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The buffoonery of Trump’s claims about the need for the National Guard in Los Angeles point to a real vulnerability that sits at the core of this whole spectacle. https://trib.al/LaJPvx6
Trump’s Fury at Gavin Newsom Backfires—and Reveals His Own Weakness
The media has it wrong. Trump is not coming across as fearsome and strong. Instead, his watch-me-play-fascist-on-TV routine is self-evident overkill.
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June 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The buffoonery of Trump’s claims about the need for the National Guard in Los Angeles point to a real vulnerability that sits at the core of this whole spectacle. https://trib.al/LaJPvx6
“I’m exposed to all kinds of companies and factors that I haven’t investigated, don’t entirely understand and would never accept on their own. But humble acceptance of the overall marketplace is the point of broadly diversified investing.”
There’s a Good Chance Crypto Is Spreading in Your Retirement Account
www.nytimes.com
June 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
“I’m exposed to all kinds of companies and factors that I haven’t investigated, don’t entirely understand and would never accept on their own. But humble acceptance of the overall marketplace is the point of broadly diversified investing.”
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A very important story. Pam Hemphill, who is a hero, was disinvited from a rally because the organizers would not “forgive” her. This is how oppositions fail
reedgalen.substack.com/p/dear-rally...
reedgalen.substack.com/p/dear-rally...
Dear Rally Organizers: Time to Move Out of Your Glass Houses
Let me tell you a quick story.
reedgalen.substack.com
June 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
A very important story. Pam Hemphill, who is a hero, was disinvited from a rally because the organizers would not “forgive” her. This is how oppositions fail
reedgalen.substack.com/p/dear-rally...
reedgalen.substack.com/p/dear-rally...
If the court forces Instagram and WhatsApp to be spun off, we could suddenly have three distinct platforms with different algorithms that compete with one another to provide the best experience — rather than one monolithic experience run by a guy who says he no longer believes in fact-checking.
Opinion | Big Tech Is Finally Losing
www.nytimes.com
June 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
If the court forces Instagram and WhatsApp to be spun off, we could suddenly have three distinct platforms with different algorithms that compete with one another to provide the best experience — rather than one monolithic experience run by a guy who says he no longer believes in fact-checking.
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Climate change is driving up peak summer temperatures across the country. Las Vegas broke temperature records last summer. Now, the region is fighting the heat with a simple solution: more trees. via @knpr.org
Faced with rising temps, Las Vegas is embracing a simple climate solution: More trees
Climate change is driving more dangerous summer heat across the U.S. Las Vegas, which reached 120 degrees last summer, is planting thousands of trees to help cool its hottest neighborhoods.
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June 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Climate change is driving up peak summer temperatures across the country. Las Vegas broke temperature records last summer. Now, the region is fighting the heat with a simple solution: more trees. via @knpr.org
A Rushmore figure in American music. RIP. #slystone www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/a...
Sly Stone, Maestro of a Multifaceted, Hitmaking Band, Dies at 82
www.nytimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A Rushmore figure in American music. RIP. #slystone www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/a...
“We drink them because we like them. We like their sweetness and easy-drinking character, generally unpretentious personalities, and affordable prices. The boom may have abated, but American whiskey is here to stay.”
Whiskey woes: Is Kentucky’s $9 billion bourbon industry on the rocks?
Following four recent pieces of bad news, industry investors might need a stiff drink.
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June 9, 2025 at 2:17 AM
“We drink them because we like them. We like their sweetness and easy-drinking character, generally unpretentious personalities, and affordable prices. The boom may have abated, but American whiskey is here to stay.”
www.nytimes.com/athletic/636... Joey Votto and Steph Curry found a secret to workplace happiness. You can, too
Joey Votto and Steph Curry found a secret to workplace happiness. You can, too
Michigan professor Jane Dutton believes brief, positive interactions between colleagues can change an organization's culture.
www.nytimes.com
May 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
www.nytimes.com/athletic/636... Joey Votto and Steph Curry found a secret to workplace happiness. You can, too
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This morning Republicans passed a budget that cuts Medicaid and food assistance to give billionaires tax cuts.
This is the most anti-working-class agenda we’ve ever seen.
This is the most anti-working-class agenda we’ve ever seen.
May 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This morning Republicans passed a budget that cuts Medicaid and food assistance to give billionaires tax cuts.
This is the most anti-working-class agenda we’ve ever seen.
This is the most anti-working-class agenda we’ve ever seen.
Democrats Consider Tearing Up the Playbook
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Democrats Consider Tearing Up the Playbook
Officials are eyeing everything from new health disclosures for candidates to revamping the primary calendar.
www.thebulwark.com
May 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Democrats Consider Tearing Up the Playbook
www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...
The Trumps Get Richer
www.nytimes.com
May 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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They dragged Biden through a year of hearings over a $10K wire transfer, but Trump grifts a billion through a fake crypto scam, scores a luxury jet from Qatar, and suddenly it's crickets. Hypocrisy isn’t a bug in the MAGA code—it’s the whole damn operating system.
#TrumpCrimeFamily
#TrumpCrimeFamily
May 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
They dragged Biden through a year of hearings over a $10K wire transfer, but Trump grifts a billion through a fake crypto scam, scores a luxury jet from Qatar, and suddenly it's crickets. Hypocrisy isn’t a bug in the MAGA code—it’s the whole damn operating system.
#TrumpCrimeFamily
#TrumpCrimeFamily
May 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This self-satirizing president is going to put The Onion out of business.
#jeaninepirro
#jeaninepirro
Ed Martin out. But Jeanine Pirro?
This is truly an unserious administration.
This is truly an unserious administration.
May 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This self-satirizing president is going to put The Onion out of business.
#jeaninepirro
#jeaninepirro
Trump’s vision of America is shaped by Turner Classic Movies.
Trump Says He Wants Alcatraz Restored as a Prison
The project would be extraordinarily expensive at a time when the administration already plans to cut billions of dollars from the Justice Department’s budget.
www.nytimes.com
May 5, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Trump’s vision of America is shaped by Turner Classic Movies.
KY Fried History: Looking back on Lexington’s infamous Kentucky Derby Eve bash
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KY Fried History: Looking back on Lexington’s infamous Kentucky Derby Eve bash
Topless mermaids lingered in swimming pools at this famed Lexington Derby Eve bash, until a Kentucky Supreme Court justice urged a bit of change.
www.kentucky.com
May 3, 2025 at 3:44 AM
KY Fried History: Looking back on Lexington’s infamous Kentucky Derby Eve bash
www.kentucky.com/news/know-yo...
www.kentucky.com/news/know-yo...
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ICYMI | The official race charts dismissed them with short phrases: “tired badly,” “raced wide,” “overmatched,” “showed nothing,” and my favorite, “quit.” But there’s more to the stories of some of the Kentucky Derby’s more memorable last-place finishers www.wdrb.com/sports/coffe...
Coffee with Crawford | In praise of last place: Stories from the bottom of the Kentucky Derby charts
Lately, I've been thinking about losers.
www.wdrb.com
April 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
ICYMI | The official race charts dismissed them with short phrases: “tired badly,” “raced wide,” “overmatched,” “showed nothing,” and my favorite, “quit.” But there’s more to the stories of some of the Kentucky Derby’s more memorable last-place finishers www.wdrb.com/sports/coffe...
Famed KY horseman chronicles madcap life of horses, bourbon, redemption in memoir
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www.kentucky.com/sports/horse...
Famed KY horseman chronicles madcap life of horses, bourbon, redemption in memoir
Linda Blackford: In his memoir, “Dark Horses,” Arthur Hancock III describes a Shakespearean drama of fathers, sons, racehorses and redemption, so wild that it even includes the Bluegrass Conspiracy.
www.kentucky.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Famed KY horseman chronicles madcap life of horses, bourbon, redemption in memoir
www.kentucky.com/sports/horse...
www.kentucky.com/sports/horse...