Week of 2026-0621

Sunday 2026 June 21

• Rebecca Solnit at Meditations in an Emergency: “Winners and Losers: A Hell of a Week in the US of A“

Tuesday 2026 June 23

• Barry Goldman at 3 Quarks Daily: “The Wild Duck, The Purcell Principle, and The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll“
• Paul Krugman: “Will Surrendering to Iran Relieve Trump’s Gas Pains?“
• Tiffany Muller and Igor Volsky at Talking Points Memo: “Taxing Billionaires Is the Easiest Way Democrats Could Gain Voter Trust“
• Martin Pengelly at The Guardian: “New Trump book’s authors detail how they pried loose White House secrets: ‘We nearly killed ourselves’“
• Adam GrantMarissa Shandell and Courtney Elliott at The New York Times: “The Secret Reason Bosses Want Everyone Back in the Office, Every Day of the Week” (gift)
• Ross Wiener at The New York Times: “I Thought ‘No Child Left Behind’ Would Fix Public Schools. I Was Wrong.” (gift)

Wednesday 2026 June 24

• Paul Krugman: “The Chips Are Down“
• G. Eliott Morris at Strength in Numbers: “Poll: Only 18% think U.S. achieved its goals in Iran, as Trump’s approval hovers at historic low“
• Justin Briley at Liberal Currents: “Let Us Reflect“

Thursday 2026 June 25

• Paul Krugman: “Why Does Everyone Hate AI?“
• G. Eliott Morris at Strength in Numbers: “Poll: 53% of Americans see grounds to impeach Trump“
• Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo: “Anti-Constitution, Extortion and Trump’s Vote-Rigging Schemes” (gift)

Friday 2026 June 26

• Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo: “‘Centrists,’ This is On You“

Saturday 2025 June 27

• Paul Krugman: “Catching Up With Ro Khanna“
• Joseph Trevithick at The War Zone: “It’s Official: F-35s Are Now Being Delivered Without Radars“
• Doug Mouder at The Weekly Sift: “Shared Values“
• Doug Mouder at The Weekly Sift: “Story Games“
• A.R. Moxon at The Reframe: “Winning the Story Game“
• Joe Patrice at Above the Law: “Sam Alito Takes Unusual Step Of Whining From The Bench After Getting Called Out For Lazy Hackery“
• Jay Willis at Balls & Strikes: “The Supreme Court’s Opinion Day Ritual Helps Conceal the Justices’ Favorite Lie“
• Jay Willis at Balls & Strikes: “The Supreme Court Is a Pro-Gun Activist Group“
• Quinn Yeargain at Balls & Strikes: “Samuel Alito’s Jab at Hawaiian Culture Is Red Meat For Online Conservatives“
• Jay Willis at Balls & Strikes: “Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas Think Police Abuse of Black People Is Kind of Overblown“
• emptywheel: “Katie Phang Just Made Jeffrey Epstein Central to Todd Blanche’s Bid for Confirmation“