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Prosecutors Seek Detention For DC Duo Who Allegedly Posed As Federal Officers, Citing Foreign Travel
Prosecutors are considering leveling additional charges at two men who they accuse of impersonating Department of Homeland Security agents, an assistant U.S. attorney said on Thursday.
Continue reading “Prosecutors Seek Detention For DC Duo Who Allegedly Posed As Federal Officers, Citing Foreign Travel”A Bit More Info on the DC Caper
Two new nuggets from the latest AP report on the DC caper we’ve been discussing through the day. Prosecutors allege that one of the two men accused of impersonating federal agents told witnesses that he was associated with the ISI, the Pakistani intelligence agency. He apparently also had visas showing multiple recent visits to Pakistan and Iran. Prosecutors also told a judge at a hearing today that during the raids on the men’s apartments FBI agents found “body armor, gas masks, zip ties, handcuffs, equipment to break through doors, drones, radios and police training manuals.” Yikes.
Continue reading “A Bit More Info on the DC Caper”The Legislator Behind AZ’s New Voter Restrictions Was A Key Player In The Big Lie
We’ve done a couple articles this week on HB 2492 in Arizona, which establishes new documentary proof of citizenship and residence requirements for voter registrations that will both disenfranchise lots of people and likely end up before the Supreme Court.
Continue reading “The Legislator Behind AZ’s New Voter Restrictions Was A Key Player In The Big Lie”5 Points On The Utterly Bonkers Story Of An Anti-Abortion Activist Keeping Fetuses In Her Home
On March 30, D.C. police made a jaw-dropping discovery inside the home of anti-abortion activist Lauren Handy: Five fetuses stored in her basement.
Continue reading “5 Points On The Utterly Bonkers Story Of An Anti-Abortion Activist Keeping Fetuses In Her Home”Clinton Lawsuit Judge Laughs Trump’s Disqualification Demand Out Of Court
The judge overseeing ex-President Donald Trump’s mammoth lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and a slew of other 2016 political enemies rejected Trump’s request that the judge disqualify himself on Wednesday.
Trump had requested that that the judge, Donald Middlebrooks of the Southern District of Florida, step aside because he was appointed by Clinton’s husband, ex-President Bill Clinton.
Continue reading “Clinton Lawsuit Judge Laughs Trump’s Disqualification Demand Out Of Court”Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Destined To Dissent
Judge became Justice Thursday as the Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court.
Continue reading “Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Destined To Dissent”Arizona Republicans Just Made It Harder For Marginalized Groups To Vote
Arizona Republicans have been working hard since Donald Trump’s 2020 loss in the state to make voting more cumbersome, and they notched another win in that column last week.
Continue reading “Arizona Republicans Just Made It Harder For Marginalized Groups To Vote”DOJ Set To Probe Trump’s 15 Boxes Of Docs From Mar-a-Lago
The Justice Department is reportedly preparing to investigate former President Trump bringing the 15 boxes of White House documents to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.
Continue reading “DOJ Set To Probe Trump’s 15 Boxes Of Docs From Mar-a-Lago”Some More Details on That DC Caper
As we wait to hear more about the arrest of two men trying to infiltrate the Secret Service there’s one part of the story I want to highlight. Multiple U.S. Secret Service officers accepted free apartments for roughly a year from one of the accused men, Arian Taherzadeh. The value of these gifts varied from just over forty thousand to just under fifty thousand dollars annually. This is in addition to various other gifts.
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