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Philip Gourevitch

Staff Writer at The New Yorker. Author of 'The Ballad of Abu Ghraib', 'A Cold Case' & 'We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families.’ Faculty at Bard Prison Initiative.

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“A citizen-science program is training pet dogs to find the eggs before they hatch so they can be destroyed. It's revealing the surprising power of pet dogs' noses, with even unconventional sniffer-dog breeds like the humble pug able to play their part.” www.bbc.com/future/artic...

The spotted lanternfly is ravaging the eastern US. Pet dogs are coming to the rescueSpotted lanternflies are an invasive pest and a multimillion-dollar disaster for the US's wine industry. Meet the good boys and girls of the resistance.www.bbc.com
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CANADIAN TRAVEL TO THE UNITED STATES FELL 25 PERCENT IN 2025 as Trump returned to the White House and Canadians opted to spend their vacation dollars elsewhere, Statistics Canada reports. The trend continued into early 2026, “signaling a persistent shift away from the United States”

Canadian visits to U.S. plummet amid Trump tariffs, ‘51st state’ talk"Canadian travel sentiment shifted abruptly" after President Donald Trump returned to office, analysts said.www.washingtonpost.com
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Exclusive from me — Daniel Moraff, one of the political operatives behind Graham Platner's rise and fall, has been accused of sexual assault. Full story here:

Exclusive: Political operative behind Graham Platner's rise accused of sexual assaultA spokesperson for Daniel Moraff said: “Any suggestion that he committed a criminal offence is false and without foundation."www.thehandbasket.co
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We actually had the 16th highest mortality rate in the world and it largely resulted from the ignorant asshats who were *resisting* the common sense protection measures Fauci was promoting like masking and distancing. What a colossal asshole.

Aaron Rupar

RFK Jr: "Because of Dr Fauci's leadership and other reasons, we had the highest mortality rate from covid of any country in the world" #OtherReasons 🙃

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Marc Rosenblum, head for statistics at DHS, resigns, saying he is delighted to no longer be involved in supporting the agency's war against facts and the truth. www.wired.com/story/dhs-of...

DHS Official Resigns, Citing ‘War on Immigrants’The outgoing executive director of the Office of Homeland Security Statistics is one of very few federal officials to speak out against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.www.wired.com

So facing criticism that it was obscuring US casualties in Trump’s war Hegseth’s pentagon further obscured US casualties in Trump’s war.

The New York Times

Facing criticism that it had minimized the number of U.S. soldiers killed and wounded in the war with Iran, the Pentagon changed the way it reports casualties. The changes separated the casualty numbers into two separate web pages, potentially making it more difficult to tally the war’s full toll.

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Trapped? What about failure? That's the story. A president that launched a reckless war and completely and totally failed...with all of us paying the price. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/u...

Trump Seems Trapped by Iran War, Even as He Wields the World’s Biggest Hammer (Gift Article)A president who thought there were no limits to his power has discovered several, leaving him more frustrated and erratic.www.nytimes.com

RIP to a master: "“People claim Guy was a curmudgeon, but it’s really that he was alarmed—and rightly so—by what is happening to the natural world,” Mr. Gwynne added. “He always used to say, ‘The infidels have invaded my church, and they’ve almost reached the altar.’” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/s...

Guy Tudor, Whose Art Brought Obscure Birds to Life, Dies at 91A self-taught ornithologist, he won a MacArthur fellowship for his precise, resplendent illustrations that appeared in definitive field guides to tropical songbirds.www.nytimes.com

the US Chamber of Commerce: "Congress can & should, exercise its plenary authority over immigration policy to prevent significant disruption to America’s work force & avoid an unnecessary humanitarian crisis,” the chamber wrote in a July 10 letter to Senate leadership www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/u...

Employers Fear Labor Shortage as Many Immigrants Lose Protected StatusA recent Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for the Trump administration to end a humanitarian program that has allowed about one million immigrants to work legally in the U.S.www.nytimes.com
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About 1 in 5 reliable Republican base voters are at risk this November, according to AFP Action. Those voters are either saying they may stay home or are weighing voting for Democrats.

Republicans see ‘scary’ lack of enthusiasm among core voters ahead of midtermsPollsters and GOP groups are raising the alarm about an unmotivated base in an election year that would be tough no matter what, given the president’s low approval.www.washingtonpost.com
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