Trump Sets Out to Destroy BBC After Edit to His January 6 Speech

Trump Sets Out to Destroy BBC After Edit to His January 6 Speech

Those senators included  Dick Durbin, Catherine Cortez Masto, Jacky Rosen, Maggie Hassan, Jeanne Shaheen, John Fetterman, and Tim Kaine, as well as independent Angus King. All eight lawmakers are either retiring or won’t face another election for several years, making the alleged behind-the-scenes rationale for the crumbling stalemate even more asinine. More than a dozen…

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The Disturbing Prison Abuse Case Coming Before the Supreme Court

The Disturbing Prison Abuse Case Coming Before the Supreme Court

A Fifth Circuit panel described what happened next. “Upon arrival, Landor was met by an intake guard,” Judge Edith Brown Clement wrote for the panel in Landor’s case in 2023. “Acting preemptively, Landor explained that he was a practicing Rastafarian and provided proof of past religious accommodations. And, amazingly, Landor also handed the guard a…

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The Case That Could Rein in Private Prison Abuses—or Turn Them Loose

The Case That Could Rein in Private Prison Abuses—or Turn Them Loose

Geo’s opponents say that private companies don’t get the government’s immunity from being sued. Instead, they say that if contractors act legally and follow the government’s instructions properly, they can raise that as a defense. The difference between an immunity and a defense is key: An immunity would mean that contractors could avoid lawsuits entirely—if…

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Conservative Media’s Big Advantage: Money, Money, Money

Conservative Media’s Big Advantage: Money, Money, Money

But perhaps the most important feature of the media landscape today comes down to money. Specifically, the endless, flowing river of oligarchic monopoly money. Well-functioning media systems have generally included some kind of public constraint or oversight that keeps journalism from veering too far from its fundamental mission of informing the public. This public involvement…

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The Detail That Could Undermine DOJ’s Main Argument in Comey Case

The Detail That Could Undermine DOJ’s Main Argument in Comey Case

Aside from those millions of dollars it’s shelling out, Cornell has agreed to hold “annual surveys to evaluate the campus climate for Cornell students, including the climate for students with shared Jewish ancestry,” to seek out “experts on laws and regulations regarding sanctions enforcement, anti-money laundering, and prevention of terrorist financing,” and hand over “anonymized”…

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Trump Pardons Man Convicted for Being Agent of Chinese Government

Trump Pardons Man Convicted for Being Agent of Chinese Government

Aside from those millions of dollars it’s shelling out, Cornell has agreed to hold “annual surveys to evaluate the campus climate for Cornell students, including the climate for students with shared Jewish ancestry,” to seek out “experts on laws and regulations regarding sanctions enforcement, anti-money laundering, and prevention of terrorist financing,” and hand over “anonymized”…

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FBI Informant Who Lied About the Bidens Covertly Released From Jail

FBI Informant Who Lied About the Bidens Covertly Released From Jail

Aside from those millions of dollars it’s shelling out, Cornell has agreed to hold “annual surveys to evaluate the campus climate for Cornell students, including the climate for students with shared Jewish ancestry,” to seek out “experts on laws and regulations regarding sanctions enforcement, anti-money laundering, and prevention of terrorist financing,” and hand over “anonymized”…

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Trump Says U.S. Visas Can Be Denied to Fat People From Now On

Trump Says U.S. Visas Can Be Denied to Fat People From Now On

Aside from those millions of dollars it’s shelling out, Cornell has agreed to hold “annual surveys to evaluate the campus climate for Cornell students, including the climate for students with shared Jewish ancestry,” to seek out “experts on laws and regulations regarding sanctions enforcement, anti-money laundering, and prevention of terrorist financing,” and hand over “anonymized”…

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