TRUMP CRASHES OUT OVER FACT-CHECKS OF HIS OUTLANDISH 9/11 LIE

LIBERAL NEWS
the BLUE PILL

Pardon brokers offer to "put pressure on the president," at sky-high costs [Lean Left] — CBS News

Why Is D.H.S. Getting Involved in Elections? [Lean Left] — NYT Politics

California moves to rein in social media and AI chatbots to protect kids [Lean Left] — LA Times

Trump Has Bonkers Excuse for Why He Won’t Just Give Out $5,000 Now [Strong Left] — New Republic

Stefany Shaheen, daughter of Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, wins New Hampshire House primary [Lean Left] — Politico

Trump Reveals What He Really Things of JD Vance for 2028 [Strong Left] — New Republic

The Numbers Don’t Lie: Trump’s Convention Speech Was a Total Flop [Strong Left]Fact-Check — New Republic

Undocumented immigrants are paying their taxes today, too [Lean Left] — CNN

The Tech Bros’ War on Climate Action [Strong Left] — New Republic

Oklahoma governor calls on officials to resign over recording of racist and threatening remarks [Lean Left] — CNN

Emmys Ballot 2026: Make All Your Winner Picks Here [Lean Left] — Vanity Fair

How Candidates Have Addressed Affordability in the Midterm Campaigns [Lean Left] — NYT Politics

Air Force officer prayed while "free-falling" after being shot down in Iran [Lean Left] — CBS News

Scott Bessent's furious war with financial press threatens to spiral into crisis: insiders [Strong Left] — Raw Story

GOP Embraces Cult Status With Pledge to Trump, Bonkers Video [Strong Left] — Rolling Stone Politics

Trump invites battleground Republicans to Rose Garden dinner [Lean Left] — Politico

Blind panic signals something monstrous just unraveled in an AI lab [Strong Left] — Raw Story

Trump Plays Americans for Fools by Trying to Bribe Them for Votes [Strong Left] — Rolling Stone Politics

HYPOCRITICAL NEWS

Trump Silent as Even His Top Conspiracy Guy Abandons Ship [Strong Left] — New Republic

Trump Crashes Out Over Fact-Checks of His Outlandish 9/11 Lie [Strong Left] — New Republic

Commentary: 'Help Wanted/Leave Now!' How U.S. immigration policy remains maddeningly consistently inconsistent [Lean Left] — LA Times

The Download: AI’s real extinction threat and age-reversal tech for eyes [Center] — MIT Technology Review

Fact-Checking Trump’s Attacks on Democratic Senate Candidates - The New York Times [Center] — Google News US Politics

Live fact check: Night 1 of the Republican Midterm Convention - PBS [Center] — Google News US Politics

The U.N.’s Double Standard on Israel [Lean Right] — National Review

Union power vs. MAGA politics in California's schools superintendent race [Center] — LA Times

A 27-year-old AI researcher shot to fame after speaking out against AI's threat to humanity. Was it a smart career move? [Center] — Business Insider

Trump's swing at green card holders on public benefits is facing a slew of lawsuits [Center] — Business Insider

Forget guardrails, Trump says all the AI industry needs is a smart president [Center] — Business Insider

Microsoft publishes 37-page 'humanist' code of conduct after AI doom debate: 'This is urgent' [Center] — Business Insider

‘Chaos On the Ground’: Fox Reports On Escalating Battle Threatening to Further Choke Global Oil Supply [Center] — Mediaite

‘How Bizarre Is This?’ NBC News Airs Interview with AI-Generated Actress [Center] — Mediaite

Minnesota Democrat Says ‘Both Parties Couldn’t Care Less About Corruption’ in Provocative New Ad [Center] — Mediaite

Trump Caps Off Stunning 9 Post Spree By Flat Out Writing Off AI Fears as a ‘HOAX’: Tech ‘Will Not Be Stopped’ [Center] — Mediaite

Critics Excoriate Don Jr. Over Explosive Report That a Russian Oligarch Partly Funded His Wedding: ‘What Did He Get in Return?’ [Center] — Mediaite

Trump Muses on Oil, Weapons, and ‘Sleepy Joe’ in Bizarre Social Media Storm [Center]Fact-Check — Mediaite

CONSERVATIVE NEWS
the RED PILL

Republicans Run Back Iconic Trump Campaign Ad — This Time Against Talarico [Strong Right] — Daily Wire

'Whoever Wins AI, Wins': Donald Trump Rejects Call for AI Slowdown from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Elon Musk [Strong Right] — Breitbart

Journal of Free Speech Law: "The Government Speech Doctrine Goes to School," by Heidi Kitrosser [Lean Right] — Reason

Congress Is a Living Advertisement for Term Limits [Lean Right] — National Review

El-Sayed’s liberal agenda clashes with Muslim voters who back him anyway: ‘Male version’ of Ilhan Omar [Lean Right] — Fox News Politics

Remember: The "S" in "Artificial Intelligence" Stands for "Safety" [Lean Right] — Reason

Republican running for NY House seat sues Democrat-run city for blocking GOP ‘town hall’ [Lean Right] — NY Post

Anthropic's Dario Amodei Calls for AI Industry Slow Down, Sam Altman and Elon Musk Signal Agreement [Strong Right] — Breitbart

Trump says Lindsay Clancy case is a ‘state situation' following attorney's pardon plea [Lean Right] — Fox News Politics

This California Social Media Law is a Privacy and Free Speech 'Nightmare' [Lean Right] — Reason

Government Unions Are Making a Comeback — and Taxpayers Will Pay the Price [Lean Right] — National Review

The Bottomless Demand for Stories of Israel’s Malevolence [Lean Right] — National Review

South Korea Will Invest $100 Billion in U.S. Nuclear Sector To Boost AI and Appease Trump [Lean Right] — Reason

Mamdani, NY AG Letitia James suing Trump over ‘intentionally vague’ visa denial plans [Lean Right] — NY Post

Federal judge rules Trump admin plan to cut FEMA workforce in half is unlawful [Lean Right] — Fox News Politics

DC Circuit Rejects Energy Department's Claim of "Emergency" Authority to Order Coal Plant to Remain Open [Lean Right] — Reason

Oklahoma Judge's Ruling Contained AI Hallucinations [Lean Right] — Reason

Suspected Sabotage of Deep-Sea Cable Triggers First NATO-Led Response [Lean Right] — Wall Street Journal

Market Correlation

U.S. equities are under pressure: the S&P 500 -0.48% at 7,620, the Nasdaq -0.56% at 26,186, the Dow -0.29% at 52,421. The VIX sits at 16.9 (+6.6% today), inside its normal range.

The 10-year Treasury yield is easing at 4.96% — the number behind mortgage rates and Washington's interest bill. The dollar index is at 99.5 (+0.4%). Elsewhere: gold down 1.9% at $4,328/oz; WTI crude up 1.6% at $101.70/bbl; Bitcoin at $78,977 (+2.8%).

Among big names, COIN leads gainers at +9.24%, while SMCI lags at -8.38%. Rate moves and energy prices feed straight into the political fight over inflation — match this against the headlines above.

S&P 500 7,619.96 -0.48%

Nasdaq 26,186.41 -0.56%

Dow 52,421.28 -0.29%

VIX 16.89 +6.63%

10Y Yield 4.96% -0.28%

Dollar Index 99.48 +0.36%

Bitcoin 78,977.33 +2.78%

Gold 4,327.5 -1.85%

Oil WTI 101.7 +1.65%