From Israel’s pager attacks on Hezbollah terrorists to the cost of your favorite steak, we’ve got it all in today’s episode. Oh, and did we mention the second assassination attempt on Donald Trump? Buckle up—it’s a wild one. Wretch on!

Time Stamps:

02:17 Front Page

55:07 Obsessions

1:00:06 Reader Mail

1:04:47 Favorite Items

Show Notes:

New York Times: How Israel Built a Modern-Day Trojan Horse: Exploding Pagers

Politico: Republicans outraged over possible assassination attempt: ‘They are going to keep trying to kill Trump’

NBC News: Man in custody after Trump golf club incident was once convicted of possessing a machine gun

Commentary: UPDATED: The Assassination Wish Fulfillment

Wall Street Journal: How the Trump Campaign Ran With Rumors About Pet-Eating Migrants—After Being Told They Weren’t True

Wall Street Journal: How the Trump Campaign Ran With Rumors About Pet-Eating Migrants—After Being Told They Weren’t True

Scientific American: Vote for Kamala Harris to Support Science, Health and the Environment

The New York Times: Former N.Y.C. Covid Czar Partied While Preaching Social Distancing

New York Post: Star political reporter Olivia Nuzzi on leave from New York magazine over alleged 'sexting' relationship with RFK Jr.

New York Times: These American Voters Are Leaving the Country Because of U.S.

New York Times: Politics The Hidden Environmental Costs of Food

New York Times: Inside the Funeral Home for New York’s Elite

Bloomberg News: Has It Gotten Too Hard to Buy a Birkin or Kelly?

Washingtonian: Meet the Cast of “Love Is Blind DC”

@KthomasDC on X: White House: First Lady Jill Biden will host an event Friday at the White House to mark the 25th anniversary of the television series "The West Wing."

Washington Post: A 12-year-old girl was hit by a car. It had $19,770 in unpaid tickets

Wall Street Journal: The Kids Who Didn’t Know Their Parents Were Russian Spies

Stanford-Professor Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht über den Roman-Klassiker «Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften»

Weltwoche Daily

Kakanien: Ort und Typologie

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