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Josie Duffy Rice

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i write things and think about prisons

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Radley Balko's avatar Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social
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If you subscribe to a newsletter but later change your mind, just email the author and ask for a refund. Most of us will give you one. Really tired of people canceling by filing "fraud" disputes with their banks over a $6 charge. I get charged $15 for each dispute, whether I win or lose.

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Max Berger 's avatar Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social
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Here’s why Biden is toast: in this situation, any candidate in Biden’s shoes would do a series of events (interviews, press conferences, town halls, etc) to prove they are up to the task. But, Biden isn’t doing that because he can’t. He’s not capable—and that’s not going to change.

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Prisonculture's avatar Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social
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Do the Democratic elite believe that 45 is an existential threat? If they actually do, what would you expect to see right now? Are you seeing that?

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Josie Duffy Rice's avatar Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social
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Rewatching titanic on the plane, and the old lady rose says “to me, the titanic was a slave ship” hahahah

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Taniel 's avatar Taniel @taniel.bsky.social
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THE sentence of the day: A Macronist incumbent in the Marseille region came in 3rd in her seat. She just dropped out to support the left. She said, about why she's maneuvering to block the far-right: "Defeats happen, but you can never recover from dishonor."

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Hemry, Local Bartender's avatar Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social
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Maybe I'm super fucked up but having the supreme court declare that J6 was fine and good actually feels worse than J6

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Don Moynihan's avatar Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social
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This is the ball game folks, the authoritarian green light laid out in advance. Congress will not impeach Trump. And SCOTUS now blesses him with extraordinary latitude to do whatever he wants in power. A second administration will not be constrained by Congress, the courts, the bureaucracy or law.

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John Pfaff's avatar John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social
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Homeless people can be arrested for sleeping, Presidents cannot be arrested for rampant graft and corruption done while in office. There is no clearer a summary of "conservative 'law and order'" than this.

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Jonathan Ladd's avatar Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social
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Legal pundits over time Dec 1, 2023: SCOTUS will reject Trump's appeal on an expedited basis Dec 22, 2023: They are letting the DC Circuit handle it to not even dignify it. Feb 28, 2024: The are taking the case on appeal but will completely reject the claim. June: SCOTUS says Trump is your God/King

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Taniel 's avatar Taniel @taniel.bsky.social
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UPDATE: What is happening in France today? Left candidates who came in 3rd are dropping out of the runoffs to block the far-right. *Many* Macronists, including incumbents, are doing the same when they came in third. But... many said they won't. (I'd say about half/half right now? Deadline tmrw.)

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Seth Cotlar's avatar Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social
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Trump "re-truthed" this meme yesterday. But look, whatever you do, don't call it fascism.

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Josie Duffy Rice's avatar Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social
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Who is the worst TV lawyer?? All recs welcome

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Josie Duffy Rice's avatar Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social
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I think the point was that she is clearly not “uniquely unelectable”….

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Tom Scocca's avatar Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social
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Democracy isn't picking the person 81 million people voted for to take over if Biden couldn't go, it's having a bunch of random delegates chosen in an uncontested primary pick someone by fiat

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Maggie Astor's avatar Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social
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And there it is. The Olympic team: Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles, Suni Lee, Jade Carey, Hezly Rivera. Alternates: Joscelyn Roberson and Leanne Wong.

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Josie Duffy Rice's avatar Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social
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I remember when I used to think of him, at most, every six months. And fleetingly.

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Chris Geidner's avatar Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social
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Come off it. “his ads” … I’m an independent journalist, 100% of my income comes from my newsletter, and I published seven items last week. If my reminding you occasionally that the free content you want costs money to make renders the content worthless to you, boy, I don’t know what to say.

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Josie Duffy Rice's avatar Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social
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This criticism is so confusing to me bc if the nytimes suggests he drops out trump raises another 50 mil. His relationship to the media is different.

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Josie Duffy Rice's avatar Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social
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but this is not hillary's emails. we have to be able to recognize the differences between two very different situations. the fact that they overreacted 8 years ago does not mean this reaction and fear is inappropriate.

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Josie Duffy Rice's avatar Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social
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Everyone seems very convinced that was one low point and now everything will be fine which is bananas, and every day we wait it gets harder and harder to do this.

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Josie Duffy Rice's avatar Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social
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I don’t think replacing the nominee comes without costs, of course, but people who are being derisive about the panic people feel are very confusing to me lol

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Jim Lippard's avatar Jim Lippard @lippard.bsky.social
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This is not something to shrug off.

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Josie Duffy Rice's avatar Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social
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This is me agreeing with you

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Josie Duffy Rice's avatar Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social
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The variable is low motivation party voters, not mid to high motivation swing voters

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Josie Duffy Rice's avatar Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social
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I always think about that study that concluded swing voters are barely even a thing!

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Prisonculture's avatar Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social
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Human beings were not intended to be subjected to unfiltered constant commentary about everything they do or don't do. Yet this is the age of uninterrupted comments as humans are called "content" and "accounts". It's good to actively ignore 99% of them especially from strangers.

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Josh Gondelman's avatar Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social
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“You have the morals of an alley cat,” is like something you sing about the Grinch.

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Josie Duffy Rice's avatar Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social
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This is (sorry) really nonsensical. It’s standing on some principle that frankly doesn’t matter now. We’re already facing a world with very few options, why eliminate one for a reason that doesn’t seem to be a concern to really anyone right now?

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Josie Duffy Rice's avatar Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social
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….why is anyone saying that a fool? Why is that a foolish thing to say lol

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David_j_roth's avatar David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social
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I don't want some egghead bureaucrat telling me whether there's poison in the water I drink. Ideally I'd want that decided by a 29yo judge who went to a "biblical law school" and does not believe dinosaurs existed, and then to have that decision reaffirmed six years later by the Supreme Court.

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Popehat's avatar Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social
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Jailing people for being homeless is a classic American policy: stupid, brutal, and very expensive.

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Josie Duffy Rice's avatar Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social
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Unfortunately it’s part of my job ☹️

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Josie Duffy Rice's avatar Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social
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i really had convinced myself they wouldn't take out chevron, somehow.

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Josie Duffy Rice's avatar Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social
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The idea that there are that many regretful voters is completely wishful thinking

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Josie Duffy Rice's avatar Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social
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This would be the stupidest thing the Democratic Party ever did and it wouldn’t even be close

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Josie Duffy Rice's avatar Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social
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niche question but - has anyone tried to get public service loan repayment but been disqualified because of issues with their organization's fiscal sponsor?

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ProPublica's avatar ProPublica @propublica.bsky.social
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How does a plastic product that only contains 10% recycled material get to claim that it actually contains 33% recycled material? The industry's creative accounting, explained ⤵️

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these people hate children and want them to suffer. they target trans kids because they think can get away with it but they’ll destroy any child’s life if they believe it will serve some greater good www.yahoo.com/news/mom-tra...

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Hell Gate *subscribe today!*'s avatar Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgateny.bsky.social
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Keeping libraries open is cool but have you ever flown a taxpayer-funded chopper to the Hamptons on a summer Friday?

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Josie Duffy Rice's avatar Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social
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we are going to iceland in a few weeks! any advice on what to do and see with four adults and four kids?

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Phil Lewis's avatar Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social
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A pastor of a Texas megachurch who was Trump’s spiritual advisor confessed to “inappropriate sexual behavior” with a 12 year old when he was in his early 20s

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