Federal Judge Makes Radical Move to End Qualified Immunity for Bad Cops, Nationally
Truthout explains that since qualified immunity is a court-made rule, the courts could abolish it. Although the Supreme Court declined to review the doctrine in the last term, the abolition of qualified immunity in Colorado state courts, together with Reeves’s comprehensive condemnation of it, may well lead the high court to reconsider the endurance of qualified immunity in its next term.
For us, the word neoliberal means that we’re:
Pro-markets
Pro-property rights
Pro-growth
Individualistic
Empirical and open-minded
Globalist in outlook
Optimistic about the future
Focused on changing the world for the better
Libertarians are neoliberals, apparently.
The CDC Just Gave Us the Biggest Reason to End the Coronavirus Lockdowns
According to the CDC’s current best estimate, the case fatality rate of the coronavirus is .4 percent.
As riches grow, empathy for others seems to decline
Propaganda
…any form of communication in support of national objectives designed to influence the opinions, emotions, attitudes, or behavior of any group in order to benefit the sponsor, either directly or indirectly.
How the US Funds the Taliban
With Pentagon cash, contractors bribe insurgents not to attack supply lines for US troops
Welcome to the wartime contracting bazaar in Afghanistan. It is a virtual carnival of improbable characters and shady connections, with former CIA officials and ex-military officers joining hands with former Taliban and mujahedeen to collect US government funds in the name of the war effort.
How safe is your job?
Because despite the “Everything is Awesome!” mirage the financial markets are desperate to project, the real economy — you know, where people actually live their lives — is telling us a far darker story.
Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 
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