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A stillbirth & #Facebook post expressing her grief landed her in prison for >2 years. Experts say it’s part of a pattern
…Rousseau was arrested & charged with felony manslaughter before she was convicted in Nevada, where #abortion is LEGAL, under what legal experts say is a vague & broadly written statute that makes it a crime for any woman to take drugs [she only took cinnamon] with the intent to terminate a pregnancy.…
#SCOTUS #law #ReproductiveRights #MaleSupremacy
cnn.com/2026/05/16/us/abortion…
The remarkable development cuts short the roughly nine-year sentence that #TinaPeters, a former county clerk in Mesa County, #Colorado, was given after being convicted in 2024 for her role in a brazen plot to “examine” [tamper with] voting machines under her control after the #2020election. Peters had tried to prove that the machines had been used to rig the contest against #Trump.
#law #ElectionLaw #accountability #consequences #BigLie #SeditiousConspiracy
#SCOTUS rejects #Virginia's bid to restore congressional map favoring #Democrats
#fuckSCOTUS #law #ElectionLaw #redistricting #gerrymandering #midterms #RepresentationMatters #democracy #Vote
apnews.com/article/supreme-cou…
Yet another entry from the“you’ve got to be shitting me” files:
#TinaPeters, #Colorado #ElectionDenier, Will Be Freed by Governor
Gov. #JaredPolis, a #Democrat 🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻, commuted the sentence of Peters, a former county clerk serving a 9-year sentence for her role in a plot to tamper with voting machines after the #2020election.
#law #ElectionLaw #accountability #consequences #Trump #BigLie #SeditiousConspiracy
nytimes.com/2026/05/15/us/poli…
#Pentagon halts deployments to #Poland & #Germany to cut troop numbers in #Europe, AP sources say
The Pentagon is drawing down thousands of troops in Europe by canceling deployments to Poland & Germany as opposed to yanking forces already stationed there, #US officials say, as #Trump has tussled with #allies over the #Iran #war & called for changes.
#law #NATO #alliance #geopolitics
apnews.com/article/poland-us-t…
The #US #DOJ is preparing to seek an #indictment against former #Cuba President #RaúlCastro, 3 people familiar with the matter told AP Friday, as #Trump threatens possible #military action against the communist-run island.
One of the people told AP that the potential indictment is connected to Castro’s alleged role in the 1996 shootdown of 4 planes operated by the Miami-based exile group Brothers to the Rescue. #Castro was defense minister at the time.
FFS
Judge declares a #mistrial in #HarveyWeinstein’s #rape retrial after jury says it is deadlocked
While the former #Hollywood mogul has
been convicted of other #SexCrimes on 2 US coasts & remains behind bars, the mistrial leaves the NY rape charge in limbo after 3 trials.
A majority-#male Manhattan #jury had been weighing whether #HarveyWeinstein raped Jessica Mann, a hairstylist & actor, in 2013.
#law #MeToo #ViolenceAgainstWomen #RapeCulture
apnews.com/article/harvey-wein…
#Trump on Friday said his admin had selected Washington’s #WestPotomacPark as the site of his planned “National Garden of American Heroes,” raising questions about whether #Congress would need to approve the project.
“This magnificent exhibition of statues will be located in West Potomac Park, which we are transforming into one of the World’s most beautiful public spaces,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
#law #NationalParks #conservation #preservation washingtonpost.com/politics/20…
Unsurprisingly, #Trump misses deadline to disclose tens of millions of dollars in #stock trades
Trump was months late in disclosing tens of millions of dollars in stock trading, acc/to his latest investment filings, pushing the legal limits of a financial practice Americans have largely opposed from their elected officials.
#Texas high court rejects removal of #Democratic lawmakers who led quorum break over #redistricting
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday refused to declare that Democratic lawmakers who briefly fled the state in 2025 to block a vote on new congressional voting maps pushed by #Trump had vacated their office.
Meanwhile.... Remember the #Jan6 RICO case implicating so many#TrumpVirus criminals in #sedition ??
Never-before-seen transcripts shed light on Trump's most prominent allies
Over five dozen grand jury transcripts from the Georgia criminal case against President Donald Trump were publicly released on Thursday, announced Lawfare's Anna Bower on X.The 61 transcripts include previously unseen testimony from prominent Trump allies, including Rudy Giuliani, Lindsey Graham, and Cleta Mitchell.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis brought the case, which accused Trump and his attorneys and political operatives of a racketeering scheme to overturn the 2020 election results. Several Trump allies pleaded guilty in exchange for reduced sentences.
Happy Friday .... rest up if you can, as more #war & #WordSalad, plus #Ballroom updates, are ready for the weekend! (Us, too?)
#FaniWillis #treason #justice #elections #conspiracy #coverup #TrumpEpsteinFiles #law
The depth of the #Trump admin’s #criminal #corruption on display:
When #DOJ indicted India’s richest man in the final weeks of the #Biden admin, prosecutors described an “elaborate” #bribery scheme involving “corruption & #fraud at the expense of US investors.”
Now…the DOJ is planning to drop the charges altogether.
The reversal came after the Indian #billionaire, Gautam Adani, hired a new legal team led by Robert J. Giuffra Jr., one of Trump’s personal lawyers.
After a year-long “investigation”, the #Trump #DOJ concluded that #Yale School of Medicine “discriminated” based on race in its admissions, favoring Black & Hispanic applicants over White & Asian ones, the agency said Thursday.
#law #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #education #CivilRights #SCOTUS #WhiteSupremacy
washingtonpost.com/education/2…
When #KashPatel visited Hawaii last summer, the #FBI took pains to note the director was not on vacation, highlighting his walking tour of the bureau’s Honolulu field office & meetings with local law enforcement.
Left out of FBI’s news releases was an exclusive snorkeling excursion that Patel took….
#law #Trump #corruption #taxpayers #GovernmentSpending #SelfEnrichment
apnews.com/article/fbi-kash-pa…
A ship anchored off the #UAE was seized & taken toward #Iran & another—a cargo ship near #Oman —sank after being
attacked, authorities said Thursday, as tensions escalated near the #StraitOfHormuz.
It wasn’t immediately clear who was behind these incidents, but they happened as a snr Iranian ofcl reiterated his country’s claim of control over the waterway & another said it had a right to seize #oil tankers connected to the #US.
#IranWar #Trump #law #Congress #WarPowers
apnews.com/article/iran-us-isr…
Judge Orders US to Return #Colombian Woman Deported to #Congo
The unusual ruling came after the judge found that the #Trump admin had most likely violated the #law by deporting the 55-year-old woman to the African country despite its refusal to take her.
The judge ordered the admin to return the woman, Adriana Maria Quiroz Zapata to the #US, a rare instance of a judge doing so amid the admin’s #deportation campaign.
#immigration #judiciary #rendition #AbuseOfPower
nytimes.com/2026/05/13/world/a…
Immigrants Detained in Chicago Military-Style Raid Seek Millions in Damages
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New accounts from 17 men, women and children taken in a midnight raid paint a violent, terrifying portrait of the federal agents’ alleged actions. These descriptions form the basis of claims filed this week against DHS and other federal agencies.
propublica.org/article/chicago…
#News #Chicago #Immigration #ICE #DHS #Immigrants #Law #Legal #Lawsuit #Trump
#Senate rejects bill to halt #IranWar despite lawmakers’ growing frustrations
It was the first such vote since a deadline passed for the #Trump admin to seek #Congress’s approval to continue the military campaign.
#TrumpsWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #ForeverWars #WarCrimes #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
washingtonpost.com/national-se…
The #SouthCarolina Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the #murder convictions & life sentence of disgraced lawyer #AlexMurdaugh in the #shooting deaths of his wife & younger son.
In a unanimous ruling, the justices said conduct by the court clerk “egregiously attacked Murdaugh’s credibility” by suggesting to jurors his testimony could not be trusted. They also said the judge went too far in allowing evidence of Murdaugh’s financial #crimes into his murder trial.
#Gunshots heard in #Philippines #Senate, where a senator wanted by the International Criminal Court [#ICC] has been resisting arrest
A burst of gunfire rang out Wednesday night in the Philippine Senate, where authorities have tried to arrest a senator who is wanted by the ICC for a charge of #CrimesAgainstHumanity, an AP journalist & other witnesses said.
The head of the #FDA, Dr. #MartyMakary, is resigning after a rocky tenure that drew months of complaints from “#health” industry” executives, anti-abortion activists, vaping lobbyists & other allies of #Trump.
He steps down after just over a year leading the powerful health regulatory agency….
Kyle Diamantas, FDA’s chief for foods, will take over as acting commissioner…. Diamantas is an attorney with personal ties to Donald Trump Jr. 🙄 [not a scientist or doctor]
Enough already.
Exclusive: #FBI questions #CIA officers over #Russia assessment in #Brennan probe
The FBI has begun interviewing current & former CIA employees as part of DOJ’s investigation into ex-CIA director #JohnBrennan over his role in an intelligence finding that Russia interfered in the #2016election to help #Trump, according to 5 sources familiar with the matter.
#law #ElectionInterference #WeaponizationOfGovernment #propaganda #gaslighting #RevengePolitics
reuters.com/legal/government/f…
#Alabama officials pointed to the #Louisiana case as reason for #SCOTUS to end a judicial order to use a court-imposed #House map until after the 2030 census. SCOTUS overturned that order & directed a lower court to reconsider the case in light of the Louisiana decision. That could free the state to instead use a map approved in 2023 by the #Republican-led legislature that includes only 1 district where #Black residents comprise a majority.
Anticipating a court reversal, #Alabama officials recently enacted a law allowing it to void the results of a May 19 #primary for some congressional districts & instead hold a new primary under the revised district boundaries. It’s up to #Republican Gov. Kay Ivey to set a date for a special primary #election, though it must occur by August.
#law #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #CorruptCourt #RiggedElection #RepresentationMatters #Vote
#law #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt
The Silence That Meets the #Rape of #Palestinians
Male & female Palestinians describe brutal #SexualAbuse at the hands of #Israel prison guards, soldiers, settlers & interrogators.
It’s a simple proposition: Whatever our views of the #MiddleEast conflict, we should be able to unite in condemning rape.
#terrorism #torture #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #law #InternationalLaw #HumanRights
nytimes.com/2026/05/11/opinion…
#SCOTUS set the stage for #Alabama to get rid of 1 of 2 largely #Black congressional districts before this year’s #midterms, creating an opening for #Republicans to gain an additional #US #House seat in a closely divided chamber.
The decision follows a SCOTUS ruling that struck down a majority-Black US House district in #Louisiana as an “unconstitutional” #RacialGerrymander, significantly weakening the federal #VotingRights Act.
#law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt
apnews.com/article/alabama-red…
#SCOTUS is temporarily leaving women’s #access to a widely used #AbortionMedication untouched until at least Thursday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on the drug, #mifepristone, to take effect.
Justice Samuel Alito’s order Monday allows #women seeking an #abortion to continue obtaining the pill at pharmacies or through the mail, without an in-person visit to a doctor.
Nonprofit sues to stop Trump’s changes to Reflecting Pool, a #HistoricSite
A Washington-area nonprofit Monday asked a federal court to halt Trump’s efforts to resurface the #LincolnMemorial #ReflectingPool, saying that #Trump [once again] failed to undergo required federal reviews before applying a blue color to the basin.
#law #landmark #preservation #UShistory #HandsOffOurProperty
washingtonpost.com/politics/20…
Despite a long-standing court order, the NYPD didn’t audit thousands of stops made by its Community Response Team, which has a history of unconstitutional policing and has drawn hundreds of civilian complaints.
ProPublica previously found the unit often sidestepped oversight.
propublica.org/article/nypd-co…
#News #NYPD #NewYork #NYC #Police #Law #Legal #NewYorkCity
Despite Court Order, NYPD Failed to Properly Monitor Stop-and-Frisks by Aggressive Unit
The department didn’t audit thousands of stops made by its Community Response Team, which has a history of unconstitutional policing and has drawn hundreds of civilian complaints. ProPublica previously found the unit sidestepped oversight.Diego Sorbara (ProPublica)
How is this still a “whether” argument?
It is an undeniable #fact.
A #LIVGolf event at a #Trump property is renewing scrutiny over whether the president & his family are benefiting financially from his time in office
#kleptocracy #law #emoluments #PresidentialEthics #corruption #USpol #media #journalism #FourthEstate
cnn.com/2026/05/10/politics/tr…
#Iran responds to #US #ceasefire proposal but #Trump rejects it as 'unacceptable'
Iran sent its response to the latest US ceasefire proposal via Pakistani mediators & wants negotiations to focus on permanently ending the war, but Trump quickly rejected it as “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!” with no details.
#idiocracy #kakistocracy #IranWar #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #EnergyCrisis
apnews.com/article/iran-us-war…
#US military intelligence-gathering flights are surging off the coast of #Cuba, a CNN analysis of publicly available aviation data shows.
Since Feb 4, the US Navy & Air Force have conducted at least 25 such flights using manned aircraft & drones, most of them near the country’s two biggest cities, Havana & Santiago de Cuba, & some coming within 40 miles of the coast, acc/to FlightRadar24.
#Trump #imperialism #LandGrab #law #WarPowers #sovereignty #InternationalLaw
cnn.com/2026/05/10/americas/us…
Meanwhile, #Republican lawmakers in #Louisiana & #SouthCarolina also presented congressional #redistricting plans that faced staunch opposition from #CivilRights activists & #Democrats.
#Republicans in Southern states have been moving quickly to try to capitalize on a recent #SCOTUS ruling in a Louisiana case that significantly weakened #VotingRights Act protections for minorities.
#law #ElectionLaw #midterms #vote
#Tennessee enacted new congressional districts Thurs that carve up a Democratic-held, #Black-majority district in #Memphis. The state Democratic Party sued Friday, seeking to prevent the districts from being used until after this year’s elections because of the tight time frame.
Even before #SCOTUS’ ruling, #Republicans & #Democrats were engaged in a #redistricting battle initiated by #Trump, each seeking an edge in the #midterms that will determine control of the closely divided #House.
#law
#Alabama lawmakers approved a plan Friday for new #US #House #primaries if courts allow the state to use different congressional districts in this year’s elections, sending the #legislation to #Republican Gov. Kay Ivey.
The move came the same day that the #Virginia Supreme Court dealt a major setback to #Democrats by overturning a #redistricting plan that could have helped Democrats win as many as 4 additional House seats.
#law #ElectionLaw #midterms #VotingRights
apnews.com/article/alabama-red…
#Virginia state Supreme Court strikes down #Democrats' redrawn #US #House maps, giving #Republicans win
The court ruled 4-3 that the state’s Democratic-led legislature violated procedural requirements when it placed the constitutional amendment on the ballot to authorize the mid-decade #redistricting. #Voters approved the amendment April 21, but the court’s ruling renders the results of that #vote meaningless.
#ABC Accuses #Government of Violating #FirstAmendment
The network’s argument, made to the #FCC, is the most aggressive [long overdue] posture taken yet by a television network toward the #Trump admin.
#law #constitution #FreeSpeech #FreePress #media #entertainment #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
nytimes.com/2026/05/08/busines…
So much for the “ceasefire” talks going well. Not that I believe anything from this admin.
#US launches #strikes on #Iran after attacks on warships, military says
The “self-defense strikes” followed attacks on 3 US naval vessels, #CENTCOM said in a statement. None of the US warships were hit.
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #war #ForeverWars #Trump #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
cnn.com/2026/05/07/politics/us…
