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Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
Michael Cohen Addresses Backlash Over Trump Interview
“Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former lawyer turned nemesis, defended his decision to interview the president on his podcast Thursday, saying the two men had forgiven each other,” MS NOW reports. “Cohen said he has been bombarded with angry responses since the news broke of his planned interview with a man he admitted to calling […]
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
U.S. Deports 20 People to Liberia
“The United States sent 20 deportees to Liberia, who arrived on Thursday as part of 1,200 migrants that the African country will receive under a new deal,” The Guardian reports. “The 1,200 deportees will include African nationals and also nationals from North America, South America and the Caribbean, according to the Liberian information minister, Jerolinmek […]
links.daveverse.org
• Dave Winer
Mark Cuban outlines the way doctors could build custom apps for patients, instruct the bot to ask these questions at this time. This imho is the layer of the internet we're all building now. How we can all do our jobs better with the new tools.
Q: American ranchers are concerned that demand for land to build data centers is going to force them off their property. How will the administration help ranchers keep their lands?
Rollins: Uh... it's a really important debate
A Louisiana police officer used Flock cameras to track his ex-fiancée for multiple years.
Apple responds to OpenAI’s motion to dismiss. Yawn. I think when OpenAI shows their new device later this year and it doesn’t resemble a HomePod at all, this lawsuit is going to feel pointless.
The City Reporter
• Katie Honan
Far Rockaway Residents Rally Against Dust-Blowing Concrete Recycling Plant

A fight over pollution along the Queens-Long Island border is boiling over as residents from one side of the dividing line accuse a concrete recycling plant on the other of spoiling their bayfront air — and see an opening to close the facility for good. The Inwood Material Terminal sits near Motts Basin in Jamaica […]
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New Bridge #edouardcortes #postimpressionism
Bessent: We have a spike in oil prices that I don't really understand
The FDA has recalled sourdough bread due to contamination with "shards of metal."
431 people across 32 states have been infected by a salmonella outbreak linked to jalapeños.
Fox: The national debt just hit $40 trillion for the first time ever. Trump is downplaying concerns.
MS NOW: Just a day after Trump touted his friendship with Kim Jong Un, North Korea is launching a new barrage of ballistic missiles. North Korean missiles have the capability to reach the United States.
Legal analyst: Trump said he is considering declaring a national emergency and seizing the midterm elections
MS NOW: Grocery prices have risen since Trump took office. Meanwhile, we are seeing the largest cyclospora outbreak in American history, as well as a massive egg recall.
MS NOW: Rent is up under Trump. And when he had a chance to sign a landmark bipartisan bill for affordable housing, he chose not to.
MS NOW: We heard DOGE was going to somehow cure our debt. In fact, we've seen it explode even more. And it's having an effect on interest rates, credit cards, auto loans.
emptywheel
• emptywheel
Prepare for Catastrophe!
What if Trump's mismanagement of the Federal government creates a massive crisis before we get to Election Day?
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