Jack Teixeira, the suspected leaker, is suddenly a cause-celeb on the right [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmHlq_P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZHR3bzNuYTJteC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW8wMHZiZjM5em9XA3NwY0IKZCHA1Ttk47wA3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmHlq_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvMGY0bGdxMmQyZC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW8wMHZiZjM5em8mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZCHA1Ttk47wA3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). Pentagon leak: Dangerous radicalization of American white youth now a national security threat Not much is known about Teixeira's motive in stealing the documents and posting them. Teixeira named his group on Discord "Thug Shaker Central," apparently as a racist joke playing on a hip-hop phrase that refers to young black men performing a "rump shaker" dance to popular rap songs. Reports about posts on the chat group say that members shared racist and antisemitic jokes and memes. According to the Washington Post, whose reporters interviewed a teenage member of the group and saw more than 300 secret documents shared on Discord, Teixeira posted a video of himself wearing protective glasses and ear covers at a shooting range. "He yells a series of racial and antisemitic slurs into the camera, then fires several rounds at a target," the Post reported. [Read the rest from Lucian K. Truscott IV.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmHlq_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvYzZlbHV6MGFiMC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW8wMHZiZjM5em8mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZCHA1Ttk47wA3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images) 111 years after it sank, TikTok is helping spread misinformation about the Titanic It is a strange irony that the [internet](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmHlq_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvMWFyaWFnendzNC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW8wMHZiZjM5em8mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZCHA1Ttk47wA3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) — the byproduct of millennia of scientific and technological progress — has evolved into a wellspring for the dissemination of [pseudoscience](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmHlq_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZmI5Y3Zrc2tsMS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW8wMHZiZjM5em8mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZCHA1Ttk47wA3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) and unfounded [conspiracy theories](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmHlq_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvMm9wN3UxOWc5YS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW8wMHZiZjM5em8mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZCHA1Ttk47wA3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). The latest example is the proliferation of Titanic conspiracy theorists, who believe that the fabled ship that sank 111 years ago today [never actually sank](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmHlq_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvMjlxa3IwcDF0Ny8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW8wMHZiZjM5em8mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZCHA1Ttk47wA3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) at all. [Read the rest from Nicole Karlis.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmHlq_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMveDd6ZnMwMXp4Ni8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW8wMHZiZjM5em8mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZCHA1Ttk47wA3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Roger Viollet via Getty Images) - The song that left me speechless: In [Studio 111](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmHlq_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvMm9jYnFrZjJ0cC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW8wMHZiZjM5em8mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZCHA1Ttk47wA3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), music and poetry let youth in detention be heard
- This [no-cook smoked almond dip](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmHlq_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvc2c4YzFjeXB5cS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW8wMHZiZjM5em8mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZCHA1Ttk47wA3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) is a rich, flavorful starter that's a definite crowd-pleaser
- The heavy mask of perfection in ["Beef"](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmHlq_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdnloMGRic2Nycy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW8wMHZiZjM5em8mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZCHA1Ttk47wA3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) speaks to many women’s fear of revealing their true self
- "Most of us are broken": Author [Cheryl Strayed](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmHlq_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvemQ4YTY3Ymg2cy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW8wMHZiZjM5em8mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZCHA1Ttk47wA3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) embraces the imperfection of "Tiny Beautiful Things"
- Why are so many fast food brands obsessed with [bucket hat merch](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmHlq_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvczQ2MTJ1MXZvMC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW8wMHZiZjM5em8mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZCHA1Ttk47wA3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) lately?
- ["Flashdance"](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmHlq_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdjlwcmw2MGVxbi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW8wMHZiZjM5em8mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZCHA1Ttk47wA3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) turns 40, but our attitudes about working-class artists still need to grow
- [Deepfake videos](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmHlq_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdTdwcmUwN3Rsdy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW8wMHZiZjM5em8mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZCHA1Ttk47wA3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) are so convincing — and so easy to make — that they pose a political threat
- States maintaining reserve of [abortion pills](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmHlq_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvMDI4bHBwNnJsNi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW8wMHZiZjM5em8mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZCHA1Ttk47wA3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) after Supreme Court's hold on limitations
- "Not going nowhere": [Justin Pearson on Tennessee Three's expulsion](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmHlq_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdWpvNmwzaHJkeC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW8wMHZiZjM5em8mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZCHA1Ttk47wA3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), code switching and a new South
- New health study strengthens case for a [four-day workweek](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmHlq_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdnByenJ1bXF3Mi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW8wMHZiZjM5em8mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZCHA1Ttk47wA3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo)
- [Trump](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmHlq_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMveG83MmRicTBnYy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW8wMHZiZjM5em8mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZCHA1Ttk47wA3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) speaks at NRA convention days after mass shootings
- ["Yellowjackets"](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmHlq_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvNmQxbXhocTRoaS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW8wMHZiZjM5em8mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZCHA1Ttk47wA3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) makes "Lord of the Flies" seem like Dr. Seuss — "Old Wounds" goes beastie-mode If you found yourself here without subscribing, sign up for [Crash Course](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmHlq_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvODl0bWw3dndrbC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW8wMHZiZjM5em8mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZCHA1Ttk47wA3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), so you don't miss anything! American prophet: Nearing the end of his life, Daniel Ellsberg can't be confined to the past In just a few words — "Those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control the future" — George Orwell summed up why narratives about history can be crucial. And so, ever since the final helicopter liftoff from the U.S. Embassy's roof in Saigon on April 30, 1975, the retrospective meaning of the Vietnam War has been a matter of intense dispute. [Read the rest from Norman Solomon.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmHlq_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMveWViMTVuOXRybS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW8wMHZiZjM5em8mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZCHA1Ttk47wA3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Jonathan Wiggs / The Boston Globe/ Bettmann Archive) - "Boston remembers deadly marathon bombing 10 years later," [AP News](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmHlq_P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvazZ6NTExa2lvYi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW8wMHZiZjM5em9XA3NwY0IKZCHA1Ttk47wA3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo)
- "Disney Loses Over $100 Million from Chris Evans' Lightyear," [The Direct](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmHlq_P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZG56eDNqcmFrei8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW8wMHZiZjM5em9XA3NwY0IKZCHA1Ttk47wA3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo)
- "California's small cannabis growers face extinction as taxes, bills and snow pile up," [NBC News](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmHlq_P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvNWN5MjV6NTEzeS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW8wMHZiZjM5em9XA3NwY0IKZCHA1Ttk47wA3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo)
- "Watch Blink-182 Reunite at Coachella 2023 for First Classic Lineup Show in Years," [Pitchfork](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmHlq_P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvOHQ2NW82OW1odS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW8wMHZiZjM5em9XA3NwY0IKZCHA1Ttk47wA3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) "Fossil fuels are natural and amazing," says Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in a rant on Twitter On Saturday morning, [Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmHlq_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvMWcwdXhzdGdiZC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW8wMHZiZjM5em8mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZCHA1Ttk47wA3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) launched into a creative explanation for how climate works, providing a graph on fossil fuels in an effort to prove her points. "If you believe that today's 'climate change' is caused by too much carbon, you have been fooled," Greene wrote on Twitter. "We live on a spinning planet that rotates around a much bigger sun along with other planets and heavenly bodies rotating around the sun that all create gravitational pull on one another while our galaxy rotates and travels through the universe. Considering all of that, yes our climate will change, and it's totally normal!" [Read the rest from Kelly McClure.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmHlq_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvOGswdm41YzJlMC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW8wMHZiZjM5em8mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZCHA1Ttk47wA3VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) [Unsubscribe from this list](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmHlq_P0RCaHR0cHM6Ly9yZWFkLmxldHRlcmhlYWQuZW1haWwvY3Jhc2gtY291cnNlL3Vuc3Vic2NyaWJlP2lkPUAzNTQzOTUyVwNzcGNCCmQhwNU7ZOO8AN1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) Copyright © 2023 Crash Course, All rights reserved. 1000 N. West Street, Suite 1200, Wilmington, DE 19801 [Made with Letterhead [Letterhead logo]](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmHlq_P0QiaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbmVwbm83czh5c1cDc3BjQgpkIcDVO2TjvADdUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~)