This story is bananas. Florida charges people $50 a day for their stay in prison. The state wants this woman to pay $127,000 because she was sentenced to 7 years—even though she only served 10 months.

A perfect example of how the gov’t sets people up to fail upon release.

I talked a little to Trevor Aaronson about the role of QAnon in the collapse of America's alt-weekly industry, fueled by paranoia over 'trafficking' in adult personals.

theintercept.com/2024/04/27/bac…

Evan Kohlmann, a terrorism expert witness in U.S. gov't prosecutions, is testifying today in the military tribunal at #GTMO .

For more about Kohlmann's questionable credentials and secret relationship with the FBI, here's my 2015 The Intercept story: bit.ly/3ttLcBg

'As police and politicians conflated sex trafficking with sex work, journalists dutifully followed along.' Sex work is the consensual exchange of sex between adults. Sex trafficking and exploitation are separate issues. Sex work should be decriminalized. theintercept.com/2024/04/27/bac…

The best and worst of America in a single clip

Critically important piece by gil duran about what the wealthiest & most powerful people in San Francisco, including Balaji, are envisioning for our futures.

newrepublic.com/article/180487…

One takeaway from today's debacle of a Supreme Court argument is Democrats need to start seriously considering packing the Supreme Court.

A Court that would allow Donald Trump to get away with trying to steal a presidential election cannot be trusted.

vox.com/scotus/2414030…

The same police force that failed children in Uvalde is arresting peaceful student protesters in Austin. It's not public safety. It's America's militarized law enforcement bringing the war home.

momleft.com/p/the-kids-the…

WATCH: Among those arrested today were Noelle McAfee, Chair of the Philosophy Department at Emory University.

I’ve asked for a comment from Emory on this arrest, no word yet.

This video provided to us by an #Emory PHD student. You can hear him in this video. Atlanta News First

This reporter has been corrected many times that this guy isn’t part of the school protest and that this is not even on the Columbia campus, and he still hasn’t deleted this. Misinformation comes in many forms, and mainstream political journalism is often one of them.

New Visual Investigation on IDF attacks on deconflicted areas from six aid groups.

In other words: aid groups told IDF where they were, and were still attacked.

via Haley Willis, robinnyc, Ainara Tiefenthäler, Natalie Reneau, Aaron Byrd, and Anushka Patil
nytimes.com/video/world/10…

Surprise, surprise. Steve Bannon was just named as a “co-conspirator” in a $1 billion fraud case.

Prosecutors identified the former Trump adviser as part of a massive criminal conspiracy allegedly orchestrated by Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui.
motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

UT Austin published this video for Free Speech Week 6 mos ago.

Q: Why can members of the public come to campus at any time and engage in demonstrations

A: State law in Texas allows members of the public...to come onto campus and use our common outdoor areas for speech activity

Tesla's freefall may be the result of a shoddy product sold by an unhinged, drug-addicted CEO who spends his days retweeting white supremacists. But it could also be DEI.

They're recycling all of the tired 2020 talking points

The TikTok bill is unconstitutional. The First Amendment means the government can’t restrict Americans’ access to ideas, information, or media from abroad without a very good reason for it—and no such reason exists here. (1/x)

A really great read by Sam Eifling about his new Audible podcast which covers the story behind backpage dot com. For Study Hall

studyhall.xyz/free-newslette…

Nine states have banned the company Street Cop Training. In seminars for local cops, trainers have glorified violence and unconstitutional methods.

But the company continues to operate in Florida, where a sheriff has gone all-in, Florida Center for Government Accountability reports. rb.gy/t71mwh