A dying empire led by bad people.

From Dahlia Lithwick and me: While the Supreme Court’s conservatives ignore the strong innocence claims of men like Marcellus Williams, they have extended a kind of supercharged solicitude toward one specific class of favored criminal defendants ... slate.com/news-and-polit…

The eccentric lord mayor of New Amsterdam potentially being an Ottoman asset is a really fun plot twist, you have to admit.

Eric Adams was relying on free Turkish Airlines flights so much he tried to see if they had flights to *Easter Island*

Great reporting by Morgan Fischer on the deceptively named "Tipped Worker Protection Act," a measure on Arizona's 2024 ballot that will not protect workers at all. In fact, it's likely to do the opposite. phoenixnewtimes.com/restaurants/ph…

$100 million anonymous donation to “promote free expression”? 🧐 How does it cost that much… chicago.suntimes.com/education/2024…

Meet Matt Evans, the longshot taking on Kate Gallego for Phoenix mayor phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-m…

Senate race endorsements: Who’s backing Kari Lake and Ruben Gallego? phoenixnewtimes.com/news/every-end…

A tale of two endorsements lists Get the full list of Ruben Gallego and Kari Lake endorsements here: phoenixnewtimes.com/news/every-end…

a reporter asks Chomsky if he believes Hezbollah is a terrorist organization. He responds: No, the actual terrorists are the US and Israel, and the only reason Hezbollah is labelled as such by the Western media and political class is because they dare resist their genocidal mania

Pope Francis suggests Israel's actions in Gaza and Lebanon are disproportionate and immoral apnews.com/article/pope-i…

You’ll vote on judges in November. Prop. 137 would take that vote away phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona-p…

In July, we reported how tenants of the Buenas on 32nd apartments had been without working AC all summer. In August, the Arizona attorney general sued the complex's owners. Tenants testified in that case yesterday, and they say little has changed. phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-a…

A Latter-day Saints member called voting for Trump in 2020, "one of my biggest regrets." And she's not alone. Many members of the historically conservative Church will be casting their ballots for the Harris-Walz ticket. My latest for Phoenix New Times phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona-m…

Ruben Gallego called a presser yesterday to talk about his support for police. After two questions -- including one from TJ L'Heureux about Gallego's letter to the DOJ downplaying issues with Phoenix police -- the press conference ended. phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona-s…

NYT does it again. A barely-english sentence about Israel bombing another country that doesn’t mention Israel.

Ruben Gallego wanted to talk about his great work getting funding for police yesterday, but didn’t have time to answer more than 1 question about the DOJ’s damning report about Phoenix police’s rampant excessive force and discrimination. phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona-s…

When it investigated Allister Adel in 2022, the State Bar had evidence that Adel was being abused -- an affidavit recounting a phone call Adel made while hiding from her husband in a closet. It's unclear if the bar took any action. From Stephen Lemons: phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona-b…

“North Idaho senator yells ‘go back to where you came from’ at Native American candidate” Uhhh 🤔… should we tell him? idahostatesman.com/news/politics-…

Of note: Kolodin said the FBI would have agents stationed at the polls. I looked into it, thinking it was potentially newsworthy. The FBI says it is "categorically false" and that law prohibits the presence of agents at the polls, "absent exigent life-threatening emergencies."