Read: How the first American pope is reclaiming Christian values from the Trump administration | CNN

Read: Off-Duty Cop Allegedly Tried to Provoke Teen Protesters at Anti-ICE Rally: ‘I’ll Let Them Assault Me, You Arrest Them’ | IBTimes

Read: A Trump pledge is falling flat as Ohio musical instrument plant closes | Reuters

Read: Cookies, deodorant, socks. Iran war puts military packages in limbo | USA Today

Is the US becoming a failed state? #bananarepublic

Read: RFK Jr. Vows to Demolish Preventive Medicine | Mother Jones

Read: ‘I am certain’: Harvard policy expert warns the true cost of the Iran war to U.S. taxpayers will exceed $1 trillion | Fortune

Taxpayers say, “Thank you, President Trump.”

Read: Exclusive: Nordics and Estonia rolling out offline card payment back-up in case internet cut | Reuters

Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Estonia are rolling out offline card payment systems to provide a back-up if internet connections are lost, including due to sabotage

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Read: How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Vaccine Agenda Risks a Resurgence of Deadly Childhood Plagues | ProPublica

Read: Trump: Buy American, Unless It’s for My Ballroom | Mother Jones

Read: THE LAST QUIET THING

#analog

Read: Pentagon reportedly threatened Vatican in closed-door meeting. Here’s what we know | Snopes

Read: How the White House tried — and failed — to push a candidate out of a Republican state Senate primary in Indiana | NBCNews

Read: Why Anthropic believes its latest model is too dangerous to release | Understanding AI

Well written. Disturbing.

Bookmarked: Dr. Strangelove: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Will Trump use a nuke on Iran? The writer of this thinks it is possible. Let’s hope not.