Reposted by Aaron
Incredible that the Dept of War - CTO account is posting press releases from Pirate Wires!
Founders Fund is Peter Thiel's(Palantir) venture capital fund.
The CMO of Founder's Fund is the EIC of Pirate Wires.
Founder's Fund is invested in both Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey ventures.
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 26A428
KENNETH NELSEN, WARDEN v. CHRISTA GAIL PIKE
ON APPLICATION TO VACATE STAY
[September 30, 2026]
The application to vacate stay of execution of sentence of death presented to JUSTICE KAVANAUGH and by him referred to the Court is granted. The September 30, 2026 order of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Cir-cuit, case No. 26-5864, granting a stay of execution is vacated.
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and
JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting.
The State of Tennessee is set to execute Christa Pike for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer. Earlier today, the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a stay of Pike's execution solely to "adequately address and resolve" the issues presented in Pike's pending application for relief. Order in In re Pike, No. 26-5864, ECF Doc. 10-2, p. 2. Tennessee now asks this Court to vacate that stay and permit it to proceed with Pike's execution today. Stunningly, the Court acquiesces. Because its decision clears the way for the State to execute Pike before her still-pending legal challenges to her conviction can be properly considered, I respectfully dissent.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreibgvwhbb2ltvp3257xdel7sx32h5jde5m5dcw7plkpju4n7ox5hbi)
![D. Mr. Cole Breaks.
The record of Mr. Cole's last hour of resistance is difficult to read. He asked for
a break "just to process all of this." (Tr. at 86.) Alone in the interrogation room,
shivering while wrapped in the blanket, he chanted to himself: "I didn't, I didn't, I
didn't, I didn't.... [E]ven a small chance.... Even a small, tiny chance. Smallest,
tiniest chances.... Do whatever you can to clear your name. You can get out of this.
(Tr. at 86-87.) This was "stimming"-the self-regulating repetition characteristic of
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an autistic person in acute physical and emotional distress? captured on the
government's own recording. When the agents returned, Mr. Cole reported "a giant pain in my stomach." The response: "I know. Are you ready? Are you ready to
explain?" (Tr. at 87.)
Minutes later, the agents asked whether he wanted the interrogation to end.
His answer revealed a mind that had stopped functioning: "I don't know what to do
anymore. I just-everything is just, everything is just blank. Being told, being told all of this, it's just a little too much to process. I'm sorry." (Tr. at 91.) Rather than honor that answer, the agents pressed on. They cued a surveillance video and asked Mr. Cole to identify the man in it. He denied any familiarity with what he saw—
twice. "Do you recognize that person?" "No.")Have you watched this video before?"
"No." (Tr. at 92.) Only then did the agents remind him what a denial would cost:](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4usmserhjqkvhldgedfjb3jw/bafkreidmgfdbknh2yclq6olo34i5jlia2wzqa6nbvfml6mgbzmjtkp6ota)
