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Jun 27, 2026 - World

A Nobel laureate held the world's richest man Elon Musk responsible for the deaths of millions of children in a scathing takedown.Renowned economist Paul Krugman called Musk "a horrible, terrible person" in a recent episode of his podcast. Krugman mostly focused on Musk's cuts to USAID while in the Trump administration."For most of last year, Elon Musk was the second most powerful man in America," Krugman explained. "He was running a large part of the government's budget, and during that time, he established a track record of evil incompetence."Musk "fed USAID to the wood chipper," and "more or less personally set out to destroy this aid agency, set out to cut off healthcare, nutritional assistance, just basic necessities of life for millions and millions of extremely desperate people," Krugman said, adding that "he did so callously, carelessly."Krugman continued, saying, "I mean, really evil and really incompetent on enormous scales, and why aren't people talking about it more?"USAID was "the principal channel for aid to the most desperate, poorest people in the world," Krugman continued. Cuts by Musk have "led to millions of unnecessary deaths, including millions of children," Krugman added, saying the point was proven by studies, health models, and "field evidence of widespread death as a result of the cancellation."He described Musk as "quite evil," and "very much like Trump, somebody who can dish it out, but can't take it, can't even handle the kind of criticism that any public figure should expect to receive," Krugman said.On Holding Elon Musk Accountable by Paul KrugmanWhy aren't we talking more about DOGE?Read on Substack

Jun 27, 2026 - World

“The pungent odor of Kristi Noem lingers in Washington.”Those are the opening words of longtime conservative columnist George Will, whose column in the Washington Post hammered the 6-3 Supreme Court majority for wrongly dismantling the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program depended upon by hundreds of thousands of immigrants.According to Will, the conservative majority deliberately ignored overwhelming evidence that Kristi Noem's actions were driven by racial "animus," and therefore "violated the pertinent law."As he pointed out, within three days of the former Department of Homeland Security head terminating TPS for Haitians and Syrians, which led to the court case that made its way to the nation's highest court, Noem publicly recommended "a full travel ban on every damn country that's been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies" who "slaughter our heroes" and "suck dry our hard-earned tax dollars."He dryly added, "She [Noem] refrained from echoing Trump’s assertion about kitten-cooking Haitians in Springfield, Ohio. This marks her as a MAGA moderate. JD Vance spread the pet-eating fiction because he said creating 'stories' (his word) makes the media notice Americans’ suffering.""Surely justices are not required to ignore such rhetoric? And although thoughtful people disagree about whether, or how much, justices should consider the downstream consequences of their rulings," he suggested.Expressing his disappointment with the conservative-majority court, he offered, "Time and freshening breezes will cleanse Washington, dissipating the legacies of appointees like Noem, and of the president who chose them. The court’s mistaken ruling she provoked will be more lasting."

Jun 26, 2026 - World

Vice President JD Vance delivered a warning to Tehran on Friday night after the United States launched a series of air strikes.The strikes came over a week after President Donald Trump signed a ceasefire deal meant to end the war. U.S. Central Command said its forces hit Iranian missile and drone storage sites and coastal radar stations. It called the strikes a response to an Iranian attack on a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz.Vance responded to the attacks in a post on X."Iran signed a ceasefire agreement. We have honored it. If they have disagreements about how the MOU is being applied, they can pick up the phone," Vance said. "But violence will be met with violence."Iran signed a ceasefire agreement. We have honored it. If they have disagreements about how the MOU is being applied, they can pick up the phone. But violence will be met with violence. https://t.co/VWnBS1PWaV— JD Vance (@JDVance) June 26, 2026

Jun 26, 2026 - World

The United States launched airstrikes on Iran on Friday, just over a week after President Donald Trump signed a ceasefire deal meant to end the war.U.S. Central Command said its forces hit Iranian missile and drone storage sites and coastal radar stations. It called the strikes a response to an Iranian attack on a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz.That attack came a day earlier. Iran struck the Singapore-flagged cargo ship Ever Lovely with a one-way attack drone on June 25, as the vessel left the strait along the Omani coast.Trump said the drone hit the ship's upper deck, but it kept moving. He blamed Iran directly."Obviously, this is a foolish violation of our Ceasefire Agreement," he wrote on Truth Social."The unwarranted aggression against commercial shipping by Iranian forces clearly violated the ceasefire," CENTCOM said, adding that Iran's behavior threatened the free flow of ships through the vital trade route.Trump signed the deal on June 17, starting a 60-day window of talks aimed at a permanent end to the fighting. The truce has looked shaky from the start.A central fight is the Strait itself. Iran insists it controls the waterway and can charge ships to pass. The United States and six Gulf states have rejected that.Roughly a fifth of the world's oil and gas moves through the Strait of Hormuz. Oil prices fell about 3% on Friday as traders weighed the conflicting signals.Trump warned this month that if Iran did not honor the deal, including keeping the strait open, the U.S. would probably go back to bombing the country.

Jun 26, 2026 - World

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) confused World Cup soccer and hockey during a live broadcast Friday on Fox News — and the internet didn't miss it.Jordan apparently mixed up the current FIFA World Cup with MMA and hockey, confusing the sports events in the interview. He was asked about the upcoming match between Team USA and Bosnia and Herzegovina on July 1."I hope we go all the way to the championship and win it," Jordan said. "Golly, I mean, we're on a run. Look at the UFC fight where the American beat the Spanish guy in the main event. We're on a roll so let's hope the hockey team can do the same."The anchors did not correct him, but repeated that it was the World Cup they were referring to.Social media users mocked the MAGA lawmaker's comments."I love World Cup Hockey!" Mueller She Wrote, popular political social media account, wrote on Bluesky."You do not understand how f------ hard this made me laugh oh my god lmaooooo," writer Karlee Suszann posted on Bluesky."Jim Jordan on the World Cup: 'Look at the UFC fight where the American beat the Spanish guy in the main event. We're on a roll so let's hope the hockey team can do the same.' (The World Cup isn't a hockey event ...)," journalist Aaron Rupar wrote on X."LOL if you don't watch soccer, just say so and don't comment on it. Now Jordan looks like a dumb---," Marty Golingan, journalist and former OAN producer, wrote on X."It would definitely be bigger than the 'Miracle on Ice' if the US Hockey team wins the #FIFAWorldCup," journalist Robert Lusetich wrote on X.Jim Jordan on the World Cup: "Look at the UFC fight where the American beat the Spanish guy in the main event. We're on a roll so let's hope the hockey team can do the same."(The World Cup isn't a hockey event ...) pic.twitter.com/pSOjRS2p4D— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 26, 2026