Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds

WE KNEW THIS, BUT IT’S NICE TO HAVE IT CONFIRMED:

NO, NO IT’S NOT.

Mister, we could use some men like Mitchell Palmer again?

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OPEN THREAD: Enjoy the ride.

MOST OF IT COMES FROM CHINA AND THE “GLOBAL SOUTH:” One Of The Biggest Sources Of Mercury In Fish Isn’t What You’d Think. Although “China has been the world’s largest emitter of anthropogenic Hg since 1971. . . . Hg emission hotspots have significantly shifted toward the Global South (Fig. 3b), with Latin America, Africa, South and Southeast Asia experiencing rapid increases (Fig. 3a). In 2021, despite representing only one-fifth of the global economy59, the Global South (excluding China) constituted two-thirds of global emissions.”

No doubt some dumbass deputy mayor in France will blame the U.S. though.

SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS LIMITING WOMEN’S SPORTS TO WOMEN.

Also: Federal campaign spending limits violate the First Amendment.

And now birthright citizenship: “Children born in the United States to parents unlawfully or temporarily present are “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States and are citizens at birth under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause.” Not really a surprise, but a disappointment.

Congress can still make it a felony to enter the United States for the purpose of having a child, or to facilitate that, of course.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Johns Hopkins layoffs, financial problems come as university is mired in Title VI controversy. “WBAL-TV reported on June 26 that many of the affected employees served in administrative roles and that school sources linked the layoffs to the Trump administration’s cuts to federal research funding. Johns Hopkins lost about $500 million in research funding in 2025 over widespread anti-Semitism on its campus.”

Laying off administrators?

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