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BARRIERS TO EXPORTS TO U.S.? A solvable problem. China is redirecting its exports to Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Europe. The U.S. is not the only customer, but it might be the most costly to serve. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/b...

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EV BATTERY FIRES Transporting EVs poses unique challenges due to the flammability of lithium-ion batteries. Extinguishing EV fires is difficult. Traditional CO₂ suppression systems cannot extinguish EV battery fires. bit.ly/EVcargFires

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IMPEACH TRUMP A THIRD TIME? "Democrats are slightly favored to retake control of the House in 2026. If they do, they would have the votes to impeach Trump, and it is quite possible that they will do just that." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/o...

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RUSSIAN LNG DOWN; USA UP EU purchases of LNG from Russia help Russia finance its war with Ukraine. Now, Russian imports are down. The EU is combining transforming energy production, and new LNG sources are sought. rbnenergy.com/turn-the-pag...

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Interesting paper. "Our framework also suggests that as barriers to building become more important and heterogeneous across place, the positive connection between building and home prices and the negative connection between building and density will both attenuate. "

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GOLDEN SHARE ARRANGEMENT... ...used by governments in privatized companies to maintain control over strategic decisions, which can affect the interests of other shareholders. A state intervention in free markets. An archetypal true Trump move. "U.S." Steel now. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/u...

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Good golly, don't look brown, whatever you do. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/u...

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These marches inform and persuade people about the existential threat that Trump et al. pose, but resistance will require action. Creativity will help. Civil action required. Disobedience is a strong option.

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A JUDGE ASKED... "Are the precise terms of the deals cut with the law firms and President Trump written down or memorialized in some way? [a judge] asked. The lawyer...said he did not know much beyond “what I have read in the papers.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

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A tired celebration of 79 years

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REBELLION IN LA? Judge Breyer defines core attributes of a rebellion: - armed, - organized, - open and avowed, - aimed at overthrowing the government as a whole, not merely protesting a law or disrupting an agency’s operations. michaeldsellers.substack.com/p/federal-ru...

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“Prayer is invalid with the presence of dog hair."

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"We will sell the capitalists the rope with which they will hang themselves" (often attributed to Lenin)

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TRUMP/Ft BRAGG SPEECH Retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honore, best known for...[coordinating] military relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina, called the speech "inappropriate." "I never witnessed that s..t like this in 37 years in uniform," Honore wrote on social media Tuesday. x.com/ltgrusselhon...

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"Mechanize, an A.I. start-up, wants to automate all jobs....'Our goal is to fully automate work. We want to get to a fully automated economy, and make that happen as fast as possible.'” bit.ly/3HCEEr5

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NEW FED JOB GUIDELINES "The ideal candidates for any federal job will be those who can explain in 200 words—and without the help of artificial intelligence—which of the president’s executive orders or policies are most relevant to them and why. They can choose more than one." nyti.ms/4kT1aKu

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VIVA IL PAPA! When Leo XIV expresses principles of compassion and love, he will be difficult to ignore in the U.S. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

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TRANSFER OF WEALTH SNAP provides low-income Americans $6/day/person for food. SNAP reductions for tax cuts that would give the nation’s 0.1 percent wealthiest households—those earning at least $4.3 million—an extra $390,070, on average, next year alone. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/o...

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VOLTAIRE In 1765: "Certainement qui est en droit de vous rendre absurde, est en droit de vous rendre injuste." OR Certainly anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.

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SAMARIUM Samarium is a rare-earth metal used in magnetic parts in high-temp environments (e.g., missiles, aircraft). China controls its global supply. The U.S. appears to lack a strategic response. No alternate supply chain is evident. Important story, but below the fold. nyti.ms/43UsP6S

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The Trump administration says herd immunity might eliminate H5N1. Save 400 ostriches? “This is about common sense and science,” [Dr] Oz said in an interview. “You don’t wipe out 400 animals without asking if they’ve developed immunity or if there’s something we can learn from them.” bit.ly/CAOstr

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THIS IS NO COINCIDENCE On today in history: Actress Jean Harlow dies (1937); musician Prince born (1958).

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Wonder what happens in the U.S.

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SUMMER RISK TO ELECTRIC RELIABILITY PJM Interconnection manages electricity generation and transmission for over 65 million residents across 13 states. It cautions that factors like unplanned outages, congestion on transmission lines, and severe weather could strain operations. bit.ly/PJMrel

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IN HEATHER COX RICHARDSON: In February, Musk posted on social media: “I love [Donald Trump] as much as a straight man can love another man.” heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-5-2025

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COINCIDENCE….OR…? On this day in history: The US moves off gold standard (1933); President Ronald Reagan dies (2004). Is this just a thing? Or, is karma alive?

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A State Department acting under-secretary, Darren Beattie, dismantled the office that countered disinformation from Russia, China, and Iran. In 2021, Beattie married a Russian national whose uncle has ties to Putin. ~ heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-3-2025

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BUCKLE UP, HERR PROFESSOR DOCTOR “The professors are the enemy.” "Nixon: 'They don’t even know. They don’t know what’s going to hit them, we believe.'" ~ Richard Nixon, bit.ly/proennix

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RARE EARTH RISKS Trade and industrial policies, although primarily intended to support domestic industries, might unintentionally stimulate technological progress abroad. These unintended consequences describe the market for rare earths. www.nber.org/papers/w33877

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"QUAINT, EH? Colleges, universities, and research institutes are....the wellsprings of knowledge and understanding. As long as they are vigorous and healthy...there will be a flow of new scientific knowledge to those who can apply it to practical problems." ~"Science: The Endless Frontier," 1945

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