Sunday, March 12, 2023

Reading archive 2023-03-12

D.C. housing officials say they will stop overpaying landlords - "D.C. Housing Authority officials say they plan to comply with local and federal rules requiring the agency to ensure rents for low-income voucher holders are not paid at above-market rates, but they are not ready to detail how." [ed. note: lol]

3D analysis shows how Israeli troops fired into group of civilians: In an incident last month that left two Palestinians dead, troops shot at least 14 times in four seconds while civilians would have been visible.

China and Australia are starting to get along. Will AUKUS torpedo it?

The Pundits Are Wrong About D.C.’s Crime Bill: A cynical freakout stretching from Fox News to the Washington Post is utterly bogus. - "The legislation that D.C. passed in January is not a traditional reform bill, but the result of a 16-year process to overhaul a badly outdated, confusing, and often arbitrary criminal code. The revision’s goal was to modernize the law by defining elements of each crime, eliminating overlap between offenses, establishing proportionate penalties, and removing archaic or unconstitutional provisions. Every single change is justified in meticulous reports that span thousands of pages. Each one was crafted with extensive public input and support from both D.C. and federal prosecutors. Eleventh-hour criticisms of the bill rest on misunderstandings, willful or otherwise, about its purpose and effect. They malign complex, technocratic updates as radical concessions to criminals. In many cases, criticisms rest on sheer legal illiteracy about how criminal sentencing actually works. 

"The D.C. bill is not a liberal wishlist of soft-on-crime policies. It is an exhaustive and entirely mainstream blueprint for a more coherent and consistent legal system."

Lawsuits pile up as U.S. parents take on social media giants

How To Build Muscle And Lose Fat At The Same Time: Step By Step Explained (Body Recomposition)

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