The Daily, 04/30/26
Source: New York Times
“A Landmark Supreme Court Ruling on Voting Rights.” (04/30/26)
Source: New York Times
“A Landmark Supreme Court Ruling on Voting Rights.” (04/30/26)
Source: The Realist Review
by Pelle Taylor
“Over the course of a single century, Sweden lost all four of its greatest international figures to assassination or state violence: Raoul Wallenberg, the diplomat who saved tens of thousands of Jews in Budapest; Folke Bernadotte, the first United Nations Mediator in Palestine; Dag Hammarskjöld, the UN Secretary-General; and Olof Palme, Cold War prime minister and voice for global peace and nuclear disarmament. In each case the trail points toward a foreign state actor. In each case Sweden looked away. It seems strange when Sweden itself has been so peaceful. That none of the deaths was ever satisfactorily resolved says a great deal about how the Swedish state failed to follow through on the consequences of being a so-called moral superpower.” (04/30/26)
https://therealistreview.substack.com/p/the-price-of-moral-superpower-sweden
Source: Gideon’s Substack
by Noah Millman
“We all have embarrassing fantasies, I imagine, and most of us keep them to themselves. I have a bad habit of sharing mine with other people. One of these, one I’ve shared before and will share again now, is of an American Senate that works more like the way it was intended to, which is to say: not as a partisan body. Could that fantasy actually become reality? To make it so, you would need a Senate that was closely divided between Democrats and Republicans, and for a small group of senators to refuse to caucus with either party. If they thereby deprived either party of a majority, they would have the leverage to shape the Senate’s rules and agenda, since essentially the only ways the body could get anything done would be either for Democrats and Republicans to work together against them, or for either or both parties to negotiate with them.” (04/30/26)
https://gideons.substack.com/p/the-dream-of-a-non-partisan-senate
Source: The Hill
“Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced Thursday that she will suspend her Senate campaign over a lack of financial resources, clearing the way for primary rival Graham Platner. … Mills, who is term limited as governor, jumped into the race late last year to challenge incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R) as a top recruit from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) But Platner, a progressive political outsider, has been besting Mills in polling and fundraising five weeks out from the June 9 primary, despite various controversies around his campaign. An Emerson College Polling survey released last month showed Platner leading Mills by about 27 points in the Senate Democratic contest.” (04/30/26)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5856803-janet-mills-suspends-senate-bid-maine
Source: The Dispatch
“Gutting the Voting Rights Act | Interview: Judge Roy K. Altman.” (04/30/26)
Source: The Fifth Column
“David French on the Supreme Court, Race, and the Miracle That Confirmed His Faith.” (04/30/26)
https://www.wethefifth.com/p/david-french-on-the-supreme-court
Source: Expression
by John Coleman
“A casual exchange with a chatbot can help someone understand a lease, think through a medical question, or navigate a personal issue. It can become specific and personal, even though people understand it isn’t a licensed professional. Yet even basic, exploratory conversations risk being labeled professional advice under a New York bill introduced this session. Senate Bill 7263 would prevent AI chatbots — defined broadly as any system that simulates ‘human-like conversation’ and provides information or services — from generating responses that would amount to the unlicensed practice of a profession like law, medicine, finance, or mental health, if that profession is normally provided by a human.” (04/30/26)
https://expression.fire.org/p/licensed-to-speak-how-nys-ai-bill
Source: The New Republic
“Trump’s Rage at Jim Comey Backfires as Case Against Him Goes Off Rails.” (04/30/26)
https://newrepublic.com/article/209757/trump-rage-jim-comey-backfires-case-goes-off-rails
Source: Underthrow
“Ten Online Archetypes in Your Head.” (04/30/26)
https://underthrow.substack.com/p/ten-online-archetypes-in-your-head
Source: The Daily Economy
by Barry Brownstein
“The ability to direct one’s attention is an increasingly scarce and valuable practice — and a prerequisite for meaningful freedom.” (04/30/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/ben-sasses-warning-reclaim-your-attention-before-its-too-late/