Additional reading: Secretary of State Marco Rubio rejected a reported offer from the Iranian regime to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, end the war, and punt on nuclear talks. “What they mean by opening the straits is, yes, the straits are open, as long as you coordinate with Iran, get our permission, or we’ll blow you up and you pay us,” Rubio said in an interview with Fox News. “That’s not opening the straits.” Never underestimate the mainstream media’s ability to frame any news story around the Republican reaction. Case in point: A Politico piece from Monday morning headlined “After WHCD shooting, Republicans blame Dems for political rhetoric.” The item accuses Republicans of having “rushed to turn the shooting … into a campaign cudgel, accusing Democrats of opening the door to political violence with ‘dangerous and inflammatory rhetoric’ against the president.” Did something happen? CNN was supposed to premiere an anti-Trump documentary from host Fareed Zakaria on Sunday, but Zakaria announced it will now air at an unspecified “later date.” The documentary, titled “The Imperial Presidency,” argues that President Trump has “pushed the boundaries of presidential authority” in a way that has “shaken” American democracy “to its core.” At least that’s how a since-deleted CNN press release puts it. As China races to beat the United States in artificial intelligence, Bernie Sanders is sitting down for a panel discussion with the dean of Beijing’s Institute of AI Safety and Governance, CCP member Zeng Yi, to “discuss the existential threat posed by AI.” Check out our full Tuesday lineup below. Obama-Biden Iran Negotiator Says Trump Doesn’t Have Enough Experts, Bemoans ‘Genocide’ in Gaza Wikipedia Editors Refuse To Acknowledge New Yorker Writer’s Whole Foods Theft Will Disney and Its New CEO Finally Take a Stand on Jimmy Kimmel? Assassination, Normalized: WHCD Gunman Radicalized by Mainstream Dems, Not Left-Wing Streamers 33 Likes ∙ 4 Restacks Discussion about this post