Tennessee is all but certain to execute Tony Carruthers here in Nashville tomorrow morning. He would be the 11th man from death row killed by the state here since 2018. I will be one of the media witnesses inside the prison. Threading my stories for @nashvillebanner.bsky.social about the case here:

Here's our updated story -- with a much better photo! -- on Richard Glossip's release from jail. His fight isn't over. But it's pretty amazing to see. (With @jordansmith.bsky.social for @theintercept.com)

Feeling even better that I traded him for Sal Stewart

What Life’s Like for the Muslim Constituents of Congress’s Nastiest Islamophobe open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Gov. Ivey has spared the life of Sonny Burton, an Alabama man on death row. He was scheduled to be executed Thursday. www.treadbylee.com/p/ivey-spare...

Heartbreaking sign of the times. Richmond's excellent Black-owned newspaper is shutting down. A huge loss for the entire region. www.vpm.org/news/2026-02...

The de-aging in the Jurassic Park commercial is especially awful because all of those actors have aged incredibly well

Reader, I canceled.

Seen in Boulder City, one of the more conservative areas near Vegas

Five classes from college: Catholic Imagination of American Film Philosophy of the Mind Politics of the Sixties Contemporary Moral Problems Immigration Experience in US Since 1890

If only

Happy Nevada Day!

Feeling pretty good about drafting Trey Yesavage in my dynasty league.

There’s a lot going on in this godforsaken country but if you have found yourself wondering “What’s up with Richard Glossip’s case?” here you go. My latest for @theintercept.com:

I’ve written about people who were exonerated after being imprisoned for 20, 30, and 40-plus years. Some were nearly executed. None of them ever saw anything near $320 million. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

Spotify should be fined for their Power Pop playlist inexplicably including the boring studio version of Cheap Trick’s I Want You to Want Me.

@sickoscommittee.org I’m at Vegas airport waiting for my flight to Boise (will be going to the UNLV game tomorrow!) and next gate over the UNM women’s volleyball is here rocking the turquoise.

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

What's gone unsaid in all this talk about homeless people in DC is that so many in the Capital are veterans who are now having the military aimed back at them for the crime of being poor.

It’s not law. It’s not order. It’s just power.

I wrote about the 69-year-old man Tennessee plans to kill tomorrow. @theintercept.com

@sickoscommittee.org look who is at Dbacks game

@sickoscommittee.org has anyone corrected Jordan yet about Sam Boyd Stadium? It’s as off-campus as you can get. (Also, I miss it.)

A firing squad in South Carolina missed the target over Mikal Mahdi's heart during execution last, causing him to suffer a prolonged death: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

A Big East Pope!

“A picture is worth a thousand words.” My intent with this was just to depict the temporary interstate closure, but there is a lot going on here about our local/state politics and public policy.

Thinking about this thread I read earlier in the day, after on my drive home I saw that a portion of I-11 NB between Boulder City and Henderson/Vegas was completely shut to traffic. Apparently a fatal accident earlier. The presumption that driving entails safety and freedom is…weird.

At a AAA day game in Vegas for Jackie Robinson day. A father has been trying to point out to his child how the Aviators all wearing 42, but without being clear about *why.* Maybe the kid already knows. But it’s worth repeating.

BREAKING: Trump admin says it mistakenly deported a Maryland father who had *withholding of removal* back to El Salvador on March 15. Govt told court Monday it won't bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back. "What.The.Fuck..." one govt attorney told me. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... @theatlantic.com

I see human beings with dignity being used as a backdrop and it’s grotesque

There’s a code talker statue right across from the Arizona Capitol. Is that woke too?

First dem governor in EIGHT YEARS to oversee an execution. We’re going backwards. boltsmag.org/secrecy-as-a...

“This is the ultimate state power. Even if you believe the death penalty is appropriate in certain situations, the people have the right to know the law is being followed,” said @nicholascote.bsky.social of Conservatives Concerned. Read more in @bolts.bsky.social ...

This weekend I brainstormed something to write. @paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com got there first.

At the Old Idaho Penitentiary Site. This sign, sadly, could use an update.

Gulf of Mexico. That’s it. That’s the skeet.

🇨🇦 should throw Jordan Binnington his own parade

This American VGK fan of French Canadian heritage cheered a Connor McDavid goal. Times are weird.

IIRC in college many moons ago I ran a debate case for the line-item veto in which one argument was something along the lines of establishing it would prevent a future president from aggressively asserting impoundment power.

Watching the national championship at my dad’s. Although he watches college football often, he’s apparently been blissfully unaware of Pat McAfee until now.

Good to know, being a resident of Boulder City.

My colleague Nan Tolson breaks down reasons for “Texans across the political spectrum to confront the realities of capital punishment”

Love Hurley’s sweater, but love the score more. Friars up 12 at half!

Metaristocats

On the Mt Rushmore of former Providence Friars players who became coaches.

Simply in awe at that Beyoncé performance

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