I love Bluesky because I’ve gone my whole life without knowing anything about Pete Rose and upon the day of his death Bluesky is here to inform me that I should hate him. And I do
Catholic University Law School exists solely to provide Supreme Court justices with a safe place to deliver speeches
Also, gas explosions: they happen! Electricity is not explosive
The Turkish people were simply expressing their gratitude to Mayor Adams for his public service
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The indictment in this case alleges a “bribery” scheme that does not meet the definition of bribery and indeed does not amount to a federal crime at all. Just three months ago, the Supreme Court rebuked the Justice Department for adopting an “unfathomable” interpretation of the federalprogram bribery statute, 18 U.S.C. § 666(a)(1)(B), that “would leave state and local officials entirely at sea to guess about what gifts they are allowed to accept under federal law, with the threat of up to 10 years in federal prison if they happen to guess wrong.” Snyder v. United States, 144 S. Ct. 1947, 1958 (2024). As the Court admonished prosecutors, “[t]hat is not how federal criminal law works.” Id.
Yet here goes the Department again.
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I was trying to see if they disclose the size of Chevron’s donation and I found this instead. Headline is a little too on the nose
I hope they said “this report is brought to you by Chevron”
There are definitely places in the U.S. that have lower risk from climate-related disasters, and by and large the cities in those places are not doing nearly enough to build more housing. Minneapolis is a notable exception.
[JD Vance standing outside of a McDonalds drive through window in a suit] I’ll take the, uh, hamburger sandwich
*Sinbad