Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Wednesday Mix

HEADLINES:

  • Pentagon plan would create military ‘reaction force’ for civil unrest (WP)

  • Trump team looking to create squad of 600 soldiers ready to deploy at a moments notice to quash civil unrest (Independent)

  • National Guard arrives in Washington DC for Trump’s federal takeover of local police (AP)

  • How D.C. crime became a symbol — and a target — for MAGA and beyond (WP)

  • Trump’s Use of National Guard in L.A. Remains Contentious (NYT)

  • Russia tries to make sudden advance in Ukraine before Trump-Putin summit (Reuters)

  • Vladimir Putin Could Be Laying a Trap (Atlantic)

  • Trump says his administration looking at reclassifying marijuana (ABC)

  • Texas Gov. Will Push For Controversial Redistricting Map ‘Beyond’ Election Deadline As Democrats Remain Out Of State (Forbes)

  • Mexico may have to accept US cartel operations (Politico)

  • RFK Jr.’s cancellation of mRNA vaccine research is even worse than it first seemed (LAT)

  • State Department slashes its annual reports on human rights (NPR)

  • Human connection to nature has declined 60% in 200 years, study finds (Guardian)

  • A new ranking methodology places Barry Bonds over Babe Ruth as the game’s best player ever. Statisticians, at least, are cheering. (NYT)

  • Meta AI takes first step to superintelligence — and Zuckerberg will no longer release the most powerful systems to the public (LiveScience)

  • Sam Altman and the whale (TR)

  • Teachers Have Become AI Super-Users (Atlantic)

  • 21 Ways People Are Using A.I. at Work (NYT)

  • RFK Jr. Mandates All Americans Drink Mysterious Glowing Liquid (The Onion)

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