Law professor & author of BIG DIRTY MONEY and OTHER PEOPLE’S HOUSES
As I've said before, this might be the most important law review article of the second Trump term (and, of course, it's fantastic).
Washington University Law ReviewThe Washington University Law Review is pleased to publish The Crisis of Appropriations Law by Samuel R. Bagenstos in the symposium issue, Volume 103, Issue 6. The Article examines the foundations of appropriations law. Read: wustllawreview.org/2026/07/26/t...
6/ We asked Nick Adams (and his mother) for comment. He did not respond to a detailed list of questions. If you want to see the full story, please click here: www.propublica.org/article/trum...
This MAGA Influencer Runs a Charity to Teach Kids Civics. Much of the Money Goes to Him Instead.Nick Adams’ Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness has brought in millions in donations and helped him land a State Department appointment, but records show there is almost no indication FLAG w...www.propublica.org
👀 Click! This is the story I have been waiting for.
kalibomeli1/ This is Nick Adams. He’s a big deal in MAGA world. He’s got 638K followers on X and 2.1M on Facebook. President Trump even appointed him to a role at the State Dept. But when I started digging into Adams' nonprofit for "civics" education, something didn't look right ... 🧵
It never got this bad at the Naval War College while I was there, but lots of people wanted to try to enforce this kind of crap. One reason I wrote as often and as publicly as I did was to make the point that civilian faculty do not lose their 1A rights. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
After Trump’s order, West Point curbed faculty speech. One professor said no.Tim Bakken argues that the Pentagon's attempt to stifle what teachers can say and write makes the military more susceptible to bad decisions.www.washingtonpost.com☢️ 💰 ☠️
Eric Lipton NYTNUCLEAR CASH President Trump, his family and his circle of advisers have monetized crypto, the predictions markets, the data center boom & rare-earths mining. Now they are seeing there's money to be made in a new vector: The nuclear industry. The NYT takes a look www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/u...
"The secrecy was agreed to by nearly everyone involved, from utility executives to the governor’s office to a local elected official who knew about the talks with Meta and sold 300 acres of his own property for the project."
How Meta Got Everything It Wanted in a Secret Louisiana Data Center DealA Times examination details how the Silicon Valley giant used private talks with local officials to start a project big enough to cover nearly six square miles.www.nytimes.com
NEW: DHS' top number-cruncher just left the department -- and blasted the administration's "war on immigrants" on the way out. He's one of the very few DHS officials to step down and speak out publicly against this White House. Me in @wired.com ... www.wired.com/story/dhs-of...
DHS Official Resigns, Citing ‘War on Immigrants’The outgoing executive director of the Office of Homeland Security Statistics is one of very few federal officials to speak out against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.www.wired.com
Here’s something new: The same day he’s due to get a cmte vote on his nom to be AG, Blanche has to respond to a court order from a judge who seems skeptical of his truthfulness. And that’s just Thursday. Read this piece to see what else to expect in the week ahead. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
The Week AheadJuly 26, 2026open.substack.com
Hi Betsy. Yeah. That is the problem. I know about her experience. She voted for a terrible giveaway to the crypto industry known as the GENIUS Act. It democrats had not supported it. It could not pass. I know her record. And it sucks. Not as bad as Mike Rogers. But why should we settle for that?