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This might be the best explanation I’ve seen for the divergence between consumer sentiment and economic data
“Should these two paragraph be the lede of this feature?” “Nahh, what readers really want to know is his personal wrestling style. That’s our exclusive.”
Scott Colom, a Democratic DA in Mississippi, was named to a federal judgeship by President Biden. But his nomination has been blocked by a Republican senator. He is up for re-election next month:
<i>Bolts</i>’ overview of 2023 DA races continues in Kentucky, Mississippi, and Virginia, amid escalating efforts to undermine the results of prosecutor elections in the region.
Register for today's noon LJJP session discussing Issie Lapowsky’s reporting on the resentencing and release of children who were sentenced to die in prison: bit.ly/3tusSIe
A Detective Sabotaged His Own Cases Because He Didn’t Like the Prosecutor. The Police Dept Did Nothing to Stop Him. To protest a prosecutor, one detective was willing to let murder suspects walk free, even if he’d arrested them and believed that they should be behind bars.
Across the country, police have undermined and resisted reform. To protest a prosecutor, one detective was willing to let murder suspects walk free, even if he’d arrested them and believed that they...
Here is another one for you. Two days before he blamed Biden for the attacks, Josh Hawley decided to block all civilian Army promotions, joining Tuberville's blockade of all uniformed promotions. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pinning-th...
During the McCarthy saga on Tuesday, I somehow totally missed that Kari Lake filed to run for Senate. nytimes.com/2023/10/03/u...
To my Buckeye friends, an update on what having to write "Justice Joe Deters" does to your soul. Spoiler: It's not good! www.lawdork.com/p/ohio-supre...
Backers of the amendment to protect abortion rights proposed a summary that Republican leaders changed. Also: Law Dork joins the 5-4 podcast to talk SCOTUS.
Really glad I got to talk with Ohio Senate Minority Leader Nickie Antonio about the anti-LGBTQ legislative wave of 2023 and what she and others are doing to try and stop the wave from hitting Ohio. https://www.lawdork.com/p/law-dork-qa-ohio-nickie-antonio
