This is what it looks like to be laughed out of court. Humiliating for DOJ lawyers--the creme de la creme--to be treated this way. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Worth your time. www.execfunctions.org/p/what-are-w...

Would someone like to tell me why the Algorithm God is showing me ads for butt-enhancing pants? Better yet...don't.

A social issue I never thought about...but should have. Land hoarding! open.substack.com/pub/kenilgun...

It's ironic that gays are called upon to make the case against polygamy, a standard heterosexual concept. Matt Vines does it brilliantly. youtu.be/ZzDh4XfFVN4?...

New poll from Buckley Institute finds the plurality of students support Cuban and Russian style socialism.

Good question. "How about asking Trump to stop spreading antisemitism via his associations and appointments?" www.thebulwark.com/p/right-wing...

This is sick, if accurate (The Counteroffensive is a reputable outlet). Russians are using drones to "safari hunt" civilians in Ukraine. www.counteroffensive.news/p/russias-di...

"The president and vice president should explain to backers and all citizens that the Republican Party has no place for bigots, purveyors of vile conspiracy theories, and sycophants of blood-stained anti-American dictators." Yes, they should. Any minute now. www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/202...

Here are some of the people being summarily executed at sea by the Trump Admin. They're mostly ordinary folks running drugs (to Europe, not the US) as a side gig. Their deaths will have zero effect on drug availability. apnews.com/article/trum...

Congress loses another good member. It's disgraceful that the problem of threats to MCs and judges isn't taken more seriously. leedrutman.substack.com/p/politics-k...

Gov. Pritzker to Trump and DOJ: "Come and get me." www.theunpopulist.net/p/jb-pritzke...

What are Trump and MAGA doing to our government? A rollicking discussion with two top political scientists. Short answer: it's patrimonialism, stupid. www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...

An urgent plea. The hour is late. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

This is welcome news. Hopefully breaks US curse of one-off nuclear projects that fail to sustain expertise and supply chains. Cost comes down only thru repeatability, and S.K. and China are already building in bulk. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/b...

Let's not lose sight of how abnormal it is for a federal judge to feel that she has to behave this way with a US official. Just amazing. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...

The case for viewpoint diversity in academia is stronger than ever...despite claims that it's a "MAGA plot." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

"This week Trump announced new sanctions that were supposedly aimed at hurting the oil exports that are financing Russia’s war effort, yet they were actually much less potent than Trump claimed." open.substack.com/pub/billemmo...

"Abuses of science, enlightenment, and academic authority discredit the abuser, not the thing abused." www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/202...

Here's a thoughtful and well reported article on what comes after radical gender ideology and medical interventions as first-line treatment for gender dysphoria. www.thenewatlantis.com/publications...

It's not too late to fix this dangerous law...the closest thing in the US to martial law. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/o...

History will record this moment as a travesty of the law. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/tria...

A research scientist stands up for merit and integrity. May many others follow! hxstem.substack.com/p/why-i-no-l...

These outlets agreed to do only Pentagon-approved interviews. The term "lap dog" comes to mind. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

It's not a peace agreement, because Hamas has not agreed. Hamas will not disarm or depart. Israel will go back in. Fighting will resume. Ceasefire is certainly better than alternatives, but celebration of war's end is way premature. www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/202...

A third of Republicans favor threatening to deport US citizens who have been critical of Trump. Two-thirds support DOJ investigating his opponents. www.economist.com/united-state...

“They [MAGA] don't like America. They don't like the people that live in this country. They don't like our customs. They don't like our laws. They don't like our traditions. They don't like our constitution. They don't pull for us. I truly believe this.” Minute 4:30 www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxkI...

In case you needed one more thing to be concerned about... www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

"I’ve never seen an arraignment hearing quite like this one. ... Today the Eastern District of Virginia is already on to Letitia James for a crime she also didn’t commit." www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...

Are we all free speech hypocrites? Is the right worse than the left...or vice versa? Scintillating conversation on The Good Fight podcast. yaschamounk.substack.com/p/the-good-f...

Hmm...

Good read from @theunpopulist.net on Trump's anti-constitutional deployments to Portland and other cities. www.theunpopulist.net/p/trump-is-d...

The absurdity of the case that Trump is cooking up against Letitia James is precisely the point. DOJ serves him, not the law. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/next...

Useful podcast explains how the MAGA right has built a durable counter-establishment that has plans and funding to outlast Trump. www.theunpopulist.net/p/from-conse...

Legally speaking...it's murder, stupid. www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...

On the trail...

"We need to understand Trump’s reelection in 2024 as the beginning of a true regime change in the United States, bringing decades of consolidated liberal capitalist democracy to an end, and inaugurating a new patrimonial order of uncertain duration." aseees.org/newsnet-arti...

Those Russian incursions in Europe are distractions. Europe should stay focused on helping Ukraine win. open.substack.com/pub/billemmo...

Must-read from AEI's brilliant Yuval Levin: Trump is personalizing presidential power but not changing laws, regulations, or even spending. Classic patrimonialism...it's all about him. status-quo-or-revolution.tiiny.co

Credit where it's due: Trump's Gaza plan is shrewd and _might_ prove to be a breakthrough. www.thefp.com/p/how-trump-...

Greg - do you agree with John Tomasi that, whatever the merits of the Trump admin actions, there's a new opportunity to course-correct universities on free speech? #gfss2025

The US's targeted killing of Venezuelan civilians at sea is not, alas, as unprecedented as you might think. "The legal abuses of the Bush, Obama, and Biden administrations form a foundation upon which the Trump policy is built." www.lawfaremedia.org/article/vene...

There was no "Biden censorship regime." www.lawfaremedia.org/article/spee...

To ponder on Yom Kippur, from Rabbi Michael Holzman. "We are living in a theological crisis. The MAGA movement seeks to promulgate a triumphalist theology that attempts to determine the truth of America’s past. Yom Kippur is the antidote to this theology." www.theunpopulist.net/p/political-...

Cathy Young, a diligent and accurate reporter, has done the reading on Pete Hegseth. www.theunpopulist.net/p/hegseths-h...

Steve Chapman: domestic terror is the point. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/01/c...

64% of surveyed Republican former members of Congress say Trump's 2020 election claims threaten democracy...vs only 18% of GOP partisans. www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...

New ep! Was a pleasure to have @jonrauch.bsky.social join us to discuss radical incrementalism, the paradox of tolerance, liberalism in an age of illiberalism, and give a defense of Christianity. Can Hitchens-style atheist @vadenmasrani.bsky.social be convinced? youtube.com/watch?v=KRvf...

Yes, higher education can be reformed. Here's how we're doing it at Heterodox Academy. www.politicsandreligion.us/e/hxa-rauch-...

"If Christians are honest—the gap between how those who claim to be followers of Jesus conduct themselves versus how others in the world conduct themselves is often narrow, if it exists at all." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...