Giant Goldfish Shows Why You Should Never Flush Fish Down the Toilet Smithsonian
Climatic Constraints on Aggregate Economic Output NBER
Private equity races to spend record $2.5tn of dry powder FT
Financial temptation increases civic honesty Science
Syraqistan
Tehran confident that resisting Trump is working FT
Sources say downed UAV penetrated deep into Iranian airspace Duffel Blog
VIPS Memo to the President: Is Pompeo’s Iran Agenda the Same As Yours? Consortium News. As a side note: “CrowdStrike never gave Comey a final report on its forensic findings regarding alleged ‘Russian hacking.’” Oh.
Venezuela
Venezuela government says it derailed a coup attempt, opposition denies France24
Venezuela foils attempt on President Maduro’s life: government Deutsche Welle
Brexit
Jeremy Hunt Did It For The LOLs On Twitter After Boris Johnson Dodged TV Debate HuffPo
Boris Johnson’s premiership could be an ‘opportunity for disaster’, warns ex-civil service chief Independent
‘The Rooster Must Be Defended’: France’s Culture Clash Reaches a Coop NYT
French parties unite against Macron’s airports sell-off EU Observer
Macron’s War LRB
The French Insurgency New Left Review
Sanctions against Russia at Council of Europe lifted sparking outrage from Ukraine Independent
China?
Siege of Hong Kong police headquarters ends without clashes after 6-hour drama by extradition bill protesters South China Morning Post
What Carrie Lam should do next Chris Patten, Asia Times
Why Hong Kong’s Protesters Are Turning to G-20 Leaders for Help NYT
‘Democracy now, Free Hong Kong’: Thousands of protesters urge G20 to back anti-extradition law movement Hong Kong Free Press
Differences from 2003 Big Lychee, Various Sectors
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Trump and Xi’s ‘sidelines’ meeting set to overshadow G20 summit FT
Huawei Personnel Worked With China’s Military on Research Projects Bloomberg
The Confused U.S. Messaging Campaign on Huawei LawFare
Made in Vietnam: US-China tensions spark a manufacturing shift but not without growing pains CNBC
China No Match for Japan in Southeast Asia Infrastructure Race Bloomberg
A Chinese invasion of Taiwan would be a bloody, logistical nightmare CNN
Trump Transition
The Night Donald Trump Became President The American Conservative
Thousands more National Guard troops to arrive in Tijuana San Diego Tribune. Mexico’s National Guard, not ours.
NRA pulls the plug on NRATV live programming amid dispute with ad agency, lobbyist resignation USA Today. Couldn’t happen to a nicer swamp creature.
2020
Which candidates America was Googling during the first Democratic presidential debate Mercury News (Geo).
Winners and losers from the Democratic presidential debate’s first night WaPo. Oddly, or not, WaPo erases Gabbard on Afghanistan.
Why Democratic Party Establishment Is Holding First Debate Of 2020 Primary In Miami Kevin Gosztola, Medium (UserFriendly).
Warren and Sanders: Compare and Contrast Counterpunch (ChiGal).
Medicare for All Splits Democrats on Future of Health Insurance Bloomberg
The Official Democratic Debates Drinking Game Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
No Easy Answers on Reparations NYT
Democrats in Disarray
A Democratic Think Tank Is Promoting Pushback Against Climate Lawsuits Truthout
Boeing
FAA finds new risk on 737 MAX and orders Boeing to make changes Seattle Times
Larry Page-backed Kitty Hawk partners with Boeing on flying car development The Verge
FAA reassigns three in office overseeing Southwest Airlines: source Reuters
Our Famously Free Press
Class Warfare
The new left economics: how a network of thinkers is transforming capitalism Guardian (MF).
The Case for Combining Tuition-Free College with Debt Relief Benjamin Studebaker
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See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
