I’m in the Baltimore metro area. Just on the outer edge of DC broadcasts too, both of which are picking this up since Annapolis is near to both. 

Oh yeah, they’ve got a lot to look at. I mean hell, instead of sparse cells we could give low threat folks a tiny apartment with a tiny bathroom and work on designing prisons in a way that makes them more habitable. There’s some stuff you just can’t change like they’ll never have full outside privacy but we can lower…

I’m not familiar enough with the various laws on drug offenses to know, but I’d guess a lot of drug offenses, even for more serious ones, could be dismissed after some required treatment and you’d pay less to lock them up and probably have lower recidivism rates. Unless you were a dealer moving some real volume or…

This is all over the local news here. They jumped over the World Cup broadcast, which I’m honestly a little surprised about but it merits it. 

Anyone rich want to back a non-profit start up that can take over for these ghoulish companies (because let’s be honest the federal government has an iffy rights record on prisons too). I bet you could get some talented minds willing to look at the prison model and find ways to make it more humane and improve…

“They made a choice in one district,” Pelosi said. “So let’s not get yourself carried away as an expert on demographics and the rest of that within the caucus or outside the caucus.”

Rouhani is under pressure from the Principalists who want him out and also want a harder line against the US. His tone has been changing because of that pressure. Rational but with few options isn’t great. Besides, I’m not worried about them playing ball with Europe, I’m worried about Trump’s threats to Europe and his…

They never actually promised to do anything. But I think Trump legitimately believes he made a connection there and won’t want to start a war absent North Korea doing something to provoke his ego, which they’re probably smart enough to avoid. A delusional Trump not paying attention suits them just fine, and it suits…

Trump’s trade war is already making even conservative economists afraid of recession, because it’s clear Trump has no plan. It’s just “react bigger” than whoever he is reacting to. Hell the car companies don’t want tariffs on foreign cars because it’ll hit their supply lines. Ironically some of the cars with the most…

There won’t be consequences for it, so there’s little incentive for the British government to behave. I mean, there are active ongoing war crimes being documented with video and photo evidence that the world collectively shrugs at. The Rohingya? The government has faced no real consequences. Most Rohingya are still in…

That supposes they couldn’t fear-monger those same viewers over a centrist with barely any leftist positions, like say Pelosi. I don’t think there is any conscious thought here, just reflexes and old cliches. 

They want you to be able to carry an assault rifle in public but not a knife. 

I don’t think they could drag out rising tension for that long. They did a lot of cues that things were bad. No medicine, stressed shots of officers, repeated callbacks to how much the different factions hate and distrust each other. Only really with Ashford did it feel rushed, but they worked pretty hard to set that…

My grandfather died of the same thing McCain has. Unless he’s to the point where he can barely think it won’t be that hard to bring him in. Annoying sure, but it’s not the kind of thing that will leave you completely bed ridden. It’s a brain tumor, and unless it’s messing with his cognitive functions they can stick…

Loomer is just some Nazi-adjacent piece of shit. This is par for the course for her. If Twitter had a spine they’d have booted her ages ago for constant racism and harassment. Without Twitter she wouldn’t be able to grift far-right assholes into giving her money. 

I get that your heart is in the right place, but do you have any idea how frustrating it is when you walk in and pull a “not all white Christians”. Yes, the court does not represent you politically. But you’re not at risk from their decisions, and won’t be. Hell the opinion that protected that Christian baker was…

Given Trump’s list of possible judges was compiled by the reactionary Federalist Society, we’re likely to get a twin to Gorsuch (who was sold as a moderate but look at his opinions he’s always with Thomas, who is extremely far-right). Their entire goal is illiberal originalist opinions that empower conservatives.…

Kennedy twisting the knife again. After the awful and illiberal rulings over the past few days, he’s leaving so Trump and nominate another far-right ideologue who serves partisanship far above the law.

You know, this is really making me consider whether I should try to work on a campaign again. If I can manage it with my health issues I’m leaning towards trying. 

This is literally word for word something you can see open neo-Nazis and white supremacists post on Twitter. I get the feeling the line of transmission from there to Sessions isn’t very long at all.