06 · Business Insider
Chamath: data-center backlash is a "powder keg"
Why it matters
Chamath Palihapitiya called the data center backlash a powder keg that AI executives have failed miserably to address.
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07 · Business Insider
Meta's $1B fund for data center towns
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on the backlash against data centers and surveillance cameras.
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08 · The Washington Post
Are Flock cameras the next bipartisan political issue?
Why it matters
Dan Merica found the same backlash aimed at Flock's license plate cameras, with Tim Burchett and Adam Schiff reaching the same conclusion.
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09 · The Washington Post
We found cops who misused Flock. Their departments didn't know.
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on the backlash against data centers and surveillance cameras.
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10 · Vox
The Flock camera backlash
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on the backlash against data centers and surveillance cameras.
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11 · The Washington Post
Pentagon fires Stars and Stripes leaders who criticized DoD interference
Why it matters
The Pentagon fired Stars and Stripes' editor-in-chief, publisher and a reporter, with editor Erik Slavin saying he was fired for insubordination.
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12 · Status
The California Post's fake poll flub
Why it matters
Murdoch's new California Post ran numbers from a fake polling firm called Median Strategies days before anyone noticed.
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13 · New York Post
The Spencer Pratt "Median Strategies" poll story
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on Washington institutions and who gets to say what's true.
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14 · The Washington Post
US debt surpasses $40 trillion
Why it matters
US debt reached $40 trillion months early, partly on lost revenue from invalidated tariffs.
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15 · The Washington Post
What's behind the bond market roller coaster
Why it matters
The 30-year yield hit 5.32%, fell to 5.18 after Bessent doubled the buyback program, and rebounded to 5.27 by Thursday.
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16 · Business Insider
Walmart uses tariff refund for price cuts
Why it matters
Walmart is plowing a record $2.9B tariff refund into price cuts on 11,000 items.
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17 · Digiday
Walmart gets close to $3 billion in tariff refunds
Why it matters
Walmart's record $2.9B tariff refund came as it posted 2.6% US same-store growth, its slowest in six years.
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18 · Business Insider
Henry Blodget on the AI bubble
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on the bond market and consumer spending.
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19 · Stratechery
So what was Trump saying to South Korea on Sunday?
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on Iran, Taiwan and Ukraine.
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20 · Puck
It's the Foreign Policy, Stupid
Why it matters
Julia Ioffe argues this is the rare cycle where foreign policy moves votes, with $4 gas and tariffs making it a kitchen-table issue.
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