Oh, weird, primates are vulnerable to catastrophic heat? Huh. I wonder if that's in any way relevant to me.

NEW from me: Georgia made mutual aid a crime this month by essentially outlawing community bail funds. I spoke to Black mothers, pastors, and activists who are fighting back.
motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

BREAKING: The Louisiana state House passed a bill to classify abortion pills as controlled substances, such as Xanax and Valium

It's the 1st state to seek something like this and anti-abortion advocates say they want to see it replicated in other states
notus.org/policy/abortio…

NEW: The Austin Police Department drafted a letter advocating for Daniel Perry's pardon, saying his conviction was based on 'conjecture' and a 'character assassination' and rejecting a jury's guilty verdict.
It then aborted the plan.
statesman.com/story/news/loc…

P L A S T I C I N B A L L S

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This is the return of the dangerous and discredited 'Escalated Force' model of protest policing.

New: Texas Defense PAC, a group formed on 4/30 that has been backing Dade Phelan & his allies, is funded by Miriam Adelson. The Las Vegas Sands owner, who has been trying to legalize casinos in Texas, gave $9.05 million to the PAC on 5/3 — the entirety of its funding. #txlege

.TLR raised $5.2M and spent $4.5M since Feb. 25

Tim Dunn gave $3.75M to new PAC, Texans United for a Conservative Majority, most of its $4.1M haul. It spent $4.2M, mostly targeting incumbents.

Abbott spent $2.3M backing mix of pro-voucher incumbents & candidates:

'Interesting' is not the word I'd use to describe any answer to this question that is not a simple 'no.'

Right now, some words I'm reaching for include 'five-alarm fire.'

This what they scared of.

at long last, birthright for journalists

NEW: In one of the wildest things I've ever seen in court, Judge Merchan just cleared the courtroom after accusing Trump witness Robert Costello of 'staring me down' after the judge admonished him for visibly and audibly reacting to objections Merchan sustained.

A mafia state indeed

Apparently in order to stop the University of Georgia’s First Amendment Clinic from helping shake loose public records regarding Cop City, the school is shutting down all public records work, cutting off an important resource for journalists in the state.
theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

The Biden Administration has reportedly banned National Park Service Rangers from wearing their uniform to Pride parades. They have been allowed to for years, even in the Trump admin.

I’ll remind everyone that Stonewall National Monument is managed by the National Park Service.

My latest is a discussion of our fascist political trajectory and an effort to take that conversation beyond the bounds of analogy. organizingmythoughts.org/beyond-analogy…

The Cop City RICO case is nothing less than an attempt to turn criticism of the government into a felony, and it's no surprise that Georgia does not want people prying into it.

Protesting for a liberal cause in Greg Abbott's Texas can get you kicked out of school, busted by a riot cop, or even murdered by state-sanctioned vigilantes

What fascism in the 2nd-largest U.S. state tells us about saving democracy. My new column inquirer.com/opinion/commen…

#Asssnge granted appeal!!!!!!