10 Sunday Reads

1. A secret group called the Capytistas, backed by over $1.2 million, plans to publicly expose Elon Musk and hundreds of billionaire-owned homes through doxxing. This group argues that those who buy political power deserve to be scrutinized.

2. In a recent political move, Trump replaced Susie Wiles as Chief of Staff with Stephen Miller, marking a significant rise for Miller from a congressional staffer to the most powerful aide in Washington. Tensions arise due to differing views on forcing journalists to reveal government sources, with arrests being a potential tactic discussed.

3. Bruce Bartlett draws parallels between the Radical Republicans of the 39th Congress during Reconstruction and the current situation with Trump facing a Democratic Congress. Bartlett's analysis focuses on the fight against law-breaking actions by the previous president to block legislative opposition.

4. Law enforcement agencies worldwide, including in the US and UK, are utilizing Penlink's Webloc technology in apps found in popular platforms. This technology helps authorities locate individuals using their cellphones through various devices, raising privacy concerns.

5. The midterm elections saw backlash from various groups against what they perceive as the corrupt and lying nature of the Trump administration. This includes young white males against gasoline price hikes, Hispanic voters against ICE and deportation policies, Black voters against gerrymandering and Trump's racism, women against abortion rights and Epstein file suppression, and families against healthcare coverage loss. Additionally, there was a general backlash against Trump's corruption and relations with Putin.

6. Stride, the largest provider of virtual public schools in the nation, has been collecting over a billion dollars in taxpayer money in Texas alone, despite many students not attending or completing their online education.

7. A deputy in small-town Texas who played a significant role in ICE's nationwide crackdown on deportations has now expressed misgivings about his actions, acknowledging the negative impact on individuals and the community.

8. Leo Terrell, who initially supported Trump's efforts to reform elite universities, now oversees an operation described by former interns and Justice Department attorneys as dysfunctional and beset by internal conflict, facing accusations of abuse, threats, and harassment.

9. Katja Hoyer explores her experiences growing up with Guido Knopp's history documentaries, which predominantly showcased the Third Reich through its own propaganda, and the impact this had on her perception of historical events.

10. Pvt. Kostyantyn Vlasenko, a Ukrainian soldier, survived for months in a ruined school boiler room near Kupyansk while radioing troop movements to his unit. After his amputation for survival, he was airlifted to safety by a daring drone rescue, marking the first successful aerial evacuation of its kind.