- The DLC gets tactical: if the Democrats win, it’s because of Dean’s 50-state strategy, because of insurgents like Tester in Montana, and because the electorate treated this as a parliamentary referendum on Bush. How weird to have increasingly irrelevant DLC Democrats trying to spin the victory as theirs. Joe Lieberman is not the future of the Democratic party. Being a Republican is not the future of the Democratic party. Populism — with a strong dash of social libertarianism — is much more likely to be the future of the Democratic party.
- Brad DeLong has been reading the news and it makes him shrill. You will be too.
- Politicians think we, the public, are dirty. Given that people wash their hands much less than they used to, it might even be true…
- DOD official says some Guantanamo detainees may be imprisoned for life. Not to mention that it may take that long before they get a fair trial.
- Morton Mintz: Will We Stay Forever in Iraq? The White House Won’t Say
Recent Bluessky Posts- *Sigh* Florida *sigh*. Worth reading the thread although I couldn't bring myself to watch the video. July 4, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Celebrating July 4 by jetting back to the USA. That's the plan anyway. July 4, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Jotwell: Legal Pro Nora Freeman Engstrom & Aviv Caspi, Opening the Courthouse Door—or Just Lowering the Threshold? (reviewing Anand Shah & Joshua Levy, Access to Justice in the Age of AI: Evidence from U.S. Federal Courts (3/20/26) (unpublished manuscript)), legalpro.jotwell.com/opening-the-.... July 3, 2026 Jotwell
- This, by Lander, is great...and is worth everyone's time who cares about these issues. July 3, 2026 David Rothkopf
- Yet another action making the (private) University of Miami just up the road look good. July 3, 2026 Michael Froomkin
