The news literally CANNOT report good crime news without throwing in a "but." Homicides in Boston are lowest SINCE THE 1950s!! ... but, you know, a few extra deodorants got stolen. So ... a wash, I guess? (You'd NEVER see the opposite: "SHOPLIFTING DOWN! Tho some increase in homicides.")

I am once again reminding people that every state has its own bribery laws, and none of these laws are controlled by McDonnell v US, which applies only to the federal bribery statute.

A terrible case and a terrible line of cases – and like many of the worst things in our society: totally bipartisan.

How many hours until we find out several decision makers have investments in this drug?

Honestly this reads to me more like Patel understands that a huge proportion of the base believes these things and needs to at least act like he’s addressing them (of course maybe he just believes them too)

On rosh hashanah? come on guys

Thinking about New Jersey

Did Homan pay taxes on this income?

My neighbor keeps forcing tomatoes on me. Good problems to have

of course. My honest theory at this point is that Robinson, as a young white man in utah, was fed a lot of Kirk videos on tik tok and got angry about it. As of yet there is no evidence that he had any kind of developed ideology at all.

The thing I always think of: It was only 19 years between the Wilmot Proviso and the ratification of the 13th amendment. Six years between John Brown's raid and the amendment. Sometimes things happen fast.

I'm old enough to remember when George Bush politicizing the justice department was a big scandal

Removed some carpet so that we could open a cupboard in our house. Inside found a calendar from 1977 and three cans of emergency food supplies

a diverse kaleidoscope of personalities is dominating our culture now. from grandiose narcissists to hysterical narcissists. a rich tapestry of the cream of the american crop

This is the antiabortion playbook. Distort the risks, make people confused and afraid, and restrict access.

betting pool on whether this job gets canceled before hiring

This is actually a great example of "debate" being pernicious and stupid. There's a reason scientists and other scholars write things down and provide data! you can't do that in a debate

UPDATE: Last night, the ACLU filed a separate motion to quash for another Instagram account targeted by the same subpoena. Court filings indicate there were six IG accounts total: www.courtlistener.com/docket/71386...

Worth noting that Khalil (and others) who have everything to lose, have shown more bravery and commitment to free speech than elites across academia, corporate America, culture and politics bsky.app/profile/josh...

"President Donald Trump is expected to fire the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia after his office was unable to find incriminating evidence of mortgage fraud against New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to sources."

Has anyone taught (or taken) a seminar that focused exclusively on american abolitionism? do you have a syllabus?

John Coltrane's birthday coming up in less than a week. Are you ready? open.spotify.com/album/2RmQw3...

Has anyone taught (or taken) a seminar that focused exclusively on american abolitionism? do you have a syllabus?

it's the death drive 🤷

Always worth listening to – I think Mississippi John Hurt is one of the most underrated guitarists of the 20th century

Me rn

Ah well nevertheless

will they ban this movie? variety.com/2025/film/re...

Ya this was my thought. One more realistic but unrelated possibility is more conspiracy type prosecutions against leftists trying to tie a bunch of people to a specific crime based on ideology (like with the cop city prosecution)

The Trump-Miller administration's single-minded focus on migration is starting to impact the availability of drugs in the US, according to this detail from a very good investigation @wsj.com published today. www.wsj.com/world/americ...

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www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty... In which new statements of institutional neutrality get thrown out the window at the first opportunity.

Lily Hu @bostonreview.bsky.social on polling's death grip on US politics www.bostonreview.net/articles/how... "the data-centered approach to politics has drawn ever tighter boundaries around what it takes to speak knowledgeably about politics and so in turn who can be entrusted to direct it...

Love this scam text

The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States. 🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...

Was this a call for political violence? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The follow-up post is the best part.

Ok the terrorism dismissal made perfect sense, this is genuinely surprising

I am again saying: you gotta read this book. www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...

lol how is this not catnip for all the free speech warriors (they just don’t care)

Sorry but “political violence = taking quotes of of context” is just so stupid

I am just going to keep posting that the TX governor recently pardoned a political murderer. The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial. Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.

They’re gonna get ChatGPT to generate a manifesto

Look forward to the media ignoring the vice president and shadow president labeling their political opponents as terrorists

great...

Let's say it again: 1) Harvard said "No," and Trump has backed off. 2) Chicago (and Illinois) said "No," and Trump has backed off. It's day by day. But those who said "OK, sure," have gained nothing at all. Except shame.

Hey they both opposed the Civil Rights Act

The thing to emphasize here is that this treatment is *utterly normal.* It's part of the system of detention which has existed for decades. Folkston has been like this for many, many years,