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Chinese poster for the new Spider-Man film makes me want to start buying film posters again.
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Tim O’Brien
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Senior Executive Editor, @Opinion.bloomberg.com. Political Analyst, MSNOW. Author: “TrumpNation.” Priors: New York Times, Wall Street Journal. www.timothylobrien.com
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"He has also removed from promotion lists about 40 senior officers who had been selected by boards made up of their peers.” Politicization of the military produces politicking admirals and generals. Not good.
An Admiral’s Rise Reveals the Politics Driving Hegseth’s Pentagon (Gift Article)Before he was picked to lead the Navy, Adm. Daryl Caudle found ways to signal his support for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s anti-diversity goals.www.nytimes.comA Bloomberg News analysis of Skype messages, flight records and other documents released by DOJ show that from the time of his release from jail in 2009, through to his arrest in July 2019, Epstein ran a trafficking network that spanned the globe. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
The Flight Network Behind Jeffrey Epstein’s Trafficking OperationThousands of flights booked by the pedophile financier’s staff connected associates and victims to a global network of propertieswww.bloomberg.com“The presiding judge, U.S. District Court Judge Arun Subramanian, made clear he believed the Trump administration had violated protections given to journalists in black and white to uphold First Amendment principles.” www.npr.org/2026/07/23/n...
Justice Dept. drops 'New York Times' subpoenas under pressure from judgeThe Justice Department is dropping the subpoenas it filed demanding grand jury testimony and phone records from New York Times journalists after sharp questioning Thursday from a federal judge.www.npr.org
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The administration timed a new set of tariffs on all of its largest trading partners to take effect at the same time the old, global tariff ended. n.pr/4bTGZtJ
Trump refuses to give up on tariffs - a pillar of his economic legacyThe administration timed a new set of tariffs on all of its largest trading partners to take effect at the same time the old, global tariff ended.n.pr
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Meanwhile….
Olga NesterovaWaPo: Iran has quickly rebuilt infrastructure damaged during the U.S. and Israeli bombing campaign over recent months, from missile bases nestled deep inside mountains to bridges, ports and production facilities, according to Israeli and Western officials and a review of satellite imagery.
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This is part of a very good thread about the FDA tossing the normal regulatory process aside for a bunch of grifters; I want to be really, really clear that what this is doing is allowing unstudied drugs to enter the market. It's incredibly dangerous.
Kathleen BachynskiHear hear: “Perhaps if we called these peptides “experimental hormones", or better yet, “experimental hormones whose functions are not well understood", maybe more people would understand why scientists and physicians want more research done before they are approved as medicine.”
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“A panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration, several of them sellers of experimental peptides, dismissed the concerns of the agency’s scientists on Thursday, voting in favor of allowing broad production of poorly understood peptide treatments.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
A Peptide Showdown: F.D.A. Scientists May Clash With R.F.K.’s AgendaAgency scientists are advising against allowing widespread use of several peptide injections. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, has said people should be free to experiment.www.nytimes.com
“Decades of warnings about what climate change would bring largely went unheeded. We’ve crossed into a new epoch, in which predictions are giving way to facts on the ground.” coloradonewsline.com/2026/07/23/c...
Climate horrors in Colorado are no longer just a threat. They've arrived. | Colorado NewslineWe're moving from a period of climate warnings to one of consequences. The basis for this shift is all too evident in Colorado.coloradonewsline.com“We are pleased that the government finally conceded that the subpoenas violated the law, but they should never have been issued in the first place.” — David McCraw www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/b...
U.S. Withdraws Subpoenas Issued to New York Times JournalistsA federal judge raised questions about the government’s handling of the subpoenas, which The Times called an attempt to intimidate the free press.www.nytimes.com
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I was interviewed and consulted about my prior reporting as part of this documentary and cannot wait to see the final product (even though it's my job to report on Musk and his companies I watch and read everrrrrrything I can out there about them)... www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Alex Gibney’s Elon Musk Documentary to Premiere in Venice — With a Nearly Four-Hour RuntimeMusk condemned the long-gestating doc in 2023, posting on X, "It's a hit piece" — to which Gibney replied: "How would you know?"www.hollywoodreporter.com
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Daniel Ortega’s decision to abolish even the pretense of elections in Nicaragua should trigger a robust international response, says @jpspinetto.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Nicaragua’s Dictatorship Should Be Marco Rubio’s Next ProblemIt’s rare these days to hear a dictator openly admit he won’t bother holding elections. Even the world’s most brutal authoritarian regimes usually resort to sham votes and other tricks to cloak themse...www.bloomberg.com
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This should be front page news everywhere: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
How Tether Benefited as Trump Insiders Shaped First US Crypto LawWhen he was Tether’s banker, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick ‘managed to kill’ less favorable legislation, a court filing says. And a White House aide pushed a measure Tether wanted, observers sa...www.bloomberg.com
The moves are the latest sign that the G.O.P. has subjugated its entire legislative agenda, months before midterm elections, to the president’s obsession with cracking down on election fraud that he claims, despite evidence to the contrary, is rampant. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...
House Republicans Have Tied the Defense Policy Bill to Trump’s SAVE ActHouse Republicans have tied their entire legislative agenda to President Trump’s voting restriction measure, as he has demanded.www.nytimes.com
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Very important piece by Cerin Lindgrensavage and @davidasuper.bsky.social. This behavior by the administration is not only illegal, it is anti-constitutional. thehill.com/opinion/cong...
Congress rejected some of Trump’s proposed budget cuts. OMB is making them anyway.President Trump and the Office of Management and Budget are accused of violating the separation of powers by attempting to unilaterally withhold funds that Congress specifically appropriated.thehill.com