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US federal judge orders release of Epstein grand jury materials
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#JeffreyEpsteinMEWS #GhislaineMaxwellMEWS #TrumpAdministrationMEWS #UsPoliticsMEWS #FloridaMEWS #UsNewsMEWS #Law(us)MEWS #UsCongressMEWS #MEWS
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Ruling compels unsealing of documents from 2006-2007 federal investigation into Epstein in FloridaA federal judge in Florida ordered the release of grand jury transcripts from the Jef...
Just heard from someone who works at Wowburger that the company takes any gratuity you leave on the payment machines.
So, if this is true, it’s illegal in Ireland. Not to mention, a dick move regardless.
Anyone in Ireland know the Wowburger folks and/or where I can lodge a complaint about this?
#wowburger #ireland #tips #labourRights #law
#Brazil judge orders #Bolsonaro arrest for allegedly plotting #escape ahead of #prison term
Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered the preemptive arrest of former President Jair Bolsonaro on Saturday, with a judge claiming he was intent on escaping just days before he was set to begin his 27-year prison sentence for leading a #coup attempt.
The 70-yr-old politician was taken to the HQ of the country’s federal police in the capital, Brasilia, from his house arrest.
"Trump accused a group of Democratic lawmakers of sedition in an outburst on #SocialMedia Thursday morning and said their behavior was “punishable by death.”
Their crime? Recording a #video that reminded members of the #military that they are not supposed to obey illegal orders."
nytimes.com/2025/11/20/us/poli…
#DonaldTrump #Trump #GOP #Fascism #Corruption #Republicans #USPol #Politics #Democrats #Law #News #Press #US #USA #UnitedStates #America
From the moment #JamesComey was charged with lying to & obstructing Congress, his lawyers have asserted that the prosecution was little more than an act of vindictive #retribution fueled by #Trump’s longstanding animus against him.
Wed morning, the lawyers are set to make that argument in court & to persuade a federal judge that the case should be dismissed because the #DOJ effectively allowed itself to be taken captive by Trump’s desire to seek political #revenge.
Federal Judge Orders Some #Texas #Schools to Remove #TenCommandments Posters
The judge sided with families of students who had argued that the displays infringed on their #ReligiousFreedom.
It was a victory for a range of business interests that have lobbied to scale back the #CleanWaterAct of 1972, including farmers, home builders, real estate developers, #oil drillers & #petrochemical manufacturers.
…Under the #CleanWater Act, companies & individuals must obtain a permit from the #EPA before releasing #pollutants into the nation’s #waterways. They must receive a permit from the US Army Corps of Engineers.…
A 2023 #SCOTUS decision set the stage for the action by limiting the agency’s power to police #wetlands. In the opinion in Sackett v. EPA, Justice #Alito wrote that the #CleanWaterAct allowed the #EPA to regulate only wetlands with a “continuous surface connection” to a “relatively permanent” body of #water.
But he did not explicitly define a “relatively permanent” body of water. Now, the #Trump admin is describing it as a body of water that flows year-round or during the “wet season.”
#law
ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
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#News #Women #Health #Abortion #Pregnancy #Texas #Law #USPolitics
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.andrea.wise@propublica.org (ProPublica)
‘Things happen’
#WashingtonPost Editorial Board
Setting the record straight about our murdered colleague.
The #US govt often advances its interests by working with nasty people, & #SaudiArabia Crown Prince #MBS is one of the nastiest. It’s one thing…to reluctantly deal with him…[but] #Trump’s performance at the White House Tuesday was something else entirely: #weak, #crass & of no strategic benefit to US.
Reuters Exclusive: #Trump approval falls to lowest of his term over prices & #EpsteinFiles, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
Trump's approval rating fell to 38%, the lowest since his return to power, with Americans unhappy about his handling of the #CostOfLiving & the investigation into #Epstein.
#affordability #economy #law #criminal #rape #ChildSexCrimes #felon47 #RapistInChief
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WTF do they think is going to happen to #schools?
#Trump admin to announce dismantling of much of #Education Dept
The Education Dept plans to announce Tuesday that it will move multiple parts of the agency to other federal depts, an unprecedented & unilateral effort to dismantle an agency created by #Congress to ensure all Americans have #EqualAccess to educational #opportunity & better coordinate federal programs.
#law #SeparationOfPowers #FederalFunding #PublicSchools
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The #Trump admin proposed Monday to significantly limit the EPA’s authority to limit #pollution in #wetlands, #rivers & other bodies of #water across the country.
The proposed rule could strip federal #protections from millions of acres of wetlands & #streams, potentially threatening sources of clean #DrinkingWater for millions of Americans.
#climate #wildlife #law #EnvironmentalLaw #CleanWaterAct
nytimes.com/2025/11/17/climate…
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
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Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
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#News #AndrewTate #WhiteHouse #DHS #Law #USPolitics #Trump #Epstein
Asked about the #EpsteinFiles, #Trump attacks #reporter
The same reporter who asked earlier about #Khashoggi asked Trump why he is not releasing the #Epstein files now, rather than waiting for #Congress to vote.
Trump responded: "It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you are a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions."
He added "You're a terrible person & terrible reporter."
He added that he thinks #ABC's license should be taken away.
"A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen, but he [#MBS] knew nothing about it. And we can leave it at that. You don't have to embarrass our guest by asking a question like that,” #Trump said as if likability excuses #murder.
[Helsinki flashback] #Trump contradicts #US #intelligence, says #MBS 'knew nothing' about #Khashoggi death.
Then in classic Trump fashion, Trump dismisses a reporter’s question on the #murder of #journalist #JamalKhashoggi as an attempt to "embarrass" the #SaudiArabia leader, horrifically adding:
🚨 "things happen" [um… dismemberment doesn’t just “happen”] 🚨
Trump asked the reporter where she was from, then called her "fake news."
This is MBS's first visit to the US since the 2018 killing of #journalist & Saudi critic #JamalKhashoggi in the kingdom's Istanbul consulate.
#Khashoggi was killed & dismembered in Oct 2018 by Saudi agents in an operation US intelligence believed was ordered by #MBS.
Khashoggi had criticized the crown prince's policies in his #WashingtonPost columns.
He had traveled to the #SaudiArabia consulate to obtain papers to marry his fiancée, a Turkish citizen.
Win! For now anyway
Federal judges block #Texas from using its new US #House map in the 2026 #midterms
TX cannot use a new congressional map drawn by #Republicans in hopes of securing the party additional US House seats, a panel of 3 federal judges ruled Tuesday.
The ruling was a blow to #Trump’s efforts to have #GOP lawmakers in multiple states redraw their maps to help the party preserve its slim House majority in the midterm #elections.
A panel of 3 judges from the International Crimes Tribunal (#ICT), Bangladesh’s domestic #WarCrimes court, delivered their verdict Monday, ruling that Hasina was responsible for inciting hundreds of #ExtrajudicialKillings carried out by #law enforcement.
cnn.com/2025/11/17/asia/bangla…
Judge says possible errors by #Trump handpicked #USattorney #LindseyHalligan could imperil #JamesComey case
In a rare move, the judge ordered prosecutors to hand over records of the grand jury proceeding to the former #FBI director’s lawyers.
#law #kakistocracy #idiocracy #RevengePolitics
politico.com/news/2025/11/17/l…
Hmmm, what’s been purged since his last refusal?
#Trump says #House #Republicans should vote to release #EpsteinFiles, a startling reversal after previously fighting the proposal.
“We have nothing to hide, & it’s time to move on from this Democrat Hoax perpetrated by Radical Left Lunatics in order to deflect from the Great Success of the Republican Party,” Trump posted after landing at Joint Base Andrews following a weekend of golf in Florida.
#InternationalStudents’ enrollment in US #colleges has stalled, with a 17 % decline in new students this fall after #Trump policy changes, a key survey shows.
#law #immigration #AcademicFreedom #education #HigherEducation #BrainDrain
washingtonpost.com/education/2…
#SCOTUS announced Monday that it will review a controversial #immigration policy adopted during the first #Trump administration of turning away potential #asylum seekers before they step foot on American soil, setting up the first major immigration policy case of the term.
The Unraveling of the #DOJ
60 attys describe a year of #chaos & suspicion.
Trump’s 2nd term has brought a period of turmoil & controversy unlike any in the history of DOJ. #Trump & his appointees have blasted through the walls designed to protect the nation’s most powerful #law enforcement agency from political #influence; they have directed the course of criminal investigations, openly flouted #ethics rules & caused a breakdown of institutional culture.
nytimes.com/interactive/2025/1…
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.Emily Bazelon (The New York Times)
In 48 other states, new moms have access to Medicaid for up to one year after they give birth. Not in Wisconsin.
There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
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#News #Wisconsin #Women #Health #Medicaid #Pregnancy #Law #USPolitics
He Vowed to “Protect the Unborn.” Now He’s Blocking a Bill to Expand Medicaid for Wisconsin’s New Moms.
Splitting with anti-abortion members of his own party, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has refused to join 48 other states in ensuring that vulnerable women have access to potentially lifesaving care for up to a year after giving birth.cengiz.yar@propublica.org (ProPublica)
#US #AircraftCarrier arrives in the #Caribbean in major buildup near #Venezuela
The nation’s most advanced aircraft carrier arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday in a display of US #military power, raising questions about what the new influx of troops & weaponry could signal for the #Trump admin’s purported drug enforcement campaign in #SouthAmerica.
#law #murder #Constitution #InternationalLaw #Congress #WarPowers #authoritarianism #despotism #Autocracy
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Connecticut towers insist they’re selling junk cars. It’s impossible to know the conditions of every vehicle.
But an analysis by The Connecticut Mirror and ProPublica shows that in nearly half the cases, the asking price was 50% or less of the book value.
propublica.org/article/connect…
#News #Connecticut #Cars #Towing #Law #Data #DMV
Connecticut Towing Companies Frequently Value Cars Low, Allowing Them to Sell Vehicles Quickly
A database created by The Connecticut Mirror and ProPublica of more than 6,000 forms submitted by the state’s towing companies shows a pattern of low values, including for some luxury cars.shoshana.gordon@propublica.org (ProPublica)
They bought #HealthInsurance promoted by #Trump. Then they needed surgery.
The cheap #health #insurance promoted by Trump officials has a catch.
Some states have banned “short-term” insurance plans with limited coverage, & consumer advocates have warned of the drawbacks.
#law #scammers #affordability #healthcare #HealthcareCrisis #CostOfLiving #economy #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #Aporophobia #SocialCleansing #EconomicDiscrimination #plutocracy #policy #USpol
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The President Who Cried Hoax
#Republicans went after #Epstein only when it was politically useful
By Adam Serwer
The #EpsteinFiles were the most important issue in the world, until they weren’t.
“Are you still talking about #JeffreyEpstein? This guy’s been talked about for years. Are people still talking about this guy? This creep? That is unbelievable,” #Trump scolded a reporter in July.
#law #criminal #BestFriendsForever #rape #RapistInChief #CoverUp
theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/…
The President Who Cried Hoax
Republicans went after Epstein only when it was politically useful.Adam Serwer (The Atlantic)
Using his clemency power, Trump has undone prosecutions made by his own DOJ during his first term.
Experts say the actions show a broad contempt for the justice system: “He’s rejecting ... the work of people he appointed but didn’t fully control.”
propublica.org/article/trump-p…
#News #Law #USPolitics #Trump #DOJ #Justice #Pardons
A Tale of Two Terms: How Powerful Figures Were Prosecuted in Trump’s First Term, Then Pardoned in His Second
We found that Donald Trump has granted clemency in at least a dozen criminal cases that originated during his first term. No other president has used clemency to erase his own appointees’ actions on such a scale.cengiz.yar@propublica.org (ProPublica)
Rep #EricSwalwell (D-CA), one of Trump’s most vocal critics in the #House, said Thurs that he was being targeted by the #Trump admin after news reports that he had been referred to the #DON for a potential #criminal investigation.
An accusation that Swalwell had committed #mortgage & #tax #fraud was made on Wednesday by #BillPulte, director of the #FHFA. Pulte, a Trump crony, has made similar allegations against Trump’s other perceived enemies.
Top #FannieMae officials ousted after sounding alarm on sharing confidential #housing data
A confidant of #BillPulte, the #Trump admin’s top housing “regulator”, provided #confidential mortgage pricing #data from Fannie Mae to a principal competitor, alarming senior officials of the govt-backed lending giant who warned it could expose the company to claims that it was colluding with a rival to fix mortgage rates.
DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefitted from the deal.
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#News #KristiNoem #DHS #Government #USPolitics #Law #TV #Advertising #Media
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for the taxpayer-funded campaign.Alex.Bandoni@propublica.org (ProPublica)
No thank you.
Sorry, I won’t even use #FaceID or that #fingerprint shite, #tech knows far too much about me as it is.
#iPhone users can now add #US #passport info to their #digital wallets
#InfoSec #privacy #BigTech #surveillance #law
apnews.com/article/apple-iphon…
#Trump admin to fire worker for TV interview about #SNAP
The employee warned that the #shutdown could have negative impacts on the millions of Americans who rely on the #FederalGovernment to put #food on the table.
#censorship #authoritarianism #dictatorship #law #labor #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech
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The #Trump admin has developed plans for a shift in #homelessness #policy that would slash support for long-term housing programs…& critics say it could place as many as 170k formerly #homeless people at risk of returning to the streets.
Pivoting from #housing #aid, the approach would shift billions to short-term programs that impose work rules, help #police dismantle #encampments, & require [force] the #unhoused to accept treatment for mental health or addiction.
#Epstein dump exposed #DOJ's massive #CoverUp for #Trump
Law professor & co-editor-in-chief of Just Security Ryan Goodman said the latest documents from #JeffreyEpstein is explosive & seems to implicate Trump's deputy attorney general [#DAG] in a massive cover-up.
The emails released directly contradict statements Epstein's associate, #GhislaineMaxwell, made to DAG #ToddBlanche in a taped interview designed to exonerate Trump.
#law #EpsteinFiles #corruption #DOJ
rawstory.com/todd-blanche-2674…
'Explosive’ Epstein dump just exposed DOJ's massive 'cover-up' for Trump: legal expert
A legal expert said on Wednesday that the latest batch of documents from disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein is "explosive" and seems to implicate President Donald Trump's deputy attorney general in a massive "cover-up.Robert Davis (Raw Story)
Wait, Are the #EpsteinFiles Real Now?
The White House’s responses get curiouser & curiouser
…the revelations are a bit too damning to be dismissed as a news-cycle gambit, so the WH took a different tack a few hours later. It released a statement noting that the unnamed victim in the #Epstein email who “spent hours” with #Trump at Epstein’s house was #VirginiaGiuffre, who “repeatedly said President Trump was not involved in any wrongdoing whatsoever.”
#law
theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/…
Wait, Are the Epstein Files Real Now?
The White House’s responses get curiouser and curiouser.Jonathan Chait (The Atlantic)
