RCarlson2025

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Background: political science, law, business, international affairs and progressive grassroots leadership and organizing.

Georgia Vexes Trump Yet Again: 6 Takeaways From Tuesday’s Primaries

Lt. Gov. Burt Jones lost the Republican runoff for governor to the health care executive Rick Jackson despite the president’s endorsement. Mr. Trump’s picks won in other races.
#elections
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/us/politics/georgia-alabama-elections-trump-takeaways.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20260617&instance_id=177341&nl=from-the-times&regi_id=222483052&segment_id=221662&user_id=c6b3f3d1120639ee15418a06b521dc67

Takeaways From the Runoff and Primary Elections in Georgia, Alabama and Oklahoma

Lt. Gov. Burt Jones lost the Republican runoff for governor to the health care executive Rick Jackson despite the president’s endorsement. Mr. Trump’s picks won in other races.

The New York Times

"...why are so many people betting their money on literally the world’s greatest purveyor of hate speech, and the alleged architect of a born-in-the-USA genocide?"

Elon Musk egged on a race riot, then became a trillionaire. What are we even doing?

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/elon-musk-trillionaire-racism-belfast-stabbing-spacex-ipo-20260614.htm

Smart and wise advice

With one strike, Netanyahu tries to kill two peace deals

Netanyahu knew exactly what he was doing when he defied Trump's red line and struck Beirut this morning

Trita Parsi

https://open.substack.com/pub/tritaparsi/p/with-one-strike-netanyahu-tries-to?r=1oeffx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

With one strike, Netanyahu tries to kill two peace deals

Netanyahu knew exactly what he was doing when he defied Trump's red line and struck Beirut this morning

Trita Parsi
The journalists note that it has become “a theme of Trump’s second term: overseas investors with interests before the administration putting money into the Trump family’s business interests.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/june-9-2026?utm_source=direct&r=1oeffx&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
June 9, 2026

Yesterday afternoon, President Donald J.

Letters from an American
Thank You, Darling: Kristen Welker, Donald Trump, and the Media That Taught Him Everything He Knows About Getting Away With It
How a Journalist Asked Basic Questions, a President Ran Away, and an Entire Political Ecosystem Learned to Applaud Anyway
Kristoffer Ealy
Jun 9
https://open.substack.com/pub/professorealy/p/thank-you-darling-kristen-welker?r=1oeffx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Thank You, Darling: Kristen Welker, Donald Trump, and the Media That Taught Him Everything He Knows About Getting Away With It

How a Journalist Asked Basic Questions, a President Ran Away, and an Entire Political Ecosystem Learned to Applaud Anyway

The Thinking Class w/ Professor Ealy
Good Job, Ms. Welker. Please Keep It Up.

There's no point in letting Trump lie in interviews. If that makes him storm out, so be it.

Jared Bernstein
How to Save the Supreme Court From Itself

Kate Shaw on reforming the U.S. Supreme Court. Plus: extremism in the Democratic Party, and the history of the word <em>graduate</em>.

The Atlantic
“60 Minutes” Staffers UNLOAD After Bari Weiss’ Firings—What They’re Telling Us

YouTube
If You Think Trump Is Winning You Aren't Paying Attention (New Video, Written Analysis)
We got another bad inflation report today......
https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/if-you-think-trump-is-winning-you?r=1oeffx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
If You Think Trump Is Winning You Aren't Paying Attention (New Video, Written Analysis)

We got another bad inflation report today......

Hopium Chronicles By Simon Rosenberg

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun?

Women helped win World War II, launch the space race, and built the computer age. So, where did the myth that girls are bad at math come from?

Rachel "The Doc" Bitecofer 📈🔭

May 27, 2026

https://open.substack.com/pub/thecycle/p/girls-just-wanna-have-fun?r=1oeffx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun?

Women helped win World War II, launch the space race, and built the computer age. So, where did the myth that girls are bad at math come from?

The Cycle- On Substack