Quite a remarkable exchange between Justice Alito (concurring) and Justice Jackson (dissenting) respecting the Supreme Court’s decision to issue the judgment in the Louisiana redistricting case immediately: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

BREAKING: SCOTUS grants the Callais plaintiffs' request to issue the judgment now, meaning the ruling goes into effect and back to the district court immediately. This was done over a strong dissent from Jackson — prompting Alito (w Thomas & Gorsuch) to author an opinion concurring with the grant.

My own view is that the central problem with today’s #SCOTUS is the extent to which it isn’t—and doesn’t think it should be—accountable to other government institutions, especially Congress. Today’s “One First” walks through eight of the levers Congress *used* to pull to keep the justices in line:

May the Fourth be with YOU, from the Obama Presidential Center. Opening June 19.

This editorial identifies many issues with "ai" in the classroom at the college level. I would disagree with the judgment of using "ai" as a moral failing. Students are acting on the incentives they have, something the editorial also identifies. Worth a read: www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/o...

@mainemorningstar.com There are two other democrats in the running. David and myself. I had to fill out paperwork with the Secretary of State’s office to become a declared write-in candidate and I’m the only person who did so. 1/2

This year our Quantum Device Lab (qudev.phys.ethz.ch) has completed its first 20 years at the Department of Physics of @ethz.ch Zürich, since 6 years we are also part of the Quantum Center, @ethz-qc.bsky.social, and since 5 years we co-run the @ethz.ch Zürich - @psi.ch #Quantum Computing Hub. ...

This is simply due to Trump's war. www.nbcnews.com/business/con...

New deep dive from me into the anti-science movement, it's structure, tactics, and impact on science and society. Some data analysis, unique testimonies, new infographics and also a first attempt at outlining broadly-agreed upon actions how to fight back. 1/ open.substack.com/pub/protagon...

Two very good pieces documenting the dismantling of U.S. Science. The first one by Philipp Markolin: www.protagonist-scie... 1/3

And the second one by Gregg Gonsalves in The Nation: www.thenation.com/ar... 2/3

the takehome message: 3/3

The president of Cornell backed his car into a student and a recent grad after a campus debate on Israel-Palestine. Then he lied about what happened in an email claiming he'd been the victim of harassment. Then, magnificently, Cornell's student newspaper found a video of the incident

Whoa. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...

BREAKING: Fifth Circuit three-judge panel of all Republican appointees blocks rule allowing mailing of mifepristone, agreeing with Louisiana challenge to a policy ending the in-person dispensing requirement for the abortion drug. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This is just one grant of so many. There is an unfathomable loss of research happening in this country right now, and the effects will be felt for decades — if not longer.

I love this song, and this particular performance precisely because of the stare and how Nicks's voice changes as she stares at him.

The Paramount-Warner Bros merger reeks of corruption. Trump said he would be “personally involved" in the transaction. He said he wanted Netflix & Paramount “to compete for his approval.” He reportedly shared “implicit support” for Paramount’s bid. I'm sounding the alarm.

This from @jamellebouie.net is fantastic. Expand SCOTUS, yes, but also strip it of the powers it has accrued to itself. Make it serve the people and the republic as was intended. Also, let me add: the Roberts Court delenda est youtu.be/SRzS61buXkQ?...

Just seeing that in Trump's $10 B suit against IRS, Judge Williams (MDFla) has appointed an astounding lineup of six top attys from 3 law firms to advise her as amici, including former Judge John Gleeson from EDNY and former Solicitor General Don Verrilli.

Here's the new Louisiana lawsuit, seeking to stop the effort to stop the election: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Publico un nuevo libro. Esta vez sobre la relevancia de la #integridad científica, con ejemplos reales de fraude y engaño de investigadores que han vulnerado el código deontológico. Son los #impostores de la ciencia. Lo edita Pinolia. A la venta desde el próximo 5 de mayo.

For those asking, here's a picture of Cole Allen just before he sprinted past the security checkpoint. DOJ alleges that after he started running he raised the gun and shot one shot. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

NEW: Alabama is asking SCOTUS for expedited consideration of its appeal from the second Milligan ruling in light of Callais. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...

John Roberts and Sam Alito really took the last tiny brake off this runaway train yesterday, and all of the worst people are not only running with it, but — importantly — also taking it as a sign that, yet again, they can and should go even further.

Former University of Nebraska and Ohio State President Ted Carter tried to get a job at NU for a woman he later admitted he was having an "inappropriate relationship” with, according to a records request obtained by Nebraska Public Media News. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/04/30/r...

🚨🚨The DHS shutdown is OVER. By voice vote, the House has just approved a Senate-passed DHS funding bill, which funds everything at DHS (TSA, FEMA, etc.) except for ICE and the Border Patrol. The House initially refused to approve this plan 35 days ago.

An important update: Texas courts created such an unprecedented situation in an emergency filing last night, no one knows who is in charge of InfoWars, and therefore no one can pay rent. Since no one controls these assets right now, it does appear InfoWars will shut down tonight at midnight.

NEWS: In Fulton County’s suit seeking return of 2020 election materials, Judge Boulee partially GRANTS the county’s motion to compel further information from DOJ. DOJ must answer questions one, two, and four — including when the FBI opened its investigation.

The FBI arrested scientist David Morens today, prosecuting the Trump administration's batshit conspiracy theories about COVID-19. www.science.org/content/arti...

The "reactionary colorblindess" of the right-wing justices has reached its logical conclusion in finding that it is racist NOT to let Louisiana—and any other state for that matter—discriminate on the basis of race in voting. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Here’s my piece on the “now-completed demolition” of the Voting Rights Act in @thenation.com The VRA is the most important piece of legislation in American history. It more than anything is what ended American-style apartheid. And now Republicans have killed it.

By all that is holy, if and when SCOTUS decides that birthright citizenship is protected in the Constitution, don't let the 3-3-3 numpties tell you this is a moderate, centrist court. Rejecting an a-textual stupid Hail Mary doesn't cash out to a push when it comes to eviscerating the VRA today.

First take out of court: In the TPS case, I think we end up with a very narrow win for the challengers — both in the vote and on the decision’s grounds — but anything could happen. It will come down to how Roberts and Barrett decide to decide the case — and if the left can work with them to do so.

Keating to Hegseth on the administration's rationale for its deadly boat strikes: "We were given classified information on the second strike. I can't discuss it. But it's the most convoluted bullshit I've ever heard in my life."

I want to stress 3 excerpts from yesterday’s 2d Circuit ruling rejecting, 3-0, Trump’s mandatory immigration detention policy, which Judge Bianco (Trump apptee) implied would be unconstitutional as the “broadest mass-detention-without-bond mandate in our nation’s history.” (Worth reading.) 1/3

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Justice Kagan: "I dissent. The Voting Rights Act is—or, now more accurately, was—'one of the most consequential, efficacious, and amply justified exercises of federal legislative power in our Nation's history.'

If the Democrats don't make rebalancing and expanding the Supreme Court a top priority for whenever (if?) they next get into power, then I don't know what to say anymore. The GOP-packed court is the biggest block on progress in this country and has been for a while.

The Roberts Court finally achieved its years-long goal of killing the Voting Rights Act Wednesday, publishing a ruling that, the liberal justices say, will make proving racial discrimination in redistricting virtually impossible.

"I dissent because Congress elected otherwise. I dissent because the Court betrays its duty to faithfully implement the great statute Congress wrote. I dissent because the Court’s decision will set back the foundational right Congress granted of racial equality in electoral opportunity. I dissent."

Second (and last) #SCOTUS ruling is the big one, Louisiana v. Callais. For a 6-3 majority (Rs v. Ds), Justice Alito purports to narrow the ability of states to draw majority-minority districts as a remedy for race-based vote dilution, but, per Kagan's dissent, comes pretty close to gutting the VRA:

I can't believe this. @normcharlatan.bsky.social you're a Minnesota Legend, my man.

News: The Information reports that OpenAI projects its $20-a-month ChatGPT Plus subscriptions will drop from 44 Million subscribers in 2025 to 9 million subscribers in 2026. It claims it will make the difference up by getting 102M new "ChatGPT Go" subscribers. www.wheresyoured.at/openai-proje...

Comey statement on the new charges against him, via his Substack: “I'm still innocent. I'm still not afraid. And I still believe in the independent federal judiciary. So let's go.”

NEWS: Read the latest Comey indictment www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

The case revolves around a photo the former FBI director posted online last year of seashells on a beach arranged to say "8647." n.pr/4txsnXU

Firms like Deloitte and Zoom are cutting back their parental leave policies. Like the anti-DEI push has removed Black workers, this will remove women workers via @rcobooth.bsky.social www.businessinsider.com/deloitte-cut...

Yesterday, #SCOTUS summarily reversed the three-judge district court in the Texas redistricting case "for the reasons set forth" back when it granted emergency relief last December. Besides its novelty, the ruling also puts the lie to the effort to describe grants of emergency relief as "interim":