Week of 2025-0817

Monday 2025 August 18

• Sherman J. Clark at 3 Quarks Daily: ““How Will They See Us?”—Rethinking AI’s Stance Toward Humanity“
• Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo: “Trump, Elections and the Opposition’s Strategic Depth“

Thursday 2025 August 21

• William Langewiesche at The Atlantic: “The Turn“

Friday 2025 August 22

• Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo: “Let the Race Begin“

Saturday 2025 August 23

• Leo Sands at The Washington Post: “Their ‘window seats’ lacked windows. Now they’re suing the airlines.“
• Brian Cook at MGOBLOG: “The Story in 2025: Please Place the Car in Park“
• Zi Yang at The Diplomat: “China’s Fast-Shrinking Central Military Commission: Implications for the PLA“
• Scott Lemieux at Lawyers, Guns, and Money: “The shadow docket knows (that Trump must win)“
• Robert Farley at Lawyers, Guns, and Money: “Women in Hegseth’s Military“
• Paul Krugman: “Talking With Phillips O’Brien“
• Paul Krugman: “ICEing the U.S. Economy“
• G. Elliott Morris at Strength in Numbers: “Republicans are trying to cheat their way to a House victory. Will it work?“
• Doug Muder at The Weekly Sift: “Groundwork“
• Wendell Jamieson at Vital City: “Remembering a very short-lived experiment in the mid-1980s“
• Alvin Bragg at The City: “Safe Streets Activists Want a McGuinness Redo After Adams Ally Is Charged With Sabotaging Plans“
• Katie Honan and Samantha Maldonado at The City: “Mayor Tries to Separate Himself From Cast of Confidants Accused of Corruption“
• Emma Davey at Greenpointers: “Broadway Stages Moves to Privatize Part of Monitor Street for Film Backlot“
• Kevin Duggan at StreetsBlogNYC: “Company That Fought McGuinness Safety Project Wants to Seize Bklyn Street for Private Backlot“
• Joe Patrice at Above the Law: “Supreme Court Just ‘Calvinball Jurisprudence With A Twist,’ Writes Justice Jackson“