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Why was the pundit class so quick to defend Graham Platner?

To some of Platner’s most influential backers his swaggering, reckless and casually brutish masculinity was understood not as a liability, but as a virtue

The Guardian - US

Gavin Newsom just blasted Kid Rock for a taxpayer-funded joyride that cost more than a small country’s defense budget

Gavin Newsom just called out Kid Rock for what might be the most expensive joyride in military history. On April 27, the California governor’s press office took to X to question why taxpayers are footing the bill for the musician’s alleged $100 million helicopter adventure with Secretary of War Pete…

The Mary Sue

Kid Rock flies on US military helicopter ‘joyride’ with Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth who calls him a ‘patriot’

Officials claimed the flight was part of preparations for America’s 250th birthday this July but did not say whether taxpayer money was used

The Independent UK

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Was Taxpayers' Money Spent on Kid Rock and Hegseth's Outing? Ryan Grim Claims They Took 2 Apaches For a 'Joyride'

Reporter Ryan Grim alleges Kid Rock and US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth used Apache helicopters for a personal outing, raising questions about military resource use and taxpayer expenses.

International Business Times UK

‘We are killing people’: A jaw-dropping expose reveals the brutal impacts of the U.S. aggression on Cuba

Newsmax anchor Rob Schmitt got into a debate with Drop Site reporter Ryan Grim over the US sanctions currently taking place in Cuba. Amidst the argument, Grim asked several grim questions that Americans are not ready to confront.

The Mary Sue

Bye-Bye Build-To-Rent

Plus: bad arguments in favor of a build-to-rent ban, a tanker plane crash kills four in Iraq, signs the Iran war isn't going so well, and more...

Reason

Pentagon to Anthropic: If You Won't Let Us Use Your AI for Mass Surveillance or Autonomous Weapons, Expect Punishment

Pete Hegseth has threatened to invoke the Defense Production Act to force Anthropic to come around.

Reason

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Reason Vs. Breaking Points: Does Big Tech Do More Good Than Harm?

Reason's Robby Soave and Elizabeth Nolan Brown go head to head with Emily Jashinsky and Ryan Grim from Breaking Points in a thought-provoking debate about Big Tech.

Reason

Bari Weiss mocked for suggesting ‘charismatic’ voices like Alan Dershowitz are what CBS News needs

‘As you’re watching this, consider that she likely made this exact pitch to David Ellison and he said, yes, precisely, here is $150 million and the top job at CBS News,” Drop Site News’ Ryan Grim observed.

The Independent UK

The Creepy Crusade to Cancel Red Scare's Dasha

We should stigmatize this sort of behavior.

Reason

The leftwing defense of Graham Platner is rooted in a false Democratic vision

Tolerance for behavior like Platner’s is tied to a wrongheaded theory of the male working class. Zohran Mamdani illustrates a different path

The Guardian - US

The Squad review: AOC, the rise of the left and the fight against dark money

Ryan Grim provides an exhaustive account of challenges faced – and sometimes failed – by the US progressive stars

The Guardian - US

Bourdain's Kissinger takedown goes viral

"Once you've been to Cambodia, you’ll never stop wanting to beat Henry Kissinger to death with your bare hands"

Salon

‘She got so mad at me’: book on the ‘Squad’ details AOC-Pelosi clashes

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tells Ryan Grim life in Congress ‘completely transformed’ after Democratic leader stepped down

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Trump Indicted, Faces Federal Criminal Charges Under Espionage Act

Plus: FIRE investigates "woke" Florida professor's dismissal, inequality index finds progress across multiple dimensions, and more...

Reason

White Employee Suing Seattle for DEI-Based Racial Harassment, Retaliation, and Discrimination

Robby Soave here at Reason has an interesting story on this; you can see the Complaint and the attached exhibits here. Of course, keep in mind that this is just the plaintiff's side of the story (Soave reports that the City "did not respond to a request for comment," which…

Reason

A White Employee Is Suing the City of Seattle for Alleged Racial Discrimination

"If I disagreed or offered another opinion, I was told I had cognitive dissonance," Josh Diemert says.

The Conversation

The humanities should teach about how to make a better world, not just criticize the existing one

This coming spring, a new group of students will think about choosing university majors when they apply to campuses across North America.

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Salon

Biden pushed to finalize rail package

"Put up or shut up about how you really want them to have sick leave!"

Salon

AIPAC funding attacks on progressives

Pro-Israel group spends millions on ads attacking progressives Summer Lee in Pennsylvania and Nida Allam in N.C.

Reason

Elon Musk Has Good Reasons for Wanting To Reverse Twitter's Trump Ban

Plus: A democratic socialist running for office is caught up in a MeToo witch hunt, inflation woes continue, and more...

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