Marissa Elkins

Opinion | The sandwich thrower was wrong. But Jeanine Pirro was, too. To establish a forcible assault, jurors were required to find that Dunn caused “reasonable apprehension of immediate bodily harm.” That allegation was laughable.

Sandwich verdict wasn’t jury nullification. It was failure to prove the required “reasonable fear of physical injury” in a case where the agent was wearing A BULLETPROOF VEST. The only crime was the waste of resources on this case. My thoughts in @MSNBCDaily.
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It’s wild that neither the Gazette or @masslive.bsky.social even get a story posted to their websites overnight about this.

Oh man, Rand paul makes a lot of sense here

Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.

ALL ROAD USERS.

And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.

For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.

Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

A super cool thing is that the court-appointed attorneys who represented many of these people are currently not being paid and we don’t know when our work will be funded again.

And firing the messengers who bring the bad news.

Democratic Doctors Are Pouring Into Politics. Thank Trump and RFK Jr. Plus: How one group is working to STEM the tide of Trumpism.

First came the 1992 Year of the Woman, then the 2018 reprise. Next up, thanks to Trump, RFK Jr. and a "complicit Congress," the year of the (Democratic) doctor? My latest @thebulwark.com on @314action.bsky.social's mission to make science a US superpower again. www.thebulwark.com/p/democratic...

my most Gen X coded belief is that cities and the culture at large suffer profoundly for the near-complete death of alt-weeklies

Ours is not to reason why.

It’s depressing being a scientist in these anti-science times. But it could be worse. I could be a lawyer.

Also, nice to see you here @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social . I’ve been gone from the other place a long time and haven’t missed it, but yours was a voice I always appreciated.

I did think that Klein (and I am a fan) brought up some though provoking points around Dems uneasy transition into an institutionalist party and where that leaves them relative to some of their coalition.

I thought this was also a particularly disingenuous moment by Gurri. It’s irrelevant whether the case is strong against Adams or not (it is). The unprecedented thing is the corrupt tradeoff to avoid prosecution.

Fired Park Rangers Try to ‘Open Some Hearts’ on Social Media Some rangers decided it was worth the risk to speak out online about their firings and share their love of the National Park Service.

I didn’t really have a question for the Park Ranger at the information desk, but I asked one anyway and then thanked him for his work and service… and apologized. He told me they were all there until [long pause] “they decide.” He visibly teared up. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/s...

I went to a national park yesterday. The place was so clean and well maintained. It exuded pride of place and mission.

True. We are identifying the pain points. Saying them out loud. It's terrifying.

Local government too.

a woman says i 'm gonna punch a hole in a netflix ad ALT: a woman says i 'm gonna punch a hole in a netflix ad

85% no, 6% yes, and 9% just for even asking…

Proposed Federal Funding Earmarked for Northampton Pump Station engineering firm - Massachusetts - Connecticut - New Hampshire - Rhode Island - Maine Tighe & Bond Latest News & Events

@warren.senate.gov @edmarkey.bsky.social Northampton City Councilor losing sleep over here. www.tighebond.com/proposed-fed...

Proposed Federal Funding Earmarked for Northampton Pump Station engineering firm - Massachusetts - Connecticut - New Hampshire - Rhode Island - Maine Tighe & Bond Latest News & Events

Fair. But even a “temporary” pause of trillions of dollars while it’s successfully challenged legally could do serious, serious damage. Here’s the one making me lose sleep. www.tighebond.com/proposed-fed...

Proposed Federal Funding Earmarked for Northampton Pump Station engineering firm - Massachusetts - Connecticut - New Hampshire - Rhode Island - Maine Tighe & Bond Latest News & Events

www.tighebond.com/proposed-fed...

My God. $29 million to Boston Children’s Hospital. $7.6 million to Dana Farber. The list goes on and on.

Probably beats how I see myself spending time this spring. Can you deliver those to council chambers?

Bring that to me.

Unless you’re knitting it into sweaters for them you’re hardly even trying. 😂

Weird!