Lou Katz @lou@entropyservice.com

Michael Vick went to prison for what Kristi Noem did.

John Roberts' legacy is being Chief Justice of the most freakishly corrupt and anti-American SCOTUS in history. Even if he lives to be 100, the first paragraph of Roberts' obituary has already been written. [cartoon by Bill Bramhall]

#DRM isn't just an annoyance -- it's a violation of your right to use the items you own as you see fit. Learn more about our Defective by Design campaign at http://defectivebydesign.org

@pluralistic

I've never understood the "get out of jail free" card given to religion for criminal fraud.

They enjoy the same near impunity from the law for threat funding, money laundering, drug trafficking, tax evasion, slavery, child sexual abuse, domestic violence, election interference, civil rights rollbacks, voter suppression, labor law violations, child marriage, and bigotry.

Everyone talks about the puppy, but hardly anyone mentions the beautiful coat she’s making.

I find it notable that when the police brutalize people, a significant number of people observing this will blame the actions of the police on someone else. It is almost like they believe that police officers have no agency of their own.

Maybe they just like to beat up on people and it doesn't matter to them if they are asked to do so by a University or an elected representative, they are there to inflict cruelty, period.

Times of Gaza: Last night the Israeli occupation killed photojournalists Ayman and Ibrahim Al-Gharbawi as they were providing coverage from Hamad City, northwest of Khan-Younis. @palestine @israel

This brings the total number of journalists killed since October 7th to 140.

Am lamenting anew the refusal by Biden to support Supreme Court reform when Democrats controlled the House and Senate and could have expanded the Court, neutralizing the power of demonstrably corrupt Justice Thomas and the justices appointed after Mitch McConnell illegitimately refused to advance Obama’s nominee to the seat that went eventually to Gorsuch. Elected Democrats must take foundational measures if we are to preserve any sort of meaningful democracy in America. #LawFedi 1/

@Karoli

Why has nobody apparently pointed out to the supreme court, those bastions of textualism, that the Constitution actually defined the start of personhood in the 14th amendment. It literally says "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."

Persons born. In defining citizenship, it also defines the start of personhood. It doesn't say all persons in utero. All persons born.

Constitutionally a fetus is explicitly not recognized as a person, with no rights.

When you can understand why there weren't mass arrests of the proud boys, or mass arrests at Jan 6, but there were mass arrests at BLM protests, and there are mass arrests on college campuses... you'll be one step closer to understanding free speech in America.

I don't think even Trump would just go out and SHOOT a puppy who wasn't behaving. He'd just say "get it the hell out of here!" or some such, and move on. That the Governor of South Dakota -- on Trump's VP short list -- apparently is so proud of shooting a defenseless puppy and other animals that she writes about it in a book, perhaps suggests a sadistic streak that is a common hallmark of many murderers currently in prison.

@GottaLaff

A rapist, a klansman, and a grifter all walk into a court.

The judge asks, "Mr. Trump, how do you plead?

I don’t know how to describe the last 15 years other than to say most Republicans revealed that they would rather have a white king than a Black president.

Christina Bobb is the RNC's new head of election integrity.

Christina Bobb just got indicted in Arizona for trying to overturn the 2020 election.

Free speech all over the US right now!

USC canceled their commencement ceremony because they rightfully got called out for telling the valedictorian that she won't have her commencement speech, because she said something in defense of Palestinian lives on social media. So instead of apologizing and reinstating her, they decided to just cancel commencement instead. Very logical.

Clarence Thomas hearing Trump's immunity case, when his wife Ginni was directly involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election, tells you everything you need to know about the Supreme Court's new code of "ethics."

It's a sham.

Hamas official says group would lay down weapons if two-state solution is implemented https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_-Sg21DumY&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Netanyahu has all the time in the world to meddle in U.S. domestic politics and compare us to Nazis but no time for anything unimportant like Israeli hostages or Gazan humanitarian aid.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/24/us/netanyahu-israel-us-college-protests.html

I recommend this piece describing an evening with Marc Andreeson, during which the vaunted venture capitalist said of folks living in small, impoverished communities:

"I’m glad there’s OxyContin and video games to keep those people quiet."

https://prospect.org/power/2024-04-24-my-dinner-with-andreessen/

"My Dinner with Andreessen" will help you understand how toxic the Silicon Valley billionaire crowd has become. https://americanprospect.bluelena.io/index.php?action=social&chash=ed57844fa5e051809ead5aa7e3e1d555.2690&s=cdaeb39801506c81595dd2c142301827