Extra, Extra
Weapons of Mass Distraction: Using inflated numbers and shoddy logic, Trump designates street fentanyl as a WMD, escalating the militarization of the drug war. This paves the way for more military on American streets and more unauthorized bombing of boats abroad. Speaking which… U.S. military says strikes on 3 boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean kill 8 people.
+ Short Circuited: “The European Commission backed away from what had been the world’s most aggressive timeline for phasing out internal-combustion engines, granting manufacturers and consumers more time to move off gasoline. A day earlier, Ford Motor Co. announced $19.5 billion in charges tied to the retreat from an electric strategy it vowed to go all in on eight years ago.” Bloomberg (Gift Article): The Electric Car Transition Unravels Slowly, Then All at Once. (Things went smoother when Dylan went electric…)
+ Bondi Update: Bondi terror attack: alleged gunmen travelled to the Philippines before ‘Isis-inspired’ shooting. And there was more than one bystander who risked everything to save lives. A new video shows an elderly couple trying to stop and disarm a Bondi gunman. “The dashcam video shows a couple who were killed in the attack.”
+ Brown Update: “Police released images last night of a “person of interest” taken two hours before the shooting, showing a person wearing a black mask, and requested the public’s help in identifying them. A man detained over the weekend was released because of a lack of evidence, after President Donald Trump earlier referred to him as ‘the suspect.'” Here’s the latest from NBC News.
+ Front Not Center: Spencer Ackerman: The Largest and Bloodiest U.S. Battlefield in 2025? Somalia.
+ The Elephant in the Roomba: “iRobot says it’s business as usual for the millions of Roombas in people’s homes, which will continue to function as expected — for now. But how did the most popular household robot company in the world fall so far and fall so spectacularly?” How Roomba invented the home robot — and lost the future. M.G. Siegler blames the regulators for killing Roomba.
+ You Cannot Be Sirius (without Howard): Howard Stern Signs Three-Year Deal After Contract Standoff. I saw a lot of false rumors, not a lot of actual standoffing. Either way, Howard staying on the air is great news because my beagles and I have run out of things to talk about on our walks.
