Links For Today Posted on May 2, 2026 by The Editor Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 2, 2026: Russian forces in April 2026 suffered a net loss of territory controlled in the Ukrainian theater for the first time since Ukraine’s August 2024 incursion into Kursk Oblast. This command vacuum has demonstrably degraded readiness: Joint exercises with Russia plummeted from 14 instances in 2024 to just six in 2025, and exercises around Taiwan in 2025 took between 12 and 19 days to transition from political directive to deployment — a dramatic lag compared to the three to four days required for identical maneuvers in 2024. The quiet layoffs sweeping China’s tech giants Trump drops a narco-trafficking nuclear bomb into Mexican politics This is a long read but worth reading. The focus is on the Southern Poverty Law Center but in the process it shows how easy it is under existing law to go after people for political reasons and do so legally. A New Religious Divide: Young Men vs. Young Women Humans May Be Able to Grow New Teeth Within Just 4 Years
