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Plus John Oliver on a soap opera?

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No John Oliver show last night as he has been away fulfilling a lifelong dream of ….performing on a soap opera, in this case “General Hospital.” Here is an Access Hollywood report on his endeavor:

Heather Cox Richardson:

Trump clearly thinks there is political gain in convincing his followers that his political opponents are communists, although this is a lie made up out of whole cloth after the victory of Democratic Socialists in Democratic primaries and the popularity of New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani. Communists call for the end of private ownership of the means of production, giving the state control of private enterprises. In today’s America, it is actually Trump, himself, who is taking government stakes in private enterprises.

Paul Krugman on Trump’s crypto and various coin schemes:

What we’re witnessing is or has been a really enormous pump and dump scheme, I would argue, involving more or less all of crypto.

It’s an extraordinary thing. There have been pump and dump schemes forever, probably going back to the Phoenicians or something. But this is on a scale we’ve never seen, and with the president of the United States in the center of it. Which I guess given everything else comes as no surprise.

Today’s Toons

Luckovich:

Anderson:

Brodner on the now-famous photo: that we featured yesterday:

Bramhall:

Day:

Wuerker:

Sack:

Noth:

Photo Finish

Paris, 5 a.m.