Monthly Archive: January 2019
Bernie Sanders Reportedly to Seek Democratic Nomination Again
A reccurrence of Feel the Bern? Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent Democratic socialist, Seeks 2020 Democratic Nomination for President. Reportedly.
Roger Stone Indicted, Arrested
Roger Stone has been indicted, arrested, and will appear in court on charges witness tampering, obstruction, and making false statements.
Fyre and the Age of Humbug
It is, perhaps, the supreme irony of our time that when we have access to all the information in the world literally in the palm of our hand, humbug has become more powerful than ever.
Linky Friday: Please Allow Me to Introduce Myself
With the 2020 presidential campaign heating up, and several of the big names starting to officially declare, the first batch of campaign videos to introduce the candidate are out. And that’s just the one’s who have announced…there are plenty more where that came from.
Thursday Throughput
Saturn is losing its rings. The shepherd moons are keeping it together but the ice is slowing raining down on the planet and not being replenished. So be sure to take a look some times in the next … well, 100 million years.
BuzzFeed to Cut 15% of Its Workforce
BuzzFeed is planning to lay off 250 people, about 15% of its workforce.
Unalienable, Except for Those People
Last week, the 9th Circuit upheld a federal law prohibiting an undocumented immigrant to possess a firearm. The ruling in U.S. v. Torres went largely unnoticed among the politicos usually vocal about laws which restrict the right to bear arms
Wednesday Writs for 1/23
Your weekly roundup of the latest in legal and law related links from around the web, featuring MLK, SCOTUS updates, dumb criminals, taxidermy and more.
Trump’s Transgender Military Ban Remains- For Now
The Supreme Court today voted 5-4 to allow the Trump administration’s restrictions on transgender troops to be implemented while the matter is battled out in lower courts
