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The Warning with Steve Schmidt
Audio • Steve Schmidt

Donald Trump Has Lost His Grip

Donald Trump has made America weaker with his corrupt foreign policy.

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I’m submitting Wavelength 2.0 to Apple and Google today. I blogged a few screenshots earlier this week, and I think it has turned out really well. It’s also open source on GitHub.

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Q: What do you say to the 65% of Americans who think Trump made economic conditions worse?

Top Trump econ advisor: I don't believe a poll like that

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Trump's FCC Chair Brendan Carr: Robot dogs will be critical to the economy of tomorrow

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Top Trump econ advisor: "If you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years and put a data center there, there are gonna be a whole bunch of happy residents"

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Trump has taken over $800 million in donations from private corporations since the start of his second term.

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CBS: An embarrassing moment for U.S. officials at an AIDS conference in Brazil. This a map of Africa used by the top health envoy is completely inaccurate. The shapes you see there, they don't represent the borders of real countries. The locations are also way off.

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Text • Emily Bressler

What I Think Will Happen When I’m Public Speaking

1. I’ll overheat and sweat through the armpit area of my shirt. 2. I’ll mix up my words and embarrass myself. 3. The audience will collectively decide to murder me. 4. I’ll speak too quickly and forget to take pauses in between sentences. 5. While I focus on trying to slow d...

McSweeney’s
Text • Jay Katsir

Meet Zurbo, the Viral Marmot Who Can’t Stop Snatching Sandwiches

Snuggle Alert! There’s an adorable new critter burning up the internet, and by clicking through to this article, you have consented to meet Zurbo, and any attempt to cease beyond this point will be considered a breach of contract in all known jurisdictions. Though you may fi...

McSweeney’s
Text • Ali Fitzgerald

Only Plants

Underground Artists is an ongoing comic by Ali Fitzgerald (Hungover Bear & Friends) that follows woodland creatures as they create art and search out whimsy in a bleak forest.

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Main Span

Wind stress? Don't be silly. When has wind stress ever been a problem for a suspension bridge?

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Reading matters deeply

You must read where you are, not in some hypothetical sanitized reading room, but in the dirt.

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Virtue Hoarders

Catherine Liu argues that the professional managerial class (PMC) uses meritocracy, philanthropy, and virtue signaling to promote the core premise of neoliberal economics: an isolationist individualism that simultaneously preaches self-sufficiency and blocks collective efforts towards social justice.

Political Wire
Text • Taegan Goddard

House Probes Early Access to Trump’s Posts

“House Democrats are opening an inquiry into a plan by President Donald Trump’s media company to offer faster access to posts on its social media platform to Wall Street firms in exchange for a fee,” Bloomberg reports.

Political Wire
Text • Taegan Goddard

Senators Seek to Limit Trump Budget Office Power

“Senate Republicans are close to cutting a deal with their Democratic counterparts to avoid a government shutdown and rein in a proposed rule from the White House budget office that would give Trump appointees more power to withhold congressional appropriations,” NewsNation reports. “GOP lawmakers are desperate to avoid another shutdown before the election, but any […]

Political Wire
Text • Taegan Goddard

GOP Kills Bid to Expand IVF Access in the Military

“Republicans in Congress have quietly blocked a proposal to expand military health coverage of in vitro fertilization treatment for service members and their families, heeding the calls of anti-abortion groups to limit access to a fertility option that President Trump vowed to make more widely available,” the New York Times reports. “The move is a […]

Longreads
Text • Krista Stevens

Was My Teacher Murdered?

"In 2002, Leslie Buck died under mysterious circumstances in Mystic, Connecticut. Two decades later, I went back to find out who she was — and what really happened."

WIRED
Text • Steven Levy

AI Slop Melodramas Are Taking Over X—and Their Creators Are Cashing In

Viral tales of good triumphing over evil are racking up millions of views. They’re almost entirely AI-generated clickbait.

WIRED
Text • Jason Parham

This AI Assistant Wants to Make Up for Your Boyfriend’s Incompetence

An ad for Orchid suggests the AI agent can fix relationship problems by simply doing everything for inconsiderate partners.

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Text • Dave Winer

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