From Jon Cooper
Estimated redistricting shift so far:

Texas +5 R
California +5 D
Utah +1 D
Missouri +1 R
North Carolina +1 R
Ohio +1 to +2 R
Virginia +4 D

Net: roughly +1 to +2 Democratic seats nationally

From the first Earth Day… 1970

Why the Modern World Became so Ugly Looking back on Modernity's war against Beauty

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Senator Mark Kelly:

George Washington believed that vaccinating his troops against smallpox was the key to winning the Revolutionary War and our independence. A founding father from 250 years ago had a better understanding of science and military readiness than Pete Hegseth.

Happy Earth Day 2026

Annual flu vaccine no longer required for U.S. military, Hegseth says The move alarmed some public health experts and legislators, who warned that it would weaken troop readiness.

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Greatest heist in American history, happening right now How we stop the President from silently looting $10 billion from the U.S. Treasury, transferring your tax dollars to his personal piggy bank.

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Reranking The World’s Billionaires By Wealth – And Altruism Forbes recalculated the wealth of the richest billionaires to add back in what they gave to charity. Here’s who moves up the ranks.

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Trump Should Fire More of His Cabinet And not just the women.

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Book Bans Surge as Organized Campaigns Expand Challenges to books remain near record levels, but data and reporting show a shift from local complaints to broader, organized efforts operating across districts and states.

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Second Jury Finds Uber Responsible for Sexual Assault by a Driver

Second Jury Finds Uber Responsible for Sexual Assault by a Driver www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/b...

Western men are going abroad to find traditional wives Frustration with modern dating has fuelled the rise of “passport bros”

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The Most Important Speech of Political and Constitutional Philosophy That Never Should Have Been Given The speech that Justice Clarence Thomas gave last week at the University of Texas could prove to be the single most important speech of political and constitutional philosophy that never should have b...

Important perspective open.substack.com/pub/judgelut...

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John Roberts Is The Activist Judge He Warned Us About Secret memos show the lawyer who cast himself as a champion of judicial restraint became the Supreme Court justice leading the charge to wield unprecedented activist powers to help corporations.

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The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment

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Takeaways From the Supreme Court’s Shadow Papers

Takeaways From the Supreme Court’s Shadow Papers www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

Can America Learn from Hungary? A Saturday Prompt

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Trump Is Waging One Big War Against the Rest of the World The bombings, assassinations, and kidnappings that have defined much of Trump’s second term make more sense understood together, rather than as disparate events.

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Justice John Roberts Has Almost Completed His Life’s Work of Destroying the Voting Rights Act The Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais is almost certainly going to be a nightmare.

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