Last night we kicked off Ryan Melloâs campaign for Pierce County Executive. Councilmember Mello has the right experience and values for the office.
To whatever degree current US policy on Israel was tenable, it no longer is. We must condition any military support to Israel on protecting civilians. We also have to ensure humanitarian aid to Palestinians gets through before the disaster worsens. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Top UN court says Israel must ensure with âimmediate effectâ that its forces do not commit acts covered by genocide convention
We can certainly reduce the number of situations where police are necessary but not eliminate them, and some departments could do with way less staffing. However, the unique problems with county budgets have put sheriff department staffing levels near the bottom in the US.
There's not much measurable reduction in overall crime since, by nature, they respond to it, but they can help reduce escalation. It gets dangerous for everyone when there's not enough of them to respond to emergencies.
Thereâs been considerable focus on emergent issues in recent years. Thatâs good. Our leaders should be nimble. But the issues Chris brings up are the blocking and tackling of government and deserve our attention. www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/arti...
First two pictures, ok, those are big paws. Last pictures... what the actual f...
Ahh, now it makes sense.
Interesting sidenote in this story. The Sheriffâs Department hasn't been this close to full staffing in decades. www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/c...
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NEW: The Eleventh Circuit today harshly criticized Ron DeSantis's suspension of an elected prosecutor in 2022, with the unanimous three-judge panel suggesting that Andrew Warren could win his First Amendment retaliation case.
A Trump appointee, agreeing with the majority, wrote that "the state canât exercise its coercive power to censor so-called 'woke' speech with which it disagrees."