NotableA.I. is strangling our economy. “The lesson is that until these benefits manifest themselves, these technological booms can entail formidable opportunity costs as investment-hungry portions of the economy go without. Often, these costs, if not correctly managed, can lead to recession.” — Jennifer M. Harris, an economic official in the Biden administration Release Jack Smith’s report. “It is incoherent to immunize the president from prosecution on the theory that he can be held accountable through the political process — and then to deny Congress and the public information that would help them do so.” — Jameel Jaffer, executive director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University Donald Trump’s love language. “It’s love as a transaction. A contract. A pact. I’ll stroke your back — lightly — if you give a deep-tissue massage to mine. We’ll call that love.” — Frank Bruni, a contributing Opinion writer Spotlight
What If the MAGA Vibe Shift Was a Mirage?David Wallace-Wells writes: The country does not love its president. ICYMIThe Hamptons’ essential luxury good: human labor. “Some of the Hispanic immigrants who make this place run do not have the right to live in the country where they labor; the systematic dependence on workers without legal permission to be here requires the systematic pretense that they don’t exist.” — Kelly Nano-Miranda, a photographer, and Binyamin Appelbaum, an Opinion writer More in OpinionWe hope you’ve enjoyed this newsletter, which is made possible through subscriber support. Subscribe to The New York Times.
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