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@radleybalko

Opinion journalist, Washington Post. Author of Rise of the Warrior Cop, and The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist. Honorary Duckmaster (3/24/18).

Nashville, TN
Joined August 2008
Born 19 April

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  1. Retweeted
    Jan 3

    The U.S. government "largely tolerated or ignored" wrongdoing by senior federal prison officials. In some cases, they were "commended, awarded, promoted."

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  2. One is the most powerful person on earth, and can (and has) implement disastrous economic policy with the stroke of a pen. The other is one vote out of 435. But sure. Keep obsessing over AOC.

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  3. Tell me more about how I should be furious at the economic illiteracy of a freshman congresswoman from Queens.

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  4. Retweeted
    Jan 2

    Quite a 1st day for new St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell: says he (1) won't prosecute marijuana cases; (2) won't seek the death penalty; and (3) won't seek bail in misdemeanor cases.

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    Jan 3

    Doing a marijuana by putting it in a spoon and then melting it down

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    Jan 3

    yes, using Game of Thrones to promote the effectiveness of a wall is probably exactly what you want to do

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    Jan 3

    Also worth noting: no boos for Steve King, who is a goddamn white supremacist.

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    Jan 3

    The delightful dancing video of AOC that is being circulated right now* is actually part of a pretty storied, if now mostly forgotten, remix culture phenomenon. If you'll allow me... -- * apparently by numbskulls incapable of joy

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  9. Jan 3

    Responses to his tweet have speculated that/questioned if by “Menace X” I was referring to, among other things, violence by undocumented immigrants, sex trafficking, drug abuse, and gun violence. The answer is yes!

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    i found a really good stick. but i chewed it too hard. and it broke in half. which was disappointing until i realized. now i have two sticks. today has been. an emotional roller coaster

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  12. Jan 3

    “Menace X affects 500K per year! We need new laws!” “It affects only a tiny percentage of that.” “Quibbling with the number is an insult to victims! One is too many!” “But your proposals won’t stop Menace X, and may hurt other people.” “WHY DO YOU NOT CARE ABOUT MENACE X?!”

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  13. Retweeted
    Jan 3

    Episode 3 of the podcast is out today, telling the story of an unsolved murder of an immigrant in South GA, the questionable investigation, and his family’s lingering trauma & unanswered questions.

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  14. Jan 3

    Trump pushes his immigration policy with exaggerated claims about immigrant crime. Is it also "gross" push back on those claims?

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  15. Retweeted
    Jan 2

    HUGE NEWS: Matthew Charles should be going home soon!!Defender filed for reduction based on First Step crack retroactivity and govt does not oppose! Judge was inclined to reduce before and almost certainly will now. Awesome! Real lives impacted.

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  17. Retweeted
    Jan 2

    It seems odd that a city would opt to destroy records of officer-involved shootings. Dallas found great value in releasing over a decade's worth of that data. A wise person once told me "open government is good government".

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    Jan 2

    Some of 's new policies issued 2day: no more pot cases under 100g; not charging ppl who don't pay child support; not seeking cash bail for misd.; not "overcharging" ppl; no bail for ppl who miss court; issuing summonses-not warrants- on D/E felonies. Story tk

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  19. Jan 2

    This thread. Oy. Sounds like today’s cabinet meeting was absolutely bonkers — not least because Trump apparently conducted it while sitting in front of a huge poster of . . . Trump.

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    Jan 2
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    that's fully 3% of the total number of children born each year in Georgia. *facepalm forever*

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