Friday Nite Videos | May 29, 2026

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The Hidden Wealth Transfer in the SpaceX IPO. Neil deGrasse Tyson on Aliens and Trump UFO Files. Thousands Celebrate End of Orbán's 16-Year Rule. Trump’s Approval Rating and America’s 250th Party. What You Learned About Genetics Is (Mostly) Wrong.

Six Takeaways From Sunday’s Hungarian Election

Janos Marton The Gameplan
As a Hungarian-American on my mother’s side, this election was very personal to me. just as people like Steve Bannon have learned powerfully evil lessons from Orban, we should also learn lessons from the successful opposition movement against him.

Tidbits-Apr 16-Reader Comments: One Tyrant Down; Iran Negotiations Led by Real Estate Magnates; No Longer Separation of Church and State, President Now Leading Global Theological Luminary; 7 Democrats Vote To Kill Bill Blocking Arms Sales to Israel;

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Reader Comments: One Tyrant Down, More to Follow?; Iran Negotiations Led by Real Estate Magnates; No Longer Separation of Church and State, President Now Leading Global Theological Luminary; 7 Democrats Vote to Kill Bill Blocking Arms Sales to Israel

Viktor Orbán’s Hungarian Model Has Collapsed

David Broder Jacobin
Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán combined talk of defending Hungary’s traditions with a promise of prosperity. When he stopped delivering workers good economic news, culture-war messaging wasn’t enough to save him.
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