Lever Time - The Lever
• Natalie Bettendorf
The pop-up PACs, paid influencers, and new political playbooks reshaping the 2026 midterms.
Ars Technica - All content
• Jeremy Hsu
Russian attack? Explosive drone targeted parked aircraft at Leipzig airport.
Ars Technica
• Beth Mole
The organization, Network for Hope, "strongly disagrees" with Trump admin's decision.
The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
• Bobby Welber
The circumstances of the victim's death were as disturbing as they were tragic. Continue reading…
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
“The Trump administration announced on Thursday that it would move forward with a plan to eliminate hundreds of federal regulations governing Head Start, in what advocates fear is a push to gut a 61-year-old antipoverty program aimed at helping the nation’s most impoverished young children,” the New York Times reports.
Defector
• Maitreyi Anantharaman
Nieman Lab
• Hanaa' Tameez
USA Today Co. has made a deal with software company Palantir to analyze and monetize user behavior, the company announced on Thursday. In its Q2 earnings call Thursday morning, USA Today Co. chairman and CEO Mike Reed told investors he expects the partnership to “strengthen how we collect, connect and activate audience data to drive...
Ars Technica
• Jeremy Hsu
Russian attack? Explosive drone targeted parked aircraft at Leipzig airport.
Latest articles from Crooks and Liars
• John Amato
emptywheel
• emptywheel
Judge Todd Edelman has issued a curious order for more briefing in the Davey Hearn case, with uncertain outcome. One thing seems clear: he intends to give Davey Hearn the last word.
The post Judge Edelman Will Give Davey Hearn the Last Word appeared first on emptywheel.
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Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
“If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer.” — Vice President JD Vance, on Fox News.
Bulldozers sent by Trump have begun tearing up Big Bend National Park to build a border wall through the protected public land. The Trump administration waived dozens of environmental laws to permit the construction.
