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(!) Trump announces that he ordered the bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites and the operation was completed — an act of war aimed at eliminating Iran’s nuclear program that draws the U.S. deeper into the Middle East and risks the lives of U.S. personnel in the region.

Exactly

Nota Bene from General Hertling.

Important analysis from Karim Sadjadpour

"But perhaps the biggest and most unpredictable gamble Trump took in bombing Iran was sending American forces into harm’s way in the Middle East with a team that was never supposed to be in charge of an actual war." Tom Nichols theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

There is a nice Georgetown thing going on in the film. And I once had lunch with Rob Lowe and his son in The Tombs, so I have warm feelings about “St. Elmo’s Fire.” But I hear what Tom Nichols is saying.

"Our nation does not need vengeful political operatives on the federal bench." David French nytimes.com/2025/06/29/opi…

"But none of us, as Americans, have to accept Trump’s calumnies about the United States. We are a nation better than the dictatorships in Moscow and Beijing; we enjoy peace and prosperity that predated Trump and will remain when he is gone."Tom Nichols theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…

The #RaysOfHope Forum kicked off today in Ethiopia! Led by IAEA DG Rafael Mariano Grossi, ministers and ambassadors from donor and recipient countries are gathering to accelerate progress on #CancerCare4All. A major new partnership with St. Jude has been announced. Stay tuned for Day 2.

How can institutional architecture reflect and reinforce the innovative spirit of the organizations it serves? Our proposal for NASA JPL's Administration Building explored this question—reimagining the office typology as a catalyst for the collaborative culture that drives space

Well, whaddya know. A new decision in which a district court certified a Rule 23(b)(2) class and issued a … {checks notes} … NATIONWIDE INJUNCTION!!

" Understandably, after almost 250 years, the legislature is tired of being a coequal branch of government and wants to take a nap." Alexandra Petri theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…

WCK’s Relief Team is on our way to central Texas to support communities impacted by catastrophic flooding in Hill Country. The Guadalupe River rose more than 26 feet in 45 minutes after heavy rains, impacting a number of children and staff stranded at local summer camps and

OPINION: Vladimir Putin is spending millions of dollars bombarding European voters with manipulative social media and disinformation campaigns on a mass scale. It’s a new type of warfare on democracy that eliminates the need to roll tanks into capitals. ow.ly/mBlu50WiPRx

"Mr. Trump’s politicization of the F.B.I. has left it less able to combat terrorism, foreign espionage, biosecurity threats, organized crime, online scams, white-collar crime, drug trafficking and more." Just horrible. nytimes.com/2025/07/05/opi…

Will the U.S. endure for another 250 years? smerconish.com/daily-poll/tha…

"This administration was never directed or staffed with any coherent foreign policy in mind beyond Trump’s empty “America First” sloganeering." Tom Nichols theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…

About six weeks ago I wrote in The Atlantic that the gutting of the NSC would mean that “The Pentagon, Treasury Department, Department of Homeland Security, Central Intelligence Agency, and other agencies could likewise set up their own mini–foreign policies, each based on the

Cc: Steve Bainbridge

"Public opinion alone will not safeguard the courts. But broad societal mobilization can." lawfaremedia.org/article/public…