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This huge, incredibly disturbing, and violent crucifix was on the wall in the gym where my seventh-grader had a basketball game. And they probably ban books

NEW: Four different judges have agreed to delay the trial more than 70 times in total. We pieced together a timeline of the delays using audio recordings and logs from every hearing. By @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social of @adn.com, design/development by @lucaswaldron.bsky.social & Zisiga Mukulu

Hey, pals: What’s the book (fiction or non-) that you think of as your secret? Ie, nobody knows how astounding it is but you? Sure sign: you’ve bought multiple copies to give away. Two of mine: “The Mezzanine” by @nicholsonbaker.bsky.social and “Golden Gate” by Vikram Seth. What’s yours?

Men, does it bother you that since you’re not a woman or child your life holds no value?

ARKANSAS ranks near, or at, the bottom in almost every quality-of-life category in the country. But their Republican govt, led by SARAH HUCKBEE SANDERS, spent $20k on a new lectern for her to stand behind to give a speech. Because they’re the party of FISCAL responsibility. 🤡

The Koch network is deeply involved an upcoming SCOTUS case that could eviscerate the federal government's regulatory power. We recently learned that Clarence Thomas secretly participated in Koch fundraising events. Why in the world would he be allowed to rule on this case?

I was so confused about the fire alarm thing. It’s such a Republican thing to do, but he owned up to it and apologized like a democrat

Periodic reminder that "don't speak ill of the dead" is for, like, not mentioning at her funeral that Aunt Sally was a drunk and a lousy cook. It's not for suppressing public discussion of public figures and their complicated legacies.

right? i’d rather kids read the worst smut than a single page of ayn rand

Mar-a-Lago is only worth $18 million, but the stolen classified documents Trump is hoarding in there are worth $982 million.

#taxtherich

This is how our government has been corrupted: 1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office. 2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor. 3) Donors make a huge profit. 4) Repeat. For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.

Call me a radical Lefty, but I don’t think an entry-level federal employee should be subject to more stringent ethics rules than Clarence Thomas.