← Summaries

Aaron's activity on May 29 centered on several major political and institutional concerns. The most significant theme was judicial accountability, particularly around Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. Aaron reposted reporting on the revelation that Alito's son had been working in the Treasury Department's Office of Legal Counsel — a fact that was concealed even while Treasury Secretary Bessent was a litigant in a case before Alito — and amplified calls for Alito's impeachment over the conflict of interest. Read the Notus report. On a more encouraging note, he also shared news of a federal judge ordering an IRS case to be reopened to investigate whether a DOJ dismissal request constituted fraud on the court, and a court ruling reversing Trump's renaming of the Kennedy Center and halting shutdown plans.

Aaron also engaged with threats to democratic infrastructure. He reposted coverage of a proposed USPS rule that would restrict mail ballot delivery to federally registered voters, a move critics see as a de facto attack on mail voting. He also shared alarm over new White House plans to overhaul federal research funding in ways that would bar scientists from publishing with federal funds, attending conferences, or collaborating internationally, while giving political appointees veto power over grants. Finally, he briefly reposted commentary on the e-bike regulatory landscape, noting the risk that safe pedal-assist e-bikes could get swept up in broader crackdowns targeting higher-speed electric vehicles.