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Opinion | Cuba needs real regime change, not a Trump-friendly despot The president says Havana may be "next" after Iran. What does that mean?

What Trump, with his contempt for the rule of law at home, doesn’t seem to grasp is that creating a welcoming climate for foreign investment requires, above all, the rule of law. Yet there cannot be an independent judiciary in Cuba as long as the same regime remains in power. wapo.st/4vLxQfs

Economy, UK, and Data Centers, Oh My! A round up of the latest Heard Tell conversations on Iran and the Economy, sneak peaks at upcoming ones on UK and Data Centers, plus my media hits from the week

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Zip drives were supposed to end the floppy era—until one design flaw destroyed everything The contagious hardware failure that turned Zip disks into data traps

Zip drives were supposed to end the floppy era—until one design flaw destroyed everything

Some Common Sense Regarding AI and Higher Education Host Andrew Donaldosn brings his unique perspective on AI and higher education as someone who has college-aged children, his own education, and currently being enrolled in community college

Let's talk AI and education, but skipping the caterwauling that AI is making everyone dumb and AI is going to fix everything because neither is true, on @heardtell.bsky.social

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LIVE SOON: Charlie Sykes on Trump, the GOP, and the Future | The Intellectualist's History of the Present Starting Apr 16 at 10:00 AM EDT

Charlie Sykes explains what conservatism is in April 2026, why Donald Trump is the man the founders feared, and why he believes the country is in a moment of real crisis.

Tomorrow at 10 AM ET on The Intellectualist and Lincoln Square Media. History of the Present.
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I've highlighted the potential conflict with China here, but it's also true that the blockade potentially puts the US at odds with India, which it has been trying to court as a security partner vis-a-vis China.

Trump proved he's in the midst of a 'dangerous deterioration': national security expert A prominent Atlantic writer is sounding the alarm about President Donald Trump's mental state after the president spent a weekend attacking the pope, posting an AI image of himself as Jesus Christ, and rage-posting on Truth Social until nearly dawn.Tom Nichols, a professor emeritus of national secur...

A prominent Atlantic writer is sounding the alarm about President Donald Trump's mental state after the president spent a weekend attacking the pope, posting an AI image of himself as Jesus Christ, and rage-posting on Truth Social until nearly dawn.

Sure, but this means the entire GOP owns it.

Literally, this SHOULD be incredibly easy to turn into a midterm issue.

And this is why it's important to note that these people were not JUST convicted of sedition, but also some or most were adjudged as terrorists.

They're terrorist sympathizers.

How the Trump family's business deals could open the door for future presidents to profit from office For the Trump family, business is booming. Whereas the Trump Organization didn’t do a single deal overseas in Donald Trump's first term as president, it did eight in the past year.

For decades, presidents avoided even the appearance of profiting from their office. President Donald Trump is taking a different approach. https://to.pbs.org/482NOaK

Boiled Frog Journalism: Is Trump an Agent of Saudi Arabia, and Other Pressing Questions Buried under Biden's Age - emptywheel Trump might literally sell out the next journalist who opposes him to be chopped up by some foreign dictator. Yet the journalists covering his campaign don't seem to care.

Boiled Frog Journalism: Is Trump an Agent of Saudi Arabia, and Other Pressing Questions Buried under Biden's Age

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Whistleblower says Trump officials thought USAID did 'just abortions,' asked for 'Barney-style' slides before gutting agency, per new book Read an exclusive excerpt from Nicholas Enrich's "Into the Wood Chipper"

NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health.

'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:

New whistleblower book reveals that Trump admin officials tasked with dismantling USAID had no idea what the agency actually did, with one official admitting he assumed it only did abortions, and asked career health experts to dumb down their presentations to the level of a children's TV show. 1/4

Along those lines - my wife used to take her students to the Capitol, WH, etc and the Senate aide provided tours.

One time, they were on the Senate train and met Ted Kennedy and his new puppy.

Honestly, w/ Chappaquiddick as something he was infamously known for, Solash was not a good dog’s name.

In all seriousness, Swalwell and Gonzales resigning does signal shame does actually work. For the longest time, Washington has been immune to shame and even the most disgraced scandal-ridden politicians don't leave unless they are made to. Shame does work

LAST TEMPTATION OF TRUMP HE MOCKS JESUS! DAMNS POPE FIERCE BACKLASH IS WHITE HOUSE ON DRUGS? DRUDGE REPORT

The one outlet that covers him the way they would a Democrat.

Trump’s Erratic Behavior and Extreme Comments Revive Mental Health Debate

A series of disjointed, hard-to-follow and sometimes-profane comments capped by threatening to wipe out Iran and attacking the pope have left many with the impression of a deranged autocrat mad with power and revived the debate about Trump's mental health. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...

Nobody in this admin has a clue what their actual job is, they all just wing it. Rubio's babysitting Trump, the VP is doing the State stuff with 2 rich guys, half the rest think their job is 'influencer,' Trump is doing real estate and the actual POTUS stuff is going to Stephen Miller.

Oldest known recording of a whale song could unlock mysteries of the ocean Researchers say the discovery of the oldest known recordings of whale sounds could open up a new understanding of how the huge animals communicate.

A haunting whale song discovered on decades-old audio equipment could open up a new understanding of how the huge animals communicate, according to researchers who say it's the oldest such recording known.
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I know it's fun to mock JD for this, but the reality was that the "ceasefire" (aka the climbdown from Trump's threat to destroy Iranian civilization) was based on a phony deal all along, and there was never going to be any way of reconciling the two sides' stated positions, which were 180 opposite.

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The Influencer Infestation of Our Politics Democrats scramble to catch up with the GOP in deploying content creators.

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