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Weekly Roundup
Jul 17, 2026

#183: Bribing an Immigration Official With A Bottle of Patron.

#183: Bribing an Immigration Official With A Bottle of Patron.

Come on, it’s not even añejo. Plus: Flock threats, Trump Genius, K-Pop’s nationwide injunction, and DOJ supports court transparency

Weekly Roundup
Jul 10, 2026

#182: Can You Really Own a Meme?

#182: Can You Really Own a Meme?

Chicken companies fight over ‘6 7’. Plus: Tennis Power Struggle, Repeat Stowaway, WSJ lawsuit, and is DOGE actually dead?

Weekly Roundup
Jun 26, 2026

#181: ‘An exercise of Kafkaesque futility’

#181: ‘An exercise of Kafkaesque futility’

We just wanted to look at a document. Plus: Waffle House Antics, Trump Coin, Would Be Pulse Night Club Copycat.

Weekly Roundup
Jun 19, 2026

#180: Prediction Market Didn’t Predict This Lawsuit

#180: Prediction Market Didn’t Predict This Lawsuit

Chicago bankers are angry, and we give them good odds to cover the lawsuit spread. Plus: Denaturalization cases on the rise, recusals, the fear of god and... daddybiden?

Weekly Roundup
Jun 12, 2026

#179: Congress Can Legally Say Horrible Things about You on Social Media

#179: Congress Can Legally Say Horrible Things about You on Social Media

With the help of the Trump Administration, a defamation lawsuit against an anti-Trump Congresswoman goes down. Plus: Judicially-ordered religious training cancelled, ISIS is in vogue again, NFT arrest, and the Post Office has a corruption problem.

Weekly Roundup
Jun 5, 2026

#178: Stop the (mint) Presses

#178: Stop the (mint) Presses

A Pro Se Litigant Mostly Wins against DOJ. Plus: FIFA and Whales, Guns and JFK Airport, P. Diddy’s Lawyer Goes Venezuela, and a 77 year old discovers a new brother thanks to one federal judge.

Weekly Roundup
May 29, 2026

#177: CSI: Courts

#177: CSI: Courts

In a misconduct investigation, they sent a judge’s couch cushion to the lab? Plus: Rihanna, Bolt cutting ICE handcuffs, AI screwups, and Latvian passports

Weekly Roundup
May 22, 2026

#176: Moon Rocks and White Ethnostates

#176: Moon Rocks and White Ethnostates

The U.S. Courts had a versatile week. Plus: Loomer Appeals, Lamborghinis Seized, Candace Owen-related subpoena, and a 400 Million Dollar Ponzi Scheme

Weekly Roundup
May 15, 2026

#175: Can You Trust Your Wife?

#175: Can You Trust Your Wife?

Prosecutors are quietly trying to limit marital communications privilege. Plus: Anthropic doesn’t cc the right military general. ISIS Trial Postponed. Candace Owens’ Folks May Be Dodging a Charlie Kirk Subpoena. Finally, Public Defenders are Adorably Petty.

Weekly Roundup
May 8, 2026

#174: Forrest Gumping the News

#174: Forrest Gumping the News

Like a beloved movie character who always gets himself into interesting historical moments, we’re as surprised as you are that we wandered into a Pulitzer. Plus: Epstein Suicide Note, Car Washing Threats, Reuters/WestLaw sued, and DOGE’s ChatGPT.

Weekly Roundup
May 1, 2026

#173: Are we quietly detaining a terrorist in Texas?

#173: Are we quietly detaining a terrorist in Texas?

Prosecutors will let a judge know today. Plus: Epstein suicide note, racist public defender, AUSA’s AI gets benchslapped, and tear gas is so back.

Weekly Roundup
Apr 24, 2026

#172: Did You Feed This Deposition Into ChatGPT?

#172: Did You Feed This Deposition Into ChatGPT?

Turns out using AI in real-time while getting disposed is not privileged. Who knew? Plus: Trump(s) settles, lawyer sanctioned, foreign coup, and CFTC comes back from the DOGE dead to collect a gambling bet.

Weekly Roundup
Apr 17, 2026

#171: SantaCON?

#171: SantaCON?

25,000 poorly dressed drunks in NYC may have gotten fleeced. Plus: DOJ Lawyer sanctioned, 438 pounds of explosives, and OpenAI is making up things about the attack against its CEO. And The Gang Updates Our Favorite Website.

Weekly Roundup
Apr 3, 2026

#170: The Opinion No One Wrote About

#170: The Opinion No One Wrote About

The Fourth Estate falls down on the job. Plus: BigLaw Tries to Delete News Story Link.

Weekly Roundup
Mar 27, 2026

#169: Us 🤝 Fifth Circuit

#169: Us 🤝 Fifth Circuit

A scrappy news org influences the courts. Plus: Muslim Charity Sues Muslim Charity, Epstein Survivors Survive Legal Challenge, and Ric Grennell is Not Legally Defamed.

Weekly Roundup
Mar 20, 2026

#168: An Aspiring Saint Gets Charged

#168: An Aspiring Saint Gets Charged

DOJ says Eric Byrd was obsessed with mass shooters. He’s not the only one this week. Plus: Bank Robberies, East Wing Tours, and Devil Emojis

Weekly Roundup
Mar 13, 2026

#167: A Week of Harbingers

#167: A Week of Harbingers

Terrorism is having another moment. We should probably try to focus. Plus: a Republican gubernatorial candidate might lose his Tesla, Ballot Selfies, Mr. Beast settles, former ICE lawyer runs for Congress, and jumping out of police cars.

Weekly Roundup
Mar 6, 2026

#166: "Good Luck Reading This”

#166: "Good Luck Reading This”

A federal judge trolls about font sizes. Plus: Judicial walls closing in on DOGE, Tariff refunds, U.S. Attorney’s office can’t do tables, and the State Department’s $20,000 payment to a news organization.

Weekly Roundup
Feb 27, 2026

#165: Chinese Tourist Visit U.S. Airbase

#165: Chinese Tourist Visit U.S. Airbase

Bingkun Feng probably just got lost. Please ignore the suspicious map pin. Plus: National Security Letter, Exclamation Points Galore, ICE car chase, and Squatty Potty?

Weekly Roundup
Feb 20, 2026

#164: Epstein Estate Settles for Millions

#164: Epstein Estate Settles for Millions

But doesn’t admit guilt? Plus: Slushie Forgery Scandal, Trump Arch, 764, Kevin O’Leary, Kicking Flight Attendants, and 764. Also: Here for Antifa? Turn left and drive straight for 32 miles.

Weekly Roundup
Feb 13, 2026

#163: Exclusive (!): CBS Protects it Flagship Television Programming

#163: Exclusive (!): CBS Protects it Flagship Television Programming

Just not the one it should. Meanwhile our cortisol levels spiked from PACERmaxxing so many cases this week. Plus: AI hallucinations, Fulton County Searches, 764 lawyering, and Perry Mason

Weekly Roundup
Feb 6, 2026

#162: Nazis 🤝Hezbollah

#162: Nazis 🤝Hezbollah

Things took a surprising turn in one Tennessee arson case. Plus: Judge orders deported families returned, Biden-era Congressional warrants will stay hidden, Minneapolis U.S. Attorneys office stops investigating new federal fraud, a top DOJ lawyer quits, and SEC wins against Elon

Weekly Roundup
Jan 30, 2026

#161: Base Jumping Yosemite

#161: Base Jumping Yosemite

Turns out that’s illegal. What, we thought this was America? Plus: DOJ backs down on unmasking, judges get snippy against ICE, Epstein files to come “in the near term” – just don’t ask them for an exact date, and prosecutors don’t take kindly to thinking you’re just a small time criminal.

Weekly Roundup
Jan 23, 2026

#160: Hacking For Press Release?

#160: Hacking For Press Release?

We found the only person in the world who wanted to receive a press release. Plus: Shotgun Weddings, Frosting Cakes, Seizing Reporter Records, and we may very well become a U.S. Attorney soon enough.

Weekly Roundup
Jan 16, 2026

#159: Jeffrey Epstein gets 80 New Lawyers

#159: Jeffrey Epstein gets 80 New Lawyers

The Justice Department attempts the kitchen sink approach to fulfilling their legal obligation. Plus: Loomer’s lawyer in hot water, Vance Threat, Instagramming Crimes, and roadtripping with a terrorism defendant.

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