The worst federal judge in America now has a name  —  Congratulations are in order for Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk.  The competition is fierce and will remain so, but for now he holds the title: worst federal judge in America.  —  Not simply for the poor quality of his judicial reasoning, although more, much more, on this in a bit.

Intelligence leak exposes U.S. spying on adversaries and allies  —  U.S. and European officials scrambled to understand how dozens of classified documents covering all manner of intelligence gathering had made their way online with little notice  —  On Saturday, as U.S. officials …

Gov. Greg Abbott announces he will push to pardon Daniel Perry who was convicted of murder  —  Tony Plohetski Claire Osborn Ryan AutulloAustin American-Statesman  —  Less than 24 hours after a jury in Austin found Daniel Perry guilty of shooting to death a protester, Gov. Greg Abbott announced …

Blumenthal to undergo surgery after breaking leg at UConn Huskies parade  —  Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said he will undergo surgery Sunday after he broke his leg after someone fell on him while participating in the UConn men's basketball team parade.

Elon Musk Wants You to Hear About Substack Notes  —  He's boosting the Substack competitor to Twitter that he wants to kill.  Plus: Killer AI sounds fake to me.  —  Dear readers,  —  You may have heard that Substack will soon be launching a feature called Notes, which will be a place to …

Ben Ferencz, last living Nuremberg prosecutor of Nazis, dies  —  Ben Ferencz, the last living prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials, who tried Nazis for genocidal war crimes and was among the first outside witnesses to document the atrocities of Nazi labor and concentration camps, has died.

Majority of Americans believe Trump did something illegal: POLL  —  The results mark a shift since his arraignment.  —  With former President Donald Trump now formally  —  charged  —  on criminal charges, a majority of Americans (53%) believe he intentionally did something illegal, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos

Fox News Host Whines About the ‘Violence’ of Lawmakers Demanding Gun Control  —  GO CRY ABOUT IT  —  Fox News host Cheryl Casone launched into a brief monologue on Saturday to suggest the Biden administration was “glorifying” violence by inviting the Tennessee Three to the White House.

Vitaly Votanovsky flees Russia after documenting a Wagner cemetery  —  A Russian activist who revealed details of the burials of Wagner mercenaries killed in Ukraine has left Russia.  —  Vitaly Votanovsky, who began documenting the deaths of Russian soldiers in Ukraine by monitoring graveyards …

Founder of “Protect Our Kids First” arrested for allegedly downloading child sex abuse material  —  Michael Dolce, a 53-year-old lawyer known for representing child sexual abuse survivors, was recently arrested by FBI agents at his West Palm Beach, Florida home.

Justice Clarence Thomas's megadonor friend collects Hitler memorabilia - report  —  Harlan Crow, closely linked to judge, has a signed copy of Mein Kampf and dictator's paintings  —  The Republican megadonor whose gifts to the supreme court justice Clarence Thomas have come under the spotlight …