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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
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Joined August 2008
Born April 19
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    20 Mar 2020

    Love this. It’s an app that helps you tip an out of work bartender each time you pour a drink at home. These are all Nashville folks, but don’t let that stop you. Our town could use the help! (via )

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  2. 8 hours ago

    Had no idea herons were so metal.

    Great Blue Herons eat plenty of fish, but they won't pass up a meaty and filling New York City rat—this morning at the Central Park Pond.
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  3. 9 hours ago

    AirBnB add-on fees are quickly approaching rental car fee ludicrousness. Final cost is often nearly double the quoted cost.

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    Sep 4

    my god, this week in the federal appellate courts

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  5. 23 hours ago

    You can bring one SCOTUS justice back from the past to replace one from the present. Go. (I’m bringing back Brennan to replace Alito.)

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  6. Sep 4

    Kevin Strickland is innocent. Prosecutors say so. Judges say so. But because Strickland has exhausted his appeals, only AG has the power to release him. And because Schmitt refuses to do so, Strickland couldn’t attend his mother’s funeral.

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    Sep 3

    Body Cam footage shows Colorado Police Officer John Haubert, pistol whipped Kyle Vinson, an unarmed Black man who was sitting by a tree, 13 times, while choking and threatening to kill him.

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  8. Sep 4

    Want

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  9. Sep 3

    TV show idea: Ted Laszlo. A vampire/undead musician from the Middle Ages with a frantic libido and cheery disposition becomes the unlikely coach of a British soccer team.

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    Sep 3

    Joe Rogan’s condition has been upgraded to “stable.”

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    Sep 3

    An anti-porn group claims Twitter is guilty of sex trafficking. A federal judge says it might be right

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    Sep 3

    Today is the 30th Anniversary of ! Proud of my colleagues and the tremendous work they do every day.

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    Sep 3

    And yet unions are fighting for cops to not vaccinate. It's honestly appalling.

    FRIGHTENING STATISTIC: COVID-19 has become the No. 1 cop killer and "the most important officer safety issue of our lifetime"
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    Sep 3

    Cops: When it doubt, throw shots? CA11: Actually, no—that's a Fourth Amendment violation. Cops: But we still get qualified immunity though, right? CA11:

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    Sep 3

    Meanwhile, pediatric hospitalizations continue to rise in Tennessee.

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  16. Sep 3

    A great example of this is Pottawattamie County v. McGhee. Case likely would have carved out an exception to absolute immunity from civil liability when prosecutors fabricate evidence. Went all the way to SCOTUS. Settled at the last minute when it was clear they’d lose.

    For those who've never experienced it, let me just quickly descrsibe "strategic case mooting." Simply put, it's when the govt enforces a particular policy right up until they think a court might strike it down in a particular case, /1
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    Sep 2

    For those who've never experienced it, let me just quickly descrsibe "strategic case mooting." Simply put, it's when the govt enforces a particular policy right up until they think a court might strike it down in a particular case, /1

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    Sep 3

    One thing to note: other than mask mandates, there weren't a lot of new restrictions on businesses & consumers this time around. As Covid goes, so goes the US economy.

    Delta's fingerprints are alllll over this report. We had been having really strong growth, averaging ~700k/month in the six months from Feb to July. Then a surge in infections, and hiring plummeted, with some losses in the sectors most sensitive to the pandemic
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    Sep 2

    holy fuck

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  20. Sep 2

    Remember when opposition to frivolous lawsuits and abuse of the civil legal system was a core tenet of conservative politics?

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  21. Sep 2

    An Alabama man is on track to be executed, even though his civil rights claims have never been heard in federal court. Why? His filing apparently fell behind a cabinet in the court clerk's office. The Alabama AG says AEDPA doesn't care. The courts agree.

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