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Emil Bove confirmed 50-49 to lifetime appointment on Third Circuit

Followup: Trump tariffs went into effect on 60 countries

Also 100% tariff on computer chips??

Arab states (finally) called on Hamas to surrender

Hamas: no disarmament unless Palestinian state is created with Jerusalem as capital

Trump fired the guys who report the job numbers (BLS Director)

Bukele extends El Salvador’s presidential terms to 6 years and removes term limits, setting him up to be Dictator For Life

Fed refused to cut rates again and Trump is all pissed off

RFK terminating funding for mRNA vaccine research

GPT-5 released Zvi: “Early indications look like best possible situation, we can relax, let the mundane utility flow”

White House announces AI Action Plan to “win the race”, Zvi says it’s actually pretty good, all things considered

Texas Democrats leave state to prevent a legislative quorum and block redistricting. Gov issued arrest warrants and asked FBI for help, FBI says yes, without comment on how. Last time this happened was 2021

Mayor of LA signs an order that prohibits Senate Bill 9 from applying to places damaged by the recent massive fires. That’s the one that lets people build an extra house on their property, and/or split their single home into a double.

Waymo recently mapped the streets of Boston (sparking “concern” that they didn’t permission). The Teamsters are pushing legislation to stop robotaxis there, to protect their jobs. Since Waymo’s get in 90% fewer accidents than human drivers, this is sacrificing thousands of lives for union jobs.

News you can ignore: Tea app that let women gossip about men was hacked, releasing all their names/photos/IDs

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Nuclear power… on the moon!

UK & Germany will have Lyft robotaxis next year, sourced from Baidu

Bystander sees man fall unconscious onto train track as a train approaches, sprints across the track and yanks him to safety seconds before impact.

Troop Deployment

Wes - Find Aella a Husband

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Wes interviews Ryan Singer about Tornado Cash and the Roman Storm trial.

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Check out Ryan’s current project at vex.trade

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WSJ: DoJ told Trump that his name is in the files

Ghislaine Maxwell given “limited immunity” by DoJ

Two courts have issued nationwide injunctions against birthright citizenship order

The James Webb Space Telescope found that all cosmic background radiation is explicable from Early Mature Galaxies

Trade deal with EU

Also 15% deal with Japan

GENIUS Act passed

Congress rescinded $9 billion in funding for foreign aid and PBS

Tulsi Gabbard released a dumb Russiagate report

DoJ is forming a “task force”

French dude climbs out onto a narrow-ass ledge 6 floors up to help his neighbors escape an apartment fire through a tiny window.

Ozzy concert raised $190M for Parkinsons research & Children’s Hospitals

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Click-to-Cancel law cancelled by Federal courts

Big Beautiful Bill passed

More immigration judges

“Trump Accounts” for newborns

Trumps 90-day pause on Crazy Tariffs extended to Aug 1

50% on copper imports

Unclear why

50% tariff on Brazil

14 more countries:

DoJ filed suit against California DoE for allowing trans girls in sports

Also did a settlement agreement with UPenn to bar trans women from sports and expunge Lia Thomas records

SCOTUS upheld age verification law for porn sites

SCOTUS: 1A requires opt-out for gay books

IRS announced policy that churches can endorse political candidates

Paramount is paying off Trump

MAGA is tearing itself apart over “Epstein Files”

July 7 - DoJ released a memo saying “nothing to see here”

French court found that all Gazans are eligible for asylum

First ever (?) court order issued based on AI hallucinated cases

China has created an AI Safety Institute

MechaHitler has entered the chat.

Grok learned to search for Musk’s opinions when answering.

News you can ignore!

Elon Musk is starting a political party

NY Mayor candidate Mamdani had an “admissions scandal.”

Half the news is about the story itself

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You can keep your shoes on at the airport

Monks building a monastery in Wyoming

Working at it since 2014 and still going.

PP405, developed by UCLA scientists

Atmospheric mercury down 70% since the year 2000, due to less coal power and other human interventions.

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RFK’s new anti-vax panel is “re-examining” the childhood vaccination schedule

SCOTUS:

States can ban blockers, hormones, and surgery for minors

There’s no individual right to enforce Medicaid law’s requirement that people can choose their own provider

No universal injunctions allowed

No expansion of non-delegation doctrine

NATO leaders pledge to lift defense spending to 5% of GDP by 2035

Federal court: AI training on copyrighted material is fair use

In related case, judge states repeatedly in ruling that plaintiff could have won if they’d made the very obviously true case that it dilutes the market rather than the retarded case that AI isn’t transformative

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UK scientists launched the Synthetic Human Genome Project, securing an initial $14M from the Wellcome Trust to build synthetic human DNA from scratch

Dad jumps overboard from Disney cruise ship to rescue his 5 year old daughter

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Eneasz - Copyright reform as national security issue.

Wes - Take Mary’s class

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Klimar Abrego Garcia is coming home!

Sadly, the Iranian talks were canceled

Possibly damaged centrifuges

Thursday before attacks IAEA says Iran in violation of nuclear obligations, and Iran announced it would make a new enrichment facility

Ukraine hit the Kerch Strait Bridge with UUS

Assassination of Minnesota lawmaker

In the UK, there’s a tradition of letting the party of any lawmaker killed in an act of political violence run unopposed in the by-election.

Elon apologized to Trump

Trump memo says to stop immigration enforcement against agriculture, restaurants, and hotels

Truth Social post

Trump EO: repeal ban on supersonic flight!

Trump EO: investigate Biden’s mental state

RFK fired the entire CDC vaccine advisory committee

Half of new appointees are anti-vaxxers

Jim O’Niell confirmed as deputy director of HHS

Ames v. Ohio Dept of Youth Services

West Taiwan is doing gain of function research… IN SPAAAAAAAAAACE!

Disney and Universal are suing AI firm Midjourney for copyright infringement

you can build a place to live in the Bay area for $42k! (just not legally)

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Canada getting cheaper semaglutide soon

Contact lenses give humans a limited ability to see Infrared

Nuclues Embryo is advertising full genetic screening for IVF

Federal judge approved a $2.8B settlement that allows colleges to pay student athletes directly for the first time and grants back pay to athletes who were barred from payments (back to 2016)

It's very likely that we're now able to provide people with organ transplants from pigs. Doctors implanted a 62 yr old with a pig's kidney that had been given 69 edits to be

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News discussed:

Rightwing populist wins Polish presidential election

Tariffs (finally) struck down by federal court

Trump taking steel tariff from 25% to 50%, but approving Nippon Steel deal

Trump EO: pause on student visas

Also wants to “aggressively revoke” Chinese student visas

Meanwhile, a Federal Court blocked Trump’s order to deny Harvard student visas

SCOTUS: deadlocked 4-4 over whether you can exclude religious schools from public funding

SCOTUS curtails NEPA a bit more in an oil-shipping case

Two Israeli embassy staff (a young couple) shot dead outside Jewish museum in Washington DC

A man throwing molotov cocktails and using make-shift flamethrower injures 8 at a gathering in Boulder in support of Israeli hostages

Emil Bove nominated to Third Circuit

Elon is leaving DOGE

He’s not happy with the “big beautiful” budget bill

“Take It Down Act” passes

https://rachelshu.com/

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Penny is finally dead!!

Badass doctor gives established medical science a middle finger/shrug of indifference to invent a novel way to remove a chordoma from a 19 year old’s brain stem.(second source)

Every agency has 365 days to list out all the regulations that have a criminal penalty and then that report has to be made public and must be updated annually.

First Personalized CRISPR Therapy for 9 month old treats a rare genetic disorder!

Rapid bedside test predicts sepsis with over 90 percent accuracy (Nature article link)

Sesame Street will continue to air on Netflix (and on PBS/PBS Kids)

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Followups:

The biggest terrorist attack on India soil since 2008 by Pakistani funded terrorists

Federal judge says Trump can deport illegal aliens under the Alien Enemies Act, but must give 21-day notice and opportunity for hearing

Different judge said Trump can’t deport illegal aliens to countries where they aren’t citizens without due process

SCOTUS also halted some deportations

New News:

China tariffs lowered to 30%

Trump even more openly taking bribes

We’re accepting white refugees!

Deputy Secretary of State: exception to asylum pause for people if they “did not pose any challenge to our national security and that they can be assimilated easily into our country"

African National Congress: “No section of our society is hounded, persecuted, or subject to discrimination”

Trump EO: pharma companies must sell drugs at “most favored nation” pricing

Trump EO: “it is the policy of the United States to ensure the total elimination of [assorted drug cartels]’s presence in the United States, and their ability to threaten the territory.”

Strikes by assorted federal law enforcement agencies against cartel bases in Texas, Colorado, Utah, and Montana.

FDA doing an investigation into ingestible fluoride supplements with the goal of banning them

FDA: “Ingested fluoride has been shown to alter the gut microbiome

Joe Biden diagnosed with “aggressive” prostate cancer

Moody’s downgraded US credit rating to Aa1

Trump agreed to a ceasefire with the Houthis

No ceasefire with Israel

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We've transmuted lead into gold!

Germany backing off its anti-nuclear energy policy to strengthen ties with France

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News discussed:

Harvard sued Trump administration over funding withdrawal

Ukraine did a minerals deal!

Mike Waltz demoted to UN ambassador

Trump did a takesies-backsies on the whole deporting students thing

12 states sue Trump administration over 'illegal tariffs'

Senate almost voted to rescind the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 that gives the president the power to set tariffs

FBI filed criminal complaint against a judge for trying to help an illegal alien escape

Entire Iberian peninsula experienced a blackout

Oklahoma’s new social studies curriculum requires students to learn that the 2020 election was stolen

GDP growth going negative

Liberal party had a huge comeback in Canada

Australia too

David’s War Corner:

New War Just Dropped! Indo-Pakistan Cold War maybe going hot.

New Defense Funding Packet Dropped!

Petit Morts:

Elon Musk says he's stepping back from DOGE

North Korea confirms troops fighting in Russia

A federal judge ruled that President Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport suspected Venezuelan gang members violated due process

a city called Starbase

Happy News!

Prohibiting the FDA from regulating e-cigarettes reduced smoking attributable mortality by nearly 10% on average each year from 2011-2019

USDA approves gene-edited pigs

Hemophilia B has been essentially cured in humans

“I am typing this with my brain”

Man who lets snakes bite him (over 200 times, almost died a few times, presumably for the high) is now the source of a potent antivenom

small molecule inhibitor neutralizes 19 of the most dangerous venoms and is called first step to universal antivenom.

We have self-driving commercial freight between Dallas and Houston!

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Eneasz - Rationalist Trifecta is here! Come see me at LessOnline and/or Manifest and/or VibeCamp

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