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The future doesn't belong to the faint-hearted. It belongs to the brave.

To be specific … go read this book
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Elon has privately told people that he is considering either endorsing Trump after the summer, or at least making some kind of formal statement opposing Joe Biden.

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Yes, we have a deeply divided country. No, this is not the same as Viet Nam or Civil Rights era.

TNT playing Not Like Us as they toss to break before the 4th quarter in Nuggets-Wolves 👀

New for Puck:

Chicago might be see some protests for the Democratic Convention this summer — but please, please stop with the 1968 comparisons. Go read a book.

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SEC couples man

.Jon Kelly and Peter Hamby discuss David Zaslav's NBA negotiating headaches and the latest shocking twists in the Paramount M&A spectacle.

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Sabrina Carpenter, Sofi Tukker, Shaboozey, Barry Can’t Swim

They almost had it. The Song of The Summer.

Then Kendrick put out a crip walk diss track about pedophilia.

“The videos showed counterprotesters attacking students in the pro-Palestinian encampment for several hours, including beating them with sticks, using chemical sprays and launching fireworks as weapons. As of Friday, no arrests had been made” nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Pretty great this racist dipshit doing the monkey impression was caught on camera and now identifiable — enjoy your summer and Hotty Toddy.

New: A testy exchange between Nancy Pelosi and Katy Tur contains some interesting lessons in how Democrats approach persuasion, and how media narratives form. offmessage.net/p/democrats-ne…

With the campaign in high gear, Ivanka is “warming to the idea of trying to be helpful” again, I’m told by a person familiar with her thinking. “[She’s] privately not ruling out having some sort of role,” this person continued. “She’s not like ‘Hell no’ anymore,” my latest:…

Today’s episode of The Powers That Be:

Talking to Julia Ioffe about what happens next in Ukraine — and what’s happening now on America’s campuses

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“There was no room or space for meaningful discussions, engagement, and exploring the building of a sustainable, broad movement with realistic and articulable goals”