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Democrats cautiously optimistic after Trump’s ad-libbed convention speech

The performance was ‘first good thing’ for Democrats in weeks after the ex-president dished out insults and lies

The Guardian - US

Cheering From the Press Box

Also: Oppenheimer and Godzilla win at the Oscars, Virginia state lawmakers nuke plans for taxpayer-funded arena, and more...

Reason

The Abundance Agenda Promises Everything to Everyone All at Once

Some progressives want to remove bureaucratic obstacles to growth—in the service of Democrats and big government.

Reason

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Americans dislike both Biden and Trump

But the “meh” vote normally favors the incumbent. The trick, one pundit says, is to tout Biden’s legislative accomplishments and remind people of all the terribly unpopular things Republicans have in mind.

Chicago Sun-Times

Boomers are still spending. We need to hike taxes, not interest rates, to fight inflation

A mixture of corporate and consumption taxes would be appropriate, even if it is a solution few people are talking about.

Crikey

Oren Cass Notices One of Industrial Policy's Fatal Flaws

Cass says industrial policy will only work if the politicians can put aside political disagreements and partisan agendas. In other words, industrial policy will never work.

Reason

The Problem With the 'Abundance Agenda'

True abundance requires a minimal state and free markets.

Reason

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Why chatbots are bound to spout bullshit

Some of what they say is true, but only as a byproduct of learning to seem believable

Financial Times

Fox News commentator mocked for outrageously blaming slave trade on wind

‘The ships were made of wood, so trees are also complicit’

The Independent UK

Rachel Maddow was panned for praising Tucker Carlson. Now she has a different take

“I think he’s always been exactly who he is,” Maddow says of the Fox News host

The Independent UK

Supreme Court "originalism" is pure BS

Right-wing justices claim they're delving for true meanings beneath the Constitution. It's another Big Lie

Salon

It's that time again! See which titles made Barack Obama's 2022 summer reading list

Would it really be summer without Barack Obama's summer reading list?

Los Angeles Times

Bill Gates Offers Five Book Ideas for Summer Reading

Don't expect anything by John Grisham or Danielle Steel. But Gates promises it's not too 'weighty,' except for a 600-pager.

The Street

Twitter is strictly for the birds: never am I more disconnected than when plugged in

The battles so viciously fought in this digital gladiatorial arena have a nasty habit of spilling over into ‘real life’, says Moya Lothian-McLean, a journalist who writes about digital culture

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The week in audio: the best podcasts on the conflict in Ukraine

There’s no shortage of excellent analysis of the Ukraine crisis, but there’s nothing to match the contributions of people at the sharp end of it

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