DC: Judge limits tree cutting at golf course Trump aims to renovate

Source: ESPN

“A federal judge told the U.S. government Monday not to cut down more than 10 trees without first providing notice amid a legal dispute at a historic Washington golf course that President Donald Trump plans to renovate. U.S. District Court Judge Ana Reyes said during a remote hearing that she wasn’t going to issue a temporary restraining order just yet in the case brought by the DC Preservation League. She also told the National Park Service that it should first discuss any plans with government lawyers if it is going to cut down more than 10 trees. Monday’s hearing came after the plaintiff’s emergency petition seeking to stop work at the course, citing news reports that major renovations were to begin Monday.” (05/04/26)

https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/48676039/judge-limits-tree-cutting-golf-course-trump-aims-renovate

The Freedom to Question: Graham Hancock, Lost Civilizations, and the Limits of Knowledge

Source: Students for Liberty
by Nikola Ilievski

“Libertarians are not exclusively interested in libertarianism; rather, libertarianism functions as a living principle, a lens through which we examine social relations, institutions, and the boundaries of knowledge itself. It invites not only political analysis, but also a broader inquiry into how ideas are formed, challenged, and defended within society. In this sense, one of the grounding insights of libertarians and classical liberals concerns the nature and limits of knowledge and science, how we come to know what we know, and how institutions react when that knowledge is questioned. The case of Graham Hancock is particularly relevant here, as it illustrates both the potential gaps in scientific understanding and the often defensive attitudes of scientific establishments toward dissent.” (05/04/26)

https://studentsforliberty.org/blog/the-freedom-to-question-graham-hancock-lost-civilizations-and-the-limits-of-knowledge/

France: Melenchon says he will run for president in 2027

Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]

“Jean-Luc Melenchon, the leading politician in France’s left-wing Unbowed party, says he will run in next year’s presidential election, setting up a potential showdown with centrist and right-wing rivals. ‘Yes, I am a candidate,’ the 74-year-old told TF1 TV on Sunday. It is Melenchon’s fourth presidential bid; he also ran in 2012, 2017 and 2022, when he came third behind far-right leader Marine Le Pen and French President Emmanuel Macron, who made it to the second round of voting. Melenchon has been growing his share of the vote with each campaign.” (05/04/26)

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/3/french-left-wings-melenchon-says-he-will-run-for-president-in-2027

A Few Words on May Day from a Radical Welfare Queen

Source: exile in happy valley
by Nicky Reid

“Mainstream shitlib hagiographers will tell you that FDR delivered us from the Fritz Langian sweatshops of the Gilded Ages on a silver platter. Don’t fucking believe it. The eight-hour workday and the five-day workweek are the bruised fruit of wildcatting anarchists and communists with guns, and the New Deal declawed them by federalizing the whole goddamn operation and turning thriving workplace democracies into corporate boards with labyrinthine bureaucracies and CEOs pulling down six figures without ever having to break a sweat.” (05/03/26)

https://exileinhappyvalley.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-few-words-on-may-day-from-radical.html