Several people with signs like this at the Boston Marathon today

It’s important to remember that the goal of lawsuits like the one brought by Kash Patel against the Atlantic isn’t to win, it’s to cost the Atlantic as much money as possible only to drop the suit before discovery, and as red meat for the MAGA base by simply filing it.

Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19):

NYT: 5 of 58
WashPost: 1 of 43
WSJ: 0 of 40
AP: 0 of 26
CNN Wire: 0 of 18
NY Post: 0 of 17
Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4
LA Times: 0 of 4
Boston Globe: 0 of 2

Politicians are using low teen birth rates to further restrict access to birth control, abortion “Both narratives — that teen birth rates are too high or too low — problematize teen pregnancy and childbearing,” writes Riley J. Steiner.

Opinion: Politicians are using low teen birth rates to further restrict access to birth control, abortion www.statnews.com/2026/04/20/t...

A picture of a rather dilapidated copy of "The picture of Dorian Gray" There is visible water damage to the cover and the plastic cover is yellowing. Obviously, not evident from the picture but there is a truly foul musty smell emanating from it!

Last week, a gentleman returned this rather dilapidated copy of this famous book to us after 50 years. He had found it in his attic!
Presumably this means there is a pristine copy somewhere in our libraries....

221. Chief Justice Roberts and the Clean Power Plan Remarkable reporting from the New York Times provides a peek behind the curtain of the February 2016 rulings that ushered in the modern emergency docket. And what it reveals is pretty discouraging.

"In the first major case in which the Court granted emergency relief as a means of shaping nationwide policy, it turns out that the justice who led the charge was the one who was doing quite a bit more than calling balls and strikes."

Me on Saturday's @nytimes.com scoop in today's "One First":

Trump’s Not Paying Attention to His Own War But then again, do we want him to be?

WSJ: "Aides kept the president out of the room."

"It’s worth dwelling for a moment on this remarkable detail. Aides—presumably senior military officials in particular—believed that they had to exclude the president from the decision-making if it were to succeed."

open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Hope you can join us! Books will be available for purchase.

If you paid even a penny in federal income taxes on your income last year, you paid more than Tesla. YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren

If you paid even one penny in federal income taxes on your income last year, then you paid more than Tesla.

Here's why.

Oil company founded by DOE chief Wright paid no US taxes last year Liberty Energy made $193 million last year and received more than $10 million back in tax benefits, according to a nonprofit analysis released on Tax Day.

"The company founded and formerly run by Trump Energy Secretary Chris Wright recorded $193 million of income last year but paid no 2025 federal corporate income taxes, according to its regulatory filings, and actually got more than $10 million back from the IRS..."

www.eenews.net/articles/oil...

It seems like a Prime Minister who continues to get his corruption trial delayed for years because his government is engaged in wars has a personal incentive to keep wars going as long as possible.

Wasn’t this Ivanka’s pet issue in the first term??

On May 2nd, join us in the fight for empathy!

The American Empathy Project is a nationwide push for empathy and action, bringing people together to help our neighbors - and we need volunteers! Check the link in our bio to find a project near you, and sign up to lend a hand!

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

Oregon judge blasts RFK Jr., striking down declaration restricting gender-affirming care for youth "Unserious leaders are unsafe," the judge wrote in his 49-page opinion.

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Apr OregonLive
OR judge blast HHS Secy Kennedy for “wanton disregard” for the law and "cruelty" in restricting funding for kids' GAC adding “unserious leaders are unsafe.” He has prohibiting fed govt from superseding medical groups' Standards of Care.

The incompetent quacks entrusted with overseeing our public health system have blocked hundreds of millions of dollars of mRNA vaccine research, based on pseudoscientific drivel.

Our money. The public’s money. Lifeblood for miracles like this one.

The FBI Director, the DC US Attorney, and the Secretary of Defense walk into a bar.

Apparently like every day.

Tired of waiting for your EV to charge up? One Chinese company has a novel solution Chinese car company NIO is putting up EV battery swapping stations all around the world. NPR took a ride in one car for the experience.

Chinese car company NIO is putting up EV battery swapping stations all around the world. NPR took a ride in one car for the experience.

Learn whatever you want about "law," it doesn't matter because GOP Justices blew up the entire process of deciding cases based on chats with rich friends and stuff they watched on TV. That was the entire basis on which SCOTUS switched to the shadow docket.

The Department of Energy canceled 321 grants worth $7.5 billion last October. Every single one was in a state that voted against the President. Not a single project in a red state was touched.

This week, I asked Energy Secretary Wright a simple question: why?

The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court

WOW: Jodi Kantor & Adam Liptak have the memos that describe the origins of SCOTUS shadow docket - the 2016 order halting Obama’s Clean Power Plan @jodikantor.bsky.social @adamliptak.bsky.social @nytimes.com

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

"Those taxes you just paid? The money is going straight into Trump's pocket" would be good messaging

Agencies in talks with Trump, family to resolve $10B lawsuit over tax leaks President Trump and his family are suing federal agencies over leaks of their tax information. Court filings say they’re in talks to find a solution instead of heading to trial.

that beep beep beep sound you hear is the president and his family backing a truck up to the US treasury...

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Camp East Montana under new management, ICE director tells US Rep. Escobar Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons told U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar and the House Appropriation Committee that Camp East Montana is under new management.

Camp East Montana is officially under new management as of today, acting ICE director Todd Lyons told the House Appropriations Committee yesterday. Amentum services is now managing the massive detention center in El Paso. This confirms what a source told me last week.

Here is my story:

Texas needs at least $174 billion to avoid water crisis, state says That new amount is more than double the amount predicted four years ago. The new forecast comes as supply is already drying up.

Texas communities will need to spend $174 billion in the next 50 years to avert a severe water crisis, a new state analysis revealed Thursday.

This was absolutely one of the most striking things about moving from suburban Atlanta to Manhattan when I was in my 20s. I remember being back home for a visit and, like, struggling to articulate to my parents just how different—and how much better and friendlier—the world felt on foot.

South Texas cities drilling wells to delay water crisis Like their larger neighbor, small South Texas cities are drilling new water wells amid a stubborn drought. But experts say that could deplete local aquifers.

Like their larger neighbor Corpus Christi, small South Texas cities are drilling new water wells amid a stubborn drought.

But as cities turn to groundwater, water experts are warning that the aquifers won’t be able to adequately recharge during a deepening drought.

How Jared Kushner Became A Billionaire Trump’s son-in-law turned his government rolodex into a fortune.

NEW: How Jared Kushner Became A Billionaire

"Jared Kushner is traveling the world—as an unelected, not-officially-appointed official—actively shaping US government policy. At the same time, he is soliciting funds for his own private equity business."