Today on Ben Kissel Politics, we’re paying the real price for progress.

🌍 First, we dive into the climate toll of artificial intelligence—because every chatbot answer and AI-generated cat meme comes with a carbon footprint big enough to stomp a glacier.

🎖️ Meanwhile, in North Korea, Kim Jong Un has actually admitted his soldiers have lost battles. That’s right—the world’s most denial-prone dictator let the mask slip. (Somewhere a propaganda writer is being reassigned to “forever nap duty.”)

📸 And finally, Donald Trump is showing off a photo of himself with Vladimir Putin, as if it’s senior prom all over again. It’s the kind of flex that makes you wonder if his campaign strategy is just running on nostalgia and glossy prints.

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