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Trump celebrates Independence Day legislative victory

In today’s issue: President Trump says the mammoth bill he will sign tonight at the White House will lead to America’s “golden age.” It’s a boast the Republican Party hopes it can successfully pitch to voters during next year’s elections. “It’s going to make this country into a rocket ship,” Trump predicted as he left...

Bukele mocks Abrego Garcia’s torture claims with prison highlight reel

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has released a video montage showing Kilmar Abrego Garcia apparently thriving during his imprisonment, in an attempt to refute the migrant’s claims that he was tortured while in custody.

Trump touts ‘very popular’ domestic policy bill ahead of White House signing

President Trump's sweeping domestic policy bill passes Congress with tax cuts, immigration measures, and Medicaid restructuring, despite polls showing most Americans oppose the package.

President Trump to honor Iran strike flight team at the White House

Speaking in Iowa on Thursday, President Donald Trump announced that the military flight team that launched the strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities will be honored at the White House on July 4th.

President Trump to honor Iran strike flight team at the White House

Speaking in Iowa on Thursday, President Donald Trump announced that the military flight team that launched the strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities will be honored at the White House on July 4th.

Low-trust America

Good neighborhoods and bad neighborhoods differ in many ways, but the most important may be the trust gap. You can tell a place is nice to live in because children leave their bikes on front lawns, and front doors are often unlocked. Happy countries also differ from unhappy countries in many ways, but trust might […]

The merchant of America gets married in Venice

The most famous merchant of America, Jeff Bezos, got married in Venice over the last weekend of June. While the world gawked at the $50 million price tag of the festivities, the 90 private jets of 200 fellow billionaires and Hollywood celebrities who descended on the Italian islands, and the gilded and garish parade of […]

Sex sells, even for sandwich shops

People are decreasingly literate and increasingly desperate. Pair that reality with a fast food coupon, and you have modern advertisement. For Jimmy John’s, sub sales are the goal of the beach read campaign accessed through its Summer Menu of Ultimate Temptation, or SMUT. Use a promo code to order one of the four items on […]

‘Banned’ books for me, book bans for thee

Being a liberal bookstore means you must pretend Republicans are “banning” books when you’re the one actually doing it. This is true even if the author is a literary titan. Enter Booksmith, a nearly 50-year-old bookstore in San Francisco that is finished with J.K. Rowling, who wrote the wildly popular Harry Potter series that has dominated entertainment, through books, movies, and […]

The real AI threat is the human relationships we lose along the way

If you are a Generation Xer, or maybe even an older millennial, your perception of a possible artificial intelligence apocalypse is most likely defined by the Terminator movies.  In the first of many possible timelines, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s reprogrammed protector T-800 tells Sarah Connor that Skynet became self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern Time on Aug. 29, […]

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