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Nick Harper, he/him
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Nonprofit political law & policy attorney. Proceduralist & anxious, jealous guardian of democracy. Tweets are mine, not my employer's. Minneapolis. Idealist w/ weltschmerz. www.linkedin.com/in/nharpermn/
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When the lawyer defending the Oklahoma court ruling in Richard Glossip’s case told Justice Elena Kagan that the testimony at issue, even if it was a lie, would not have helped Glossip’s “theory of the case,” an exasperated Kagan replied, “False is false.” Law Dork, on Wednesday’s SCOTUS arguments.

The Glossip arguments at SCOTUS were a two-hour reminder of our legal system's failings
The Glossip arguments at SCOTUS were a two-hour reminder of our legal system's failings

When a prosecutor says that someone is on death row based on a lie, a just system would fix that. In our system, the outcome for Richard Glossip is still uncertain.

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I cannot over-emphasize the colossal loser energy of taking a platform where once the biggest stars in the history of popular culture voluntarily posted original content every day because they enjoyed it into a pyramid scheme where the worst dipshits on earth pay to be fake friends with each other.

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More attention has focused on the covid tests part, but they are correctly perceiving here that the bigger scandal and much more disturbing revelation is that he has been regularly chatting with Putin over the past four years. Not underlings, not implicit alignment. Direct one-on-one conversations.

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NEW: As executions speed up nationwide, Alabama is experimenting with using nitrogen gas. It just did the 2nd such execution, ever. The state insists this is "more humane." But our reporter Lauren Gill witnessed it, & saw that it went catastrophically. boltsmag.org/alabama-nitr...

“Agony” and “Suffering” as Alabama Experiments with Nitrogen Executions
“Agony” and “Suffering” as Alabama Experiments with Nitrogen Executions

The state said Alan Miller’s execution by lethal gas would be “more humane.” He writhed and gasped for air in his final moments.

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My god: “On Tuesday afternoon, a Manatee County Jail deputy told Newsweek that the jail is in the Zone A evacuation zone. Manatee County has issued mandatory evacuations for all people in Zones A &B…The National Hurricane Center forecasts anticipate Milton's storm surge reaching 15 feet for Manatee”

Florida jail in Hurricane Milton danger zone won't evacuate inmates
Florida jail in Hurricane Milton danger zone won't evacuate inmates

Officials have been urging residents to heed evacuation warnings before Hurricane Milton hits Florida's western coast.

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I knew Yellen but then got confused and thought she was still at the Fed, so second guessed myself. I knew Garland, but totally blanked that AG is a cabinet position. And I could visual Haaland’s face but forgot her name. (I was never gonna get any of the others though.)

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Nick Harper, he/him
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Nonprofit political law & policy attorney. Proceduralist & anxious, jealous guardian of democracy. Tweets are mine, not my employer's. Minneapolis. Idealist w/ weltschmerz. www.linkedin.com/in/nharpermn/
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