The Wall Street Journal on Instagram: “George Soros, the legendary investor, philanthropist and right-wing target, is handing control of his $25 billion empire to a younger son—Alexander Soros, a self-described center-left thinker who grew up self-conscious of the family’s wealth and wasn’t thought to be a potential successor. The 37-year-old, who goes by Alex, said in the first interview since his selection that he was broadening his father’s liberal aims—“We think alike,” the elder Soros said—while embracing some different causes. Those include voting and abortion rights, as well as gender equity. He plans to continue using the family’s deep pockets to back left-leaning U.S. politicians. “I’m more political,” Alex said, compared with his father. He recently met with Biden administration officials, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) and heads of state, including Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to advocate for issues related to the family foundation. The Soros’s nonprofit Open Society Foundations, known as OSF, directs about $1.5 billion a year to groups such as those backing human rights around the world and helping build democracies. Foundation money also goes to universities and other educational organizations. The Soros super PAC, Democracy PAC, has backed the election campaigns of district attorneys and law-enforcement officials seeking to reduce incarceration rates and racial bias in the justice system, among the efforts that have riled the right. Alex said he was concerned about the prospect of Donald Trump’s return to the White House, suggesting a significant financial role for the Soros organization in the 2024 presidential race. “As much as I would love to get money out of politics, as long as the other side is doing it, we will have to do it, too,” he said. Read more at the link in our bio. 📷: Christopher Lee for @wsjphotos”
Wall Street Journal Opinion on Instagram: “We hear a lot about America’s mental-health crisis, and the crisis is real. But part of the problem is that we talk about it too much, writes Clay Routledge. In an attempt to bring more attention to the issue, we’re becoming a nation that increasingly defines itself as mentally fragile and unwell. It’s remarkable that we’ve made such progress at reducing the stigma associated with mental illness. Poor mental health can be a barrier to personal and social flourishing. But dwelling on mental health too much can exacerbate psychological distress. Everyone worries, but if someone who experiences mild anxiety begins to view himself as struggling with a serious mental illness, he is likely to become more fixated on what worries him and more avoidant of anxiety-provoking experiences. Consider “trigger warnings.” Trigger warnings can send the message that traumatic experiences cause permanent psychological change, when the reality is that humans are naturally resilient. Most people who experience trauma aren’t permanently altered as a result—unless they come to view it as a central part of who they are. There’s no shortage of awareness of mental health. What we need now is a greater effort to inspire Americans to engage in outward-focused actions that ultimately build healthy minds and flourishing societies. Read more at the link in our bio. #WSJOpinion Photo: Emily Elconin/Bloomberg News”
The Washington Times on Instagram: “A growing majority of adults responding to an annual national poll say they believe in only two genders, male and female. A spike in “significant conservative media attention” to gender issues in recent years drove the shift, said political scientist Melissa Deckman, CEO of the D.C.-based pollster. The poll cited political battles over sexual identity lessons, parental rights and gender pronouns in public schools as examples.”
The Washington Times on Instagram: ”#Editorial: ”‘All rise’ calls the court to order, but Americans should not stand to honor what passes for ‘justice’ in the fresh prosecution of former President Donald Trump. The indictment of Mr. Trump by his political enemies in the Democratic Party reveals a level of lawlessness that no explanation can validate. As determined as Washington’s governing elites are to shield their power, the people whom they serve are now called to demonstrate matching grit in annunciating the hijacking of justice has gone too far.”″
Fox News on Instagram: ”‘INSURANCE POLICY’: @senatorchuckgrassley says the Ukrainian exec kept 17 audio recordings of his conversations with the president and his son. See the bombshell allegation from the FBI doc at the link in bio.”
Fox News on Instagram: ”‘WE OWN THIS’: CA Gov. Gavin Newsom makes shocking admission during sit down interview with @seanhannity set to air at 9 PM EST. Watch the moment at the link in bio.”
Fox News on Instagram: “NUMBERS ARE IN: While half of Americans support the second indictment of the former president, there is one thing they can all agree on. See the latest stats at the link in bio.”
New York Post on Instagram: “President #JoeBiden backed out of greeting college athletes and hosting NATO’s secretary-general to complete a two-day root canal — after a report described tension within his inner circle over the ice cream-loving chief executive eating “like a child.” Find out more about the president’s worrisome sweet tooth at the link in our bio. 📸: REUTERS”
Newsmax on Instagram: “Fox News has sent a “cease-and-desist” letter to Tucker Carlson over a competing Twitter series from the channel’s former star host that drew a combined 169 million views for its first two episodes. For more on this story, click our link in bio or go to NEWSMAX.COM.”
Daily Caller on Instagram: ”@tulsigabbard calls out the Dems for ‘normalizing pedophilia,’ and took to Twitter to say Dems are ‘stripping away parental rights, sexualizing…mutilating/poisoning kids with ‘gender affirm but care,’ and normalizing pedophilia and infanticide.’ — (VIDEO INCLUDED!) See more at link in bio!”
Fox Business on Instagram: “ORDER SOMETHING RECENTLY? A warning letter was sent to President Biden regarding ‘disruptive service actions’ that are slowing operations. Link in bio.”
National Review on Instagram: “A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer prepares to taxi at Royal Air Force Fairford, United Kingdom, June 7, 2023. (Photo: Senior Airman Josiah Brown/U.S. Air Force) Every Monday, National Review posts Defending America, a gallery of recent U.S. armed forces deployments and training exercises featuring images by photographers serving in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. Link in bio for MORE”
The Washington Times on Instagram: “Tech giant Google gave its employees an ultimatum this week: Return to the office three days a week or risk losing their job. The company issued the demand in a memo that said if workers didn’t show up, they would feel it in their performance reviews. The memo, first reported by The Washington Post, marks a clear shift in the company’s messaging around remote work. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Google was one of the first firms to let its workers do their jobs remotely. Many other tech companies followed suit, and thousands of employees enjoyed working from home for nearly two years.”
The Washington Times on Instagram: “Move over, WebMD. A study in a leading medical journal has found that popular artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT gives superior advice about a variety of health issues such as headaches and suicide. ChatGPT’s next-generation language model helped the chatbot give “nearly human-quality responses” of 183-274 words apiece at reading levels ranging from ninth grade to college seniors, the researchers wrote in the federally funded study.”
The Wall Street Journal on Instagram: “Walt Disney’s former Los Angeles home—now for rent asking $40,000 a month—looks like something out of one of his films: Largely covered in vines, the Storybook-style home has a turret, leaded-glass windows and a cobblestone motor court. Disney built the four-bedroom Los Feliz home in 1932, according to Disney historian and blogger Todd Regan, and lived there with his wife and family for about 20 years before moving to Holmby Hills. The property is now owned by Kazakhstan-born film director Timur Bekmambetov, who bought it in 2011 for $3.7 million, according to public records. Bekmambetov has worked with Regan to organize tours of the property and is now renting it out, he said, because he wants people to be able to experience staying there. Disney bought the property overlooking downtown L.A. following the success of his Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphony short films, according to Regan, who also helped restore Disney’s childhood home in Chicago. Disney created some of his greatest works while living in the house, including “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” “Cinderella” and “Pinocchio,” Regan said. Disney built the roughly 6,400-square-foot home in just under three months, Regan said. “Incredible to think that it was even possible to do that,” he said. “But it was the height of the Great Depression so nobody had anything, and if you had a little bit of something, like Walt had with his Mickey Mouse money, you could build a castle on top of the Hollywood Hills.” Read more at the link in our bio. Photos: Joel Danto/TheLuxLevel; Earl Theisen/Getty Images (inset)”
The Washington Times on Instagram: “Crime data from the Metropolitan Police Department shows that the city recorded 102 homicides through Tuesday — a 19% increase from the 86 slayings in the District through the same period last year. The D.C. Police Union said the city had not reached the 100-homicide threshold this quickly since 2003, which ended with 248 killings.”
The Wall Street Journal on Instagram: “Homicides in some of America’s largest cities are falling after soaring during the first two years of the pandemic. So far this year, killings are down 12% overall in nine of the 10 most populous cities compared with the same time frame last year, according to local government data. Homicides are down in six of those cities, including 27% in Los Angeles, 22% in Houston, and 16% in Philadelphia. In Texas, the cities of Dallas, San Antonio and Austin reported slight upticks. San Diego didn’t provide data. The 2023 data available from the cities had different end dates, ranging from April to this week. Local officials and criminologists say conditions that drove the violence up in 2020 and 2021, such as rise in domestic disputes and a pause in gang-violence prevention programs during the pandemic, as well as a pullback in police enforcement after racial-justice protests over the murder of George Floyd, are receding. Last year, the number of killings dropped 5% in 70 of the largest U.S. cities from 2021, according to the Major Cities Chiefs Association, which represents police chiefs from large cities. Read more at the link in our bio.”