Category Archives: Crime & Punishment

The plot to bury the Russian Connection

Posted on February 2, 2023 by Naomi

The New York Times’ deep story details how Bill Barr’s and John Durham’s attempt to stage Stalinist show trials as a cover-up for the actual Russian-Trump connections went…splat. Much of what the story now tells us we suspected — even … Continue reading →

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What’s doing beneath the Groves of Academe?

Posted on January 31, 2023 by Naomi

From Harper’s Weekly Review: It was reported that a Virginia elementary school had been warned three times that a first grader who shot a teacher was carrying a gun, and police officers in Florida stopped an armed kindergartener. In Florida, … Continue reading →

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Part Two: Life in federal prison means a job

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Naomi

Here’s Edgar, my Jan 6 federal prisoner, who has just encountered a serious prison handbook, maybe for the first time. Edgar has received the Bureau of Prisons Admissions and Orientation Handbook, as a reward for getting sentenced to a prison … Continue reading →

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