Aaron's activity on September 30 touched on several distinct news stories. He engaged with legal and civil liberties issues, reposting reactions to the Supreme Court's Republican-appointed majority vacating a stay of execution for Christa Pike without explanation, allowing Tennessee to proceed with her execution over dissent from the three Democratic appointees. He also reposted coverage of the Pentagon's unusual handling of an OLC memo on boat strikes — classified TS/SCI, existing in only four hard-copy versions, with DoD's sole copy locked in the General Counsel's safe — drawing skepticism about whether such secrecy was warranted. NYT coverage here.
On energy and climate policy, Aaron reshared a breakdown of a new permitting reform bill, including what was described as the strongest transmission language yet, alongside a Zeke Hausfather cheat-sheet on the bill's likely emissions impact. He also reposted a note on Abdul El-Sayed's appearance on Ezra Klein's podcast, specifically highlighting the concept of "speaking truth to pain" as a politically resonant idea.
Rounding out his reposts were a few shorter items: commentary on Greek life as an institution that enables rape culture and merits dismantling, a note on a FlyDubai flight incident in which a co-pilot allegedly attempted to crash a Tel Aviv-bound plane before being stopped by passengers and crew, and an observation about Hungarian opposition politician Péter Magyar fulfilling anti-corruption pledges and maintaining strong poll numbers — offered as a lesson for Democrats on the value of following through on prosecutorial promises.