Antisemitic Dem loses
Maureen Galindo, a radical leftist sex therapist who expressed antisemitic views, lost the Democrat primary runoff for Texas’s 35th Congressional District to former sheriff deputy Johnny Garcia on Tuesday. Galindo made waves, ending up at the top of the Democrat field after the first primary results. However, her history of antisemitic social media posts came back to bite her, as the Democrat establishment effectively campaigned against her, citing her posts such as her argument that “billionaire Zionists” should be imprisoned and “Zionist associated candidates and politicians” should face “treason trials.” She also promised, if elected, to turn an immigration detention facility into a “prison for American Zionists.” While Galindo said she wasn’t antisemitic, just “against Zionist Jews,” her claim essentially amounted to a distinction without a difference. That appears to be how Democrat voters saw it, as Garcia bested Galindo by a nearly 2-to-1 margin.

Al Green defeated
After 21 years in Congress, Al Green, 78, was defeated in his Texas primary runoff by incumbent Christian Menefee, 38. Green decided to run in Texas’s newly drawn 18th District after the 9th District he had represented for decades was redrawn to be more Republican friendly. Menefee is still a newcomer, having served since February after replacing the late Rep. Sylvester Turner. Age was certainly a factor in the race, as Turner had died just weeks into his term after replacing Sheila Jackson Lee, who also died in office. In the March primary, Menefee secured 46% of the vote to Green’s 44%. In Tuesday’s runoff, however, Menefee dominated Green with 69% of the vote. Thus, Green has interrupted and been tossed out of his last State of the Union.

New Alabama district blocked
Alabama moved forward with a new district map that would have netted the GOP one more seat in the Yellowhammer State after the Supreme Court’s Callais decision. Unfortunately, in a strategically unwise move, Alabama Republicans opted not to draw a new map for political gain, which has been authorized under Callais, but rather re-proposed a map that had already seen its day before the Supreme Court, where the majority agreed with a lower court that struck down the map for racial discrimination in 2023. On Tuesday, a district court in Birmingham agreed with its own past decision, striking down the plan as racially discriminatory. As a result, Democrats will likely maintain both of their seats in Alabama in the upcoming midterms until Republicans draw a map for pure political gain, eliminating both Democrat districts.

South Carolina gerrymandering implodes
As some analysts feared, the Supreme Court’s Callais decision, which strengthened protections against racially drawn congressional districts, has come too late for many states to redraw their maps. For example, South Carolina Republicans ended their bid to eliminate Democrat Rep. James Clyburn’s racially drawn district on Tuesday, since voters were already heading to the polls. As GOP state Sen. Richard Cash put it, “Neither my conscience nor common sense will allow me to stop an election that has already begun.” The decision is another blow to Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts to benefit the party in the upcoming midterms. “We charged the hill,” says GOP state Sen. Larry Grooms, “but the call from the Governor came too late.” The temporary stop on redistricting for elections does not prevent the Republican majority from taking up the measure again in the next session.

Supreme Court abandons its constitutional duty
When any state in the Union takes issue with the behavior of a fellow state, the U.S. Supreme Court has “original jurisdiction.” Effectively, SCOTUS is the exclusive legal venue for one state to seek mediation in a conflict with another state, as Florida has attempted to do with Washington and California. Florida alleges that the coastal states are issuing commercial driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants who cannot speak English, in violation of federal regulations, leading to preventable deaths in the Sunshine State. California and Washington argue they do screen for legal status and language proficiency. Which argument is correct is almost immaterial; the Supreme Court has a duty to hear disputes between the states. As Justice Clarence Thomas said in his dissent, “This Court declines to even hear Florida’s claims, even though it has nowhere else to bring them.”

Biden sues DOJ to block audio release
Joe Biden, or more likely his family, doesn’t want the former president’s audio recordings with his ghost writer, Mark Zwonitzer, for his 2017 memoir released to the public. Back in 2024, likely to obscure the former president’s cognitive decline, the Biden Justice Department withheld the audio recordings from The Heritage Foundation, which had sought them via a Freedom of Information Act request. However, since Donald Trump’s election, “the Department has reversed that position.” Thus, on Tuesday, Biden filed a lawsuit against the DOJ, arguing that he has a right to privacy in his conversations with Zwonitzer. Biden asserts that personal information is exempt from FOIA laws. The audio recordings are scheduled for release on June 15, barring any court intervention.

Most chemical abortion companies violate FDA regs
The Charlotte Lozier Institute released a report on Tuesday, finding that 81% of online abortion companies still mail abortion pills to women who are past the FDA’s safety limit of 10 weeks gestation. Eight online abortion companies that report their data mail the abortifacients to women regardless of state laws against prescribing the pills via telehealth. Eighteen foreign abortion companies don’t require any identification in order for them to mail you the pills, and almost all of them have sent unapproved or mislabeled drugs to women in the U.S. The author of the report, Mia Steupert, remarked that the “Wild West of online abortion drug access” should act as a “wake-up call to policymakers.”

WH mulls NDAs for federal workers
In an effort to combat leaks of sensitive government information, the Trump administration is proposing a government-wide policy of nondisclosure agreements. According to the Office of Personnel Management, the policy would be aimed at promoting “consistency across Government, better protect confidential information, and better inform Federal employees of their rights and obligations regarding confidential information.” The policy proposal, which will be subject to a 30-day public comment period, broadly defines “Confidential Government Information” as “all non-public, confidential, or proprietary information,” and “sensitive, pre-decisional or deliberative material” not available to the public. OPM pointed to an unauthorized leak to The New York Times and The Washington Post regarding the secret U.S. raid on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as justification for the new NDA policy.

Bondi to return
Shortly after being removed as U.S. attorney general, Pam Bondi reportedly underwent treatment for thyroid cancer. According to former White House official Katie Miller, “Pam has been quietly kicking cancer’s a** the last few weeks.” Her prognosis looks good, given that the thyroid cancer survival rate upon treatment is over 98%. Meanwhile, President Trump appointed Bondi to the Presidential Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, a group created by executive order to develop policy regarding Artificial Intelligence with an eye toward competing with China. The group will be headed by White House AI adviser David Sacks and White House science adviser Michael Kratsios. Bondi’s role on the panel is not listed, but she will likely serve as a coordinator between the administration and Big Tech.

Headlines

• Chip Roy loses GOP nomination for Texas attorney general (Washington Examiner)

• House panel releases draft of $1.15 trillion defense bill (Stars & Stripes)

• Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara resigns after internal probe into his conduct (CBS News)

• Hamas military chief Mohammed Odeh killed 11 days after predecessor slain (Times of Israel)

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