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From memeorandum: Where Will the GOP--and Where Should Democrats--Go After Trump: A Conversation with Jamelle Bouie (Shikha Dalmia/The UnPopulist)

From memeorandum: Russian superyacht crosses blockaded Strait of Hormuz (Reuters)

From memeorandum: How Trump is moving to control U.S. elections, one state at a time (Reuters)

From memeorandum: Trump officials hire 'deportation judges' with less training, experience (Maria Sacchetti/Washington Post)

From memeorandum: Trump Calls Secret Meeting as His War Crisis Spirals (Ewan Palmer/The Daily Beast)

From memeorandum: 60 Countries to Meet on Phasing Out Fossil Fuels but Are Excluding the U.S. (Lisa Friedman/New York Times)

From memeorandum: House GOP expands its 'MAGA Majority' program for battleground races as midterms heat up (Ryan King/New York Post)

From memeorandum: MAHA at odds with Trump over Supreme Court's glyphosate case, farm bill (Garrett Downs/CNBC)

From memeorandum: Charles Brings Calm Diplomacy to Trump's Pomp (Julian Harris/Bloomberg)

From memeorandum: Fed to Hold Interest Rates as Political Drama Overshadows Policy Debate (Enda Curran/Bloomberg)

From memeorandum: Virginia Supreme Court considers whether to block voter-approved US House map favoring Democrats (David A. Lieb/Associated Press)

From Techmeme: Microsoft and OpenAI remove a clause in their deal that would grant Microsoft IP rights up until OpenAI achieved "AGI", replacing it with a fixed-term agreement (Aaron Holmes/The Information)

From Techmeme: Quantum Art, a quantum computing startup focused on enhancing computational throughput using its unique "multicore" architecture, extends its Series A to $140M (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

From Techmeme: Microsoft and OpenAI amend their deal to let OpenAI serve all its products across any cloud provider; Microsoft will no longer pay a revenue share to OpenAI (OpenAI)

From memeorandum: Iran offers to reopen Strait of Hormuz if US lifts its blockade and the war ends, officials say (Associated Press)

From memeorandum: The Simple Security Flaws That Exposed Trump to Another Gunman (Wall Street Journal)

From memeorandum: This Is Not the 1970s ... Every day that passes without a final conclusion to hostilities ... (Milton Ezrati/Quillette)

From memeorandum: From One Assassination Attempt to the Next: Mainstreaming Violence Against a President (Victor Davis Hanson/American Greatness)

From memeorandum: A more secure ballroom will not stop the madness (Paul Waldman/Public Notice)

From Techmeme: Spotify partners with Peloton to offer Premium users access to playlists and a catalog of 1,400+ ad-free fitness classes, its first foray into fitness content (Bloomberg)