Read: U.S. military gives Iran a taste of its own medicine with cheap copycat Shahed drones, while concern shifts to munitions supply in extended conflict | Fortune

Read: Anonymous Kalshi User Makes Huge Bet That the White House Is About to Confirm Alien Life or Technology | Futurism

Interesting. Also interesting: News of X-Files reboot.

Read: Ukraine’s battlefield churn showed the West how much its weapons-making needed an overhaul, NATO official says | Business Insider

Europe is starting to understand this, I’m not sure the US, really ‘gets it’ yet. Big, super expensive weapons are very entrenched in US thinking.

Read: The Epstein Birthday Book (Transcribed) - Part 5 | Ellie Leonard

Warning: lewd descriptions

Links to Parts 1 - 4 at the end.

Read: ‘Let them eat liver’: RFK Jr. mocked as Marie Antoinette after suggesting Americans eat liver over beef to save on groceries | The Independent

“We could afford beef when [former President Joe] Biden was president. Now RFK Jr. says, ‘Just eat liver, peasants’ Are we great yet?”

Read: 4Chan knew about Jeffrey Epstein’s death 38 minutes before the rest of the world. The FBI tried to figure out how. | Business Insider

Read: ‘Doomsday’ report leaves experts rattled about increasing likelihood of US economy shake-up: ‘The system wasn’t designed for a crisis like this’ | TCD

Read: Trump Reportedly Mulling Plan to Declare ‘National Emergency’ Paving Way for Major Power Grab | Mediaite

In short: a legal Coup d’état.

Read: A chief judge warns Minnesota’s top prosecutor and ICE: Obey court orders or face contempt | AP

About time.

Read: DVDs are the new vinyl records: Why Gen Z is embracing physical media | Hastings Tribune

Read: Armed ICE officer in Portland called 911 during confrontation: ‘I’m going to have to shoot this kid’ | OPD

Read: The CDC quietly recommends a second COVID booster for vulnerable adults | WVNews

Read: Trump has personally taken over oversight of renovations for one of DC’s airports | Independent

Read: Opinion - Pam Bondi thought grand jurors were stupid. They showed her a thing or two. | The Hill

Read: Trump Hit by New Epstein Files Bombshell Before Big Speech | Daily Beast