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The time to determine whether Dan J. Sullivan Jr. could appear on the Alaska ballot for U.S. Senate was months ago, and Alaska courts did so. What's additionally batshit about this is that the candidates' names are printed on the ballot in a way which makes abundantly clear who's who.

A judge on Wednesday ordered Meta to pay New Mexico $25 billion after a jury found the company liable for deceiving users about privacy and content moderation policies on Facebook.

‘A perfect storm is gathering over food prices with a confluence of three factors at work: the soaring price of diesel, ubiquitous in agriculture; a shrunken supply of fertilizer inputs; and El Niño, the periodic climate pattern that wreaks havoc with weather everywhere.’ www.wsj.com/economy/a-fo...

“.. It was the second time in two years that the president authorized billions of dollars in bailout money for farmers harmed by his administration’s policies.” @nytimes.com #KSsen www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/b...

“.. Since the start of the Iran war ..” - Bilello

Zelensky on bombing the Russian data centers: “It’s pretty clear where the bots were coming from.”

WSJ: The Crown Prince “is shuttling between heavily guarded palaces equipped with bunkers .. .. The costs of the war have already widened the budget deficit and threaten to push the economy into contraction.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/world/middle...

* KING KHALED INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN RIYADH TO REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL OCT 17 -- NOTAM @reuters.com

".. its first attack in more than a month near the Islamic republic." @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/f9b9...

May 21:

I Was SI Before It Was Popular #madmagazine

“My main worry is that the idea is the A.I. can make a smarter A.I. in some way that we’re not going to understand. .. So we’re ending up in a world where .. we’re just going to have to trust what it tells us about how it works or whether it’s aligned.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/o...

> @variety.com variety.com/2026/digital...

#IAsen

Joint statement from the White House television pool members: (via @cnn.com)

".. The Joliet refinery is a key ​fuel supplier to ​the U.S. ⁠Midwest. According to the company's website, it can produce about 11 million gallons per day of ​gasoline and diesel fuel." @reuters.com $XOM www.reuters.com/business/ene...

I love that the caption for that half a jet calls it “damaged.” As if we just need to bang out a few dents.

Excuse me, what??

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is setting off on what’s shaping up as his busiest travel schedule in more than seven years, partly in a bid to convince nations that Beijing offers better global leadership than the US

WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. Americans are now paying roughly 75% more for aluminum than the rest of the world.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/opinion/u-s-...

NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S ASSOCIATION: ".. NCBA is disappointed by the President’s statement. .. .. flooding the market with government-subsidized, below-market beef is not the way to rebuild the American cattle herd." www.ncba.org/news-media/n...

In which multiple US sailors -- frustrated by their extended deployment -- attempt to jump overboard. @militarytimes.bsky.social www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...

“No War Has Started This Unpopular” (via Egan-Jones)

Donald Trump is doing a great job building up David Hearn's civil case against the government, which could give him and his lawyers another lever to crowbar loose more communications between DOJ and other agencies leading to his indictment. (cc @davidrlurie.com)

Trump Fundraising Email Warns Recipient’s ‘Supporter Status’ Is Canceled Unless They Pay Up

“.. Trump has leveraged his control of the federal government to instead escape the scrutiny that every other modern president, not to mention every other regular taxpayer, has been subject to.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...

"For 5 hrs, solar provided more electricity than nat gas... [between 9 AM - 5 PM]... solar provided > 1/3 of all elec in TX. At times it topped 40% of supply. Solar also helped charge up enough batteries that TX set a record for battery output when the sun set". www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...

“.. If Congress approves Trump's latest request, US farmers will receive $55.4B in subsidies this year. .. If spread evenly across 153.8 million U.S. taxpayers, that total would equal roughly $360 per taxpayer." @scottlincicome.bsky.social www.agweb.com/news/busines...

NYT: “.. he was unable to prove his case.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/u...

At least 75 career federal officials who’d played important roles in elections have left, been fired or been reassigned. In their place are roughly two dozen people Trump has installed in positions that could affect elections. Ten of them actively worked to reverse the 2020 vote. (Published April)

“.. leading to questions Thursday afternoon in the briefing room about who will handle the device when Trump addresses the nation that night.” @nymag.com nymag.com/intelligence...

Four months ago:

(AP) — A federal judge said Monday that President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS over his leaked tax returns was filed for an “improper purpose” as she referred attorneys for disciplinary actions. @apnews.com apnews.com/article/trum...

Breaking News: The Trump administration moved to open the habitats of imperiled animals to farming, drilling, mining and other development. Environmentalists characterized it as the most severe erosion of protections for wildlife in half a century. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/c...

".. The pause is one of the most high-profile fallouts of the heightened tensions this week .. ".. threatens to further tighten the global gas market, risking more intense competition between Asia and Europe for spare supply as they restock for the coming winter." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

(Reuters) - More than a thousand protesters chanting "ICE out of Houston" marched on Wednesday near the spot where a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a man driving ​to work, the latest in a spate of lethal encounters www.reuters.com/world/americ...

An Afghan national who fought alongside U.S. forces has died from an allergic reaction while in ICE custody, one day after he was detained for deportation proceedings, his death certificate shows. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

This is gonna end up with Rump paving over the entire reflecting pool, isn't it

(Reuters) - Just one in four Americans believes President Donald Trump's war with Iran was worth its costs and a majority worry that a truce with Tehran is unlikely to last, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.

‘Since the flotation, Fermi has failed to sign a major tenant, lost over $100mn of funding and suffered a share price collapse. Some of its founders and executives prospered, though, with net sales of $65mn in stock after the lock-up expired.‘ www.ft.com/content/4a79...

The Iran War has already eclipsed the supposed savings from DOGE's ill-considered cuts to USAID. And that's just considering the direct costs of the war. Cutting government waste takes time and discipline, not reckless dismantling of life-saving global health programs.

Two months ago today:

NYT: “.. least 97 of the nearly 1,600 people who were charged in connection with the Capitol riot have been accused of new crimes since Jan. 6, 2021 ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/u...

“.. In total, the federal staffers held SpaceX or xAI stock worth at least $9.9 million and as much as $43.8 million, according to the disclosures ..” @bloomberg.com $SPCX www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

GREG IP: “.. Adjusted for inflation, hourly wages are up 3% since the end of 2019 while profits are up 50%. That, in a nutshell, explains the chasm between an ebullient stock market and anxious public.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...

They” didn’t leak Trump’s tax returns. An IRS contractor did - along with thousands of other tax returns - during Trump’s first term. Biden’s DOJ prosecuted the contractor, who got the max: 5 years in prison. This is shameful spin from SDNY U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton.

“.. A new study from North Dakota State University says China’s retaliatory tariffs are causing greater losses for U.S. agricultural exports than the previous trade war.” (via @scottlincicome.bsky.social) www.brownfieldagnews.com/news/ndsu-st...

“.. U.S. President Donald Trump attends a maternal health event in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 11, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein” @reuters.com