#Federal

Alec Karakatsanis

equalityAlec

THREAD: Local news reports that Biden is nominating a former judge, Keva Landrum-Johnson, to be U.S. Attorney in New Orleans. A few years ago, we uncovered that Judge Landrum-Johnson was

Adam Justice *$4.99 OF and AVN*

RealAdamJustice

Quick notes on copyrights, a thread: You own the copyright for your content the moment it is created, even if you do not register the copyright. As the owner of

File411

File411

Oh dear ...So @senatemajldr how do you manage to trigger Rep King?Do you really say that about letting States go bankrupt?You are truly one of the most egregiously tone deaf

Clive Hamilton

CliveCHamilton

Thoughts on this story ... The BRI is Beijing’s most powerful tool for reshaping the international order. The Australian government has made it very clear that it will protect Australia's

No More Deaths

NoMoreDeaths

The warrant authorizing the raid of Byrd Camp was signed by Magistrate Judge Bruce MacDonald. In late 2018 this same judge was pressured to recuse himself from overseeing the #Cabeza9

Maddow Blog

MaddowBlog

"FBI agents and prosecutors stumbled onto the arrangement while looking into whether they could intercept the masks for the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Defense Production Act."https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-

hilzoy

hilzoy

1/ Very good piece on what comes next. I want to underscore one point.Josh Marshall: Getting Down to Planning the Next Year and the Interim New Normal https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/getting-down-to-planning-the-next-year-and-the-interim-new-nor

Sister Helen Prejean

helenprejean

Victims’ families are not served by these federal executions. They’re told to just wait a few decades and then they’ll finally get “justice.” The truth, as explained by many families,

Chris Geidner

chrisgeidner

The five conservatives on the US Supreme Court, in an unsigned opinion issued at 2 in the morning, allow DOJ to short-circuit federal appellate process to allow it to execute

Eric Rauchway

rauchway

The Roosevelt administration tried to federalize voting in 1944 The United States had about 9.2m service personnel of voting age that year, dispersed all over the world Once, the US

Di'Rico L. Baker

rico_rants

I do not understand why folks aren't laser focused on blaming the lack of federal pandemic relief on Mitch McConnell. Because house democrats have put forward relief bills that haven't

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

I hope you all know that I see myself as being in the same boat as all of you—inasmuch as when I say, "I was saying this years ago!" what

Akiva Cohen

AkivaMCohen

OK folks, time for an E Jean Carroll v. Trump thread. The DoJ has intervened in her defamation case under something called the "Westfall Act", asking to take the case

Lora Kolodny

lorakolodny

1/ What Lars Moravy, Tesla VP of vehicle engineering, said on Q1 call Apr. 27, 2021 - "We’re committed to safety in all our design and that’s number one in

☣️ Dr. Syra Madad

syramadad

Everyone wants to know "what can we do better to prepare for future pandemics?"As someone in the field of biopreparedness & infectious disease emergency management we've long advocated to end

The Gormogons

Gormogons

GP Been noodling over what pisses me off so much about paying taxes. It's not just the money (though I pay an enormous amount).It's more the attitude with which government