Scoop: Smartmatic and One America News Network have agreed to settle their lawsuit

Smartmatic sued in November 2021 over claims made during the network's coverage of the 2020 election

Yes, a policy wonk on the Daily Show. Thank you, Jon Stewart, for having me on tonight to talk about “New Cold Wars” and for making me laugh so hard along the way. Your observations about the world are more salient than my answers.

New NYT ad?
“Two out of three potential Trump trial jurors read The Times. Shouldn’t you?”

Mark Cuban is essentially singlehandedly funding the combined discretionary budgets of the U.S. Supreme Court and the Office of Management and Budget.

'A Bloomberg News analysis of more than 1,500 nonprofit four-year colleges shows the return on investment at many elite private institutions outside the eight Ivies is no better than far-less selective public universities.'

cc: Bloomberg

In 1880, the avg married couple combined for ~68 hours of paid labor each week.

By 1965, after massive tech and social changes, the avg married couple workweek was ... 67 hours.

In 2003? 67 hours.

In 2020? 67 hours.

My essay on wtf is going on —>

theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Cost to attend University of Pennsylvania (tuition, room, board, fees):
-in 1994: $27,920
-in 2024: $92,288

Past 30 years:
-US inflation: 109.4%
-PennFlation: 230.5%

bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Wealth

THE WHITE WALL is out in paperback today! Over the past year I’ve heard feedback from readers around the country — bankers, regulators, lawmakers, professors. Folks with their own stories of strife. I’m proud of this recognition and of the book’s impact so far. Check it out!

Do yourself a favor and listen to this delightful episode of #TheDaily about a retired astrophysicist who is known as Mr. Eclipse.

Aside from the excellence in audio, you'll enjoy Mr. Eclipse's beautiful storytelling -- especially the vignette about how he met his wife.
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“I think it’s a sense of belonging, belonging to this incredible universe - both belonging and a humbleness that how minuscule we are and yet we’re a part of this fantastic cosmic wheel of motion in the Solar System.”

#TotalEclipse

Love the celebration of curiosity and wonder on The Daily today. ⁦Michael Barbaro⁩ podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the…

On Today’s Daily: the world’s greatest authority on eclipses on a lifetime of studying, chasing and popularizing them.
Enjoy.

Big shoutout to the team for some ambitious sound design and storytelling in today's eclipse episode. Also, you may or not hear one of my cheesiest, synthiest, cosmic Italo Disco tracks in the cold open 🪩🤩

On Coppola’s 85th birthday today, a clip of him telling the story of going to Brando’s house to do an early “Godfather” “screen test” — and watching him create the character, basically, in front of his eyes. 🔥

#Coppola85 AFI Sag Harbor Cinema

Any guesses what tomorrow’s Daily is about?

On Monday, a judge issued a gag order preventing Trump from attacking the judge's daughter.

On Tuesday, Trump posted a Fox and Friends video that included discussion of the judge's daughter.

Today, Trump is going even further, posting multiple stories that focus on the judge's…

I was mid cleaning at the dentist!

Everyone in NYC will have a little quake story from this little quake, here's mine: it struck at the precise moment I turned on my gas range to make an egg. Thus, the first thing I thought was that I had somehow blown up my apartment building here in BK.

Quake tweets widespread from Philly up to New York City 👀

That sure felt like an earthquake in BK