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folks, i can't tell you how many times i've rewatched this ad *that republicans are paying people to see*
October 6, 2026 at 1:46 AM
folks, i can't tell you how many times i've rewatched this ad *that republicans are paying people to see*
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liberty biberty killed my whole family
October 5, 2026 at 3:09 AM
liberty biberty killed my whole family
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Michael Tracey published what he said was the ID of the "Jane Doe" in the Cornell case. Then he took it down, claiming he just wanted to make a point and didn't want to see harm to the person he named.
What he hasn't admitted is that he mistook info on a sketchy site for official NY court records.
What he hasn't admitted is that he mistook info on a sketchy site for official NY court records.
![An archived copy of Michael Tracey's original Substack post includes a screenshot from "eCourt Records" and the commentary: "It's [name redacted]. Don't blame me -- the New York Court System just posted it. Seemingly inadvertently. Oh well."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6arqeda2f5piwu7zien3b2hq/bafkreiftgxhhfprcae33jlwnll3ycf3r4cwwqxkx4tryc7b2kvdsuzaeca)
October 2, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Michael Tracey published what he said was the ID of the "Jane Doe" in the Cornell case. Then he took it down, claiming he just wanted to make a point and didn't want to see harm to the person he named.
What he hasn't admitted is that he mistook info on a sketchy site for official NY court records.
What he hasn't admitted is that he mistook info on a sketchy site for official NY court records.
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Breaking News: Christa Pike was unconscious and on a ventilator in a Nashville hospital as of Thursday evening, a day after surviving a failed execution attempt, her lawyers said in a court filing.
Christa Pike Was Unconscious and on Ventilator After Execution Attempt
The Tennessee inmate was brought to a hospital with burned and blistered arms after an unsuccessful attempt at lethal injection, her lawyers said in a court filing.
nyti.ms
October 2, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Breaking News: Christa Pike was unconscious and on a ventilator in a Nashville hospital as of Thursday evening, a day after surviving a failed execution attempt, her lawyers said in a court filing.
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Legal folks, how is this "defying Democrats" and not "illegally misappropriating funds"?
October 2, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Legal folks, how is this "defying Democrats" and not "illegally misappropriating funds"?
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We’ve built a bridge!
September 30, 2026 at 9:55 PM
We’ve built a bridge!
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NEW: The Georgia State Election board is requesting Justice Department "intervention" ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
The board sent request letters to Todd Blanche, Harmeet Dhillon, and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
Docs obtained by @lawfaremedia.org:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
The board sent request letters to Todd Blanche, Harmeet Dhillon, and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
Docs obtained by @lawfaremedia.org:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
Formal Request for DOJ Intervention to Todd Blanche
www.documentcloud.org
October 1, 2026 at 9:00 PM
NEW: The Georgia State Election board is requesting Justice Department "intervention" ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
The board sent request letters to Todd Blanche, Harmeet Dhillon, and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
Docs obtained by @lawfaremedia.org:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
The board sent request letters to Todd Blanche, Harmeet Dhillon, and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
Docs obtained by @lawfaremedia.org:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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Governor Pervert sides with the Perverts. He is the future of the party.
California governor vetoes bill banning use of ‘pervert glasses’ to secretly record people
California governor vetoes bill banning use of ‘pervert glasses’ to secretly record people
The California state bill would have penalized people who secretly recorded people in public with wearables equipped with cameras and microphones.
techcrunch.com
October 1, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Governor Pervert sides with the Perverts. He is the future of the party.
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this tracks, since nixon being forced to resign was the original sin that led to the modern conservative media environment that gave us trump
The DOJ is reviewing "whether the special prosecutor’s office that investigated the famed Watergate break-in committed misconduct, according to people familiar with the matter, more than half a century after that scandal led to Nixon’s resignation."
Exclusive | Decades After Watergate, Justice Department Reviews Whether Nixon Got a Raw Deal
A revisionist historian went to the DOJ headquarters to present his case that the former president and his associates weren’t treated fairly.
www.wsj.com
October 1, 2026 at 4:42 PM
this tracks, since nixon being forced to resign was the original sin that led to the modern conservative media environment that gave us trump
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Christa Pike was tortured yesterday by the state of TN in every single USians name and the fact is that this is a country that is mostly OK with this. This says everything about all of us. We are all implicated in this barbaric practice. It's sickening.
Press release I woke up to, on Christa Pike’s condition (sent 9/30 at 11:36pm ET)
October 1, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Christa Pike was tortured yesterday by the state of TN in every single USians name and the fact is that this is a country that is mostly OK with this. This says everything about all of us. We are all implicated in this barbaric practice. It's sickening.
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America today is a country where regulators won't allow private companies to air interviews of the opposition on TV, but declare that taxpayer funded propaganda is fine.
FCC Chair Brendan Carr says that new pro-Trump TV ads paid for with government funds don’t “merit any sort of FCC review.”
FCC head says government-funded Trump ads are ‘normal’ and ‘don’t raise any red flags’
Brendan Carr said the ads are “normal-course public service announcements” and nothing that would “merit any sort of” review by the Federal Communications Commission.
nbcnews.to
October 1, 2026 at 2:05 PM
America today is a country where regulators won't allow private companies to air interviews of the opposition on TV, but declare that taxpayer funded propaganda is fine.
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This will be one of the most important immigration cases in a generation. The Trump admin claims that a 1996 law mandates the detention of millions of people without any right to a bond hearing; every person who entered illegally, no matter how long in the past.
If they win, it's a nightmare.
If they win, it's a nightmare.
NEWS: Supreme Court takes up 3 new appeals, including mandatory ICE detention in Rhoney v. Barbosa @courthousenews.bsky.social
October 1, 2026 at 1:40 PM
This will be one of the most important immigration cases in a generation. The Trump admin claims that a 1996 law mandates the detention of millions of people without any right to a bond hearing; every person who entered illegally, no matter how long in the past.
If they win, it's a nightmare.
If they win, it's a nightmare.
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If you want some backstory as to TN and lethal injection. I wrote at length in 2018 as TN sought to restart executions using a new protocol — a method it has since replaced. It’s not an exaggeration to say that when it comes to lethal injection, states have always been making it up as they go along.
Chilling Testimony in a Tennessee Trial Exposes Lethal Injection as Court-Sanctioned Torture
The trial was a case study in the twisted legacy of Glossip v. Gross — and a chilling look at the botched executions that continue amid little controversy.
theintercept.com
October 1, 2026 at 12:00 PM
If you want some backstory as to TN and lethal injection. I wrote at length in 2018 as TN sought to restart executions using a new protocol — a method it has since replaced. It’s not an exaggeration to say that when it comes to lethal injection, states have always been making it up as they go along.
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abolish the death penalty
October 1, 2026 at 4:32 AM
abolish the death penalty
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Executing prisoners is not a legitimate power of government, despite its long and barbaric history, and we should put an end to it. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
Tennessee Death Row Inmate Christa Pike Still Alive After Attempts to Execute Her, Lawyers Say (Gift Article)
Christa Pike was convicted of murdering a classmate in 1995. It was not clear what went wrong in the execution or what her current medical condition was.
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Executing prisoners is not a legitimate power of government, despite its long and barbaric history, and we should put an end to it. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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The death penalty is a moral abomination. State-sanctioned barbarism pushed by incompetent morons and sanctioned by the Supreme Court. Absolute ghoul shit. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
October 1, 2026 at 2:20 AM
The death penalty is a moral abomination. State-sanctioned barbarism pushed by incompetent morons and sanctioned by the Supreme Court. Absolute ghoul shit. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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The “states’ rights” people in the past knew it was bullshit back then too, because slaver states wouldn’t let free states pass laws protecting self-emancipated people within their borders.
NEW / HUGE: Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama sued nearly three dozen abortion pill providers + a pharmacy and
The states asked the Supreme Court to be able to sue New York, Massachusetts, and California to challenge their telehealth shield laws @autonomynews.co
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The states asked the Supreme Court to be able to sue New York, Massachusetts, and California to challenge their telehealth shield laws @autonomynews.co
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 1, 2026 at 2:14 AM
The “states’ rights” people in the past knew it was bullshit back then too, because slaver states wouldn’t let free states pass laws protecting self-emancipated people within their borders.
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They made her wait all day to kill her, and now they’re torturing her.
Update: Christa Pike still alive after administered execution drugs, attorneys say. www.tennessean.com/story/news...
www.tennessean.com
October 1, 2026 at 2:00 AM
They made her wait all day to kill her, and now they’re torturing her.
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Graham Linehan is calling the people who murdered a trans man in cold blood, heroes.
October 1, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Graham Linehan is calling the people who murdered a trans man in cold blood, heroes.
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This 33-year-old nurse told the FBI she knew she was “going to set him free” after border patrol agents brought in a man whose face was bloodied and seriously injured. She treated him and helped him escape, and she faces charges now.
He got away, and they never relocated him.
He got away, and they never relocated him.
A Michigan nurse is accused of helping an injured immigration detainee escape from a hospital while in federal custody.
Nurse helped injured Mexican escape ICE custody at hospital: Feds
www.newsweek.com
October 1, 2026 at 1:45 AM
This 33-year-old nurse told the FBI she knew she was “going to set him free” after border patrol agents brought in a man whose face was bloodied and seriously injured. She treated him and helped him escape, and she faces charges now.
He got away, and they never relocated him.
He got away, and they never relocated him.
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Finally, the podcast everyone has been waiting for: Two uncomfortably moist men speak Truth to women
Unsurprisingly, Richard Hanania is doing rape apology coverage of the Cornell case with fellow wretch Michael Tracey
October 1, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Finally, the podcast everyone has been waiting for: Two uncomfortably moist men speak Truth to women
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Oh, that kind of Christianity
September 30, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Oh, that kind of Christianity
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BREAKING: SCOTUS’s Republican appointees will allow Tennessee to kill Christa Pike tonight, vacating a stay of execution entered by the Sixth Circuit this morning. The three Democratic appointees dissent.
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 26A428
KENNETH NELSEN, WARDEN v. CHRISTA GAIL PIKE
ON APPLICATION TO VACATE STAY
[September 30, 2026]
The application to vacate stay of execution of sentence of death presented to JUSTICE KAVANAUGH and by him referred to the Court is granted. The September 30, 2026 order of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Cir-cuit, case No. 26-5864, granting a stay of execution is vacated.
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and
JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting.
The State of Tennessee is set to execute Christa Pike for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer. Earlier today, the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a stay of Pike's execution solely to "adequately address and resolve" the issues presented in Pike's pending application for relief. Order in In re Pike, No. 26-5864, ECF Doc. 10-2, p. 2. Tennessee now asks this Court to vacate that stay and permit it to proceed with Pike's execution today. Stunningly, the Court acquiesces. Because its decision clears the way for the State to execute Pike before her still-pending legal challenges to her conviction can be properly considered, I respectfully dissent.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreibgvwhbb2ltvp3257xdel7sx32h5jde5m5dcw7plkpju4n7ox5hbi)
September 30, 2026 at 10:53 PM
BREAKING: SCOTUS’s Republican appointees will allow Tennessee to kill Christa Pike tonight, vacating a stay of execution entered by the Sixth Circuit this morning. The three Democratic appointees dissent.
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Cornell University has agreed to an independent investigation into how the school handled fraternity sexual assault allegations, governor says
Cornell agrees to independent review of how it handled fraternity sexual assault allegations: Governor
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul called for the outside review, saying what happened raised "serious questions about Cornell campus culture."
abcnews.com
September 30, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Cornell University has agreed to an independent investigation into how the school handled fraternity sexual assault allegations, governor says