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.

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 …

From Discord to 4chan: The Improbable Journey of a US Intelligence Leak  —  In recent days, the US Justice Department and Pentagon have begun investigating an apparent online leak of sensitive documents, including some that were marked “Top Secret”.  —  A portion of the documents …

Sen. Richard Blumenthal breaks leg at UConn parade, will undergo surgery  —  He is expected to make a full recovery, according to a spokesperson.  —  Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., suffered a broken leg Saturday at the UConn parade and will undergo surgery, according to a spokesperson.

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

‘Not going to be bullied’: Why DeSantis went after Trump, then retreated  —  The Florida governor's response to Trump's indictment shows the challenge of going on the attack  —  As Donald Trump faced the looming threat of an indictment in New York last month, scores of Republicans offered …

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 …

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 …

Jim Jordan broke New York law with threats to Manhattan DA: legal expert  —  House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) violated state law in New York with his threats to conduct a congressional investigation of Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg over the indictment of Donald Trump …

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.