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…
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
WMG acquires independent music distributor Revelator, following Universal's Downtown acquisition, as the record industry focuses on serving independent artists (Jem Aswad/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/music/news/warner-music-acqu…
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…
'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
As a demonstration for how difficult software and service transition can be, this press release concerns switching off just two of the services replaced by Universal Credit - a programme announced in 2010.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/success
Anti-Trump group can keep flying '86-47' flag near National Mall, judge rules (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/01/86-47-flag-donald-trump-00944462
http://www.memeorandum.com/260601/p72#a260601p72
FBI investigated former Capitol Police officer in Jan. 6 pipe bomb case, filings say (Kaelan Deese/Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/4512735/fbi-investigated-former-capitol-police-officer-jan-6-pipe-bomb-case/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260401/p123#a260401p123
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