People don’t kill people; hoodies kill people. Well, this is a new twist on victim blaming. Usually we’re busy telling women not to wear such short skirts, or not to get too drunk lest they get raped. Now, apparently, we’re telling black and Latino youth not to wear hooded sweatshirts because it might-could get you …
Freedom, We’re Taking It Back
Quick note: I was apparently putting this post together yesterday at the same time Anne Laurie was putting her “four freedoms” post together. Oh well, there’s no such thing as too much freedom, right? President Biden has been talking about freedom, and so have a number of our prominent elected officials. Here on Balloon Juice, …
Elections 2022 Open Thread: Senator Warnock Is the Real Deal
New this morning for @POLITICO and @POLITICOMag. https://t.co/2MINcDZEqJ — Michael Kruse (@michaelkruse) August 5, 2022 If you haven’t yet read this whole article, it’s well worth doing so — even if is Politico: … I’ve watched over the years countless candidates’ set-piece speeches — never, though, one that deliberately elevated a pedestrian piece of potential …
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Truck Off and Other News (Open Thread)
American wingnuts were prominent funders of the Canadian “trucker” protests, so we knew it wouldn’t be long before they imported that ersatz uprising to their home country. The US “truckers” have quite a grab-bag of grievances, according to one jamoke: Bob Bolus, who owns a towing company in Scranton, Pennsylvania, said he and a convoy …
All Day, Every Day
This post isn’t so much about George Floyd in particular, but the next George Floyd, and the one after that. And the person before George Floyd, and the person before that. Here are a couple of good reads related to police actions and hopes for police accountability. Once encouraging, one descriptive of the world that …
The Military (And Others) Respond
On Tuesday (June 2), Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and General Mark A. Milley, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, walked with Donald Trump from the White House to St. John’s Church, where Trump posed for an awkward photo-op. To clear the way for Trump’s walk, law enforcement personnel used tear gas and …
George Zimmerman Strives to Out Asshole POTUS
Man, fuck this guy: George Zimmerman was acquitted in the fatal 2012 shooting of Trayvon Martin, but according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Florida, he believes there was a conspiracy to frame him and wants $100 million in damages. Attorney Larry Klayman announced the lawsuit in tandem with a Coral Gables screening of a …
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