NEW: Alabama is set to kill Sonny Burton on Thursday. Governor Kay Ivey must stop it.
Sonny Burton did not kill anyone, but Alabama put him on death row and his execution is scheduled to be carried out this week — unless Ivey grants clemency or courts intervene.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
Talarico will be the Democratic nominee in Texas:
kind of crazy that if you have enough money and don't like what you see in the media, you can just buy up every film studio, news station, and social media app and change it
DHS repeatedly said that an aggressive apartment raid in Chicago last fall was prompted by intel on a gang takeover.
Documents show the real story behind the raid was to target alleged squatters — with the landlord's blessing.
A ringing expression of mild chagrin.
this is an attempt by the Secretary of War to bankrupt Anthropic.
good luck to everyone working there
BREAK: Donald Trump told Kash Patel he wasn’t thrilled with his Olympic hijinks:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
NEW: Judges in MN challenge Bondi over her X posts featuring names and photos of people arrested for allegedly interfering with immigration enforcement. One judge says Bondi "violated a court order" on sealing & undercut DOJ bid to protect agent identities www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
this is what they said it would be like under socialism
Obvious to everyone here but If you really want to understand what's happening and how to fight it, you need to look at U.S. History and American policing.
Radiohead is demanding that the Trump administration take down a pro-ICE promotional video featuring a version of its song “Let Down” without permission.
Full statement from the band:
Largest homicide spike ever happened during the first Trump administration. #SOTU cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webap...
Sorry that you experienced that - thanks for posting this
Just in case you’re still not boycotting CBS and Paramount … please watch this video.
One of the Survvior 50 contestants hurled antisemitic and cruel remarks at Eliza and the network is choosing to ignore it.
They’re once again proving to be nothing more than state sponsored propaganda.
A part of Akinola Davies Jr's speech the BBC decided not to air
The only reason I don't really get angry about Kristi Noem and Kash Patel using taxpayer money to live influencer lives is that at least they're not doing their jobs
I hope Dem primary voters remember this mealy-mouthed assent to more war
What's more shocking than ICE's plan to cram as many 8,500 humans into massive, soul-crushing warehouses?
Seeing the actual DHS floor plan that echoes slavery ships and history's worst gulags with no rec space but a gun range for guards
My new column on the camps www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
Pretty amazing that comms person at FBI called my @ms.now colleague @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social a liar and demand a correction only for Kash to post a photo from the locker room
In film after film, Frederick Wiseman watched with preternatural patience as systems revealed themselves through the tenacious, irreducible vitality of the people inside them.
I kept returning to his films while reporting my book, hoping to absorb some of that patience.
Such a profound loss.
Alfred Blumstein, Who Transformed the Study of Crime, Dies at 95 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/s...
This is an *excellent* synoptic view of our authoritarian present that shows, among other things, that the crisis has long been "hiding in plain sight."
How and why police actually support the federal invasions—I have been working on this article for ~6 months, trying to make sense of Trump’s nationwide surge of DHS officers, how it has evolved, what brought us here, and what will remain after it ends.
A map of the world with pins representing DHS contract spending, with data callouts for amount spent, highest contracts, and more.
For those looking for new ways to use federal buying data for good, we've updated our 2026 DHS Contract Visualizer with the most recent data. Visit the tracker here:
tinyurl.com/DHSContracts...
Zoom in to see contracts bought by DHS law enforcement agencies in your area, and more.
My condolences to Al Blumstein's family and friends - what a remarkable career. He was one of the first criminologists whose work inspired my own and I still often reference his findings.
www.legacy.com/legacy/alfre...
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
NEW: The F.D.A. refused to accept an application from Moderna for its mRNA flu vaccine.
Its reason: The agency did not think Moderna compared the new vaccine to one of the best flu shots available. The company spent $750M+ on a 41,000 person study.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...
NEW: Trump DOJ tries, fails to secure indictment over Democratic lawmakers' social media video on unlawful orders. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
