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* Standing Evacuation: Republicans flee en masse as Judge Jackson is confirmed to the highest court in the land. [Mediaite] * Marjorie Taylor Greene, who advocated for the execution of Democrat politicians in 2018 and 2019, ran to the police because of a joke on Jimmy Kimmel. Talk about a snowflake. [Twitter] * The 4th as a nicety: Portland Police did a bunch of snooping and data collection on protestors without really explaining why. [Oregon Live] * Texan charged with assault after an argument ...

* Pressure mounts as Russia's actions in Ukraine labeled genocidal. [CNN] * Freedom or free doom? Wind energy can be a life or death reality for bald eagles and other birds. Bet they'll be safer once each death costs the company about $30k. [NPR] * Handsy cop quietly gets his job back. Don't worry, not in the Cuomo way. Just the Ike way. That's apparently acceptable for the force. [Vice] * Just change the words a little: Ohio copies Florida's "Don't Say Gay&quo...

* Veteran police officer resigned after it went public that he didn't think Hitler was all that bad. Come on now, Amazon does better background checks than this. [HuffPost] * Biden is freezing student loan payments till August 31st. Cheers to him delaying them to February 30th. [NY Times] * Some turbulence along the way: man faces federal charges after joining the mile high club by himself four times. [FOX] * King Zuck guarantees that his words will be part of some future employment lawsuit...

* Paranoia fuel: ever wonder what exactly cops (or teens impersonating them) can access on your phone? [The Guardian] * Too much of a good thing: Cali Judge knocks down diversity initiative for corporate boards. [CNN] * ReRoe: Colorado goes out of its way to make sure abortion access is considered a right. [The Week] * Cover blown: Police officer posing as a reporter fired after questioning New York’s mayor. [NBC NY] * Is it time for a federal privacy law? Probably. [WaPo]

* Two Americas: Legal battles are making for radically different living experiences state by state. [NYT] * Too little, too late? New federal anti-lynching law may not be enough of a deterrent. [NPR] * Florida has been trying to make the most of the whole 1965 Voting Rights Act being gutted and all. [NYT] * Trump’s Twitter emulator is failing bigly. Hard to speak freely with bad coders. [BBC] * All good boys protect and serve: Officer attacking a teenager bitten by K-9. [YouTube]

* Nine people hit with civil rights violation charges for blocking healthcare access. Can’t be doing that, man. [AP News] * When I say reggae, you say hold a former President accountable. Reggae?! [The Guardian] * Arresting development: Turns out Will Smith was closer to getting arrested than we knew. [NPR] *  The States move a step closer to making insulin access actually affordable! Let’s hope they don’t bungle this up. [NYT] * Progress is progress: A woman turned a California bill into...

* Texan student who was threatened with being given a failing grade for not reciting the Pledge of Allegiance earns a lot of lunch money. Gotta love the 1st Amendment. [Chron] * Facebook and Apple were so deferential to cops that they gave sensitive information to kids pretending to be them. What happened to two-factor authentication? [Dudes Code] * Loan company hit with a million-dollar fine for misleading its clients about loan forgiveness. Stop playing with people’s money! [Business Insider...

* Two lit at the night show: It is unclear who will lead the charge in the coming Astroworld litigation. Either way, this won't be Travis's first Rodeo. [Billboard] * The Pot calling the Kettle violent: O.J. chimes in on Smith's slip of the slap at the Oscars. I'd make an assault and battery joke, but I should probably keep those out of my f... well, you know. [Newsweek] * Ain't too proud to beg: Trump is asking Putin for dirt on democrats again. [CNN] * Maryland passes ...

* Two Wills passing in the night: The 2022 version of Raffles v. Wichelhaus just dropped. [Fox Baltimore] * No one is safe from this "soul grabbing" police officer — not even his colleagues. [Daily Mail] * You down with PPP? Every last homie, apparently. [NBC News] * The Justice formerly known for not speaking is still in the hot seat. I know there's no Supreme Court binding code of ethics that would mandate recusal, but come on now... [FFRF] * What's a little crime between...

* Will Smith just wrote many a law professor's final exam question at the Oscars yesterday. [ABC7] * Give the people what they want: Ketanji Brown Jackson is pretty popular in the polls. [CNN] * Strange bedfellows: It's harm to assume neutrality after seeing Ginny's texts, Clarence. [CNN] * Haunting reality: Illinois hopes this new law will limit the number of ghost guns. [CBS News] * The 1st can only do so much: DeRay McKesson may still have to face court. [WAFB]