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Opinion: Elon Musk’s Wild Week Raises Fears Over His Empire’s Future

Thedailybeast.com 

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It's been quite the week for Elon Musk.

It started with conflicting reports that he was - or was not - donating $47m a month to Donald Trump’s campaign. It continued with Tesla's disappointing second quarter earnings which revealed a 45 percent drop in profits compared to 2023—sending his net worth plummeting by $16bn. He then announced he was stalling investment in a Mexican plant until he sees if Trump, if elected, levies tariffs on Mexico.

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Opinion: Kamala Harris’ VP Must Also Be Brat

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Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Reuters

Now that Vice President Kamala Harris has all but officially been named as the Democratic Party’s new presidential candidate, it’s time to speculate wildly about who she’ll choose to be her running mate. Already, people are hand-wringing about it being a swing state politician who can “balance” the ticket by being perceived as less liberal and more male and white.

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‘It Wasn’t a Bit’: The Real Story Behind the Blues Brothers

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Heading into the 50th season of Saturday Night Live, fans of the show and its original cast may feel they already know all of the lore surrounding them and their iconic characters, such as how Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi took two white guys in black suits and rocketed The Blues Brothers to the top of the charts with a multi-platinum album in 1978 and a subsequent movie in 1980 that co-starred Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and James Brown—and in doing so, revitalized the careers of those music legends. Читать дальше...

US and Canada intercept Russian and Chinese bomber jets near Alaska

France24.com (en) 

Bomber jets from Russia and China flew over the far east of Russia and the Bering Sea near Alaska on Thursday during a joint aerial patrol. Although not seen as a threat by the North American Aerospace (NORAD), US and Canadian warplanes intercepted two of the bombers.

Biden says he's 'passing the torch' to defend democracy in speech from Oval Office

France24.com (en) 

President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he pulled out of the race against Republican Donald Trump over concerns about the future of U.S. democracy, explaining he was stepping aside to allow a new generation to take over in his first public remarks since ending his re-election bid. France 24's Kethevane Gorjestani takes a closer look at the president's speech.

Opinion: Project 2025, Trump’s Plan to Destroy Democracy, Is Already Underway

Thedailybeast.com 

Photo Illustration by Erin O’Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty Images, Wikimedia Commons and Iowa Legislature

Project 2025, an authoritarian guidebook authored by the Heritage Foundation and essentially Donald Trump’s bible in a would-be second term, is cause for alarm. Elements of this goody bag of democratic destruction take aim at everything from health care and education to the civil service and establishing a unitary executive.

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Opinion: Deepfakes Haven’t Destroyed Democracy—Yet

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Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty

In January the World Economic Forum declared AI-driven misinformation one of the biggest short-term threats to the global economy. However, six months later, in the wake of Taiwanese, Indian, British, and French elections, the death of democracy and truth is starting to seem greatly exaggerated.

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Tata Consumer announces Rs 3,000 crore rights issue; ex-date tomorrow

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

Tata Consumer Products announced a Rs 3,000 crore rights issue to eligible shareholders, offering 3.67 crore equity shares at Rs 818 each. The ex-rights date was July 26, and the record date was July 27. The issue opens on August 5 and closes on August 19.