The Lawyer the President Tried to Silence — and Why the Courts Stopped Him Inside the legal battle between Mark Zaid and the Trump administration — and the constitutional guardrails that stopped a campaign of retaliation.

MUST READ PROFILE of my friend, colleague & client @markzaidesq.bsky.social

thechrissampson.substack.com/p/the-lawyer...

How Kennedy Is Trying to Revamp Medical School

I'm all for U.S. Medical Schools teaching nutrition, but not MAHA nutrition.

RFK's inverted food pyramid gets three things right:

1) Cut the added sugar.

2) Reduce ultraprocessed food consumption.

3) Eat real food.

Contrarians Combat Trump’s Wrongdoing at Home and Abroad Fighting on all fronts: Publisher's Roundup 57

The Kennedy Center may never recover if Trump demolishes it

Congress ordered it be a living memorial to a slain president

Trump is defying that order — & it’s blatantly illegal

We’re in court to stop it

My publisher’s note on @contrariannews.org 👇 -TN

Contrarians Combat Trump’s Wrongdoing at Home and Abroad Fighting on all fronts: Publisher's Roundup 57

From Iran to the Kennedy Center, the pattern is the same: contempt for rule of law

An illegal war abroad

A plan to demolish a national cultural institution Congress ordered protected

Where courts can act—we’re taking action

My Publisher's note covers this & more on @contrariannews.org - TN

Contrarians Combat Trump’s Wrongdoing at Home and Abroad Fighting on all fronts: Publisher's Roundup 57

The rule of law isn’t optional

Trump ignored Congress to launch an illegal war on Iran & now he’s ignoring Congress again to tear down the Kennedy Center

We’ve asked the court for emergency relief to stop the latter

I discuss on my Publisher's note on @contrariannews.org -TN

Give me a break.

In AZ, FBI has issued a friendly subpoena to state Senate election deniers for records they used for their phony audit of 2020 that found....nothing!

🎶Nothing from nothing....🎶

In the UK, one of our biggest suspects, Mandelson, has been released on bail. He was reported to the Met police by our government Speaker as a flight risk.
2 tier justice

In contrast to the coverup of the EPSTEIN crimes here in America, there are ongoing investigations in the UK, France, Turkey, Poland, Latvia & Lithuania that is sure to expose his central, filthy role in the largest crimes against humanity case in world history. #AccountabilityIsComing

1983: Rise of the "Concept Snack" | Food and Drink | BBC Archive YouTube video by BBC Archive

I've just been watching this short interview from the UK TV 1983 when the manufacturers were creating snacks from potato starch and and maze to appeal to the "children's market"
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Real food, containing endogenous micro-nutrients, prevents metabolic syndrome. Processed food causes metabolic syndrome.

Spring forward... Fall back... whatever.

Can we just pick ONE & stick with it once & for ALL?!!! ⏰

“Bombs will fall Everywhere”: The American, Israeli and Iranian Weapons Being Deployed in Middle East - bellingcat Bellingcat has been monitoring strikes across the Middle East and has identified a wide variety of weapons that have been used in the conflict so far, including missiles and drones.

Here's what Bellingcat has been up to this week:
Bellingcat analysed imagery and reporting from the first days of the conflict with Iran to identify US, Israeli and Iranian munitions now being deployed.
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...

Well Keir, see how well all that sucking up went last year? When will you realise that you are not dealing with a rational human being? You are dealing with an actual narcissistic sociopath?

Early votes & legal fights!

That’s how we stop the dirty tricks & make the U-turn on democratic backsliding

@democracydefendersaction.org is fighting back— I explain on @contrariannews.org Legal Fight Club w/ @katiephang.bsky.social 👇-TN

Awesome ✊🏻

BREAKING: Judge rules Kari Lake's appointment was ILLEGAL for many months & a bunch of her actions are void

We & great partners win again!

H/t to my @democracydefendersfund.org colleagues plus AFSCME, AFGE, Emery Celli, Democracy Forward & more. Wow, just wow.

How OPERATION EPSTEIN FURY is going so far:

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BREAKING: @democracydefendersfund.org joined a letter led by @americanprogress.bsky.social thanking @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov & other state AGs for taking hard look at the Paramount-Warners merger

It's a democracy danger & NOT a done deal

Just look at AMAZING coalition signing letter 1/2

Isn't it depressing when ambition changes people

Screencap of New Statesman article by Shabana Mahmood: "I spent three days at a refugee camp. Here's what I learned.

And here is that article...

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Dear Shabana, I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank. You said: “A party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to make a perilous crossing on small boats.” I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division. When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney. As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I filled water tanks and picked up litter. What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country. Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it. It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and croissants to refugees and food parcels. When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She said “we have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers whilst risking death on the seas.” She said “maybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …

Dear Shabana,

Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.

This is unbelievable, somehow in all the countless tens and hundreds of thousands acts of cruelty this one stands out. The American people are not gonna tolerate this and many similar acts of cruelty. Huge wipeout for GOP coming in November.

By the way, here's a free pdf of Fat Chance Cookbook: robertlustig.com/wp-content/u...

And, if you're interested in a physical copy: a.co/d/0eaqSQnO

More than 100 recipes in here, designed to help lose the sugar and the weight.

Anthropic's Claude hits No. 2 on Apple's top free apps list after Pentagon rejection OpenAI's ChatGPT remains the top free app in the U.S. on Apple's rankings, but Claude has steadily gained traction.

Let's make it #1!

As for ChatGPT....delete, delete, delete

Why - and what benefit does that have?

I prefer non-lethal distractions from the tRUMPSTEIN Files like renaming the Gulf of Mexico, making Canada the 51st state & buying Greenland. Sure it was hugely offensive to longtime friends & allies, but at least no one died.

Proud to stand with those who have represented BOTH parties and ALL 3 branches of government and detailing the legal infirmities in the war on Iran @contrariannews.org !