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<\/a><\/p>\nHeather Delaney Reese: The First Lady Knows What\u2019s Coming<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nA trivial note. That\u2019s what she called a warm, familiar email to a woman now serving 20 years in federal prison for sex trafficking minors.<\/p>\n
And then she said something that I think reveals more than she intended. When explaining her connection to Epstein, she told the American people, \u201cDonald and I were invited to the same parties as Epstein from time to time, since overlapping in social circles is common in New York City and Palm Beach.\u201d She said it as if moving through rooms with men like Epstein is simply part of the lifestyle when you\u2019re wealthy, connected, and inside those circles. She wants us to believe that proximity to a monster was just the cost of being elite.
\n(Heather Delaney Reese more…)<\/a><\/p>\nBorowitz: BREAKING: Another Statement From Melania<\/a><\/h2>\nBREAKING: In the early hours of Friday, when everyone else at the White House was fast asleep, Melania Trump made the following statement:<\/em><\/p>\nGood morning.<\/p>\n
The lies linking me with the disgraceful Donald J. Trump need to end today.<\/p>\n
William Kristol, Andrew Egger, and Jim Swift @ Bulwark<\/em>: Melania Throws Donald Under the Bus<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – April 10, 2026<\/a><\/h2>\nIt feels like something shifted in the United States this week after President Donald J. Trump threatened on Tuesday that \u201ca whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.\u201d As professor of human rights, global affairs, and philosophy Mathias Risse of Harvard University\u2019s Kennedy School noted, the Geneva Conventions prohibit \u201cacts or threats of violence whose primary purpose is to terrorize civilians.\u201d He notes that Trump\u2019s threat terrorized 90 million Iranians by threatening them with genocide.<\/p>\n
Trump has continued to struggle to assert his power over Iran since Tuesday, and has continued to fail. Yesterday former secretary of state John Kerry told Jen Psaki of The Briefing<\/em> that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu had urged presidents Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and George W. Bush to strike Iran, and they all refused him. Only Trump was willing to go along.<\/p>\nBut negotiations have been rocky all along, and today Trump warned that if Iran didn\u2019t come to a peace deal, the U.S. would launch even deadlier attacks. …
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Raskin asked the White House physician to \u201c[c]onduct a comprehensive neuropsychological assessment of the President, including a formal cognitive screening instrument, and publicly release the results; [p]rovide a detailed report on the President\u2019s current mental and physical health status, including any medications he is currently taking and their potential cognitive side effects; and [m]ake yourself available for a briefing, under oath, with Members of the Committee on the results of this assessment.\u201d
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Lisa Needham: America learns about “personalist regimes” the hard way<\/a><\/h2>\nTruth Social posts are no way to run a country (or war).<\/em><\/p>\nRemember how there were endless fights over whether it was appropriate to say President Trump was a fascist? Well, that one seems pretty well-settled now.<\/p>\n
But Trump\u2019s second-term swath of destruction doesn\u2019t only prove that the fascist moniker is apt. It also shows that America is living under a personalist regime, and it\u2019s wrecking us.<\/p>\n
Consider the whiplash of Tuesday\u2019s genocidal threat<\/a> to wipe out Iran\u2019s entire civilization, one that hung in the air all day while everyone desperately hoped he\u2019d reverse himself before his self-imposed deadline. Everyone knew full well that the outcome would be based completely on Trump\u2019s whims, not part of any larger military strategy. It wasn\u2019t going to be the product of robust, informed debate among cabinet officials. The world had to just wait to see where Trump\u2019s vibes landed circa 8pm Eastern time.
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Jennifer Rubin: Calls for impeachment should be commended<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Parisa Hafezi, Maya Gebeily, Enas Alashray and Ahmed Tolba @ Reuters<\/em>: Iran demands ceasefire, assets before peace talks<\/a><\/h2>\nIran said today that blocked Iranian assets must be released and that a ceasefire must take hold in Lebanon before peace talks can proceed, throwing last-minute doubt over negotiations scheduled for Saturday in Pakistan.<\/p>\n
Emer Moreau @ BBC<\/em>: EU airline industry warns of fuel shortages if Strait of Hormuz stays closed<\/a><\/h2>\nPaul Krugman: From Drill, Baby, Drill to Toll, Baby, Toll<\/a><\/h2>\nThe Iran debacle and global power<\/em><\/p>\n
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Konrad Putzier @ WSJ<\/em>: Inflation Soared to 3.3% in March, Driven by Higher Gasoline Costs<\/a><\/h2>\nThe reading, the first major inflation report since the Iran war began, came in at its hottest level in two years<\/em>
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Antonio Regalado @ MIT Technology Review<\/em>: What\u2019s in a name? Moderna\u2019s \u201cvaccine\u201d vs. \u201ctherapy\u201d dilemma<\/a><\/h2>\nIs it the Department of Defense or the Department of War? The Gulf of Mexico or the Gulf of America? A vaccine\u2014or an \u201cindividualized neoantigen treatment\u201d?<\/p>\n
That\u2019s the Trump-era vocabulary paradox facing Moderna, the covid-19 shot maker whose plans for next-generation mRNA vaccines against flus and emerging pathogens have been dashed by vaccine skeptics in the federal government. …
\n(Antonio Regalado @ MIT Technology Review<\/em> more…)<\/a><\/p>\nRita Rubin @ JAMA<\/em>: How mRNA Vaccines Could Help Treat Cancer<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Ryan Devereaux @ Intercept<\/em>: A Redditor Criticized ICE. Trump Is Trying to Unmask Them by Dragging the Company to a Secret Grand Jury.<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Christina Pagel: What\u2019s Happened in America While You Were Watching the Iran War<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nA trivial note. That\u2019s what she called a warm, familiar email to a woman now serving 20 years in federal prison for sex trafficking minors.<\/p>\n
\n(Heather Delaney Reese more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
Borowitz: BREAKING: Another Statement From Melania<\/a><\/h2>\nBREAKING: In the early hours of Friday, when everyone else at the White House was fast asleep, Melania Trump made the following statement:<\/em><\/p>\nGood morning.<\/p>\n
The lies linking me with the disgraceful Donald J. Trump need to end today.<\/p>\n
William Kristol, Andrew Egger, and Jim Swift @ Bulwark<\/em>: Melania Throws Donald Under the Bus<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – April 10, 2026<\/a><\/h2>\nIt feels like something shifted in the United States this week after President Donald J. Trump threatened on Tuesday that \u201ca whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.\u201d As professor of human rights, global affairs, and philosophy Mathias Risse of Harvard University\u2019s Kennedy School noted, the Geneva Conventions prohibit \u201cacts or threats of violence whose primary purpose is to terrorize civilians.\u201d He notes that Trump\u2019s threat terrorized 90 million Iranians by threatening them with genocide.<\/p>\n
Trump has continued to struggle to assert his power over Iran since Tuesday, and has continued to fail. Yesterday former secretary of state John Kerry told Jen Psaki of The Briefing<\/em> that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu had urged presidents Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and George W. Bush to strike Iran, and they all refused him. Only Trump was willing to go along.<\/p>\nBut negotiations have been rocky all along, and today Trump warned that if Iran didn\u2019t come to a peace deal, the U.S. would launch even deadlier attacks. …
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Raskin asked the White House physician to \u201c[c]onduct a comprehensive neuropsychological assessment of the President, including a formal cognitive screening instrument, and publicly release the results; [p]rovide a detailed report on the President\u2019s current mental and physical health status, including any medications he is currently taking and their potential cognitive side effects; and [m]ake yourself available for a briefing, under oath, with Members of the Committee on the results of this assessment.\u201d
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Lisa Needham: America learns about “personalist regimes” the hard way<\/a><\/h2>\nTruth Social posts are no way to run a country (or war).<\/em><\/p>\nRemember how there were endless fights over whether it was appropriate to say President Trump was a fascist? Well, that one seems pretty well-settled now.<\/p>\n
But Trump\u2019s second-term swath of destruction doesn\u2019t only prove that the fascist moniker is apt. It also shows that America is living under a personalist regime, and it\u2019s wrecking us.<\/p>\n
Consider the whiplash of Tuesday\u2019s genocidal threat<\/a> to wipe out Iran\u2019s entire civilization, one that hung in the air all day while everyone desperately hoped he\u2019d reverse himself before his self-imposed deadline. Everyone knew full well that the outcome would be based completely on Trump\u2019s whims, not part of any larger military strategy. It wasn\u2019t going to be the product of robust, informed debate among cabinet officials. The world had to just wait to see where Trump\u2019s vibes landed circa 8pm Eastern time.
\n(Lisa Needham more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Jennifer Rubin: Calls for impeachment should be commended<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Parisa Hafezi, Maya Gebeily, Enas Alashray and Ahmed Tolba @ Reuters<\/em>: Iran demands ceasefire, assets before peace talks<\/a><\/h2>\nIran said today that blocked Iranian assets must be released and that a ceasefire must take hold in Lebanon before peace talks can proceed, throwing last-minute doubt over negotiations scheduled for Saturday in Pakistan.<\/p>\n
Emer Moreau @ BBC<\/em>: EU airline industry warns of fuel shortages if Strait of Hormuz stays closed<\/a><\/h2>\nPaul Krugman: From Drill, Baby, Drill to Toll, Baby, Toll<\/a><\/h2>\nThe Iran debacle and global power<\/em><\/p>\n
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Konrad Putzier @ WSJ<\/em>: Inflation Soared to 3.3% in March, Driven by Higher Gasoline Costs<\/a><\/h2>\nThe reading, the first major inflation report since the Iran war began, came in at its hottest level in two years<\/em>
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Antonio Regalado @ MIT Technology Review<\/em>: What\u2019s in a name? Moderna\u2019s \u201cvaccine\u201d vs. \u201ctherapy\u201d dilemma<\/a><\/h2>\nIs it the Department of Defense or the Department of War? The Gulf of Mexico or the Gulf of America? A vaccine\u2014or an \u201cindividualized neoantigen treatment\u201d?<\/p>\n
That\u2019s the Trump-era vocabulary paradox facing Moderna, the covid-19 shot maker whose plans for next-generation mRNA vaccines against flus and emerging pathogens have been dashed by vaccine skeptics in the federal government. …
\n(Antonio Regalado @ MIT Technology Review<\/em> more…)<\/a><\/p>\nRita Rubin @ JAMA<\/em>: How mRNA Vaccines Could Help Treat Cancer<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Ryan Devereaux @ Intercept<\/em>: A Redditor Criticized ICE. Trump Is Trying to Unmask Them by Dragging the Company to a Secret Grand Jury.<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Christina Pagel: What\u2019s Happened in America While You Were Watching the Iran War<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Good morning.<\/p>\n
The lies linking me with the disgraceful Donald J. Trump need to end today.<\/p>\n
William Kristol, Andrew Egger, and Jim Swift @ Bulwark<\/em>: Melania Throws Donald Under the Bus<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – April 10, 2026<\/a><\/h2>\nIt feels like something shifted in the United States this week after President Donald J. Trump threatened on Tuesday that \u201ca whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.\u201d As professor of human rights, global affairs, and philosophy Mathias Risse of Harvard University\u2019s Kennedy School noted, the Geneva Conventions prohibit \u201cacts or threats of violence whose primary purpose is to terrorize civilians.\u201d He notes that Trump\u2019s threat terrorized 90 million Iranians by threatening them with genocide.<\/p>\n
Trump has continued to struggle to assert his power over Iran since Tuesday, and has continued to fail. Yesterday former secretary of state John Kerry told Jen Psaki of The Briefing<\/em> that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu had urged presidents Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and George W. Bush to strike Iran, and they all refused him. Only Trump was willing to go along.<\/p>\nBut negotiations have been rocky all along, and today Trump warned that if Iran didn\u2019t come to a peace deal, the U.S. would launch even deadlier attacks. …
\n…<\/p>\n
Raskin asked the White House physician to \u201c[c]onduct a comprehensive neuropsychological assessment of the President, including a formal cognitive screening instrument, and publicly release the results; [p]rovide a detailed report on the President\u2019s current mental and physical health status, including any medications he is currently taking and their potential cognitive side effects; and [m]ake yourself available for a briefing, under oath, with Members of the Committee on the results of this assessment.\u201d
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Lisa Needham: America learns about “personalist regimes” the hard way<\/a><\/h2>\nTruth Social posts are no way to run a country (or war).<\/em><\/p>\nRemember how there were endless fights over whether it was appropriate to say President Trump was a fascist? Well, that one seems pretty well-settled now.<\/p>\n
But Trump\u2019s second-term swath of destruction doesn\u2019t only prove that the fascist moniker is apt. It also shows that America is living under a personalist regime, and it\u2019s wrecking us.<\/p>\n
Consider the whiplash of Tuesday\u2019s genocidal threat<\/a> to wipe out Iran\u2019s entire civilization, one that hung in the air all day while everyone desperately hoped he\u2019d reverse himself before his self-imposed deadline. Everyone knew full well that the outcome would be based completely on Trump\u2019s whims, not part of any larger military strategy. It wasn\u2019t going to be the product of robust, informed debate among cabinet officials. The world had to just wait to see where Trump\u2019s vibes landed circa 8pm Eastern time.
\n(Lisa Needham more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Jennifer Rubin: Calls for impeachment should be commended<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Parisa Hafezi, Maya Gebeily, Enas Alashray and Ahmed Tolba @ Reuters<\/em>: Iran demands ceasefire, assets before peace talks<\/a><\/h2>\nIran said today that blocked Iranian assets must be released and that a ceasefire must take hold in Lebanon before peace talks can proceed, throwing last-minute doubt over negotiations scheduled for Saturday in Pakistan.<\/p>\n
Emer Moreau @ BBC<\/em>: EU airline industry warns of fuel shortages if Strait of Hormuz stays closed<\/a><\/h2>\nPaul Krugman: From Drill, Baby, Drill to Toll, Baby, Toll<\/a><\/h2>\nThe Iran debacle and global power<\/em><\/p>\n
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Konrad Putzier @ WSJ<\/em>: Inflation Soared to 3.3% in March, Driven by Higher Gasoline Costs<\/a><\/h2>\nThe reading, the first major inflation report since the Iran war began, came in at its hottest level in two years<\/em>
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Antonio Regalado @ MIT Technology Review<\/em>: What\u2019s in a name? Moderna\u2019s \u201cvaccine\u201d vs. \u201ctherapy\u201d dilemma<\/a><\/h2>\nIs it the Department of Defense or the Department of War? The Gulf of Mexico or the Gulf of America? A vaccine\u2014or an \u201cindividualized neoantigen treatment\u201d?<\/p>\n
That\u2019s the Trump-era vocabulary paradox facing Moderna, the covid-19 shot maker whose plans for next-generation mRNA vaccines against flus and emerging pathogens have been dashed by vaccine skeptics in the federal government. …
\n(Antonio Regalado @ MIT Technology Review<\/em> more…)<\/a><\/p>\nRita Rubin @ JAMA<\/em>: How mRNA Vaccines Could Help Treat Cancer<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Ryan Devereaux @ Intercept<\/em>: A Redditor Criticized ICE. Trump Is Trying to Unmask Them by Dragging the Company to a Secret Grand Jury.<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Christina Pagel: What\u2019s Happened in America While You Were Watching the Iran War<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – April 10, 2026<\/a><\/h2>\nIt feels like something shifted in the United States this week after President Donald J. Trump threatened on Tuesday that \u201ca whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.\u201d As professor of human rights, global affairs, and philosophy Mathias Risse of Harvard University\u2019s Kennedy School noted, the Geneva Conventions prohibit \u201cacts or threats of violence whose primary purpose is to terrorize civilians.\u201d He notes that Trump\u2019s threat terrorized 90 million Iranians by threatening them with genocide.<\/p>\n
Trump has continued to struggle to assert his power over Iran since Tuesday, and has continued to fail. Yesterday former secretary of state John Kerry told Jen Psaki of The Briefing<\/em> that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu had urged presidents Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and George W. Bush to strike Iran, and they all refused him. Only Trump was willing to go along.<\/p>\nBut negotiations have been rocky all along, and today Trump warned that if Iran didn\u2019t come to a peace deal, the U.S. would launch even deadlier attacks. …
\n…<\/p>\n
Raskin asked the White House physician to \u201c[c]onduct a comprehensive neuropsychological assessment of the President, including a formal cognitive screening instrument, and publicly release the results; [p]rovide a detailed report on the President\u2019s current mental and physical health status, including any medications he is currently taking and their potential cognitive side effects; and [m]ake yourself available for a briefing, under oath, with Members of the Committee on the results of this assessment.\u201d
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Lisa Needham: America learns about “personalist regimes” the hard way<\/a><\/h2>\nTruth Social posts are no way to run a country (or war).<\/em><\/p>\nRemember how there were endless fights over whether it was appropriate to say President Trump was a fascist? Well, that one seems pretty well-settled now.<\/p>\n
But Trump\u2019s second-term swath of destruction doesn\u2019t only prove that the fascist moniker is apt. It also shows that America is living under a personalist regime, and it\u2019s wrecking us.<\/p>\n
Consider the whiplash of Tuesday\u2019s genocidal threat<\/a> to wipe out Iran\u2019s entire civilization, one that hung in the air all day while everyone desperately hoped he\u2019d reverse himself before his self-imposed deadline. Everyone knew full well that the outcome would be based completely on Trump\u2019s whims, not part of any larger military strategy. It wasn\u2019t going to be the product of robust, informed debate among cabinet officials. The world had to just wait to see where Trump\u2019s vibes landed circa 8pm Eastern time.
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Jennifer Rubin: Calls for impeachment should be commended<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Parisa Hafezi, Maya Gebeily, Enas Alashray and Ahmed Tolba @ Reuters<\/em>: Iran demands ceasefire, assets before peace talks<\/a><\/h2>\nIran said today that blocked Iranian assets must be released and that a ceasefire must take hold in Lebanon before peace talks can proceed, throwing last-minute doubt over negotiations scheduled for Saturday in Pakistan.<\/p>\n
Emer Moreau @ BBC<\/em>: EU airline industry warns of fuel shortages if Strait of Hormuz stays closed<\/a><\/h2>\nPaul Krugman: From Drill, Baby, Drill to Toll, Baby, Toll<\/a><\/h2>\nThe Iran debacle and global power<\/em><\/p>\n
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Konrad Putzier @ WSJ<\/em>: Inflation Soared to 3.3% in March, Driven by Higher Gasoline Costs<\/a><\/h2>\nThe reading, the first major inflation report since the Iran war began, came in at its hottest level in two years<\/em>
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Antonio Regalado @ MIT Technology Review<\/em>: What\u2019s in a name? Moderna\u2019s \u201cvaccine\u201d vs. \u201ctherapy\u201d dilemma<\/a><\/h2>\nIs it the Department of Defense or the Department of War? The Gulf of Mexico or the Gulf of America? A vaccine\u2014or an \u201cindividualized neoantigen treatment\u201d?<\/p>\n
That\u2019s the Trump-era vocabulary paradox facing Moderna, the covid-19 shot maker whose plans for next-generation mRNA vaccines against flus and emerging pathogens have been dashed by vaccine skeptics in the federal government. …
\n(Antonio Regalado @ MIT Technology Review<\/em> more…)<\/a><\/p>\nRita Rubin @ JAMA<\/em>: How mRNA Vaccines Could Help Treat Cancer<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Ryan Devereaux @ Intercept<\/em>: A Redditor Criticized ICE. Trump Is Trying to Unmask Them by Dragging the Company to a Secret Grand Jury.<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Christina Pagel: What\u2019s Happened in America While You Were Watching the Iran War<\/a><\/h2>\n
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But negotiations have been rocky all along, and today Trump warned that if Iran didn\u2019t come to a peace deal, the U.S. would launch even deadlier attacks. …
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Raskin asked the White House physician to \u201c[c]onduct a comprehensive neuropsychological assessment of the President, including a formal cognitive screening instrument, and publicly release the results; [p]rovide a detailed report on the President\u2019s current mental and physical health status, including any medications he is currently taking and their potential cognitive side effects; and [m]ake yourself available for a briefing, under oath, with Members of the Committee on the results of this assessment.\u201d Truth Social posts are no way to run a country (or war).<\/em><\/p>\n Remember how there were endless fights over whether it was appropriate to say President Trump was a fascist? Well, that one seems pretty well-settled now.<\/p>\n But Trump\u2019s second-term swath of destruction doesn\u2019t only prove that the fascist moniker is apt. It also shows that America is living under a personalist regime, and it\u2019s wrecking us.<\/p>\n Consider the whiplash of Tuesday\u2019s genocidal threat<\/a> to wipe out Iran\u2019s entire civilization, one that hung in the air all day while everyone desperately hoped he\u2019d reverse himself before his self-imposed deadline. Everyone knew full well that the outcome would be based completely on Trump\u2019s whims, not part of any larger military strategy. It wasn\u2019t going to be the product of robust, informed debate among cabinet officials. The world had to just wait to see where Trump\u2019s vibes landed circa 8pm Eastern time. Iran said today that blocked Iranian assets must be released and that a ceasefire must take hold in Lebanon before peace talks can proceed, throwing last-minute doubt over negotiations scheduled for Saturday in Pakistan.<\/p>\n The Iran debacle and global power<\/em><\/p>\n The reading, the first major inflation report since the Iran war began, came in at its hottest level in two years<\/em> Is it the Department of Defense or the Department of War? The Gulf of Mexico or the Gulf of America? A vaccine\u2014or an \u201cindividualized neoantigen treatment\u201d?<\/p>\n That\u2019s the Trump-era vocabulary paradox facing Moderna, the covid-19 shot maker whose plans for next-generation mRNA vaccines against flus and emerging pathogens have been dashed by vaccine skeptics in the federal government. …
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\nLisa Needham: America learns about “personalist regimes” the hard way<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Emer Moreau @ BBC<\/em>: EU airline industry warns of fuel shortages if Strait of Hormuz stays closed<\/a><\/h2>\n
Paul Krugman: From Drill, Baby, Drill to Toll, Baby, Toll<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nKonrad Putzier @ WSJ<\/em>: Inflation Soared to 3.3% in March, Driven by Higher Gasoline Costs<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n(Antonio Regalado @ MIT Technology Review<\/em> more…)<\/a><\/p>\nRita Rubin @ JAMA<\/em>: How mRNA Vaccines Could Help Treat Cancer<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nRyan Devereaux @ Intercept<\/em>: A Redditor Criticized ICE. Trump Is Trying to Unmask Them by Dragging the Company to a Secret Grand Jury.<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nChristina Pagel: What\u2019s Happened in America While You Were Watching the Iran War<\/a><\/h2>\n
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