He Died in a Tragic Accident. Why Did the Internet Say He Was Murdered? Within a day of the death of Matthew Sachman, 19, on New York City subway tracks, so-called obituary pirates had flooded search results with false information.
Judge clears names of 2 men convicted in Times Square murder after they spent years in prison and The Juror Who Found Herself Guilty. I’m always pained by these stories of innocent people being in jail for decades before being exonerated.
Gazan Lives Matter
Cory Doctorow: How I Got Scammed
Sam Waterston to Leave ‘Law and Order’ After 20 Seasons
50 Best ‘Law & Order: SVU’ Guest Stars, Ranked
Anti-Racism Resources
I gave blood at the Albany High School on January 31. It was my 178th time. My time: 5 minutes, 17 seconds. Booyah!
Kelly goes marbles
Mel-O-Toons: Cheap cartoons for weekday enjoyment
Now I Know: When New York Choked the Artichoke Trade and When Milwaukee Went to War Over Bridges and Math and the Missing Planet and Why Did This Rabbit Drive a Car?
NOT ME: A SCOTTISH commercial cleaning firm has announced its acquisition of an English rival, adding a further 100 staff to its growing UK team. Founded in 1988 by its Chairman Roger Green, Spotless now operates over 1,700 contracts across the UK, providing a full range of cleaning services for blue chip companies, retail outlets, industrial leaders, and premier commercial premises.
Health
Chuck Miller: The surgeries aren’t done yet; Panic at the hospital; Waiting on an NPO; This blog post was almost written from beyond the grave. Get better, Chuck!
About Biden’s Age and Memory
King Charles Diagnosed With Cancer, Buckingham Palace Say. The Royal Line of British Succession
Chita Rivera, revered and pioneering Tony-winning dancer and singer, dies at 91
Carl Weathers, Apollo Creed in “Rocky,” dies at 76
Amelia Earhart’s long-lost plane was possibly spotted in the Pacific by an exploration team
The retribution presidency
2024: What Kind of Society Will America Be?
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djt Calls for ‘All Willing States’ to Deploy National Guard Troops to Texas. Kareem: “This is not a drill: Donald Trump has become the most destructive force to American democracy. To support him after all that’s happened, after all he’s said and done, is to denounce America and everything it stands for. That’s not hyperbole or liberal posturing. It’s merely acknowledging the facts.”
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From Maggie Haberman, New York Times: “A vindictive Trump second term is now a frequent point of discussion. But [John] Bolton already got a close-up look at Trump’s nature — and how his anger can boil over. He spent 17 months in the administration and left in 2019.
“The new edition of Bolton’s book focuses on several examples, especially the case of Ellen Knight, a National Security Council official who cleared Bolton’s original edition for publication and was then dismissed from the [National Security Council].
“Knight told a federal judge that senior White House lawyers pressured her to falsely claim that Bolton’s book contained classified information. She was reinstated under President Biden.”
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djt says he’d let Russia do ‘whatever the hell they want’ to NATO countries that don’t pay enough. Republicans say it was just fine.
Heather Cox Richardson: “What I’m saying is… if former president Donald Trump or a Trump-like figure… is elected president or takes the presidency in 2024, we will lose American democracy for our lifetimes. Not forever, because strong men always fall. It’s the nature of authoritarian movements.”[She’s more optimistic than I.]
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Federal Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s Claim of Absolute Immunity. The ruling answered a question that an appeals court had never addressed: Can former presidents escape being held accountable by the criminal justice system for things they did while in office?
MUSIC
Where has Tracy Chapman been? Tracy Chapman – Fast Car
The Genius Of Stevie Wonder
The War and Treaty: Lover’s Game
1712 Overture – PDQ Bach
Karma Chameleon – Culture Club
Victoria Monét: On My Mama
Coverville 1475: The Harry Styles Cover Story
Jelly Roll: Son Of A Sinner
J. Eric Smith’s Favorite Songs by Favorite Artists: Buggy Jive and D.O.A.
Laufey – From The Start
Gracie Abrams: Difficult
