Some media folk have lost interest in frauds against taxpayers except as a tale of Republicans pouncing on Democratic policy failures. But there's still some actual news occurring, including in the land of 10,000 fakes.

Both parties will need to reckon with a rising generation consumed by cost-of-living concerns in ways that could challenge the status quo and force new compromises.

The trillion dollar Anthropic IPO will enrich Google and Amazon, who are ostensibly competitors. How does that make sense? It doesn't, unless Anthropic is four flailing monopolies in a trench coat.