Now that mass arrests and criminal injustice processing has begun in NYC from the RNC protests, I want to review a few legal things for everyone. I want to make sure everyone understands what police questioning is, how plea bargains work, etc. And that SILENCE IS GOLDEN!

"The voting is over in Venezuela, and the U.S.-supported right wing lost -- badly."

One look at New York City’s streets on Sunday carried an unmistakable message: American democracy, which has taken a pummeling from the Crawford Chump the last few years, is up off the canvas and has gotten its second wind. Come November 2, it will knock the oblivious washed-up wannabe even-before-he-was from Texas so far out of the ring, he won’t know what hit him. For more on the blow-by-blow, read on.

It is hard to tell what is going on when people get left out of things. I have noticed that when things get to the point where those who want to participate cannot, due to class privilege, the poor usually either shut up and leave, or are labeled whiners. We need to talk re this.

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