Kyle Barry

this might rank as one of the most important outcomes of the night if it happens. would give dems the ability to begin to make north carolina a democracy

Malcolm Gladwell would like more of this www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Part of the answer to "how did we get here?" is that many major journalists—since 1998, Crawford has covered SCOTUS for PBS, ABC, and CBS—are lying bigots. Here Crawford is praising a guy who asked a dumb racist question, glitched out when asked why, then admitted he wanted a Christian theocracy.

Students from North Carolina A&T can be seen marching back to their HBCU after voting on the first day of early voting in the state. The Guilford County Board of Elections voted to remove the school’s on-campus polling site. (video via Todd Simmons) greensboro.com/news/local/g...

that’s right

Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"

I spent a literal quarter century believing that, when Ja Rule asked "What's my motherfucking name?", J. Lo responded by asking in turn, "are you Nelly?"

Jack Roberts wants you to forget all about John.

Awkward bsky.app/profile/theb...

Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi...

In which ghoulish prosecutors openly admit that the ‘felony murder’ rule exists only so that they can threaten & punish people for things they didn’t do, prosecute crimes they can’t prove, and trick juries to convict when they otherwise wouldn’t. www.michiganpublic.org/criminal-jus...

30 incarcerated men presented a $4,267 donation to a northwest Kansas school district to pay down the district's unsettled lunch debt The donation was to be "utilized to help local children fuel their day and stay focused and energized this school year"

right now, the best hegseth can hope for is to be remembered as a staggeringly incompetent defense secretary who gutted military leadership, tried to reimpose segregation in the highest ranks, and led the military to its worst strategic defeat in at least a generation.

Maryland voters will get to decide in November on a congressional redistricting amendment being pushed by Democrats as part of a nationwide battle for control of the U.S. House in future elections.

If the @nytimes.com wants to cover weddings like they are news, then it should issue a correction whenever the couple gets divorced. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/s...

🚨Democracy scored a major victory in Missouri today. Our Supreme Court blocked the Trump-backed gerrymandering efforts, ruling 7-0 that the power belongs where it always should: with the voters! Over 305,000 Missourians demanded a say, and now they'll get one. apnews.com/article/redi...

I feel like the Foxconn scandal, which very much remains ongoing, should be a bigger part of anti-Trump messaging. Like, massive public investment in exchange for a promised 13,000 jobs turned into 1,000 jobs and maybe a data center. It’s so insane and blatant. www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/w...

Ardent opponent of civil rights and racial justice to leave state supreme court bsky.app/profile/chri...

I would like ask JD Vance about Pierre Damas Bel.

Funny how the standing analysis came out so differently when states who had lost absolutely nothing sued to block Biden’s student loan forgiveness program. bsky.app/profile/kels...

Don’t let a single Republican, especially the president, get away with offering their condolences.

West Sacramento has suspended work on its riverfront streetcar project… in part because the Trump Administration has failed to advance funding for it. The Trump DOT has not signed a single full grant agreement for a new transit project since it entered office. Zero projects funded.

Insane, yes, but also typical. Creating crime where none exists is a well-worn strategy of American policing. bsky.app/profile/futu...

And here's another unfathomably cruel prosecution, this one from Florida, that uses the arcane "felony murder" doctrine to turn a tragic accident into murder --a must read from the great @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social www.huffpost.com/entry/florid...

And here's another unfathomably cruel prosecution, this one from Florida, that uses the arcane "felony murder" doctrine to turn a tragic accident into murder --a must read from the great @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social www.huffpost.com/entry/florid...

In 2023, Rhonda Jewell accidentally left 10-month-old Ariya in a hot car, resulting in the baby's death. Rhonda was acquitted of manslaughter — which would have required a finding of culpable negligence — but convicted of third-degree felony murder www.huffpost.com/entry/florid...

It’s weird how stays that benefit Trump are always kept in place and stays that stop him are always lifted. It’s almost as if there’s some of pattern behind legal procedure at work….

found out Larry David just starts verbally abusing Alan Dershowitz whenever he sees him, this is very good

Maine and Vermont are the whitest states in America. They also have never stripped the right to vote from people with felony convictions. It's not a coincidence. "The Maine model ain't happening in Louisiana."

How do I explain to small business owners that the menu on the left is one billion times more appealing than the one on the right

The @colorofchange.bsky.social endorsed Gwinnett County DA, Patsy Austin-Gatson, has turned this tragedy into a murder prosecution against a grieving mom who fled abuse while facing poverty & rasing kids w severe health needs. Unconscionable. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

The @colorofchange.bsky.social endorsed Gwinnett County DA, Patsy Austin-Gatson, has turned this tragedy into a murder prosecution against a grieving mom who fled abuse while facing poverty & rasing kids w severe health needs. Unconscionable. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Normally I just appreciatively read @jamellebouie.net 's columns-sharable video content just isn't my bag. But this is a very, very, very trenchant piece of commentary that captures a lot of how I increasingly understand the disjunction between the commentary environment and on-the-ground politics.

Update: After watching her Outside Lands set, I'm convinced the MUSIC, FASHION, FILM material is better live. Rocks harder, hits deeper, feels way more urgent. And the BRAT songs aren't losing any of their luster, either.

In CA, 86% (!!!) of people < age 26 sentenced to LWOP are people of color. Today SLRI & MacArthur Justice Center filed a brief arguing that this discriminatory and counterproductive sentencing practice violates CA’s constitution—a holding long overdue. state-law-research.org/wp-content/u...

In CA, 86% (!!!) of people < age 26 sentenced to LWOP are people of color. Today SLRI & MacArthur Justice Center filed a brief arguing that this discriminatory and counterproductive sentencing practice violates CA’s constitution—a holding long overdue. state-law-research.org/wp-content/u...

Scenes from a personalist regime; The President”s personal lawyer is sworn into high office by another of the Presidents’s personal lawyers, now a judge

New state constitutional rights against LWOP, de facto life terms, sex offense registration, double jeopardy prosecutions, and police searches … all in the last three weeks. Think the Warren Court was cool? Look what the Michigan Supreme Court is doing slri.substack.com/p/the-michig...

New state constitutional rights against LWOP, de facto life terms, sex offense registration, double jeopardy prosecutions, and police searches … all in the last three weeks. Think the Warren Court was cool? Look what the Michigan Supreme Court is doing slri.substack.com/p/the-michig...

Re-up: My heavily-documented cases for Thom Tillis and Bill Cassidy as spineless, whimpering cowards who have allowed untold death and destruction because they're terrified of a senile old man. radleybalko.substack.com/p/profiles-i... radleybalko.substack.com/p/profiles-i...