Hometown Emigration Advice and 1900 Smallpox Meeting
Almanac style notes pull from 1855 and 1900 Kansas history. The 1855 tale endorses using St Louis steamers to reach Kansas with private land routes, warns on anti slavery suspicions, and mentions early June river rise. The 1900 Lawrence council faces a severe smallpox outbreak with quarantines, medical staffing issues, and a shift in city leadership, plus updates on poultry show preparations and oats planting in Douglas county. Compiled by Sarah Parsons.
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Coup style purge of federal agencies under Trump reveals power grab
Jamie Stiehm describes a rapid reshaping of the U S government as Trump uses loyalists Patel Kennedy and Gabbard to purge and reorient agencies including FBI NIH and intelligence oversight. The piece portrays a coordinated effort to seize power, with Musk backing and broad civil service resistance framed as a threat to constitutional norms.
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Syria
Edward Snowden
Defense
Pete Hegseth
Jamie Stiehm
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Markets, tariffs and Trump at the crossroads
Jonah Goldberg argues that markets resist political manipulation as Trump pushes tariffs seen as a tool. He notes market highs under past presidents, warns protectionism harms economy, and says Wall Street may back Trump yet still trade on economic reality. The piece calls for markets to guide policy away from demagoguery.
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Donald Trump
Trump
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Canada
Treasury
Scott Bessent
China
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James Carville
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America
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