Nick Kapur

Military Commander Tells Troops Bombing Iran Is ‘Part Of God’s Divine Plan’ One commander had a “big grin” on his face while saying Donald Trump “has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran," a service member said.

Link: www.yahoo.com/news/article...

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been reportedly inundated with hundreds of complaints of US military commanders telling the troops that the bombing of Iran is all part of God's plan to bring about immediate Armageddon

It's been said before, but Trump and the GOP are ruling like they'll never have to face an election again.

The ‘Crazy’ Plot to Release the Epstein Files How an unlikely duo of lawmakers partnered with victims to try to hold the powerful accountable

Link: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Disturbing story in the Atlantic about the unprecedented, all-out war waged by the Trump admin to prevent the release of the Epstein Files.

Israelis No Longer Ahead in Americans' Middle East Sympathies Israelis no longer lead the Palestinians in Americans' sympathies, with independents' shift toward the Palestinians driving most of the change.

Link: news.gallup.com/poll/702440/...

For the first time ever more Americans say the support the Palestinians than say they support Israel, according to Gallup.

This is a tectonic shift.

Today!!!

Trump Just Made the World Much More Dangerous By waging war on Iran, the president is making it more likely that other countries will develop nuclear weapons—to protect themselves from the U.S.

Grateful to @newrepublic.com who asked for my immediate thoughts in Trump’s attack on Iran.

In short, the demand for nuclear weapons is about to go way up. If you do not have nuclear weapons, you are vulnerable.

newrepublic.com/article/2071...

An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me Summary: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into acceptin…

Full post: theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...

"An AI agent published a hit piece on me"

I'm old enough to remember when we already had an Iran nuclear deal that was working perfectly fine, and Trump cancelled it for no reason, other than the fact that Obama had made it.

"Since the 1800s, every generation has been smarter than their parents’—until Gen Z."

Thanks to smartphones, the pandemic, and AI, "Gen Z underperforms on basically every cognitive measure, from executive function and literacy, to general IQ, memory, and attention."

Is AI Making Us Dumb? What the research tells us

This entire piece is interesting, and worth reading in full: profgmedia.substack.com/p/is-ai-maki...

"Since the 1800s, every generation has been smarter than their parents’—until Gen Z."

Thanks to smartphones, the pandemic, and AI, "Gen Z underperforms on basically every cognitive measure, from executive function and literacy, to general IQ, memory, and attention."

I constantly hear people banging on about how bad almond milk is for the environment, but somehow I never hear anyone mention how dairy milk is many times worse for the environment across every possible metric

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I constantly hear people banging on about how bad almond milk is for the environment, but somehow I never hear anyone mention how dairy milk is many times worse for the environment across every possible metric

Students feel like they can’t enroll in majors like Af-Am Studies and WGSS because they’re getting messages from all sides that they’re not remunerative. And yet they desperately want the knowledge, so classes are full. That seems to be the situation everywhere.

A functional Supreme Court would have never allowed transparently illegal tariffs to remain in place for nearly a year.

This, from TPM, explains more fully:

Don’t Be Fooled By the Corrupt Court’s Tariff Decision The depth of the Supreme Court’s corruption has forced us to find...

Link: talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/dont-...

A functional Supreme Court would have never allowed transparently illegal tariffs to remain in place for nearly a year.

This, from TPM, explains more fully:

🚨 This should be a five-alarm fire situation for parents: a study found that an increase in screen time for children led to a *decrease in brain size*

I ran the numbers in my newsletter two weeks ago. The $100 mill the Post lost in 2024 was equal to about two days of the increase in his net worth since he bought the paper.
www.howtoreadthisch.art/lets-conside...

Is ‘brain rot’ real? How too much time online can affect your mind. Research suggests that high use of social media and AI chat tools may affect your attention and memory. But there is something you can do about it.

Link: www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

🚨 This should be a five-alarm fire situation for parents: a study found that an increase in screen time for children led to a *decrease in brain size*

Map: Track the spread of measles in the U.S. Measles case counts soared to a 34-year high in 2025. NBC News will continue to track totals this year.

Link: www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...

As child vaccinations continue to backslide amid the Trump administration's continued flirtations with vaccine hesitancy, measles cases are soaring so far in 2026

This. Today's ruling is primarily a multidimensional failure of the judicial branch, not really its robustness in the face of authoritarianism. This should never have been a SCOTUS case in the first place, & it shouldn't have taken over a year to get here.

I'm old enough to remember when we already had an Iran nuclear deal that was working perfectly fine, and Trump cancelled it for no reason, other than the fact that Obama had made it.