Law, Power, and Justice

WEDNESDAY 15 JULY 2026

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “TODD IS A WONDERFUL PERSON.” Said by someone interviewed about Todd Blanche. He evidently was adored by the people he used to work with before Trump took over his mind. Excuse me, before he allowed Trump to take over his brain. I have not decided whether I want to watch this confirmation hearing or not, but I will probably not be able to refrain. I am a politics junkie. I bet you didn’t know that.

NEWS NOTES

Trump misused the courts (Washington Post)

European countries form anti-ballistic missile coalition (EuroNews)

Casseroles (Southern Living)

Draft evasion legislation enrages Smotrich voters (Haaretz)

The battle to oust Netanyahu (Prospect)

Grieving military man topple Netanuahu? (Sun Times)

Who is Gadi Eisenkot? (Haaretz)

Efforts to dismantle Israeli democracy (Forward)

Prosecutor’s downfall – ICC (NewYork Post)

Massie bid tro cut military aid to Israel (Jerasulum Post)

Will Israel elect Netanuahu again? (Time)

Netanyahu responsible for strategy to assassinate Khamenei (Jerusalem Post)

Israeli elections (Haaretz)

Netanyahu seeks electoral stalemate (Jerusalem Post)

Netanuahy will avoid responsibility (Jerusalem Post)

Ukraine sinks Russian ship near compound linked to Putin (Wall Street Journal)

POW executions by Russia (Guardian)

Russian attack on Odesa (Aljazeera)

How Ukraine brought the war to Russia (New Yorker)

Lviv draft riot (France)

Senate’s Russia sanctions bill (The Hill)

Zelensky pushes for new government (DW)

First debate in Maine for Democrats (Politico)

Schumer to sit out Senate race in Maine (Washington Examiner?)

Maine’s democratic socialists (Time)

Troy Jackson (Portland Press Herald)

MAGA uses Platner scandal (Salon)

Meet the Democrats (Fox)