The following contains the analysis and opinions of the author and no one else. Say what you will about the United States’ 47th President, Donald Trump, but his pardon of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, aka, the “Dread Pirate Roberts,”…
Within the Barred Bunker We watched our friends grow up together And we saw them as they fell Some of them fell into heaven Some of them fell into hell — “A Rainy Night in Soho,” The Pogues I went…
Morgan Loew: Hi everyone. I’m Morgan Lowe standing in for Brianna Whitney on this episode of the True Crime Arizona podcast, Backpage, the tragic story of the founders of the Phoenix New Times. This is the story of the…
The following contains the analysis and opinions of the author and no one else. The author does not speak for the Backpage defendants. The more Democrats and Republicans bash libertarians, the more convinced I am that the bash-ees are the…
The following contains the analysis and opinions of the author and no one else. The author does not speak for the Backpage defendants. Since Sept. 11, when they turned themselves in to federal marshals in Phoenix, the Backpage 3 —…
The following contains the analysis and opinions of the author and no one else. The author does not speak for the Backpage defendants. In motions filed earlier this month at the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the Backpage 3…
The following contains the analysis and opinions of the author and no one else. The author does not speak for the Backpage defendants. During the second Backpage trial in 2023, prosecutors sought an end-run around the First Amendment, claiming that…
Here follows an unedited transcription of Julian Assange’s speech before the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France on October 1, 2024, as posted by techdirt.org. Julian Assange’s full testimony to the…
Editor’s note: The following contains the analysis and opinions of the author and no one else. The author does not speak for the defendants. PLEASE SEE UPDATES ON SPEAR’S CONDITION BELOW On Friday, attorneys for former Village Voice Media executive…
