Does no one think it's insane that the supposed first civilization in the world, Mesopotamia, was exponentially more advanced than any modern day African civilization?

Next are political commissars. washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

Top Trump Aide Finally Confirms He Was Born a Soviet Citizen thedailybeast.com/top-trump-aide… via The Daily Beast

What do you think caused the cuts on the surface of this granite sarcophagus in the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Cairo? 🤨

The Supreme Court Allows Trump to Destroy One More Department cnn.com/2025/07/14/pol…

‘Unprecedented’ Investment Fund Seals Deal for Japan and Expands Trump’s Influence nytimes.com/2025/07/23/bus… And, from the article, Trump gets to control the $550B personally. "Crony capitalism"? That was so,,, 2024.

Another Blow to the Whole UBI Idea. Study May Undercut Idea That Cash Payments to Poor Families Help Child Development nytimes.com/2025/07/28/us/…

Why ‘LDS Enclaves’ are spurning populism deseret.com/politics/2025/…

Trump Delayed a Medicare Change After Health Company Donations nytimes.com/2025/08/07/us/…

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Nvidia and AMD agree to pay 15% of China chip sales to U.S. government wapo.st/41shniw

DOGE-flation: DOGE’s actual savings are a fraction of what it claims politi.co/4mcRECX via POLITICO

National Debt Tops $37 Trillion; Tariff Revenues Jump msn.com/en-us/money/ma…

Behind Wall Street’s Abrupt Flip on Crypto OR, 2008, Here We Come Again! nytimes.com/2025/08/13/bus…

Judge is skeptical of DOJ lawsuit against entire Maryland federal bench wapo.st/3Uscsdz

Roughly 84% of SpaceX revenue is from the government. It Gives Little to Nothing Back in Taxes. nytimes.com/2025/08/15/tec…

Donald Trump Nobel Peace Prize nomination withdrawn newsweek.com/donald-trump-n…

Does the term "Lysenkoism" ring a bell? N.S.A.’s Acting Director Tried to Save Top Scientist From Purge nytimes.com/2025/08/20/us/…

One more step towards making non-English speakers "non people". Education Department quietly removes rules for teaching English learners wapo.st/4mRzAyn

Today Hispanic colleges. Tomorrow, HBCU's. The day after that, who knows? Maybe scrubbing all financial aid applicants for DEI/"woke"/"anti-Christian" views? Trump aims to end millions in grants to colleges with high Hispanic populations wapo.st/4oTVanO