Minneapolis Paid for Misinformation Surrounding Ex-cop Derek Chauvin’s Trial
Round Two on the way?
Social Justice Groups Hold MASSIVE Rally in Minneapolis Ahead of the Start of Derek Chauvin’s Trial
So far, the pattern seems to be that liberals and leftists riot in the Spring and Summer (like baseball and tennis), while conservatives and rightists riot in the Winter (like basketball and hockey). So the question is: Does that mean moderates and centrists are supposed to be rioting […]
Aurora Police Killed Without Consequence, Now Their Protestors Face 48 Years for “Kidnapping” Cops
By Alan McLeod DENVER — Elijah McClain would have turned 25 last week. However, in 2019, the introverted Black massage therapist was killed on the street by police in his native Aurora (a part of the Denver metropolitan area). None of the officers involved have faced charges for […]
Families UNABLE To Sue Nursing Home For Deaths Because Of Cuomo Corruption
Of course. Founder of The Daily Poster, David Sirota, explains the legal protections Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave nursing homes in New York
New Laws Against Domestic Terrorism Are Unnecessary and Dangerous
By J.D. Tuccille, Reason There is no crisis, real or imagined, that government officials don’t see as an opportunity to expand their authority and hurt their enemies. America’s ongoing political tensions, which erupted on January 6 into the Capitol riot, have become an excuse for spurring the latest […]
Freedom, criminal justice, and drug legalization
By Krystal Ball and Kyle Kulinski Just days after the Virginia legislature voted to legalize recreational marijuana in 2024, we’ll be hosting Dr. Carl Hart, neuroscientist and researcher of drug usage at Columbia University. Hart, who authored Drug Use for Grown-Ups, argues against the punitive response to drug […]
Mandatory Sentencing: The System with Joe Berlinger
Films Media Group Joe Berlinger explores the effectiveness and justness of mandatory sentencing in a current climate that preaches reform. In Florida, the unintended consequences of mandatory minimum gun laws seem to outweigh its merits as a father is sent to prison for 20 years for “defending his […]
‘Everything Has Been Criminalized,’ Says Neil Gorsuch as He Pushes for Stronger Fourth Amendment Protections
By Damon Root, Reason In 2019, the California Court of Appeal, 1st Appellate District, ruled that a police officer may always enter a suspect’s home without a warrant if the officer is in pursuit of the suspect and has probable cause to believe that the suspect has committed […]
FBI CAUGHT Spying On Members Of Congress After January 6th
Investigative reporter at The Intercept, Ken Klippenstein, discusses the constitutionality of the FBI investigation into the Capitol riots.
This One Made Me Cry
By Peter R. Quinones This was my introduction at a fundraiser for Ross Ulbricht. Lyn, his mom, was sitting right in front of me as I delivered it. My good friend Vin Armani was there as well. I was just trying not to lose it. I did when […]
Angelo Quinto: Man dies after police kneel on his neck for nearly 5 minutes, family says in wrongful death claim
By Stella Chan and Leah Asmelash, CNN A 30-year-old Northern California man undergoing a mental health episode died days after police officers kneeled on the back of his neck for nearly five minutes to subdue him, lawyers for his family said. Angelo Quinto had been “suffering from anxiety, […]
Civil Forfeiture Does Not Seem To Reduce Drug Use or Help Fight Crime
By Jacob Sullum, Reason Civil asset forfeiture, which allows police to seize property they allege is connected to crime without arresting (let alone convicting) the owner, has provoked intense criticism in the United States, especially during the last decade. The critics argue that the practice demolishes due process […]
It’s time to get real about freedom of speech
By Brendan O’Neil, Spiked Online I’m glad sections of the left find the free-speech crisis so funny. Or ‘free-speech crisis’, as they always put it, those sarky quote marks signaling their skepticism towards the idea that there’s a censorship problem on campus and elsewhere in society. ‘Freeze peach!’, […]
Law Enforcement Agencies Grapple With Police Officers’ Involvement in U.S. Capitol Riots
Pigs vs. pigs. Awesome. Fracture, fracture, fracture… By Josiah Bates, Time New Hampshire police chief; a Philadelphia detective; two Seattle Police Department officers who traveled cross-country, to name just a few. In the aftermath of the historic insurrection that took place in Washington D.C. last week, which left […]
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem Fights Voters and Lawmakers Who Want To End the War on Weed
Between her and Gretchen Whitmer, the evidence is overwhelming that bitchiness is bipartisan. By Scott Shackford, Reason After turning to the courts to stop voters from legalizing recreational marijuana in South Dakota, Gov. Kristi Noem says she’ll also veto attempts by lawmakers to give voters what they’ve demanded. […]
Democrats Admit Trump Didn’t Say Anything To Incite Insurrection
So what if he did? It was about the goofiest and most limp-dicked “insurrection” in history.
When in Doubt, Choose Freedom
By Otfried Höffe, TELOS It is hard to believe. More than seventy years after the adoption of the Basic Law, a constitution opposed to all dictatorships, two principles have ceased to be self-evident: the content of the basic freedoms and the separation of powers in the organization of […]
Cannabis Entrepreneur On State Of Legalization Across America
The ongoing retreat of drug prohibition represents a major paradigm shift. Co-founder of Cornbread Hemp, Jim Higdon, explains how and why marijuana should be legalized on state and local levels.
ASSANGE: Joe Biden To Move Forward With Extradition
Of course.
Panel ERUPTS Over Biden CONTINUED Extradition Of Julian Assange
The two guys that were interviewed for this segment were morons. Team Rising discusses the Biden administration’s potential extradition of Julian Assange from the UK despite protests from civil liberties groups.
How (Not) To Stop Right-Wing Extremists
Trump unleashed his mob onto Congress on January 6, and the fallout continues. The biggest question on many minds is how to root out the hundreds of far-right, anti-government groups who saw the Trump presidency as their coming-out party. Some are floating the idea of using the so-called […]
The Past and Future of Incitement
By Peter Van Buren, The American Conservative You can only make up your own definition of “incitement” on Twitter and at presidential impeachment trials. Otherwise, the actual law is going to have to do. The context is clear: As they geared up for an impeachment, Democrats and mainstream […]
Why Inciting an Insurrection Isn’t Considered Treason, Even if Found Guilty
By Jenni Fink, Newsweek Former President Donald Trump‘s impeachment trial will focus on whether he incited an insurrection, a charge that in a criminal court falls short of treason, the highest crime in the United States, and is easier to prove. Treason is an impeachable offense but not […]
Feds charge over 200 in Capitol riot. We’ve learned a lot about why it happened.
Maybe this will be the Chicago Conspiracy Trial of the Right. By Pete Williams, NBC WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors have now filed charges against more than 200 people accused of taking part in the assault on the U.S. Capitol last month, alleging a wide range of motives and […]
Kick the Puppy S2: E5
Keith & RJ Study claims vaccines saved 37 million lives mostly children over the past two decades, anti-vaxxers are growing, backlash to over-medicalization, the complexity of the immune system, a long history of human poisonings, paranoia and the American tradition, criticisms of scientism, SpaceX Starship SN9 explodes during […]
Oregon Officially Decriminalizes All Drugs
Manhattan D.A. Candidate Explains Why She’ll Stop Prosecuting Drug Offenses And Sex Work
By Daniel Nichanian, The Appeal Tahanie Aboushi discusses her newly expanded proposal to not prosecute offenses that criminalize poverty, mental health issues, and substance use, and to reduce incarceration for all cases. As more district attorneys win elections on promises to reform the criminal legal system, demands are […]
The sex worker rights movement is growing
I have noticed that in relatively recent times the sex worker rights movement has grown significantly. I expect this to escalate in the same way that the gay rights and trans rights movements did previously and, like the TERFs vs trans conflict, the SWERFs vs sex workers conflict […]
Small Amounts of All Drugs Are Now Decriminalized in Oregon
By Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams In what justice advocates celebrated as a major shift away from the devastating and failed policies of the nation’s so-called “war on drugs,” Oregon on Monday officially became the first state to decriminalize possession of small amounts of all drugs with a new […]
Gorsuch v. Over-Criminalization
Now that overcriminalization has started to spill over into the middle class and business class, even many on the right are turning against it. By C. Jarrett Dieterle, National Review Much of the media attention to date surrounding President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch has centered on […]
Washtenaw County will no longer prosecute consensual sex work
By Angie Jackson, Detroit Free Press Washtenaw County’s new prosecutor says his office will no longer pursue charges against adults who engage in consensual sex work, a move that national advocates praised as a win for marginalized people. The policy directive that Prosecutor Eli Savit issued Thursday applies […]
Racial Justice Requires Ending the War on Drugs, Experts Say
By Emaline Friedman, PhD, Mad in America Research evidence suggests that the criminalization of drug use and possession has roots in explicit racism and reinforces inequality. A broad coalition of professionals writing in the American Journal of Bioethics seeks to rectify the havoc wrought by the War on […]
25 domestic terrorism cases opened as result of US Capitol riots
US officials say 25 domestic terrorism cases have been opened regarding last week’s attack on the Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump.
We Should Be Very Worried About Joe Biden’s “Domestic Terrorism” Bill
By Luke Savage, The Jacobin Joe Biden used to brag that he practically wrote the Patriot Act, the Bush-era law that massively increased government surveillance powers. Now he’s hoping to pass a further “domestic terrorism” law once in office. The danger is real that the January 6 Capitol […]
The Looming Patriot Act 2.0
Here it comes.
AOC STANDS UP Against Liberal Calls For New Domestic Terror Law
Alexandria comes through. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss a potential new domestic terror law following the insurrection at the Capitol.
How Law Enforcement BUNGLED Response, Investigation Of Riots
D.C. Correspondent, Ken Klippenstein, discusses how and why law enforcement failed to prevent the riots at the Capitol.
Patriot Prayer supporter faces several felony charges, accused of macing cops during protest at Oregon Capitol
By Saphara Harrell – Salem Reporter A supporter of far-right group Patriot Prayer is facing several felony charges related to a protest at the Oregon Capitol on Dec. 21, where demonstrators pushed their way into the closed building and kicked in a door to protest Covid restrictions. Chandler […]
Mexico ready to offer asylum to Assange, president says
Reuters MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s government is ready to offer political asylum to Julian Assange and supports the decision of a British judge to deny extradition of the WikiLeaks founder to the United States, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday. “I’m going to ask the […]
UK Judge DENIES Julian Assange Extradition To US
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti analyze the decision by a British judge to deny WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, extradition to the US, based on potential mental health issues and risk of suicide.
How the 2020 Election Reshaped US Drug Policy
I consider this to be a far more important and far-reaching outcome of the 2020 election than the ouster of Trump by the neoliberals. 2020 was the year of the lumpen proletarian uprising in the streets and a Tet Offensive against the War on Drugs in the voting […]
The Kafkaesque Imprisonment of Julian Assange Exposes U.S. Myths About Freedom and Tyranny
By Glenn Greenwald Persecution is not typically doled out to those who recite mainstream pieties, or refrain from posing meaningful threats to those who wield institutional power, or obediently stay within the lines of permissible speech and activism imposed by the ruling class. Those who render themselves acquiescent and […]
Let Us Drink in Public
This reads like something out of Reason Magazine. Is the old-fashioned anti-authoritarian left making a comeback? By Miles Kampf-Laffin, The Jacobin The aromas of freshly stewed gumbo and boiled crawfish wafted out onto the street in front of Broadview Seafood at the edge of New Orleans’s Seventh Ward. […]
Corporate Dictatorship, Mass Incarceration, and Imperialism: The Nature of the American State
By Yanis Iqbal, Hampton Think USA’s President-elect Joe Biden’s cabinet picks have already deflated the hopes of lesser-evilists. Filled with deep-dyed neoliberals and unswerving imperialists, Biden’s cabinet will try its hardest to competently revive the murderous American empire. Externally, it would mean the professional management of an imperialist, […]
Trump Pardons War Criminals & Swamp Creatures
Government Can’t Wish Things Into Existence
By Alexander Storrsson People seem to forget that the government can’t wish things into existence. There are processes which have to be undertaken for things to be established as law in this country – processes which seem to have been overridden at various points this year. Might I […]
Dozens of States Just Sued To Break Up Google. The Biggest Losers Would Be Consumers.
Regional principalities and magnates take on a techno-feudal manor. By Billy Binion, Reason A group of state attorneys general filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google today, alleging that the company maintains monopoly control over internet search via competition-squashing behavior. The complaint, brought by 38 states and U.S. territories, […]
Justin Amash Introduces Bill To End Civil Asset Forfeiture Nationwide
By Billy Binion, Reason Rep. Justin Amash (L–Mich.) on Thursday introduced a bill to end civil asset forfeiture, which allows the government to take property from someone without ever charging them with a crime. Law enforcement on the local, state, and federal levels can seize assets if they […]
SCOTUS Rules That Federal Agents Can Be Sued When They Violate Your Rights
By Billy Binion, Reason The Supreme Court last week unanimously ruled in Tanzin v. Tanvir that a trio of Muslim men may sue a group of FBI agents for damages after the government officials put them on the no-fly list for refusing to spy on their own communities. […]
South Carolina Bills Would Set the Foundation to Nullify Federal Mask or Vaccine Mandates
By: Mike Maharrey , Tenth Amendment Center COLUMBIA, S.C. (Dec. 16, 2020) – Two bills introduced in the South Carolina House would ban the enforcement of any federal mask mandate and prohibit the state from taking any federal funding connected to a federal mask or vaccine mandate. Passage […]
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