How are we ok with this? How are we sleepwalking into a presidency where the guy is openly promising to be a dictator, terminate the constitution, put the military on the streets, round up his political opponents, & violently deport undocumented immigrants? How media, how? WTF.

After Georgia Shooting, a Grief-Stricken City Seeks Solace, and Answers nytimes.com/2024/09/08/us/…

A new UC San Francisco study documented 86 cases over the first two years after Roe v. Wade fell in which doctors felt forced to provide care they knew was substandard due to state restrictions on abortion. ansirh.org/research/resea…

Excellent piece by the always entertaining Chicago historian @robertloerz about the Music Box and @eddymuller's fine Noir City Festival, quoting my friend John Holden: Chicago’s Music Box — cherished among cinephiles — reopens after makeover wbez.org/2024/09/06/mus…

A Gun for Every CTA Rider chicagomag.com/news/a-gun-for…

Trump pledges to jail opponents, baselessly suggests election will be stolen from him washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Fact-checking GOP Trump fliers flooding swing-state mailboxes washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Florida Goes Full Police State Over Abortion Ballot Initiative rsn.org/001/florida-go…

Israeli Forces Accused of Killing Their Own Citizens Under the 'Hannibal Directive' During October 7 Chaos rsn.org/001/israeli-fo…

Absolutely dead-on point from Matthew Yglesias.

Why is America so slow to exonerate the wrongly convicted? thehill.com/opinion/crimin…

Strong argument from Missouri Democratic AG candidate Elad Gross on why the lower court judge got it wrong in removing Amendment 3 from the ballot. Let's see what the state Supreme Court decides, maybe tomorrow.

What? Repeal the college gun-free zone law because there was an anti-Semitic attack?

Alito is the only Supreme Court justice with a stake in more than two dozen individual companies, which threatens to sideline him from major business cases. He or his wife own stock in companies including Raytheon, ConocoPhillips and a J&J subsidiary search.app/JVnmTY4E8fodtP…

Robert Kennedy's name stays on the ballot, Michigan Supreme Court says detroitnews.com/story/news/pol… via The Detroit News