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Brandi Buchman

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Freelance. Reporter, writer covering all things Jan. 6; Proud Boys trial for emptywheel; Oath Keepers trial and Jan. 6 reporting at Daily Kos; former WH, Congressional Correspondent Courthouse News; Feature writer 27east/The Southampton Press.

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"This Court will not welcome such absurdity by giving special treatment to defendants who cosplay while committing crimes."

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Invoking ‘QAnon Shaman,’ judge slams sword-wielding, colonial garb-wearing Jan. 6 rioter’s attempt to reduce sentence

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Project 2025, page 592: make it harder for employees to be paid at overtime rates by allowing employers to average the number of hours worked over 2-4 weeks

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In my latest story for HuffPost, I wrote about media reparations and how the American media industry has harmed Black people

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Actually felt my chest tighten up reading shit on Twitter. So. That's a good sign right. Right

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For the 4th, I'd like to celebrate it by seeing men in hoochie daddy shorts wearing cowboy boots. That is all.

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Once again - it is always the ones smiling in your face you gotta worry about lol

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I learned a lot about progs in the last few years. And none of it was good. There's like a special kind of prog that wears the skin of a progressive but the insides are right leaning moderate feckless mush

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I am so disgusted by the sorry state of affairs in the U.S. and have little to no hope for the future. the endless waiting game is played out. It has been a difficult lesson to learn since 2021: there is no bottom. I really thought an attempted coup would have done it. It did not.

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I don't think I will ever get over this feeling of betrayal by the court. And I thought Dobbs was the worst a ruling ever made me feel.

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I think most offensive other than the obvious is that Roberts calls the dissent disproportionate. He just gave the far right and Trump even more credibility.

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Will the Supreme Court make our presidents kings? Finding out at 10am.

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In a case invoking images and allegations of modern day slavery, a judge has revoked the bail of a couple accused of locking their adopted kids in a filthy shed & hiding another in a room inside the main house and forcing them all to do farm labor.
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Someone in the comments called this Dumbkirk and this is why I love human beings

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‘It was immediately apparent’: The body of a woman found wrapped in bloody blanket after single-car crash did not die as a result of that collision

Her friend called her a beloved community and trans activist.

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When he was interviewed after his arrest, Dale Huttle said he wasn't sorry for what he did.

This week he has been sentenced.

My full report. Don't miss this one.

73-year-old man who assaulted cops on Jan. 6 sentenced

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