<![CDATA[Chris Riback's Newsletter]]>https://www.chrisriback.comhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!C7sw!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F08ae4d38-5c4a-476f-9ccd-76761a57f2de_256x256.pngChris Riback's Newsletterhttps://www.chrisriback.comSubstackSun, 23 Aug 2026 02:06:28 GMT<![CDATA[Trial Balloon: What Florida Tells Us]]>https://www.chrisriback.com/p/trial-balloon-what-florida-tellshttps://www.chrisriback.com/p/trial-balloon-what-florida-tellsFri, 21 Aug 2026 10:31:04 GMTFlorida’s primaries were another experiment in finding out what voters want from their political parties.

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]]><![CDATA[‘Enrollment Cliff’]]>https://www.chrisriback.com/p/enrollment-cliff-94chttps://www.chrisriback.com/p/enrollment-cliff-94cThu, 20 Aug 2026 11:03:43 GMTToday’s posts that caught my eye:

  1. OpenAI’s quarter-on-quarter sales growth cooled to 18% while losses deepened as the firm prepares for its IPO.

  2. France has seen more than 7,300 excess deaths during heatwaves so far this year.

  3. Paintings by Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir that were stolen from an Italian private museum earlier this yea…

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]]><![CDATA['Gambling Activities']]>https://www.chrisriback.com/p/gambling-activitieshttps://www.chrisriback.com/p/gambling-activitiesWed, 19 Aug 2026 11:08:13 GMTYou can add my audio features to your favorite podcast app — they will automatically appear once published.

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]]><![CDATA['Great Silence']]>https://www.chrisriback.com/p/great-silence-ddfhttps://www.chrisriback.com/p/great-silence-ddfSun, 16 Aug 2026 12:01:06 GMTNote: We will be publishing occasionally this week.

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]]><![CDATA['Hottest Year']]>https://www.chrisriback.com/p/hottest-year-c15https://www.chrisriback.com/p/hottest-year-c15Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:03:21 GMTYou received this week’s Trial Balloon this morning. Today’s episode: ‘Ready To Fight’: Democratic voters want fighters, authenticity is beating polish, and the traditional tools for understanding politics—money, establishment support, even polling—aren’t working quite the way they used to.

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]]><![CDATA[Trial Balloon: Ready To Fight]]>https://www.chrisriback.com/p/trial-balloon-ready-to-fighthttps://www.chrisriback.com/p/trial-balloon-ready-to-fightFri, 14 Aug 2026 10:30:49 GMTDemocratic voters want fighters, authenticity is beating polish, and the traditional tools for understanding politics—money, establishment support, even polling—aren’t working quite the way they used to.

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]]><![CDATA[‘Hybrid Attacks’]]>https://www.chrisriback.com/p/hybrid-attacks-00ahttps://www.chrisriback.com/p/hybrid-attacks-00aWed, 12 Aug 2026 11:03:19 GMTYou can add my audio features to your favorite podcast app — they will automatically appear once published.

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]]><![CDATA['Bruising Race']]>https://www.chrisriback.com/p/bruising-race-a80https://www.chrisriback.com/p/bruising-race-a80Mon, 10 Aug 2026 11:03:36 GMTYou can add my audio features to your favorite podcast app — they will automatically appear once published.

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]]><![CDATA[‘Vintage Boom’]]>https://www.chrisriback.com/p/vintage-boom-03fhttps://www.chrisriback.com/p/vintage-boom-03fSun, 09 Aug 2026 12:03:00 GMTYou can add each my audio features to your favorite podcast app — they will automatically appear once published:

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]]><![CDATA[Trial Balloon: Democratic Civil War?]]>https://www.chrisriback.com/p/trial-balloon-democratic-civil-warhttps://www.chrisriback.com/p/trial-balloon-democratic-civil-warFri, 07 Aug 2026 10:32:05 GMTA party that quickly falls in line behind its nominee isn’t showing many signs of civil war.

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]]><![CDATA[‘Cash Out’]]>https://www.chrisriback.com/p/cash-outhttps://www.chrisriback.com/p/cash-outThu, 06 Aug 2026 12:18:05 GMTYou can add my audio features to your favorite podcast app — they will automatically appear once published.

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]]><![CDATA[‘Going Rogue’]]>https://www.chrisriback.com/p/going-rogue-6e6https://www.chrisriback.com/p/going-rogue-6e6Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:03:20 GMTYou can add my audio features to your favorite podcast app — they will automatically appear once published.

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]]><![CDATA[‘Car Wars’]]>https://www.chrisriback.com/p/car-wars-dadhttps://www.chrisriback.com/p/car-wars-dadTue, 04 Aug 2026 11:03:55 GMTToday’s posts that caught my eye:

  1. Eli Lilly to allow more patients to apply for special access to unapproved obesity drug.

  2. US gas guzzlers see off Europe’s EVs in latest round of car wars: Detroit carmakers had a strong second quarter, while their European rivals remain downbeat

  3. Chinese AI firm DeepSeek has released its latest model at a 50% discount.

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]]><![CDATA[‘Joint Intervention’]]>https://www.chrisriback.com/p/joint-intervention-641https://www.chrisriback.com/p/joint-intervention-641Mon, 03 Aug 2026 11:01:38 GMTYou can add my audio features to your favorite podcast app — they will automatically appear once published.

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]]><![CDATA[‘Sunshine Protection’]]>https://www.chrisriback.com/p/sunshine-protectionhttps://www.chrisriback.com/p/sunshine-protectionSun, 02 Aug 2026 13:26:46 GMTYou can add each my audio features to your favorite podcast app — they will automatically appear once published:

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]]><![CDATA['Territorial Integrity']]>https://www.chrisriback.com/p/territorial-integrityhttps://www.chrisriback.com/p/territorial-integrityFri, 31 Jul 2026 17:54:29 GMTYou received this week’s Trial Balloon this morning. Today’s episode: ‘Escalation Nation’: We discuss Trump’s deepening war with Iran and how inflation and an economic slowdown threaten Republicans in the midterms.

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]]><![CDATA[Trial Balloon: Escalation Nation]]>https://www.chrisriback.com/p/trial-balloon-escalation-nationhttps://www.chrisriback.com/p/trial-balloon-escalation-nationFri, 31 Jul 2026 10:30:31 GMTWe discuss Trump’s deepening war with Iran and how inflation and an economic slowdown threaten Republicans in the midterms.

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]]><![CDATA['Borrowing Costs']]>https://www.chrisriback.com/p/borrowing-costs-cdchttps://www.chrisriback.com/p/borrowing-costs-cdcThu, 30 Jul 2026 11:02:41 GMTYou can add my audio features to your favorite podcast app — they will automatically appear once published.

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]]><![CDATA['Joint Strikes']]>https://www.chrisriback.com/p/joint-strikes-b1fhttps://www.chrisriback.com/p/joint-strikes-b1fWed, 29 Jul 2026 11:03:12 GMTYou can add my audio features to your favorite podcast app — they will automatically appear once published.

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]]><![CDATA[‘AI Warning Shot’]]>https://www.chrisriback.com/p/ai-warning-shot-abbhttps://www.chrisriback.com/p/ai-warning-shot-abbTue, 28 Jul 2026 11:03:15 GMTYou can add my audio features to your favorite podcast app — they will automatically appear once published.

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