Radley Balko
Radley Prescott Balko is an American journalist, author, blogger, and speaker who writes about criminal justice, the drug war, and civil liberties. In 2022, he began self-publishing his work after being let go from The Washington Post, where he had worked as an opinion columnist for nine years.1
422 posts tracked · 7 stories in 30 days
Latest takes
Rep. Haley Stevens endorses Republican over Democrat El-Sayed
Grouped with voices who said: Stevens betrayed her party and her own stated values
Haley Stevens is climbing over lifeboats to board this sinking vesselView on Bluesky
Obama's Cheesecake Factory joke about White House design sparks backlash
Grouped with voices who said: This joke proves Democrats are elitist snobs
Barack Obama's Cheesecake Factory joke is proof that Democrats are out of touch with working Americans. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-bizarr...View on Bluesky
Trump waives new Russia sanctions law he signed last month
Grouped with voices who said: Trump is defying a law Congress just passed
Really speaks to the impotence of Congress that the president thinks he can simply sign an executive order invalidating a law that Congress passed -- and he signed -- just a few…View on Bluesky
DHS raids Ilhan Omar's home in immigration fraud probe
Grouped with voices who said: The probe deserves scrutiny but let evidence decide
If there’s evidence of fraud or other financial crimes, let’s see it. But trying to denaturalize and deport a sitting member of Congress over mistakes a parent allegedly made on…View on Bluesky
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Criminal Justice & Policing 122 · Elections & Campaigns 36 · Trump Administration 35 · Immigration 26 · Media & Press 22 · Supreme Court & Legal 18
Often makes the same point as
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Sources
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), retrieved Nov 7, 2026
Public posts, grouped by what was said, not by who said it. Every quote links to the post. Updated Nov 8, 2026. How it works · Corrections: jack@newsreel.co