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DeSantis’s Miscalculation: ‘Disney Is Playing the Long Game’ (WSJ)
Furious Microsoft boss says confidence in UK ‘severely shaken’ (BBC)
Musk Bets the House of Tesla on Low Prices and Razor-Thin Margins (Bloomberg)
The Case for Big Action to Regulate Artificial Intelligence (The Information)
McCarthy beats the odds with debt ceiling nail-biter (Axios)
Why the Banking Mess Isn’t Over (WSJ)
The Myth of the Broke Millennial (The Atlantic)
Building a movement that can take full advantage of the IRA (Volts)
Starship Will Change Humanity Soon (Uncharted Territories)
Is DeSantis Just Not Dumb Enough for Republicans? (NY Mag)
Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks (The Economist)

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