Last week, after the death of Dolly Parton, I wrote about how Parton had aggressively and carefully preserved her various...
TPM – Talking Points Memo
• Josh Marshall
TPM – Talking Points Memo
• Josh Marshall
Last week, after the death of Dolly Parton, I wrote about how Parton had aggressively and carefully preserved her various...
The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
• Bobby Welber
Newburgh finally got its new Chipotle, but the opening weekend wasn't exactly smooth sailing. Did you stop by yet, and how was your experience? Continue reading…
WIRED
• Louryn Strampe
It’s one of the best times of the year to buy a mattress, and our top tested picks are on sale.
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
“House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries blasted Republicans Monday for being ‘pro-data center without any restraints,’ making his strongest rebuke yet of the tech industry’s massive infrastructure buildout as it becomes a key issue in midterm campaigns,” Politico reports. Said Jeffries: “Donald Trump and Republicans are divorced from reality. They think that the affordability crisis is […]
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
“Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has submitted his resignation to President Trump following months of tension with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the direction of the service and the ouster of numerous senior Army officers,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

OpenAI caused something of a stir over the weekend when it announced plans to cut Cursor’s direct access to OpenAI
The post SpaceX is in an “enviable position”: why Anthropic is sticking with Cursor as OpenAI cuts access appeared first on The New Stack.
SCOTUSblog
• Amy Howe
SCOTUSblog
• Amy Howe
Southern (Tunisian) gardens, 1919 #abstractart #paulklee
The Supreme Court has allowed construction on Trump’s ballroom to continue.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a203_2b8e.pdf
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Racket
• Jay Boller
Plus the toll of OMS, national flowers for Oliva Miles, and buy the Racket book in today's Flyover news roundup.
Letters from an American
• Heather Cox Richardson
The bill, which now goes to Gov. Gavin Newsom, stems from KQED-ProPublica reporting that found at least 14 educators were hired by new schools after their former employers found they had sexually harassed students or committed other misconduct:
https://www.propublica.org/article/california-fired-teacher-sexual-harassment?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
“President Donald Trump said Monday that the U.S. economy could grow at rates as high as 20%, while arguing that even such rapid growth should not prompt the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates,” CNBC reports. Said Trump: “We could have a GDP of 14, 15, 16 and 20. Success in growth does not cause […]
Six Colors
• Jason Snell
Today Tim Cook is stepping down as Apple CEO and Phil Schiller is scaling back his involvement in the company’s events and his supervision of the App Store.…
Berkeleyside
• Skylla Mumana

Ars Technica
• Beth Mole
The CDC has tallied nearly 30,000 confirmed and probable cases this summer.
Ars Technica
• Eric Bangeman
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