Source: US News & World Report
“Sky, the UK-based TV, internet and mobile phone provider owned by Comcast, has agreed to buy ITV’s media and entertainment arm for up to 1.6 billion pounds ($2.1 billion) after months of talks to create a major competitor to the global streaming giants. … The combined Sky-ITV entity will become part of NBCUniversal following the completion of its split from Comcast, ITV said.” (07/06/26)
https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2026-07-06/sky-agrees-to-buy-british-broadcaster-itv-for-up-2-1-billion-to-compete-with-streaming-giants
Source: National Public Radio [US state media]
“Trump calls FIFA, then FIFA lifts ban on U.S. star player.” (07/06/26)
https://www.npr.org/2026/07/06/nx-s1-5883813/trump-calls-fifa-then-fifa-lifts-ban-on-u-s-star-player
Source: Washington Post
by Robert T Miller
“Endorsing individual stocks would be unusual behavior for any president, but in Trump’s case it is notable for a different reason: The president has disclosed owning shares in many of the companies he touts. But as troubling as it may seem for the president to own shares in a company, praise it and profit from the rise in price, it is almost certainly legal. Nothing the president has done rises to the level of insider trading or market manipulation, the two crimes most associated with stock trading. … That doesn’t mean retail investors should look to Trump for stock tips. Securities markets today are so efficient that, after the president says something about a stock, flash traders will act on that information in less than a second. By the time any retail investor waddles in, the stock’s price will already reflect Trump’s advice.” (07/06/26)
https://archive.is/Jb0mY
Source: Our Future
by Sulma Arias
“We’re celebrating 250 years since the founding of the United States of America. Yes, celebrating, and I hope you did, too. I know this moment brings up so many conflicting emotions. On the one hand, this country is our home. Some of us have no other place to go. Some of us have chosen to make this our home, and some of us are still grappling with the centuries of injustice that brought us here. Whatever this landmark celebration means to you, I hope you take time to reflect, as I have, on what brought us here, and find ways to take lessons from those who found reasons to fight to build a better future in this country, across the many injustices that wound our nation’s journey. In doing so, these courageous women and men made a way for us to be here today.” (07/06/26)
https://ourfuture.org/20260705/we-the-people-will-prevail
Source: CBS News
“FIFA is being criticized over its decision to lift the red card suspension for lead U.S. Men’s National Team scorer Folarin Balogun, allowing him to play against Belgium on Monday. Sources familiar with the matter told CBS News that Balogun’s reinstatement came after President Trump called FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Thursday and spoke about the suspension, which would have kept the 25-year-old striker from playing in the round of 16 World Cup match. The Union of European Football Associations, Europe’s soccer governing body, said FIFA ‘crossed a red line,’ and expressed its ‘disbelief’ at a decision it called ‘unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable.’ … The Royal Belgian Football Association, whose national team will face the U.S. Monday, said it was ‘astonished’ by the decision, and added it contradicts FIFA’s own rules.” (07/06/26)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fifa-infantino-trump-red-card-folarin-balogun-criticism/
Source: Checks & Balances
“Pulitzer Prize winning historian, Dr. Edward Larson, on the Declaration of Independence, the Election of 1800, and America at 250.” (07/06/26)
https://chkbal.substack.com/p/bonus-episode-why-1776-still-matters
Source: Reason
by JD Tuccille
“If you really want to get a European politician wound up, try suggesting that, in the 21st century, human civilization has progressed to the point that we need not be at the mercy of the elements; if the temperature outside is uncomfortable, we can adjust the climate in our homes and businesses to our taste. That will get you a stuffy lecture about the virtues of suffering for the good of the planet. Well, unless powerful people are being inconvenienced; then the air conditioning comes on.” (07/06/26)
https://reason.com/2026/07/06/europe-may-never-be-cool-but-it-can-be-air-conditioned/
Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“Huge crowds have lined the streets of Tehran for the funeral procession of Iran’s late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on the first day of the war with the US and Israel. Footage from Iranian state TV showed many tens of thousands of mourners gathered to watch Khamenei’s flag-draped coffin being transported by a lorry along a 10km (6-mile) route that passed through the capital’s landmark Enghelab Square. The procession took place after his body lay in state for two days at Tehran’s Grand Mosalla mosque. Three of Khamenei’s sons prayed beside his coffin there on Sunday. But Mojtaba, the son who succeeded him as supreme leader, did not make an appearance. He has not been seen in public since reporting being seriously wounded in the same Israeli air strike in Tehran on 28 February that killed his father and his wife.” (07/06/26)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdejj44kl70o
Source: The Hill
“JD Vance rejects Milton Friedman, embraces socialism?” (07/06/26)
https://thehill.com/hilltv/5951297-rising-july-6-2026/
Source: The Daily Economy
by Paul McDonnold
“In ‘The Rise of Hip Capitalism,’ author Joseph de León traces how Rolling Stone fused countercultural rebellion with entrepreneurial ambition, turning cultural dissent into a media empire.” (07/06/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/rolling-stone-and-the-making-of-a-counterculture-capitalist-success-story/
