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Good @oknox.bsky.social piece: "A run to the supermarket costs more now than when Trump took office in January, with staples like beef and coffee more expensive for reasons that include his tariffs, though inflation has remained below its apex under Biden."

www.usnews.com/news/u-s-new...

Venezuela is Trump’s useful enemy Despite the president’s claims, the South American country is nowhere close to being the US’s biggest drug supplier

"None — repeat none — of America’s fentanyl has been found to originate from Venezuela. Yet Trump and Pete Hegseth, his compulsively strutting “secretary of war”, insist that the country is fuelling America’s opioid epidemic." Me on Trump's wag the dog script. www.ft.com/content/5b3e...

Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro Hits 60% Job Approval, Leads Republicans In 2026, 2028 Matchups, Quinnipiac University Pennsylvania Poll Finds; Dems Sour On Fetterman While GOP Voters Approve Of Him | Q... "Governor Josh Shapiro clinches an enviable 60 percent job approval and leaves his two potential gubernatorial challengers in the rear-view mirror in a very early look at Pennsylvania's 2026 gubernato...

Swing state status report: New Quinnipiac Pennsylvania poll shows @governor.pa.gov Josh Shapiro at 60% job approval, Trump 43, Dave McCormick 39. Fetterman is at 46% approval driven by 62% GOP approval. Democrats disapprove 54-33. PA economy, 52% say not so good or poor. poll.qu.edu/poll-release...

BREAKING: Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, delivers the most scathing legal rebuke of the Trump era, ruling that Trump and his cabinet illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation to "strike fear" into First Amendment protesters. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This a huge number. 23% of the country couldn’t even see it live. For context, 7.4 million watched the Emmys on CBS and Paramount + combined.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel's return monologue watched by nearly 6.3 million viewers on broadcast TV, despite blackouts in many cities.

New - @NPR reporting “documents with sensitive details” about the Trump/Putin meeting “were left behind on a public hotel printer. “👇🏻

The FBI's Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Had Nearly 3 Minutes Cut Out Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”

NEW: Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”

Opinion | We’ve Never Seen Health Care Cuts This Big

“It is rare to see public benefits taken away from people once they’re in place, and this level of cuts to health insurance would be extraordinary.”

We’ve Never Seen Health Care Cuts This Big www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/o...

“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating v...

Reminder: the Trump admin put a 22-year-old in charge of the country’s domestic terrorism prevention office.

He graduated college last year. And has no known national security expertise.

But he did work for the Trump campaign.

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Opinion | Antisemitism Is an Urgent Problem. Too Many People Are Making Excuses.

“On a per capita basis, Jews (in America) face far greater risks of being victims of hate crimes than members of any other demographic groups.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/o...

$105 Million Reparations Package for Tulsa Race Massacre Unveiled by Mayor

More than a century after the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, one of the most horrific episodes of racial violence in U.S. history, the city’s mayor announced a $105 million reparations package on Sunday. It is the first large-scale plan committing funds to address the impact of the atrocity.

A New Biography of Mark Twain Doesn’t Have Much of What Made Him Great

Hands down the most devastating book review I have read in the NYT. And they made it the cover. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/b...

14 ballistic missiles and dozens of drones were aimed at Kyiv last night. This is Putin's follow up to his two hour chat with Trump
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

The danger in focusing on this detail about the Jewish museum shooting victims As the press first reported this tragedy, they did little to challenge the political framing established by the suspect.

Do yourself a favor and read this @mimirocah1.bsky.social column.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Every SCOTUS case to watch for this summer: www.usnews.com/news/nationa...

I’ve taught at Princeton and supervised senior theses. If Hegseth had been caught when he submitted this, he very likely would have been suspended for a year and not allowed to graduate with his class. Kudos to the ‘Prince’ from a proud former editor in chief.

Great college journalism right here.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ’03 ‘plagiarized’ small portions of his senior thesis, experts say. But how serious is it? A review of the senior thesis of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ’03 by The Daily Princetonian, in consultation with three plagiarism experts, found eight instances of uncredited material, sham paraphr...

www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025...

He is the best man I ever knew. May his memory be a blessing

Robert Prevost’s tweet: Thank you! We need to hear more from leaders in the Church, to reject racism & seek justice

Robert Prevost’s RT of Bishop Burbridge’s tweet: We continue to pray for Mr George Floyd and his family. In his honor, and as we prepare for Pentecost, we ask the Holy Spirit to unite us & heal our wounds. May all hatred, violence & prejudice be eradicated….

Pope Leo XIV’s tweet (& RTs) in the wake of George Floyd’s murder

FAA suspends work of independent panel reviewing air traffic control The FAA ordered an independent panel hired to recommend ways to strengthen oversight of its air traffic control operations to stop work.

The FAA halted the work of an outside panel of experts scrutinizing its management of air traffic control, a previously unreported move made after a fatal airliner crash near Washington raised questions about the agency’s abilities to keep the skies safe.

“I supported Pete Hegseth but he needs to go,” writes John Mac Ghlionn.

“What I, and many others, overlooked is now impossible to ignore. This man is dangerously unfit for one of the most sensitive and important jobs in the world.”

www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...

The midday must-reads are out. Make sure to get it emailed right to you www.usnews.com/news/nationa...

The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked TeleMessage, a company that makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, was hacked.

Very very important follow up on the Signal story . The clone version of Signal White House officials are using is so insecure it’s already been hacked. www.404media.co/the-signal-c...

Judge Howell pulls no punches: “No American president has ever before issued executive orders like the one at issue…This action draws from a playbook as old as Shakespeare, who penned the phrase: The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/u...

Judge Strikes Down Trump Order Targeting Law Firm Perkins Coie The ruling declares the president’s action unconstitutional, in a decisive win for one of several firms targeted by the president.

Holy moly - what a win for Perkins Coie and law firms fighting executive orders that Judge Howell calls “ unconstitutional retaliation and viewpoint discrimination, plain and simple.”

www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Racing for Trade Deals We explain how the U.S. is trying to negotiate.

On average, trade deals signed by the US take 18 months to negotiate and 45 months to implement. Trump team is vowing to make 90 deals in 90 days. @anaswanson.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/b...