Lessons from Richard Jewell
* I am old enough to remember when the pipe-bomb exploded during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. I was...
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UK Labour’s lost election vs. the US Democrats
Britain’s Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbin on his party’s overwhelming rejection in yesterday’s national elections: I will discuss with our party to ensure there is a process now of reflection on this result...
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The tangled web of congressional preferences.
I am a regular reader of the SCOTUSblog. It is THE resource for things going on at the U.S....
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China says “Shut up and dribble!” The NBA complies.
In 2018, Laura Ingraham told LeBron James to “shut up and dribble.” It was a...
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Be careful for what you wish: Trump must turn over tax returns.
The big headline this morning is “President Trump must turn over his tax returns to the...
Read MoreThe duopoly and the debt
Trump is a bad president. His supporters can, indeed, point out good things he has done. I do not discount those things. But the shadow looming over the future existence of this country is the national debt. He, along with a...
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Props to @RandyOrton
There are no "federal funds." That's #Newspeak. There is only taxpayer money (which includes money the feds borrowed that your kids and their kids will have to pay back.)
#CoPolitics @PolisForCO #CoLeg
https://www.thecentersquare.com/colorado/polis-says-he-s-working-for-more-federal-funding-to-local-governments-after-some-county/article_e847bc02-a129-11ea-82aa-8f59c4edf3e8.html?utm_source=Colorado&utm_campaign=9ba05a29a1-COLORADO_B2C_NEWSLETTER&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e8005720b7-9ba05a29a1-70657719&fbclid=IwAR1UfFBycRZcNnV2eB8uqwmLPSa2h-8VpKTHNGmr6f2SAUnXGVS4R4aQB1E
We did an episode on "qualified immunity" way back in ep 4.
We'll be following this case. Stay tuned.
#SCOTUS @reason
https://reason.com/2020/05/29/the-supreme-court-has-a-chance-to-end-qualified-immunity-and-prevent-cases-like-george-floyds/?fbclid=IwAR3Cc9tbw9c9mZ9xQ2mQM2HWU5HRjLIyZY5H5QbMBTCzKdp4KKqLHBunz1M
The police should not be held to the same standard as the citizens they are sworn to protect and serve, they should be held to a much higher standard.