Five days until the midterm elections. I dropped my ballot at a drop box the other day. It was 11 a.m. on Monday, and there were two other people dropping theirs off at the same time. That suggests to me that there will be high turnout and early voting.
Just 13 days until the midterms. I have a lot of anxiety about how crazy Trump is going to act after he loses bigly, but for now, let's concentrate on just how bigly he is likely to lose. Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to restrict some medical treatments
18 days to the midterms and so many No Kings marches around the country that I'm not even going to bother listing them all. Enjoy. Times Trump Has Been Heckled, Disrupted by Protesters During Rally Spree New survey shows Indiana voters souring on Trump, Braun ahead of election
Republicans in Safe Red States Are Breaking with Trump Judge Orders Trump Admin to Return Phoenix Man Deported to Equatorial Guinea Republicans shift further into defensive posture as midterms loom DOJ sued for records on ‘unprecedented’ plan to deploy 1,000 election monitors in midterms Olympian cleared in vandalism case
Earlier today, Matt Bruenig published Can AI Write A Successful Arbitration Brief? on his Substack newsletter, NLRB Edge. If you'd like to take a moment to read it, you should, and then come back. If you don't have time for that, here's the tl/
Folks: In bold, I have added or changed a couple of recommendations Dear Friends: The November 3, 2026 election is barreling toward us, thank God, and early voting starts soon. I got a notice from the Secretary of State that my ballot is on the way, and with 14 state
'No Kings' early voting events planned across western North Carolina ICE Protesters Just Sued One of Trump’s Biggest Cheerleaders As Trump's proposed arch looms over D.C., protesters pin their hopes on the midterms Montana Locals Protest Daily Wire’s Pro-ICE Production As Filming
US Protest Events — Crowd Counting Consortium Protester storms DC party, flips off crowd as ‘USA!’ chants erupt amid Trump’s AI push Lawmakers Join Unions in Push to Overturn Trump Pay Freeze Lawmakers on both sides push back on taxpayer dollars spent on Trump "Love Me" commercial Donald
Before I get into the news, here are few articles about the ways things can be: How unarmed 911 teams are reshaping public safety in nearly 100 cities Free online English courses available for immigrant workers in New Mexico, state officials announce And here we go: MAGA Radio Host Humiliates
I've been pretty vocal about my opinion that party representatives, especially attorneys, should not bully witnesses. I especially dislike "punching down." That is, when the witness is less senior, less sophisticated, subordinate, or otherwise nervous, I don't like when attorneys do these things: * Rapid
Folks, just 42 days to the midterm elections. Lots of work to do but we can see the horizon from here. A couple weeks ago, I wrote about how the Argentina beef imports was truly riling Trump's base ranching and cattlemen supporters. I see that trend continuing, and
Trump has support in Doonbeg, though tiny snails have snagged his Irish golf course plans Second federal judge freezes Trump mail ballot order with US Supreme Court poised to weigh in US Supreme Court rejects Trump mail-in ballot restrictions ahead of the 2026 midterms In this red state, backlash
Exclusive New Poll of Hispanic Texas Voters Shows a Collapse of the GOP’s 2024 Coalition in the State Democrats see rare signs of hope in solidly red Arkansas’ midterms Donald Trump’s Bombardier Threat Gets Immediate Pushback From Republican Senator ICE protests held in Indianapolis after increase in reports
Dolly Parton license plates will soon be available in Alabama Republicans might still lose half the seats they gerrymandered to flip Judge orders DOJ to disclose who conceived of now-defunct payout fund Wyoming Voters Oust GOP Faction that Wants to Crack Down on Elections New Mexico Democrats push back
Welcome to some of my new subscribers who signed up for my newsletter. I moved you here to keep all the Champions of Conflict one place. That's you. My subscribers are champions of conflict, I hope. I've written a bit about remedies before in Should We
I was not kidding last week when I said the tariff-free beef is the biggest thing no one is talking about. Ohio farmers push back on Trump's 90-day tariff free imported beef plan Florida Cattle Ranchers Push Back On Trump’s Beef Import Plan Trump’s
For a few days now, I've noticed a lot of articles about beef tariffs in news from red states, uniformly reporting that cattle ranchers are pissed off at Trump. To me, this is a salient issue that most anti-Trump people aren't thinking about but which
Before I get into the "pushback" news, here's a little "rebuild" thinking: Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects ‘Preserve the stuff we own’: how right-to-repair laws are surging across the US Back
I've had a bit of writer's block lately when it comes to my labor arbitration newsletter. It's a result of focusing on other projects and a reduced caseload that triggers fewer "I gotta write about this" moments. I thought I'd