‘Essential’: nearly 800 incarcerated firefighters deployed as LA battles wildfires The firefighters earn $5.80-$10.24 per day plus $1 an hour when responding to active emergencies, according to CDCR

‘Essential’: nearly 800 incarcerated firefighters deployed as LA battles wildfires www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Leaked Meta Rules: Users Are Free to Post “Mexican Immigrants Are Trash!” or “Trans People Are Immoral” Facebook now allows attacks on immigrants and trans people, and posts like “Mexican immigrants are trash!” and “I’m a proud racist.”

NEW: I've obtained internal Meta docs revealing an array of sample posts that are now allowed under new hate speech rules. Examples include calling children "trannies," “Jews are flat out greedier than Christians," and “immigrants are grubby, filthy pieces of shit”

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It’s Robert Caruso’s shooting mall and he paid to have private planes dump fire retardant on.

Minneapolis approves police reform decree The federal consent decree calls on the department to track and investigate allegations of police misconduct, limit the use of force, and improve police officer training.

Today I spoke with @npr.org ‘s @celesteheadlee.bsky.social about consent decrees in light of the new federal consent decree in Minneapolis.

Listen here: www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

Why I'm quitting the Washington Post Democracy can't function without a free press

Anne Telnaes, Pulitzer-winning editorial cartoonist for the Washington Post, has resigned.

The paper censored a cartoon that criticized billionaires.

Democracy dies in broad daylight, too.

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Breaking News: Dominique Pelicot was convicted of raping his wife, Gisèle, after admitting he had invited strangers to join him in violating her for years. The case shook France and made Gisèle a feminist hero. nyti.ms/4gJIKK2

soon-shiong is pulling the elon musk strategy of fighting bias and standing up for “free speech” by censoring everything he doesn’t like and openly simping for donald trump

"There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make well.” — Nikki Giovanni

Hunter's pardon better be the first of a huge flurry of commutations. There are so many cases even more deserving than this one that the Pardon Attorney has recommended granting, and they're just waiting for Biden's signature. It would be inexcusable to see injustice only when it's a family member.

I’m terrified of bird flu and can’t decide if I’m irrationally afraid or very rationally afraid.

How progressive prosecutors became scapegoats. Some believe progressive prosecutors have had their moment, but others argue that view misinterprets what’s happening across the country.

www.themarshallproject.org/2024/11/23/t...

Kim Foxx says she permanently changed the prosecutor’s office The outgoing state’s attorney says she still has wounds from breaking the glass ceiling, but she’s proud of her choices.

We are all so lucky to have benefitted from @kimfoxx.bsky.social’s leadership. She has not just changed the prosecutor’s office in Chicago, but changed the profession for the better.

www.wbez.org/criminal-jus...

Why is “love you” so cheap? 🤣

Criminal Justice Reform Didn't Die on Nov. 5 | Opinion A familiar narrative has emerged about local election results: the notion that voters have delivered a wholesale rejection of criminal justice reform and ended the era of prosecution reform.

I wrote for @newsweek.com about the post-election state of criminal justice reform.

Spoiler: it’s very much alive.

Read at www.newsweek.com/criminal-jus...

U.S. Reps Urge Biden to Use Clemency to Correct “Extreme Use of Incarceration” U.S. Congressmembers, including Ayanna Pressley, say Joe Biden should grand pardons and commutations before Donald Trump takes office.

Exclusive: 60+ lawmakers call on Biden to use his clemency powers to help "the elderly and chronically ill, those on death row, people with unjustified sentencing disparities, and women who were punished for defending themselves against their abusers.” theappeal.org/biden-commut...

Criminal Justice Reform Didn't Die on Nov. 5 | Opinion A familiar narrative has emerged about local election results: the notion that voters have delivered a wholesale rejection of criminal justice reform and ended the era of prosecution reform.

Despite the presidential result, criminal justice reform had some under-the-radar election wins with reform candidates for DA and sheriff winning races in Georgia, Michigan, Texas, Missouri, and other places.

Because reform polices aren't just popular—they work. www.newsweek.com/criminal-jus...

Criminal Justice Reform Didn't Die on Nov. 5 | Opinion A familiar narrative has emerged about local election results: the notion that voters have delivered a wholesale rejection of criminal justice reform and ended the era of prosecution reform.

Our exec director @rachelrmarshall.bsky.social 's oped explores how prosecutorial reform is flourishing--despite the election.

"Whether or not they identify as "progressive," more prosecutors nationally are pushing for a more effective & more just legal system."

www.newsweek.com/criminal-jus...

Criminal Justice Reform Didn't Die on Nov. 5 | Opinion A familiar narrative has emerged about local election results: the notion that voters have delivered a wholesale rejection of criminal justice reform and ended the era of prosecution reform.

I wrote for @newsweek.com about the post-election state of criminal justice reform.

Spoiler: it’s very much alive.

Read at www.newsweek.com/criminal-jus...

Do The Right Thing: Release The Gaetz Report This is another Republican coverup

Congress must release the Gaetz Report. Agreed?

More here:

1/ X's algorithm was changed in mid-July 2024 to systematically boost Republican-leaning accounts and Elon Musk's own account following his endorsement of Donald Trump, according to a newly released computational study of engagement from the Queensland University of Technology.⬇️

Fortune headline: Elon Musk’s AI turns on him, labels him ‘one of the most significant spreaders of misinformation on X.’

Well, at least it got that one right.

How RFK Jr. Falsely Denied His Connection to a Deadly Measles Outbreak in Samoa He also championed a Samoan anti-vaxxer tied to the 2019 lethal eruption that killed scores of children.

When I said that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. being DHHS Secretary would kill people, you all understood that I was being literal, right?

To underscore: Kennedy Jr. will actually kill people. Mostly children. And only a contemptible monster like Trump would position him to do that and think nothing of it.

A pregnant woman sues for the right to an abortion in challenge to Kentucky's near-total ban A pregnant woman has filed a lawsuit seeking the right to an abortion in Kentucky. It's the latest challenge to the state’s near-total ban on the procedure.

A Kentucky woman who's 7 weeks pregnant is challenging the state's abortion ban for the very valid reason that she simply doesn't want to be pregnant (from Monday)
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You know what? Fucking good. Women shouldn’t have to pull out epic levels of misery and potential death to justify controlling their own bodies.

🚨BREAKING NEWS FROM @PunchbowlNews : Rep. Matt Gaetz's (R-Fla.) resignation from Congress came two days before the House Ethics Committee was set to vote on releasing a “highly damaging” report outlining its investigation into the Republican, according to multiple sources familiar with the probe. The committee planned to vote Friday on releasing the report. Ethics loses its jurisdiction over Gaetz when he leaves Congress. The secretive panel has been investigating Gaetz on and off since 2021. President-elect Donald Trump announced that he would nominate Gaetz to be attorney general Wednesday.

Now it’s all starting to make sense

mental health break? you bet it did

Fox and Friends' co-host Pete Hegseth convinced Trump to consider pardons for troops accused of war crimes Trump appears to be listening to a Fox News host about pardoning convicted war criminals, but a general said pardons would send a "bad message."

Trump's pick for Secretary of Defense is a Fox News anchor who pushed him to pardon war criminals who were so bad their own troops reported on them. www.businessinsider.com/pete-hegseth...

Stephen Miller Expected to Be Named a Trump Deputy Chief of Staff The adviser and speechwriter, who has been with President-elect Donald J. Trump since his first term in 2016, is anticipated to have a vast portfolio and influence.

Miller is a "race science" true believer, wants to end *legal* immigration from non-European countries, and has regularly promoted the work of and fraternized with unapologetic white supremacists.

He'll be one of the most powerful people in the Trump administration.

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/11/u...

Orlando Prosecutor Ousted by Governor Wins Her Job Back Monique Worrell defeated the prosecutor Ron DeSantis appointed to replace her last year. In Tampa, however, another prosecutor removed by the governor lost his attempt at a comeback.

Monique Worrell, ousted as Orlando prosecutor by Ron DeSantis last year, just won her job back—defeating the tough-on-crime prosecutor appointed in her place.
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