Good. Grief. It’s hot here in NC. Just wow hot. Feels like I’m being dry-roasted, but there’s still enough humidity to make it really unpleasant.

That’s enough whining about the heat. Let’s complain about politics! I kid, I kid, let’s try and find some positive news. I will do my best in the comments.

From Josh Gershwin and Kyle Cheney at Politico: “Judges press Trump administration on deportation quotas” Snippet: “A 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel hearing arguments Monday on a lower-court order barring “roving” immigration arrests repeatedly pressed a Justice Department attorney to confirm whether immigration officials have been ordered to carry out 3,000 deportations or deportation arrests a day.” https://tinyurl.com/2s3f735y

From Mike Sacks the other day on Rolling Stone: “SUPREME COURT LETS TRUMP ENACT HIS AUTHORITARIAN AGENDA ON ITS ‘SHADOW DOCKET’ The right-wing-dominated Supreme Court keeps greenlighting Trump’s most authoritarian actions without even bothering to give us an explanation” Snippet: “While the Roberts majority cowers from Trump to preserve its own relevance, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is calling her colleagues to account over the real-world effects of their capitulation. She’s also showing us a path forward.” https://tinyurl.com/4fvecdf3

From Jacob Rosen and Melissa Quinn at CBS: “Effort to keep Alina Habba in post as acting New Jersey U.S. attorney sparks legal challenge” Just call her Schroedinger’s US Attorney for New Jersey. https://tinyurl.com/4exvrv9m

Keep it in the road folks, between the lines and you’re fine. Let’s be kind, calm, cool, and collected. 😎

No threatening Mayor McSquirrel or anyone else.