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Trump’s Monumental Obsession

Ilene — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 18:08:18 +0000

The president fantasizes about a capital city full of memorials—to himself. Donald Trump is facing multiple challenges. The United States is losing to one of its worst enemies in a war that has left the American economy mired in the sludge of growing inflation and rising energy prices. His …

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RFK Jr.’s ‘Medical Freedom’ Comes With a Body Count

Ilene — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 18:05:50 +0000

Measles showed up at a children’s hospital. The health secretary showed up at an anti-vax conference. EVERY DAY THERE ARE YOUNG, sometimes tiny human …

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RFK Jr.’s movement now has corporate sponsors

Ilene — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 18:05:09 +0000

The upcoming Make America Healthy Again Summit is brought to you by companies with business before the Health Department. When devotees of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again movement meet for a summit Sept. 29 in Washington, titans of American industry will pay the …

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Peter Thiel: Power, Palantir, and the antichrist

Ilene — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 18:00:33 +0000

He was early to back Facebook, early to back Donald Trump, and is one of the world’s richest people. But from his theories on the antichrist and AI …

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Trump Is Dismantling the World America Built

Ilene — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 18:00:01 +0000

Things are spinning out of control. Wars that were supposed to be contained are expanding across borders, drawing new powers into conflicts they …

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Why Does Everyone Hate Trump’s Tariffs?

Ilene — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 17:56:08 +0000

The surprising political failure of protectionism On April 2, 2025 — “Liberation Day” — Donald Trump imposed high tariffs – ranging from 10 to 48 …

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The Data-Center Debate Is Divorced From the Facts (shared, updated)

Ilene — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 16:43:36 +0000

All those scary numbers aren’t what they seem. As the build-out of AI data centers has accelerated, the public has tended to focus on every possible downside of these industrial projects. Some wariness—about the developments and the companies behind them—is sensible. As with almost any new …

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Billionaire investor spots hidden risk in SpaceX

Ilene — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 08:05:23 +0000

David Einhorn believes this probably may extend beyond SpaceX. Add TheStreet as a preferred Google sourceUse your Google account to add this to your …

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The Case of the Secret Benefactor

Ilene — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 07:41:49 +0000

The Case of the Secret Benefactor The New York Times calls him a “Russian businessman.” But Umar Kremlev is a twice-convicted Kremlin-anointed oligarch whose entire fortune depends on his ties to Vladimir Putin. Courtesy of Craig Unger, American Kompromat If your father was president of the United States, you were getting married and were […]

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The Greenland Fiasco Stumbles to an End

Ilene — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:48:24 +0000

President Trump announced an agreement that appeared to satisfy all parties but came at a great cost. Jesper Møller Sørensen, the Danish ambassador to Washington, projected an air of calm. He was serving hors d’oeuvres, including reindeer sausage and smoked salmon, at his residence, where American, …

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