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As of Thu 13 Aug 2026 · 33 stories · Source: Daily Newsletter Digest
Thursday 13 August 2026
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01 · The Washington Post
"Takeaways from primaries in South Carolina, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Connecticut"The Post called David Crowley's win over Francesca Hong in Wisconsin's Democratic gubernatorial primary a clear upset.
02 · Vox
"A messy lesson for the post-woke left"Francesca Hong ran on universal childcare, free school meals and a data center moratorium, but spent her closing week explaining 2020.
03 · Vox
"Why progressives are backing off Woke 1"Progressives including Mamdani, El-Sayed and AOC are openly walking back the strident Woke 1 vocabulary that peaked after 2020.
04 · Semafor
"MAGA wars"David Weigel reads the primaries as record Democratic turnout that is not automatically helping the left, plus an aging-incumbent reckoning.
05 · Puck
"A.O.C. Engagement Questions & 'Woke 1' Blowback"Hill Democrats are wincing at AOC saying 2020-era rhetoric is not rhetoric the left would use today.
06 · The Washington Post
"Are data centers enough to flip a key House race?"Will Lawrence, running in a Trump-carried mid-Michigan district, built his first general-election ad around a proposed data center in Mason.
07 · The Washington Post
"Rural Texas data center opposition is scrambling conservative orthodoxy"Further reading from the day's section on data centers, power and the metro economy.
08 · The Washington Post
"How utility and tech firms 'educate' regulators with big donations, secret retreats"Further reading from the day's section on data centers, power and the metro economy.
09 · Business Insider
"Miami is now more expensive than New York City"Miami's cost of living has passed New York's.
10 · Business Insider
"Austin's real estate bust"79% of Austin homes sold in 2022 are now worth less than their sale price.
11 · Business Insider
"Goldman says the AI bulls and bears are both wrong"Further reading from the day's section on data centers, power and the metro economy.
12 · The Washington Post
"Trump administration set to spend at least $900 million on White House construction"The administration is set to spend at least $900 million on White House construction, mostly taxpayer-funded, per confidential contracts.
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13 · The Washington Post
"Pirro, in rare move, convenes special grand jury in Washington"Jeanine Pirro convened a special grand jury in D.C., a designation that lets it focus on a single case and issue a public report.
14 · The Washington Post
"Trump's plane ruse echoes Clinton's Pakistan swap, with one key difference"Further reading from the day's section on Trump's decoy plane and the machinery of Washington.
15 · Semafor
"Through a glass darkly"Further reading from the day's section on maritime chokepoints, espionage and the death of Zhu Rongji.
16 · Semafor
"Not worth the risk"Eli Lilly filed six lawsuits against sellers of illicit retatrutide, its unapproved obesity drug.
17 · Status
"Ellison's CNN Board Game"Paramount floated an editorial oversight board to safeguard CNN's independence after its acquisition, and CNN staff aren't buying it.
18 · Puck
"How Much Does Fox Need the NFL?"Further reading from the day's section on the fights over media ownership.
19 · Puck
"The Life Magazine Revival Is Happening & The Unstoppable Rise of TikTok Shop"Further reading from the day's section on the fights over media ownership.
20 · Digiday
"Perplexity blocks Time's ads served to AI agents, calling them 'deceptive'"Time served markdown ads designed to shape chatbot answers, and Perplexity blocked them outright as deceptive.
21 · Digiday
"Walmart finally lets advertisers exclude certain search terms"Further reading from the day's section on ad tech consolidation and AI monetization.
22 · Digiday
"Lifestyle brand Stanley 1913 adapts its marketing for the AI search era"Further reading from the day's section on ad tech consolidation and AI monetization.
23 · Business Insider
"Oracle is planning another round of job cuts this month"Further reading from the day's section on ad tech consolidation and AI monetization.
24 · SportBusiness
"How else can 'under-monetised' FIFA earn more?"Having abandoned a $4.2B private-investment vehicle, FIFA's ideas for growth include 64-team expansion, winter World Cups and hydration breaks.
25 · The Athletic
"Broncos owner: Delivering new stadium by 2031 'is not going to be easy'"The Broncos' owner says delivering the Burnham Yard stadium and entertainment district by 2031 is not going to be easy.
26 · The Athletic
"Premier League's 'Big Six' are raiding poorer clubs at record levels"Further reading from the day's section on the Lakers sale, team valuations and venues.
27 · Washington Business Journal
"Capital One extends arena naming rights through 2047"Capital One extended arena naming rights in D.C. through 2047, midway through a $1B-plus renovation.
28 · SportBusiness
"Race postponements impact F1's Q2 revenues"Further reading from the day's section on the Lakers sale, team valuations and venues.
29 · The Athletic
"MLB's two-wheeled troubles"Further reading from the day's section on quick hits, from eclipse logistics to science funding lotteries.
30 · The Athletic
"Why we're investigating a 37-year-old crossbow murder"An NFL super-agent, a lost GM job, a dead business partner and two hung juries in a 37-year-old crossbow killing.
31 · Puck
"Bottle Rockets"The 87-year-old co-owner of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti versus the auction market that made him famous.
32 · The Athletic
"Adidas, Levi's and David Beckham: which brands won the World Cup?"Further reading from the day's reading list.
33 · Business Insider
"The superyacht boom nobody can see"AI wealth, off-market brokers and a very literal measuring contest behind the superyacht boom.
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