We need to stop presenting OLC opinions as anything significant. OLC has long been too ambitious in its assessment of executive claims. Given what Trump has done to the entire administration, Bondi initially did to DOJ, and Blanche has done since, they’ve rendered OLC opinions meaningless.

New from me @notus.com: Internally, FBI agents are now referring to a "payback squad" based in NY or DC. Its remit? Targeting former government officials. www.notus.org/trump-white-...

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To note - Hungary is, presumably, not a safe haven for illiberal politicians facing corruption charges any more, so they are fleeing farther. notesfrompoland.com/2026/05/10/f...

Google Chrome is now silently pushing a 4GB AI model (Gemini Nano) to your local disk without asking. No opt-in, no notice, and it re-downloads even if you delete it. Beyond the lack of consent, the estimated climate cost of forcing this on 2B+ users is massive.

Another brilliant cold open from #SNLUK that I watched on YouTube instead of Peacock because for some reason NBCU thinks delaying the show a day is better than streaming it live. youtu.be/W0lr8o24RJU?...

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🔴NEW RELEASE: Our SCOTUS event last night was so successful and important, Democracy Docket decided to post it on YouTube so everyone can watch and share it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IS9...

This is going to be met with a bunch of "that will never hold up in court" responses. Ok. So do it anyway. Force this administration to make its preposterous masking arguments in front of federal judges. Make them defend secret police on the record. Go on the offensive.

If you haven't read the sloppy Trump DOJ filing on why the ballroom (which would not host the WHCD, ever) was now a national security necessity, have at it apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump DOJ opposes the release of SPLC grand jury transcripts, but what the memo *doesn't* say speaks volumes. Feds don't dispute the SPLC's account of the Trump admin's "gross misrepresentations" about the informant program. Instead, the US Attorney says that's "not relevant." Why that matters.🧵

This is such incredible bullshit. I am alive, thriving, and writing books on health policy/politics thanks to antidepressants. Antidepressants aren't for everyone, but they can be literal lifesavers. Attacking their prescribing & use is stigmatizing and dangerous. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/s...

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The single most defining thing Elon Musk has ever done is killing untold numbers of people by having DOGE illegally raid and disband USAID. Not rickets, not cars, not even the CSAMbot on X. It’s this, and so many media pundits just choose to unsee it.

This is partisanship at its rawest. SCOTUS has clamped down on lower courts for rulings that could alter maps many *months* before an election—even when those maps have been judged illegal. Here, it's rushing to let the Louisiana GOP change a map *while an election is underway.*

The Supreme Court heard oral argument over the Trump administration's attempt to cancel temporary protect status for over a million people. @rparloff.bsky.social explains the racial animus claims, which may be the most consequential part of the litigation.

As an example, two weeks ago House Republicans proposed a $4 million cut to D.C.'s HIV treatment and testing efforts. To be clear, *these were not cuts in federal dollars*. This was prohibiting D.C. from spending *our own money* on HIV treatment and testing. This is the shit we have to put up with.

1. Flip the Senate this year 2. Block all GOP SCOTUS nominations 3. Hold the Senate and elect a Dem POTUS in 2028 4. Kill the filibuster 5. Pass HR1 6. Pass 18 year term limits on SCOTUS 7. Fill the 5 new vacancies with liberal justices 8. Have nice things

15 Ways to Fight Callais With battle plans from Bryan Fair of @splcenter.org Lauren Groh Wargo @fairfightaction.bsky.social & Juan Proano @lulacorg.bsky.social We come out swinging & won't stop until we win back what was taken away. My column @contrariannews.org open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

ZELENSKYY: If we have only talks, Russia won't feel most important thing America can give us — pressure. United States can increase pressure through more sanctions, and they lifted them instead. Russia doesn't feel real pressure, so its okay for them to continue war.

Hitler conducted his war against the USSR from the Wolf's Lair near the Eastern Front; Trump ordered the start of his military excursion in Iran from a gated retirement community in Florida; but like Hitler's, Trump's Regime is collapsing, as I discuss in PN.

The United States Dept of Protection from Mediocre White Men announces it will be involved in deciding which state drawn election maps,sufficiently promote white supremacy & silence the black voters voice. Nope not fascism. Absolutely not fascism. justthenews.com/government/f...

www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-223-... …the Court’s three-step evisceration of the Voting Rights Act has been made possible not just by its personnel, …”

Kimmel’s monologue has dropped youtu.be/zust6eID9mk?...

The Trump administration has announced two more payouts for energy companies to walk away from U.S. offshore wind projects under development.

A 16-year-old girl in Nice took her final school exam under her real name, against her family’s warnings. The next day she was arrested. Her name was Simone Annie Jacob. The world would know her as Simone Veil. #EternalLight 1/10

The video version of this is behind a paywall BUT the transcript is free for anyone to read. I went through the version that aired on CBS and the full 40 minutes that was included online and show exactly what was cut and what wasn’t. open.substack.com/pub/decoding...

🧵 HAPPENING NOW: The Virginia Supreme Court is hearing a case that could decide which congressional map is used in the 2026 midterms. Follow our real-time analysis at the link and in the thread below 👇 https://bit.ly/4vW0ASO

After Trump said the WHCD shooting was more proof of the need for the White House ballroom, DOJ doubled down in a rather dystopian way, stating that Trump "will no longer need to venture beyond the safety of the White House perimeter" for big gatherings if it's built. www.lawdork.com/p/doj-ballro...

While we might speculate about what Trump did with Epstein, we know what a jury found he did to E Jean Carroll As the judge put it, “based on all of the evidence at trial..the jury’s finding that Mr Trump ‘sexually abused’ Ms Carroll implicitly determined that he..in fact did ‘rape’ Ms Carroll”

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🚨BREAKING: A Virginia circuit court has refused to block the implementation of Democrats’ new congressional map, which voters approved in a statewide special election last week. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

MEDIA: do your job! His cries for his bunker-ballroom have nothing to do with the Correspondent's Dinner. It was a private event, not a gov't event. So unless he's looking to rent the ballroom for weddings & Bar Mitzvahs, it would not have been held at the WH It's the media's job to POINT THAT OUT

Here are some of the highlights to cite Donald Trump himself when MAGA screeches about the rhetoric from Democrats: (A long thread of his quotes)

NEW: Delaware has created a task force aimed at protecting its elections from federal intrusion. “We’re staring down the barrel of a crisis the likes of which our nation has not seen after hearing calls from the federal government to take over state elections,” said Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer.

A US soldier used classified info to win $400K on Polymarket. Three congressional candidates were fined for betting on themselves. Meanwhile, Trump’s whole family is all in on prediction markets.

“It’s a solution to a non-existent problem. I don’t see where this is doing anything to help voters. It’s only going to disenfranchise people,” says an Ohio election official about the state’s new ban on grace periods for mail ballots.

Trump is expanding the Afrikaaner refugee program, which is based on the "white genocide" conspiracy that Black South Africans are trying to take land from Whites You can't understand this story if you don't know 1 of the greatest stories in all of history A thread www.reuters.com/world/africa...

When it dropped that he sued I got told by many men that he’d never let it get to discovery and I’d like to submit that you have no idea how stupid this man is

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Olv... Luis Bunuel Tonight 9:30pm on City Cinematheque - ch. 25.3 nyc “While widely criticized upon initial release, Los Olvidados received Best Director at the 1951 Cannes Film Festival. It is now considered as one of the greatest and most influential films of all time”

NEW: Donald Trump has released his national policy on AI, banning states from regulating AI development on their own land. It also protects AI companies from any liability when someone uses their tool to cause harm or break the law.