This should concern anyone who believes our courts should make decisions based on evidence instead of politics. Federal judges use technical reference manuals to better understand complicated subjects that come up in court, including engineering, medicine, cybersecurity, and climate science.

Gaeldom as a Model of Sustainable Living: Creating a sustainable future entails rebuilding community and the cultural values and practices that sustain it gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/gaeldom-as...

I have very bad luck with backing video games on kickstarter, but sometimes i just can't help myself. It looks lovely, and sincere. @caraellison.bsky.social @davidstifter.bsky.social @darach.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/rat...

ICE is rapidly expanding its surveillance capabilities. The agency has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on vehicles equipped to support cell-site simulators, also known as fake cellphone towers.

The DOJ is conducting a fishing expedition in an attempt to manufacture criminal cases against election workers. We’re thankful that a federal judge in Georgia blocked the Trump administration from subpoenaing the names and identifying information of election workers in Fulton County.

American Exceptionalism:1 God-given manifest destiny:4 If ever nemesis followed hubris. The theology of this has played through American history and most of its modern presidents. I explored jts roots in “Poacher’s Pilgrimage”. www.breitbart.com/politics/202...

The White House has released a report accusing the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution (particularly at the National Museum of American History) of being “radical activists” who cannot be trusted. The report is fueling speculation that the

Interview with Dr A. R. MacKinnon about Gaelic in Bruce County: Memories of a Gaelic-speaking immigrant community in Ontario, Canada gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/interview-...

Tha mi beagan fadalach, ach seo òran air son Latha Chanada: beatoninstitutemusic.ca/gaelic/canad...

Two people have climbed to the top of the Empire State Building antenna. They are holding a banner that reads: “When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace”

This isn’t just a story about one agency. It’s about whether the system Congress created to protect civil servants can continue to function as intended and whether the federal courts will need to play a larger role since that system is falling apart.

The Supreme Court has significantly expanded presidential power, allowing Trump to remove the heads of most independent federal agencies even while legal challenges continue. The ruling marks a major shift in the balance between the White House and

Something we just found with a lot more details: thedreydossier.substack.com/p/i-found-a-...

Balmoral, Anglocentrism, and Britishness: The imperial facades that erase distinct ethnic identities and voices in the British Isles gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/balmoral-a...

Argyllshire Tradition in Canadian Exile: Eóghann MacColla’s Gaelic traditions in the Alexander Fraser papers in the Ontario Archive gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/argyllshir...

We wanted to post some more detail about this because it deserves far more attention. The Trump administration’s Justice Department has intervened in litigation involving Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, asking a court to dismiss a pollution lawsuit against the company.

COP26 in Scotland: Scottish reactions to the challenges of a more just and sustainable way of life and being in the world gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/cop26-in-s...

Elon Musk’s xAI has expanded their gas-powered infrastructure fueling its AI operations in Memphis without permits. According to recent reports, the company has added 11 more methane gas turbines since mid-May, bringing the total at the site to at least 57 turbines.

Trump is now calling for the SAVE America Act to be included in Budget Reconciliation 3.0. Why does that matter? Unlike most legislation in the Senate, reconciliation bills can pass with a simple majority vote rather than the usual 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster.

Trump posted on Truth Social is demanding Congress give him a short-term extension of FISA Section 702, a surveillance authority that allows the government to monitor foreign targets overseas without a warrant.

To counter Big Tech’s narrative of AI inevitability, movements are beginning to resist on many fronts where this dangerous tech is being deployed.

Latha Chaluim Chille sona dhuibh uile! Seo agaibh annasan-làimhe Thòmais. // Happy St Columba Day. Enjoy Thomas Keyes’s amazing artwork. scribalstyles.net/colmcille-15...

That is an extraordinary claim of executive power. Under the administration’s own legal theory, a president could destroy some of America’s most iconic landmarks and then argue that the courts are unable to undo the damage once it has been done.

Dùthchas: An Archaic Gaelic Term Gets New Attention: Some personal reflections on Gaelic scholarship and human ecology gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/duthchas-a...

The appointment is concerning because the role provides access to highly sensitive information and national security policy discussions.

Trump campaign donors are receiving disproportionate access, influence, and financial benefits from the government after helping fund his political campaigns.

The Gaelic Variant of the Frog Prince Folktale: A tale of emotional healing? gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/the-gaelic...

The amount of corruption in this administration is astounding.

When movements are at their most powerful, they not only withdraw cooperation from unjust systems, but build the capacity to live without them. wagingnonviolence.org/2026/06/resi...

Anti-Racism and Anti-Colonialism in America through a Gaelic lens: Guest essay by Kent Jewell gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/anti-racis...

The same administration that claims to be the “most transparent in American history” is trying to silence the very people who keep it accountable and hide everything from the public.

Yesterday, we post about the Trump administration’s plan to require all federal workers to sign nondisclosure agreements. The government is not a business. It exists to serve the public and the public has a right to know how it’s being run.

The Hatch Act of 1939 exists specifically to protect fed employees from political coercion in the workplace. Forcing partisan content onto every work phone in the executive branch seems like a textbook violation of that principle. This is not normal. No previous admin has done anything like this.

This administration is so corrupt… they will do anything to defend the Jan 6 insurrection.

Alexander Fraser as Ethnographer in Gaelic Ontario: Collecting oral traditions in 19th-century Scottish Highland diasporic communities gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/alexander-...

You can buy anything with this administration. Reynolds American donated $5 million to Trump’s super PAC on April 30. Eight days later, the FDA handed the tobacco industry exactly what it wanted. In between, a Reynolds executive and two lobbyists had lunch with Trump at his Jupiter golf club.

The argument that only war could have stopped the Nazis rests on shaky assumptions and simplifications that need to be challenged.

The amount of corruption that is happening is absolutely ridiculous. The Justice Department has agreed to permanently shield Trump, his family, and his businesses from IRS tax claims a last-minute addition to the slush-fund deal.

Their goal is for us all to be exhausted, disconnected, and convinced there’s nothing we can do. That’s why they move so fast with such disregard and destruction. But public sentiment has been shifting hard against MAGA.

The Trump admin tried to use an unrelated White House engineering contract to quietly start construction on Trump’s personal “Triumphal Arch” skipping competitive public bidding altogether. The arch isn’t on White House grounds. It’s on NPS land near Arlington National Cemetery, over a mile away.

Justice Samuel Alito has fossil fuel stocks making up nearly a quarter of his personal investment portfolio. And he just voted to put a major climate accountability case on the Supreme Court’s docket after recusing himself from virtually identical cases for the exact same reason.

Alexander Fraser’s Efforts to Establish Celtic Studies: Early attempts to raise Celtic voices in Canadian intellectual institutions gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/alexander-...

Nothing like ringing in America’s 250th with a full military-style occupation of the capital. Senior Trump administration officials announced today that there will be a surge of law enforcement operations across Washington, D.C. this summer as the nation marks the 250th anniversary of independence.

The EPA moved to roll back limits requiring coal-fired power plants to prevent toxic heavy metals from leaching into streams and rivers through contaminated groundwater. Administrator Lee Zeldin’s agency said the rule is unduly costly for the energy industry.

In March 2025, the Trump administration set up an email inbox through the EPA. They sent word to coal plants, chemical manufacturers, oil refineries and other industrial facilities telling them to send us an email by the end of the month and you

Everyone said Trump was manipulating the stock market for personal gain. Turns out you were right. New financial disclosure forms released today by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics show Trump made at least $220 million (and potentially up to $750 million)

Antiwar veterans are leveraging their unique credibility to oppose the war in Iran, stop ICE and support active duty resisters. wagingnonviolence.org/2026/05/anti...

The Trump administration has been building a system to strip legal permanent residents of their green cards, and now they have a dedicated unit to start pulling the trigger. Internal data obtained by the New York Times shows this new DHS unit has already reviewed nearly 2,900 cases,

The Senate advanced Steve Pearce as the next director of the Bureau of Land Management the agency that manages 245 million acres of your public land.