FUCK DOJ has, in general, not relied on Trump v. US, even in all its most expansive claims to be able to do what they want. But in Broadview--where defendants suspect that Todd Blanche's enforcer Akash Singh was involved--DOJ went there. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

if this had been in any other magazine there would be three atlantic pieces about it and how it’s evidence that elite liberals are weird weirdos

Missouri elections be like: Hitler (R) 79% - Christ (D) 21% And then the ballot initiative: Amend the Missouri constitution to require the state to own the means of production and work towards full communism? Yes 92% - No 8%

And I think it's notable that the actual candidates recognize this, know that the factions have far more in common than separates them, and are quickly moving to mend fences and look toward winning in November.

"Culver's is a decent road curd" is a tremendous take.

Shoe@shoe.bsky.social · 13h ago

What is u doing

Dozens of dogs traded the dog park for movie night, joining their owners in Los Angeles for a screening of the 1997 hit "Air Bud" ahead of the franchise's return to theaters next year.

the tactical blunder guys made a tactical blunder, imagine that

Michael Caley@michaelcaley.bsky.social · 3h ago

seems pretty clear in retrospect that the decision by Third Way to polarize the Michigan senate race as pro/anti El Sayed was a humongous tactical blunder it was also predictable at the time -- polarizing the electorate in a three-way race is really dumb just in terms of arithmetic

Russia drone company chief injured in car bombing ft.trib.al/T04EAoz

Russia drone company chief injured in car bombing

Attack on Vladimir Tkachuk is latest targeting prominent figures in the Russian war effort

ft.trib.al

this is not at all clear and is a poisonous sentiment

Another Josh Smith@jcsmith55.bsky.social · 3h ago

It's pretty clear that, for centrist/establishment Dems, "Blue No Matter Who" applies only to progressive voters whose preferred candidate lost The establishment has cooked their brains into thinking winning over moderate GOP voters is a winning strategy

Just consuming the local media last night Jocelyn gave off fun teachers Governor vibes and every Republican gave off crypt keeper vibes.

Seth D. Michaels@sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 3h ago

feels worth noting that the blowout Dem gov primary in Michigan got about 60% more voter participation - 1.49 million votes - than the more competitive GOP gov primary - 930k votes. obviously contested D vs uncontested R Senate primaries affect this, but still. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I spent a few minutes with George Lombard Sr. as his son dazzled in his MLB debut for the #Yankees. George Jr. was surprised that the #Tigers, in Seattle, let his dad make the trip, but it was something A.J. Hinch signed off on in advance.

How George Lombard Jr.’s dad soaked in son’s ‘unbelievable’ Yankees debut

The younger Lombard was surprised that his dad, the Tigers’ bench coach, was able to make it to Yankee Stadium.

nydailynews.com

2026 could be at risk for setting a new record- most expensive national average price of gasoline on Labor Day. currently Labor Day 2012 is the record holder: $3.83/gal. we're at $4.06/gal today- if a deal to reopen the Strait doesn't materialize, we could break that.

Of all the things to admit on the internet, “I don’t know how bananas work” is one of the funniest

Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 13h ago

Spoken like a man who has never had to shop for himself.

looks like the earnings call went well

Amy Acton ⬆️ www.wvxu.org/politics/202...

Analysis: Cook Political Report moves Ohio's governor race from 'leans Republican' to 'toss up'

Here's why that's significant.

wvxu.org

This is the energy the Democratic base is looking for from Democratic politicians. Not for nothing, Mamdani first caught my eye when I saw the video of him was talking to ICE agents like this at 26 Federal Plaza. I had never heard his name. That video got our attention. He's mayor now.

Soraya Nadia McDonald@soraya.press · 5d ago

"WE THE FUCKING JUDGE SON" New York, I love you. I love you so fucking much. Via wali_talks on IG

feels worth noting that the blowout Dem gov primary in Michigan got about 60% more voter participation - 1.49 million votes - than the more competitive GOP gov primary - 930k votes. obviously contested D vs uncontested R Senate primaries affect this, but still. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Michigan Governor Primary 2026: Live Election Results, Benson vs. Swanson (Free Access)

Get live results and maps from the 2026 Michigan primary election.

nytimes.com

Miles Davis — ’Round About Midnight (1957) https://musicbrainz.org/release/8ba4cd71-dc4b-4977-b252-ea943fa182f1

thinking back fondly to that time in 2012, 16 years into florida's charter school experiment, after almost 500 charter schools had already failed, when the republican legislature simply made it illegal to examine what happened to someone's last charter when they applied for a new one

Tampa Bay Times@tampabaytimes.bsky.social · 4h ago

4 Hillsborough charter schools close amid financial, enrollment challenges

Just lovely putti dissecting a dog lying on a table in 1729, nothing to see here...

Runaway train only stopped after rolling backwards for 5km through Hunter Valley

Report finds runaway coal train reached 90km/h on 20-kilometre journey

An interim report has confirmed a runaway coal train reached speeds well in excess of the safe limit and rolled backwards for 5 kilometres before coming to a halt.

abc.net.au

Multi-candidate dynamics matter a lot in factional battles. Just compare MI-7 to MI-11 to MI-13. & the available candidates matter. Benson dominated governor primary by pushing one opponent to another race & another to a failed Indy bid. Thus a normy Dem won Abdul & Haley voters.

Chiswick House, English Palladian villa completed 1729, inspired by Palladio’s Villa Rotonda; designed by ‘architect Earl’ Lord Burlington, friend of Handel, patron of Pope, governor of Foundling Hospital. Chiswick House | Foundling Museum

They know voters hate this shit. So they wait until Blanche has the votes for Collins to come out against him. So she can claim to be a moderate. So she gets reelected. So she can spend the next two years voting for more Todd Blanches.

Collins Watch@collinswatch.bsky.social · 19h ago

Susan comes out against Todd Blanche now that he's got the votes. So tiresome. (We called it: tinyurl.com/3bepafkz) #MEpolitics

I remember someone recently telling me they thought Uber had cleaned up its act since Travis left years ago. But then...

Veena Dubal@veenadubal.bsky.social · yesterday

“The litigation has revealed a clear pattern: Uber’s lawyers scour women’s private communications, medical records, therapy notes …They grill the women about those issues, their sex lives and their behavior on the night of the incident.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/b...

Noting a bit from my piece today: Dem House campaign operatives were very impressed by Will Lawrence and all in on contesting that seat in November. Dem Senate campaign operatives never responded. prospect.org/2026/08/04/m...

I'm going to be posting my new draft article on Chatrie tomorrow and submitting the draft to law reviews. (It still needs some footnotes, but I'm going to post as is—I'd rather not miss the law review window, and when you don't use AI or have RAs, the summer window is tricky.)

also creating potential financial incentives for individual study doctors to maybe alter data seems pretty dangerous!

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 13h ago

These betting markets sites are so socially corrosive. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The AP has called the #MI10 Republican primary for Mike Bouchard Jr., son of a local sheriff, and the Democratic primary for prosecutor Christina Hines. This is a Trump+7 seat but should be quite competitive in November.

In MI-08, an R+1 district with a Dem incumbent, the GOP candidate Trump endorsed is losing by double digits to a guy who'd dropped out last month.