All Rise News at Year One: A legal recap and preview One year ago, my first Substack Live was with Andrew Weissmann. He joins me once again for a new, unrelenting news cycle.

All Rise News at Year One: A legal recap and preview • One year ago, my first Substack Live was with Andrew Weissmann. He joins me once again for a new, unrelenting news cycle.

#1 in United States v. Southern Poverty Law Center, Inc. (M.D. Ala., 2:26-cr-00139) – CourtListener.com INDICTMENT as to Southern Poverty Law Center, Inc. (1) Count(s) 1-6, 7-10, 11. (Forfeiture Allegations) (MLF) (Entered: 04/21/2026)

NEW: Here is the SPLC indictment: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Friends and Foes A not-to-be missed Main Justice episode with a very special interview

Friends and Foes
A not-to-be missed episode
open.substack.com/pub/weissman...

Mama Canada Goose and two goslings along a small lagoon with lily pads. Dad is standing watch nearby. I watched for 30 minutes or longer hoping for the goslings to appear and they finally showed their heads then waddled away under the watchful eyes of both parents.

#birds #nature #eck #eastcoastkin

get well soon, both of you 🌼

As Jack Smith's top deputy, I know all about Donald Trump's deceitful attempts to overturn the valid 2020 election results in Detroit. Now, Trump's DOJ is using the same shameful playbook. But Michigan has a powerful weapon on its side--the truth--and AG Nessel is demonstrating how to fight back.

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Friends and Foes A not-to-be missed Main Justice episode with a very special interview

Friends and Foes
open.substack.com/pub/weissman...

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I'm excited to share that we've made a collection of historic Supreme Court Records and Briefs available via
@archive.org

I've written a blog post where I go into detail about the importance of this collection.

blog.archive.org/2026/04/20/u...

Un peu de ciel étoilé de l’hémisphère sud !

#Photoday #UnJourUnePhoto
#Canon #Photos
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Great to have you here!

Kash Patel and the Lessons of FBI Leadership How does the current director stand up to his predecessors?

Hey Bluesky. I just posted my first article on Substack. And this makes my first Bluesky post. Check it out and share it if you like
Let the games begin. 🙃
www.therealmccabe.com/p/kash-patel...

He plans to explain the Quran to his Iranian counterparts,

photo of dramatic clouds over Ile de la Cité, the Seine River and Pont St. Louis

bonne nuit et good night, skeeps

hoping for bluer Blueskies tomorrow 🙏

#Paris #France #photography

An exit stanchion in a building reads “Dramatic Exit.”

This rehearsal studio understands its customers.

An orange and brown Comma butterfly resting on a green Cherry leaf.

A nice Comma seen in Ely yesterday, for #ButterflyWeek. 📷 #photography

Opening pages of a commentary on Islamic law, copied in 1611 CE. (GAMS 01147)

🧵(1) Digitization & cataloging is complete for 41 manuscripts in the collection of the Fondation Georges et Mathilde Salem in Aleppo, Syria. The collection includes texts by a variety of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish authors on topics ranging from medicine to grammar to poetry and literature.

«Allen, die ein Kind verloren» – Das Leben der Mia Holm zwischen Lyrik und Leid Spurensuche nach einer Dichterin, deren Verse von Mutterschaft und Trauer erzählen

Wie verschwinden Autorinnen aus dem Gedächtnis – obwohl sie gelesen wurden?

Der Fall Mia Holm zeigt: Literatur bleibt oft nur in Spuren erhalten.

Ein Artikel über Recherche, Verlust und Erinnerung.

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#Literatur #FemaleHeritage

Publizistin und Literaturwissenschaftlerin Rachel Salamander in der WDR 5 Redezeit Rachel Salamander setzt sich seit Jahrzehnten dafür ein, jüdisches Leben im deutschsprachigen Raum sichtbar zu machen.

Rachel Salamander, Publizistin und Literaturwissenschaftlerin, in der Redezeit vom 16. April: www1.wdr.de/radio/wdr5/s... (WDR 5)

Sunrise with a little fog in the air in New York City, Saturday morning, seen from Liberty State Park in Jersey City, NJ #newyorkcity #nyc #newyork #sunrise #fog #libertystatepark

Oneg Shabbat Box - hiddentreasurenew A metal box from the Warsaw Ghetto's Oneg Shabbat archive

This box, on display in Imperial War Museum London‘s Holocaust Galleries, contained part of the Ringelblum Archive - documents and testimonies from those living in the Warsaw ghetto collected at the time.

Read more about it here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/treasures/on...

#JewishHistory

"Mar-a-Lago Mafia" is a very good line.

Red winged blackbird Sunday in @centralparknyc.bsky.social

Blue roan cocker spaniel puppy, Bea, in the garden looking up. She has one front paw off the ground as she trots around the garden.

Good morning from hearing dog puppy, Bea 🐶

Bea is in the first stage of her hearing dog training and between playtime and zoomies, has been doing a brilliant job learning her basic cues like 'Sit' and 'Wait'.

Keep it up Bea 🐾🥰

WTH

Triptych collage of close-up fern fiddleheads unfurling: three young fronds tightly coiled in soft green, their fine brown hairs catching the light. The central frond shows delicate leaflets beginning to open, set against a blurred green background.

In April fresh green growth emerges from fern plants. These curled fronds are called “fiddleheads” for their resemblance to the scroll carved at the head of a violin, shaped as a decorative spiral known as a volute. Ferns are said to bring good luck and symbolise eternal youth.

MS NOW confirms: The Trump DOJ has removed the lead prosecutor overseeing the investigation into John Brennan.

Maria Medetis Long told colleagues that she had recently told her superiors that there was not ample justification to bring criminal charges against Brennan.

Trump Planning Jaw-Dropping Payment to Country He Bombed The president, who has slammed Barack Obama for unfreezing Iranian assets as part of a nuclear deal, is weighing a de facto $20 billion payment to Iran of his own.

The president, who slammed Obama for unfreezing Iranian assets as part of a nuclear deal, is weighing a de facto $20 billion payment of his own.