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Texas ICE Killing Darkens: Rep Says Witnesses Pressured to Self-Deport
1+ hour, 2+ min ago (699+ words) But it appears three other people were in the van with the now-deceased man, and they presumably could recount their version of what happened: the victim's brother and two employees of the dead man's construction business. They were detained by…...
DOJ Loses Its First Big Ask in Reflecting Pool "Vandalism" Case
1+ hour, 16+ min ago (1804+ words) The Trump administration's attempt to prosecute alleged "vandalism" at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool hit a snag Thursday. U. S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro attempted to bar former U. S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn from the pool after he pleaded…...
Epstein Survivors Say His Assistant Lied to Congress
2+ hour, 48+ min ago (1773+ words) Multiple victims of billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are accusing his assistant of lying to Congress. Several Epstein survivors, including four who spoke publicly and two others who did so anonymously, told CNN that Lesley Groff's assertions last month were…...
Pirro Reveals Reflecting Pool Indictment of U. S. Olympian Is a Sham
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (1448+ words) U. S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro announced Thursday that a grand jury had indicted former Olympic canoeist David Hearn on charges of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The indictment seems rather flawed, as Hearn, 67, maintains that all…...
Trump's July 4 Event Is Coming Apart at the Seams'Literally
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (1132+ words) The sky is actually falling at the Great American State Fair. The stage for Freedom 250s July Fourth celebration fell apart during rehearsals Thursday, with a large component of the structures ceiling falling roughly two stories down and landing behind a…...
The Supreme Court Gave Trump Almost Everything He Wanted
1+ week, 2+ day ago (583+ words) There was good news and bad news from the Supreme Court on Monday. We'll start with the former. In an extraordinary 54 ruling in Trump v. Cook, the court held that President Donald Trump cannot summarily fire a Federal Reserve governor without…...
Judge: Acting Trump A. G. "Conceded" Violating Law on Epstein Files
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1524+ words) A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Department of Justice admitted to breaking the law by failing to release the majority of its files on Jeffrey Epstein to the public, giving acting Attorney General Todd Blanche a week to release…...
Republican State Senator Charged With Felonies for Election Fraud
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1208+ words) A South Dakota Republican state senator has been hit with two felony charges for falsifying party nomination forms, reports the South Dakota Searchlight. Tom Pischke, 44, allegedly submitted 16 forged forms to try to put candidates on the ballot for county party…...
Ex-Trump Adviser John Bolton Pleads Guilty in Classified Docs Case
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1279+ words) Former White House national security adviser John Bolton pleaded guilty Friday to charges that he unlawfully kept and transmitted classified national security information. The case is a big win for President Donald Trump, who went after Bolton after he exposed…...
They Fought Their Abusers. They Were Imprisoned for It.
2+ week, 8+ hour ago (957+ words) On July 10, 2019, TC sat before the parole board for the fifth time. She compared the process to being a human roulette ball; she'd been trying to stop the wheel for decades, but it kept spinning. And she kept bouncing around,…...