Justice (Page 2)

Zachary Petrizzo @ The Daily Beast: Pastors Blame Americas Worst Traitor’s Prayer Call Fail on Flood of Trolls. Anya Zoledziowski @ Vice News: ‘Under His Wings’: Leaked Emails Reveal an Anti-Trans ‘Holy War.’ Michael Luciano @ Mediaite: Dana Perino Says ‘Wokeism’ Can Be Whatever Republicans Want It to Be: ‘ItContinue Reading

The Traitor lawyer Christina Bobb appeared on “Up Front In the Prophetic,” a show hosted by fervent QAnon conspiracy theorist Francine Fosdick, where the two had a totally normal conversation about whether President Joe Biden has been replaced by a clone. Christian nationalist Jason Rapert was on Capitol Hill lastContinue Reading

Let’s talk for a moment about public safety in Austin. The argument for Prop A – the GOP-backed initiative to force the city of Austin to hire 500+ more police officers – is premised on the notion that Texas’ capital has become uniquely dangerous as a result of the cityContinue Reading

Socialist city councilmember Kshama Sawant, along with thousands of activists, made Seattle the first U.S. city to outlaw this underreported form of bias., Read MoreContinue Reading

When right-wing youth organizer Charlie Kirk of Turning Point USA spoke at University of California, Davis, last week, protests erupted that resulted in various acts of vandalism and arrests. When right-wing pastor Jack Hibbs of Calvary Chapel Chino Hills church, who is ardent supporter and close ally of Kirk’s, heardContinue Reading

A recent agreement to expand the U.S. military’s presence in the Philippines is concerning, given the United State’s century-long record of human rights abuses there., Read MoreContinue Reading

(Denver, CO — March 10, 2023) Today, Governor Jared Polis signed into law legislation that fixes Colorado’s post-conviction DNA testing statute to help ensure that wrongly convicted Coloradans can access DNA testing that can prove their innocence. The legislation was passed overwhelmingly in Colorado’s House and Senate last month.  “ThisContinue Reading

A new book by Pulitzer Prize-winner Matthew Desmond seeks to shatter the numbness surrounding wealth inequality in the United States., Read MoreContinue Reading

Your correspondent has not been writing here recently because I’m in the process of evaluating the continued effectiveness of making fact-based arguments on public-policy topics. Texas politics no longer seems to value facts, so I’m not sure what benefit there is from discussing them. Hewing to them just makes oneContinue Reading

Recently, I shared a the story at DownWithTyranny about how I first met Madonna backstage at Madison Square Garden. She was donating the night’s concert proceeds— a million dollars— to an AIDS charity. I was really impressed by her gesture and it opened me up to listening to her music.Continue Reading