NotableI can still cheer for America. “Although the actions of those in power have filled me with sadness, I love the people of this country. And so when I think about supporting our Olympians, I view it as supporting the people of the United States. Team U.S.A. is not Team White House.” — Esau McCaulley, contributing Opinion writer How the capitalists broke capitalism. “Financialization is a grift, a rarified form of bookmaking, of no net value to workers and consumers, the economy, or society as a whole. Let’s treat it accordingly.” — Oren Cass, contributing Opinion writer America’s rare earths strategy is built on a faulty narrative. “The real threat to a secure and sustainable supply of rare earths and other critical minerals is not that they are scarce or monopolized by one nation, but simply that so much is thrown away.” — Julie Michelle Klinger, a geographer Spotlight
Trump’s Stifling of Dissent Reaches a New LevelThe Times editorial board has been tracking America’s slide toward autocracy. Here’s where we are. ICYMIIt’s not the cartels that worry Sheinbaum. “The problem isn’t simply that drug-trafficking groups attack the state. It’s that they’re often a part of it.” — Mary Beth Sheridan, a journalist specializing in Latin America Listen (or Watch)
More in OpinionIn Your WordsRe: “‘Melania’: Watching a First Lady Vanish in Plain Sight” I know that the sequence of events doesn’t support it but I wish the journalists had boycotted this Bezos product in solidarity with the assault on journalism at Bezos’ Washington Post. In any event, the juxtaposition is a painful illustration of what makes an age Gilded - glittering on the surface and rotted out below. — A comment posted by Eric from Berkeley, Calif. Read more comments on the story here and check out our Letters to the Editor. We hope you’ve enjoyed this newsletter, which is made possible through subscriber support. Subscribe to The New York Times.
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