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Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair We’ve heard a lot about political realignment since the Donald Trump era began, but even more now that we’re confronted with the brutality and chaos of his second term. Some have tied political realignments to social and economic class, or to degree of formal education, or to some other demographic factor, like whether you live in an urban or rural area. There is also, apparently, a growing political divide between men and women. But for all the headlines and hand-wringing, we’ve yet to hit upon the political realignment we need. If we must have a…

Imagine Congress debating a bill to integrate Tunisia into the National Technology and Industrial Base (NTIB). Shared military supply chains, joint research, and development, linked battlefield data, and a U.S. executive agent coordinating defense-technology cooperation between Washington with Tunis. Presented plainly, the proposal forces the reaction before the argument even begins. The instinctive question: Why Tunisia? Arrives uninvited. Yet that is precisely what Congress has already begun to normalize. As early as 2025, lawmakers advanced a bill to assess the feasibility of adding Israel into the NTIB, pushing the framework far beyond its original purpose of integrating the industrial bases of…

Illustration by By Paola Bilancieri. The unexpected finally happened, and we may be the better for it. The small Caribbean Island of Mamboland, for many years ruled by a pair of despotic brothers, had had enough of the offenses of its neighbor to the North, the government of Jollyland, and decided to invade it. Not only for the abuses that the neighbor had carried out for many years against the Mamboland population, but equally unacceptable, for the abuses against its own population. The government of Mamboland cites among the many transgressions carried out by the government of Jollyland, starting wars…

With recent military clashes in the Gulf, combined with continued Israeli aggression against Lebanon and Gaza, the U.S.–Iran ceasefire is increasingly vulnerable to violence in the region. Regardless of the ceasefire’s fate, the U.S.-Israel war on Iran has created a new reality in the Gulf, rendering the pre-February 28 status quo largely obsolete. Yet despite their shared concerns over regional stability, the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states are unlikely to converge around a common approach to Tehran. Instead, the conflict has highlighted underlying divisions within the GCC, reflecting differing assessments of regional security. As Oman, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia…

Excerpts from an order issued May 19 by Tarrant County District Court Judge Megan Fahey, in CTC Property LLC v. Shulgin: On August 15, 2025, this Court entered a Temporary Injunction Order enjoining Mr. Shulgin from using, uploading, disclosing, or transferring CTC Confidential Information—defined as photographs or videos of, or other information describing, the construction or design of any of CTC’s artificial-intelligence data facilities—and ordering him to submit his devices for forensic imaging…. The Court finds that CTC will suffer ongoing, irreparable harm as long as CTC Confidential Information remains publicly accessible on the internet, as such disclosure deprives CTC…

You couldn’t, as they say, make it up. It took place in Southampton, England. The Brit police bravely handcuffed a dying 18-year-old student, Henry Nowak, who was white, and then dragged his body on the gravel, despite the young man informing them that he had trouble breathing and that he was dying. As the youngster took his last breaths, the fuzz read him his rights. It gets a lot better, er, I mean worse. The young white man had been stabbed several times by Vickrum Digwa, a Sikh who had a large knife on his person. Digwa, who is a…

It finally happened.  Hunter Biden, the formerly drug-addled son of the former President Joe Biden, signed up for an account on the Elon Musk pain palace formerly known as Twitter. He’s been tweeting, relentlessly, in the throes of what can only be described as a dopamine-fueled binge for the better part of the week, and it’s been glorious. You know the big problem with big politics in the Year of Our Lord 2026? Authenticity, or the lack of it. Before he was president (and for most of his first term), Donald Trump had it, and now, many years later, the…

For those following litigation over AI output, here’s the consolidation order, together with the motion that led to it. (The motion, in the nature of things, is a partisan presentation, but still seems potentially helpful.) Of the eight cases discussed in the motion, the motion says, 5 of the cases involve wrongful death claims, as follows, Raine (age 16), Lacey (age 17), Shamblin (age 23), Enneking (age 26), Ceccanti (age 48). 2 of the cases involve minors, as follows, Raine (age 16) and Lacey (age 17). 4 of the cases involve negligence claims based on negligence per se theories. All…

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Liane, who goes by Liana Shanti, founded her company, LMN, which is used to operate online educational courses that aim to improve students’ businesses, lifestyles, and overall wellness. On Plaintiffs’ website, Liane markets herself as a “world renowned thought leader in quantum energy healing, spiritual psychology, nutrition, emotional transformation, and feminine wealth[.]” She has more than 35,000 social media followers and more than 100,000 customers in 90 countries…. Defamatory statements about Plaintiffs started surfacing online around April 2022 after Haley began to speak out on her own social media accounts about abuse she allegedly experienced. Plaintiffs allege that Defendants have…