Tag Archives: Black Lives Matter

Where have you been, J. Edgar Hoover?

The Trump administration tried to resurrect Hoover, in the worst possible way. From Harper’s Weekly Review: Newly declassified documents revealed that, in the summer of 2020, Department of Homeland Security officials had created detailed dossiers, previously reserved for individuals “with … Continue reading

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Who’s spreading propaganda about my city?

I’ve been reading tweets and Daily News letters to the editor about how bad, how filthy, how dangerous, how ugly my city has become. Indeed, one Daily News comment, datelined from somewhere on the West Coast, yowled his NY loathing … Continue reading

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How about this bail “modification”? No bail

From Harper’s Weekly Review: Prosecutors in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, requested that the bail conditions for Kyle Rittenhouse, who shot and killed two people at a Black Lives Matter protest last year, be modified to prohibit him from consuming alcohol, displaying … Continue reading

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