It's very hard to read this, knowing the little bit about suicide that I do, and conclude that chatgpt was not a major causal factor

Said resistance was often a bit more emphatic than chucking some bread at a fed, too.

We talk about precise jury instructions and proof beyond a reasonable doubt, but the real practical function of juries in our system is as a final check on the most extreme "this is complete bullshit" prosecutions. And that they don't have to explain their reasoning is why that works.

Q: How does a travel agent help if I have a delay/cancellation? A: We can grab seats on the next flight while the rest of the folks on your cancelled flight are still standing in line, we can call our direct lines to the airline and work with them to get you rebooked before flights fill up.

Totally agree with this. You can think that they got it wrong legally, but it seems pretty clear to me that the jury engaged with the law and tried to apply it. I don't believe they thought all the elements were proved against Dunn and just said 'screw the law, not guilty'.

the jury nullification take is wrong. If that’s what had happened they wouldn’t have sent a note to the judge asking for definitions of relevant terms. They just didn’t think he did the crime after considering the evidence and following the given instructions. Don’t charge sandwich cases.

Trump is visibly weaker than he was six months ago. Politically and physically.

There is a perfectly cromulent case that without George Soros throwing money at basically every civil society organisation in Eastern Europe after 1991 we would have all unironically descended into fascism by now. He is a hero in this house, end of story

Not quite as insane as the “every drug user should be killed” take from the other day but not terribly far off

Mike Lee says he’s against pronouns but here he is using they/them pronouns to describe Kirk’s killer. It must be that, because Mike Lee would never insinuate collective guilt on the Left for Kirk’s death nor imply there was some kind of conspiracy. Not the Based Mike Lee I know.

Noticed people started liking my old posts about Taylor Lorenz's antivaxxer nonsense, went and looked about why, and the woman is still at it downplaying the efficacy of covid vaccines. If your strategy to convince people to mask is to lie about vaccines, you're not one of the good guys.

Alito is all over the place. I don’t know what he will write but it sounds like he’s going to be a dissent.

He’s been talking about this scotus case a lot and seems to think he’s going to lose. I think someone sympathetic to him, with knowledge of the court’s thinking, recently told him he’s likely to lose, probably foolishly thinking he’d back down or try to save face.

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this is genuinely wild

One man who's been in the United States here for 20 years, and whose wife and kids live here, even says he was physically threatened into signing his own deportation, with the ICE officer threatening to physically hurt him if he didn't sign the paper, or even grab his hands and "sign" for him.

My dad knew Cheney since he was fords chief of staff and would always say “i liked him then. Idk what the hell happened” In the run up to the second Iraq war my dad wrote an article comparing it to the gulf of Tonkin and Cheney himself made sure my father was fired from his gov job Anyway he’s dead

It has been 2 months since FDA head Marty Makary falsely alleged that “There have been children who have died from the COVID vaccine…We’re gonna release a report in the coming few weeks”. His report is still nowhere to be found. Where’s the report, shitbirds?

These stunt queen ICE losers are back at Dodger Stadium just outside the parking lot trying to do god knows what. Leave LA alone your friendless freaks: www.latimes.com/california/s...

What happens when you distill 2025 into a single social media post? This. This is what you get.

President has no legitimate authority to: (1) demand “donations” to the government (2) spend the resulting funds without congressional appropriation

If there was a deal being negotiated to open the government, I assume Trump torpedoing SNAP payments has killed it

Some people can’t understand that the Democratic Party is a coalition of groups and the Republican Party is a ideological based party, and they insist on applying Republican structure on to Democrats

Overnight court filings seem to be giving us a peek at what U.S. Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino said in his deposition so far (it apparently continues today):

Defense is now questioning Lairmore on cross-examination. They show a video still of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground, post-throw. "Do you recognize that sandwich?" the attorney asks. Lairmore won't confirm. "I did not go back to collect it," he says.

U.S. foreign policy:

Tell them why you haven’t voted yet or why you are not voting on Election Day. They sacrificed and marched so you could vote. It’s not too late. No excuses. Vote!

"The Sanders/Mamdani style of democratic socialism is, whatever its merits, at least compatible with America’s tradition of liberal democracy. The Trump style of national socialism is not." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-t...

He wrote a whole book about how Churchill and not Hitler was the bad guy in World War II.

Well yeah they actually wanna win.

Anecdotal evidence of touch-the-stove success. This voter took benefits for granted, dismissed every warning about Trump, bought into lies that he wants to help regular people, and only now, seeing Trump take away benefits she personally values, is reconsidering. Sucks that it had to be this way.

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if you don't show up to vote, it doesn't matter how many protests you arrange or attend, how loud you yell for a general strike, or anything else you've been doing for the last 10 months. one vote means more than all of that put together. use your power.

Trump posts his worst-ever net approval rating in a CNN poll this morning, 37% to 63% (-26) s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Allow me to summarize: 1. 5 IDF soldiers caught sexually molesting a Palestinian prisoner. 2. IDF files charges. 3. IDF AG faces enormous pressure from government to drop charges. Mob storms base where it happened. 4. IDF AG leaks video documenting the molestation. 5. IDF AG pushed out (continued)

If true, suggests Ed Martin is doing exactly what he was hired to do.

This should be the biggest news story in the world right now

If you want clear and accurate info to understand what is happening in Sudan, and how you can help stop this genocide, here is the piece that will provide you that clarity. This is a guest piece by Sudanese-American attorney Mo Seifeldein. Please read & share. www.qasimrashid.com/p/sudan-isnt...

Teams trailing entering the 9th in World Series winner-take-all games are 3–33 Wins: 2025 Dodgers 2001 Diamondbacks 1997 Marlins The Dodgers are the only road win

F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby

I think a key requirement for me in candidates is that I need them to hate Republicans more than they hate Democrats

impressively ruthless politicing tbh, Dems finally have a fight they are comfortable with

and then the Dodgers get a game ending double play