A 5-minute video on how Vance is entirely Thiel's creation & if Vance becomes president, it will be Dubya & Cheney redux with Thiel as Cheney.
The scary thing is you know all these points. But he pulls them tight enough to make you want to loosen your collar.
What a great column by Anton Jäger in the @nytimes.com containing an embarrassing amount of important details I did not know
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/o...
In other news, the Pentagon, farm aid, and every other part of the budget will go bankrupt in a year unless Congress acts
Ignore scare headlines like this
Social Security has long-term funding built in, which needs to be adjusted (as it will be), every few years
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/b...
As part of our Pride Month series, we interviewed painter and filmmaker Jamie Nares, who came out as transgender in 2019. She leads us through her distinct personal and artistic evolutions, insistent on finding “the essences of things,” and “stripping away what’s superfluous.”
‘The US has declared it will investigate Mexican consulates for organising protests against Trump, ICE and the genocide in Gaza. The goal, it seems, is to fabricate evidence of links between Morena and “terrorism”.’
Forrest Hylton on US intervention in Mexico.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ma...
Michael Kinnucan makes a great point about what's wrong with local meetings to discuss siting things like a homeless shelter: the reasonable choice is not available to pick
He can't be deported yet, and the case against him is still insane. Succinct summary of the details.
www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
What the spirit of Bandung really was, how it persisted alongside petering out & a vision of its revival by @vijayprashad.bsky.social
thetricontinental.org/newsletteris...
Economic growth alone cannot secure genuine sovereignty in Asia; a regional platform for coordination remains a vital material necessity to safeguard the region against imperialism and neocolonialism.
Coming today from Nerd Reich Media:
Thielbilly Elegy: How Peter Thiel Created JD Vance.
Five minutes that you'll never forget. Going live at 2 p.m. Pacific (5 pm EST)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRWF...
