- National Review Writers Blast ‘Hollow, Lazy, Emotionally Manipulative’ JD Vance for Dividing Conservatives With ‘Dumb-as-Rocks’ Rhetoric (mediaite.com)
- A murdered Argentinian writer’s comic finds a new audience – and far-right haters (theguardian.com)
- Hollywood writers unions green-light deal with studios, agree to end five-month strike (bbc.com)
- SAG strike: Actors join writers on Hollywood picket lines (bbc.com)Actors strike begins with ‘Oppenheimer’ cast walking out of film’s UK premiere (nydailynews.com)
Trump Openly Interferes with Spending Deal, Pushing Congress Toward a Shutdown (nytimes.com)
Chaos Consumes Drive to Avoid Government Shutdown, With 2 Days to Go (nytimes.com)Government shutdown nears after Trump and unelected oligarch Musk kill compromise (washingtonpost.com)Mike Johnson Faces Growing GOP Backlash As Elon Musk Calls For Government Shutdown (huffpost.com)Johnson’s speakership in doubt as Trump, Musk help scrap spending plan (washingtonpost.com)Musk, Ramaswamy fueled online campaign that led to Republicans rejecting spending bill (washingtonpost.com)Government Funding Fight Foreshadows DOGE Disappointment For Elon Musk (huffpost.com)
