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Edition No. 35 · Mon 27 Jul 2026 · 17 stories · Source: Daily Newsletter Digest
Edition No. 35
Monday 27 July 2026
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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.
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.
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.
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.
05 · Puck
"The Accidental Senator"Further reading from the day's section on erosion at Washington's institutions.
06 · The New York Times
"Paramount Pauses Warner Bros. Deal"Why it matters
Paramount froze its $111bn Warner Bros. Discovery merger until next June, and per the NYT its own trial lawyer proposed the pause.
Story page →07 · Puck
"The WarnerMount Merger Standoff Is About to Get Interesting"Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on Paramount's paused Warner Bros. Discovery merger.
Story page →08 · Ajit Jaokar
"The Philosophical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence"Why it matters
Ajit Jaokar reframes AI as what a machine must be taught about reality, knowledge and ethics, mapped across Western, Indian and Chinese traditions.
Story page →09 · The Pomp Letter
"60/40 Is Dead. What Can You Do Now?"Why it matters
Anthony Pompliano declares the 60/40 portfolio dead: bonds now amplify equity moves, and TLT is down nearly 50% over five years.
Story page →10 · UK Startup Roundup
"Revolut at $115bn and a New Robotics Unicorn"Why it matters
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.
Story page →11 · Vetted Sports
"Harbinger Sports Partners Acquire Minority Stake in the Athletics"Why it matters
Mark Cuban's Harbinger Sports Partners made its first investment, a minority stake in the Athletics, two years before the Las Vegas move.
Story page →12 · ESPN
"World Cup Final Peaks at 60M Viewers in North America"Why it matters
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.
Story page →13 · Forbes
"The Women Investors Reshaping Project B Women's Basketball"Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on sports business and the World Cup hangover.
Story page →14 · Alex & Books
"3 Books About Reading"Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on wildfires, protests and business travel.
Story page →15 · The Athletic
"A $95 Million Bet Gone Wrong: Inside Brian Kelly's Last Days at LSU"Why it matters
A case study in nine-figure coaching commitments, through Brian Kelly's last days at LSU.
Story page →16 · Variety
"The Odyssey" bootleg posted to XWhy it matters
The high-quality bootleg drew millions of views on X before Universal got it pulled.
Story page →17 · Deadline
Ryan Coogler returns to Marvel for "Black Panther 3"
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