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, June 2, 2014

Daily Bafflements

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Nice burnout. / Photo by Ford Racing

• Today in Billionaires: heiress Alexis DeJoria is gaining some attention lately, not for her bucks, but for her skills as a professional drag racer.

• If the EPA’s proposed plan to cut power plant emissions by 30 percent by 2030 is implemented, it “could very well be the most ambitious environmental initiative in U.S. history,” writes Ned Resnikoff.

• The most expensive prison on earth costs the U.S. government $800,000 a year to house each prisoner. It’s Guantánamo, and that total is “more than 30 times the cost of keeping a captive on U.S. soil.” (Via Carol Rosenberg.)

• The NRA is telling pro-gun activists to shoosh and to stop being “weird.”