A Minnesota man who claimed Antifa set fire to his camper during the political unrest of 2020 because he had displayed a Trump campaign flag admitted to staging the event and committing insurance fraud, the Justice Department has announced https://t.co/vAJpD9lMRZ
After Columbine over 10,000 school police officers were hired just in case a school shooting happened. Two decades later, they haven't stopped a *single* school shooting. Instead they've arrested over 1 million kids, mostly students of color, for routine behavior violations. https://t.co/DKoJE9LL3e
Let me get this straight: The GOP is running on banning abortion, banning contraception, banning books, eliminating Social Security and Medicare, defunding the FBI, targeting the people investigating Jan 6, raising drug prices, and protecting Trump? #GOPContractForCruelty
Kevin McCarthy is unveiling the Republican Party’s “Commitment to America”.
Their platform (I sh*t you not):
▪️ End Social Security
▪️ Raise Rx drug prices
▪️ Intimidate voters at the polls
▪️ Criminalize women’s healthcare
Their “commitment” is a #GOPContractForCruelty
The fact that Jameis Winston stealing $32.72 worth of crab legs while in college got 100xs more media coverage than Brett Farve embezzling 5 million dollars from a welfare fund should tell you all you need to know
Hurricane Fiona is devastating Puerto Rico right now. Climate change and U.S. colonialism have left the island incredibly vulnerable, and these are the results
A compiled thread of photographic evidence of people who have visited Mar-a-Lago recently. A very long thread, with a great deal of 📸 evidence. Definitely worth the time to read.
The Kurdistan Regional Government is considering a bill that would make it illegal to advocate for LGBT rights. The bill would impose fines or prison sentences on LGBT activists who “promote homosexuality.” https://t.co/0AGmS3bnPO
I kept an open mind. I really did. But reading Judge Cannon’s ruling left my jaw on the floor in its absurdity. Unless the federalist society wants to argue that this precedent would only apply to trump, this ruling would demolish future white collar criminal investigations…
THREAD. Today researchers announced the most comprehensive study ever on a bail reform. They studied over 500,000 misdemeanor cases and found that reducing the use of money bail in Houston led to big decreases in jailing and likely *decreased* future crime.