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LA City Councilwoman Nithya Raman is a socialist with many of the same views as New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani — and could bring his toxic policies to LA, if she wins in November.

CHICAGO –– Dodgers catcher Dalton Rushing has a diagnosis for his recent elbow injury. As manager Dave Roberts said in a radio interview with AM570 on Tuesday, the second-year slugger has a “slightly torn UCL” in his right throwing arm, though a timeline on his recovery was not immediately clear. “We’re gonna keep the hitting...

In San Francisco, the so-called “harm-reduction” method of dealing with drug addiction is on the way out — and thank goodness. The lenient approach, which coddled drug addicts, only made the problem worse. The National Harm Reduction Coalition defines “harm reduction” as “reducing negative consequences associated with drug use,” rather than fighting drug use itself....

The Yankees have not referred to George Lombard Jr. as a savior of their season. The words “Derek Jeter” have yet to come out of Aaron Boone’s mouth when asked for comparison.

While nine states have phased out individual income taxes, Missouri voters apparently feared an increase in other forms of taxation to make up for the revenue loss.

Florida's Ban On Children Attending Drag Shows Is Constitutional, Appeals Court Says

Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times,

A federal appeals court says Florida’s ban on children attending sexualized drag shows is constitutional. On Tuesday, the court overturned a lower court’s decision that had blocked the state’s law.

Hamburger Mary’s, a bar and restaurant chain that holds drag shows and previously held what it called “family friendly” performances for children on Sundays, sued the state over the ban. The chain claimed its law was unconstitutional, but judges on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed in an 8–5 ruling.

Judge Andrew Brasher, writing on behalf of the majority opinion, said, “We are convinced the district court erred” for two reasons.

“First, the district court lacked authority to impose a universal injunction that prevented the enforcement of the Act,” Brasher said.

“Second, Hamburger Mary’s was not entitled to even a more limited preliminary injunction to prevent the enforcement of the Act because its claims do not have a substantial likelihood of success on the merits.”

Lawyers for Hamburger Mary’s did not respond to a request for comment.

The restaurant claimed Florida’s 2023 Protection of Children Act violated the First Amendment’s protection of free speech.

The law would make it a misdemeanor for businesses to knowingly allow a child to an “adult live performance” that “depicts or simulates nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or specific sexual activities.”

The act further identified prohibited adult live performances as those that “predominantly appeal to a prurient, shameful, or morbid interest” and “taken as a whole, [are] without serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for the age of the child present.”

Businesses in violation of the Protection of Children Act could face suspension or loss of license as well as a $5,000 fine for a first offense and a $10,000 fine for each subsequent offense.

A district court previously sided with Hamburger Mary’s, granting a preliminary injunction that blocked enforcement of the law and applied it to all venues in the state.

Gov. Ron DeSantis petitioned for the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the injunction, but the justices refused.

“This shouldn’t even be controversial, yet our law protecting kids required us to fend off lawsuits and win a case before a divided appellate court,” DeSantis wrote in a post on X after the appeals court’s Tuesday ruling.

A three judge-panel for the 11th Circuit also sided with the restaurant in a 2–1 ruling last year, upholding the injunction. Writing for the majority in the three-judge panel’s decision in May 2025, Judge Robin Rosenbaum said the act “wields a shotgun when the First Amendment allows a scalpel at most.”

But the court granted a re-hearing en banc, meaning all the judges on the 11th Circuit could consider the district court’s injunction and the Florida law’s constitutionality, and issued its 8–5 ruling affirming the legislation.

“There is no doubt the Act is rational. We will not second-guess the Florida Legislature’s decision to regulate obscenity,” Brasher said in the majority opinion. “Preventing children from attending adult live performances obscene for them is rationally related to Florida’s interest in safeguarding the well-being of minors.”

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier praised the 11th Circuit’s decision, calling it a “huge victory.”

Judges writing in dissent of Tuesday’s decision gave sharp criticisms of the majority’s ruling, accusing the state of giving no assistance to businesses of what is age appropriate for a child.

Hamburger Mary’s, with no guidance, faces jail time, thousands of dollars in fines, and loss of its license if it guesses the standards of Florida’s law incorrectly, Rosenbaum said in dissent.

“As it turns out, chilling all drag performances when those under the age of eighteen are present appears to be the point,” she said. “In other words, Florida purposely created a mess-around-and-find-out statute to chill drag.”

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Serving in public office is a privilege, not an invitation to abuse status and prestige for personal gain. So Assembly Republicans did well in dropping Heath Flora as Assembly minority leader, and replacing him with Alexandra Macedo. The party –– which holds a mere 19 of 80 Assembly seats –– struggles to find relevance in Sacramento....

The first two innings of Tarik Skubal’s Los Angeles Dodgers debut could not have gone smoother. The same can’t be said for the third frame. Skubal cruised to six straight outs in his start against the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday. Then Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson stepped up to the plate in the bottom half of...

Gledhill claimed that he lives a “straight-edge lifestyle" and has worked with a vast network of stars.

Paulson Adebo is aiming to rebound from a disappointing first Giants season and emerge as the lockdown cornerback their potentially dominant defense needs.

Physical AI Faces One Critical Chokepoint, And Here's How To Profit

The rise of physical AI is already underway, with humanoid robots entering factories, warehouses, and other industrial environments, and soon the modern battlefield. 

Global shipments of humanoid robots are expected to accelerate in 2027, but the broader robotics revolution faces one critical chokepoint: access to the rare-earth magnets that power high-performance motors and actuators. China controls most of that supply chain.

Bernstein analyst Dien Wang told clients Monday that humanoid robots require an estimated 3.5 to 4 kilograms of rare-earth magnets per unit, compared with roughly 1 to 3 kilograms for an EV motor.

"A humanoid robot can consume more than twice as much magnetic material as an EV motor (Exhibit 3), highlighting the growing strategic importance of rare-earth magnets. Beyond well-known neodymium (Nd) and samarium (Sm), rare-earth elements such as dysprosium (Dy), terbium (Tb), and praseodymium (Pr) are also critical for magnetic performance (Exhibit 4, Exhibit 5). We therefore see the entire rare-earth magnet value chain as strategically important," Wang said.

Rare-earth magnets (NdFeB) are composed of multiple raw materials, including various rare-earth elements.

The magnets provide the torque density, compact size, and heat resistance needed for high-performance motors and robotic actuators.

Wang outlined that China's dominance in rare-earth magnets is troubling in an "increasingly multipolar world." He said there are only three conclusions to draw from this:

1. Chinese EV (e.g. BYD) and humanoid OEMs could benefit from an improved competitive position overseas.
2. Chinese robotic actuator (e.g. Tuopu, Sanhua) and EV-motor suppliers (e.g. Inovance) could gain share globally, as rival supply chains remain more vulnerable to rare-earth magnet disruptions.
3. Non-Chinese rare-earth magnet players (Exhibit 17) could benefit from growing requests for supply-chain diversification.

Rare-earth magnet value chain spans a series of technically demanding stages

China controls about 59% of global magnet rare-earth mining, 91% of refining and 94% of magnet manufacturing, according to the analyst.

The International Energy Agency expects China to retain more than half of mining and over 75% of refining through 2040, while recycling is unlikely to meaningfully reduce near-term supply risks.

Beijing has weaponized its dominance of rare earths as a geopolitical tool against the US. China imposed controls on seven medium and heavy rare-earth products in 2025, extended licensing requirements to some overseas transactions, and restricted exports to dozens of US, European, and Japanese companies.

Those 2025 measures caused an immediate, though temporary, collapse in Chinese magnet exports.

China/Asia Production of NdFeB magnets

Comparing with the US and Europe...

Here's how to profit across the entire magnet supply chain ex-China:

"As Physical AI emerges as a strategic battleground among leading nations, control of critical chokepoints could ultimately determine who gains the upper hand," Wang noted.

China may already hold a structural advantage in humanoid robot development, supported by its massive manufacturing ecosystem and dominance of the rare-earth supply chain. On Monday, Hugging Face's CEO told CNBC that China is winning the AI race and increasingly dominating open-source models. Taken together, these signals suggest the West's lead in AI might be eroding against China.

Professional subscribers can read more color on humanoid robots here at our new Marketdesk.ai portal. 

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Republican Michigan Senate hopeful Mike Rogers believes that Democrats will emerge from their bruising primary fight badly fractured, boosting the opportunity for him to win, despite the expected blue wave this cycle.

The Trump administration revoked the visa of Brazil's ambassador, Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, in retaliation for blocked US diplomat visas.

“Seven is my number,” Tomas Munoz said. “I was born on the 7th in ’77.”

Lombard was beginning his major league career, batting eighth for the Yankees and unofficially anointed as the next hopeful heir of Jeter’s throne.

President Donald Trump's administration announced the results of a crackdown on illegal immigration in the trucking industry Tuesday.

The San Francisco Giants were among the busiest teams in Major League Baseball ahead of Monday’s trade deadline. They got things kicked off by moving off of Luis Arraez, arguably their biggest trade chip. But that was just the beginning. The Giants ended up shipping out starting pitcher Robbie Ray and outfielder Heliot Ramos. In...

Daly has been the only host of the NBC singing competition since it premiered in 2011.

Daly has been the only host of the NBC singing competition since it premiered in 2011.