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'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

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…

The US authorities are asking for hundreds of millions in additional funding not to convert the $300 million luxury 747 jet gifted by Qatar but to rescue Boeing's hopelessly delayed Air Force One program from slipping even further behind schedule - Luxurylaunches

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…

‘The wheels are coming off’: readers reflect on the 250th anniversary of the American experiment
Against a backdrop of sweeping rollbacks of civil rights and deteriorating relations with allies, many are feeling cynical

A rush for critical minerals echoes oil extraction injustice as harms fall on world's most vulnerable, scientists warn https://phys.org/news/2026-04-critical-minerals-echoes-oil-injustice.html

A rush for critical minerals echoes oil extraction injustice as harms fall on world's most vulnerable, scientists warn
Mining critical minerals such as lithium and cobalt fuels the "green" energy and digital transitions essential to meeting climate goals. But building the technologies that enable a sustainable future is generating severe, hidden environmental and health crises that the world is failing to track or address, warns a new report by the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), known as the UN's Think Tank on Water.

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

'They're spinning': Republicans, grappling with midterm anxiety, go negative (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/04/gop-allies-warn-white-house-its-positive-economic-message-is-falling-flat-00905945
http://www.memeorandum.com/260504/p105#a260504p105

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…

Backstage Collapsed: Universal Recording and the Architecture of Courtship | David Boles, Blogs
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 …

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

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

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