Radley Balko
Opinion journalist, Washington Post. Author of Rise of the Warrior Cop, and The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist. Honorary Duckmaster (3/24/18).
Last synced from Twitter 3d ago
Fighting cock kills police chief in Philippine raid
A Philippine police officer was killed during a raid on an illegal cockfight after a rooster's blade sliced his femoral artery, an official said Tuesday.
Radley Balko
Headline of the day.
3d
Facts Are Facts
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine looked at the current COVID outbreak in Tennessee and broke the hospitalization numbers down by...
How Trump and Bolsonaro Broke Latin America’s Covid-19 Defenses
The two presidents drove out 10,000 Cuban doctors and nurses. They defunded the region’s leading health agency. They wrongly pushed hydroxychloroquine as a cure.
Radley Balko
My God, this story. Trump actively exported his COVID incompetence to Latin America, where he and Bolsonaro crippled the continent’s response, causing who knows how many unnecessary deaths. The man is just a calamity of corruption and ineptitude.
nytimes.com/2020/10/27/wor… pic.twitter.com/uxjKbTHWdO
4d
Police Rethink Policies as Cities Pay Millions to Settle Misconduct Claims
The 20 U.S. cities and counties with the biggest police departments paid over $2 billion since 2015 for alleged misconduct and civil rights violations, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis.
Charges Have Been Dropped Against Most Turkish Officers in D.C. Clash
Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against 11 of 15 members of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s security team who were accused in connection with the beating of protesters in Washington last year, a case that caused a diplomatic rift...
Radley Balko
Just remembering when an autocrat's thuggish security team savagely beat U.S. citizens as they protested on U.S. soil. The Trump administration later cited its decision not to prosecute the assailants in an effort to win favor with the autocrat.
4d
Fox News COVID Infection Sends Election Plans Into ‘Chaos’
The potential exposure and quarantining of several top Fox News stars has raised alarm among network staffers who feel some of their colleagues don’t take the crisis seriously.
Rallies Are the Core of Trump’s Campaign, and a Font of Lies and Misinformation
A recent rally in Wisconsin was typical. In 90 minutes, President Trump made 131 false or inaccurate statements.
How to Accommodate a Massive Surge in Absentee Voting
A surge in absentee voting is inevitable. Here are five steps to make sure the election still works.
Tennessee Sen. Joey Hensley defends prescribing opioids to relatives, lover
Tennessee Sen. Joey Hensley is accused of prescribing opioids to relatives, including a second cousin with whom he was in a romantic relationship.
Radley Balko, The Washington Post - The Breonna Taylor police killing: what went wrong was familiar | Here and There with Dave Marash
The famous Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz is credited with the concept – “the fog of war,” specifically the “fog of greater or lesser uncertainty” which he said defined warfare. Von Clausewitz had witnessed more than enough battle action to...
Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
Radley Balko
Are we talking "go to prison for hiring a prostitute to blackmail your brother-in-law" successful, or "almost started a war in the Middle East so someone would bail out your colossally failed billion-dollar real estate investment" successful?
5d
FBI Sits on Report Detailing White-Supremacist Terror Threat
In violation of the law, the FBI won’t deliver a legally required report on domestic terrorism before an election that many security veterans fear may spark some level of violence.
Honest journalism? Wall Street Journal reporter eviscerates claim that Biden is clear in China scheme
Strassel has four questions for the BIden camp which have not been answered, in particular who is "big guy," how information jives with Joe Biden's claim that he didn't talk business with Hunter.
WSJ News Exclusive | Health Agency Scraps Coronavirus Ad Campaign, Leaving Santa Claus in the Cold
A federal health agency halted a public-service coronavirus advertising campaign funded by $250 million in taxpayer money after it offered a special vaccine deal to an unusual set of essential workers: Santa Claus performers.
Radley Balko
The Trump administration's backup plan is to miniaturize Dennis Quaid, inject him into COVID patients, and have him kill the virus himself.
6d
Members of Pence’s Inner Circle Test Positive for Coronavirus
Along with Marc Short, the vice president’s chief of staff, another staff member and a Pence adviser have also tested positive, according to people briefed on the developments.
1
Radley Balko
Good morning. Five — 5! — staffers of head of the COVID task force now have COVID, just weeks after a White House outbreak. The admin. tried to keep this from you as Trump and Pence violate task force guidelines with maskless rallies all over the US.
7d
Covid-19 Live Updates: Harrowing New Surge Rages Across America’s Heartland
The U.S. set a single-day record of 82,154 new cases on Friday, less than two weeks before Election Day. Two vaccine trials resumed after pausing for safety concerns.
Mask charts
Have you been looking for charts that show the (lack of) correlation between mask mandates and cases or hospitalizations? Your wish is our command!
In Trump Donations, Big Tax Write-Offs and Claims That Don’t Always Add Up
Hidden financial records cast doubt on a number of his charitable commitments and show that most of his giving came from land deals that offset his income.
New Stanford Study Suggests Biden's Agenda Will Have 4 Devastating Economic Consequences | Brad Polumbo
The real takeaway from the Stanford study has nothing to do with a candidate or political party. It’s another reminder that free markets and economic liberty drive prosperity, while heavy-handed government interventions drag progress down.