my angry post about this case this morning is now an angry article
Roy Anthony Scott was in a mental health crisis and called 911 asking for help
Cops came and killed him, & now the Court is casting doubt on whether the cops can be held accountable for his death
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/smith...
Looks like the prosecutors couldn’t make it stand up in court
Fashion in full force at the SF Cherry Blossom Festival 2026 7/14 3 red Shibas on leashes wearing colorful Japanese robes
One of the Shibas in a beautiful green floral robe
Black and sesame Shiba in a blue Japanese robe. The Shiba is tall and slender and looks tres chic
there was a Shiba parade in San Francisco and all the shibas wore yukatas it’s too much
This is a war based on lies
In a nutshell. 😊
“…will be deorbited…”
Look up?
I believe it would be beneficial to American if we were to take away the lifetime healthcare and pensions for elected representatives and made them find healthcare and benefits just like their constituents
We have created lifetime of benefits for a job that was not meant to be a career
Term limits!
Pa. court recognizes ‘reproductive autonomy’ as a right, strikes down ban on public funding for abortion www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...
With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars.
We've enlisted the help of @timheidecker.bsky.social, who will be InfoWars' Creative Director.
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Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19):
NYT: 5 of 58
WashPost: 1 of 43
WSJ: 0 of 40
AP: 0 of 26
CNN Wire: 0 of 18
NY Post: 0 of 17
Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4
LA Times: 0 of 4
Boston Globe: 0 of 2
SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov : “The faithless president depicts himself as Christ while he plunges the nation into wars of choice… Remember — While you pay more for everything, the First Family’s wealth is growing by billions. Because they’re crooks, and everybody knows it.”
Holy. Shit. This is Reid Wiseman's video he took with his iPhone while at the moon 🌙
"Dear America" letters from people who work at the besieged US Department of Housing and Urban Development:
dearamericaletters.org
Life imitating art.
I don’t think we talk nearly enough about the fact that corporations like Amazon, don’t pay a single cent to maintain the roads they use, the transportation system they use, the courts they use, they pay nothing for the infrastructure that is absolutely critical to their business.
WE Pay for
Elise Stefanik has become a clown in her servitude to Trump. Her ideas, attitude, look—-whatever semblance of seriousness she once had is gone. Trying to argue with Tapper today that Trump threatening to wipe out an entire civilization is not threatening genocide…unserious theater.
This is a map of major oil pipelines across North America. If we can do this for oil, why don't we do this for water and build reservoirs in areas of heavy rain and move water to drought-stricken areas in the country?
Oh, I forgot, that would be too humanitarian, and no profit involved.
A US judge grants an injunction to makers of the banned "ICE Sightings - Chicagoland" Facebook group and Eyes Up mobile app, who say DHS and DOJ violated the 1A (Cheyenne MacDonald/Engadget)
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Seems like the Strait of Hormuz is only open when the stock market is.
Trump always loudly says he won't help the Russians and then very quietly does just the opposite.
Photo of peacock in the road
Made both sides of traffic wait. This was one of about twelve. Noisy magical creatures.
The concerns I expressed about unanswered questions proved to be unfortunately prophetic.
This week gave us yet another example of the pattern of good news while markets are open, followed by the real news coming as soon as they're closed.
Trump is reported close to a "deal" with himself under which US taxpayers would pay him $10 billion.
I served in multiple communist and authoritarian dictatorships, but I never witnessed corruption on this scale or this blatant.
Screenshotted excerpt from linked article reading as follows: "In public, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has cultivated a reputation for care and caution. The papers reveal a different side of him. At a critical moment for the country and the court, the papers show, he acted as a bulldozer in pushing to stop Mr. Obama’s plan to address the global climate crisis. When colleagues warned the chief justice that he was proposing an unprecedented move, he was dismissive. “I recognize that the posture of this stay request is not typical,” he wrote. But he argued that the Obama plan, which aimed to regulate coal-fired plants, was “the most expensive regulation ever imposed on the power sector,” and too big, costly and consequential for the court not to act immediately."
OOP
New York Times got receipts on John Roberts being like, 'I know this isn't how anything works, but a Democratic president is about to implement a policy!!'
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...
Never not an idiot.
Mr Patel has already threatened to sue. Speaking as someone who has been through the Atlantic fact-checking process on issues far, far less important… best of luck to you, sir.
When a research team tried to document how US female service members were faring two years after Roe was overturned, only 3 subjects stepped forward, compared to 300 in a similar 2019 study. The team said reasons might be heightened fear, surveillance, professional risk, and a rise in sterilization.
I swear, if these turn into The Good Ole Days, I’m outta here.
That would, at least, make sense out of this mess.
