Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, and Debt:
Reddit faces FTC probe over AI data practices ahead of IPO
Gold Investors Aren't Switching Into Bitcoin, JPMorgan Says
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COVID-19 Vaccines Lower Risk of Heart Failure After Virus Infection
Politics:
Trump Doubles Down on Migrants ‘Poisoning’ the Country
“These are people at the highest level of crime, and then you have mental institutions and insane asylums — I always say the difference is one is ‘Silence of the Lambs,’ you know, it’s a mental institution on steroids, OK? — and those mental institutions and insane asylums are being emptied out into the United States, and then you have terrorists pouring in at levels we have never seen before.”
House Republicans Campaigning Against Each Other
House Republicans, who have seen their time in the majority devolve into a seemingly endless series of internal party feuds, now have a new problem: GOP lawmakers targeting other sitting members in their primaries.
In at least four primaries – in South Carolina, Illinois, Texas and Virginia – Republican members are actively campaigning against one of their own, inflaming tensions in a conference where emotions are still raw in the aftermath of Kevin McCarthy’s unprecedented ouster atop the House.
Watching this morning’s Sunday shows, we can’t help but notice that we’re back to every Republican interview being about something Donald Trump has said — causing the interview subject to squirm while generally either avoiding criticizing Trump and/or reiterating their support for him anyway.
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In on the Joke: The Comedic Trick Trump Uses to Normalize His Behavior
Hong Kong activist Joey Siu describes ‘transnational repression’ by China
Latvia starts criminal proceedings against an EU Parliament lawmaker suspected of spying for Russia
Trump Says January 6 Committee Should Be Jailed
The Supreme Court Cannot Ignore the National Security Implications of the So-Called ‘Jawboning’ Case
Friedman has a history of being wrong about more than a few things but FWIW, Netanyahu Is Making Israel Radioactive
Israel today is in grave danger. With enemies like Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and Iran, Israel should be enjoying the sympathy of much of the world. But it is not. Because of the way Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his extremist coalition have been conducting the war in Gaza and the occupation of the West Bank, Israel is becoming radioactive and diaspora Jewish communities everywhere increasingly insecure.
Thoughts on the state of the federal government.
Gambia May Overturn Landmark Ban on Female Genital Cutting
Serendipity:
Where My Continental Standard Spent the War
The world of typewriter fanciers debates the Nazi problem.
In 1868, a little-known writer by the name of John William DeForest proposed a new type of literature, a collective artistic project for a nation just emerging from an existential conflict: a work of fiction that accomplished “the task of painting the American soul.” It would be called the Great American Novel, and no one had written it yet, DeForest admitted. Maybe soon.
A century and a half later, the idea has endured, even as it has become more complicated. In 2024, our definition of literary greatness is wider, deeper, and weirder than DeForest likely could have imagined. At the same time, the novel is also under threat, as the forces of anti-intellectualism and authoritarianism seek to ban books and curtail freedom of expression. The American canon is more capacious, more fluid, and more fragile than perhaps ever before. But what, exactly, is in it? What follows is our attempt to discover just that.
There are 136 books listed. Although I’d like to consider myself fairly well-read, I’ve only read 15 of them. So many books, so little time.
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Good work, Sir. Well done.