Tootfinder

Trump obliterating USAID,
the Dept of Education, and CFPB,
plus arbitrarily refusing to pay appropriations to states, cities, and grant recipients,
should all have been non-starters
—but SCOTUS jumped in to make clear the laws passed by Congress don't matter.
https://bsky.a…

Josh Chafetz (@joshchafetz.bsky.social)
I will once again remind folks that a very sizable chunk of what looks like Congress not doing anything to push back against the president is in fact a consequence of the Court disabling/destroying all the ways Congress has tried to push back.

Dark Matter May Have Been Detected by Accident, Scientists Reveal
https://www.sciencealert.com/dark-matter-may-have-been-detected-by-accident-scientists-reveal

"The motion by the former judges was a direct appeal to Judge Kathleen M. Williams, who closed the I.R.S. case last week after Trump voluntarily dismissed his suit. It asked her to bring the matter back to life under a rule that permits her to set aside a judgment she had made and examine the terms of the deal that appeared to have been reached in a plan to avoid that sort of scrutiny."
Former Judges Urge Inquiry Into Deal Trump Struck With I.R.S. - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/us/politics/judges-trump-deal-irs.html

Sources: the early Chinese backers of Manus, including HSG and Tencent, plan to buy the AI startup back from Meta at the $2B price Meta paid (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/manus-revenue-soars-original-investors-…

Manus’ Revenue Soars as Original Investors Move to Reverse Meta Deal
The early Chinese backers of AI firm Manus are planning to buy the firm back from Meta Platforms at the $2 billion price Meta paid, in response to a Chinese government order that the deal be reversed, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter. While the government’s order has ...

Free agent Stefon Diggs keeps eye on Commanders: 'Back home' fans still matter

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-free-agent-stefon-diggs-commanders/

Mailbag: Interest in bringing back Clowney? https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/mailbag-interest-in-bringing-back-clowney

This performative display of faith by professional athletes, paired with sensation-hungry media coverage, is a double nuisance. The former is over-staged, the latter simply excessive. And I say that as someone who belongs to a church. I miss when faith was a side note and a private matter. Can we please drop the religious spectacle and focus on the sport?
#WM2026

"If you want what I owe you, you're going to have to sue me."
"John Baron calling on behalf of Mr. Trump."
"Thank you for your attention to this matter."
And all the blatant lies. Yes, he did everything he's done as President, back when he was in the USFL.

▶️ One Man’s Ego vs. the NFL: Donald #Trump and the demise of the

Members of the Assembly of God in Groton turn out for America's 250ᵗʰ with the message that you matter
#photo #photography #groton

Mailbag: Interest in bringing back Clowney? https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/mailbag-interest-in-bringing-back-clowney

Sources: AI model builder Core Automation, founded in March by Jerry Tworek, aims to raise $300M-$500M at a $4B valuation after raising $100M at a $1B valuation (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/ex…

Ex-OpenAI Researcher’s Six-Week-Old Startup Targets Funding at $4 Billion Valuation
Nvidia’s investment spree in startups that use its AI chips has stoked traditional venture capital firms’ interest in those companies. That has paved the way for brand-new startups taking on Anthropic and OpenAI to raise back-to-back funding rounds, sometimes in a matter of weeks. In the latest ...

After a 40-minute Independence Day fireworks show over the National Mall on Saturday night,
the country’s capital briefly recorded the worst air quality of any major city in the world.
The highly polluting display -- which the president called “spectacular”
-- came as the Trump administration rolls back an unprecedented number of pollution controls.
Hourly concentrations of particulate matter rose to 6.7 times their pre-fireworks levels,
according to a Tuesday ana…

Washington records world’s worst air quality for a city after 850,000 Fourth of July fireworks
Hourly concentrations of particulate matter rose to 6.7 times their pre-fireworks levels, according to an analysis