Character no long counts? A scandal-plagued man running as a populist that the political establishment tried and failed to stop vs. a moderate woman who's been in D.C. for decades. Sound familiar?
Inflationary pressures tied to the Iran war keep building, squeezing household budgets and raising the risk that interest rates will stay higher for longer. The financial impact has begun to spread beyond fuel and food prices.
The Office of Management and Budget has called for a rule change that would impose restrictions on research that can be funded and give Trump appointees the final authority to deny funding for research deemed inconsistent with Trump's priorities.
Can’t say Trump doesn’t recycle. After promising for roughly the 40th time that a peace “deal” is only days away, more bluster and yet another declaration of victory.
(Free article) A get-out-of-jail-free card? Enlist Tucker Carlson to conduct a prison interview with Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime girlfriend and co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, who was willing to exonerate Trump from any wrongdoing with Epstein.
Enjoy Margarita Sikorskaia’s “Kiss and Wash" (2011).
Who would benefit from the proposed rules? For one, politically connected industries — including those that may want to obscure scientific links between their products and harmful health effects.
When democracy dies. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s “Self-Portrait” (1931). Popular during the Weimar Republic, Kirchner was declared a degenerate artist by the Nazis. When Hitler took power more than 600 of his works were sold or destroyed.
(Free article!) “What we are learning is that, definitely, exercise training is a major thing we should focus on to change the aging process,” said Simone Porcelli, an exercise physiologist at the University of Pavia in Italy. In that context, he added, “Emma is quite inspiring.
Interesting autopsy. Political strategists blame relentless advertising, message fatigue and doubts about whether a billionaire former hedge-fund titan could champion affordability and tax-the-rich policies.
