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• Andrea Thompson
RFK Jr: I got my job in the Trump administration because of my interest in kids
Vance: The second lady told me I could be vice president or a have fourth child. I guess I'm persuasive because I got both.
Frontier update
Frontier work going much better today we’ve got all the built in verbs in the product reviewed tested and I’m not finding any problems as I create software for deploying this stuff.
The first thing we had to get working was being able to move objects from the 2011 frontier to the 2026 frontier and we got there today. The next thing that’s coming is being able to do updates for users with new parts and changes to existing ODB elements.
So once that’s working, we can start fixing bugs and looking for problems and things didn’t get ported correctly. We have a new gate. Every change must be vetted by reviewing the 2011 code, and doing exactly what we did then.
John Kerry asked who wants to be the last casualty in Vietnam, a lost cause like the war we are bogged down in Iran for no good reason, like Vietnam.
BitCam: The 1-Bit Camera App Turns 2.0
The Lever
• Veronica Riccobene
Hollywood’s Hangover
The $111 billion merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery could cause thousands of workers to lose their jobs, according to new research.
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
A Polling Dashboard
We’re about to enter the season when polls seem to arrive by the hour. So I’ve partnered with FiftyPlusOne to use their data to create a new, quick read Polling Dashboard. It tracks three things that will matter enormously heading into the midterm elections: President Trump’s approval rating, the generic congressional ballot and eight of […]
Ars Technica
• Ashley Belanger
Nvidia senior manager linked to Supermicro scheme smuggling AI servers to China
Nvidia worker indicted after Jensen Huang scolded Supermicro for AI server smuggling.
JD Vance: I hate good looking guys with beards because they make me jealous
Nearly two weeks after severe storms, thousands are still without power in Gary, Indiana - and they need relief. Please consider making a contribution to the Greater Gary Fund to support the ongoing disaster response: legacyfdn.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create/fund?funit_id=5554
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
Trump Is Underwater In 47 States
USA Today: “According to The Economist and YouGov, more people disapprove than approve of Trump’s job performance in 47 out of 50 states and in the District of Columbia. The three states where the majority of respondents still approve of the president are Wyoming (+14), Idaho (+9), and West Virginia (+6).”
Defector
• Alex Sujong Laughlin
Alexander Chee Trusted His Gut
Defector
• Luis Paez-Pumar
Red Uniforms, Ranked
TPM – Talking Points Memo
• Josh Marshall
Not Good
Jewish Insider, the source of this passage, often has what I’d consider tendentious coverage of this issue. But these words...
404 Media
• Madeleine O'Neill
How a Network of Volunteers Is Liberating Critical Court Records for Everyone
Habeas Dockets are publishing immigration court records that normally aren't available online.
Trump is playing the tariff game again, so his family can buy up some more stocks. Give it a couple of days and we’ll probably have a “historic” new deal with Canada that’s basically the same as, or worse than, what we already had.
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
Two Years of the Dumbest Foreign Policy Imaginable
Dan Drezner: “As the war in Iran continues to not be won, however, the cracks in the foundations of American power are showing. Whether it’s guns or butter, the America is coming up short.” “The U.S. has badly depleted its stockpile of missile interceptors, eliminating the ability to deter Russia and China. Members of the […]
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
Most Canadians Support End of U.S. Trade Talks
“Over three-quarters of Canadians believe that their country ending trade negotiations with the U.S. was the right call, according to a new poll,” NewsNation reports. “In the Angus Reid Institute poll, 76 percent of respondents said their country was in the right ‘by refusing the terms being offered and ending negotiations without a trade agreement,’ […]
June 23, 2026: Trump buys up to $50k in SpaceX stock
That same day: SpaceX receives a $425.6 million contract from NASA