someone is still setting off fireworks at 2 am my fucking god
great but nothing can save your soul at this point bill cassidy
Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 2mo agoNEW: Hours after heated exchange with Trump, Sen Bill Cassidy (R-LA) joins Sen Cory Booker (D-NJ) in memo to Todd Blanche seeking answers about Trump’s sweetheart immunity deal with IRS
established dominance among my mil’s friends by winning at mahjong twice in a row
celebrities are so delusional... guns n roses haven't been relevant since the 90s but they still think they get first dibs on ferris wheel sex
Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act.
and finally, of course the notoriously conservative and shitty 5th Circuit Court of Appeals is part of this story.
Also, read the book about Calvin's experience with wrongful incarceration. www.calvinduncan.com/p/book-the-j...
The Jailhouse Lawyer
On July 8, Penguin Press published The Jailhouse Lawyer, my book written with my friend Sophie Cull about my career as a jailhouse lawyer.
calvinduncan.com
Thus, the AG of Louisiana is threatening to remove the elected officials of one of the Blackest cities in the U.S., and a rare Democrat stronghold in a vastly conservative region, and have the [expletive-filled insults omitted] Republican governor appoint new city government for New Orleans..
And the letters are clear, that by supporting the idea that an election should be held to fill the seat, the AG considers this to violate the state's usurper statutes. Which carry the punishment of forfeiting the elected official's position, to be filled by the governor appointing people into roles.
Anyway, because we ALSO have a state law that says you have to have an election to fill a vacant position, & a newly created office is vacant by default, the city wants to hold an election to fill the consolidated Clerk of Courts instead of just moving the Clerk of Civil Courts person into the role.
(Yes, the same Calvin Duncan who was wrongfully incarcerated for 28 years without proper access to records from the clerk to clear his name.) apnews.com/article/new-... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Louisiana GOP races to eliminate an elected office won by an exonerated man
A New Orleans man exonerated after serving nearly 30 years in prison has a new fight on his hands. Calvin Duncan has been elected as the city's new clerk of criminal court, but now Republican lawmaker...
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(Please note that there are still two court systems, it's just that they are going to magically be handled by one Clerk.) The state eliminated the Orleans Parish Clerk of Criminal Court only AFTER Calvin Duncan won the election last fall.
Why? City claims that b/c the state dissolved the elected office of Clerk of Criminal Court (the job Calvin Duncan won the election for last fall with about 70% of the vote) and is moving that work to a consolidated civil + criminal clerk, that the consolidated clerk role requires a new election.
"Oh ho it is illegal to consider race!" Louisiana Republicans shout as they do the most racist thing.
"i want to hear your spiciest opinions!! i want your HOTTEST TAKES!" fuck you
god bless a man who had the gift of true righteousness. also a man who looked absolutely goddamn crazy just truly one of the weirdest looking guys god ever made
Bill Corbett@billcorbett.bsky.social · 4mo agoHappy birthday to John Brown, who knew exactly how to handle the south’s “Peculiar Institution”
i was told by john roberts and sam alito that racism is over so i won't worry about white republicans in the south jumping over themselves to end black political representation wherever they can
Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · 4mo agoWaPo reports Louisiana’s governor will announce on Friday that he is suspending the House primaries where people have already started voting and redraw the map; I’d expect them to go for an all-Republican map and eliminate both majority-Black districts, not just one.
just accepted a job offer and should be escaping retail in two weeks!!!!
