Taelaren

The lesson Roberts and Thomas draw from the unprecedented nature of Trump's indictments is not that he's a unique threat (as per all available evidence). The real threat to "liberty" is the possibility that, someday, the most powerful person on earth could, in theory, be unjustly accused of a crime.

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Ahab’s unearthly slogan tore every other cry but his to shreds.

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I recommend DOJ's report on the Phoenix Police Department if your blood pressure is too low. Just some random selections: www.justice.gov/crt/media/13...

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Phoenix Police Wantonly Use Violence and Violate Civil Rights, DOJ Findstheappeal.org The U.S. Department of Justice announced results of its civil rights investigation into the Phoenix Police Department.

BREAKING: DOJ finds Phoenix police wantonly violate people's civil rights, unreasonably escalate situations, delay medical aid to wounded people, arrest people of color at far higher rates than white people, retaliate against protesters, and hurt kids. theappeal.org/phoenix-poli...

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Andrew S.

Funny you should say that. According to this DOJ report, Phoenix police have developed a galaxy-brain theory of de-escalation

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Here is Judge Glanville's order finding contempt. It will not survive appeal.

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Sam Alito is a problemwww.lawdork.com Chief Justice John Roberts must take responsibility for his court. If he does not, what follows will be his legacy — and we’ll have to deal with the fallout.

*taps "Sam Alito is a problem" sign* www.lawdork.com/p/sam-alito-...

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LIVE: Young Thug YSL RICO Trial — GA v. Jeffery Williams et al — Day 88www.youtube.com Young Thug’s attorney Brian Steel argued with Judge Ural Glanville about addressing him inappropriately on several occasions in front of the jury. The argume...

Over at the Young Thug trial, Brian Steel discovered that Judge Glanville and ADA Adrian Love met in his chambers with a witness ex parte to get him to change his mind from pleading the 5th. Judge Glanville has threatened to jail the attorney if he does not reveal how he found out.

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Chris Geidner

Finally, Judge Kyle Duncan quoted @stephenking.bsky.social to close his dissent, and Judge Jacques Wiener was *pissed* on King's behalf. First image is from Duncan and second is Wiener's response, from the majority opinion.

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The kind of Libertarians who run “official” libertarian social media accounts now are overt brownshirts.

Wow, the party of liberty. Except when you disagree with them. Then it's ok to threaten you, call you "inhuman rot," and drive you from your home. ( @kenwhite.bsky.social you may find this, ahem, interesting)

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Multiple Trump Witnesses Have Received Significant Financial Benefits From His Businesses, Campaignwww.propublica.org Witnesses in the various criminal cases against the former president have gotten pay raises, new jobs and more. If any benefits were intended to influence testimony, that could be a crime.

Propublica has evidence Trump is bribing witnesses. www.propublica.org/article/dona...

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cait

i felt like i was going insane because none of this behavior was even close to okay and yet it was everywhere. there were multiple reddits devoted to it and none of their conspiracies even amounted to anything, her boyfriend killed her and then himself. thats it. and people were visibly disappointed

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cait

when these people ran out of cold cases and turned their sights on Gabby Petito, trying to solve her case WHILE SHE WAS STILL MISSING, posting their fun little theories and gruesome speculations where her fucking family could see it, i was unbelievably repulsed. i still can't believe that happened

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How it started: How it is going:

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Donald J Trump is now a convicted felon, here’s how that’s bad for President Biden

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The jury having left the room, Trump's attorney Todd Blanche adjusts the mic and says: There's no basis and no way the jury could've reached a verdict based on the testimony of Cohen—he lied, there was perjury committed—there's no reason the court should allow a verdict. (via Tyler McBrien, Lawfare)

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I AM GENUINELY HOOTING AND HOLLERING

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Donald Trump is a convicted felon.

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EAT SHIT YOU PETULANT MOTHERFUCKER GUILTY

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*****GUILTY ON COUNTS 1, 2, 3, ... ***** (via Tyler McBrien)

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*****GUILTY ON COUNT ONE***** (via Adam Klasfeld)

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*****GUILTY ON COUNTS 1–9 AND COUNTING***** (via Tyler McBrien)

*****JURY FINDS TRUMP GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS***** (via Kyle Cheney)

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Man with suspended license astonishes judge by joining court Zoom call while drivingwww.fox13news.com A district judge in Ann Arbor, Michigan, was astonished when a man with a suspended driver’s license joined a court Zoom call while driving a car.

A Michigan district judge was shocked after a man with a suspended driver’s license joined his court Zoom call while driving a car

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In a private group chat, police in Mississippi made racist jokes, urged each other to tase suspects and encouraged violence against people they were meant to protect. www.nytimes.com/2024/05/29/u...

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Is the NYPD Solving Crimes? Who Knows—Their Last Published Clearance Data Is From 2022 - Hell Gatehellgatenyc.com City law requires the NYPD to report its clearance rates quarterly. Under the Adams administration, it just…stopped.

The NYPD is legally required to report its clearance rates quarterly. Turns out they haven't published clearance data since 2022. "The NYPD has proven to be a rogue agency that considers itself above all laws, rules, oversight, and public accountability."

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Uvalde families sue makers of AR-15, 'Call of Duty,' Meta over mass shootingabcnews.go.com Families of the Uvalde victims have filed a lawsuit against Daniel Defense, and Activision over what they claim was their role in promoting the gun used in the shooting.

I'll read the complaint. But I cannot conceive of a claim against Activision that wouldn't be sanctionably frivolous.

Families of the Uvalde mass shooting victims file lawsuit against the makers of the “Call of Duty” video game, the makers of the AR-15 and Meta The suit alleges the companies partnered to market the weapon to underage boys in the games

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