The CNN breaking news headline is that "Fed Officer Shot Suspect in Minneapolis After Shovel Ambush." Rumors are flying about the identity of the shooting victim but we'll see. The neighborhood …

Lawyers, Guns and Money, known as “LGM,” is a progressive politics, academia, and culture blog. The blog was founded in May 2004 by David Watkins, Scott Lemieux, and Robert Farley, three political …

6 days ago · Let's see if I can keep my undefeated streak going (fortunately, back in my pain-in-the-ass-to-bet jurisdiction so the wildcard profits are locked in -- yay paternalism!) Bills at Broncos (-1.5): I …

Evan Mandery's long piece about UATX, Bari Weiss's right-wing grift masquerading as some sort of new "non-ideological" university, is fascinating on several levels. Mandery is a professor at the John.

Jun 18, 2025 · Word from the WSJ: President Trump told senior aides late Tuesday that he approved of attack plans for Iran, but was holding off to see if Tehran would abandon its nuclear program, people …

Jan 10, 2026 · WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 30: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services testifies during his Senate Committee …

Jan 8, 2026 · This is the grave of Carl Hatch. Born in 1889 in Kirwin, Kansas, Hatch attended the local public schools, did well, and had enough money to attend college, which happened at the …

Dec 22, 2025 · On the latest LGM Podcast, the National Security Gang (NSG, or me, Dan, and Cheryl) talked through the Trump administration's National Security Strategy, which Cheryl better …

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May 30, 2025 · Scott, Dave and I founded LGM on May 31, 2004 towards the end of the Early Days of the blogosphere. The site rapidly found a small but non-trivial audience, and became a small part of …