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Filing: SpaceX tells investors that orbital AI data centers use "unproven technologies" and may not achieve "commercial viability" due to space-related risks (Echo Wang/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/spacex-says-

Filing: Tron founder Justin Sun sues the Trump family's World Liberty Financial, alleging it unfairly locked up his WLFI holdings and threatened and defamed him (CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/04/21…

Tron's Justin Sun sues Trump-linked World Liberty Financial over frozen assets
World Liberty unfairly froze Sun's $WLFI tokens and threatened him, the lawsuit alleged.

FEC filings confirm GOP meddling in Dem primaries (Jessica Piper/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/21/fec-republican-meddling-democratic-primaries-00969281
http://www.memeorandum.com/260621/p21#a260621p21

#Kilonovae and Long-duration Gamma-Ray Bursts: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae5e53 -> "detections of kilonova-like emission following long-duration gamma-ray bursts GRB 211211A and GRB 230307A have been interpreted as originating from the merger of two neutron stars. In this work, we demonstrate that these observations are also consistent with nucleosynthesis originating from a collapsar scenario" -> Los Alamos scientists uncover new insights into gamma ray bursts: https://www.lanl.gov/media/news/0617-gamma-ray-bursts - extreme high-energy events in the universe corroborated as originating from collapsing stars.

A lot of the attention to changes in higher education has focused on cultural issues, such as debates over free speech.
“But there’s also a real economic and geopolitical dimension to what’s happening, in terms of the shifting away from the scientific enterprise and the leading global role that the United States has played for decades.”
Federal funding isn’t flowing to MIT as it typically has, Kornbluth said.
Some federal agencies are talking about taking geography — not …

MIT president blames federal policy shifts for big drop in research on campus
Federal funding cuts have curtailed research at elite universities such as MIT, dulling America’s competitive edge globally.

Conservatives spent heavily in key Democratic primaries, filings show (CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/21/politics/conservative-pop-up-super-pac-democratic-primaries
http://www.memeorandum.com/260621/p56#a260621p56

Trump likely to drain Reflecting Pool again, following peeling paint and algae (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/20/trump-likely-drain-reflecting-pool-again-following-peeling-paint-algae/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260620/p53#a260620p53

April 21, 2026 -- There is the unmistakable feeling that the wheels are coming off the MAGA bus. (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-21-2026
http://www.memeorandum.com/260422/p50#a260422p50

News organizations sue to unseal filings in DOJ's Fulton County election investigation (Jane C. Timm/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/news-organizations-sue-unseal-filings-doj-fulton-county-election-probe-rcna345700
http://www.memeorandum.com/260519/p19#a260519p19

Ilhan Omar's office says she's 'not a millionaire' after $30M filing revised down to under $100K: report (Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ilhan-omars-office-says-shes-millionaire-30m-filing-revised-100k-report
http://www.memeorandum.com/260418/p52#a260418p52