<p>The time it takes to resolve Alaska’s most serious felony cases is three years, or more than twice as long as in 2015.</p><p>A state lawmaker wants an end to the delays. “I hate how slow this system is. It kills me,” he said.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-murder-pretrial-delays-impact?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/alaska-murder-pretrial-delays-impact?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ala</span><span class="invisible">ska-murder-pretrial-delays-impact?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/alaska/" rel="tag">#Alaska</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#Justice</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a></p>
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<p>A teacher called over a dozen therapists to find mental health care following a miscarriage.</p><p>An EMT spent months looking for one after a suicide attempt.</p><p>They couldn’t find any in-network provider able to see them. Now they're suing their insurer. <br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/emblemhealth-ghost-network-mental-health-lawsuit-new-york?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/emblemhealth-ghost-network-mental-health-lawsuit-new-york?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/emb</span><span class="invisible">lemhealth-ghost-network-mental-health-lawsuit-new-york?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/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="/tags/lawsuit/" rel="tag">#Lawsuit</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/insurance/" rel="tag">#Insurance</a> <a href="/tags/newyork/" rel="tag">#NewYork</a></p>
<p>Democrats in the House and Senate announced plans for a wide-ranging investigation into immigration agents’ detention of citizens after a ProPublica story found that more than 170 Americans have been held by immigration officials this year.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-ice-americans-detained-joint-congressional-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/immigration-ice-americans-detained-joint-congressional-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/imm</span><span class="invisible">igration-ice-americans-detained-joint-congressional-investigation?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/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.</p><p>They’ve had their necks kneeled on.</p><p>They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.</p><p>At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.</p><p>Revisit our Oct. 2025 story:<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/imm</span><span class="invisible">igration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>Out today from Gus Bova: Highlights of our newest issue include criminal justice reporting from Michelle Pitcher, exploring <a href="/tags/houston/" rel="tag">#Houston</a> culture with <span class="h-card"><a href="https://texasobserver.social/@josephinelee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>josephinelee</span></a></span>, the war over homelessness policy with <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@stevanzetti" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stevanzetti</span></a></span>, and much more. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/editors-letter-january-february-2026/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/editors-letter-january-february-2026/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/editors-</span><span class="invisible">letter-january-february-2026/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#journalism</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/gulfcoast/" rel="tag">#GulfCoast</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a></p>
<p>The Trump Nominee Whose Company Is Suing the Trump Administration<br>---</p><p>A month after Benjamin Landa’s nomination as Ambassador to Hungary, the Health and Human Services inspector general said a nursing home Landa co-owns received at least $31.2 million in Medicare overpayments. Now, the facility is suing to stop collection.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/benjamin-landa-ambassador-company-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/benjamin-landa-ambassador-company-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ben</span><span class="invisible">jamin-landa-ambassador-company-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/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/medicaid/" rel="tag">#Medicaid</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/lawsuit/" rel="tag">#Lawsuit</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>As President Donald Trump’s administration pushes a pro-ranching agenda, ProPublica and High Country News investigated how public lands grazing has evolved.</p><p>Here are the biggest takeaways from our reporting.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/grazing-public-lands-investigation-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/grazing-public-lands-investigation-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/gra</span><span class="invisible">zing-public-lands-investigation-takeaways?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/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/grazing/" rel="tag">#Grazing</a> <a href="/tags/publiclands/" rel="tag">#PublicLands</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>The DOJ indicted “Bitcoin Jesus” Roger Ver in one of the largest-ever crypto tax fraud cases.</p><p>Those familiar with the case said the evidence was “rock solid” and that prosecutors were confident of a conviction.</p><p>Then Donald Trump won a second term.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/bitcoin-jesus-roger-ver-tax-evastion-friends-of-trump-doj?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/bitcoin-jesus-roger-ver-tax-evastion-friends-of-trump-doj?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/bit</span><span class="invisible">coin-jesus-roger-ver-tax-evastion-friends-of-trump-doj?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/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/tax/" rel="tag">#Tax</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#Fraud</a> <a href="/tags/billionaire/" rel="tag">#Billionaire</a> <a href="/tags/crypto/" rel="tag">#Crypto</a> <a href="/tags/bitcoin/" rel="tag">#Bitcoin</a></p>
<p>A Father’s Quest for Justice Finds Resolution After 13 Years<br>---</p><p>Restrained by three white men for attempted shoplifting, a Black teen died from asphyxiation. His father refused to accept that no one would be held responsible. More than a decade later, his idea of justice has shifted — and may finally be achieved.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-corey-stingley-death-charges-milwaukee-prosecutor?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-corey-stingley-death-charges-milwaukee-prosecutor?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/wis</span><span class="invisible">consin-corey-stingley-death-charges-milwaukee-prosecutor?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/wisconsin/" rel="tag">#Wisconsin</a> <a href="/tags/milwaukee/" rel="tag">#Milwaukee</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#Justice</a> <a href="/tags/accountability/" rel="tag">#Accountability</a></p>
<p>Philadelphia lawyers appointed to help people challenge their convictions can instead urge judges to rule against them, and often do so without ever speaking to their clients.</p><p>How? By filing a letter arguing that the case has “no merit.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/conviction-challenges-philadelphia-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/conviction-challenges-philadelphia-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/con</span><span class="invisible">viction-challenges-philadelphia-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/philadelphia/" rel="tag">#Philadelphia</a> <a href="/tags/pennsylvania/" rel="tag">#Pennsylvania</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#Justice</a></p>
<p>Senators Propose Sweeping Changes to Generic Drug Oversight<br>---</p><p>Citing a ProPublica investigation, lawmakers are calling on the FDA to conduct more drug testing and to alert hospitals and other purchasers when foreign manufacturers with safety failures are given a special pass to send their products to the U.S.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/lawmakers-propose-changes-drug-oversight-fda?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/lawmakers-propose-changes-drug-oversight-fda?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/law</span><span class="invisible">makers-propose-changes-drug-oversight-fda?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/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/senate/" rel="tag">#Senate</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/fda/" rel="tag">#FDA</a> <a href="/tags/drugs/" rel="tag">#Drugs</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#Safety</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a></p>
<p>📌 📑 On OCT-20 2025, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the oPt since 1967, <a href="/tags/francescaalbanese/" rel="tag">#FrancescaAlbanese</a>, published her latest report entitled “Gaza Genocide: a collective crime”</p><p>🔹 The report finds that the ongoing <a href="/tags/genocide/" rel="tag">#genocide</a> in <a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#gaza</a> constitutes a collective crime, enabled and sustained by the complicity of influential Third States</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#palestine</a> </p><p>PDF Summary of the 🔵 UN Special Rapporteur’s Report on Gaza Genocide: A Collective Crime </p><p>(LawforPalestine)</p><p><a href="https://law4palestine.org/summary-of-the-un-special-rapporteurs-report-on-gaza-genocide-a-collective-crime-third-state-complicity-in-enabling-and-sustaining-the-gaza-genocide/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="law4palestine.org/summary-of-the-un-special-rapporteurs-report-on-gaza-genocide-a-collective-crime-third-state-complicity-in-enabling-and-sustaining-the-gaza-genocide/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">law4palestine.org/summary-of-t</span><span class="invisible">he-un-special-rapporteurs-report-on-gaza-genocide-a-collective-crime-third-state-complicity-in-enabling-and-sustaining-the-gaza-genocide/</span></a></p>
<p>“There’s this veneer of respect for privacy that is painted over all of this data aggregation and consolidation.”</p><p>But beneath it all, <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> experts warn that smartphone-monitoring software "Tangles" is the latest in a law enforcement arsenal, from surveillance <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> to an army of drones, operating with little oversight. </p><p>Our latest from Francesca D'Annunzio is presented in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-police-invest-tangles-sheriff-surveillance/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/texas-police-invest-tangles-sheriff-surveillance/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/texas-po</span><span class="invisible">lice-invest-tangles-sheriff-surveillance/</span></a> <br> <br><a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#police</a> <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#surveillance</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>
<p>“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America<br>---</p><p>Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/paul-newby-north-carolina-supreme-court?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/paul-newby-north-carolina-supreme-court?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pau</span><span class="invisible">l-newby-north-carolina-supreme-court?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/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#Justice</a> <a href="/tags/supremecourt/" rel="tag">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/christianity/" rel="tag">#Christianity</a></p>
<p>Journalism tip: If someone says drop the story, that’s a sign to keep reporting.</p><p>Read our full investigation ➜ <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/paul-newby-north-carolina-supreme-court?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/paul-newby-north-carolina-supreme-court?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pau</span><span class="invisible">l-newby-north-carolina-supreme-court?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p>Back reporters who won’t flinch. Support our independent journalism here ➜ <a href="https://give.propublica.org/campaign/726982/donate?c_src=mstdn&c_src2=adhoc_10.30.27" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="give.propublica.org/campaign/726982/donate?c_src=mstdn&c_src2=adhoc_10.30.27"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">give.propublica.org/campaign/7</span><span class="invisible">26982/donate?c_src=mstdn&c_src2=adhoc_10.30.27</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/nonprofit/" rel="tag">#Nonprofit</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p>Legal experts called DHS’ move to use driver’s license data for citizenship checks more evidence of federal overreach.</p><p>“The administration wants to get as much data as it can, however it can, whenever it can.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/dhs-citizenship-checks-drivers-license-data?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/dhs-citizenship-checks-drivers-license-data?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/dhs</span><span class="invisible">-citizenship-checks-drivers-license-data?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/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/security/" rel="tag">#Security</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>A Pregnant Woman at Risk of Heart Failure Couldn’t Get Urgent Treatment. She Died Waiting for an Abortion.<br>---</p><p>In North Carolina, a state that had legislated its commitment to life, Ciji Graham spent her final days struggling to find anyone to save hers.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-abortion-laws-ciji-graham?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-abortion-laws-ciji-graham?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nor</span><span class="invisible">th-carolina-abortion-laws-ciji-graham?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/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a></p>
<p>“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force<br>---</p><p>A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say they feel targeted just going about their lives.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/memphis-safe-task-force-police-harassment?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/memphis-safe-task-force-police-harassment?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mem</span><span class="invisible">phis-safe-task-force-police-harassment?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/memphis/" rel="tag">#Memphis</a> <a href="/tags/tennessee/" rel="tag">#Tennessee</a> <a href="/tags/nationalguard/" rel="tag">#NationalGuard</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>Umm… say what now???</p><p>🚨🚨🚨</p><p>The agreement the <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> made with <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> to settle his lawsuit against the <a href="/tags/irs/" rel="tag">#IRS</a> includes a provision BARRING the agency from pursuing <a href="/tags/tax/" rel="tag">#tax</a> claims against Trump, his family or his businesses. The new provision was released a day after DOJ agreed to settle Trump’s lawsuit by creating a $1.8 billion compensation fund for people *he believes* were wronged by federal investigations or prosecutions.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/criminal/" rel="tag">#criminal</a> <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#fraud</a> <a href="/tags/magaslushfund/" rel="tag">#MAGASlushFund</a> <a href="/tags/slushfund/" rel="tag">#SlushFund</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/19/us/trump-news?unlocked_article_code=1.jlA.Yddj.AC_zJ95CBePk&smid=nytcore-ios-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/19/us/trump-news?unlocked_article_code=1.jlA.Yddj.AC_zJ95CBePk&smid=nytcore-ios-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/1</span><span class="invisible">9/us/trump-news?unlocked_article_code=1.jlA.Yddj.AC_zJ95CBePk&smid=nytcore-ios-share</span></a></p>
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<p>We now have a transaction that is corrupt self-dealing simply unheard of in United States history:</p><p>Nonilex -- <span class="h-card"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span></p><p>"This is a FOREVER thing!</p><p>As part of the <a href="/tags/settlement/" rel="tag">#settlement</a> agreement, the <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> is “forever barred & precluded” from examining or prosecuting <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>, his sons & the <a href="/tags/trumporganization/" rel="tag">#TrumpOrganization</a>’s current <a href="/tags/tax/" rel="tag">#tax</a> issues, according to the one-page document posted to the <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a>’s website on Tuesday.</p><p>"...the US is “forever barred & precluded” from examining or prosecuting Trump, his sons & the TrumpOrganization’s current <a href="/tags/tax/" rel="tag">#tax</a> issues..."</p><p>"forever barred"</p><p>This is not "get out of jail free"</p><p>It's nothing less than "continue your corruption for as much as you can steal, for as long as you can continue stealing it"</p><p>Is there simply no way to control, to rein-in such obvious Trump Family corruption?</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/criminal/" rel="tag">#Criminal</a> <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#Fraud</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> <a href="/tags/judicialprocess/" rel="tag">#JudicialProcess</a> <a href="/tags/theft/" rel="tag">#Theft</a> <a href="/tags/taxpayersmoney/" rel="tag">#TaxpayersMoney</a> <a href="/tags/kleptocracy/" rel="tag">#kleptocracy</a> <a href="/tags/mafiastate/" rel="tag">#MafiaState</a> <a href="/tags/magaslushfund/" rel="tag">#MAGASlushFund</a> <a href="/tags/slushfund/" rel="tag">#SlushFund</a></p>
<p>Ending his <a href="/tags/irs/" rel="tag">#IRS</a> lawsuit could allow <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> to pursue a <a href="/tags/settlement/" rel="tag">#settlement</a> instead [he’d likely lose the lawsuit, he might get $$ from a settlement].</p><p>Trump moved on Monday to dismiss his extraordinary $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS that claimed the tax agency had improperly released some of his financial records [records he had promised to release himself].</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/scammer/" rel="tag">#scammer</a> <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#fraud</a> <a href="/tags/taxpayersmoney/" rel="tag">#TaxpayersMoney</a> <a href="/tags/kleptocracy/" rel="tag">#kleptocracy</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/us/trump-irs-lawsuit.html?smid=url-share&smid=nytcore-ios-share&rsrc=cl-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/us/trump-irs-lawsuit.html?smid=url-share&smid=nytcore-ios-share&rsrc=cl-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/us/</span><span class="invisible">trump-irs-lawsuit.html?smid=url-share&smid=nytcore-ios-share&rsrc=cl-share</span></a></p>
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<p>Appeals Court Upholds Shaken Baby Conviction Despite Medical Examiner Recanting Testimony<br>---</p><p>Dissenting from the court's majority, one judge sounded the alarm about ignoring recanted forensic testimony, saying the medical examiner's reversal "calls into doubt the foundation of the trial."<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-russell-maze-shaken-baby-conviction-appeal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-russell-maze-shaken-baby-conviction-appeal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ten</span><span class="invisible">nessee-russell-maze-shaken-baby-conviction-appeal?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/nashville/" rel="tag">#Nashville</a> <a href="/tags/tennessee/" rel="tag">#Tennessee</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> <a href="/tags/doctors/" rel="tag">#Doctors</a></p>
<p>No way he has the patience or stamina for this. He’ll either fall asleep or leave. Possibly both.</p><p><a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> hears arguments on <a href="/tags/birthrightcitizenship/" rel="tag">#BirthrightCitizenship</a> with <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> in attendance </p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/intimidation/" rel="tag">#intimidation</a> <a href="/tags/mafiastate/" rel="tag">#MafiaState</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/judiciary/" rel="tag">#Judiciary</a> <a href="/tags/abuseofpower/" rel="tag">#AbuseOfPower</a> <a href="/tags/whitesupremacy/" rel="tag">#WhiteSupremacy</a> <a href="/tags/whitechristiannationalism/" rel="tag">#WhiteChristianNationalism</a> <a href="/tags/hypocrisy/" rel="tag">#hypocrisy</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/live/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-updates" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/live/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-updates"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/live/supreme-court-</span><span class="invisible">birthright-citizenship-updates</span></a></p>
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<p>Again & again since <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> returned to the White House, <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a>’ conservative majority has blessed his boundary-pushing policies….</p><p>But on Wednesday, the justices will consider for the first time whether to say “no” to Trump….</p><p>At issue is the legality of his…use of emergency powers to impose sweeping <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> on nearly every US trading partner. The outcome of the case could significantly affect the global <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a>….</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/abuseofpower/" rel="tag">#AbuseOfPower</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/us/politics/supreme-court-trump-tariffs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/us/politics/supreme-court-trump-tariffs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/supreme-court-trump-tariffs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
<p>Following a ProPublica investigation, more than two dozen House Democrats are pressing the Trump administration to reverse a new Department of Veterans Affairs policy that makes it harder for male veterans with breast cancer to get health coverage.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-veterans-affairs-male-breast-cancer-lawmakers?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-veterans-affairs-male-breast-cancer-lawmakers?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-veterans-affairs-male-breast-cancer-lawmakers?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/veterans/" rel="tag">#Veterans</a> <a href="/tags/cancer/" rel="tag">#Cancer</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>