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- Rhetorical headline of the day: "Is the Knicks’ James Dolan the Worst Owner in Professional Sports?"
- The egg is bigger than before. THE EGG...IS BIGGER...THAN BEFORE.
- Rep. Ilhan Omar responded to Trump's attacks against her in a Times op-ed: "The ideals at the heart of our founding — equal protection under the law, pluralism, religious liberty — are under attack, and it is up to all of us to defend them."
- Jeff Bridges is coming to FX to play The Old Man.
- How often does this happen: scientists were surprised by a "city-killer" asteroid that narrowly missed hitting Earth.
- GQ has an oral history of The Revenge Of The Nerds.
- The Times has a story about how Jeffrey Epstein cultivated a yearslong relationship with Victoria's Secret billionaire Leslie H. Wexner, slowly taking over his finances and becoming rich and powerful as a result.
- The Senate Intelligence Committee has concluded that election systems in all 50 states were targeted by Russia in 2016...and Republicans still refuse to consider election security bills.
- Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes is working with regulators to explain why Facebook needs to be broken up.
- Check out the winners of the 2019 iPhone Photography Awards.
- Should you consider buying a home with your friends? Wait, this is about buying second homes? Forget it Jake, it's Brunch Hate Reads town.
- And finally, the king stays the king:
Fan your king 🤴
🎥: goldenloutriever (IG)#mydogiscutest pic.twitter.com/DC16tj5b8n— My Dog Is Cutest (@mydogiscutest) July 26, 2019