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NYTIMES (Tyler Pager and Anatoly Kurmanaev) - How Marco Rubio is Running Venezuela From Afar

The secretary of state effectively controls Venezuela’s finances, the distribution of its natural resources and its government. His grip on the country is a vivid manifestation of American power in the Trump era.

WASHINGTONPOST (Brady Dennis, Cole Reynolds, N. Kirkpatrick, Chris Hacker) - ‘Teen takeovers’ confound cities struggling to define the problem — and find solutions

Viral videos of unruly gatherings of young people are pushing city officials to deal with a problem they are having trouble defining, much less solve.

NPR (Kat Lonsdorf) - Minnesota is pulling troops early from D.C., as pressure grows on Michigan

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is pulling his National Guard early from Washington, D.C. as the chorus against Democratic governors sending troops to the city amid President Trump's ongoing deployment grows louder.

NPR (Chloe Veltman) - Shy on the dance floor? Virtual reality 'partners' aim to help you find your groove

VR dance lesson apps like Dance Guru and Trip the Light offer a judgment-free way to learn partner dancing.

NPR (Odette Yousef) - With the white nationalist group Patriot Front, what you see is not what you get

Hundreds of masked white nationalists marched in the nation's capital on July Fourth. Who were they and where does their funding come from?

WASHINGTONPOST (Hannah Knowles) - Conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk’s death are still raging, infuriating friends

Right-wing influencers sparred over the case this week as a court hearing laid out detailed evidence in Kirk’s shooting.

AMERICANTHINKER - A Fatal Rivalry -- Hamilton vs. Burr

LoC By Joe Alton What do you get when you put together two gifted politicians from different parties, a fledgling nation, a code of honor, and a lot of personal grievances? You get Hamilton vs. Burr.

AMERICANTHINKER - When People’s Actions Demonstrate Who They Are, Believe Them

ChatGPT By Marc E. Zimmerman We have met the enemy and he is us.

AMERICANTHINKER - The Apparent Paradox Of GDR Nostalgia

Photo Credit:Franz Krüger, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Public Domain By Lars Møller The Myth of Carefree Communism: Why some long for the imagined “freedom from worry” of the defunct GDR.

AMERICANTHINKER - Citizen Kane at 85: A Revolutionary Masterpiece Still Hiding in Plain Sight

Photo Credit:RKO Radio Pictures, still photographer Alexander Kahle, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Public Domain By Charlton Allen Orson Welles’s film may no longer shock us the way it shocked audiences in 1941—but only because so much of modern cinema learned to speak its language.