First Read's Morning Clips

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. We have only been waiting in the grey Atlantic swell a few moments when the first flash of metallic blue appears in the water. A blue shark, a few miles from the coast of Penzance in Cornwall, emerges from the depths.

The day after the North Carolina legislature passed a bill restricting the use of masks, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul alarmed disability rights advocates when she announced that she was considering her own mask legislation. In an interview with CNN, Hochul indicated that such an effort to limit the use of face coverings would come in response to masked individuals “threatening or intimidating” Jewish people.

Donald Trump is not well. We've all known it for a while,. But sometimes it just jumps up and kicks you in the face. His rally in Las Vegas recently was one of those moments. Trump just started freaking about sharks, batteries, boats, electrocution..to the point some in the MAGAfied crowd behind him began looking at each other, like "what the f*k?" And here's the thing--we at Cliff's Edge found footage from a year ago of Trump freaking about the exact same thing!

Newsom claimed he was sending the National Guard to the border to stop illegal border crossers. He didn't.

Not one of the measures Biden’s handlers are pushing would make Americans safer.

Gotta hand it to your merch team, Dark Brandon! Very quick response to Trump's hatred for Milwaukee. Crime is down in Milwaukee. Homicides have dropped 39% in 2024, property crime down 11% & auto thefts down 10%. WI unemployment rate is 2.9%. Average hourly pay is $27.21. Life expectancy is 77.7 years.