I think I wrote a software and read a lot. You know, just what I do today. Stuff like this:
- Josh Marshall sums up the current Republican majority on the Supreme Court as a "casual mix of sweetheart deals and billionaire gifting [that] just stems from the same arrogance and corruption at the heart of the Federalist Society project," which sounds correct to me.
- On the same front, Pema Levy argues that "the Dobbs leak didn't wreck the Supreme Court—the justices' scandals did," which also sounds correct to me.
- Oddly, here in Chicago, anti-corruption forces just won a major victory as a jury today convicted four Commonwealth Edison lobbyists of bribery and conspiracy in a set of deals with former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan (D) that made my electricity needlessly expensive.
- Alex Shephard thinks he may have solved the mystery of US Senator Kristen Sinema's (WTF?-AZ) politics.
- Rebecca Mead wonders, can King Charles learn to shut up and be king, or will he continue making republicans' arguments for them?
- Illinois had a warmer and drier April than normal, even though the first two days of May have been dreary and cold.
- A dust storm in central Illinois contributed to a pile-up on Interstate 55 that killed 2 and injured dozens.
This afternoon we concluded Sprint 84 with a boring deployment, which makes me happy. We've had only one moderately-exciting deployment this year, and even that one didn't take long to fix, so I'm doing something right.