So sad to share news that @JVLaB, longtime independent and libertarian political hand who worked with @RonPaul, @GovGaryJohnson, @BillRedpath, Robert Sarvis, and many others, has died. John was @reason's first DC office manager for a spell and a boon companion who possessed the most detailed understanding of congressional districts I've ever seen. Never left a conversation with him without being immensely wiser and more knowledgeable about everything from politics to music.
Deeply thoughtful, kind, and original. Most heartfelt condolences to his family and many friends. https://t.co/uuimGRFcTA
I was fortunate enough to get a private screening of the film, Killers of the Flower Moon earlier this month. Having been marginally released from my NDA with the premiere of the film today at Cannes, I have a few thoughts.
Killer former cop Kim Potter who was sentenced to 2 years in prison for the murder of Daunte Wright is to be freed next week after serving 16 months in jail.
A black man in Texas named Larry Pearson was sentenced to 70 years in prison for spitting on cops.
You see it?
POETIC JUSTICE!!! A Central Park Five member has taken out a full page ad on Trump 34 years after he called for them to be put to death!
Yusef Salaam, one of the exonerated teenagers, wrote that since Trump is “arrested and arraigned, here is my response:”
The ad goes:
“If the charges are proven and you are found guilty, I hope that you endure whatever penalties are imposed with the same strength and dignity that the Exonerated Five showed as we served our punishment for a crime we did not commit.”
In 1989, Trump famously took an ad to call for the punishment of five Black and Latino teenagers, who were wrongfully imprisoned for the rape of a white woman in New York’s Central Park that they did not commit.
Talk about justice!!
“The only other option is that Donald Trump lost by 7 million votes and is a loser who can’t deal with the fact that he lost the election…” - @jasonselvig made his way into the RSBN livestream
On Valentines Day 8 yrs ago, I had very early stage breast cancer and had a double mastectomy. 3 yrs later, I met a guy I fell madly in love. I told him I don’t have boobs but he said it didn’t matter. 4 weeks later he dumped me for Delta flight attendant. This isn’t us
Ron DeSantis is an anti-science, anti-African American history, anti-gay, anti-trans, anti-education, anti-free speech, anti-human rights, wannabe authoritarian and bigoted bully with an A+ rating from the NRA.
And he must never, ever, ever become President.
In January 2023, someone at the Virginia Department of Education decided to delete "fascism" from state standards of learning for history and social studies. 1/9
A young man in Kabul writes — “from the house to the streets, to overthrow the Taliban”, in support of the women’s fight for freedom.
The will of the people of Afghanistan MUST be heard.
About 30 people in South Dakota have gone missing since the start of 2023. Their ages range from 9 to 45 and there's barely any news about it. We can't normalize this.