the admin that imprisoned and tried to deport a student over a pro-Palestinian op-ed, calling it anti-semitism, calls outrage over "I love Hitler" texts by young Republicans "pearl-clutching"

Everything about this case shows how easy it is to send someone to death row.

Anthony Boyd was sentenced to death entirely on dubious eyewitness testimony. His lawyer had a month to prepare for trial. Alabama plans to execute him next week.

My latest @boltsmag.org:
boltsmag.org/anthony-boyd...

Anthony Boyd was sent to death row for murder with no physical evidence but rather on the word of a codefendant who testified against him to avoid execution. Boyd’s court-appointed lawyer admitted he was unprepared at trial

important new story by @laurengill.bsky.social boltsmag.org/anthony-boyd...

I don't spend much time thinking about Sliwa but here he is complaining to the NYT about a 2020 bill that prohibits cops from kneeling or sitting on people they're arresting and about the "militant" CCRB which @hellgatenyc.com just reported is throwing out cases against cops and hiding the evidence

obviously because the cops don't have enough guns

By a 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court refuses to consider whether the 6th Amendment was violated when a juror completely lost her mind and viciously coerced other jurors to return a death verdict even though they opposed it and voted 11-1 for life without parole. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

A lot of ink has been rightfully spilled to ask why we're dumping millions of dollars to let an inexperienced person with very clear politics take over a major news operation while good reporters struggle to find work. We should very much be scrutinizing who is cheering this bad business model.

Bad look for the industry when the Old Guard like @sallyjenx.bsky.social celebrates Bari Weiss' ascendancy despite the long trail of misrepresentation that characterizes her career and then refuses to engage in good faith questions about Weiss' history. Doesn't help establish trust with readers.

U.S. companies and consumers are bearing the brunt of the country's new import tariffs, early indications show, contradicting assertions by President Donald Trump and complicating the Federal Reserve's fight against inflation.

www.reuters.com/world/us/how...

There’s probably an article to be written about why these powerful men are so obsessed with circumcision

I think I may owe Andrew Yang an apology for some things I said in 2019

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

"By the end of this year, the NYPD plans to fold in 1,900 cameras across 19 more NYCHA properties, Mascia said — and by the end of the next phase, the department expects to have connected 17,897 CCTV cameras across 119 NYCHA developments."

OTI didnt tell residents NYC was using free internet to spy

"Of the nearly 100 we reached, everyone lost something or someone: a family member, a friend, their home, hope...Almost everyone we spoke to has been displaced from homes or shelters multiple times. Many have no home to return to."

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

at this point, it’s hard to view anyone/any outlet that immediately recirculates press releases without necessary context as doing anything but carrying water for the government. It’s the bare minimum to note if an agency or relevant officials have recently peddled dishonest narratives

News outlets immediately promoting Trump’s propaganda without the slightly iota of fact checking has been an enormous issue for years. Many swore they’d offer better coverage during the 2024 campaign. They're not. It’s an abrogation of responsibility to pursue speed over accuracy.

Ok so maybe reporters stop uncritically tweeting out government statements while conditions on the ground are still unclear now? Given that the job is to, you know, inform people

"Now that the Free Press deal has gone through and Weiss has taken one of the most powerful positions in American news, the richest people in the world will have taken big steps toward ushering in the toothless, acquiescent future of mainstream media they have always wanted."

“'The fact that we don't have money to pay journalists, but we have money to pay Bari Weiss between $100 and 200 million is indicative of what the Ellisons' true goal here is,' a network correspondent said. 'And it's not journalism.'"

“‘I don’t understand how a person who is being held on single block at the most secure prison in the state of Alabama is allowed to alter his consciousness using drugs before a deposition that is central to his case,’ Hahn said.”

Please note that all the outlets now correcting their narrative re: ICE killing Silverio Villegas González since FPPD body cams have been released initially published the DHS statement now proven to be mostly false. There's never any understanding/admission of harm done. They'll just do it again.