AMERICANTHINKER - So where does wokeism come from? A French intellectual gives the perfect bite-sized explainer
It's like Eric Hoffer, come to back to life.
NPR (Rhitu Chatterjee) - One clinic tracks the heavy toll Trump's immigration crackdown takes on mental health
Zocalo Health, a clinic in Los Angeles, screens all its patients for depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts. It documented a marked increase in those conditions since ICE enforcement actions began.
AXIOS (Jim VandeHei) - Scoop: Trump advisers fear China may target Taiwan in next 5 years
Some close advisers to President Trump fear the biggest substantive result of the China summit is heightened danger that Chinese President Xi Jinping will invade Taiwan in the next five years, potentially choking off the chips used to power AI to U.S. companies. What they're saying: Trump loved the pageantry and the special access Xi shrewdly rolled out during the Beijing visit. But the words didn't match the bonhomie. One Trump adviser told us Xi is "trying to move China to a new position where he's saying: 'We're not a rising power. We're your equal. And Taiwan is mine.'" - "This trip signaled a much higher likelihood that Taiwan will be on the table in the next five years," the adviser added. - "There's no way we can be ready…
AXIOS (Alex Isenstadt) - GOP to crypto: Show me the money
Republicans have delivered major wins for the crypto industry in Washington — and they're increasingly frustrated that its biggest political spender isn't stepping up for them in the midterms. Why it matters: Crypto now commands the biggest political war chest of any industry in America — and how it deploys that cash could help decide the November elections. Zoom out: The pro-crypto Fairshake super PAC has a massive $165 million. - But the organization — which receives the bulk of its funding from Coinbase, a cryptocurrency exchange company — has yet to announce which races it will target. - That has infuriated Republicans, who have promoted pro-crypto legislation including the CLARITY Act, which would define how digital assets…
STRIPES - Future USS Ted Stevens arrives at its homeport for the first time | Stars and Stripes
The arrival in Norfolk begins the ship’s transition from construction to the operational phase of testing and integration with the Navy fleet.
JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Entrepreneurs continue exodus as Washington state’s new income tax looms
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NYTIMES (David French) - We Need More ‘Rabid Partisans’ Like Shane Massey
Defeating a sclerotic rump of a party is no achievement. Instead, one-party rule enables corruption. It fosters stagnation.
WASHINGTONPOST (Annie Gowen) - A city’s AI license plate cameras led to an uproar and a state of emergency
In Troy, New York, residents and city officials are at odds over police use of Flock cameras, which some call a safety tool and others see as surveillance.
REDSTATE (Brad Essex) - THE ESSEX FILES: A Teacher Who Grounded Us in Real History
ABCNEWS - 3 dead as vehicle strikes pedestrians in Oakland, officials say
The driver and several others were injured, the Oakland Fire Department said.