I truly wish people in this country ACTUALLY understood what the criminal punishment system is rather than what they want it to be. The criminal punishment system is FUEL for fascism. People really need to understand this to their core.

Congratulations to @brianstraw.bsky.social and the other Broadview Six.

yes and to make public examples of them to deter others from doing the same.

Outside after Tony Carruthers’ lethal injection was called off, attorney Maria DeLiberato who was in the chamber with him says “they tortured him trying to find a vein.” She says they got a line in right arm, tried left arm, tried feet, tried jugular, tried a central line in chest and then shoulder.

How many Dems will vote for this nomination?

The criminal punishment system destroys people daily.

A few things about this. 1. I did not recognize him. Eek. 2. Fascinating to see him casting about on this issue. 3. Sleight of hand to reduce the issue to transactional - taxing me won’t give poor teacher in queens money! — when taxes are for collective action. www.cnbc.com/2026/05/20/j...

I’ve covered Chicago’s federal courthouse for 11 years and have never seen a hearing like this one.

"Sanctuary cities" hosting the World Cup this summer: New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Atlanta

And yet SpaceX is likely to be in the retirement funds of tens (hundreds?) of millions of Americans 'cause indexes are racing to rewrite their rules so they can include it If this happens SpaceX will basically be funded by American's heard-earned savings, whether they want that or not

Also: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berea_C...

"Castro Stole My Daddy's Plantation" ass ruling

Ms Rachel and Mychal the librarian are out here trying to shut down a child jail. Let this be inspiration to others to do the same.

there's gotta be a fitness for public office test beyond "fooled a bunch of people once or twice"

That this case had to be considered is an obscenity, that four justices dissented is an obscenity squared.

Folks, a 5-4 DIG is some WILD stuff. Basically, the Republicans wanted to kill a man (as per usual) the Dems didn't. It looks like Brett and Amy also didn't want to kill *this* guy, but wanted to perserve the right to kill similar guys in the future. I cannot imagine the arguments between them all.

He wanders farther from the teachings of the church he professes every day.

No one will be surprised by what I think about the whole Polis clemency thing. He's the chief executive of the state and he can commute any sentence he wants. The "scandal" is that he hasn't commuted hundreds of people's sentences not that he commuted hers. Talk to your mother not me, lol

Just wanted to let you know that the IRS has audited every president annually for decades now to ensure there was no corruption and the reason you didn't know that was because only one president found that to be a problem

The problem the labs all keep running into is that demand is racing up a cliff edge, and they basically can't keep up with demand

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The idea that Americans pay more taxes than Europeans is catastrophically false, verging on delusional. This is what people on this site mean when we talk about populism killing the future. People just believe shit which is not remotely true, because it makes them feel better?

This is an important lesson for universities and media outlets that nobody is going to learn; the affirmative action conservatives your institution hired have nothing but contempt for you, the second they take charge they will show you precisely none of the respect and deference they demand.

How much more fucked up can this country become?

Can someone explain this to me, because I really don’t understand: why do the rest of us have to follow the law

If releasing your tax returns and the Epstein files would end your presidency, then your presidency must end. It’s that simple.

Or needless, illegal, and immoral wars

The message shouldn't be "taxes are bad," it should be that you should get something for them, it's your money, it shouldn't be going to some rich dipshit's Dr. Claw-ass ballroom or into the pockets of J6 child molesters

Libs are really like, "Barney Frank was right. He's been advocating for an incremental approach to transgender rights for several decades now, dating all the way back to when transgender people had more rights."

They've proven that a society in which billionaires exist cannot function as a democracy, as billionaires can and do use their wealth to buy the political outcomes they want. You can have billionaires or you can have democracy, but not both.

anyone with eyes and ears: housing, education, healthcare, food access, and the environment are all demonstrably shot to hell because of the wealthy and the decisions they make and we need to make deliberate course corrections the wealthy: oh my god, that’s such a terrible thing to say about us 😭

Adam Parsons: "More than 400 people from dozens of countries were arrested by Israeli authorities" Arrested? Kidnapped, you mean. They were on civilian boats in international waters near to an EU state when Israel attacked them, seized them & took them to Israel.

Public funding for private and religious schools? Hell no!

Ald. Jim Gardiner rises to say that Chicago police officers face too much scrutiny.

I don't even know what to say anymore. Not a single government is willing to do anything to check Israel for illegally seizing 50 boats and 428 civilians in international waters. Ben Gvir mocks them and tweets about it. Looks like forced stress positions for the prisoners, which is torture.

hard to exaggerate how heroic these men were. they likely saved dozens of children's lives. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

He promised to release his tax returns as soon as there were no more audits pending, and now there are no more audits pending.

Approved, unanimously:

Carruthers’s murder conviction hinged on the claims of paid informant, who has repeatedly recanted his testimony.

Republican nominee for governor Darren Bailey is addressing Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago City Council during public comment. He is introduces himself as a new Chicago resident, and offers an apology for insulting the city. CONTEXT: He called Chicago a hellhole.

Kind of feel like we especially don’t need fancy law explainers at the moment. “Can the president just take money when he wants?” A third grader could answer this. A Yale law prof is likelier to write the wrong answer so their 2L can work for Alito

Timeless

sometimes the military DOES defy authoritarians, only to replace them with their own authoritarians. this is not better!

"Tort reform" is a dog-whistle for right-wing talking points but if there was some way to make this sort of thing illegal I'd sign up for it

I will keep mentioning the segregationist goals of the feds and many other higher ed stakeholders in these interviews and one day a reporter will print it

The defeat of Republicans who dare - even if tepidly - to stand up to Trump is a vital reminder that even as his national approval rates circle the toilet bowl, he still holds sway in the country he believes that he governs: the confederacy.

I’m not sure why this isn’t being mentioned more, but: IRS policy for 50 years has been that the sitting president & VP get audited every year, in an effort to reassure the public they’re not corruptly abusing the office to enrich themselves.

Listening to that chat gpt ass garbage they call a theme song for this world cup and thinking back to when a Somalian created the greatest world cup song of all time www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTJS...