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The Lebanon Strikes Are Not the Story. The Map Around Them Is.
Israel is bombing southern Lebanon while Trump tells Netanyahu to cool it and a Russian warship fires near a British yacht. These are not separate stories.
Maya Okonkwo··5 min read
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Trump at the NBA Finals Was Never Just About Basketball
Trump showed up at Madison Square Garden for Game 3 and got booed during the national anthem. The moment says more about where sports and politics are than either side wants to admit.
Sara Lin··4 min read
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Washington Wants A Piece Of OpenAI. That Should Worry You.
The White House is talking about owning a slice of OpenAI while wiring its models into classified networks. That's not industrial policy. That's a merger.
Maya Okonkwo··5 min read
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Tulsi Gabbard's Exit Was Never Really About Her Husband
The official reason is a family illness. The actual story is a Director of National Intelligence who was already locked out of the room.
Maya Okonkwo··4 min read
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Xi Named the Trap. That Was the Whole Point.
Xi Jinping invoked the Thucydides Trap to Trump's face in Beijing. The framing isn't analysis — it's leverage, and Washington walked into it.
Maya Okonkwo··4 min read
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The Iran Ceasefire Is Dead. The Hardliners Just Inherited the Middle East
Trump killed the proposal. Netanyahu sharpened his knives. What's left isn't a diplomatic vacuum — it's a region handed back to the people who wanted it that way.
Maya Okonkwo··4 min read