Doug Mataconis

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. - John Adams, 2nd President of the United States

It's my #Twitterversary! I have been on Twitter for 14 years, since 22 Mar 2008 (via @twi_age).

This is what happened January 6th

Beer Hall Putsch bit.ly/2RvUNVp

By the way, what's a Guber?

Gubernatorial primaries in Virginia and New Jersey tomorrolw.Mostly on the GOP side. Terry McAuliffe is the overwhelming favorite in Virginia and Phil Murphy has opposition in New Jersey .

@JazzShaw Nope an the United States isn't going to go to war any more than ot did over Crimea

@dmataconis Not that I can think of other than just insane global war insanity? Do you have anything? Because I seriously don't.

Capitalism prepares to abandon Hong Kong hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2021…

Who wants to buy my movie script about Dracula's side gig running a meth lab? It's called Breaking Vlad.

@dmataconis @ndgc12dx "My goodness, I thought ... we've held that the 14th Amendment protects all races," buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisg…

Thst isn't my argument. My argument is that Fetuses, Embryos, and Zygotes are not persons and are not protected by the 14th Amendment.

@ndgc12dx My argument isn't dependent on that part of the Amendment.

72 percent of North Carolina voters want Gov. Roy Cooper to use his clemency power to address excessive sentences that have left people languishing in prison. theappeal.org/the-lab/pollin…

"“They took my food. I’m going to starve. So is the baby.” A pregnant woman incarcerated in Texas wrote her mother last year describing the abuse she was facing after jailers put her in solitary confinement. theappeal.org/pregnant-women…

Criminal defense attorneys in Nevada's Clark County (Las Vegas) say the DA is using the threat of the death penalty to get defendants to plead guilty to crimes that carry lengthy sentences. theappeal.org/clark-county-d…

In Los Angeles County, the sheriff's department has disproportionately targeted homeless people in Lancaster with citations, an ACLU report says. "This campaign to banish our most vulnerable people has gone on for far too long." theappeal.org/los-angeles-co…

Ahead of the mayoral election later this month, new polling shows that New York City voters want a mayor committed to taking bold steps on housing, policing, and homelessness. theappeal.org/the-lab/pollin…

When tenants have a right to counsel, landlords think twice before filing an eviction case as a means of threatening and removing a tenant. Recent reports from Cleveland and San Francisco suggest that reforms have helped tenants avoid evictions. theappeal.org/the-right-to-c…

In a new poll of New York City, 75 percent of people say they support creating a new agency of non-police first responders to deal with issues related to substance use and mental illness. theappeal.org/the-lab/pollin…

Fear-mongering is a potent force in criminal justice policy because it is “grounded firmly in the toxic soil of American history.” NYU Law Professor @vmsoutherland explains how that's coming into play in the modern fight to eliminate cash bail: theappeal.org/the-lab/explai…