Teens still glued to social media despite bans. MacKenzie Scott positions herself as the anti-Soros for resistance funding. Roman concrete was better than ours, and scientists finally know why. Mars scientists pitch "discovery, not colonization" to save the program from Trump's budget axe. An Antarctic robot just proved we can monitor ice melt in real time. The Right is prepping to criminalize Signal as an "Antifa weapon." And conservative media thinks Soros and Ford are funding European boycotts of US companies doing business in Israel.

AI "Agent" hype builds as Sora fades. Clean energy jobs surpass fossil fuels globally. "Red State Solar" booms despite GOP rhetoric. People over 70 now own 31% of all US wealth, a new record. Dr. Oz's first move at CMS? Telling federal employees to "eat less" in a leaked memo. OpenAI's Sora is flopping, and Sam Altman is already "bored" and moving on to agents. Clean energy now employs more people globally than fossil fuels. Texas Governor Abbott is outsourcing high school curriculum directly to Turning Point USA, and Nick Fuentes just admitted he’s never slept with a woman.

DOJ says it’s making a list, checking it twice, of domestic terrorists; the number of billionaires goes up; offshore drilling plans go forward; OpenAI funded anti-journalism groups, and tips on how to spot AI animals in the wild.

Trump team’s inward-facing “terror” crackdown, DOJ/ICE escalations, California’s insurance crisis, Discord gamifies data, Pantone whitewashes design, UA bans Black student mag, and the Right targets AI bias checks. Plus: World Cup surveillance risks, robot goalies, the Cold Supermoon, and a wobbling AI boom.

Trump expands "domestic terrorism" to include political dissent, Hegseth nomination falters over war crime allegations, admin rescinds coal/EV rules, Palantir deepens ICE ties, and "MAGA 101" threatens academic freedom. Americans lose economic confidence despite market highs.

Hegseth trolls war crime claims with memes as Trump sleeps in meetings. Donors demand crypto ROI. Texas Tech bans race teaching. "Nazislop" targets kids. Dems overperform in TN.

OpenAI slips ads into ChatGPT beta as the “enshittification” era dawns, White House touts a win-the-race AI plan while states brace for data-center power crunch, Beijing expands AI censorship, Gen Z pivots to trades on job fears, DeepSeek drops open models “rivaling GPT-5,” AI creeps into quasi-medical apps and pet wearables, Zillow yanks climate-risk scores under industry pressure & organizers eye grid justice, transparency, and consumer protections as the next fight.

Trump's approval rating hits 36%, lowest of second term, White House launches "media bias tracker" targeting journalists, How the DOJ's first-ever "antifa terrorism" trial could reshape protest rights in America, Silicon Valley's AI czar shaped policy while holding hundreds of related investments, Supreme Court hears $1B case that could change how ISPs handle copyright, Humanoid robot plays full-court basketball against human in viral demo, White House pushing to kill state AI regulations via defense bill, AI could currently replace 12% of US jobs, labor unions push back, & Bill Gates draws the line on solar geoengineering: only in "tipping-point scenarios"

Stranger Things just broke Netflix, How to stream Jack White and Eminem’s halftime show, The wild true story behind Pizza Hut’s Soviet gambit is going viral again, AlphaFold’s five-year science breakthrough, how China’s new neutrino reveal could rewrite physics, Musk’s xAI is building a solar farm, Meet “Michelangelo Dome,” the AI air shield promising to swat drones and missiles from the sky, Amazon insiders warn AI is costing jobs—“all-costs-justified” plan exposed, and China’s new Humanoid border guards.