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As of Wed 1 Jul 2026 · 20 stories · Source: Daily Newsletter Digest
Wednesday 1 July 2026
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01 · Vox
The Supreme Court's final sprintIan Millhiser calls the 5-4 Watson mail-ballot ruling a warning of what could come if Trump replaces one more Supreme Court justice.
02 · Vox
Trump v. Slaughter and the unitary executiveRoberts blocked Trump's firing of Fed Governor Lisa Cook 5-4, while a 6-3 ruling upheld his firing of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter.
03 · Semafor Washington
"Birthright endures"The justices rejected Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship, but only five agreed, and the fight moves to Congress and the trial courts.
04 · Business Insider
Comcast, Mamdani's rent freeze, and the day's agendaFurther reading from the day's section on Colorado's anti-establishment primaries and the president's finances.
05 · Semafor Washington
"Musk's next play?"Colorado Democrats swept out incumbents: Melat Kiros unseated 15-term Rep. Diana DeGette and AG Phil Weiser beat Sen. Michael Bennet for governor.
06 · Ed Zitron
The AI Industry Is LosingThe BIS warned the AI capex boom could turn into a protracted bust, and Zitron counts Oracle's $129.5B in debt and $260B in unstarted leases.
07 · Semafor
Bradley Tusk on AI's political problemBradley Tusk says this is the most permissive AI regulation will ever get, because nobody loves these products enough to fight for them.
Regulation · AI
08 · AI Secret
The In-House Model FeverFurther reading from the day's section on whether the AI boom is a supercycle or a debt bomb.
09 · Puck
The Comcast-NBCU split: what comes nextComcast is spinning NBCUniversal into a stand-alone company, and Dylan Byers reads Brian Roberts's denial of future M&A as a claim no one believes.
10 · Semafor
"Better apart"The media pendulum is swinging from content is king back to the pipes that deliver content to eyeballs.
11 · The Rebooting
The problem with GooglePublishers are at a breaking point with Google, whose share of People Inc's traffic fell from 75% to 25% in four years.
12 · Status
Paula Reid to exit CNN under EllisonFurther reading from the day's section on media empires breaking apart.
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13 · Puck
What Google wants from A24Further reading from the day's section on media empires breaking apart.
14 · Digiday
OpenAI's David Dugan on third-party measurementOpenAI's ad boss David Dugan says the company will accept independent third-party measurement, a break from the self-graded norm.
15 · Marketing Brew
Rivian goes mainstream with the R2Rivian is trying to go mainstream with its roughly $45K R2 into the headwind of a killed EV tax credit.
16 · The Athletic
LeBron, Anthony Davis and the WarriorsThe Athletic floats a Warriors super team of LeBron, Curry, Draymond, Horford and Anthony Davis, with an average age of roughly 38.
17 · JohnWallStreet
AUSL's MLB advantage and the MLBx launchMLB is using its All-Star Weekend 3-on-3 MLBx format to build women's fastpitch league the AUSL, backed by an ESPN deal.
18 · Business Insider
The boomer gray-divorce boom and your inheritanceFurther reading from the day's section on markets and the wider world.
19 · Trends.vc
Counter-positioning: why incumbents can't copy youWhy incumbents can't copy challengers, recommended as the best lens for half of the day's stories.
20 · Puck
Inside the Dianna Russini exposéThe New York Times investigates its own $800K reporter, Dianna Russini.
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