Cruelty In Kansas And Texas September 9, 2026September 9, 2026 KANSAS A Doctor Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator. But not for long! The Reverend Adam Hamilton is poised to unseat him November 3.* Yes, you can buy a Trump Bible for $60. And we all know “two Corinthians” is his go-to scripture. And yes, the Republican Party stands firmly with Jesus against aid to the poor and hungry, against universal health care, against asylum seekers, and against raising the $7.25 minimum wage. Except — hang on — call me crazy — but as I read the red letter verses, it is the values of the Democratic Party — as espoused, say, by Senator Raphael Warnock (occupant of Martin Luther King’s old pulpit), and by soon-to-be senators Talarico (“there’s nothing Christian about white Christian nationalism”) and Hamilton (pastor of the nation’s largest United Methodist church) — that more closely align with Christ’s teachings. TEXAS Meagan Morris Speaks From Jail After Being Sentenced to 50 Years by the Trump Administration I just kind of sat in the back seat, and I kicked my feet up, and I was playing a Pokémon ROM hack on my Switch. Waiting for my friends to come back so I could go home and continue, you know, celebrating the 4th of July. We had plans to have a couple of drinks and hang out. I have a pool at my house, so we were going to have a late-night pool party. Watch — or read the transcript. She was convicted of being anti-fascist (“antifa”). Someone did injure a cop that night — and that’s bad, no question — but it wasn’t she; she was in her car playing a video game. So 50 years seems harsh. Though not to a fascist. Fascists aren’t big on nuance. And — like most of America until recently — she was anti-fascist. Same deal with her wife, Autumn Hill — 50 years. Watch — or read that transcript. So the night of July 4, some friends and I protested at the Prairieland detention center in Alvarado, Texas, and we did what’s called a noise demonstration, which is a pretty typical form of protest. You know, you show up outside of a building where something is going on that you and your friends might disagree with, and you make a lot of noise to signal your presence and dissent. So, you know, fireworks and megaphones and bells and whistles and all that are extremely common. But my goal was to let the people inside, the detainees, know, “Hey, we’re here, we know that you are there, you haven’t been forgotten, and we understand that what is happening to you is unjust.” That all went well. And I actually left before any of the violence occurred. A correctional officer came outside and asked us to disperse and we did. And so I ended up going home in a separate vehicle, and I didn’t know anything about the violence that had occurred until later that evening. We had been waiting for my housemate and co-defendant Meagan Morris to return home from the protest. And when she didn’t for several hours, we started to look at the reporting from Alvarado and the first that I learned that any violence had occurred was from a report that there had been an officer-involved shooting outside of the Prairieland Detention Center. Fifty years in prison. Welcome to Trump’s America. (And what a good use of taxpayer money.) UNIT Suggested here at $4.70 and again at $3.50, I sold half mine yesterday at $10.30. I have no idea where it’s going, but from now on I’m playing with house money. * Me-mail if you’d like to meet him and David Letterman Tuesday.