Tuesday headlines: Cheerleader regression
President Trump plans an expensive military parade for his 79th birthday. / Washington City Paper
Economic tensions with the United States’ trading partners begin to escalate. / Semafor
Tariffs may not make other countries respect the US, “but they can make them move on without it.” / The Atlantic
A 5-4 Supreme Court lifts an order that blocked the deportation of suspected Venezuelan gang members to a prison in El Salvador. / Reuters
Meanwhile, three-quarters of those deported had no apparent criminal record. / CBS News
Tips for people visiting the United States to minimize the risk of Border Protection accessing their data. / WIRED
A round-up of high-speed rail projects in the US that have a chance. / The New York Times [+]
A billionaire in Southern California owns about 75% of the apartment units in his Orange County city. / Bloomberg [+]
Unrelated: A skateboarding trip through the Golden State. / YouTube
For nearly a year, the FBI secretly ran a money laundering scheme named after Elon Musk. / 404 Media
To justify its power, Silicon Valley obsesses over IQ, “the term of choice for the man who doesn’t just think he’s smart, but thinks he’s smarter than everyone else.” / The New York Times [+]
Children of the wealthy spend upwards of $6,000 a month to live in luxury housing near Ivy League schools. / Airmail
See also: “Inside Boston’s Luxury Brothel Scandal.” / The Wall Street Journal [+]
A long essay on what it’s like to live next to malevolent neighbors. / Electric Lit
Thomas R. Wells: There’s no good reason for small countries to exist if their primary business is enabling tax avoidance. / 3 Quarks Daily
Some analysis of male characters who appear in Michael Mann movies, for whom nothing is fun and everything is work. / The Los Angeles Review of Books
Some paintings by Emma Beatrez, “the most intriguing of which examine prototypical cheerleaders and the spectacle of small town pep-rally bonfires.” / Booooooom
Jesse Pearson interviews his mother about her collection of 8-track cassettes. / Apology Magazine