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Policy Manager at Dream.Org, aka Josh from Twitter (sigh), Host of the Decarceration Nation Podcast. Formerly Incarcerated.

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Bolts is akin to Last Week Tonight: a much deeper dive on important issues than you're likely to get most anywhere else. Like, they have a guide to judicial elections. This is important stuff that gets skipped over by way too many outlets.

For folks who've appreciated my coverage of the French elections... @bolts.bsky.social is quite different—but we cover US politics with such attention to detail. So give us a follow if you've enjoyed this, and care about the US. And our newsletter is free! boltsmag.org/newsletter

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Prison staff at FCI Dublin nicknamed it “the rape club.” Now women who suffered sexual abuse at the hands of guards at a notorious federal prison in California are seeking compassionate release.

“What’s More Extraordinary and Compelling?”boltsmag.org Women who suffered sexual abuse at the hands of guards at a notorious federal prison in California are now seeking compassionate release.

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Stephen Miller now following Trump's lead and saying he has nothing to do with Project 2025. 1. His organization is on the Project 2025 advisory board. 2. He recorded a video as part of Project 2025 training tools 3. You can see Mandate for Leadership, the Project 2025 publication in the background

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Obvs these guys will govern again like ghouls no matter what branding they adopt—but I do think it’s fascinating that they are at least acting like Project 2025 is something to run away from

"I don't know anything about Project 2025" says man recording Project 2025 promotional video in front of Project 2025 publication. More substantively, Project 2025 has embraced Trump and Miller's immigration approach of using power to close both legal and illegal immigration.

If you are not watching, this Fever/Liberty game has been great

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Russ Vought, head of Trump's OMB, was the person who gave Chris Rufo and his "critical race theory" propaganda campaign it's big break in September 2020. Rufo, an obscure figure previously, had a Tucker Carlson appearance, then a few days later Vought reached out. www.yahoo.com/news/the-man...

lotta names from the grim recent history of the far right - Cuccinelli, Von Spakovsky - but it’s striking to me how much a minor functionary from the first time around, Russ Vought, is rising up to be a Big Bad

The man behind Trump’s campaign against 'critical race theory'www.yahoo.com The programs Rufo targeted are intended to improve communication, defuse tensions and promote equal opportunities among co-workers of different races and ethnicities, and are analogous, or identical t...

Meanwhile, you most likely use the internet to do your banking and to make most of your major purchases You are okay with two-factor or multi-factor checks in cyberspace and would lose your mind if they forced more serious verification measures

We have the best economy in the world. Right now, there are infrastructure projects, which had been lingering for decades, happening because of our bipartisan infrastructure bill. We have a million more jobs than when Trump was POTUS & we are finally addressing global warming Trump = inflation

"He's earned second term because of the job he's done" is a perfectly good message for surrogates to make about an incumbent candidate. "I've earned a second term because of the job I've done," is fine, but not really an optimal message for the candidate to make, imho.

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I wish someone kept a list of all the imbeciles who said Elon Musk is a free speech hero so I could waggle a middle finger in their insipid faces until it fell off

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An understaffed prison with an increasingly overtaxed and exhausted staff is not a safe prison It is not safe for the officers or the incarcerated people After years of incentives, pay raises, and benefit hikes...still massive understaffing Decarcerate, Michigan! www.freep.com/story/news/l...

Corrections officers to Whitmer: Mobilize National Guard to address prison staffing crisiswww.freep.com Byron Osborn said half the state prisons have officer vacancy rates of 20% or higher, and five are operating at officer vacancy rates above 30%.

Kudos to @chrislhayes.bsky.social, he is doing a great job of pushing back against "Biden will win" in this interview

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Compassionate release is typically used for dying or medically incapacitated prisoners. But it's for the first time being considered as a reparative measure for women who were sexually abused while in federal custody. boltsmag.org/federal-pris... boltsmag.org/federal-pris...

“What’s More Extraordinary and Compelling?”boltsmag.org Women who suffered sexual abuse at the hands of guards at a notorious federal prison in California are now seeking compassionate release.

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Plus, he has Homelander on his payroll.

Russ Vought, the head of the Center for Renewing America and another key player in Project 2025 was Trumps head of the Office of Management and Budget, and tipped to be his next Chief of Staff. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-weaponiz...

A "weaponization of government" trope explainerdonmoynihan.substack.com Another linguistic ruse by the people who actually want to weaponize government

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one of trump's strokes of genius (and yes I think he is an evil genius) is just not having any written policy positions any time anyone says "so you support X" he can just say "no I don't" he does it over and over again, and the media never calls him on it

even trump’s campaign staff (i assume he didn’t write this) knows that the reactionary, authoritarian agenda that’s project 2025 is going to be unpopular with the average voter.

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I for one am shocked to learn that hobbling your economy in a fit of nativist pique isn’t a winning electoral strategy long term

“Labour is expected to win 410 seats, with the Conservatives on 131.” www.bbc.com/news/live/cn...

UK general election results live: Labour set for general election landslide as early results come inwww.bbc.com Keir Starmer is on course to be new UK prime minister with predicted Labour majority of 170, according to the exit poll for the BBC, ITV, and Sky.

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One thing about the “Why I don’t vote” guy that may be especially interesting to journalists from the Washington Post and other outlets is that according to the public Michigan voter file, apparently he does vote

He voted in both 2020 and 2022.

MFs Circling the wagons works when you are going to win by using a defensive strategy... we are not ahead in this election, we are behind How do you excite and turn out more people if Biden can't do traditional electioneering?

My list of best basketball shoes from July to July: LeBron 21 (and I got several versions over 1/2 off) Way Of Wade All City 12 Adidas AE 1 NB Two WXY 4 NB Kawhi 4 Rigorer AR 1 Anta Kai 1 ...waiting on my Way of Wade 11s New versions of the Way Of Wade 10 (GOAT shoe) but > than a year old

Principles are only as strong as they are universally held and applied Celebrating violence when it is against people you don't like is NOT taking a stance against violence

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Just a jaw-dropper from the state whose attorney general is currently trying to execute an innocent man. innocenceproject.org/missouri-cir...

I am not only saying we should not celebrate Bannon being potentially assaulted I am saying WE SHOULD NOT CELEBRATE A SYSTEM SO BROKEN THAT SEXUAL ASSAULT IS THE PRESUMPTIVE OUTCOME We should not be excited our prison system is so broken that people will presumptively be assaulted

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If you think of an argument as ONLY being about “beating” an opponent, you might appear to win when they stop talking. But if you want to change their opinions, or move them, you have to understand what they are feeling and what they need to hear to be persuaded to change.

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It's incredibly disturbing how little attention the media is paying to an insurgency that will lead to a permanent seizure of power. It's all right in the open, FFS.

Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be" www.mediamatters.org/project-2025...

Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court immunity decision: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution"www.mediamatters.org

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He's right. They're stealing the country from us and ending democracy. "Bloodless if the left allows it to be" is a threat to kill anyone who fights back

Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court immunity decision: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution"www.mediamatters.org

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this is a brilliant point that I was struggling to articulate.

Speaking as a semanticist, it's wild to me that they are phrasing it in terms of whether an *act* is characterized as "official", when what they seem to actually be talking about is whether there exists a *description* of the act that can be characterized as "official".

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As someone who researches sexual violence law for a living, I'm pretty sure that is not a valid defense argument against allegations of sexual assault.

Robert F Kennedy Jr brushes off sexual assault allegation: ‘I am who I am’

Robert F Kennedy Jr brushes off sexual assault allegation: ‘I am who I am’www.theguardian.com Independent candidate says ‘I am not a church boy’ after ex-nanny tells Vanity Fair he assaulted her at his home in 1998

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NEW: The supreme court’s Grants Pass ruling blessed bans on sleeping outdoors. In a Bolts roundtable, three experts explain that this may encourage aggressive policing over long-term housing solutions.

“Designed to be Cruel”: How Grants Pass Will Ramp Up the Policing of Homelessnessboltsmag.org The supreme court blessed bans on sleeping outdoors. In a <i>Bolts</i> roundtable, three experts explain that this may encourage aggressive policing over long-term housing solutions.

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Easy to lose sight of the significance here, but the sitting president just gave a speech condemning the Supreme Court for a ruling that expands presidential power. It’s also a president who stands to benefit from this ruling, given that his opponent is vowing to imprison him and his family.