Keep seeing people say that the woman accusing platner of domestic violence isn't credible because she's involved in republic politics. Here's what she wrote about him in 2016, about a decade before platner had any political salience:

This is the same Trump judge who said Trump has unreviewable authority to send the National Guard into American cities

We are no long a free country, free to express dissent, free to express opinions. More: www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

This is the editorial that the physicians were sharing at the American Diabetes Association conference To appease the MAGA/MAHA Administration, the ADA called the cops to get the physicians removed These physicians are heroic If you can’t speak out & condemn authoritarianism NOW, then when?

The Supreme Court authorizing the president to ignore the law is turning out to be a slope that is very slippery. The key question in American politics is whether the federal code, passed into law through the constitutional process, is merely advisory or binding.

Criminal defense and civil rights lawyers should be thinking about this question, especially in state courts: If possessing firearms is a constitutional right, then when, exactly, can the police stop and frisk people based on the suspicion that they possess firearms?

BREAKING: in May 2026, *every single one* of the 599 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 6,665 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November 2025), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.

Keep an eye on Chicago folks. ICE has ramped up big time and it's getting ugly again.

"Last September, the President of Kazakhstan calls Donald Trump and says he wants to grant tungsten mining rights to an American company. And the very next month, Eric and Don Jr. get a stake in the American company pursuing the mining deal. Six days later ...

This is obscene.

Among other things, the MJ wanted to know why the complaint against Adbebe claimed he had ignored repeated orders, but DOJ couldn't present proof of those orders (and video showed none).

MN Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Cowan Wright recommends dismissing case v Kirubele Adbebe (one of the protestors Pam Bondi used as a trophy) with prejudice, agreeing w/him that DOJ dismissed case to avoid her discovery orders. Whole report is worth reading. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Remember the current NIH director going on about protecting researchers from government censorship? Today his people called the police in to forcibly remove my colleagues from their own society meeting for sharing an editorial published in their flagship journal that was critical of him. Gift link

With its recent rulings, the Roberts Court has now entirely perverted the purpose of the 15th Amendment, turning an outright ban on racial discrimination in voting into a right to discriminate against black voters. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Umm

very noticeable that Trump is doing his exact rally speech in Wisconsin, only sitting. Almost like he's not able to stand for a long period of time right now and the "roundtable" (nobody has spoken other than him!) is a front

EXCLUSIVE: Bill Pulte is set to become the acting director of national intelligence. His father and grandfather had multiple ties to The Family, the secretive Christian group pushing right-wing agendas around the world.

Trump Can Tear Down Statue of Liberty, Says Trump Lawyer talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump...

Obstruction of justice is his number one job. Disbar him now.

Yaakov Roth was a Harvard Law School grad, SCOTUS clerk, and longtime BigLaw partner. His resume, law students were always told, was a sign that he was among those at the top of the legal profession. Today, he said Trump could tear down the Statue of Liberty tonight and no one could stop him.

CPD said the case was suspended after they exhausted all “investigative leads,” despite video evidence showing the crash and subsequent violent arrest Tuesday morning. A police report said the ICE agent was making a “tactical move” when causing the crash; it was classified as “non-criminal.”

Acting AG Todd Blanche says he's working to install "roadblocks" to prevent Democrats from prosecuting Trump and his associates in the future

He's like the Zelig of Trump Era DOJ Corruption and abuses of power. Our new best friend Aakash Singh's fingerprints are always there. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/more-...

If I'm understanding this correctly (?) it seems like the American Diabetes Association is disavowing their own journal's editorial team for criticizing the Trump admin's science cuts

FLAG: Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli says he's pursuing several election fraud investigations with the FBI over California's vote count. There is zero evidence of fraud. This comes after Trump claimed fraud was taking place — despite providing zero evidence to support that claim.

“If the government decides, very quickly, to bulldoze the Statue of Liberty... nothing can be done?” asked Judge Patricia Millett. “I think that’s right, yes,” responded DOJ attorney Yaakov Roth www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

I think we found the guy passing on the orders to corrupt grand juries from the white house/DOJ to individual federal prosecutors. You’ll want to read this. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/main-...

Last month our team at @weareoversight.bsky.social FOIA'ed the DOJ for information about Aakash Singh's role in the prosecution of @splcenter.org, as well as any comms from him regarding the use of NSPM-7 to target US nonprofits as "domestic terrorists."

Congrats, John Roberts! You ended the three-branch method of governance!

Breaking WSJ: Trump says he wants Bill Pulte, his incoming, unqualified acting Director of National Intelligence, to begin firing a large number of employees as part of a shake-up of the intel community. Reminder: Just yesterday, Trump said Pulte won't be in this role permanently.

See full ruling here. “But the rule of law has to apply to everyone equally and, as evident here, USCIS has neither “followed the law” nor “done things the right way.” Indeed, the agency has violated the very immigration laws that Congress has charged it with administering…” Tell em, Judge. 1/

New: we've obtained a DHS document outlining ICE's plan to give potentially more than a thousand local law enforcement agencies a facial recognition app that would query a database of hundreds of millions of images to verify someone’s immigration status www.404media.co/ices-plan-to...

another day, another insane arrogation of authority

As acting Attorney General Todd Blanche expresses support for Chicago U.S. Atty Andrew Boutros, the "Broadview Six" attorneys seek evidence of White House pressure to indict www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/04/a...

Calls for Chicago U.S. Atty. Andrew Boutros to resign have continued to grow in Democratic circles, but acting AG Todd Blanche is standing by him so far. Here is Boutros' full statement/response to Blanche yesterday, where he also hits back at critics he says are trying to "destabalize" the office

Graham Platner trying to explain away his behavior as *living a regular life* really evokes *locker room talk* for me. The normalization of men’s abuse of women has to stop. Abusing women is not regular or normal or in any way okay. I hope this gets called out by lots and lots of people.

JUST IN: Judge blocks series of Trump administration immigration policies adopted following National Guard shooting in DC last November. Judge John McConnell (Obama/RI) says holds on USCIS asylum grants & work permits are illegal. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

Move on, folks. I'm as progressive and anti-AIPAC and committed to the Dems retaking the Senate as anyone and it is clear this guy is just a bad candidate who does not belong in public office. We don't have to become like them to beat them.

Two GOP senators loudly opposed to the slush fund — Thom Tillis (NC), who is not seeking re-election, and Bill Cassidy (LA), who lost in the GOP primary — ended up voting for the final bill. “I’m taking the cue from my colleagues that are in cycle,” said Tillis. “Whatever suits their purposes.”

Republicans had defeated an attempt by Chuck Schumer to explicitly ban the slush fund. But they had votes to spare, allowing vulnerable GOP Sens. Collins, Sullivan, and Husted to vote for Schumer’s measure and campaign on opposing the slush fund even though all 3 ultimately voted for the final bill.

A small office within HHS with keeping research participants safe has been chronically underfunded and understaffed Then, the Trump administration "just squashed us like a bug" a former staffer told @mmolteni.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2026/06/05/h...

U.S. Rep Jan Schakowsky on Chicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros: "He should resign."

Don't forget, they did a trial run of this with 6,100 people, and ended up sweeping in multiple living U.S. citizens.

NEEDS MORE CAPITAL LETTERS THOUGH THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER

The conviction of ex-IL House Speaker Michael Madigan in February 2025: chicago.suntimes.com/madigan-tria...

For context, 2022-2023 saw the federal convictions of Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson, R. Kelly, a businessman who bribed two lawmakers, Madigan's ex-chief of staff and ex-Ald. Ed Burke, the longest-serving City Council member in Chicago history. Madigan's trial began in 2024 and spilled into 2025.

Chicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros tonight alleges he inherited an office in April 2025 "doing less than even the bare minimum" (Madigan found guilty in February 2025) and accuses critics of a "guise that they love or even really care about this incredible and storied office."

This has gone more viral than anything I have ever written or recorded, the "AI has no ROI" story has fully caught on and there's an anxiety in the AI industry that nobody can seem to calm down. Things are going to get interesting in the next few weeks!

As a reminder, it was a scandal when DNI Tulsi Gabbard meddled with Georgia's ballots and it's a scandal that he's suggesting this in advance. That's not remotely part of the job description.

4 .. and start doing really hard things, for the good of America Maine is the perfect place to start. As Maine goes, so goes the nation. -30-