my take in the times debate round up

the thing about “hardening school defenses” is that jd vance’s kids will never in their lives attend the prison schools he wants to build

I cannot believe we are talking as if covid didn’t happen. I wish Walz brought up the pandemic when the topic was disaster response.

Christ, there is no immigration “crisis”. Are people aware this country is enormous.

Trump and Biden meet in Cleveland for a Fox News debate. Trump mocks Biden for frequently wearing a mask. He does not reveal that he and his wife had tested positive for Covid three days before the debate, where his wife and children all removed their masks contrary to venue rules.

people (on here) yelled at me about this when i said it before but a) you need traffic enforcement and b) speed cameras are vastly preferable to cops.

DHdavidho.bsky.socialSep 29, 2024 11:02pm

“…when speed cameras are doing the ticketing, the proportion of tickets issued to Black and white drivers aligns closely with their respective share of roadway users. With human enforcement, in contrast, police officers stop Black drivers at a rate that far outstrips their presence on the road.”

Police stop more Black drivers, while speed cameras issue unbiased tickets − new study from Chicago

‘Driving while Black’: Researchers found that Black drivers make up 70% of police traffic stops on roads where only half the drivers are Black.

It’s boring to say it over and over, but what Trump and SCOTUS want is a nation-wide Redemption, from the periodic lawless massacres to the many threats against voting access to the literal repeal of enforcement provisions of the VRA. Many people saw Obama’s presidency as a form of Reconstruction.

RBradleybalko.bsky.socialSep 29, 2024 9:23pm

JFC

here is the crux of the piece

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