Week of 2026-0524

Monday 2026 May 25

• Malcolm Murray at 3 Quarks Daily: “We need a Kahneman for LLMs“
• Paul Krugman: “Donald Trump’s Ego-Driven “Excursion” Has Crashed Into Reality“
• History Does You: “Square Peg in a Round Hole: AirPower against Mobile Targets and Missiles“
• History Does You: “In Defense of Operation Market Garden“
• History Does You: “America as Prussia in 1806“
• History Does You: “Strategic Bombing and the Pop History Problem“
• Amanda Taub at The New York Times: “Actually, Democracy Dies in H.R.” (gift)

Tuesday 2026 May 26

• G. Elliott Morris at Strength in Numbers: “Poll: Trump’s approval rating hits another low on prices as Democrats hit +8 on generic ballot“
• Kate Riga at Talking Points Memo: “If SCOTUS Invokes Purcell Principle to Let Alabama Use Discriminatory Map, It’ll Be the Most Egregious Abuse We’ve Seen Yet“
• Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmadn at 3 Quarks Daily: “Monoculture of the Mind“

Wednesday 2026 May 27

• David Wallace-Wells at the New York Times: “What Will Happen When the A.I. Barons Give Back?“(gift)
• Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo: “Trump’s Weakness Is Becoming the Political Story of the Moment” (gift)

Thursday 2026 May 28

• Luke Underwood at Oklahoma Voice: “Oklahoma higher education leaders continue to explore potential of expedited college degrees“
• G. Elliott Morris at Strength in Numbers: “The Texas Senate election is a tossup“

Friday 2026 May 29

• John Ambrosio at 3 Quarks Daily: “A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand“
• Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo: “The Corruption of the Trump DOJ Seeps Deep and Far“
• Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo: “What Exactly Should a Project 2029 Be?“
• Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo: “Why The Filibuster Absolutely Has to Go“
• Ernesto Londoño at The New York Times: “ICE Agent Wanted in Minneapolis Shooting Is Captured in Texas” (gift)

Saturday 2026 May 30

• Paul Krugman: “Curing US Healthcare, Part III: The Future” (gated)
• Paul Krugman: “How to Win a Trade War“
• Paul Krugman: “Texas’s Senate Race Will Be a Referendum On Healthcare“
• G. Elliott Morris at Strength in Numbers: “Why so much election analysis is basically useless“
• Alan Feuer and Andrew Duehren at The New York Times: “Judge Reopens Trump’s I.R.S. Suit and Questions His ‘Weaponization’ Fund” (gift)
• Howard Altman at The War Zone: “Severity Of America’s Depleted Advanced Weapons Stockpiles Detailed In New Report“
• Joseph Trevithick at The War Zone: “Congress Moves To Block Trump Class Battleship Work Until Its Key Weapons Are Mature“
• Doug Mouder at The Weekly Sift: “Has Trump finally pushed Republicans too far?“
• Phillip O’Brien: “Weekend Update #186: A Primer On The Difference Between Long and Medium/Mid Range Strike“
• Phillip O’Brien at The Atlantic: “Putin Can No Longer Hide His Catastrophe“
• Aaron Chalfin at Vital City: “50 Years of Evidence: A walkthrough of what research says about streetlighting and crime“
• Stefan Al & Lisa Chamberlain at Vital City: “What New York Can Learn from the NIMBYs of the 19th Century“
• Asha Rangappa at The Freedom Academy: “We Need a Fourth Branch“