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1) The coming comeuppance
REUTERS: The dollar's crown is slipping, and fast
2) The war I’ve actually been worrying about
AP: UN nuclear watchdog board censures Iran, which retaliates by announcing a new enrichment site
NYT: Much of Iran’s Nuclear Program Remains After Israel’s Strikes. At Least for Now.
REUTERS: Putin tells Netanyahu issues surrounding Iran's nuclear programme must be solved through diplomacy
3) Taiwan paying attention
ECONOMIST: Taiwan thinks the unthinkable: resisting China without America
4) We are not a mystery to the wider world
DAILY MIRROR: Rage in America: Donald Trump has thrown gasoline on the fire to appease MAGA base
5) The status quo ante miraculously achieved!
ECONOMIST: America and China have spooked each other
6) Stand!
HULU: Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
7) Working toward the alt-Right’s desired civil war
NYT: Minnesota Lawmaker Is Assassinated in Act of ‘Targeted Political Violence’
8) Another sign of the idiot apocalypse
GUARDIAN: Eight US states seek to outlaw chemtrails – even though they aren’t real
9) Old hatreds die hard
TIMES OF INDIA: ‘China is the enemy’: Leaked Russian intelligence reveals Kremlin's actual view of Beijing; accuses it of espionage
10) The future, Mr. Rango!
ECONOMIST: How managing energy demand got glamorous; Technology and power come together
11) Alienating your friends and neighbors
ECONOMIST: How Trump is pushing European firms back towards China
12) Pull the other one!
AXIOS: Trump promises farmers "changes are coming" to immigration crackdown
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