We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books.  It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility … Amazon is buying massive quantities of books, scanning them for AI training data, and destroying them in the process.  —  A 404 Media investigation was able to reveal Amazon's book buying operation …

Supreme Court denies Trump's rehearing petition, cementing Carroll's $5 million win  —  The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's long-shot request to reconsider taking up his appeal in one of the two civil cases he lost to E. Jean Carroll.

Trump confirms IRGC backchannel, but calls for Iran's ‘white flag of surrender’  —  Trump holding strategic patience with Iran: ‘Midterms have nothing to do with my thinking’  —  The 60-day ceasefire deadline is expiring Monday, but President Donald Trump's resolve on ending Iran's nuclear …

“Suckers and losers” as policy  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🚢 Subscribe to PN 🚢  —  The Navy Times reported last week, based on interviews with family members, that multiple sailors have recently tried to jump overboard …

South Korea hoping for talks after Trump reduces joint military exercises  —  South Korea is hoping to engage in talks with the Trump administration following the president's announcement Sunday that he is ordering a reduction in U.S. troop participation in joint military exercises with soldiers in Seoul.

From Natalie, With LOVE ...  With the growing attention being given to Trump handler/confidante Natalie Harp, I looked up this November 2024 Times article which captures some of the relationship ...  Given that Natalie Harp is not only a conventionally attractive women but also Trump's type …

FBI had evidence Swalwell got illegal donations from suspected Chinese spy, bombshell memos show  —  The newly declassified investigation files also show that the FBI had initially tried to recruit the infamous Fang Fang as a source that could share information on Chinese influence operations …

Trump roasted over ‘flying palace’ trips with aide: ‘He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie’  —  Democratic senator Jon Ossoff claimed that the president is ‘treating citizens as fools and those who serve as pawns’  —  Donald Trump would rather build the White House ballroom …

Iran's Secret Plan to Escalate the War  —  Intercepted communications and other intelligence suggest a strategic shift by hard-line leaders to raise the costs for the U.S. and its regional allies  —  After President Trump signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran in mid-June …

Trump blames vandals for dead grass on lawn where he held Fourth of July event  —  Similarly damaged grass was seen at the White House Ellipse and South Lawn after the UFC Freedom 250 events this summer.  —  President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Sunday to accuse vandals of damaging …

With Fear and Favor  —  Institutions don't have courage.  They have incentives.  —  Institutions don't have courage.  They have incentive structures.  When incentives line up just right, it is not uncommon for an institution to make a collective decision that almost no one inside it would have made alone.

Burnham exchanged messages with impersonator of top Trump aide  —  The U.K. leader believed he was communicating with White House chief of staff Susie Wiles.  —  LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham engaged with messages from somebody impersonating one of Donald Trump's closest advisers, four officials have told POLITICO.

Supreme Court asked to hear case on Texas law requiring Ten Commandments in schools  —  The case could set up a landmark clash over the separation of church and state.  —  Summary  —  Civil liberties groups on Monday asked the Supreme Court to hear their challenge of a Texas law requiring …

The Wrong Kind of American  —  The Trump White House needed me—until the fact that I am trans became public.  —  At the cia, they'd started an office pool on when I'd be fired.  —  President Trump would be sworn in for his second term at noon; the smart money had me gone by 12:15.

‘Show How 3M Is 0% at Fault:’ Expert Witness Used ChatGPT to Write Report Defending Company in Deadly Explosion Lawsuit  —  ChatGPT prompts show how an expert witness report was created in a $61 million lawsuit over an explosion that killed three people.  —  An expert witness testifying …

Trump Consults AI George Washington on Ballroom Design  —  Since Donald Trump flattened the East Wing last October, his justification for building a White House ballroom has evolved considerably.  Originally, the president suggested he needed a place to throw killer parties.

New evidence suggests White House took steps to punish Colorado over Tina Peters case  —  Exactly one year ago this week, Donald Trump threatened to impose “harsh measures” on the state of Colorado unless it agreed to release election denier Tina Peters from prison several years before her sentence runs its course.

Is the DSA a Republican Psy-Op?  —  If I told you the DSA was secretly run by Roger Stone to hurt Democrats it would make more sense than . . . this.  —  1. Sides  —  Over the weekend Hakeem Jeffries was asked if he endorsed the agenda of the Democratic Socialists of America.  He said no.

The Democratic establishment's ideas deficit  —  The centrist Democratic group Third Way recently declared “war” on democratic socialists to head off what they fear could be a far-left hijacking of the party ahead of 2028.  — But establishment Democrats have made clear what they're …

Why prescription drug prices are plunging  —  America is experiencing its biggest prescription drug price deflation in generations. … - Prices haven't risen in any month this year, an unusually persistent stretch of flat or falling drug prices.  — The downward trend comes as costs …

Trump administration pauses contentious border construction in Texas' Big Bend National Park  —  The Trump administration says it is temporarily pausing construction of a controversial border construction project in the Big Bend National Park while the head of the agency tasked with building …

Cassidy on Trump's vaccine overhaul: ‘Crazy, stupid thing’  —  Sen. Bill Cassidy blasted President Donald Trump's recent executive order that calls for unbundling the childhood MMR vaccine into three individual shots.  —  Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) blasted President Donald Trump's …

Reclaiming “Normalization”  —  Normalization is a dirty word in the pro-democracy movement, because we associate it with the many ways elites and institutions under-reacted to authoritarianism and corrupt conduct when Donald Trump brought them to the center of national politics.

Don't Say Sophie!  —  No matter how much of a disaster you think the WNBA has been lately, the geniuses at the League are determined to prove that they can make the problems worse.  —  AOC is right that Woke One was crazy; what she leaves out is that Woke Two, Three, and Four are or will be crazier yet.

James Talarico's Campaign Is Refunding Over $1 Million in Excess Contributions  —  James Talarico keeps raising too much money.  —  The Texas Democrat has already raised more than $70 million in his bid to defeat state Attorney General Ken Paxton for U.S. Senate — more than any other non-incumbent candidate …

Trump Has Opened the Door for Putin to Make a Move on NATO  —  The alliance that has kept Russia at bay for nearly 75 years is starting to crack, and the U.S. may be hastening its dissolution  —  President Donald Trump is providing Russian President Vladimir Putin a window of opportunity …

What's So Special about a Special Grand Jury?  —  A primer on how special grand juries work, what federal law actually permits them to do, and why this one might backfire.  —  annabower.bsky.social  —  Meet The Authors  —  The Justice Department has empaneled a special grand jury in Washington …