37 Followers
162 Following
241 Posts

Drug development in real life. PhD, Molecular Immunology.

Hobby politico.

4 Proud Boys, Including Enrique Tarrio, Convicted of Jan. 6 Sedition

The verdict was a blow against the far-right group and another milestone in the Justice Department’s prosecution of the pro-Trump rioters who stormed the Capitol.

The New York Times
WESA says it's 'pausing' Twitter use due to 'company's antagonistic relationship with NPR'

The news organization said the social media network is "falsely implying that we are not editorially independent."

MSN
Alvin Bragg on Twitter

“We just announced a 34-count felony indictment of former President Donald J. Trump. Learn more: https://t.co/PTTh2zlsvv”

Twitter
More constitutional hardball from Republicans, threatening to expel Democratic state legislators. No equivalent to this on the Democratic side even after the January 6 insurrection.
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2023/04/03/tennessee-republicans-file-resolutions-to-expel-three-democrats-who-led-gun-reform-chants-on-house-f/70078002007/
Tennessee GOP begins expulsion process for 3 Democrats, House session devolves into chaos

Tennessee House Republicans on Monday introduced resolutions to expel three Democrats for "disorderly behavior" after the trio led chants for gun reform in the wake of the deadly Covenant School shoo…

The Tennessean
My hot take: It’s actually good to normalize indicting people who really seem to have committed crimes and who are likely to continue doing so.
Trump Indicted by Grand Jury in New York: Live Updates

Mr. Trump will be the first former president to face criminal charges. The precise charges are not yet known, but the case is focused on a hush-money payment to a porn star during his 2016 campaign.

The New York Times
Trump Indicted by Grand Jury in New York: Live Updates

Mr. Trump will be the first former president to face criminal charges. The precise charges are not yet known, but the case is focused on a hush-money payment to a porn star during his 2016 campaign.

The New York Times

First it was, yeah, "we're not gonna fix this." Now the smug bastard flips off concerned parents with, yeah, well, "we homeschool our daughter." Peak GOP worthlessness.

Remember his name. Rep. Tim Burchett (R) Tenn.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-rep-tim-burchett-shrugs-off-nashville-shooting-we-homeschool-our-daughter

GOP Rep. Tim Burchett Shrugs Off Nashville Shooting: ‘We Homeschool’ Our Daughter

Besides giving a tone-deaf response on what he’d do to protect young children, Burchett also said Congress had “no real role” in preventing mass shootings.

The Daily Beast
The assault weapons ban must be reinstated — the greed of gun manufacturers be damned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-lives-of-our-children-or-the
The lives of our children or the greed of gun manufacturers?

Friends, Yesterday morning, a 28-year-old armed with assault rifles entered a Christian school in Nashville and fatally shot three nine-year-old children and three staff members before she was shot and killed by the police. It makes me weep. It’s happening again and again and again. Our

Robert Reich