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President Trump on Iran, China and American power, The Axios President Trump Interview: Also Inside Trump’s Anthropic alarm

Posted on June 21, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

Inside Trump’s Anthropic alarm   Axios’ Marc Caputo interviews President Trump yesterday at the White House. Image: “The Axios Show” Watch the episode. President Trump said on “The Axios Show” yesterday that he reached the point last week of seeing Anthropic as … Continue reading →

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Fortune: “Enrollment volatility is widespread, unpredictable and the ‘new normal’ for even strong, well-resourced universities,” J. Michael Haynie, Syracuse University’s chancellor, wrote in a note to faculty and staff last week, announcing the school had missed its undergraduate enrollment target for the next fiscal year.”

Posted on June 21, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

Search The Great Recession’s missing children are finally bringing college’s financial crisis into sight. Welcome to the ‘enrollment volatility’ era By  Tristan Bove Contributing Reporter June 20, 2026, 4:30 AM ET Colleges’ student populations and finances are headed for a … Continue reading →

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Hillbilly Elegy (2016) is a bestselling memoir by J.D. Vance that blends personal storytelling with reflections on family, culture, poverty, and social mobility in parts of white working-class America, particularly Appalachian-influenced communities in Ohio and Kentucky.

Posted on June 20, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

See new posts Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance. I read book over two days. My belief is that this book should be on every school curriculum. Today I believe J.D. Vance, VP of the U.S. has launched his next book … Continue reading →

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Search Peter Thiel and conference in Powerscourt during the summer in Ireland, as it is host to EU. e-flux journal. Time to reflect … Algorithm and the Antichrist. Quote: “Meanwhile, Thiel’s company Palantir benefits from generous public contracts to assist in several dubious enterprises: helping the US’s ICE profile migrants, Israel’s IDF target Palestinians, and the UK’s NHS “treat” patients.”

Posted on June 20, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

e–flux Journal The Algorithm and the Antichrist: Political Theology at the Sunset of Silicon Valley Giorgio Cesarale and Matteo Pasquinelli Benjamin West, Death on the Pale Horse, 1817. Collection: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. License: Public Domain. Issue #164 June 2026 … Continue reading →

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Handre: “Two small island economies blew up in 2008. Iceland and Ireland. Their names differ by one letter, and their handling of the crisis differed by everything that matters. Iceland’s three big banks, Kaupthing, Landsbanki, and Glitnir, had grown assets to roughly ten times the country’s GDP by 2008…”

Posted on June 20, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

Handre @Handre · Jun 18 Two small island economies blew up in 2008. Iceland and Ireland. Their names differ by one letter, and their handling of the crisis differed by everything that matters. Iceland’s three big banks, Kaupthing, Landsbanki, and … Continue reading →

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Mother Jones newsroom : Trump DOJ Outlines Dubious Path to Force People Into Psychiatric Institutions

Posted on June 19, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

This week only, every donation is doubled! Halfway through our Summer Membership Drive, we’re still well behind where we need to be. But there’s good news: This week, every donation will be doubled up, to $50,000. That means you can have … Continue reading →

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Axios: Trump’s all powerful “Great Man” theory

Posted on June 19, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

Trump’s all-powerful “Great Man” theory   Axios’ Marc Caputo interviews President Trump at the White House yesterday. Image: “The Axios Show” President Trump declared on “The Axios Show” yesterday that he’s discovered “no limits” to his power since going to war … Continue reading →

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Fortune: ‘Social Security is on a collision course toward insolvency,’ watchdog says. It hasn’t been this bad since 1983

Posted on June 18, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

Personal FinanceSocial Security ‘Social Security is on a collision course toward insolvency,’ watchdog says. It hasn’t been this bad since 1983 By  Nick Lichtenberg Business Editor June 17, 2026, 3:04 AM ET Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during a Senate Finance … Continue reading →

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Axios: Trump’s Iran climbdown

Posted on June 18, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

Trump’s Iran climbdown   President Trump signs the Iran memorandum of understanding at Versailles. Screenshot: White House via X President Trump made the case for his deal with Iran during an hourlong press conference yesterday, while seeming to lower his own bar … Continue reading →

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Fortune: The G7 just pledged to break China’s rare earth grip – ….

Posted on June 18, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

Search Subscribe Sign in EconomyChina The G7 just pledged to break China’s rare earth grip — there’s a lot of work to do By  Mia Osmonbekov News Fellow June 17, 2026, 6:30 PM ET Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Britain’s Prime … Continue reading →

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