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[Thomas L. Friedman @tomfriedman]

My column: Trump Put His Own Interests Above All in the Iran Deal https://t.co/8dOKqxVh39

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

"While wandering down the path of wonder, I briefly escape the world of separation and enter the world of unity."

Nobel laureate Hermann Hesse on wonder and the proper aim of education: https://t.co/iNorekFe3J

[Financial Times @FT]

How to lose a war in three easy steps https://t.co/gs2q6qSsZo

[Anthony Scaramucci @Scaramucci]

Trump has no economic philosophy.

He spent $8.2 trillion in his first term and he’s on pace for $9 to $10 trillion in this one.

We’re at 100% debt to GDP held by investors. 122% if you count the Fed’s balance sheet.

Ray Dalio will tell you those numbers put you in sovereign debt crisis territory and the only way politicians are willing to pay for it is through inflation.

What I actually agreed with Trump on was that both parties made well-intentioned mistakes that decoupled working class families from the American dream.

We built a K-shaped economy where lower and middle income people feel they can’t catch up.

That creates a level of anger that has to go somewhere.

Trump became the avatar for that anger.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Exclusive: U.S. intelligence agencies have warned the Trump administration that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to take steps that will undermine President Trump’s effort to reach a lasting peace deal with Iran. https://t.co/LF1mowtp08

[Frank Luntz @FrankLuntz]

“In the aftermath of the outbreak, the Air Force issued an exception to the voluntary vaccine policy, requiring that all recruits at Lackland AFB get flu shots.”

[Anthony Scaramucci @Scaramucci]

When I was White House communications director, Stephen Colbert was making cartoons of me every night.

He called me a Jersey Shore cast member, Tony Soprano on the Potomac.

He was taking a can opener to my forehead for eleven days straight.

After I got blasted out of the White House I consulted with a PR guy.

He told me to buy a villa in Tuscany and disappear and that I’d never recover from this.

So I went on Colbert’s show.

I asked him to sign the cartoon to my mother — because she watched his show every night.

The lesson is simple: You have to let things go.

And when you do, you win.

Don’t misunderestimate, as George W. Bush would say the culture war going into 2028.

Let it go and focus on getting your ideas across.

[Hidden Brain @HiddenBrain]

We tend to treat forgetting as a flaw, a sign our memory is failing us. Then you meet someone like Jill Price, who can recall nearly every day of her life in vivid detail, including the ones she'd give anything to lose. Her story reveals something strange about the mind: forgetting isn't a malfunction. It's how we heal, how we grow, and how we keep moving forward. The thing you wish you could remember better might be the thing protecting you.

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

Oliver Sacks on despair and the meaning of life https://t.co/oVOdnJnhNJ

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

A major flu outbreak has sickened nearly 160 troops at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas less than two months after Hegseth announced that US troops would no longer be required to be vaccinated for the flu. @GregJaffe @maggieNYT https://t.co/ZJGac2teuL

[The Telegraph @Telegraph]

Things are getting worse for Putin. Russian casualties at the Ukrainian front run at 30,000 a month. Inflation is out of control. Now he's making his last desperate bid to maintain his supremacy - read about it here: https://t.co/rdtCwBC8pj

[Frank Luntz @FrankLuntz]

Brilliant announcement by Ukraine’s minister of defense.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

More than 40 years ago, I arrived in Chicago in search of an idea. I was a young man looking for purpose, who believed deeply in America, was inspired by the Civil Rights Movement, and wanted to be a part of something larger. The America I believed in was one where everyone has opportunity, everyone is seen, everyone belongs—because that was an America that had a place for me, too.

[David Axelrod @davidaxelrod]

Pentagon Tells Lawmakers It Needs $80 Billion for Iran War and Other Bills.
The cost of incompetent leaders and bad decisions. https://t.co/DVnHSrW8mO

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

“i don’t know why the president of the united states behaves like this towards his allies: it is not the first time. i can only say it is disappointing that he does not show the same determination with the enemies of the west and of the united states, whose leaders he instead treats with far greater indulgence.”

- italy pm georgia meloni, saying publicly what most us allies are saying privately

[David French @DavidAFrench]

"In their arrogance, Trump and Netanyahu defied their predecessors in all the worst ways, and now they court a profound defeat when, not long ago, a meaningful victory, however partial, was well within their grasp." https://t.co/ua3ByowXno

[CBS News @CBSNews]

Paint was seen peeling from the floor of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, weeks after a $14 million renovation that included a new color President Trump called “American Flag Blue.”

[Frank Luntz @FrankLuntz]

Fox Sports is set to earn at least a quarter-billion dollars from commercials shown during the new 'hydration breaks' at the World Cup. ⚽️

https://t.co/1JpJ0x5SSp

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

President Trump has made a series of decisions that have confounded Republicans and are challenging his grip on the party https://t.co/LQodEVuZqh

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: The Trump administration is backing off a plan to end an ocean monitoring system critical to understanding climate change. https://t.co/u1coejtfde