Scott Mace

The Israeli Politician Who Became Netanyahu’s Top Trump Whisperer Ron Dermer built up ties to the Republican Party that culminated in Trump supporting the war and cutting a deal to end it on Israel’s terms.

“ ‘Peace with the Emirates is a 5-foot putt. Peace with the Saudis is a 30-foot putt. And peace with the Palestinians is a hole-in-one through a brick wall,’ ” Netanyahu recalled.

And the Middle East is the ultimate sand trap.

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They've only been debating the topic for 101 years. Let's not be hasty!

These Are the Voters Who Should Scare Democrats Most

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Some bad guys consider the Bill of Rights a coding error, too.

Ontario court strikes down Ford government's plan to remove Toronto bike lanes | CBC News An Ontario court has deemed the province's plan to remove three major Toronto bike lanes unconstitutional. A spokesperson for Ontario's transportation minister said the government will appeal.

"The evidence shows that restoring lanes for cars will not result in less congestion, as it will induce more people to use cars and therefore any reduction in driving time will be short-lived, if at all, and will lead to more congestion," said Schabas in his decision.

Opinion | 845,000 dead on U.S. highways. Why not address the main cause? We need to ramp up the standards for road tests and train people to be better drivers.

Something to delight car companies & road engineers:

WaPo's new op-ed pins America's sky-high crash deaths on a lack of driver education.

Yep, that's it. Definitely nothing to do with streets designed for speed, bloated SUVs/pickups or sprawl that forces people to drive even if they don't want to.

US set to destroy 500 tons of US-taxpayer funded emergency food | CNN Politics The United States is set to destroy nearly 500 metric tons of US-taxpayer funded emergency food meant for starving people around the world.

www.cnn.com/2025/07/16/p...

New Digital Comics Store Takes Aim at Amazon

New Digital Comics Store Takes Aim at Amazon www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/b...

A wildfire that destroyed historic Grand Canyon Lodge spread after being allowed to burn for days A wildfire that destroyed a historic Grand Canyon lodge is continuing to spread out of control after it had been allowed to burn for days.

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Just Say No to Overcomplicated Cars - FOSS Force The Mustang Mach-E recall isn’t just a glitch—it’s a sign that sometimes, the simplest solutions are the ones we’ve left behind.

Bring back the old-fashioned key hole fossforce.com/2025/07/just...

Without Remedy, Countries With Aging Populations Are Set for Weaker Income Growth, Says OECD Incomes in rich countries are going to grow much more slowly as populations age unless more women, older people and migrants can be persuaded to work, the OECD said.

[Hey WSJ: Immigrants - they get the job done!] www.wsj.com/economy/glob...

Laid-off workers should use AI to manage their emotions, says Xbox exec Read the room Matt.

Clippy says: It looks like you're being laid off. Can I help with that? www.theverge.com/news/698468/...

San Mateo Transit Funding Scenarios: Consequences of Re-Purposing Measure A On Wednesday, July 2, the SamTrans board will discuss new polling and will evaluate options to fund transit for the county, including Caltrain and BART regional services which face steep deficits a…

If the local measure was reauthorized at a half-cent sales tax, though, this would cannibalize popular funding to fix potholes and improve street safety. www.greencaltrain.com/2025/06/san-...

Exclusive | Amazon Is on the Cusp of Using More Robots Than Humans in Its Warehouses The number of robots in Amazon facilities just surpassed one million, the most the e-commerce giant has ever had.

I, for one, welcome our new overlords. www.wsj.com/tech/amazon-...

Tesla robotaxi launch: EV maker seeks to keep Texas data private, regulator says Tesla told U.S. regulators that its answers to questions on the safety of its robotaxi deployment in Texas are confidential business information and should not be made public, according to a letter released on Monday.

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They Bet Their Future on Barbecue Dreams. Many Lost Everything.

Dickey's is the pits. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/d...

They drove for hours to speak in the Capitol. California lawmakers cut them off As lawmakers try to rush through thousands of bills, regular people are often cut off at the microphone because the Legislature limits public comment

Testifying in Sacramento is, for the most part, a fool's errand. calmatters.org/politics/202...

CBO Confirms GOP Budget Bill Triggers Medicare Cuts Republican Plan Adds to the Deficit, Will Trigger Automatic Cuts Under Federal Law

This may hurt a bit. democrats-budget.house.gov/news/press-r...

How DOGE’s grand plan to remake Social Security is backfiring The U.S. DOGE Service arrived at the Social Security Administration this year determined to slash staff and root out what it claimed was widespread fraud and wasteful spending - a mission Elon Musk’s ...

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It's remarkable how much of this administration's agenda has been laser focused on simply making life worse for ordinary Americans.

When It Comes to Building New Housing, “Abundance” Is More Like Avoidance Neither Klein and Thompson nor many of their critics on the left offer a robust strategy for actually building affordable homes. Here’s one that has been proven to work.

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Mexican security chief confirms cartel family members entered US in a deal with Trump administration Mexico’s government has confirmed reports that 17 family members of the son of a former cartel leader crossed into the United States.

Trump
Cut
Deal
To
Let
*Sinaloa Cartel Members*
Into
US

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'What Are They Doing Illegal?' Officer Says Before Arresting Pro-Palestine Students Audio reveals an officer admitting University of Texas students weren’t breaking the law before they were arrested during a pro-Palestine protest.

EXCLUSIVE: A police officer questioned the legality of arresting peaceful student protesters without probable cause at a pro-Palestine demonstration at the University of Texas at Austin, audio from body camera footage provided to Rolling Stone shows.

When FEMA failed to test soil for toxic substances after the L.A. fires, The Times had it done. The results were alarming The federal government decided not to test the soil of L.A.'s burn areas for hazardous substances. A Times investigation found high levels of lead and other heavy metals.

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Is a California cult responsible for a string of murders nationwide? 'Zizians' explained Authorities are working to untangle connections between a suspected vegan death cult called the Zizian and a string of murders across the country.

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Star Wars Intro Scroll Episode IV It Was All So Stupid Seriously, you would not believe how stupid it was. Every day, unrelentingly, just the dumbest stuff by the absolute worst people. And what made it worse was knowing that we’d brought this on ourselves.

A YIMBY Theory of Power Pro-housing advocates offer an analysis of class relations that is more sophisticated and has more explanatory power than the one held by many critics of the “abundance agenda.”

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It's all about the feels.

California is now the 4th largest economy in the world | Governor of California

And how is it that so many economies much smaller than ours already have high-speed rail? How embarrassing. www.gov.ca.gov/2025/04/23/c...

Judge blocks Trump effort to expand proof of citizenship requirement for voter registration | CNN Politics A federal judge has halted parts of an executive order signed by President Donald Trump that sought to boost requirements that Americans show documents proving their citizenship when registering to vo...

“Our Constitution entrusts Congress and the States — not the President — with the authority to regulate federal elections." www.cnn.com/2025/04/24/p...