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Giuliani was never the good guy or "America's Mayor"; he's *always* been a loony racist authoritarian (web.archive.org)
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/rudy-giuliani-racism-media-tragedy/
Edit: (What do you call this dish?) (sh.itjust.works)
Edit: (Slice of bread with a hole cut in the middle and an egg fried in it.) I have always called them daddy-o eggs but I have recently been informed that is incorrect.-
Supreme Court rules for 83-year-old woman forced to kneel at gunpoint by police (boingboing.net)
In 1997, Julia 'Butterfly' Hill climbed a 1000-year-old redwood tree and lived there for two years (www.vintag.es)
Attorney General Ken Paxton (R-Texas) threatens to prosecute over court-ordered emergency abortion of unviable, life-threatening fetus (boingboing.net)
Annual reminder: 23andMe is a dangerous Christmas gift that could have unforeseen impacts on your entire family, your children, etc. (www.404media.co)
US Senator Rick Scott (R-Florida) demands detailed info on College Football Playoff's exclusion of team he was rooting for (floridapolitics.com)
"Tell the people that homosexuals are not by definition weak." (burritosandpeppermint.tumblr.com)
Where else on the web does everyone hang out?
I’m really curious where else everyone here hangs out on the internet besides Lemmy....
"If you've got a boss, join a union. If you're a student, start an underground paper. If you're an anarchist, throw a brick. If you're a soldier or a cop, follow your conscience, not your orders." (www.loudersound.com)
Tom Morello’s brilliant speech at Rock Hall induction for Rage Against the Machine...
Donald Trump's colossal admission during trial (www.newsweek.com)
Legal analysts say Trump admitted that the intent in financial representations he made was to convince lenders to loan him money.
Sorting comments by "Old" never works...
…and hasn’t for months. Every client I try. It returns no results. A known issue? Does it work for anyone else?
The scientist who warned the US about climate change says it’s worse than we thought. Again. (grist.org)
Oh no, the golf course is being destroyed by herds of javelina (burritosandpeppermint.tumblr.com)
YouTube's ‘War’ on Adblockers Shows How Google Controls the Internet (www.404media.co)
Another great article from 404 Media highlighting the power that the tech giants have amassed over how how we use the internet....
West Virginia school district promises, after lawsuit, to train teachers and administrators that public schools aren't churches (webcache.googleusercontent.com)
https://www.theintelligencer.net/news/top-headlines/2023/10/school-system-mandates-religious-training-as-part-of-lawsuit-settlement/...
Disney releases new trailer and drop dates for the Specials (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
I suspect there’s going to be more content coming up sooner than this, but it’s good to have dates for the diary.
NHL rescinds ban on Pride Tape after Coyotes' Travis Dermott uses it vs. Ducks (12ft.io)
https://www.cbssports.com/nhl/news/nhl-rescinds-ban-on-pride-tape-after-coyotes-travis-dermott-uses-it-vs-ducks-per-reports/
Finally someone said it — and it's Trump (daeranilen.tumblr.com)
“And we moved the capital of Israel to Jerusalem. That’s for the Evangelicals. You know, it’s amazing with that: the Evangelicals are more excited by that than Jewish people.”
BBC Confirm Policy Change On Describing Hamas In Meeting With Jewish Leaders (www.mediaite.com)
Following weeks of backlash the BBC will reportedly no longer refer to Hamas as “militants” opting instead to describe them as "a proscribed terrorist organisation" or simply "Hamas." This shift in policy by the public service broadcaster was announced by the Board of Deputies of British Jews in a press release on Friday,...
The curse of Dialup World (allenpike.com)
A long time ago — at the turn of the century, as kids would call it now – my first job was at a dialup internet service provider. Officially, I was hired to be a sort of errand-boy. Instead, the role was more interesting: a front seat for one of the great meltdowns of our time....
Republican Party waging a "coordinated national effort to undermine American elections," says leading official (12ft.io)
Original link...
Elizabeth Warren helpfully identifies Medicare trustee nominee's glaring conflict of interest for him (www.wonkette.com)
Original link
Amazon has turned into an monopolistic shithole littered with pay-to-play ads, ftc lawsuit solemnly argues (www.404media.co)
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/L8MMs, if you’re paywalled or region-blocked....
Pentagon working to restore benefits to LGBTQ+ veterans forced out under 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' (www.usnews.com)
https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usnews.com%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Farticles%2F2023-09-20%2Fpentagon-working-to-restore-benefits-to-lgbtq-veterans-forced-out-under-dont-ask-dont-tell, if you’re paywalled or region-blocked...
US mother sentenced to two years in prison for giving daughter abortion pills (www.theguardian.com)
Jessica Burgess pleaded guilty in July to providing an abortion after 20 weeks and tampering with human remains
Kim Davis must pay $100,000 to US same-sex couple she denied marriage license (www.theguardian.com)
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Decades of Supreme Court decisions have converted 'qualified immunity' from a common-sense rule into a powerful doctrine that deprives people injured by police misconduct of recourse (www.nybooks.com)
Canadian police tackle man, topple baby, apparently because the baby was crying (www.squamishchief.com)
Australian man successfully sues judge for wrongful imprisonment (www.abc.net.au)
Indiana man sues after being paralyzed by police "rough ride" (news.yahoo.com)
A “rough ride” is when cops put someone in the back of a police vehicle, handcuffed but without safety belts, and then drive high-speed loops intended to injure and terrorize the passenger....
Virginia ex-cop working as teacher's assistant assaults 8-year-old, on camera — and charges are dropped (www.wtvr.com)
Ohio man gets $45,000 settlement after, apparently, being arrested for being disabled (news.yahoo.com)
"He should have had jail time": Victim speaks out after former Texas deputy gets probation for attempted sexual assault (www.houstonpublicmedia.org)
Colorado cops had had no lawful reason to pepper-spray man's face for refusal to take ticket, says lawsuit (12ft.io)
$40,000 in damages after Ohio cop drives through store's wall, but city claims 'qualified immunity' (www.wpri.com)
Aunt of New Jersey man killed by police says she regrets calling for help (gothamist.com)
Seems to be the same story about once a week: Never never never never call the police over a mental health crisis.
California police union defies subpoena for info on "badge bending," local cops' way of congratulating each other for shooting people (ghostarchive.org)
Michigan police officer arrived at crime scene 'intoxicated' and vomiting; city tries covering it up (12ft.io)
Ohio proposal to end qualified immunity struggles to clear first hurdle: A Republican who won't allow it on the ballot (webcache.googleusercontent.com)
NYPD denied our request for body camera footage of a "friendly fire" killing. We got it anyway. (www.propublica.org)
Mayor of Louisiana city says she was unaware police had a secret torture warehouse; one cop quits to avoid being fired (www.wafb.com)
Attorney alleges client was brutally beaten in Louisiana police department's secret 'torture warehouse' (www.wafb.com)
Police union sues to block naming of Connecticut cops involved in ginormous ticketing scandal; newspapers join lawsuit demanding the names (web.archive.org)
The union’s lawyers argued the release of the identities of the 130 troopers who were noted in the audit would open those individuals up to “unwarranted scrutiny” and “false allegations” without the benefit of a full investigation. They also claimed the release of the information would damage the trooper’s...
Texas speed-trap town (population 249) has 50 cops, and more than half have been suspended, demoted, terminated or fired from previous law enforcement jobs (web.archive.org)
Jury awards $33-million to the family of a man who died in jail from sepsis and pneumonia, ignored by staff, who pretended his death was a suicide (www.insider.com)