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The Bail Racket

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On March 31, 2018
This is superb investigative reporting about how bail bondsmen exploit their customers: As commercial bail has grown into a $2 billion industry, bond agents have become the payday lenders of the criminal justice world, offering quick relief to desperate customers at high prices. When clients like Mr. Egana cannot afford to pay the bond company’s […]

Far From Over

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On March 31, 2018

Donald Trump’s rise to the read of the Republican Party is a mystery that will never be solved: The demented hatred the right has for the Stoneman kids is remarkable. pic.twitter.com/9OuPcNl1Xt

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The autopsy of the Stephon Clark shooting is highly damning: Stephon Clark, the unarmed black man shot by Sacramento police officers while holding a cellphone in his grandparent’s backyard last week, was shot eight times, six of which hit him in the back, according to independent autopsy results released on Friday. The autopsy was conducted […]

Satire

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On March 30, 2018

Adam Wren of Politico Magazine wrote a bizarre human interest piece about Clinton voters in Brooklyn. After getting pushback due to the article’s extremely iffy framing–Adam seems to go ou

Post-Izumo

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On March 30, 2018

Over at the Diplomat I do some thinking about what Japan might decide to build after it decides to equip its latest carriers with F-35Bs: It now seems clear that Japan is actively considering the ac

This made me laugh because I just immediately pictured a bunch of men randomly knocking things over in a bid to be “alpha like cats.” https://t.co/OnJgBjvtrU — Scooty-Puff Sr. (@LedZepBoxedSet) March 27, 2018 I have not read “Ready Player One” nor seen the movie but I guess if your writing is funny enough you can […]
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