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Back In The USSR: Spending Two Weeks In A Real Socialist Country – OpEd

Back In The USSR: Spending Two Weeks In A Real Socialist Country – OpEd

By Patrick Barron Key Takeaways So-called “Democratic Socialists” are winning elections in America (New York City and Colorado). I’m sure

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Eurasia Review

Mises

New Dow CEO drives ‘transformation’ back to profitability amid oil market upheaval

Karen Carter leans on U.S. profitability for global Dow turnaround amid cost cutting and restructuring.

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Fortune

Jordan Blum

How AI can help make busy shipping routes safer for whales

In the San Francisco Bay, it’s increasingly common for whales to be hit and killed by ships. A pilot is testing technology that could help.

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Fast Company

Adele Peters

Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax was designed to hit the wealthy, but it’s sending most New Yorkers to their estate lawyers

Trusts and LLCs offer not only anonymity from public records, but also a way to protect your assets from liabilities.

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Fortune

Catherina Gioino

El-Sayed leads Stevens by 15 points in Michigan Senate primary: Poll

Progressive Abdul El-Sayed is leading Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) by 15 points ahead of next week's Democratic primary for Michigan’s open Senate...

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The Hill

Caroline Vakil

Inside Ikea’s big bet on humans in the age of AI

After rolling out a customer service bot, the Swedish retailer is remaking—not replacing—its workforce.

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Fortune

Claire Zillman

Readers sound off on Trump’s base, Black unemployment and Adrienne Adams

Readers sound off on Trump’s base, Black unemployment and Adrienne Adams

There’s a method to the constant madness Dartmouth, Mass.: President Trump has ridden to victory twice by addressing the grievances of millions of...

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NY Daily News

Voice Of The People

Paul, Trump forge unlikely alliance, mending strained relationship

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has emerged as an unlikely ally for President Trump in the Senate as Trump’s relationship with Republican leadership becomes...

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The Hill

Julia Manchester

The architects behind planned Kansas City Chiefs stadium want it to be as noisy as possible

When the jumbotrons read ‘get loud,’ fans will really be able to deliver.

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Fast Company

Hunter Schwarz

Ukraine and Iran wars converge as Trump seeks breakthroughs

The wars in Ukraine and Iran are converging like never before, with a rare direct confrontation between the two countries playing out on the Caspian...

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The Hill

Colin Meyn

Democrats need an intervention and an election strategy

Democrats need an intervention and an election strategy

An interesting article in The New York Times the other day reported that the Democratic National Committee was in arrears from anemic donations to the...

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Arkansas Online

John Brummett

We Are The Marauders – OpEd

We Are The Marauders – OpEd

About 3,300 years ago, in the region around the Mediterranean, civilization collapsed. That’s what the archaeological record shows: the spectacular

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Eurasia Review

John Feffer

Open Thread

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

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Reason.com

Eugene Volokh

Generative AI could boost creativity, but only for some workers

New research suggests that LLMs like ChatGPT could shift the way people think on the job—with a catch.

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Fast Company

Sarah Bregel

A Librarian Is Offering a Class on Avoiding AI. The Response Is Huge

A Librarian Is Offering a Class on Avoiding AI. The Response Is Huge
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Inc.com

Minda Zetlin

Brickbat: Rubbish

England Brickbat: Rubbish Charles Oliver | 7.30.2026 4:00 AM Share on Facebook Share on X...

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Reason.com

Charles Oliver

How the 1964 Civil Rights Act Eviscerated the American Constitution

James Madison would be horrified.

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American Thinker

Vince Coyner

Grateful for people of Arkansas who helped make U of A a success

Grateful for people of Arkansas who helped make U of A a success

Reflecting on my first five years as chancellor of the University of Arkansas, I feel a profound sense of gratitude. I am grateful to the students and...

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Arkansas Online

Arkansas Online Author

Trump’s legislative demand falls flat with Senate GOP

Republicans say a budget framework passed last week by the House to enact $73 billion in new defense spending and fund reforms in the SAVE America Act...

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The Hill

Alexander Bolton

AI could end up too cheap to control

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

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Vox

Eric Levitz

Hollywood’s ‘memory moment’: How Spider-Man vs. The Odyssey is driving the box office’s best summer since the pandemic

With the box office tracking to its first $10 billion year since the pandemic, Tom Holland and Zendaya (and Jon Bernthal) find themselves in rare...

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Fortune

Nick Lichtenberg

Maintenance tips that can help your car last longer

Learn 5 simple car care habits that can help protect your engine, tires, exterior, and essential systems

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Quartz

Haley Chamberlain

Trump’s dollar déjà vu: what an uncanny chart about the greenback shows about American exceptionalism

"It's the exact same pattern," LPL Financial's Adam Turnquist told Fortune. "Last week, I started refreshing data and here it is."

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Fortune

Nick Lichtenberg

Gen Z women are having an entrepreneurship boom

More young women are starting businesses than those in older generations, data shows.

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Fast Company

Sarah Bregel

The affordability crisis has gotten so bad that Love Island winners are spending their $100,000 on bills and student loans

The average student loan won't leave much change out of the $50,000 each individual winner will take home.

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Fortune

Eleanor Pringle

Why Syrian Intervention In Lebanon Would Be A Disaster – OpEd

By Dr. Dania Koleilat Khatib Key Takeaways US President Donald Trump has bluntly signaled, several times, that he would encourage

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Eurasia Review

Arab News

Millions could've kept health insurance. Trump spent it on Iran.

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USA TODAY

Chris Brennan

US Conjoins The Wars In Eurasia, Middle East – OpEd

US Conjoins The Wars In Eurasia, Middle East – OpEd

Key Takeaways: On Friday, even as the US President Donald Trump was announcing the end of the latest round of

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Eurasia Review

M.k. Bhadrakumar

GWEN FAULKENBERRY: The German who joined our family

GWEN FAULKENBERRY: The German who joined our family

I am of the opinion that everyone needs their own personal German. We acquired ours with equal measures of curiosity and audacity on the beach in...

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Arkansas Online

Gwen Faulkenberry

Forget robots on assembly lines. Foundational Industries wants AI to run the entire factory

The startup says software-native factories can leapfrog China’s highly automated manufacturing base rather than trying to replicate it.

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Fortune

Lily Mae Lazarus

This Man Spent 58 Years Building a $400 Million Company. Now, He’s Giving It Away

This Man Spent 58 Years Building a $400 Million Company. Now, He’s Giving It Away
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Inc.com

Bill Murphy Jr

COLUMNIST: What John Fetterman forgot about his Senate seat

COLUMNIST: What John Fetterman forgot about his Senate seat

Pennsylvanians were well acquainted with John Fetterman's idiosyncrasies by the time he was elected to the U.S. Senate four years ago. No one had a...

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Arkansas Online

Arkansas Online Author

Complicity In Plain Sight: The West’s Scarlet Letter of Indifference

The architecture of international justice was built upon a single uncompromising promise: never again. It was forged in the ashes of 20th century...

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CounterPunch

M. Reza Behnam

Major South Carolina Military Base to Be Renamed for Lindsey Graham

Major South Carolina Military Base to Be Renamed for Lindsey Graham

A C-17 Globemaster III aircraft seen at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, ahead of the “Salute to the Shore” flyover on July 4, 2026. Joint...

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The National Interest

Peter Suciu

Desperately Seeking Scapegoats

Desperately Seeking Scapegoats

Daily news & progressive opinion—funded by the people, not the corporations—delivered straight to your inbox.

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Common Dreams

Abby Zimet

41 million names, 528 LED screens: This memorial recognizes every U.S. veteran from the Revolutionary War to today

The USAA National Military Monument, up now in D.C., is a temporary installation that honors every U.S. veteran.

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Fast Company

Hunter Schwarz

Watch live: Schumer headlines anti-corruption forum ahead of midterms

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) is set to deliver remarks Thursday morning at a Public Citizen forum focused on combating public...

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The Hill

The Hill Staff

BRET STEPHENS: Jewish Terrorism Is Also a Threat to Zionism

BRET STEPHENS: Jewish Terrorism Is Also a Threat to Zionism

Because Israel is routinely the victim of double standards--Will Zohran Mamdani ever make a personal cause of denouncing his native Uganda for...

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Arkansas Online

Arkansas Online Author

Trump is Right: Americans Should Embrace AI Data Centers

America stands at a crossroads that will define her power for generations on end.

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American Thinker

Joseph Ford Cotto

The Same Old Complaints: The Political War on Higher Education Never Ends

As colleges prepare for the fall, yet again they are under political attack. Some say that its standards are eroding. Or a college degree does not...

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CounterPunch

David Schultz

Will Flávio Bolsonaro Become The Fourth Amigo? – OpEd

Will Flávio Bolsonaro Become The Fourth Amigo? – OpEd

On Saturday, Flávio Bolsonaro officially launched his campaign to become president of Brazil. If he wins the race, Bolsonaro will

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Eurasia Review

Adam Dick

The Mohammunist Manifesto’s Wealth Redistribution Agenda

It’s not only violence that binds communism and Islam. It’s also the respective leaderships’ moral belief that certain people must be denied wealth.

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American Thinker

Milli Sands

Live updates: US retaliates against Iran; CDC, Labor nominees face Senate panel vote

The U.S.-Iran conflict threatens to expand, as the American military retaliated late Wednesday after Tehran's surprise strikes the day prior. The U.S....

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The Hill

The Hill Staff

Tariffs, debt, and a stubborn Fed are squeezing consumers

Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune.

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Fortune

Diane Brady

Fast-food execs keep pushing for more AI systems, but fail to see the big picture: Customers still want humans

The fast food industry’s automation push carried a simple promise: Robots would flip burgers, AI would take drive-thru orders, and labor costs would...

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Fortune

Joshua Hong

John Thune hopes to orchestrate a great Senate escape

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Politico

Jordain Carney

Guest Column: Anniversary of notorious episode a reminder tolerance is relative

This past week was the 57th anniversary of the death of Mary Jo Kopechne, a young woman who somehow found herself in a car driven by a drunk who just...

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Yuma Sun

Christine Flowers

Enron, Johnson & Johnson, and OpenAI Reveal the Same Disturbing Pattern

Enron, Johnson & Johnson, and OpenAI Reveal the Same Disturbing Pattern
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Inc.com

Howard Yu

The France I Know, Now in Flames

If you think of France as a place to see the Eiffel Tower, sip wine, and eat confit de canard or escargot in chic cafés with old zinc bars and woven...

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CounterPunch

Becky Grant

Straight As, Empty Minds

When half of graduates receive A’s while increasing numbers of degree holders embrace economic ideas that consistently fail the tests of history and...

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American Thinker

Jim Cardoza