Archive for June 2026
Jury Finds Home Financing Scheme That Targeted Muslims in Minnesota Violated State Law
[ad_1] A Minnesota home seller and financier has been found liable for violating state laws in a scheme that targeted East African Muslims with deceptive real estate deals marketed as “sharia compliant.” After a two-week trial in downtown Minneapolis, a jury sided with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office Monday afternoon in a civil case alleging that Chadwick Banken knowingly…Read More
DOJ facing legal consequences over Todd Blanche's Epstein redactions
The Department of Justice could abruptly be forced to divulge secrets about Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s handling of the Epstein files.American Oversight, a nonpartisan watchdog, filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the DOJ on Monday after the agency denied an expedited release of records tied to Blanche’s oversight of Epstein.The suit demands the records by July 14…Read More
What Real Democracy Might Look Like
[ad_1] Pundits talk a lot—a whole lot—about “preserving democracy” in the face of President Donald Trump’s rising authoritarianism. This is not the right call. Not because I disagree that American democracy is under assault and we need to take action, but because there’s a world of difference between struggling to restore a defective political order and engaging in a spirited,…Read More
AI as ‘Arbitrary’ Intelligence
[ad_1] Artificial intelligence (AI) is now used widely in the federal government. According to the U.S. Government Accountability Office, use cases of AI in the federal government doubled — and for generative AI, increased nine-fold — from 2023 to 2024. With this growing use of AI, the risk of systematic errors with potentially harmful consequences may increase. The post AI…Read More
No Cap: Do The Obvious To Fix Social Security
[ad_1] History remembers Cato the Elder for closing most any speech — on most any topic — with the simple statement that Carthage must be destroyed. Well, we need a senator or two to borrow that technique and end with “The Social Security tax cap must be removed.” Social Security’s solvency has been heading for trouble for a long time.…Read More
I Cold-Called President Trump. Here’s What He Told Me About an Oil Tycoon and Major Donor.
[ad_1] My family’s morning routine is usually pretty ordinary. We wake up early, drink some coffee and get our 1-year-old ready for daycare. But one Wednesday morning last month, I found myself uttering to my wife a sentence that sounded frankly surreal to both of us: “Just to let you know, I’m about to call Trump.” Then, hoping to avoid…Read More
8pm LIVE TONIGHT The Bradbury Group with Labour Leader Chris Hipkins, NZCTU President Sandra Grey + Political Panel – Matthew Hooton, Fran O’Sullivan + Max Harris
A Marxist, the Police Minister, the Leader of Labour, the President of NZ Trade Unions, the NZME Business Editor, the… Source link thedailyblog.co.nzRead More
Clarence Thomas, Unbound
Clarence Thomas went more than 10 years without asking a single substantive question from the bench. His silence between 2006 and 2016 prompted commentators to call his courtroom quietude embarrassing, a sign of fatigue and a lack of intellectual candle power. Even earlier in his career, he had earned the nickname of “Scalia’s Puppet” for his habit of joining majority…Read More
Judge Throws Out ‘Blatantly Unlawful’ DOJ Subpoeana Targeting Walz, Other Minnesota Dems
[ad_1] ‘Well-Established History’ of Retribution U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz, a President George W. Bush appointee, threw out Trump DOJ grand jury subpoenas aimed at Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz from January, finding in a ruling unsealed Monday that there was “no doubt” that the subpoenas were issued to retaliate against Walz. [ad_2] Source link talkingpointsmemo.com U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz,…Read More
RAPID RESPONSE: Defend the freedom to vote!
[ad_1] Defend the freedom to vote! Call, write, or visit your US Senators and Representative, during this week of Juneteenth, to demand an end to the escalating obstructions to the fundamental right to vote. Investigate the FBI raid on the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, the largest voter registration organization in the state, that registers their neighbors to vote and put an…Read More