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Judge Acquits Backpage Co-Founder Michael Lacey on Most Counts
A federal judge has acquitted Backpage co-founder Michael Lacey of dozens of counts, including a majority of those on which federal prosecutors planned to retry Lacey later this year. U.S. District Judge Diane Humetewa also acquitted former Backpage executives Jed Brunst and Scott Spear on multiple counts of which they were convicted by a jury […]
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David Beito: Was FDR a Tyrant?
Why has President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s dark side been hidden? Scholars consistently rank FDR as one of America’s greatest presidents. The 2024 Presidential Greatness Project Expert Survey ranked him number two, below Lincoln, and respondents to the Siena College Research Institute studies have ranked him number one in six out of seven survey years. Perhaps it’s […]
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Greenpeace Crusade Will Blind and Kill Children
Greenpeace and other anti-biotech activist groups have logged a win in a crusade that could ultimately blind and kill thousands of children annually. How? By persuading the Court of Appeals of the Philippines to issue a scientifically ignorant and morally hideous decision to ban the planting of vitamin A–enriched golden rice. The objective result will […]
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The Kentucky Legislature Removed The Governor’s Power To Temporarily Appoint A Senator
Back in August 2023, I wrote about a potential Seventeenth Amendment conflict in Kentucky. Under Kentucky law, in the event of a Senate vacancy, the Governor could only appoint a temporary Senator of the same political party as the former Senator. The Kentucky Legislature has a Republican super-majority with a Democratic Governor. And the Governor […]
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Nina Jankowicz, Disinformation Czar, Is Back in Action
In a recent newsletter, I fretted that disinformation experts keep failing upward into ever greater positions of prominence, even when their underlying research comes under serious scrutiny. This week, The New York Times commented on—and contributed to—the most compelling example of this phenomenon: Nina Jankowicz, who has returned from exile to launch a new disinformation-tracking […]
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Presidential Bribery and the Clear Statement Rule in Trump v. United States: Revisiting Issues From The First Trump Impeachment and the Mueller Investigation
Today the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Trump v. United States, the presidential immunity case. Much of the argument concerned issues left unresolved during the Trump presidency. First, during the Mueller investigation, it was alleged that Trump violated the federal obstruction of justice statute. I, and others, countered that a criminal statute should only […]
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The Intifada Comes to America. Now What?
By Frank Miele for RealClearPolitics “Death to America!” We are used to that chant. Maybe too used to it. If you are old enough, you heard it in 1979 during the Iranian hostage crisis when supporters of Ayatollah Khomeini invaded the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Since then, it has been a recurring theme of Islamic […]
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Hillary Clinton: Trump Would Like To ‘Kill His Opposition’ If Re-Elected
Hillary Clinton made shocking statements during a recent podcast in which she appeared to suggest that former President Donald Trump would like to “kill his opposition.” The former First Lady made that declaration during a conversation with Democrat election lawyer Marc Elias. She believes Trump will model his presidency after that of Russian President Vladimir […]
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Vance Compares Today’s Ukraine Talking Points To ‘Propaganda’ Used To Justify Iraq War
Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) tore into the Senate’s approval of a $95 billion aid package to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan during a speech to the chamber earlier this week. He compared the narrative to propaganda used to draw America into the Iraq War. History, he believes, is repeating itself. And it’s repeating itself on the […]
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Biden Calls Economy ‘Strong’ Despite Poor GDP Growth
By Casey Harper (The Center Square) President Joe Biden defended newly released underperforming economic growth numbers. Federal data shows the U.S. Gross Domestic Product grew at an annual growth rate of 1.6% in the first three months of this year, down from 3.4% in the previous quarter. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released the […]
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