Time to re-post my April interview with my favorite candidate for senate in Maine. Here’s my chat with @andrealaflamme.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

UPDATE: The USPS appealed an order blocking its proposed rule that forces states to share voter lists with the federal government before receiving mail ballots. If the rule is allowed to stand, it would be an alarming step in Trump's sweeping attack on mail voting.

So, so wrong

I’m proud to have joined over 1,000 other former Department of Justice attorneys and officials in signing this letter urging the Senate not to confirm Todd Blanche for Attorney General. www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...

People who are healthy despite being born with genetic mutations that normally cause grave illness may hold the key to treating those diseases, Roxanne Khamsi writes. She reports on what “modifier” genes could mean for the future of lifesaving therapies:

It’s been six months since the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Here is how the federal government has stonewalled investigations, and how Minnesota law enforcement is attempting to push for accountability anyway

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... Adam Serwer

Balogun was set to be suspended for Monday's game but will be now free to be selected. www.nytimes.com/athletic/742... ~ Boom!

Amen!

America at 250 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/o... NY Times Editorial Board

How did Pakistan end up mediating US-Iran diplomacy? Part of the answer is Pakistan was an early supporter of Trump’s crypto currency ventures. One executive is Zach Witkoff, son of Trump envoy Steve. Zach Witkoff signed an MOU re: the company’s coin with Pakistan’s finance minister in Islamabad.

WOW. Todd Blanche IGNORES the court order to produce certain Epstein files or explain redactions, and INSTEAD claims it needs more time, and should be able to do it UNDER SEAL. We saw this deflection coming a mile away. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The Many Ways Trump Is Trying to Tip the Scales for the Midterms www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

on this day in 1964 U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964. A big step towards equality for all. And we have many more steps to take, even while the GOP seeks to push back against equality and freedom for all.

🚨 HUGE ongoing surge of ICE arrests, with ICE directing 80% of all officers to go out into the field and round people up, aiming to hit 2,000 arrests a day; which would be more than during the Minneapolis surge. This may be why the nun in Texas got briefly picked up. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...

Demeaning the office www.wsj.com/opinion/trum...

U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Killed People. That’s the Truth. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/o... Nicholas Kristof

Colorado Governor Fires Officials Who Opposed Freeing Election Denier www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...

The Key Ways Trump’s Financial Interests Intersect With Government Policy www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...

Does Trump Worry About Conflicts of Interest? ‘I Found Out That Nobody Cared.’ www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...

Iconic line from @stevevladeck.bsky.social here in response to Will Baude’s SCOTUS boosterism www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/o...

one thing i find funny is that the founding generation would likely have been very enthusiastic about, say, muslim immigrants and intensely skeptical of all the catholics

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... Sarah Fitzpatrick & Michael Scherer

Is the Supreme Court Incoherent? Independent? 3 Legal Scholars Assess a Tumultuous Term. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/o...

Five Words That Shook the World www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/o... Jamelle Bouie

Happy Canada Day! 🇨🇦

BREAKING: More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the U.S. hours before the earthquakes are missing after their hotel collapsed.

Congress Can Just Shrivel. Or It Can Do What It Did After Nixon. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/o... Kate Shaw

There's no sugar-coating Slaughter. It's an enormously important ruling (far more important than the other three decisions #SCOTUS handed down today). It's a huge win for Trump/the executive. And it's going to have massive ramifications for the functioning of the government long after Trump is gone.

this is absolutely wild. where does roberts think these agencies come from?!? who invested them with authority to act? whose mandate are they designed to execute? the president is the chief EXECUTive. his job is executing the will of Congress as it spells out in its duly-passed laws!

Most attention on last Thursday’s #SCOTUS ruling in the TPS cases has been (understandably) focused on Justice Alito’s whitewashing of the Trump administration’s racism. But as today’s “One First” explains, it also includes an alarming power grab for appellate courts in *all* “interim relief” cases:

My column on the Supreme Court's coronation of President Trump: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/29/o...

need to start thinking now about a full package of judicial reforms: new justices, new circuits, new district courts, ethics reforms, docket reforms, and transparency reforms.

‘Chaos Will Follow’ Ruling Allowing Trump Firings, Dissent Predicts www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/u...

Same for “birthright citizenship” case. It shouldn’t have even been calendared for oral arguments.

NY Times Editorial Board: “The Supreme Court today created a government run by a very small number of people who work at either the Supreme Court or the White House,” the editorial board writes. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/o...

I am a centrist Democrat and I am terrified of success | Opinion Rex Huppke www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

It’s America's Birthday. What Are We Celebrating? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Cut a Billion-Dollar Mining Deal. His Sons Stand to Profit. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/w... ~ his corruption & grift know no bounds

Here’s why you shouldn’t clap when the Supreme Court refuses to let Trump rewrite the Constitution and end birthright citizenship. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... Michael Scherer

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... Adam Serwer