JULY 2026
7.1 Axios: Just this year, AI has been blamed for nearly 102,000 job cuts.
JUNE 2026
6.30 According to financial disclosure forms, Trump reaped a stunning windfall in his first year back in the White House, including about $1.4 billion from his family’s cryptocurrency. All told, the president pulled in at least $2.2 billion. That compares to a minimum of $622 million his enterprises pulled in for all of 2024, before …
MAY 2026: “YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT GOOD TIMING FOR ME”
5.31 Jon Ossoff: “He is a failed president and a national disgrace.” 5.31 The Sheep Detectives 5.30 Dance recital 5.30 Greg Ip in the Wall Street Journal “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 …
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MAY 2, 2026: LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS
“Bruce Springsteen tackles Trump, weaves joy and resistance at Atlanta show,” read the headline in The Atlanta Journal Constitution,” and they nailed it. Accompanied by the stalwart regulars of the E Street Band, a horn section, a trio of back up singers, and the virtuosic Tom Morello, Springsteen delivered what by all accounts was his …
APRIL 2026: “A WHOLE CIVILIZATION WILL DIE TONIGHT”
4.30 The Road to Ithaca, by Ben Pastor. 4.29 The Supreme Court weakens the Voting Rights Act of 1965, limiting protections against racial gerrymandering and making it harder to challenge discriminatory voting maps. 4.29 Ashley Parker and Michael Schererin The Atlantic: “Hegel’s theory of “world-historical individuals,” men who redirected the course of humanity, focused on three figures: …
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MARCH 2026: “I HANG OUT WITH LOSERS BECAUSE IT MAKES ME FEEL BETTER”
3.30-31 Loose Lips reading in New York. La Guardia airport is as nice as they say it is. 3.29 Yonatan Touval in the Times: “The spycraft kind of intelligence behind the war planning and execution is extensive. Recent reporting suggests that Israeli intelligence spent years penetrating Tehran’s traffic cameras and communications networks and built what one unnamed …
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FEBRUARY 2026: “I WANT TO BE A GOOD BOY”
2.28 US and Israel launch massive bombing attack on Iran, killing decades-long Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Eliot Cohen in The Atlantic: “Any normal president launching a war with such aims against a country of some 90 million people; with an area roughly that of France, Germany, Spain, and Italy combined; with a GDP (in …
JANUARY 2026: “WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A RUPTURE”
1.31 Joe Walsh: “To my fellow Democrats, call him a fascist. He IS a fascist. Don’t be afraid to call him that. He’s using our Justice Department to go after his political enemies. He’s detaining & disappearing people without due process. And now he’s arresting journalists. He’s a fascist. Call him that. Don’t be afraid.” …
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DECEMBER 2025: “THE FUNDAMENTAL THINGS APPLY”
12.31 Ron Brownstein, in conversation with Bill Kristol: “Amid all of the swirling currents that you get whenever Trump is in the White House, I really feel like, to go back to pop culture, the real message of ‘25 was “the fundamental things apply.” At various points in his career, Trump has given the impression …
NOVEMBER 2025
11.3o I play my 800th Wordle. Currently I have a 99 percent solve rate, and a streak of 68. My longest streak was 85. 11.29 Tom Stoppard dies at 89. 11.27 Robert A.M. Stern dies at 86. 11.24 A federal judge throws out the criminal charges against James Comey and Letitia James after finding that …