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As of Mon 27 Jul 2026 · 17 stories · Source: Daily Newsletter Digest

Monday 27 July 2026

In the digest's order. Headlines open the publisher's page; some are paywalled.

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  1. 01 · Puck

    "The Miseducation of Laura Loomer"

    Puck's Julia Ioffe reached Laura Loomer in a Kyiv hotel room, where the MAGA enforcer explained her reversal on Ukraine.

  2. 02 · WSJ

    "Lindsey Graham, the Iran War, and the Netanyahu Call"

    Further reading from the day's section on the Ukraine and Iran wars merging.

  3. 03 · Status

    "The White House Correspondents' Disgrace"

    The White House Correspondents' dinner got a do-over that went badly enough for the NYT's Peter Baker to say it's time to rethink the dinner.

  4. 04 · Puck

    "Democrats Listen to Podcasts, Too"

    Dylan Byers and Peter Hamby note a profitable business on the left in hating the Democratic establishment, and treat AI-generated paid influencers as inevitable.

    AI

  5. 05 · Puck

    "The Accidental Senator"

    Further reading from the day's section on erosion at Washington's institutions.

  6. 06 · The New York Times

    "Paramount Pauses Warner Bros. Deal"

    Paramount froze its $111bn Warner Bros. Discovery merger until next June, and per the NYT its own trial lawyer proposed the pause.

    M&A

  7. 07 · Puck

    "The WarnerMount Merger Standoff Is About to Get Interesting"

    Further reading from the day's section on Paramount's paused Warner Bros. Discovery merger.

    M&A

  8. 08 · Ajit Jaokar

    "The Philosophical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence"

    Ajit Jaokar reframes AI as what a machine must be taught about reality, knowledge and ethics, mapped across Western, Indian and Chinese traditions.

    AI

  9. 09 · The Pomp Letter

    "60/40 Is Dead. What Can You Do Now?"

    Anthony Pompliano declares the 60/40 portfolio dead: bonds now amplify equity moves, and TLT is down nearly 50% over five years.

  10. 10 · UK Startup Roundup

    "Revolut at $115bn and a New Robotics Unicorn"

    Revolut's $115bn secondary is live at $2,017 a share, and Humanoid became Europe's first pure-play humanoid robotics unicorn at Series A.

    Venture capital · Robotics

  11. 11 · Vetted Sports

    "Harbinger Sports Partners Acquire Minority Stake in the Athletics"

    Mark Cuban's Harbinger Sports Partners made its first investment, a minority stake in the Athletics, two years before the Las Vegas move.

  12. 12 · ESPN

    "World Cup Final Peaks at 60M Viewers in North America"

    The World Cup final drew 62.8m US viewers, the most-watched soccer match in American TV history, and Fox averaged 7.74m, up 116% from Qatar.

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  1. 13 · Forbes

    "The Women Investors Reshaping Project B Women's Basketball"

    Further reading from the day's section on sports business and the World Cup hangover.

  2. 14 · Alex & Books

    "3 Books About Reading"

    Further reading from the day's section on wildfires, protests and business travel.

  3. 15 · The Athletic

    "A $95 Million Bet Gone Wrong: Inside Brian Kelly's Last Days at LSU"

    A case study in nine-figure coaching commitments, through Brian Kelly's last days at LSU.

  4. 16 · Variety

    "The Odyssey" bootleg posted to X

    The high-quality bootleg drew millions of views on X before Universal got it pulled.

  5. 17 · Deadline

    Ryan Coogler returns to Marvel for "Black Panther 3"

    David Jonsson plays T'Challa's son, with the film set for December 2028.

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