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Urgent: No President is Above the Law Act

dimanche 1 septembre 2019 à 02:00

US citizens: call on Congress to pass the No President is Above the Law Act, so presidents that are criminals can be prosecuted after they leave office.

Urgent: Reject Steven Menashi

dimanche 1 septembre 2019 à 02:00

US citizens: call on the Senate to reject Steven Menashi as a federal judge.

Tracking devices in Mercedes cars

samedi 31 août 2019 à 02:00

Mercedes puts tracking devices into its cars, and getting a car loan requires agreeing to be tracked.

Witnesses who are thugs

samedi 31 août 2019 à 02:00

California prosecutors now have permission to inform defense lawyers when a witness that is a thug has some characteristic that leads to suspicion perse might give false testimony.

This doesn't assure that they will inform defense lawyers.

The mere fact that the witness is a thug is, in itself, reason for such suspicion. The defense lawyers already know that. Alas, most jurors won't believe it.

Subsidized rent

samedi 31 août 2019 à 02:00

Santa Monica subsidizes the rent for some of the old people who live there.

This is better than not doing so, but it has a drawback: it is a private subsidy for landlords, and as rents increase, the subsidy will increase too. It would be better to build public housing, which means that the state makes the investment and gets the profit, but less profit, because this will expand the housing supply.