House passes bill to modernize IRSBut the IRS will not be allowed to offer free online filing services....because of....lobbyists. The House on Tuesday passed legislation aimed at modernizing the IRS, the latest step forward for a bill that has bipartisan support from lawmakers in both ...
Alabama’s Gruesome Prisons: Report Finds Rape and Murder at All HoursUnacceptable. Unconscionable. Horrific. An abomination. We must fix our justice system, in McLennan County and nationwide. In a grim report on the Alabama prison system, the Justice Department detailed violence that was “common, cruel,” and “of an unusual nature.”
Waco: DA to drop remaining 24 Twin Peaks casesNo matter what else I do in my career, one of my proudest chapters will be standing up for their Constitutional rights. Glad to see people getting some closure after so long. Only one case ever made it trial and ...
Wedding advocateMy cousin and her husband conduct wedding ceremonies for prisoners. She was profiled in the Amarillo news today. She says, "We are there for them and we are understanding, when other people haven't been." I am proud of her and ...
Jack Harwell jail fails 3rd state inspection in 7 monthsShameful. The Jack Harwell Detention Center has failed a state inspection for the third time in seven months, at a time when McLennan County officials are considering taking the facility back
Do Jails Kill People?“To conceal the extent of the abuse toward inmates, Venters discovered, guards would sometimes hide individuals with suspicious injuries in remote jail cells. Venters describes receiving a call one day from a doctor who reported that guards had just beaten ...
Day of RemembranceThis day in history... 77 years ago today, the President of the United States signed an order that led to the incarceration without due process of 120,000 Americans and immigrants of Japanese ancestry. On this #dayofremembrance, we must #stoprepeatinghistory by ...
'This Little Light Of Mine' Shines On, A Timeless Tool Of ResistanceAn "innocent" and "defiant" song, with timeless meaning and power: Born as a children's song, transformed by the civil rights movement into an anthem, "This Little Light of Mine" works by letting the singer control their own story.
Libertarian PartyClint Eastwood said it best. Lauren for Waco shared a post.
Sometimes I get asked, "why do you care about what happens in jails? There are so many other things going on. Why bother with THAT?" Indeed, that's the real problem: there are so many other things going on that many ...
