Mullin refuses to commit to following court orders for DHS (Jennifer Scholtes/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/06/02/congress/mullin-refuses-to-commit-to-following-court-orders-for-dhs-00946961
http://www.memeorandum.com/260602/p81#a260602p81
The US president does not need flying royal barges ... at least not until we have universal health care, free education (at least through 2 year community college), and affordable housing.
https://luxurylaunches.com/celebrities/usaf-asking-for-more-funding-04…
America's 250 th anniversary coincides with sweeping rollbacks of civil rights,
deteriorating relations with traditional allies
and growing domestic opposition to the administration’s handling of immigration and free speech.
Against this backdrop, many Americans say they feel increasingly cynical about the country’s future.
For Laurie King, a Georgetown University anthropology professor in Washington DC, anxiety defines the moment.
“I’m very anxious.
T…
New Jersey governor is down to join redistricting wars, following Supreme Court gutting of Voting Rights Act (Brentin Mock/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/new-jersey-governor-is-down-to-join-redistricting-wars-following-supreme-court-gutting-of-voting-rights-act/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260502/p61#a260502p61
'Infuriated' Former Judges Take on Trump (Adam Liptak/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/us/politics/the-docket-former-judges-filings.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260603/p66#a260603p66
Backstage Collapsed: Universal Recording and the Architecture of Courtship
A panelist on a recent broadcast conversation made the following argument. Young people across the wealthy world are not having children. Before they do not have children, they do not date. Before they do not date, they do not interact at the dances, the parties, the mixers their parents and grandparents used as the primary infrastructure for finding mates. Even when they show up at such…
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
NASA is racing to save an aging telescope from falling back to Earth with a daring rescue mission.
The $30 million salvage operation gets underway as soon as this week with the planned launch of a robotic lifesaver.
NASA hired startup
Katalyst Space Technologies
to boost the Swift Observatory to a higher orbit
where it can continue hunting for some of the universe’s biggest explosions.
A three-armed spacecraft built by Katalyst will chase after Swift once …
Breaking down the redistricting arms race following the Supreme Court's VRA ruling (Andrew Howard/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/04/breaking-down-the-redistricting-arms-race-00904113
http://www.memeorandum.com/260504/p35#a260504p35
The Justice Department Is Now Reformatting Trump Truth Social Posts as Court Filings (Madiba K. Dennie/Balls and Strikes)
https://ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics/justice-department-trump-ballroom-filing/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260428/p134#a260428p134