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FlyingSquid , in Sure, 2024 has had lots of news – but compared with 1940, 1968 or 1973, it’s nothing exceptional
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The Conversation does know the year is only half-over, right?

FlyingSquid , in Big price cut ordered for inmate phone and video calls across Texas.
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Any cents a minute is wrong. They were sentenced to be incarcerated, not sentenced to have to pay for telephone calls.

originalucifer ,
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the united states doesnt have a justice system. it has a revenge system. cruelty is part of the process

henfredemars ,

It’s not just the justice system. We have multiple systems designed to hurt people. Cruelty is a fundamental pillar of half of our two-party system.

The Supreme Court however is working hard to undermine these new policies to keep the money and exploitation flowing as God intended.

Jollyllama , in Kamala Harris Grins as Crowd Chants ‘Lock Him Up’ on Campaign Debut

Maybe watch the rally? I watched the whole thing live and did not register “lock him up” on my second wacth i heard that some people do chant “lock him up” it doesn’t catch on and is drowned out by Ka-Ma-La. You can’t believe everything (anything) you read in a headline.

Burn_The_Right , in Supreme Court’s Hand-Picked Advocate Argues in Favor of Killing Richard Glossip

When a court chooses to kill innocent people, what then is the difference between lawful execution and extra-judicial killings (other than semantics)?

In other words, the court is communicating that it’s OK to kill, regardless of the law. So, the problem they are creating appears to have a built-in solution.

xmunk , in Amazon claims to power all its operations with renewable energy. If only that were true.

It is renewable (or at least effectively infinite). All of Amazon runs off Jeff Bezos’s ego.

Maggoty , in Sure, 2024 has had lots of news – but compared with 1940, 1968 or 1973, it’s nothing exceptional

If that’s their standard then we’re already in one heck of a year.

solsangraal , in Ohio GOP Senator Says 'Civil War' Needed If Trump Loses.

i’ve said it before, but: there will be no civil war. it will be the US military vs whomever they obliterate. if these fat clownshoes cowards think the military (“suckers and losers”) is going to side with the party that risked national security and held up all their promotions over fucking abortions–then good luck i guess

Huckledebuck OP , in 4029tv: Arkansas Supreme Court orders secretary of state to perform initial count of abortion signatures
TankovayaDiviziya , in Biden calls for justice after footage released of police killing Black woman

Does the proposed bill ensure American police get like three years training to become community-oriented and not a power tripping police officers?

SteveFromMySpace , in Big price cut ordered for inmate phone and video calls across Texas.

How about free

Bluefalcon , in Biden calls for justice after footage released of police killing Black woman

If innocent people are killed by police then it should lead to a federal independent investigation. Don’t care if it was an accident (chasing a suspect) or direct.

pulaskiwasright ,

And the police department’s policies shouldn’t exonerate them by default. When departments investigate themselves, they just say “our policy encourages the police to kill anyone they see in this situation, so the officer’s actions were in line with our policies.”

subtext , in Big price cut ordered for inmate phone and video calls across Texas.

This calls out Texas because it is the Texas Tribune, but this is a rule across the nation now thanks to the FTC.

arstechnica.com/…/fcc-closes-final-loopholes-that…

testfactor , in Kim Davis Tees Up Supreme Court to Reverse Marriage Equality Ruling

I’m betting 5-4 in favor of throwing this out.

Gorsuch came down hard on Bostock, which makes me think he’d be skeptical of overturning Obergefell (which he wasn’t on the court to rule on originally).

Roberts is married to process well enough that I don’t think he can find it in himself to violate stare decisis on a case he was actually chief justice for, even if he did vote against the first time. Plus a lot has changed since 2015, and the court took a hard swing right. The dude has always kinda been that middle man referee, so I think that’s another drop in the “would shoot this down” bucket.

That only leaves Alito, Thomas, Kavenaugh, and Barrett. Alito and Thomas will always vote for the craziest possible position, so they’re right out. Kavenaugh and Barrett are more of a coin toss, but I lean towards them having their own, separate dissent if Bostock is any indication (which Kavenaugh dissented on, but not with Alito and Thomas. Barrett had yet to join.)

So my gut is that this isn’t going anywhere. I’d honestly be surprised if the supreme court even took it up.

FlyingSquid ,
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I hope you’re right. Otherwise, it would leave the nation in a legal quagmire as marriage would be legally defined differently in different states. And I think that it could also usher in the re-introduction of anti-miscegination laws.

SirDerpy , in Big price cut ordered for inmate phone and video calls across Texas.

If a prisoner works a day $3.50 and calls cost $0.25/min, then a prisonor can afford a 14 min call for a day’s labor. Yes, these numbers are quite realistic.

Supply maintenance is near zero. Demand is elastic but there’s no alternatives. Max profit is obviously not at the highest prices.

Helping prisoners was never the goal. It’s convenient optics, icing on the cake of profit maximization.

Did you know that the US never abolished effective slavery. It’s perfectly legal for prisoners. Always has been. It’s even in the federal Constitution.

rockSlayer ,

Incarcerated labor organizers are god damn heroes. Every barrier to educational information in prison means one less informed slave.

SirDerpy ,

When I was incarcerated the Chaplain was the one to understand this and act upon it. I called a friend, who bought books at a specific store, that the Chaplain picked up, smuggled into prison and left in my cell. He did this about once a month for a year, about a half dozen books at a time.

Mad respect for this man. He made so many people better for just being around. I stayed friends with him until his end. I hope he met his God as he wanted.

MagicShel , (edited ) in Trump campaign files FEC complaint trying to block Biden funds transferring to Harris

I’m going to reach way back in my meme collection:

Cry moar!

Edit: for my next trick, I need “Get in loser, we’re going losing” with face swaps to Trump, Vance, and idk Boebert or something.

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