Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
There's No Vaccine for Stupid — If there were any hopes left for a prompt deal to end the Iran war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, they're on life support now. Donald Trump and Iran spent Monday making a series of escalatory tit-for-tat demands about war reparations …
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Maryam Tahmasebi / The Nation:
One Woman's Message From the Hell of ICE Detention — My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare. — Pocket — My name is Maryam Tahmasebi, and I am a professor of psychology …
Nicholas Johnston / Axios:
Robot book club — AI has become my reading buddy as I've plowed through my summer book list, helping me keep track of plots and characters, unpack themes, and make sense of wordy, old prose. — Why it matters: The way many of us actually read books — a few pages before bed …
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Lisa Jarvis / Bloomberg:
Trump's Vaccine Order Puts Parents In a Bind
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Maureen Tkacik / American Prospect:
Max Miller's Endless Wars — The wordless show of dissent that cost Dr. Feras Hamdan his job, a $50,000 cash surety bond, hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees, and the better part of his sanity lasted all of 24 seconds. — It was June 19, 2025, the seventh day of the so-called …
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
DOJ seeks to shield Trump advisers from Dem probes … The new opinion could create a new hurdle for Democrats should they retake Congress. — “It really could be a pretty significant weapon” for the administration “to deflect a lot of that congressional investigation of private parties …
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Russell Contreras / Axios:
Violent crime keeps falling in biggest U.S. cities — Violent crime kept falling across many of the nation's largest cities through June, with homicides down 17.2% from the first half of 2025, according to preliminary data reviewed by Axios. … - Trump came into office casting America …
Patrick Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Food Companies Dodge Crackdown in RFK Jr.'s Proposal on New Additives — Some trade groups and food-safety advocates find limitations with rule aimed at increasing transparency — Food companies largely dodged a regulatory hammer Monday after the Trump administration proposed overhauling …
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Idrees Kahloon / The Atlantic:
The Democrats Can't Just Laugh Off ‘Woke 1’ — Republicans have no incentive to let them forget past excesses. — On Sunday, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made two striking remarks that seem related. First, she barely demurred when ABC News asked whether she aspired to run for president.