NPR (Chloe Veltman) - Do you understand this billboard? If not, that's the whole point
San Francisco's streets are plastered with cryptic ads from AI startups. The strategy is intentional — but it's not without cost.
NPR (Ximena Bustillo) - Sen. Mullin faces confirmation hearing to lead Homeland Security Department
Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin faces questions from his fellow senators at his confirmation hearing to lead the Department of Homeland Security,
NPR (Scott Neuman) - Cheap drones are reshaping modern warfare — and catching the U.S. off guard
As Operation Epic Fury enters its third week, relentless attacks by cheap Iranian drones are being fended off by multi-million-dollar U.S. interceptors. How long can the math hold up?
NYTIMES (Jamelle Bouie) - The Last Thing Trump Wants to Do Is Save America
This Is what the president is fixated on right now?
NYTIMES (Jason Furman) - If You Hate Trump’s Economy, I Have News for You
It’s all a matter of perspective.
AMERICANGREATNESS (Liz Sheld) - Morning Greatness: White House Offers Concessions On DHS Funding to End Shutdown
Good Wednesday morning. Here is what’s on President Trump’s agenda today: 8:00 AM THE PRESIDENT participates in Executive Time 10:00 AM THE PRESIDENT receives his […] Source
AXIOS (Hans Nichols) - Sen. Markwayne Mullin's secret war zone past
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) has privately hinted to colleagues that he was involved in dangerous private security work in Middle East war zones before running for Congress in 2012, according to three people who have heard him discuss it. Why it matters: It's a mystery likely to come up Wednesday at his Senate confirmation hearing, where he will face colleagues as President Trump's nominee to replace Kristi Noem as Homeland Security secretary. - There's no public record of Mullin — a former professional mixed martial arts fighter who sold his family's plumbing business in 2021 — doing the kind of security work he has alluded to in private. - But to former colleagues in the House, and on several other occasions, Mullin has…
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - What can be the trickle-down effect from Joe Kent’s resignation? | CUOMO
The director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, announced his resignation after disagreeing with President Trump over the attacks in Iran. Conservative talk show host Ben Ferguson and Miles Taylor, a former chief of staff for the Department of Homeland Security, join “CUOMO” to discuss. #joekent #iran #trump Chris Cuomo hosts "CUOMO," a no-nonsense show featuring the day's most important news from all perspectives. "CUOMO" airs weeknights at 8p/7C on NewsNation. #CUOMO NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Trump Expresses Disappointment In NATO, Rubio Calls For New Cuban Leadership - The Hill | NEWSNATION
Host Blake Burman discusses President Trump expressing disappointment in NATO allies who aren't helping to secure the Strait of Hormuz. His comments come as strikes are escalating on Iran, as Israel confirms it killed two top Iranian leaders. Meanwhile, Trump says the U.S. could soon intervene in Cuba, as Marco Rubio calls for new leadership there.
SUBSTACK (Cam Higby) - Murder - The Violence of Islam
If you’ve ever had a conversation with a Muslim, about why it seems that one of the most common through lines in their religious texts is that anyone who is not a Muslim should be slaughtered - it’s likely that you’ve been told such verses are taken out of context, or are directed at a specific people based on transgressions against Muslim people.
Qur’an 2:191, 8:12, 9:5, 9:29, 47:4 Sahih Al-Bukhari - Hadith 25, 1399, 6924 Sahih Muslim - Hadith 30, 22 Let’s take one of the most widely cited (and refuted) verses. Widely known as the “sword verse”, it comes from Surah At-Tawbah, Chapter 9. The verse is as follows: “When the Sacred Months have passed, kill the polytheists wherever you find them. And capture them, and besiege them, and lie in wait for them at every ambush.” Qur’an 9:5 The refutation goes something like this: “Muslims had entered into a treaty with the pagans living in Arabia - those pagans broke the treaty. Thus the Qur’an orders battle against them, in retaliation for the broken treaty..” But there comes several problems. The first of which, is that…Open