Extra, Extra

Quack Sand: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health. That might not sound like breaking news these days. But it is when it comes from basically every person who’s run the CDC for the past few decades. Meanwhile, over 85 scientists say Energy Dept. climate report lacks merit. (Lacks merit is scientist-speak for complete bullsh-t.)

+ Law Firm? Federal judges are applying the law to Trump’s moves like deploying the National Guard to LA and imposing tariffs. Will the Supreme Court do the same?

+ Piling On: Two places suffering from ongoing unnatural disasters just got hit by natural disasters, too. As many as 1,000 killed in Sudan landslide. And, an earthquake devastates eastern Afghanistan.

+ Divide and Conquer: “Classically, increased wealth and value gaps lead to increased populism of the right and populism of the left and irreconcilable differences between them that can’t be resolved through the democratic process. So democracies weaken and more autocratic leadership increases as a large percentage of the population wants government leaders to get control of the system to make things work well for them.” Ray Dalio on the everything story. Rising inequality is turning US into an autocratic state.

+ Ru the Day: Trump Says He’ll Give Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom. (At least have the decency to hold the ceremony at Four Seasons Total Landscaping…)

+ Elon AI: How Elon Musk Is Remaking Grok in His Image.

+ Crest of a Wave: “The young Hawaiian princes were in the water, enjoying it hugely and giving interesting exhibitions of surfboard swimming as practiced in their native islands.” How 3 Hawaiian teen princes brought surfing to the mainland.

+ ‘Heel Thyself: “Since he took the job last December, having been thoroughly rejected by the NFL despite his six Super Bowl Rings, the football world has been wondering what 73-year-old Bill Belichick would look like coaching a college team. It subsequently became a nine-month journey of interest in his personal life, a book tour, a series of awkward interviews and a branding initiative led by his 24-year-old girlfriend. What we didn’t hear much about was the football team he had to coach. Maybe now we know why.” Bill Belichick’s awful North Carolina debut. (Maybe he can sign Tom Brady to an NIL deal…)