It is remarkable how often these awful, senseless deaths of individuals who are kept locked up only because the lack a few hundred dollars in cash fly completely under the radar. Just everyday horrors. huffpost.com/entry/hampton-…
Federal data could help identify the nation’s deadliest jails most in need of reform and save lives. But because of federal restrictions, that data are only publicly released in a practically useless form. huffpost.com/entry/jail-dea…
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Capitol defendant Tammy Bronsburg (AKA Tammy Butry) was arrested, processed, and released on Thursday, according to court records. Since then, she’s been posting a bunch of internet garbage and conspiracy theories on Facebook. huffpost.com/entry/trump-bu…
She does, however, appear to have cleared her prior postings, including the incriminating evidence the feds already have, from her Facebook page. huffpost.com/entry/trump-bu…
A number of these individuals like Tammy — who talks here about a vision she had about “Antifa” invading her town in tanks with Biden signs slapped on the side — are clearly in desperate need of help.
Instead, elected officials embraced their delusions in a bid to keep power.
Virginia has this weird system that lets citizens initiate criminal prosecutions by going to a magistrate, who don’t even have to be lawyers or judges.
It came up a lot in Portsmouth, Virginia, over the summer, when a cop with a grudge and conservative citizens took advantage of the system go after politicians they didn’t like. huffpost.com/entry/portsmou…
NEW: Feds bust a pair of Trump supporters after they held up their bus trip back to Pennsylvania and one bragged about entering the U.S. Capitol. huffpost.com/entry/trump-bu…
One defendant really started Jan. 6 off on the wrong foot by showing up to the wrong McDonald’s. huffpost.com/entry/trump-bu…
"The defendant was a brazen, vocal participant in the disruption and disorder surrounding the events on January 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol. Since his release on stringent conditions on January 15, 2021, he has repeatedly flouted court-imposed conditions.”
Detention memo says he tried to access Twitter accounts he was restricted from using, and appears to have tried to get his supporters to zoom bomb a court hearing. (The memo also says he’s been indicted, but indictment isn’t yet posted.) courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
ATTENTION EVERYONE WRITING ABOUT HOW A JUDGE APPROVED A CAPITOL RIOT DEFENDANT TO GO TO MEXICO: A judge did not, in fact, approve a Capitol suspect’s trip to Mexico.
You’re looking at a proposed order.
It is not signed.
See that? It’s an attachment, and it says “Text of Proposed Order.” There’s not even a name, or a signature, or a date on the proposed order, which, again, is a proposed order.
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
Also it’s a lot tougher to blame your mistake on the outlet that made the original screwup… if your story doesn’t even credit the outlet that initially screwed up.