The Great Unraveling: Illusions Collapsing in Real Time

From deported toddlers to luxury scams, from dying ports to panicking billionaires, the empire of lies is cracking under its own weight.

Good morning! It was only a matter of time. You can patch a leaking ship for a while, and you can slap new paint over rotten wood, but eventually the whole sorry mess starts collapsing in full view. Today's roundup brings the delicious spectacle of the Great Unraveling: a parade of lies, illusions, and scams, some decades in the making, finally cracking…