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"Swinney said Burnham's stated desire to devolve further powers around the UK was something he welcomed."
A major failing of the Scottish Government has been its failure to devolve more powers to local authorities. There could have been massive reform of local taxation if Holyrood hadn't refused to devolve that power.
Hopefully there will be more subsidiarity arising from Burnham's devolution agenda and engagement with the Scottish Government.

Burnham tells Swinney independence is 'off limits' at Glasgow Commonwealth Games meeting
The heads of the UK, Scottish and Welsh governments came together ahead of the opening of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

National parks are deteriorating. There’s a fix Congress isn’t making.
The national park system faces a maintenance backlog of $24 billion in crumbling roads, aging water systems, washed-out trails and dilapidated visitor facilities.
That is more than seven times the National Park Service’s annual budget.

Last month, committees in both the House and Senate advanced bipartisan bills to dedicate roughly $1.3 billion annually for park maintenance over the next five years. …

America’s national parks are falling apart. Congress can fix them.
Legislators should fund routine maintenance to prevent bigger problems.

"Roberts himself has been an opponent of the Voting Rights Act since he was a young lawyer working in the Reagan administration. In 2013 he led the court in overturning a section of the law that protected voters in areas with a long history of denying Black people the ability to exercise their right to vote. That unleashed a surge of voter suppression laws across the southern U.S."
God won’t save this Supreme Court: That job belongs to all of us
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/supreme-court/5870011-supreme-court-failing-americans/

Only coverage I can find so far is from KARE11, in which Craig gives a pretty tepid condemnation of the PAC, which basically amounts to: “Well I oppose deepfakes, except I support this ad because they're right and my opponent is bad.”
(For the record, Peggy Flanagan is pretty cool as politicians go.)
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/politics/flanagan-craig-super-pac-ad-fake-ai/89-b7e0e6ee-7868-40eb-8703-55ceb8096ee9

Gotta love it, when there's enough time for voters to react.
https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/06/letter-thank-you-kai-schwemmer/
"This revealed one of two things to the public: either Davidson was incompetent, failing…

The Trump administration ramps up its lawlessness on the seas

U.S. military strikes on suspected drug smugglers spike after a lull following Maduro’s capture.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/05/04/trump-bo…

The Trump administration ramps up its lawlessness on the seas
U.S. military strikes on suspected drug smugglers spike after a lull following Maduro's capture.

The Trump administration ramps up its lawlessness on the seas (Max Boot/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/05/04/trump-boat-strikes-increase-after-lull-following-maduro-capture/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzc3ODY3MjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzc5MjQ5NTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3Nzc4NjcyMDAsImp0aSI6Ijk3ZjcwNjE4LWUyZmMtNDNmOS1iODA0LWIyNjZmMTgzMmFiYyIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9vcGluaW9ucy8yMDI2LzA1LzA0L3RydW1wLWJvYXQtc3RyaWtlcy1pbmNyZWFzZS1hZnRlci1sdWxsLWZvbGxvd2luZy1tYWR1cm8tY2FwdHVyZS8ifQ.JYOA47UwIR-qTBvWAFtwhiga5njpHqjnarUoO4kd2Bg&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/260504/p27#a260504p27

All presidents lose.
Trump loses more often, on more things, than most.
I usually begin by following the analysis of Richard Neustadt, the presidency scholar who wrote the 1960 classic “Presidential Power.”
Neustadt advised presidents to increase their influence by building a strong presidential reputation and by doing what they can to be popular with voters.
Trump has consistently done neither.

Opinion | Trump Has Become What He Feared
“Trump loses more often, on more things, than most.”

Following Hegseth and Hurst’s previous testimony two weeks ago, analyst Stephen Semler estimated that the U.S. government had spent
$71.8 billion over the first 60 days of the Iran war, or an average of $1.2 billion per day.
Aguilar also referred to similar estimates during his questioning, saying,
“Outside reporting estimates have indicated that the war costs could be a billion dollars a day.”
Later, as Hegseth began his opening speech at the Senate Subcommittee Hear…

Hegseth Won’t Say Whether Parents Should Forgo Childcare to Cover Defense Budget
The budget “will ensure the US continues to maintain the world’s most powerful and capable military,” he said.

On Tuesday, former FBI director
James B. Comey was indicted
for allegedly threatening Trump
via an innocent social media post last May.

The administration’s efforts to use criminal law to attack political opponents keep failing,
but this attempt is even more ridiculous than usual.

The lowest-energy lawfare yet
James Comey is indicted again, now for an allegedly threatening Instagram post.