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Liberal candidate in Wisconsin Supreme Court race links opponent to Musk in new ad
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 2 Comments • 3 Likes • one week ago
““While Susan Crawford plays the victim and the media falls for her spin, she has spent more than any judicial candidate in American history thanks...”
A new campaign ad in Wisconsin's high-stakes Supreme Court race tries to tie conservative candidate Judge Brad Schimel to Department of Government Efficiency enforcer Elon Musk by claiming the billionaire campaign donor is trying to buy Schimel a seat on the state's high court. The 30-second...
Court finds Greenpeace liable in case over Dakota Access Pipeline
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 6 Comments • 3 Likes • one week ago
A court in North Dakota has found Greenpeace liable for hundreds of millions of dollars over actions to combat the Dakota Access Pipeline. The environmental organization will be liable for about $660 million per the verdict readout in court, Greenpeace USA interim Executive Director Sushma...
Fani Willis' office must pay $54K to Donald Trump co-defendant's attorney: court ruling
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 3 Comments • 4 Likes • one week ago
“Ashleigh Merchant brought attention to romantic, business relationship between Willis, special prosecutor hired to investigate election interference.”
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A Fulton County Superior Court judge has ordered District Attorney Fani Willis' office to pay more than $54,000 in fees to the attorney who has effectively brought down Willis’ election interference case against Donald Trump. In a ruling this past Friday,...
Instant View: Fed leaves rates alone, to slow pace of QT in April
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 5 Comments • 1 Like • one week ago
“"Given growing worries around tariffs and how they could affect U.S. growth and inflation, the Fed took a widely expected 'wait and see' approach...”
(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, as expected, but U.S. central bank policymakers indicated they still anticipate reducing borrowing costs by half a percentage point by the end of this year in the context of slowing economic growth and, eventually, a...
Social Security Administration to require in-person identity checks for new and existing recipients
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 5 Comments • 2 Likes • one week ago
““The Social Security Administration is losing over $100 million a year in direct deposit fraud,” Leland Dudek, the agency’s acting commissioner,...”
WASHINGTON (AP) — In an effort to limit fraudulent claims, the Social Security Administration will impose tighter identity-proofing measures — which will require millions of recipients and applicants to visit agency field offices rather than interact with the agency over the phone. Beginning...
Trump releases classified files on JFK assassination. Here's what they say.
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 8 Comments • 3 Likes • one week ago
“Looking to read the JFK files yourself? You can find them on the National Archives' website here.”
WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday released what it said were all of the government's classified files on the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, making tens of thousands of pages of unredacted records available to the public for the first time. The...
The war on illegal migration
By: Vic Eldred • Op/Ed • 56 Comments • 6 Likes • one week ago
““They’re not gonna stop us. We made a promise to the American people, President Trump has made a promise to the American people, we’re gonna make...”
Trump's point man on the border Tom Homan promised that the Trump administration’s mass deportations will not stop despite a federal judge illegally blocking the president from invoking the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members without a hearing. The Trump administration...