They want to tear down a movie set. Because it’s only a movie set

Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh

State Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh


Fig. 1. Photograph by Matt Freed, September 6, 2021, via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, fair use.

Mark Belko, “A Pittsburgh-based firm has a $44 million plan to raze the former Western Penitentiary on the North Side,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 3, 2023, https://www.post-gazette.com/business/development/2023/08/03/pennsylvania-correctional-institution-pittsburgh-western-penitentiary-michael-baker-international-ilm-office/stories/202308030066


Illiberalism

Gilead

Donald Trump
Coup attempt


Fig. 1. “Jake Angeli (Qanon Shaman), seen holding a Qanon sign at the intersection of Bell Rd and 75th Ave in Peoria, Arizona, on 2020 October 15.” Photography by TheUnseen011101 [pseud.], October 15, 2020, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.

Ryan Cooper writes that Jack Smith is doing the job Merrick Garland should have done.[1]

Tori Otten, “‘We’re Ready to Go’: Georgia DA Warns New Trump Charges Are Coming,” New Republic, July 31, 2023, https://newrepublic.com/post/174734/were-ready-go-georgia-da-warns-new-trump-charges-coming

Jan Wolfe and Cameron McWhirter, “Judge Criticizes Trump for ‘Overwrought’ Complaints About Georgia Election Probe,” Wall Street Journal, July 31, 2023, https://www.wsj.com/articles/judge-criticizes-trump-for-overwrought-complaints-about-georgia-election-probe-701bd894

Devlin Barrett et al., “Trump charged in probe of Jan. 6, efforts to overturn 2020 election,” Washington Post, August 1, 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/08/01/trump-indictment-jan-6-2020-election/

Spencer S. Hsu and Tom Jackman, “Judge Tanya Chutkan is a tough Trump critic, toughest Jan. 6 sentencer,” Washington Post, August 1, 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/08/01/judge-chutkan-trump-jan-6-special-counsel/

Adam Rawnsley and Asawin Suebsaeng, “Trump’s Plan to Save Himself: Scapegoat His Coup Lawyers,” Rolling Stone, August 1, 2023, https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/donald-trump-jan6-jack-smith-rudy-giuliani-john-eastman-1234798826/

Tina Nguyen, “The Closing of the Florida Mind,” Puck, August 2, 2023, https://puck.news/the-closing-of-the-florida-mind/

Ryan Cooper, “Merrick Garland Failed America,” American Prospect, August 3, 2023, https://prospect.org/justice/2023-08-03-merrick-garland-failed-america/

Tierney Sneed et al., “Donald Trump pleads not guilty to January 6-related charges,” CNN, August 3, 2023, https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/03/politics/arraignment-trump-election-interference-indictment/index.html


  1. [1]Ryan Cooper, “Merrick Garland Failed America,” American Prospect, August 3, 2023, https://prospect.org/justice/2023-08-03-merrick-garland-failed-america/

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