7.30.26 Anthony Fauci’s evasion, American democratic socialists, AI fakery, and the holy grail apple

Anthony Fauci repeatedly refuses to answer Congress, American democratic socialists borrow Sweden’s vocabulary for a more radical agenda, and a former Muslim apologist warns that AI fakery can turn spiritual curiosity into cynicism. Plus: a Batman en español duct-tapes suspected thieves to lampposts, a college student stumbles onto the holy grail apple, Cal …