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Emails Reveal Oklahoma Attorney General Agreed to Release Richard Glossip In an explosive new court filing, Glossip’s attorneys accuse Gentner Drummond of reneging on a plan negotiated in 2023.

SCOOP: While OK AG Gentner Drummond has been blustering about retrying Richard Glossip for murder a third time, behind the scenes he long ago -- and in writing -- cut a deal to release Glossip

Read the deets here, from me and @lilianasegura.bsky.social :

theintercept.com/2025/07/16/r...

Emails Reveal Oklahoma Attorney General Agreed to Release Richard Glossip In an explosive new court filing, Glossip’s attorneys accuse Gentner Drummond of reneging on a plan negotiated in 2023.

🚨 SCOOP 🚨 Oklahoma AG Gentner Drummond made a deal in 2023 to release Richard Glossip. Read more @theintercept.com w/ @jordansmith.bsky.social:

Emails Reveal Oklahoma Attorney General Agreed to Release Richard Glossip In an explosive new court filing, Glossip’s attorneys accuse Gentner Drummond of reneging on a plan negotiated in 2023.

SCOOP: While OK AG Gentner Drummond has been blustering about retrying Richard Glossip for murder a third time, behind the scenes he long ago -- and in writing -- cut a deal to release Glossip

Read the deets here, from me and @lilianasegura.bsky.social :

theintercept.com/2025/07/16/r...

"We don't think he killed anyone. But we can convict him if we pick the right jury."

of accessory after-the-fact, which was the initial charge Glossip faced and for which there was evidence -- including Glossip's admission. Drummond has said publicly that Glossip did not murder Barry Van Treese, and yet is charging him w/first-degree murder.

In Shocking Move, Oklahoma AG Decides to Retry Richard Glossip for Murder During a hearing in Oklahoma City, the state made clear it will go ahead despite the fact that the case against Glossip has fallen apart.

Surreal day in Oklahoma City. Mere months after AG Gentner Drummond won big at SCOTUS—persuading the justices to vacate Richard Glossip’s conviction due to the lies of the state’s star witness—the AG now seeks a 3rd murder trial (despite having no new evidence).
w/ @jordansmith.bsky.social

In Shocking Move, Oklahoma AG Decides to Retry Richard Glossip for Murder During a hearing in Oklahoma City, the state made clear it will go ahead despite the fact that the case against Glossip has fallen apart.

@lilianasegura.bsky.social and I were in court today where the OK AG's office made clear it is going to retry Richard Glossip for murder -- even though the AG has already said Glossip didn't murder anyone.

Our latest here:

theintercept.com/2025/06/09/r...

Because of course HHS would have to rely on AI to make its case

Comprehensive list.

true. but not sure it helps. lol. maybe on the margins?!?

amen

Plenty of alarms to raise amid this relentless, terrifying conflagration, but the looming expiration of the ACA tax credits is one that, imo, is not being sounded loud enough

It has become incredibly clear to me that I have vastly underestimated the number of truly terrible people there are in the world

family members who have worked for electeds on both sides of the aisle swear it does. it also feels good. highly recommend the 5 Calls app, which provides direct #s for your rep and senators, a list of topics and scripts you can use! You should do it!

So interesting that I can never get through to an actual person when calling my elected U.S. Senators. Hmmmm.

A fascinating and horrifying article by @jordansmith.bsky.social at @theintercept.com. If there's one thing cops DON'T need, it's another tool to perpetuate racial biases and justify targeting the wrong people.

I smell junk forensics! From the great @jordansmith.bsky.social:

A Forensics Company Tells Cops It Can Use DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face. Scientists Worry the Tool Will Deepen Racial Bias. Parabon NanoLabs sells police composite images of suspects built on DNA. Critics warn the tool can reinforce racial stereotypes and taint witness memories.

I wrote this and you should read it ... please? It's about a company selling cops on the notion that they can use DNA to tell you what a perpetrator looks like. The problem is that leading scientists say this isn't currently possible.

theintercept.com/2025/02/02/f...

Also, re this last trip, that stretch to BR was even more sloggggggging because I-10 was CLOSED across LA 🔪🔪

OMG. I hear you on that too. Frankly, any drive through Texas takes on the Poltergeist hallway feel. My family is from TX and I lived in ATX for like 23 years and every time I wanted to leave the state I swore it would likely never happen. ENDLESS.

Hard agree

not saying it's bad! i swear! just, you know, kinda endless?! lol

i get that too lol

Driving across the Florida Panhandle on I-10 is like being JoBeth Williams trying to make it down the hallway in Poltergeist.

I had the most amazing dream the other night wherein the secrets of the universe were revealed to me by a guide named Roberta, a middle-aged woman in a cat sweatshirt

I'm clean like dish detergent 🏄‍♀️

😂

Fun! Nice to have someone at the ready w/a safety pin. ⭐ Alas, no safety pin would have helped me. Getting out of the courtroom was ... challenging

lavender is such a great compliment to most any musing