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Rachel Brand, DOJ's No. 3, Is Leaving for Walmart's Top Legal Post

Rachel Brand, the third-in-command at the U.S. Justice Department, is leaving the agency to become head of global corporate... READ MORE »

Atlanta Fires Back at Morgan Lewis With New Lawsuit in Pension Fight

The lawsuit focuses on payments to Morgan Lewis from two pension funds the firm represents in litigation against the... READ MORE »

Crowell & Moring Profits Fall Sharply Despite 'Strong' Finish

Profits per partner fell 23 percent last year after an uncommonly profitable 2016. The firm says the trend lines are... READ MORE »

Mulvaney's CFPB Doesn't Want to Keep Arguing Over the Agency's Structure

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is moving to stop at least two companies from continuing to argue that enforcement... READ MORE »

2nd Circuit Vacates Arab Bank's $100M Liability in Hamas Terrorist Attacks

The Second Circuit vacated Arab Bank's Hamas terrorism verdict but 597 plaintiffs are still set to receive a substantial... READ MORE »

Waymo, Uber Reach $244.8M Settlement on Driverless Car Trade Secrets

Less than a week into their blockbuster trade secret showdown, Waymo and Uber have settled their dispute over driverless... READ MORE »

 

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MITCH MCCONNELL, WIFE ELAINE CHAO & DRUG TRAFFICKING

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VOTE THE TURTLE OUT OF OFFICE! The war on drugs is an insult to the intelligence of the American people. There are mountains of evidence proving that the biggest importers of harmful, addictive, mind diminishing street drugs is the government. The drug laws that exist do not apply t o the government agencies that bring these substances to our country. They are only designed to keep everyone else from this extremely lucrative business and give the establishment another reason to oppress people. THEY ALSO RUN DRUGS ON THE BITCHES FATHER FLEET OF SHIPS! Top Republican Husband-Wife Duo Caught Funneling Money to Offshore Tax-Free Haven US Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and her husband Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, recently attended a… THEBLUEWAVECOMMUNITY.COM Mitch McConnell’s Freighted Ties to a Shadowy Shipping Company After drugs were found aboard the  Ping May , a vessel owned by his wife’s f...
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MASSterList: Not doing enough? | 'Moral purity' | JOB BOARD MONDAY

THE MEDIA HAS GIVEN REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR CHARLIE BAKER A FREE RIDE, IGNORING THE SCANDALS SURROUNDING HIM, THE POLITICAL HACKS WHO PARTIED ON THE TAXPAYERS' DIME, THE CONTINUED FAILURES OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, THE COMMONWEALTH'S BOND RATING DOWN GRADE, DCF'S FAILURES AND MUCH ELSE  AS CHARLIE BAKER HAS CAMPAIGNED FOR RE-ELECTION DURING HIS ENTIRE TERM.   WHERE'S THAT IMPROVED MIDDLEBORO ROTARY, CHARLIE?  FROM JOE BATTENFIELD: The disarray in the state police could become a potent issue in Baker’s re- election campaign, if his Democratic rivals try to exploit it. Baker has modeled himself as a capable, fiscally prudent manager, but the police scandals have kept him on his heels lately. Subscribe   Archives   Twitter   Facebook   Instagram This email may be cut off by your email provider. To see today's full MASSterList, click "View entire message" at the bottom, or view the online version  here. By Jay Fitzge...
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NYT Editorial Board cites POGO

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The New York Times  Editorial Board weighed in on Pentagon spending this week POGO Quoted in NYT Editorial Board Opinion The New York Times  Editorial Board weighed in on Pentagon spending this week: "Yet the ground troops who are doing the actual fighting say there is no crisis, according to the analyst Mark Thompson of the Center for Defense Information at the Project on Government Oversight. Other experts say claims of a deteriorating military are exaggerated." Read More: "The Pentagon Is Not a Sacred Cow" Homeland Security Watchdog Finds Government Abuse at Detention Center A series of surprise inspections found immigrant detainees were subject to unnecessary strip searches, waited days for urgent medical care, and were placed in solitary confinement for minor infractions, among other issues. Read more As Clock Ticks Down on Warrantless-Surveillance Authority, Congress Races to the Bottom With just weeks before a controvers...
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TRUMP WILL MAKE U.S. AN AUTOCRACY UNLESS AMERICANS SPEAK OUT, SALLY YATES SUGGESTS IN STINGING OP-ED

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  link . The U.S. will become an autocracy under Trump unless Americans speak out, Sally Yates warns Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates wrote a sharp op-ed that called on… NEWSWEEK.COM TRUMP WILL MAKE U.S. AN AUTOCRACY UNLESS AMERICANS SPEAK OUT, SALLY YATES SUGGESTS IN STINGING OP-ED BY  SUMMER MEZA   ON 12/19/17 Without mentioning him by name, former acting Attorney General Sally Yates skewered President Donald Trump and his administration for threatening the integrity of the Founding Fathers' principles. “We are not living in ordinary times, and it is not enough for us to admire our nation’s core values from afar,” wrote Yates in an op-ed published by  USA Today   on Tuesday. Yates wrote of the importance of honoring the words in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, and suggested that the U.S. faced a test of whether it would uphold the principles the Founding Fathers hoped t...
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Virginia Couple, Obama Precinct Captain, Murdered by Daughter's Neo-Nazi Boyfriend.

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Virginia Couple, Obama Precinct Captain, Murdered by Daughter's Neo-Nazi Boyfriend. Former Reston, Virginia resident Buckley Kuhn-Fricker became concerned when her 16 year old daughter, who said her boyfriend was “good in history”, asked her….… DAILYKOS.COM By durrati Saturday Dec 23, 2017 Former Reston, Virginia resident Buckley Kuhn-Fricker became concerned when her 16 year old daughter, who said her boyfriend was “good in history”, asked her…. “Did you know that Jews are partly to blame for WWII?” That question led to a horrific confrontation Friday morning when the girl’s 17 year old boyfriend, whose name is rightly withheld by  The Washington Post , shot Buckley and her husband Scott in their home before turning the gun on himself. “Buckley Kuhn-Fricker was so disturbed by what she discovered about her teenage daughter’s boyfriend that she spent a tumultuous week pushing for a breakup. By Thu...
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Betsy Woodruff | Trump Administration Is Set to Add Another Burden on Immigrants

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28 December 17 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News URGENCY AND PROGRESS - HELP FOLKS! - We are making the best progress on donations we have made all month at this point. Still the vast majority of those who have come to Reader Supported News this month have not contributed. Give us a hand - today, please. With urgency. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Betsy Woodruff | Trump Administration Is Set to Add Another Burden on Immigrants    Betsy Woodruff, The Daily Beast   Woodruff writes: "The Trump administration is poised to make it harder for members of Congress to help immigrants deal with the government, according to an agency official email sent to Hill staffers."   READ MORE USCIS is proposing new requirements that will make it harder for congressional offices to help constituents get green cards he Trump administration is poised to make it harder for members of Congress t...
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The Jerusalem Vote And The US-Israel Link

Dear Friend, On the 12th of this month, the High Court of Kerala passed an order against the Kerala State Child Rights Commission as well as an individual student. The facts of this case revolves around a purported public display of action by two 12th standard students of the St. Thomas Central School Trivandrum. During the School Arts Festival which took place on 21st July, 2017, a Class 12 student hugged his female friend after her performance. A complaint was filed thereupon by the class teacher, and the students were barred from attending classes for the next few days. The charge? Hugging One hopes that the overwhelming rejection of the Trump Administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel by the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on the 21st of December 2017 will compel Washington DC to rescind its decision. Given Trump’s track record so far —- on the Climate Change Accord and UNESCO —it is very unlikely. The most we can expect him to do is to delay a littl...
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