Welcome to the August 21st New Newsletter!
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Our Main Story: Art of No Deal
Trump, Zelensky To Meet At White House After No Deal With Putin At US-Russia Summit
Trump Pushes for Putin and Zelensky Meeting in Bid to End Ukraine War
Russia says talks on Ukraine's security without Moscow are a 'road to nowhere'
What Russia Is Doing to Grab Ukrainian Land While It Still Can
Russia Draws Hard Line Over Security Guarantees for Ukraine
Trump’s Self-Own Summit with Putin
Trump Press Sec Rages at Media as Putin Mess Sinks Him in Brutal Poll
Is this thing on? Accidental authenticity of Trump’s hot mic moment is latest in a long global list
Our Main Story: Why Was It Just One Rep?
Texas Dem Who Rejected Authoritarian Tactics Threatened With Felony
Rep. Nicole Collier spends night on Texas House floor after refusing police escort
We Lost The Battle — But Not The War.. (The Fight Continues)
This Week’s Links
Trump Accidentally Lets Slip Dark Truth About His Plot to Rig Midterms
Israel to Call Up 60,000 Reservists for Gaza City Invasion
Israel approves controversial West Bank settlement project
From Cambodia to Iran: The six (or seven) wars Trump claims to have ended in six months
US imposes new sanctions on ICC over investigations involving US and Israel
Phone Searches at the US Border Hit a Record High
Vance, Hegseth Get Booed Over D.C. Takeover No One Wants
NY Mayor Eric Adams’s Corruption Scandal Just Keeps Going
US health department staff urge Kennedy to protect workers after CDC attack
California resident tests positive for the plague. Officials blame Lake Tahoe flea
Exclusive: The US Navy is building a drone fleet to take on China. It's not going well.
Hurricane Erin updates: More than 2,000 evacuated in North Carolina as storm churns up East Coast
American Businesses in ‘Survival Mode’ as Trump Tariffs Pile Up
If you walk out of the NMAAHC thinking this is a museum about “White People Bad” or it focuses on slavery too much — and not walk out in awe of the resilience of an oppressed people…you’re not that smart. - Jalon
Carney to visit Mexico next month as both countries navigate tense U.S. relations
‘We Can’t Take It Anymore’: Gazans Fear Looming Israeli Operation
Trump Admin Halts Visas For Wounded Gazans After Laura Loomer Complains
Aubrey Plaza describes grief as ‘an ocean of awfulness’ after husband’s death
Trump and Melania’s Scammy Meme Coins Have Lost Almost All Value
How ICE Became Trump’s Secret Army
Why Magic, Dragons and Explicit Sex Are in Bookstores Everywhere
Eighty years of ‘Animal Farm’: Why we keep reading Orwell
Blindspot Stories
Trump shock spurs Japan to think about the unthinkable: nuclear arms
French streamer dies live on air after months of humiliation and abuse
‘Maps are not innocent drawings’: Africa demands its true size be shown
Democratic Wake Up Call
Pop Culture Catchup
That’s it for this week! Like, share, and subscribe if you haven’t yet. We are quite literally all in this together. xo, Jalon
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