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David Menschel
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1. One thing I think doesn’t get enough attention/theorizing from the progressive prosecutor movement is the relationship of the Appeals sections of these offices to the progressive goals. 2. In
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1. A few thoughts about press pieces that advance cynical narratives about the “end of Portland” because, apparently, protesters and homeless people have made the city, or the downtown, unsafe.
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Nah. This is utter nonsense. We don’t need the Republicans or any member of the Congress to have MASSIVE criminal justice reform — bigger than any in 100 years. With
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Slogans are always imperfect. I’m not sure “defund the police” quite captures what I would imagine. Maybe it would be more like “disband/rebuild police departments, dramatically shrink policing and build
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1. Once again, the New York Times Metro section – as part of a long history of crude, sensational journalism – publishes a blatant falsehood in order to stoke and exaggerate
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1. Here’s the thing about the politics right now: Trump desperately wants it to seem like there’s a conflict between protesters and *federal officers. And actually that’s exactly what Democratic
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1. If you’re reading national media portrayals of Portland as dangerous, you really ought to read this thread. Other than a few blocks (almost exclusively at night), Portland is a
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1. One shard about John Lewis. At the March on Washington the original text of the speech he planned to give was deemed too radical — even by mainstream civil
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1. While I don’t advocate vandalism, I do wonder if it isn’t time to rethink all of our statues — not merely Confederate ones or slaveholders — and ask whether
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