Lawyers from ACLU, Southern Poverty Law Center, LGBTQ Groups Accused of Judge Shopping, Other Ethical Violations in Alabama Relating to Child Sex Change Law

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Last week, US District Judge Liles C. Burke of the Northern District of Alabama unsealed an October 2023 report that revealed 11 out of 39 lawyers for plaintiffs challenging the ban of sex-change procedures tried to circumvent random case assignment procedures. The report was conducted by a panel of three Alabama federal judges after Burke expressed concerns about judge shopping. . .

The three federal judges wrote in the unsealed report, “It is one thing for attorneys to fret about potential judicial assignments before the ball is snapped (i.e. before a case is assigned). It is another to try to change the play after the case has been assigned.”

According to the ABA Journal, lawyers for the plaintiffs dropped two suits challenging the law after the cases ended up before Burke, an appointee of former President Donald Trump.

Shortly after they dropped the cases, a new suit was filed with different plaintiffs in the Middle District of Alabama, where US District Judge Myron H. Thompson, an appointee of former President Jimmy Carter, serves. . .

On May 22 and 23, the 11 lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Alabama, the Southern Poverty Law Center, GLBTQ Advocates & Defenders, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, Lambda Legal, Lightfoot Franklin & White, Cooley, and King & Spalding are scheduled to appear before Burke for a sanctions hearing during which the judge will ask the lawyers to show cause why they shouldn’t be sanctioned for judge shopping and for misrepresenting or failing to disclose key facts during the inquiry. (Read more from “Lawyers from ACLU, Southern Poverty Law Center, LGBTQ Groups Accused of Judge Shopping, Other Ethical Violations in Alabama Relating to Child Sex Change Law” HERE)

Lisa Murkowski Refuses to Back Trump, Thinking About Leaving GOP

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Sen. Lisa Murkowski, aghast at Donald Trump’s candidacy and the direction of her party, won’t rule out bolting from the GOP.

The veteran Alaska Republican, one of seven Republicans who voted to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial amid the aftermath of January 6, 2021, is done with the former president and said she “absolutely” would not vote for him.

“I wish that as Republicans, we had … a nominee that I could get behind,” Murkowski told CNN. “I certainly can’t get behind Donald Trump.”

. . . Asked if she would become an independent, Murkowski said: “Oh, I think I’m very independent minded.” And she added: “I just regret that our party is seemingly becoming a party of Donald Trump.”

Pressed on if that meant she might become an independent, Murkowski said: “I am navigating my way through some very interesting political times. Let’s just leave it at that.” (Read more from “Lisa Murkowski Refuses to Back Trump, Thinking About Leaving GOP” HERE)

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RFK Jr. Announces Hardcore Leftist Nicole Shanahan as His VP Pick

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Tuesday that he has selected Nicole Shanahan to be his vice presidential running mate as he continues to run as an Independent after dropping out of the Democratic Party’s presidential primary late last year.

Shanahan — the ex-wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin — has a history of donating to Democrat politicians and is the president and founder of an organization that invests in leftist criminal justice policy, environmentalism, abortion access, and more.

RFK made the announcement at a rally in Oakland, California, as he touted her alleged expertise in a variety of fields. (Read more from “RFK Jr. Announces Hardcore Leftist Nicole Shanahan as His VP Pick” HERE)

Joe Biden: Government Will Pay ‘Entire Cost’ of Rebuilding Baltimore Bridge

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President Joe Biden said the government would pay the “entire cost” of rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, after a cargo ship hit the bridge and caused it to collapse early Tuesday morning.

“It’s my intention that we will pay for the entire cost of reconstructing that bridge. I expect the Congress to support my effort,” Biden said in a White House press conference. “It’s gonna take some time. And the people of Baltimore can count on us, though, to stick with that every step of the way until the port is reopened and the bridge is rebuilt. We’re not leaving until this job is done.”

Asked if the company behind the ship should be held responsible and pay for the repairs, Biden responded, “We’re going to pay to get the bridge rebuilt and open.”

He did not say how much it would cost.

He said he spoke with Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and “told him, ‘We’re going to spend all the federal resources they need as we respond to this emergency. I mean all the federal resources, and we’re going to rebuild that port together.’” (Read more from “Joe Biden: Government Will Pay ‘Entire Cost’ of Rebuilding Baltimore Bridge” HERE)

Former Lifelong Democrat Elon Musk: ‘We Need a Red Wave or America Is Toast’

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By Breitbart. Billionaire Elon Musk, a self-proclaimed former lifelong Democrat, declared on Monday that America needs a “red wave” in the 2024 election or it will face a severe catastrophe.

“I voted 100% Dem until a few years ago. Now, I think we need a red wave or America is toast,” Musk said on his platform, X.

Musk had been responding to a poll from one account asking people if they still consider themselves liberal.

“I used to consider myself a Democrat. Now, I feel like the Democratic party is very bad, but I still consider myself Liberal. Anyone else?” the account asked.

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U.S. Judge Tosses Out Hate-Speech Lawsuit From Elon Musk’s X

By Business Insider. A lawsuit that Elon Musk’s X filed last year against a research group was thrown out Monday, with US District Judge Charles Breyer saying, “This case is about punishing the Defendants for their speech.”

In its complaint, filed in the Northern District of California, X argued that the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate violated the platform’s terms of service in gathering data for reports that documented a significant increase in hate speech on X following Musk’s takeover.

The company claimed the CCDH was responsible for “tens of millions of dollars” in damages due to lost advertising revenue and the expense of internal investigations. (Read more from “U.S. Judge Tosses Out Hate-Speech Lawsuit From Elon Musk’s X” HERE)

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New York Appeals Court Grants Trump Legal Victory: Allows Lower Bond in Civil Fraud Case

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Donald Trump secured a victory in a New York appeals court on Monday as the court will allow the former president to post a significantly lower bond in his civil business fraud judgment.

Instead of posting a bond of $464 million, the appeals court ruled that Trump must now guarantee $175 million, ABC News correspondent Aaron Katersky reported. The appeals court ruling also means that Trump can continue to run his business in New York and gives him an additional 10 days to post the $175 million bond, according to CNN.

The ruling comes hours after the deadline for Trump to post the bond hit on Monday, meaning New York Attorney General Letitia James could seek to collect on the former president and seize his assets. The court’s decision will likely prevent James from pursuing the seizure of Trump’s property for now.

Prior to Monday’s appeals court decision, Trump would’ve had pledge 120%, or around $550 million, in collateral to a bond company, an amount his lawyers said last week would be “a practical impossibility” to attain. While Trump boasts a net worth in the billions, much of his wealth is in real estate, which bond companies usually avoid taking as collateral, according to The New York Times. (Read more from “New York Appeals Court Grants Trump Legal Victory: Allows Lower Bond in Civil Fraud Case” HERE)

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Feds Demanded ID of YouTube Users Who Watched Certain Videos

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We’ve all made that joke, “Searching for this in Google is gonna get me on an FBI watch list.” But according to a recent report, that might actually be true if you watched some very specific YouTube videos last year. A United States federal court ordered Google to turn over the identities of tens of thousands of users who watched certain videos in a specific timeframe.

Federal investigators obtained court-approved subpoenas for any YouTube viewers who watched tutorials on mapping via drones and augmented reality software, according to a report from Forbes. The investigators had been communicating with a suspected money launderer undercover, sent them links to the relevant videos, then demanded Google identify anyone who had watched said videos immediately following.

The subpoena included names, addresses, telephone numbers, and browsing history for Google accounts for as many as 30,000 people, tracing traffic to the relevant videos for one week in January 2023. It’s not clear whether Google complied with the demands for user information, though corporations are typically hesitant to fight subpoenas issued by courts. (Read more from “Feds Demanded ID of YouTube Users Who Watched Certain Videos” HERE)

Joe Biden’s “Political Origins” Story About a Penis Lawsuit Fabricated, May Cause Legal Trouble

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For nearly two decades, President Joe Biden has told a story about why he devoted his life to politics. He repeated the tale, at the risk of facing criminal charges for lying to a federal agent, while speaking to Special Counsel Robert Hur in October 2023.

Fresh out of law school and working as a clerk at a high-powered Wilmington, Delaware, law firm, Biden, in his telling, was tapped to defend a construction company sued by a 23-year-old welder who “lost part of his penis and one of his testicles” to a fire that broke out when he was working inside a chimney at a Delaware City plant. Thanks to Biden’s shrewd legal defense on the construction company’s behalf, the injured man lost the case.

“I wrote this memo. And son of a bitch, it prevailed,” Biden told Hur on Oct. 8. “And I looked over at that kid…and I thought, ‘son of a bitch, I’m in the wrong business, I’m not made for this.’”

Biden said he was so wracked with guilt that he . . . walked into the public defender’s office to ask for a job that very day. It’s “the only time I ever lied,” Biden told Hur on Oct. 8. Thus began, according to a New York Times report on the special counsel interview, “a career that would one day take him to the White House.”

But this story is almost certainly a complete work of fiction. Although Biden did work at a law firm tapped to defend a construction company in a negligence suit like the one he described to Hur, the case concluded in 1968, while Biden was still in law school. And the welder won, walking away with $315,000, more than $2.8 million in 2024 dollars. (Read more from “Joe Biden’s “Political Origins” Story About a Penis Lawsuit Fabricated, May Cause Legal Trouble” HERE)

Could Joe Biden Deliver a MAGA Tidal Wave 8 Years in the Making?

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Republicans have a not-so-secret weapon going into the 2024 election for the first time of the Trump era: a presidential nominee running circles around his opponent in the polls.

At the top of March, Trump posted his largest lead over Biden to date in either a New York Time/Siena or New York Times/CBS poll. He continues to trounce Biden in hypothetical matchups across most swing states. The 81-year-old president battles a low approval rating and growing concerns about his age.

All signs point to a major opportunity for Republicans, and GOP strategists told the Daily Caller the road could lead to a long-anticipated red wave in November.

“I think that’s absolutely true that his low job approval is helping the Republicans, it’s no question about it. And in fact, more than that, his low job approval is causing Americans to look back on the Trump presidency with some nostalgia,” a longtime GOP adviser in Kentucky and veteran of numerous campaigns, Scott Jennings, told the Daily Caller.

Though Jennings said Republicans are certainly benefitting from Biden’s low approval rating, he added that he thought it was too early to confidently predict a red wave. (Read more from “Could Joe Biden Deliver a MAGA Tidal Wave 8 Years in the Making?” HERE)

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The Federal Raid on the Homes of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Has Taken an Interesting Turn

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I haven’t followed Sean Combs’ legal troubles very closely, but they appear great enough to force the hip-hop star to flee the country and cause federal agents to search his residences. On Monday afternoon, Homeland Security officers searched his Los Angeles and Miami properties in what officials are saying is in connection to a human trafficking probe. Mr. Combs was the subject of serious allegations of sexual abuse by ex-girlfriend Casandra Ventura. . .

Whatever the case, these developments forced Mr. Combs to flee the country. He appears to have taken his Gulfstream to Antigua:

(Read more from “The Federal Raid on the Homes of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Has Taken an Interesting Turn” HERE)