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🧵 The arguments behind landmark Supreme Court rulings have never been freely available… until now.

More than 125,000 #SCOTUS records & briefs (1830–2019) are now open on the Internet Archive.

Full announcement ⤵️
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Carter Page is the next person who'll get to loot Treasury bc Trump wants to discredit investigating Russian spies.

Every system that was regulated, either explicitly or implicitly, by the fact that they were effortful for humans (letters of recommendation, government filings, essays, or, as this paper finds, lawsuits) will break under a wave of AI.

Bolloré's takeover of Grasset: 'Bookshops now serve as sentinels of resistance to the radical rightward shift of society' Christian Thorel, a prominent figure in independent book selling, was among the first to sound the alarm about billionaire Vincent Bolloré's ideological grip on the publishing sector, starting with th...

Fascinating interview with a French bookseller about the radical rightward shift being engineered in French publishing and book selling by billionaire ideologues. We have no counterparts to this type of merchant intellectual.

Un peu niche peut-être, mais quand même…

www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/a...

USAID Whistleblower Says It Was Even Worse Than People Knew Political appointees wanted a quiet drawdown, the whistleblower says. DOGE wanted an execution.

NEW from me: According to USAID whistleblower Nicholas Enrich, the DOGE takeover was even worse than we knew, rife with conflict between political appointees who wanted an orderly "drawdown" and a DOGE team that wanted to flip the kill switch. @wired.com

www.wired.com/story/usaid-...

"In 1902, politicians designed a lifetime ban to “eliminate the darkie as a political factor” in Virginia and guarantee “the complete supremacy of the white race in the affairs of government.”"

"As recently as 2016, 22 percent of Black Virginians were barred from voting for life."

Ms. McMahon said she felt like the victim of an organized cancellation campaign - the kind, she said, Mr. Kirk probably would have opposed. She defended her deleted post, noting she had used Mr. Kirk's words. "There's nothing I said that I believe was incorrect or that I feel I need to apologize for," she said.

Look, no offense Ms. McMahon and I'm sorry your talk got cancelled by an arm of the Republican Party called TPUSA, but Charlie Kirk led an organization who's entire purpose was to drive voices like yours out of the public sphere to clear unchallenged space for their own ignorant bigotry.

This is true for varoius forms of the beast that we're facing today: regardless of its different forms, what these new reactionary, authoritarian political movements and figures aim at is to replace the existing form of politics with a new one. This is a kind of action beyond formal persuasion.

National Science Foundation’s future in limbo as Trump eyes cuts The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) future is in limbo as President Trump pushes for more budget cuts and his nominee to helm the research agency awaits Senate confirmation.  Since Trump’s retu…

'The NSF has only committed $500 million of the $8 billion it was appropriated for the fiscal year, which began on Oct. 1. The NSF will lose the billions of remaining funding if it does not spend it by Sept. 30.' thehill.com/homenews/adm...

Nothing subtle or complicated about what's happening. Did I mention the only refugees we're taking from the entire world are white people from South Africa?

A U.S. state map showing the national impact of mid-decade congressional redistricting on each party in the 2026 elections. Republicans gerrymandered maps to target five Democrats in Texas, two in Ohio, one in Missouri, and one in North Carolina. Democrats responded by targeting five Republicans in California and four in Virginia. A court also replaced Utah's Republican gerrymander with a fairer map that helps Democrats. States with new maps benefitting Republicans are in red and states with new maps benefitting Democrats are in blue. States that did not redistrict are in gray.

Trump sparked a mid-decade redistricting frenzy after urging Republicans to re-gerrymander congressional maps nationwide—but they didn't expect Dems to respond.

The GOP targeted 9 Dems in 4 states—in response, Dems targeted 9 Reps in 2 states.

A court also replaced Utah's GOP map with a fairer map

Cf. the Bezos Post, "Republicans gerrymandering in Texas is fine, actually" b/w "Democrats gerrymandering in Virginia is a threat to democracy"

With the result in Virginia, here's what we know about how mid-decade redistricting has shifted the landscape.

Across the 7 states with new maps:
—11 districts have shifted toward Democrats;
—9 districts have shifted toward the GOP.

Sigh, terrible that I don't even need sourcing, I know this quote so well. The cite for this is in the alt but you can also learn about it's context here.

theintercept.com/2022/08/25/s...

"Few approve of how Donald Trump is handling the cost of living" – Overall: 33-67 – Immigration: 40-59 – Iran: 32-67 – Economy: 30-70 – Cost of living: 23(!)-76 "The nationwide poll was conducted April 16-20, 2026 using the AmeriSpeak® Panel, the probability-based panel of NORC at the University of Chicago. Online and telephone interviews using landlines and cell phones were conducted with 2,596 adults. The overall margin of sampling error is +/- 3.4 percentage points."

There's no other way to say it: This AP-NORC poll is atrocious for Trump.

– Overall: 33-67
– Immigration: 40-59
– Iran: 32-67
– Economy: 30-70
– Cost of living: 23(!)-76

37% of Republicans disapprove of his handling of the economy, 47% disapprove on cost of living.

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5. The SPLC made it clear that it was sharing intel with law enforcement in the video they released just this morning:

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Republican states defend citizenship lists ordered by Trump as ‘optional’ election help • Kansas Reflector A dozen Republican state attorneys general are moving to defend President Donald Trump’s executive order on mail ballots from legal challenges mounted by Democrats.

Republican states defend citizenship lists ordered by Trump as ‘optional’ election help | #ksleg via @jonshorman.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2026/04/21/r...

The Shadow Docket Memos Are Damning. So Naturally, The Right Is Talking About The Leak. - Above the Law New York Times reporting reveals the birth of the modern emergency docket was sloppier, more ideologically driven, and less legally rigorous than anyone admitted. The right's response is to demand we ...

No, because as my colleague pointed out today, they are going to flood the zone with leak takes to crowd out any engagement with the substance

The ultimate betrayal of allies. These kinds of actions take generations to recover from. Who would trust the US with their life when treated like this? This is on the GOP. I bet the neocons are proud of themselves.

Our Afghan allies provided critical support to U.S. forces for over 20 years, but the Trump-Vance Administration has turned its back on them and their families, shutting down key resettlement programs. The idea that we’re now in talks to send as many as 1,100 Afghans, whom we have already evacuated, to the DRC—a country with severe political instability, violence, and a massive refugee and humanitarian crisis—is insane. [1/2]

We told these Afghans that we would help ensure their safety after they helped us. We have an obligation to follow through on our promise because it’s the right thing to do, and because going back on our word will only make it harder for us to build the kinds of partnerships we may need to advance our national security in the future. [2/2]

My statement on reports that the Trump-Vance Administration may send Afghans, including those who served with the U.S. military and more than 400 children, to the Congo:

Trump fought to keep the ballroom fundraising contract secret. Here’s what’s in it. The agreement governing hundreds of millions in private donations was kept secret until a watchdog group sued and a judge ordered it disclosed.

The White House has "declined to disclose the total amount raised, the identities of all donors or, until recently, basic details about the building’s design. Court documents show Trump knew he was going to tear down the East Wing at least two months before doing so, but he never told the public."

Trump fought to keep the ballroom fundraising contract secret. Here’s what’s in it. The agreement governing hundreds of millions in private donations was kept secret until a watchdog group sued and a judge ordered it disclosed.

Breaking news: The Trump administration’s fundraising arrangement for the White House ballroom project shields donor identities and excludes the White House from conflict of interest requirements, according to records obtained by The Post.

Ukrainian officials have suggested that a part of the country’s Donbas region that Russia is still fighting for could be named “Donnyland.” The proposal reflects a global reality in which governments appeal to President Trump’s vanity to get U.S. might on their side. nyti.ms/4mFRllr

Chinese trucks could go 100% electric, halving road transport oil use: industry China’s industrial supply chains and engineering expertise provide a distinct competitive advantage, CiDi CEO Albert Hu says.

The Chinese are really moving fast on what was thought impossible until the 2030s. We are still so early in electrifying vehicles that are now larger polluters than power plants in much of the world

"Chinese trucks could go 100% electric, halving road transport oil use"
www.scmp.com/news/china/s...

THREAD: The IEA global energy review 2026

* CO2 record high, but growth nearly ground to halt
* Clean energy shaved 3bn tonnes off CO2
* Fossil-fuel power pushed into reverse
* Age of Electricity "confirmed"
* "Extraordinary" solar growth
* Batteries up 40%
* EVs up 20%
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The Strange Death of Orbánism Franz Pokorny

Hungarian taxpayers paid American “post-liberal” Rod Dreher $105,000 last year to produce propaganda for Orban’s regime. www.jaccusepaper.co.uk/p/the-strang...

"Part of the reason the weaponization work has been difficult is that you need people who are MAGA and who are really competent," said Chad Mizelle, former chief of staff for Bondi. "Many career prosecutors are not interested in this kind of work. It's a very small group of people."

Bondi's former chief of staff Chad Mizelle: "Part of the reason the weaponization work has been difficult is that you need people who are MAGA and who are really competent."
From @paulareidcnn.bsky.social and other @cnn.com folks:

DOJ Opens Criminal Probe Into Hate-Watch Group Until recently, the civil rights group was a partner to the FBI, providing critical information about extremists, including white supremacists, operating in the U.S.

"For 55 years, the Southern Poverty Law Center has stood as a beacon of hope fighting white supremacy and various forms of injustice to create a multi-racial democracy where we can all live and thrive,” Fair said. (cont.)

This so gross.

www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-op...

Warren does at one point single out Epstein, but the full question is nuts: Warsh didn’t disclose $100 million hidden behind entities he owns, so are any of those assets owned by the Trump family or the Chinese government, have any of them facilitated money laundering, any set up by Jeffrey Epstein?

ICE detained more than 70 Minnesota children, data reveals Immigration officials detained more than 70 Minnesota children between Dec. 1 and March 10, a Sahan analysis of court records and federal deportation data shows.

“This is a systemic violent act, to be detaining children, that has long-term consequences,” Kelley said. “It’s massively detrimental to the well-being of these families and our whole communities.”