<p>Cherise Doyley never expected to see a judge while in labor.</p><p>Yet she found herself fighting a court for the right to make medical decisions about her own body — from her hospital bed. Here’s how her case unfolded.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/florida-court-hearing-c-section?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/florida-court-hearing-c-section?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/flo</span><span class="invisible">rida-court-hearing-c-section?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/florida/" rel="tag">#Florida</a> <a href="/tags/pregnancy/" rel="tag">#Pregnancy</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/courts/" rel="tag">#Courts</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a></p>
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<p>In 2024, Trump won Idaho by one of the largest margins in the country.</p><p>Now, its secretary of state is resisting the administration’s efforts to gather sensitive voter data ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-voter-data-trump-justice-department?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/idaho-voter-data-trump-justice-department?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ida</span><span class="invisible">ho-voter-data-trump-justice-department?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> <a href="/tags/idaho/" rel="tag">#Idaho</a> <a href="/tags/vote/" rel="tag">#Vote</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/midterms/" rel="tag">#Midterms</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a></p>
<p>This week, the average daily population at Dilley dropped to 100 people, compared with over 900 in January.</p><p>The shift follows weeks of mounting public pressure generated in part by the widespread publication of letters written by detained children.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/families-detained-at-dilley-plummets?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/families-detained-at-dilley-plummets?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fam</span><span class="invisible">ilies-detained-at-dilley-plummets?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/immigrant/" rel="tag">#Immigrant</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>This Louisiana prosecutor...<br>• Was forced to resign from the DA’s office for submitting false paperwork<br>• Withheld evidence in at least 3 death row cases<br>• Compared a Black teen to a dog and told the jury to “get rid of it”</p><p>Now he’s running for judge.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/hugo-holland-louisiana-judge-race-controversies?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/hugo-holland-louisiana-judge-race-controversies?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/hug</span><span class="invisible">o-holland-louisiana-judge-race-controversies?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/louisiana/" rel="tag">#Louisiana</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a> <a href="/tags/courts/" rel="tag">#Courts</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/neworleans/" rel="tag">#NewOrleans</a> <a href="/tags/shreveport/" rel="tag">#Shreveport</a></p>
<p>Protectionism in the US heading in an interesting direction as <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/899172/fcc-foreign-router-ban" rel="nofollow">The US bans foreign made internet routers</a></p><p>Which is particularly interesting because there aren't any US made internet routers really, certainly nothing like the number required for keeping all Americans online.</p><p>Routers are mostly insecure due to company negligence with updates and bugs which has nothing to do with nationality of course. American companies are just as likely to fail to spot a buffer overflow or abandon customers when they discontinue a product.</p><p>American companies aren't even less likely to want to spy on you and steal all your data and then be forced to give it up to government if they ask.</p><p>Hard to see how this goes well for anyone. Except many the people certifying products that evade the ban.</p><p><a href="/tags/routers/" rel="tag">#routers</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/protectionism/" rel="tag">#protectionism</a></p>
<p>Under AG Pam Bondi, the DOJ has dropped 23,000 criminal cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — while prosecuting 32,000 new immigration cases in just the first six months of Trump’s second term.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-immigration-bondi-declinations-criminal-investigations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-immigration-bondi-declinations-criminal-investigations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-doj-immigration-bondi-declinations-criminal-investigations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a> <a href="/tags/terrorism/" rel="tag">#Terrorism</a> <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#Fraud</a> <a href="/tags/drugs/" rel="tag">#Drugs</a> <a href="/tags/pambondi/" rel="tag">#PamBondi</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>New Portland Trail Blazers Owner Played Key Role at Company Oregon Accused of Predatory Lending<br>---</p><p>Documents obtained by ProPublica and Oregon Public Broadcasting reveal that Tom Dundon was behind what regulators called an “aggressive push” to waive proof-of-income requirements at Santander Consumer USA.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tom-dundon-moda-center-portland-oregon?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/tom-dundon-moda-center-portland-oregon?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tom</span><span class="invisible">-dundon-moda-center-portland-oregon?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/portland/" rel="tag">#Portland</a> <a href="/tags/oregon/" rel="tag">#Oregon</a> <a href="/tags/nba/" rel="tag">#NBA</a> <a href="/tags/basketball/" rel="tag">#Basketball</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/cars/" rel="tag">#Cars</a> <a href="/tags/loan/" rel="tag">#Loan</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a></p>
<p>Minnesota Kicks Off Legal Battle With Trump Administration to Hold ICE Shooters Accountable<br>--</p><p>With the federal government refusing to identify agents or share evidence relating to the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, the dispute has become a game of constitutional chicken: states’ rights versus federal immunity.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/minnesota-trump-ice-shooting-lawsuit-alex-pretti-renee-good?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/minnesota-trump-ice-shooting-lawsuit-alex-pretti-renee-good?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/min</span><span class="invisible">nesota-trump-ice-shooting-lawsuit-alex-pretti-renee-good?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/lawsuit/" rel="tag">#Lawsuit</a> <a href="/tags/alexpretti/" rel="tag">#AlexPretti</a> <a href="/tags/reneegood/" rel="tag">#ReneeGood</a></p>
<p>Utah Bans Polygraph Tests for Those Reporting Sexual Assault<br>---</p><p>A state legislator was moved to sponsor the bill — now signed into law — following a Salt Lake Tribune-ProPublica investigation that showed how polygraphs can retraumatize sexual abuse victims.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/utah-polygraphs-sexual-assault-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/utah-polygraphs-sexual-assault-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/uta</span><span class="invisible">h-polygraphs-sexual-assault-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/utah/" rel="tag">#Utah</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/sexualassault/" rel="tag">#SexualAssault</a> <a href="/tags/abuse/" rel="tag">#Abuse</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a></p>
<p>Trump pardoned nursing home owner Joseph Schwartz just 3 months into his sentence for a $39 million fraud scheme.</p><p>Meanwhile, families who won multimillion-dollar wrongful death suits against Schwartz haven’t collected a cent.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/joseph-schwartz-trump-pardon-skyline-nursing-home-patients?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/joseph-schwartz-trump-pardon-skyline-nursing-home-patients?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/jos</span><span class="invisible">eph-schwartz-trump-pardon-skyline-nursing-home-patients?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/arkansas/" rel="tag">#Arkansas</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#Fraud</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p>The federal government is charging a skyrocketing number of migrants with trespassing in military zones.</p><p>But the boundaries can be hard to pinpoint — even for investigative reporters.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/military-zones-border-migrants-charges?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/military-zones-border-migrants-charges?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mil</span><span class="invisible">itary-zones-border-migrants-charges?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#Military</a> <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#Defense</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#Border</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a></p>
<p>Fifteen laws in 11 states that could immunize the fossil fuel industry from climate-related legal claims have either been passed or are being debated.</p><p>Many bills are part of a coordinated effort by groups linked to right-wing activist Leonard Leo.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/climate-change-alec-leonard-leo-lawsuits-fossil-fuel-oil-gas-immunity?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/climate-change-alec-leonard-leo-lawsuits-fossil-fuel-oil-gas-immunity?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/cli</span><span class="invisible">mate-change-alec-leonard-leo-lawsuits-fossil-fuel-oil-gas-immunity?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/fossilfuels/" rel="tag">#FossilFuels</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
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<p>My Whistleblower Story!</p><p>A true account of persecution I faced as a whistleblower against the powerful. </p><p><a href="https://drive.proton.me/urls/TVQBZBVQK0#g50TCYlBdeeb" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="drive.proton.me/urls/TVQBZBVQK0#g50TCYlBdeeb"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">drive.proton.me/urls/TVQBZBVQK</span><span class="invisible">0#g50TCYlBdeeb</span></a></p><p>Please boost for reach!</p><p><a href="/tags/earth/" rel="tag">#Earth</a> <a href="/tags/equalrights/" rel="tag">#EqualRights</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#Justice</a> <a href="/tags/freedom/" rel="tag">#Freedom</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a><br><a href="/tags/socialjustice/" rel="tag">#SocialJustice</a> <a href="/tags/amnesty/" rel="tag">#Amnesty</a> <br><a href="/tags/workersrights/" rel="tag">#WorkersRights</a> <a href="/tags/hr/" rel="tag">#HR</a> <a href="/tags/union/" rel="tag">#Union</a> <a href="/tags/unions/" rel="tag">#Unions</a> <a href="/tags/solidarity/" rel="tag">#Solidarity</a><br><a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#America</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a><br><a href="/tags/whistleblower/" rel="tag">#whistleblower</a> <a href="/tags/whistleblowerstory/" rel="tag">#WhistleBlowerStory</a> <a href="/tags/whistleblowing/" rel="tag">#Whistleblowing</a><br><a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a> <a href="/tags/dnc/" rel="tag">#DNC</a> <a href="/tags/rnc/" rel="tag">#RNC</a><br><a href="/tags/speaktruthtopower/" rel="tag">#SpeakTruthToPower</a><br><a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/policebrutality/" rel="tag">#PoliceBrutality</a><br><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a> <a href="/tags/judiciary/" rel="tag">#Judiciary</a> <br><a href="/tags/court/" rel="tag">#Court</a> <a href="/tags/courtsystem/" rel="tag">#CourtSystem</a><br><a href="/tags/freesoftware/" rel="tag">#FreeSoftware</a> <a href="/tags/freedom/" rel="tag">#Freedom</a></p>
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<p>NEW: Ken Paxton Vowed to Crack Down on “Illegal Voting.” He May Have Violated Texas Election Law.</p><p>The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-voter-registration-election-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-voter-registration-election-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ken</span><span class="invisible">-paxton-voter-registration-election-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/kenpaxton/" rel="tag">#KenPaxton</a> <a href="/tags/vote/" rel="tag">#Vote</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/tx/" rel="tag">#TX</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p>NEW: The administration is defying Congress on foreign aid that Trump himself agreed to spend.</p><p>“It is a huge grab of power from the president, taking powers away from Congress,” said David Super, a leading scholar on administrative and constitutional law.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-defying-congress-foreign-aid-usaid-vought-rubio-constitutional-crisis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-defying-congress-foreign-aid-usaid-vought-rubio-constitutional-crisis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-defying-congress-foreign-aid-usaid-vought-rubio-constitutional-crisis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/marcorubio/" rel="tag">#MarcoRubio</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a></p>
<p>NEW on our “Paper Trail” podcast:<br>From behind bars, April Wilkens successfully advocated for a new law offering domestic violence survivors like herself a chance at freedom if they could prove abuse contributed to their crimes. But that wasn’t the end of the story.</p><p>Listen to the full episode: <a href="https://www.propublica.org/podcast/oklahoma-domestic-violence-survivors-april-wilkens?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/podcast/oklahoma-domestic-violence-survivors-april-wilkens?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/podcast/okl</span><span class="invisible">ahoma-domestic-violence-survivors-april-wilkens?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#Podcast</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/domesticviolence/" rel="tag">#DomesticViolence</a> <a href="/tags/abuse/" rel="tag">#Abuse</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/oklahoma/" rel="tag">#Oklahoma</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a></p>
<p>NEW: Court Inquiry Denounces “Disturbing Pattern” of Violations at Arizona’s Largest Sheriff’s Office </p><p>A court inquiry alleges that top leaders at the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office undermined efforts to comply with mandated reforms brought on by a long-running racial profiling lawsuit and settlement.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-arizona-sheriff-deputy-misconduct-reforms-undermined?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-arizona-sheriff-deputy-misconduct-reforms-undermined?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mar</span><span class="invisible">icopa-county-arizona-sheriff-deputy-misconduct-reforms-undermined?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/arizona/" rel="tag">#Arizona</a> <a href="/tags/maricopacounty/" rel="tag">#MaricopaCounty</a> <a href="/tags/phoenix/" rel="tag">#Phoenix</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/racism/" rel="tag">#Racism</a> <a href="/tags/az/" rel="tag">#AZ</a></p>
<p>Guys, they sentenced one of the Prairieland protestors to a HUNDRED YEARS in federal prison. Others got 50-70 YEARS. </p><p>The longest J6 sentence was 22 years, by comparison. This is a huge threat to everyone’s ‘freedom of speech.’ What a fucking nightmare. <a href="/tags/antifa/" rel="tag">#antifa</a> <a href="/tags/prairieland/" rel="tag">#prairieland</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a></p><p>Support people on the ground: <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mas.to/@dfwsupportcommittee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dfwsupportcommittee</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/23/prairieland-ice-protesters-texas-sentenced" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/23/prairieland-ice-protesters-texas-sentenced"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/us-news/20</span><span class="invisible">26/jun/23/prairieland-ice-protesters-texas-sentenced</span></a></p>
<p>NEW: A Minnesota home seller has been found liable for violating state laws in a "contract-for-deed" home financing scheme that targeted East African Muslims in Minneapolis with deceptive real estate deals marketed as “sharia compliant.”</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/minnesota-jury-predatory-home-financing-chadwick-banken-contract-for-deed?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/minnesota-jury-predatory-home-financing-chadwick-banken-contract-for-deed?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/min</span><span class="invisible">nesota-jury-predatory-home-financing-chadwick-banken-contract-for-deed?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a> <a href="/tags/minneapolis/" rel="tag">#Minneapolis</a> <a href="/tags/muslim/" rel="tag">#Muslim</a> <a href="/tags/home/" rel="tag">#Home</a> <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>This admin is a damn joke</p><p>The <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> Director Is MIA</p><p><a href="/tags/kashpatel/" rel="tag">#KashPatel</a> has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking & unexplained absences.</p><p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a></p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/nationalsecurity/" rel="tag">#NationalSecurity</a> <br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/kash-patel-fbi-director-drinking-absences/686839/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxRj40bt5Tcdpsjr9rTdgd3Q" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/kash-patel-fbi-director-drinking-absences/686839/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxRj40bt5Tcdpsjr9rTdgd3Q"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theatlantic.com/politics/2</span><span class="invisible">026/04/kash-patel-fbi-director-drinking-absences/686839/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxRj40bt5Tcdpsjr9rTdgd3Q</span></a></p>
<p>NEW: Oregon Leaders Are Trying to Save the Deschutes River. Here’s Why That’s So Hard.</p><p>By law, one irrigation district has rights to most of the water from the Deschutes, forcing farmers to fallow their land in times of scarcity. Oregon has pushed three main solutions to deliver water more efficiently and sustainably.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/deschutes-river-oregon-solutions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/deschutes-river-oregon-solutions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/des</span><span class="invisible">chutes-river-oregon-solutions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/oregon/" rel="tag">#Oregon</a> <a href="/tags/river/" rel="tag">#River</a> <a href="/tags/water/" rel="tag">#Water</a> <a href="/tags/farming/" rel="tag">#Farming</a> <a href="/tags/agriculture/" rel="tag">#Agriculture</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>
<p>NEW: OPB and ProPublica found that water from one of Oregon’s most iconic rivers, the Deschutes, is largely given away to wealthy landowners who are turning the high desert green with lush pastures and landscaping.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/deschutes-river-oregon-water-rights?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/deschutes-river-oregon-water-rights?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/des</span><span class="invisible">chutes-river-oregon-water-rights?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/oregon/" rel="tag">#Oregon</a> <a href="/tags/farming/" rel="tag">#Farming</a> <a href="/tags/agriculture/" rel="tag">#Agriculture</a> <a href="/tags/water/" rel="tag">#Water</a> <a href="/tags/river/" rel="tag">#River</a> <a href="/tags/drought/" rel="tag">#Drought</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>美國推「電腦系統年齡驗證」新法案 安裝 Windows, macOS 都要查用家年齡<br>美國眾議院在 2026 年 4 月 13 日正式提交《家長決定法案》（Parents Decide Act，H […]<br><a href="/tags/流動電腦/" rel="tag">#流動電腦</a> <a href="/tags/linux/" rel="tag">#Linux</a> <a href="/tags/parents/" rel="tag">#Parents</a> Decide Act <a href="/tags/windows/" rel="tag">#windows</a><br><a href="https://unwire.hk/2026/04/19/parents-decide-act-os-age-verification/notebook/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=parents-decide-act-os-age-verification" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="unwire.hk/2026/04/19/parents-decide-act-os-age-verification/notebook/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=parents-decide-act-os-age-verification"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">unwire.hk/2026/04/19/parents-d</span><span class="invisible">ecide-act-os-age-verification/notebook/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=parents-decide-act-os-age-verification</span></a></p>
<p>NEW: Stories about pardons are often told as stories about presidential power — who had access, who persuaded a president to intervene. But what drew reporter Jeremy Kohler to this story was the people on the other side of that act of grace.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-joseph-schwartz-pardon-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-joseph-schwartz-pardon-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-joseph-schwartz-pardon-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="/tags/whitehouse/" rel="tag">#WhiteHouse</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a></p>