kentucky and provide proof of your capacity to serve, or resign.”

Thank you, Governor Beshear!

links.daveverse.org
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Talarico leads Paxton by 5 points in new Texas Senate poll.

Gift Articles
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MLS owners to hear proposed changes to league’s roster, spending rules: Sources (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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Gift Articles
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(S+) Katherina Reiche verliert Chef ihrer Leitungsabteilung (spiegel.de)

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Electrek
Text • Peter Johnson

Mercedes’ new GLA EV leaks a day ahead of its official debut

The GLA is the smallest, most affordable SUV Mercedes-Benz offers. Ahead of its debut on July 29, the first image of the all-new GLA EV leaked online.

blog - aows
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That which wants to be photographed

I recently found this quote by Anni Albers:

Being creative is not so much the desire to do something as the listening to that which wants to be done: the dictation of the materials

This speaks to my heart because it’s the way I see photography, so I couldn’t resist adapting it to our art:

Photography is not so much the desire to photograph something as the listening to that which wants to be photographed: the dictation of the light and the scene

The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
Text • Bobby Welber

Massive Great Whites Are Swimming In New York Right Now

Shark sightings are surging across New York beaches, including two massive great whites. Here's what beachgoers need to know. Continue reading…

Berkeleyside
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Chains Palmetto, Sana’a, and Cold Stone open in Berkeley, plus Enssaro ready for Rockridge opening

A running list of restaurants that have recently opened in Berkeley, Oakland, Richmond, and beyond.

McSweeney’s
Text • Talia Argondezzi

You Impale One Guy, and Suddenly You’re “Vlad the Impaler”

There’s so much more to me than impaling. I paint watercolors. I run half-marathons. I am a father, many times over, all across the Wallachian countryside. In fact, it’s statistically likely I’m a #girldad—and so, obviously, I’m also a feminist. Although I contain these mult...

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At A Factory Full Of Line Workers, Trump Announces 250 New Luxury SUVs For Himself

Donald J. Trump used a speech at GM's Milford Proving Ground in Michigan to reveal that the White House has ordered 250 new Cadillac Escalades for the presidential motorcade, calling the SUV "the one and only" and telling the crowd "we look sharp in those Escalades." He ad...

@art.feediverse.org - Great art on Bluesky
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Sacred Heart of Paris #cortes #postimpressionism

@art.feediverse.org - Great art on Bluesky
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Lavender and Mulberry, 1959 #rothko #colorfieldpainting

The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
Text • Amanda Caswell

“This is not in my top ten list of worries”: What Sam Altman thinks about model distillation

Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO

Sam Altman’s latest appearance on Patrick O’Shaughnessy’s Invest Like the Best podcast covered everything from AGI and robotics to the

The post “This is not in my top ten list of worries”: What Sam Altman thinks about model distillation appeared first on The New Stack.

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Leaked documents reveal the Trump administration is seeking to remove regulations on nuclear waste storage, allowing high-level radioactive waste to now be deposited in states other than Nevada.