Texas Republicans are trying to remove Austin’s progressive DA from office thru a judge.

Garza, you’ll recall, just easily won a Dem primary over an opponent endorsed at the last minute by Elon Musk.

NEW REPORT: Since Roe was overturned by SCOTUS, pregnant women are being turned away from US emergency rooms - even by security guards - and are being forced to miscarry or give birth alone in ER lobbies and parking lots. apnews.com/article/pregna…

'[W]e put more people in jail and prison than any other country in the world, and yet we're not the safest country in the world. If you really care about community safety and you really care about helping people, then you start to look at alternatives.'

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Fantastic work by United States Sentencing Commission eliminating the use of acquitted conduct at sentencing and recognizing the brain science around youthful offenders. This is an agency guided by science and respectful of the jury's role. You love to see it!

'What do you say to a young progressive or an Arab-American who says to you, 'I just can't vote for Biden again after what he's enabled in Gaza.'?

Listen to a detailed, thoughtful, & important answer to my Q from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at the Zeteo launch. (Do try & actually listen & not assume!)

It’s shocking to see this blatant misinformation. State’s Attorney Foxx didn’t run in the primary —she announced months ago she was leaving office.

It’s worth noting that this thread ignores recent election wins for reform-minded prosecutors, like DA Jose Garza in Austin.

Let's recap: Arizona Republicans are campaigning on the idea that they're not in favor of a full abortion ban...

... while in actuality repeatedly blocking any effort by Dems to debate repealing or weakening the 1864 anti-abortion law.

Once again today, twice:

1/ I’m an Israeli academic. My community is still too silent about the war in Gaza. Following my viral tweet last month, this is the updated & expanded version of how I see things based on >1000 articles and 1000s of videos/images of the war. 🧵of summary conclusions:

Homicides are plummeting.

In all 10 cities with the most 2023 homicides—for which we have data—homicides are falling. The pandemic crime wave is crashing hard.

If these percentage decline numbers were percentage growth numbers, it would be the lede of every cable news show—>

[UPDATE] I've entered the SF mayoral race and this is my platform:

1) Crosswalk timers will be long enough you can actually cross the intersection (I'm looking at you Market + Noe)

2) Distorted wide-angle photos are illegal for apt listings

3) More fog

🗳️Vote #Karl2024

JUST IN: DeSantis signed a new law today that guts oversight of police in Florida.

Florida already has remarkably weak police oversight boards to start with; this strips them of the little authority they do have, and bans strengthening them.

Our piece: boltsmag.org/florida-weaken…

NEW: More people are dying in police chases than any period in the last 40+ years, according to new data released by the federal government.

W/ Jennifer Gollan

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Tel Aviv tonight. Netanyahu be gone. Elections now! (And sure, go ahead and call all these people 'a small minority of Hamas supporters.')

it’s incredible New Yorkers experience an earthquake and everyone is like “was that a train?” “did our laundry machine break?” “is that a truck passing by?” and now I realize we hAVE NEVER KNOWN A MOMENT OF PEACE

i know nyc isn't the first city to ever experience an earthquake but imagine how los angelenos would react if they, one day, suddenly, ate a delicious, fresh bagel in their city

Was that another earthquake?!

NEWS ALERT: deadline for all jokes about the earthquake in New York is 12pm ET

NYC, welcome to #earthquaketwitter .

Love,

California

CNN: Earthquake Hits Tri-State Area

MSNBC: Earthquake in NYC

FOX NEWS: The earth can't even stay still anymore, because of woke

Move to New York, they said.

No earthquakes in New York, they said.

I want a refund.