The plea deal appears pretty broadly worded and looks to cover all of his rapes and trafficking within the specified time period, so anyone he raped in that time is probably shit out of luck. As for people he’s raped since--I understand the man is pathological, but I question whether he would brave doing this all…

Epstein’s victims’ suits are separate from this case and were not settled by it.

Ronan Farrow seems to be good at uncovering sexual misconduct by powerful people—we’re beyond that stage now. We know substantially what Epstein did, and who he did it to. If you want to sic Ronan Farrow on Acosta, or his former ADA’s, I mean, good luck. It’s very difficult to be stupid or careless and be a Federal…

Any criminal defense attorneys know how or whether a third party can overturn a plea deal where the defendant has already fulfilled their obligations under the agreement? From my very inexpert analysis (I’m a civil litigator, so the most criminal law knowledge I get is from the occasional CLE) he was charged for the…

Mean girl or not, Katy Perry’s alleged-and-denied-by-her possible sexual assault by Dr. Luke should not a fucking football in this litigation. Kesha said he raped Perry, they deposed Perry, she denied it. This text message exchange proves absolutely nothing, particularly given that Gaga does no appear to either…

Thank you. It seems like perfectly safe alternative to something often fraught with peril. That people feel a need to poo-poo it is imho pretty shortsighted.

1. This is pretty dismissive of a whole host of people with legitimate issues such as having social anxieties that prevent them from engaging in an intimate relationship with another person, or even engaging the services of a human sex worker.

Trolls are fucking assholes who will say whatever it takes for “lullz”.

You cannot hide behind privacy if you’re butchering another human being. What underpins abortion jurisprudence in this country is the idea that an abortion is (a) a private medical decision by the person who will ostensibly have the medical procedure performed on the themselves, and (b) does not involve a trespass…

It’s not just about optics, it’s also about having a new generation of people able to lead.

I really like John Oliver when he’s reading from a carefully researched script, but this is just empty sniping.

Okay, who is this left-of-Pelosi persom who we think will be as effective at getting things passed and keeping the caucus on the same page? 

If we can make famous random people who call the cops on children of color and the like (for whatever reason I can’t remember any of the alliterative sobriquets this site and Jez have come up for those people, but you know who I’m talking about), how hard can it be to figure out who this neighbor is and make them a…

One of the main problems with the Democratic party—the party as a whole—is that Democrats are bad at politics. It’s why midterm election turnout is typically so low among Democrats—because Democrats have historically not been able to be bothered to keep up with low-information races which, while note incredibly…

That Federalist society sure does provide a deep bench of callous, regressive jackasses to fill out those open Federal Court seats.

I remember in the pre-Kinja days, certain commenters could get a star... which had some significance or other. Maybe it’s time for a different labeling system of some kind?

I think that probably accords with the current dictionary definition of the word ‘racism’ (specifically, what is likely to be the top/1. definition). However, there is a competing theory that comes from critical race theory that holds that a person can only be racist if they somehow benefit from their discriminatory…

If you want to give kudos to someone who basically reiterated what Black people have said thus devaluing the word of the Black men who were actually experiencing it, well, I don’t know what to tell you since I’m sure I’ve made it clear just how distasteful I find such a notion (and those who cape for it.)

I won’t claim there is literally no one that fits that description—but I’m sure it’s not as significant a segment as you’re saying.

So basically you’re saying that this totally unscientific experience