Edwards somehow became a "normie" during Hurricane Helene because he did not endorse conspiracy theories, but he also gave Richard Mack of the CSPOA a "challenge coin." www.bpr.org/bpr-news/202...

NBC News@nbcnews.com · 9h ago

BREAKING: Rep. Chuck Edwards says he is withdrawing from his re-election campaign, days after the House Ethics Committee recommended censure over sexual harassment allegations. He has repeatedly denied wrongdoing.

As someone who has reported on veterans who commit crimes (some who have been executed) I thought this was a really interesting piece. www.newyorker.com/news/the-pol...

The Complications of Graham Platner’s Veteran Identity

How much of Graham Platner’s behavior should be read through the lens of what combat did to him, and how much of it is simply who he is, independent of war?

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Sold as a reform for mass incarceration just like body cams. I think there's a pattern.

Ted Hesson@tedhesson.bsky.social · 2d ago

ICE is beginning to outfit Haitian immigrants with ankle monitors after the Trump admin ended their deportation protections www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Thinking a lot this morning about why high-ranking cops may be feeling like they don't have enough protection.

CPD leaders knew cop proposed hiring hitman to kill fellow detective, new federal lawsuit alleges

The lawsuit alleges an officer faced years of violent abuse and threats at the hands of another detective while top brass and city officials have refused to investigate or discipline him.

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WBEZ@wbez.org · yesterday

A group of high-ranking Chicago police officials are pushing to form their own union, setting up a possible fight with Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration.

There is a split on the right about immigration -- it is not that some oppose deportations per se, but some are more concerned about government interference and workers (as Mullin gestures to here) and some are basically full-on genocidaires.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · yesterday

Don't miss this vile story: MAGA is raging at DHS chief Markwayne Mullin for admitting migrant farmworkers can beneft our economy. This means his devotion to ethnic cleansing is in doubt. He must be excommunicated! I wrote about the collapse of MAGA mythology here: newrepublic.com/article/2138...

"Montezuma County Sheriff Steven Nowlin announced Monday that his office will not participate in a new Colorado gun law" www.denver7.com/news/politic...

Montezuma County sheriff opts out of administering new Colorado gun law

Montezuma County Sheriff Steven Nowlin announced Monday that his office will not participate in a new Colorado gun law, citing funding, staffing and constitutional concerns.

denver7.com

"social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music" (so, female-coded professions. guess who this will hit the most?)

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d ago

President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v

just awful

NPR@npr.org · 2d ago

Wildfires in Spokane have destroyed hundreds of homes and led to evacuation orders for 60,000 people. n.pr/3Sbed19

why do I often put scare quotes around "vulnerable" and "at risk"? because people are *made* vulnerable, and people are *put at-risk"—these are not stable categories. we all live in a state of risk, some more than others, and risk is not distributed evenly. we can all be made vulnerable.

Many so-called "criminal justice reformers" are pushing for "mandatory DNS testing" and I think there are a lot of downsides people do not consider. www.wsj.com/tech/cyberse...

Exclusive | Security Flaw Placed 30 Years of DNA Evidence at Risk of Hacking

Researchers found that widely used lab machines produced digital DNA files that are vulnerable to tampering.

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I didn't see before the required "dresses for women"

Rebecca Spang@rlspang.bsky.social · 2d ago

Heartening news from "the heartland" where a gathering of 1000-2000 people opposed to hate in affluent Fishers, Indiana drove a planned "Rally for Mass Deportation" (endorsed by the Lt Governor and attended by Bovino) into a secret location elsewhere in the state www.ipm.org/news/2026-08...

VA Gov. Abigail Spanberger just restored voting rights for 66,000 people (!!) with past felony convictions. In November, VA voters will decide whether to change this process so voting rights can be restored automatically, not up to the governor's discretion. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Virginia Gov. Spanberger has restored voting rights for 66,000 people with past felony convictions

The volume presents a dramatic reversal of prior Gov. Glenn Youngkin's tenure, when he restored less than 10,000 voter's rights during his entire four-year term.

democracydocket.com

This case is a terrifying reminder of the fact that being charged with a crime upends your life. Maria Rojas has had her midwifery license suspended, and the conditions of her bond prohibit her from working in healthcare in any capacity. Texas didn't just arrest her, they took away her livelihood.

Autonomy News@autonomynews.co · 2d ago

“The problem is that there's a human being on the other end of whatever political point it is they're trying to make," said an attorney for Maria Rojas, the Texas midwife who is the first person to be prosecuted under the state's criminal abortion ban.

Uplifting this from @interruptcrim.bsky.social - a great resource for people who think, I support abolition but am not sure what practical steps to take. www.interruptingcriminalization.com/newsletters/...

This Month in Criminalization: July 2026 — Interrupting Criminalization

The July 2026 installment of IC’s monthly criminalization roundup, in which IC co-founder Andrea J. Ritchie and researcher Kelsey Kitzke share hot topics and developments in criminalization, as well a...

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Police can definitely stalk their ex, but not solve crimes. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

How rogue officers turned a nationwide camera network into a tool for stalking

Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.

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Sheriff Chris Nanos was hyped for a long time as a "progressive sheriff," so his utter and complete collapse is just <chef's kiss> www.wsj.com/us-news/how-...

‘How Can Someone Vanish Without a Trace?’

Six months after Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped from her bed, investigators have little to show beyond a trail of tragic missteps.

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Because people in this country are so accustomed to excessive punishment and surveillance, they did not detect just how many immigrants were receiving ankle monitors ("Alternatives to Detention."). The $$ means ICE has an unlimited supply. www.wyso.org/news/2026-07...

DHS summoning some Haitians to check-ins, using ankle monitors to track them

The Department of Homeland Security has notified Haitians who previously had TPS status to report to their office in Blue Ash, Ohio, for a ‘check-in."

wyso.org

If an idea is ridiculous and unrealistic, why spend YEARS trying to discredit it?

Folks coming up with some weird justifications for mass incarceration.

So heterodox you think you discovered “punishing people who you find gross”

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 4d ago

"Hey, have you thought about arresting drug users?" isn't a bold new idea, it is what we did for decades — and are still doing. Powell even admits this: The new mayor is doing encampment sweeps... Just like the last mayor. And the one before that.

I worry that most cynical among us, hopped up on 30 years of law and order rhetoric, will say "this is the system working: he didn't do anything wrong and now he's free." As if the terror and wide-scale publicity of an arrest and federal prosecution is not a horrible punishment in and of itself.

CNN@cnn.com · 5d ago

The Justice Department is admitting that a $14 million renovation on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, was flawed, and is dropping the criminal case against a former Olympian that accused him of damaging the pool, according to a new court filing. https://cnn.it/3RJJnwj

Least shocking turn ever!

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 4d ago

It was inevitable that reactionary centrists would turn against harm reduction and call for a return to mass incarceration

Today @jesspish.bsky.social, author of The Highest Law in the Land, talks to @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com about how fringe ideas once confined to militia movements and strange cranks have infected public office, the historical development of sheriffs, and more.

Sovereign Citizens with Badges? (Neon Liberalism #84, with Jessica Pishko)

So-called "constitutional sheriffs" are spreading across the country, declaring that they have the right to nullify federal law based on their interpretation of the Constitution. Join Samantha Hancox...

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want to be clear there are absolutely big differences b/t Dems & GOP, don’t ascribe to all-the-same, and that said, it’s awfully telling how many high profile Dems now profess to prefer a Republican in office than a progressive and how that appears to be driven by who is closer to their values

Evidently ICE agents have a new dress code. I am sure this will definitely make things better. Please keep your fishnet clothing at home, okay guys.

Bail amounts vary widely between rural and urban counties. This is pretty much true in every state I've seen -- someone gets held on a huge bond for something that would be a ticket one county over. oklahomawatch.org/2026/07/30/t...

The Price of Freedom: Oklahoma Bail Schedules Vary Widely, Penalizing the Poorest - Oklahoma Watch

Oklahoma's pretrial bail amounts vary wildly by county, with a DUI carrying a scheduled bail of $250 in one county and $50,000 in another. There is no statewide standard for non-traffic offenses, leav...

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thank you! i knew people would know.

Guys -- I cannot find this but remember when Eric Adams gave a press conference about the protestors the NYPD arrested at Columbia. He showed a bike chain and a book? I was trying to remember what the book title was. (niche request)

The earth is on fire. Shorts are fine.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 6d ago

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “The man who wears shorts to the office is telling everybody that he wants to be somewhere else,” David Coggins writes. “The fact that he really does want to be somewhere else does not excuse this.”

Rural outreach shouldn’t be about white farmers. Here were my thoughts a decade ago, about how to make a coalition of different groups in those areas. colorlines.com/articles/opi...

[OPINION] Looking for the Left Wing in Rural, Predominantly White Areas

Even without systemic voter disenfranchisement and Republican district gerrymandering, the Electoral College and GOP-dominated Senate give disproportionate power to rural areas. The least progressives...

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