Gavin Newsom has been trying to master the code switching to appeal to blacks. You say you like hot sauce, Gavin, but are you packing it in your purse? An "America sucks" video has gone viral which brings up the question: what are your expectations of America? President Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are meeting in Korea on Thursday on a new trade deal. Trump might have outmaneuvered China on this one. Finally, in Donald Trump’s final term as president, we need to start taking a look at the future of the right. Steven has some thoughts.

WATCH & REACT

• Revelations from the Russian Archives
• The price of persecution: The long-term effects of the Anti-Rightist Campaign on economic performance in post-Mao China
• Holocaust and Genocide Studies: Cambodia

GAVIN NEWSOM IS BLACK

• "code-switching"
• Gavin Newsom Wants ALL THE SMOKE With Donald Trump, MAGA Knee Pads & $400 Million Dollar Bribes
• Tessa T. Newsom -- businesswoman, knitter, mother of supervisor
• Gavin Newsom’s story about ‘hustling’ to pay the bills raises eyebrows — given his family’s ties to billionaire heir

EUROMAXXING GONE WRONG

• Charted: Unemployment Rates in OECD Countries in 2025
• Misreading the Nordic Model
• Doomsday Addiction: Celebrating 50 years of Failed Climate Predictions
• Heat claims more than 175,000 lives annually in Europe, latest data shows
• Gun Violence by the Numbers in 2024
• Total fertility rate in Europe in 2024, by country
• Births in the United States, 2024
• Comparing United States and European Union by Economy
• Unequal wealth: Exploring socioeconomic disparities across the EU
• Gasoline Prices
• International Tax Competitiveness Index 2025
• America the generous: U.S. leads globe in giving
• The Healthcare Divide: Privatized US vs Public European Models
• Terrestrial and inland waters protected area coverage
• Clarivate Reveals Highly Cited Researchers 2024 List