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JD Vance Has a Palantir Problem
“In a recent conversation, Vice President JD Vance asked Roger Stone, President Donald Trump’s longtime confidant, for his biggest concern facing the country. Stone later recalled on his radio show…
Andrew Cuomo’s Dreams of Being a Radio Star Fell Apart
New York Times: “Mr. Cuomo has managed to keep most details about his podcasting career under wraps. But a review of previously unreported court records and interviews with a dozen…
Trump’s Bureaucracy-Busting Project Ends in Failure
The Department of Government Efficiency — the once-hyped pet project Donald Trump launched with Elon Musk at the start of his second term — has quietly ceased to exist. A…
Airlines Predict Record Travel
“U.S. airlines are predicting another record Thanksgiving holiday travel period and are upbeat now that the travel-snarling government shutdown has ended,” CNBC reports. Save to Favorites
Mike Johnson Has Lost Control of the House
“Over the course of decades, House lawmakers had succeeded only a few times in triggering votes on bills the chamber’s leaders refused to call up,” Politico reports. “Then Mike Johnson…
Don’t Be Fooled by Trump’s Warm Embrace of Mamdani
Donald Trump’s meeting with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani caught nearly everyone off guard for its warmth — a striking bit of stagecraft given their stark political differences. But…
Inside Trump’s Secretive Deportation Program
Sarah Stillman: “The Trump Administration is deporting people to countries they have no ties to, where many are being detained indefinitely or forcibly returned to the places they fled.” Save…
Greene Blindsided Mike Johnson with Resignation
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) “did not give Speaker Mike Johnson a heads up about her shocking resignation,” NBC News reports. “Her abrupt departure from Congress in January will make…
Trump Issues Warning to Supreme Court
President Trump warned the Supreme Court in a social media rant that striking down his sweeping tariffs would mean “serving hostile foreign interests.” Save to Favorites
The Age of Extraction
Just published: The Age of Extraction: How Tech Platforms Conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future Prosperity by Tim Wu. Tech platforms manipulate attention, extract wealth, and deepen inequality. Save to…
Americans Are on a Year-End Shopping Spree
Wall Street Journal: “The spending points to a solid holiday shopping season, which many retailers count on for a significant portion of their annual sales and profits.” Save to Favorites
Secret Talks Led to Plan That Blindsided Ukraine
Bloomberg: “For Europeans, the alarm went off when a new player was introduced to the scene: US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, a close friend of JD Vance going back to…
Russia Exploits Political Polarization to ‘Split Us Up’
Sweden’s top military official warned that political polarization in the west is a “candy shop” for hybrid warfare as Russia seeks to sow division among Nato members through attacks on…
Brazil’s Top Court Upholds Bolsonaro Arrest
“A majority of judges on a Brazil Supreme Court panel upheld the arrest of Jair Bolsonaro, voting to keep the former right-wing president behind bars while he awaits the start…
Venezuela Says Cartel U.S. Targets Doesn’t Exist
The Venezuelan government on Monday rejected what it called a “ridiculous” U.S. plan to designate the “nonexistent” Cartel de los Soles a terrorist organization, the South China Morning Post reports….
Greene Says She’s Not Running for President
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) “refuted reports that she’s planning to run for president on Sunday, days after she announced plans to leave Congress amid a break with President Trump,”…
How the U.S. Economy Became Hooked on AI Spending
“The turbulence that hit stocks tied to artificial intelligence last week highlights a broader risk to the economy. Growth has become so dependent on AI-related investment and wealth that if…
Trump Says TV Networks Shouldn’t Be Able to ‘Enlarge’
President Trump said no television networks should be able to expand, citing the potential growth of what he considers left-wing news outlets, Bloomberg reports. Said Trump: “If this would also…
Marjorie Taylor Greene Came Close to Getting the Joke
David Frum: “When Jack Abramoff dominated Washington lobbying in the 1990s and early 2000s, he observed that there were two kinds of people in town: those who ‘get the joke’…
Housing Chief Becomes Liability for Trump
“Bill Pulte has made a name for himself by slinging dirt at Donald Trump’s foes — but some of the president’s aides now fear he isn’t up to doing his…
