Footage from Sunday night shows Atlanta police arresting a clearly marked NLG legal observer at Stop Cop City protests. The NLG and SPLC say one of their lawyers was arrested while working as an observer, and is now facing domestic terror charges: https://www.thedailybeast.com/legal-observer-hit-with-terrorism-charges-after-mass-cop-city-arrests
Kelly Weill
Reporter at The Daily Beast, co-host of the Fever Dreams podcast, author of "OFF THE EDGE: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything"
my kid told me the easter bunny is 26. something to consider
if i see one more trad momfluencer post this fiscal quarter, i am launching a newsletter for lefty moms called Mom Left. you're all on notice
The Last of Us is ruining mushroom taco night for me :(
In Ohio, families are crowdfunding to leave the area of the Norfolk Southern derailment. In Atlanta, activists are fighting to block an environmentally destructive “Cop City” training ground, of which Norfolk Southern is a $100,000 donor:
An opponent of the right-wing group Moms for Liberty began receiving threatening Facebook messages. “I will laugh as your family suffers,” one read. The messages came from the account of a woman who was murdered in 2021.
It was only the beginning of a wild story about a Moms for Liberty leader accused of running a fake school, calling people the n-word, and trying to open credit cards in a foe's name: https://www.thedailybeast.com/moms-for-liberty-leader-allegedly-hijacked-dead-womans-facebook-page-to-harass-foes
gpt-4 doing valor theft (i did NOT win those awards!)
Arizona Senate Majority Leader Sonny Borrelli has long denied striking his ex in a 2001 domestic violence incident, in which he pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct. Unreported until now: a 2004 incident that sent his ex to the hospital.
In subsequent divorce filings, Borrelli claimed the marriage saw "no domestic violence." An ethics group is out with a new letter claiming Borrelli may have perjured himself: https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-arizona-goper-sonny-borrelli-was-involved-in-second-domestic-violence-incident-police-reports-show/