The Desk 6/26/25: Iran strike, Bezos wedding, and the next great former Maverick

The Trump administration found that the California Department of Education violated Title XI by allowing transgender girls to compete on girls sports teams. 

The president spoke on the matter, criticizing the state for not violating Title XI “in one of the fun ways.” 

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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Iran’s nuclear program has been set back years, pushing back against a U.S. intelligence report that the strike only caused a few months’ worth of damage.

She declined to speak on whether or not the evidence she cited will be made public, meaning she joins the trustworthy ranks of 12-year-old boys with a “smokin’ hot” girlfriend who just goes to a different school. 

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Cooper Flagg was drafted first overall by the Mavericks last night, bringing a new generational superstar to Dallas after sending the beloved Luka Dončić to the Lakers last season. 

“We’re so excited to welcome Cooper to the team,” said GM Nico Harrison. “And personally, I’m even more ecstatic for four years from now, when I trade him for a tuna sandwich.”

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Jeff Bezos moved his lavish wedding from the center of Venice to Arsenale for increased security after locals gathered to protest the Amazon founder.

Bezos can move an entire destination wedding on short notice to be protected against activists, but if your Amazon package is chucked off of a truck into a muddy puddle four miles from your address, there’s nothing that can be done.

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The GOP’s proposal to cut $250 billion in Medicaid funding was found to not adhere to the Senate’s procedural rules, endangering their hopes to pass the bill by Trump’s July 4th deadline. 

So live it up this Fourth of July, America! This may be the last chance for millions of you to get your hands blown up by fireworks before you lose health insurance and your local hospital has to shut down.

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The unemployment rate for ages 22-27 is the highest it’s been in a dozen years excluding the coronavirus pandemic, a rise economists and Federal Reserve officials have tied to tariffs causing businesses to not hire new workers.

It also doesn’t help that when college graduates ask ChatGPT what jobs they should apply for, it replies “Well, you’ll work for me soon enough.” 

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