Nicholas Cote

Signs in a high school social studies classroom explaining the separation of powers.

If only

Episode 6 especially timely

Happy Nevada Day!

Feeling pretty good about drafting Trey Yesavage in my dynasty league.

Her Mentor Sent Richard Glossip to Death Row. Can She Give Him a Fair Trial? Judge Susan Stallings refuses to recuse herself from the third trial of Richard Glossip, despite her ties to the Oklahoma County DA’s office.

There’s a lot going on in this godforsaken country but if you have found yourself wondering “What’s up with Richard Glossip’s case?” here you go. My latest for @theintercept.com:

Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases

I’ve written about people who were exonerated after being imprisoned for 20, 30, and 40-plus years. Some were nearly executed. None of them ever saw anything near $320 million.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

Spotify should be fined for their Power Pop playlist inexplicably including the boring studio version of Cheap Trick’s I Want You to Want Me.

Appreciate the rec! Didn’t get finger steaks the last time I was in town
and regretted it.

@sickoscommittee.org I’m at Vegas airport waiting for my flight to Boise (will be going to the UNLV game tomorrow!) and next gate over the UNM women’s volleyball is here rocking the turquoise.

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

David Boaz would be proud. Thank you for what you do.

What's gone unsaid in all this talk about homeless people in DC is that so many in the Capital are veterans who are now having the military aimed back at them for the crime of being poor.

It’s not law. It’s not order. It’s just power.

Tennessee Is About to Execute Byron Black — Despite His Intellectual Disability Decades after sending him to death row, Nashville prosecutors admitted he shouldn’t be executed. Tennessee plans to kill him anyway.

I wrote about the 69-year-old man Tennessee plans to kill tomorrow. @theintercept.com

Unless he’d react to a Fox News correspondent as if they were an actual fox. Then cover your ears.

My beagle Ollie (RIP) basically never barked or bayed and would get Silent Cal comps

@sickoscommittee.org look who is at Dbacks game

@sickoscommittee.org has anyone corrected Jordan yet about Sam Boyd Stadium? It’s as off-campus as you can get. (Also, I miss it.)

Highly recommend

Revealed: Autopsy suggests South Carolina botched firing squad execution Records obtained by the Guardian indicate shooters did not hit Mikal Mahdi according to protocol, which lawyers say caused prolonged suffering

A firing squad in South Carolina missed the target over Mikal Mahdi's heart during execution last, causing him to suffer a prolonged death: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is basically what happened with me, reading various philosophers in college. I’ll still defend aspects of her work, or at least find some inspiration here or there.

A Big East Pope!

Cantaloupe

“A picture is worth a thousand words.” My intent with this was just to depict the temporary interstate closure, but there is a lot going on here about our local/state politics and public policy.

Screen capture of Google Maps showing partial closure of I-11 northbound between Boulder City and Henderson, NV

“Freedom”

I’ve spent the last two and a half years talking to conservatives about the death penalty. Increasingly, part of those conversations has been to dig deeper into what public safety actually means. This thread exemplifies why.

Thinking about this thread I read earlier in the day, after on my drive home I saw that a portion of I-11 NB between Boulder City and Henderson/Vegas was completely shut to traffic. Apparently a fatal accident earlier. The presumption that driving entails safety and freedom is…weird.

At a AAA day game in Vegas for Jackie Robinson day. A father has been trying to point out to his child how the Aviators all wearing 42, but without being clear about *why.* Maybe the kid already knows. But it’s worth repeating.

An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.

BREAKING: Trump admin says it mistakenly deported a Maryland father who had *withholding of removal* back to El Salvador on March 15. Govt told court Monday it won't bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back. "What.The.Fuck..." one govt attorney told me. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... @theatlantic.com