The Trump administration said it will roll back Biden-era police reform efforts in cities where there has been controversy over high-profile police killings and brutality. The US justice department said on Wednesday it will be dismissing oversight agreements reached with the police departments in Louisville, Kentucky and Minneapolis, Minnesota. It will also be scrapping investigations into police constitutional violations in six other cities, including Phoenix and Memphis. The Biden-era justice department reached accountability agreements with both the Louisville and Minneapolis police departments, but they were not formally enacted. They included measures like enhanced training, accountability, and improved data collection of police activity. The Trump administration said those findings relied on "flawed methodologies and incomplete data". The move comes amid a large upheaval of the justice department's civil rights division since Trump's re-election. Around 70% of the department's lawyers have quit, according to current and former officials who spoke to NPR, over concerns of its changing priorities under the new Trump administration. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8e663n8glgo

@Steve-Miller My guess is the worst thing it could do is give you an allergic reaction. I'm sending it back. I'm glad to know oxidized silver is real.

Of course he was. What makes you think otherwise?

Just great to see new bits thank you. I wonder Geoffrey really liked custard tarts. And a sausage for breakfast.

@Big_Al It seems more than a little ironic to me that Marbury v. Madison "established" the court's right to determine the constitutionality of act of congress, considering that the actual opinion of the case was rubbish. All born out of a very nasty political fight. As Leonard Levy says in the book I'm reading*, "It is... one of the most flagrant specimens of judicial activism and, from the standpoint of judicial craftsmanship, resulted in one of the worst opinions ever delivered by the Supreme Court. . . . As a matter of judicial politics, however, it ranks among the craftiest in our constitutional history." (Emphasis mine) Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. The US has been a struggle from the get go. It is really wise to have a single branch of the government wield the power of judicial review? Current events make me question. "Original Intent and the Framers' Constitution"

An analysis of what happened https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/what-happened-brooklyn-bridge-boat-crash-nskfs75df

It’s a dog-eat -dog world out there and I’m wearing milk bone underwear. Women. You can’t live with them….. pass the beer nuts. Two norm quotes I carry around in my head with me…

Fascinating read. Thanks.

Wanna see some heads explode? I have agreed with about five separate things Randy Paul has said over the past week or so... https://bsky.app/profile/dhfeldman.bsky.social/post/3lphxauk5ec25

When Earth's environment gets bad enough, escape with SpaceX rockets.

I didn't read it yet, but the quoted section should come as no surprise. This is no different from how he has acted his whole life when it comes to rules, laws, deals or morals.

Scary. They happen in Florida.

Yes; and Yes. Though the cynic in me whispers it's so nice that some bugger will only nick it. I've considered very similar leather duffels in the sale at John Lewis for £300. Helly Hanson do one called the Offshore, practical, waterproof, for a mere 120 quid, but being bright red plastic I guess it's the squeezy-plastic-bottle-of-jelly equivalent. Mik, I see Welches come in jam jars so it's off my list

Link to video This video is better. Great song.

@rustyfingers lovely! That’s deep pink is very pretty ! Mr SK said he’ll prune it after the flowering season is done, so we’ll see how it does.