LA Progressive Sacramento News & Review, one of the last supposedly “lefty” publications in the region just published an article (A winter of worry: Sacramento’s violent crime rate in January puts a chill on the community) decrying a recent “crime surge”–a constant worry among conservatives. Among other things, […]
USC Gould School of Law hosted Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner in discussion with Prof. Jody Armour Oct. 29, 2019.
The main problem I see with these critics is that much of their objection to “progressive prosecutors” seems rooted in their disdain for the non-prosecution of “quality of life” offenses, i.e. things that conflict with bourgeois aesthetics, lifestyle, or class interests. That may not be the whole story […]
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner and Boston’s District Attorney Rachael Rollins two of a wave of prosecutors who are focusing on ending mass incarceration and addressing racial disparities.
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave react to shocking images showing a string of cargo container robberies at the LA port.
Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli BANNED From Industry. Feds Do Nothing To ACTUALLY Solve Price Gouging Shrkreli: “I’m going to illegal inflate the cost of this life-saving medicine and profit from the people’s sickness.” Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Anthony Fauci, and House Democrat shareholders: […]
By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A jury has been selected in the federal trial of three Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s killing. Eighteen jurors were chosen after questioning by the judge on Thursday — 12 who will deliberate […]
Missouri candidate for Senate, Lucas Kunce, details why stopping members of Congress and their families from trading individual stocks doesn’t go far enough.
Krystal and Saagar review the charges brought by the NY Attorney General against the Trump organization and consider how they will affect his decision to run for President again in 2024
The murder rate has also gone up in red states like Texas. it’s gone up across the board. The US society is a breeding ground for antisocial behavior and antisocial people tend to have antisocial children because they abuse them, neglect them, etc so it is not easy […]
Robby Soave breaks down the rumors surrounding supposed infighting between Supreme Court Justices over mask-wearing.
The author of the new book “San Fransicko,” says the homelessness crisis is an addiction and mental health crisis enabled by policies that permit open-air drug scenes on public property and prevent police from enforcing laws Full text and links: https://reason.com/video/2022/01/19/h… —————— Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/ReasonTV?sub_… […]
By Ankush Khardori The Week n early December, while Elizabeth Holmes was testifying in her own defense in the most heavily covered white-collar criminal trial in recent memory, an entirely different criminal proceeding involving the health-care industry was taking place across the country. Thomas Whitten, a 71-year-old former […]
This article is interesting because it foreshadows what mainstream political debate is going to look like in the future, at least in heavily populated areas. Today’s moderates are tomorrow’s conservatives. Today’s far-left are tomorrow’s liberals. Over time, today’s conservatives (e.g. FOX fans) are going to be increasingly small […]
By Nicholas Turner, President & Director, Vera Institute of Justice, Forbes On any given day, the United States incarcerates nearly 2 million people in prisons and jails—more than any other country. Vera Institute of Justice But this astronomical figure doesn’t capture the full scope of mass incarceration in […]
2020 is the most recent year for which up-to-date information is available. By Nicole D. Porter The Sentencing Project In recent years most states have enacted reforms designed to reduce the scale of incarceration and the impact of the collateral consequences of a felony conviction. This briefing paper […]
This is the biggest sedition case in a third of a century, since the Fort Smith trial in 1988. Krystal and Saagar analyze the sedition charges brought by the Biden DOJ against the Oathkeepers who played a central role in the Jan 6th Capitol riot
Kim Iversen takes a closer look at the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Biden administration’s workplace vaccine mandate.
Journalists Jordan Chariton and Charlie LeDuff lay out their new reporting on the Rico charges that were blocked in the Flint water crisis scandal.
By Matthew Vadum, Epoch Times Allowing national flags and flags about historic events, causes, and organizations while refusing to raise a Christian flag outside a city hall is an unconstitutional example of government censorship, a seemingly sympathetic Supreme Court was told on Jan. 18. The hearing came as […]
By Ted Galen Carpenter, Antiwar.Com Earlier this month, the country marked the one-year anniversary of the storming of the Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump. For one faction in America’s increasingly polarized political system, however, it was not enough to castigate the rioters for their disgraceful, indefensible […]
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave speculate about the identities of the eight “John Does” who Ghislaine Maxwell has dropped her fight to hide the identities of.
Robby Soave argues that the Supreme Court made the correct ruling on President Biden’s workplace vaccine mandate.
‘We need to increase public understanding of the need for medical countermeasures such as a pan-coronavirus vaccine. A key driver is the media and the economics will follow the hype. We need to use that hype to our advantage to get to the real issues. Investors will respond […]
By Harold Maass, The Week Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is negotiating a plea deal on corruption charges that threaten to tarnish his legacy and force him out of politics for years, The Associated Press reported Sunday, citing a person involved in the talks. A deal could be signed […]
The Supreme Court last week struck down President Biden’s coronavirus vaccine (or testing) mandate for businesses with more than 100 employees. As Mark Joseph Stern writes at Slate, the reasoning was ridiculous and tendentious. “It is telling that OSHA, in its half century of existence, has never before […]
By Grayson Quay The Week Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler (D) said Friday that the Portland Police Bureau has launched an internal investigation into a training slideshow that included comical descriptions of violence against “dirty hippy” protesters, The New York Times reports. “The Portland Police Bureau must reject the harmful […]
By Ken Silva, Epoch Times A defendant in the Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping case has moved to introduce evidence related to the use of federal informants in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill breach, arguing that the FBI’s refusal to answer basic questions about such activities demonstrates a […]
Krystal and Saagar break down the latest investigative journalism surrounding the FBI’s manufactured plot to kidnap Michigan Gov Gretchen Whitmer that included multiple double agents
Incidents like this are going to lead to a wave of repression against the homeless. However, as the USA continues to develop a “Third World”-like class system, large numbers of permanently homeless people will become increasingly common. By Larry Celona, Tina Moore, Joe Marino, Steven Vago and Khristina […]
By Kenneth Garger New York Post A UCLA grad student was fatally stabbed by a random maniac while she was working as a consultant at a high-end furniture store in Los Angeles last Thursday, reports said. Brianna Kupfer, 24, was alone and working at Croft House when an […]
By Matt Zapotosky, Josh Dawsey, Tom Hamburger and Rachel Weiner The Justice Department’s decision to charge Oath Keepers with seditious conspiracy last week makes clear that prosecutors consider the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol part of an organized assault to prevent the peaceful transfer of presidential […]
Texas has an odd mix of traditional conservative Christians and more libertarian types in the Republican voter base. Between that and the big cities being increasingly more democrat leaning, I don’t think Texas legalizing is as out of the question as a lot of people thought not long […]
Krystal and Saagar discuss the effort by former Epstein lawyer Alan Dershowitz to convince Donald Trump to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell and what the next steps in the Maxwell case might be
By Matt Taibbi TK partners News2Share capture the demonstrations outside the trials of three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. “We believe in armed self-defense,” one of many activists said in Brunswick, Georgia in November, demanding convictions in the cases of three men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. […]
By Jim Patrick Law Enforcement Today BALTIMORE, MD- Oh Marilyn…we hardly knew ye. Marilyn is Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, whose previous claim to fame was indicting six Baltimore police officers in the death of Freddy Gray back in 2015, has just fallen flat on her face, after […]
Brianna Keilar interviews Jon Moseley, attorney for Oath Keeper leader Stewart Rhodes, about the the federal seditious conspiracy charge for his client’s role in the January 6 riot.
By Cecelia Nowell, The Nation How racism, negligence, and a politically connected medical provider turned homelessness into a capital crime. n April 16, 2020, Officer Preston Panana walked up to Joleen Nez at the corner of Texas Street and Zuni Avenue in Albuquerque. Nez was living in a […]
Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky detail the two former LAPD officers who want their jobs back after being fired for playing Pokemon Go while on duty in 2017.
Krystal and Saagar cover the ruling by SCOTUS that struck down Biden’s federal vaccine mandate enforced through OSHA as his Presidency continues to worsen
By Ken Silva Epoch Times The attorney for Capitol Hill protest participant Ray Epps, former FBI agent John Blischak, told The Epoch Times on Jan. 12 that his client has been interviewed by federal law enforcers and “unequivocally, he is not an FBI informant.” Speculation about Epps has […]
Ryan Grim and Kim Iversen react to the latest development in Prince Andrew’s U.S. legal battle.
Here it is. By MICHAEL BALSAMO, COLLEEN LONG and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press 1 of 5 FILE – In this Sunday, June 25, 2017 file photo, Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers, speaks during a rally outside the White House in Washington. Rhodes has been arrested […]
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge gave the green light Wednesday to a lawsuit against Prince Andrew by an American woman who says he sexually abused her when she was 17. U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan wrote in an […]
By Scott McClallen | The Center Square (The Center Square) – New court filings say the FBI was aware an informant, or Confidential Human Source (CHS), used a charity to fund weapons in the alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer but authorities didn’t charge him until more […]
Glenn Greenwald, Emily Jashinsky, and Kim Iversen discuss the FBI’s refusal to deny their involvement in January 6.
That’s how it normally works. Prosecutors will ask for more than what the judge is likely to impose and defense attorneys will ask for less, and the judge will impose a sentence that he or she thinks is a happy medium. Sentencing is also determined in part by […]
By Rachel Treisman, National Public Radio An appeals court in California has upheld the firing of two former Los Angeles Police Department officers for playing Pokémon Go rather than responding to a nearby robbery. Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell, who were fired after the 2017 incident, had argued […]
Elizabeth Holmes has been found guilty on four counts of wire fraud. In 2018, Norah O’Donnell reported on Theranos, the company led by Holmes with a blood-testing machine that could never perform as touted that went from a billion-dollar baby to a complete bust.
Krystal and Saagar cover the major screwup from POLITICO over the weekend who falsely claimed liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor was seen with Democratic leadership at a fancy DC restaurant after conducing SCOTUS hearings remotely
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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