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   Most bike riders have this knowledge much more top of mind than auto drivers. Virtually all bicyclists have experienced a fair number of close calls and lots of us have been victims of driver carelessness, including the infamous right hook, when a car suddenly takes a right turn without verifying that no one is in the bike lane.
   The US-Iran memorandum of understanding (MOU) has now been revealed, and it is clear why it took days before a US official read it out to reporters in advance of the signing ceremony. The deal commits the US to steps Trump vowed never to take, while for Iran there is much to celebrate despite the scale of destruction by US bombs. In a word, Iran retains the leverage it discovered it has always hadâclosure of the Strait of Hormuzâplus future economic benefits that will strengthen the regime.
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On June 9, 2026, for example, delegates at the annual national convention of the AFL-CIO, the 15-million member labor federation with which most American unions are affiliated, voted to adopt Resolution 9, âWe Want a Just and Peaceful World.â
      The hardest question in American Middle East policy is no longer only what Washington wants from the region. It is who gets to shape that policy. That question has become impossible to ignore. During Donald Trumpâs first term, Kushner played a central role in White House diplomacy, especially the normalization push that produced the Abraham Accords. Today, Trump has restored a hardline Iran posture, including a âmaximum pressureâ campaign, while Kushner has deep ties to Gulf capital and remains close to Middle East diplomacy. That overlap does not prove corruption. It does, however, make Americaâs Iran strategy harder to describe as a purely public policy project.
      Then a friend sent me a link to a New York Times opinion piece. I decided to give it a quick read. I donât necessarily trust the Times. It can be smugly wrong. But I took a look â it was by literary critic A.O. Scott â and I couldnât stop reading it. He had found our country, it seemed, beginning with these 35 simple words:
  A nuclear reactor produces power only because its most dangerous forces are never allowed to run wild. Control rods slow the chain reaction. Cooling systems remove heat. Containment structures help trap radioactive material. Backup systems stand ready if one safeguard fails. The reactor is not safe because its fuel is harmless. It is safe because danger is separated, cooled, restrained, and monitored.
      Most people assume this only happens to someone else. Right now, it could be happening to you. Presently, some Miami-Dade voters may be on a list of individuals whose eligibility to vote is being reviewed under Florida law. If those voters fail to respond by June 15, the Supervisor of Elections may determine they are ineligible and remove their names from the Florida Voter Registration System.
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