On May 1st, Aaron's activity touched on several distinct news stories. The most striking was the incident at Cornell University, where the university's president was caught on video backing his car into two student protesters following a debate about Israel-Palestine — and then sending a campus-wide email falsely claiming he had been the victim of harassment. Aaron shared the Cornell Daily Sun's reporting, which included video footage contradicting the president's account.

Aaron also engaged with the wave of Republican mid-cycle redistricting efforts underway across multiple states, amplifying commentary that framed the GOP's aggressive maneuvering — in Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, and elsewhere — as evidence that Republicans understand political power in a way Democrats don't. Related to electoral politics, he reposted coverage of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals blocking the telemedicine prescribing rule for mifepristone nationwide, along with analysis suggesting the Trump administration had actually preferred to delay such a ruling until after the midterms.

Rounding out his activity, Aaron shared a piece about musician James McMurtry — who wrote a celebrated populist anthem about forgotten Middle America in 2005 but has since stopped performing it — as well as a note on U.S. healthcare spending, pointing out that American government spending on healthcare already exceeds norms for developed countries, yet produces a comparatively inefficient system.