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A Push for More Organ Transplants: Staff said “they had witnessed at least one disturbing case of donation after circulatory death… [some had] seen coordinators persuading hospital clinicians to administer…drugs to hasten the death of potential donors.” nytimes.com/2025/07/20/us/…

Trump II: Out for Vengeance

AG Interesting how she often speaks of a plot to discredit her. It seems to me that she is discrediting herself more than anyone else ever could.

"The most popular heart medications top out at a few billion dollars in spending. Medicaid is a product that spends nearly $1 trillion per year. Yet most scholars responded to Oregon's null results by doubling down on their support of Medicaid." mfcannon.substack.com/p/randomized-c…

Good week for Jon Askonas ⏩🚀🏛️ on Jon Stewart. “Every show before Stewart’s you could understand as a TV show. But The Daily Show was an audience first and a TV show second.” thenewatlantis.com/publications/h…

Too bad there was no option for "making it more affordable to start or expand a family" apnews.com/article/pronat…

Left: NYT description; right: an example of said gracious derision

I will be very disappointed in Powell if he writes an official letter that breaks “grateful” after “gr.”

FDIC: opposed by FDR ‘til the 11th hour, when he realized he couldn’t stop it. CCC: great program, but tiny: 250,000 with over 10 million then unemployed. The NIRA: The NRA part that tried “reshaping industry” was a failure that impeded recovery. The SCOTUS killed it in ‘35.

A lot of young right wingers are going to complain about the Boomer right but then fall for some version of “conservative” economics that mysteriously keeps all the Boomer debt, policies and programs in place. Oh well, at least they get the vibes.

WE'RE SEIZING THE MEMES OF PRODUCTION!

Folks, I need to inform you that there is very concerning data regarding the food situation in Gaza. Firstly, let me just that that as someone who supports Israel I anticipate many on my side will be skeptical of this and I totally understand why. Throughout the war you have

Rep. Roy’s HR 1345, the Gas Can Freedom Act, would eliminate federal regulations that ruined gas cans. Let’s get it passed and cut these burdensome regulations FOREVER. Lee Zeldin

Has Trump not explained to Bessent that foreigners pay the tariffs?

Not the ones the Administration is making, anyway.

The election was Nov 5. Fed cut rates Nov 8 and Dec 19.

Avoiding criticism like this is another benefit of a more rules-based policy.

On the pretzel logic of the campaign against Powell, from Ramesh Ponnuru: "The message from Trump is instead just self-contradictory: He is giving us a gangbusters economy that … desperately needs stimulation by the Fed."

I worked for Tucker for many years and for a time he was something like a mentor. What he became on Fox Prime Time, and then even more grotesquely after Oct. 7, is shameful. It's very sad, but what James Kirchick demonstrates here nails it. x.com/jkirchick/stat…

"Japanese officials said there was no written agreement with Washington — and no legally binding one would be drawn up", and surprise surprise, they deny giving Trump $550b to arbitrarily spend however he wants. ft.com/content/c1183b…