terminally-annoying fringe weirdo Kari Lake, the once and future failed candidate for office in Arizona, is running around in a total panic right now. here’s why.

only one day after Little Donny Fuckface put out that video lauding the brilliance of having individual states rule over women’s healthcare, Arizona’s Supreme Court done gone and individual-stated the shit out of reproductive choice.

Today, Arizona’s highest court, in a 4-to-2 decision, upheld an Arizona law dating from 1864 that bans nearly all abortions. The law, which was on the books long before Arizona achieved statehood, outlaws abortion from the moment of conception, except when necessary to save the life of the mother. It makes no exceptions for rape or incest. Doctors prosecuted under the law could face fines and prison terms of two to five years.

way to go, Arizona Supreme Court. ace job, criminalizing access to healthcare by reviving a century-and-a-half old law. that’s right: it’s a fucking territorial law. wrap your mind around that: a territorial law. written in 1864. Arizona didn’t become a state until 1912.

Kari Lake is apoplectic! fuck all the way off, Kari. you see, Flip Flop Kari was for the 1864 ban before she was against it. ...

As the opioid crisis raged across Pennsylvania, public defenders increasingly represented people whose charges stemmed from their addiction. In Elk County — a sparse mountainous region home to just over 30,000 people — local officials saw opioid settlement funds as a much-needed solution.

Gary Knaresboro, Elk County’s chief public defender, said his office interacts directly with people experiencing addiction. He believes public defenders are often uniquely positioned to intercede to change lives for the better. “I think we have to present that chance to everybody, whether they take advantage of it or not,” he said. But when Elk County asked the Pennsylvania Opioid Misuse and Addiction Abatement Trust for guidance, hoping not to violate rules governing how to properly use the funds, the body provided a disappointing answer: No.

“Since the services of an assistant public defender are required to be provided by the counties, the costs associated with their position would not be considered an abatement strategy,” the response from the trust’s advisory committee said. The guidance — which was shared with Elk County and posted on the trust’s website — came as a blow to public defenders in Elk County and across the state, whose work is constitutionally guaranteed, but has long been severely underfunded.

While prosecutors' offices have for years received millions of dollars in reimbursement from the state, until this year Pennsylvania did not contribute consistent funding to indigent defense, leaving counties to shoulder the financial burden. In December, the legislature approved $7.5 million to aid counties in providing no-cost counsel to people accused of a crime, but the money is unlikely to level the playing field against well-funded prosecutors, experts told Spotlight PA in January.

Prosecutors’ officers also receive funds from the opioid settlements. Ten offices were entitled to more than $4.5 million in opioid settlement money in 2022 and 2023 as part of the state’s distribution plan.

The results of the City of Pittsburgh’s deer maintenance pilot program, executed in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, demonstrate the viability of a larger bow sharpshooting operation in more city parks next year. Besides reducing the population of a nuisance species, the hunt yielded 2,360 pounds of ground venison, which contributed to nearly 10,000 meals for needy Pittsburgh families.

In one of the few recent public relations successes for city government, last September a social media meme announcing that “The City of Pittsburgh is seeking 30 archers” briefly went viral, as the announcement evoked images of a medieval tournament. Perhaps, some wondered, the champion would win the hand of an eligible maiden or bachelor.

Unfortunately the real purpose was far more prosaic — but also more important to the daily lives of city residents: There are too many deer in Pittsburgh, and someone has to kill them.

While hunting is seen in some circles as inherently cruel, when done right it’s a crucial aspect of the maintenance of the natural environment humans share with our fellow creatures. Too many deer isn’t just an inconvenience: It’s dangerous to human safety and to the biodiversity of the urban and suburban ecosystem. And bad for the deer themselves.

in 2016, during an MSNBC town hall, host Chris Matthews asked then-candidate Little Donny Fuckface the following question: “do you believe in punishment for abortion, yes or no, as a principle?”

the hamster on the wheel inside Donny’s head frantically started running twice as fast as Donny scrambled for an answer — because he had no opinion. prior to that moment, the only times Trump had ever thought about abortion were when he had to pay for one. oh, and there was the time he asked then-wife Marla Maples to abort Tiffany.

after a few spins around the wheel, the hamster blurted out the following response:

“the answer is that there has to be some sort of punishment.”

for the woman? “yeah, there has to be some form.”

this answer was Peak Fucking Trump, because first, it fed into his retribution and cruelty fetish — and second, because it was what he thought his base wanted to hear.

every now and then Sarah Huckabee Sanders does something idiotic enough to make the news — and all of a sudden you’re reminded that holy shit, this low-wattage underachiever who spent three years lying for a fascist sack of shit is actually the Governor of Arkansas. what the fuck, voters? how on God’s green earth could you have allowed this to happen? were you drunk last election day?

check out this tasty slice of prime fucknuttery:

Gov. Sanders declares state of emergency ahead of eclipse
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders declared a state of emergency on Friday ahead of the solar eclipse, according to a news release. Sanders said in the release that she released funds from the Response and Recovery Fund to help commercial carriers transport essentials to customers in the state during the eclipse. The essential items listed in the order include groceries, pharmacy items, medical equipment, goods, commodities, fuel, poultry, livestock and feed.

why, Sarah? the totality of the eclipse will be about 4 minutes. what do you expect is going to happen? what “essentials” will need to be transported during 240 seconds of darkness?



quick! we have a poultry emergency in Little Rock! the chickens think it’s night and fell asleep! send out the commercial carriers! alert the — oh wait, the sun’s already coming back out.

FERGUSON TOWNSHIP — A small but growing subset of Pennsylvania municipalities are turning to stormwater fees as they face the burden of maintaining aging infrastructure that is being tested by climate change.

The model is facing pushback from farmers who employ separate mitigation practices and large property owners confronted by pricey bills. The latter group includes West Chester University, which won a judgment in state court last year that found the fee was actually a tax that nonprofits like the school don’t have to pay.

Municipal entities say the case, currently on appeal to the state Supreme Court, threatens a multimillion-dollar revenue source and their ability to keep pollution out of local waterways. The pipes, drains, and gutters that make up stormwater systems are largely invisible to most people until something goes wrong, but they are critical to prevent flooding, property damage, and pollution.

As Pennsylvania’s stormwater infrastructure — graded a “D” by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2022 — gets older and heavy rain becomes more frequent, maintaining deteriorating pipes and drains is getting harder and more expensive.

pour one out for Peter Navarro, the poster boy for the mediocre entitled white male dipshit. Pete’s having the saddest of sads right now, because he’s currently in prison, and guess what: prison fucking suuuuuuuuucks.

it’s only been 16 days, but already Pete’s been whining to all who will listen. the food sucks. the cell sucks. the guards suck. all the other inmates suck. the lack of privacy sucks. waking up at 4am sucks. having no control over your life sucks. it’s not fair!

.... Big Sad Pete’s gone running to the Supreme Court and he’s asking his pal Neil Gorsuch to issue him a Get-Out-Of-Contempt-Of-Congress-Free Card, pronto.

Tuesday’s petition for reconsideration was submitted by Navarro’s lawyers, Stan M. Brand and Stanley E. Woodward, Jr., stating: “Dr. Peter K. Navarro self-surrendered to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons on March 19, 2024 and has now served fifteen (15) days of his four (4) month sentence. Of note, on March 26, 2024, the D.C. Circuit set a briefing schedule in his appeal, providing that briefing will not be concluded until July 19, 2024, after he is scheduled to have served the entirety of his prison sentence. Accordingly, we respectfully request your reconsideration of the Chief Justice’s denial.”

isn’t that nice? Dr. Peter K. Navarro wants you to know that just because he showed up for prison on time and was a very good boy for fifteen days, he should get a participation trophy, a pat on the head, and be sent merrily on his way.

Number One Trump Fangirl Judge Aileen Cannon continues to fuck the Big Classified Document Theft Trial straight into the ground. inexperienced and way out of her depth — and in obvious thrall of the defendant — the judge has been issuing incoherent statements, misunderstanding basic statutes, and making inane requests of both the defense and prosecution lawyers.

most infuriatingly, she’s refusing to rule on anything, kicking every can down the road. Trump will make some ridiculous claim, and instead of immediately slapping it down, Cannon will stick it in her back pocket and make a pinky-swear promise to get back to us about it real soon now. unanswered filings are piling up, pushing any possibility of a trial further into the future. yesterday, she declined to set a trial date.

the Man Who Convicts War Criminals In The Hague has finally lost his famous cool — and late last night filed a writ of shit or get off the pot, Aileen. at the center of this donnybook is Donny Trump’s wackadoodle insistence that the Presidential Records Act says that just by touching any document, they magically become his personal property. (this is actually the opposite of what the Presidential Records Act states.)

any other judge in the multiverse would have rejected this dumbfuck notion in about two nanoseconds, and ruled immediately from the bench — but not Judge Aileen. nope, she’s actually taking it seriously. in fact, she’s taking it so seriously that she asked Jack Smith to play make-believe along with her, and pretend that it were true.