FAQ for Senior Military Officers at Hegseth’s Quantico Meeting

Eugene R. Fidell Just Security
In an unprecedented move, Pete Hegseth has summoned all U.S. generals and admirals from around the globe to an in-person meeting. The purpose is not clear. Here are some questions these military leaders should be asking, and some answers.

The Roberts Court Is Winning Its War on American Democracy

Matt Ford The New Republic
Chief Justice John Roberts has now overseen 20 years of increasingly illiberal rulings by the Supreme Court. Presidential immunity, for example, did not exist until Donald Trump asked for it and the Roberts court gave it to him.

The Kimmel Saga: Evidence the Tide May Be Turning

Paul Krugman Paul Krugman Substack
It's clear that Trump is rushing to lock in permanent power. But there is hard evidence that he may not enjoy the success that Vladimir Putin and Victor Orban did. Is the Jimmy Kimmel affair the harbinger of a failed Trumpian putsch?

Pregnancy Is Insane

The challenges of pregnancy rival any Olympic competition, yet when successful pregnancy results in an extraordinary achievement

Bombshell Development in the Epstein Scandal

When Adelita Grijalva is sworn in as a member of Congress next week, she will be the crucial 218th vote to force a vote on release of the Epstein files. What comes next?