Pretty soon, Twitter will be worth nearly as much as Truth Social.

Stop giving this guy air.

Uvalde is a tiny town in the middle of nowhere, closer to Mexico than any Texas town of size. I doubt anyone who works for the city in any capacity is used to oversight or scrutiny from outsiders. The fact that they continue to behave like this while the world is watching is revealing.

Washington Post is reporting that journalists are being harassed by police AND “bikers claiming to have police sanction.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/06/28/we-were-seen-enemies-journalists-uvalde-threatened-by-police/

Washington Post is reporting that journalists on the scene are being harassed by police (and biker gangs that seem to have been emboldened or even sent by police) too: https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/06/28/we-were-seen-enemies-journalists-uvalde-threatened-by-police/

Similar? Indistinguishable.

This is remarkably similar to intimidation and extortion, as done by organized crime.

No. It’s not they couldn’t. They didn’t want to. They knew they had to go in, but they chose not to because they could defray responsibility without looking like cowards (which they were).

At some point, the fact that police are literally just a state-sponsored street gang is going to finally filter into popular consciousness, right? Like, sooner or later the general public will figure out that the cops are not and have never been “good guys”? Right?

wow what a surprise the thin yellow line are such snowflakes, they harass someone who did what they couldn’t.

“’Contrary to many of the allegations, the Board and its external advisors have determined that there is no evidence to suggest that Activision Blizzard senior executives ever intentionally ignored or attempted to downplay the instances of gender harassment that occurred and were reported,’ the Workplace…

Of course.  They will avoid paying any income tax and maybe just have to deal with the much lower capital gains tax instead.  There is probably a way for them to dodge the other payroll related taxes as well.

The whole “executive team is forgoing salaries” is a bit of a smoke screen. The CEO makes $400,000 year in salary but over $2,000,000 in stock.

I wondered how long it would take for consumers to sour on their business model of buying used cars and charging thousands of dollars more than brick and mortar dealerships. Carvana is the Ticketmaster of used cars.

“We are saving babies. Over here. And here. And some over there...”

I noticed it too. Thanks for giving me the push to read it. Also,

FWIW, the NYT has a longer story about her in its Good Reads. Incredibly interesting. Worth noting: her collection may be worth as much as 7.5 million dollars.

Fun fact: Jennifer Lawrence was playing 40-something female characters in Silver Linings Playbook and Joy when she was in her 20s. 

It’s almost like someone in a profession with multiple corporate sponsors these days can’t just declare entire groups of people unworthy of human rights or publicly tell people to kill themselves while at work any more!

Fun fact: a former Jezebel writer lost her brother to complications from leg-lengthening surgery.