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Mueller Hits Paul Manafort With Obstruction Charge: Read the Document

The special counsel has added obstruction of justice to the list of charges the former Trump campaign chairman faces. Read More

Meet the Justice Department Team That Won't Defend the Affordable Care Act

Three career U.S. Justice Department lawyers withdrew their names on a brief the government filed in Texas abandoning... Read More

Lead Plaintiff in State Street Overbilling Probe Hires Own Counsel but Stays in Case

The executive director over an Arkansas pension fund has retained outside counsel but insisted he could continue to... Read More


Attorney Must Pay $103,000 After Flinging Hot Pasta During Restaurant Fight

A jury found against former New Jersey attorney James Sweeney, accused of throwing hot pasta and sauce on a woman, who... Read More

As SCOTUS Abandons Workers, States, Cities Must Fill Void

Now more than ever, states and cities must play a role in fighting for the rights of workers and ensuring the most vulnerable... Read More

Sotomayor Says She's Optimistic About New Law Clerk Hiring Plan

Sotomayor, speaking at the American Constitution Society's national convention in Washington, said she will pay attention... Read More



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Masha Gessen | Fighting Fake News Is Not the Solution

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06 January 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News Masha Gessen | Fighting Fake News Is Not the Solution    Masha Gessen, The New Yorker   Gessen writes: "Despair pervaded American newsrooms following the 2016 election. It wasn't just that most of the media had failed to foresee the outcome of the vote; it was the realization, as one colleague put it, that 'nothing we do matters.'"   READ MORE Trump Wants $18 Billion for Wall in 'Dreamer' Deal   John Bowden, The Hill   Bowden writes: "President Trump this week offered his most detailed request to date of his plans for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border."   READ MORE Kobach Wants DHS to Pursue Voter Citizenship Tests, Internal Docs Show   Aaron Sankin, Reveal   Sankin writes: "On Wednesday, President Donald Trump disbanded a White House commission tasked with looking into unsubstantiated allegations of widespread voter fraud. In a statement, the presiden...
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US Justice Dept. Resists Broad 'Special Prosecutor' in Arpaio's Contempt Appeal "The separation-of-powers concern would be particularly severe if the special prosecutor were able to challenge the...  Read More CONSTITUTIONAL LAW   |   NEWS Kagan Gives UVA Prof Shoutout for Provoking 'Good and Hard Thinking' By Marcia Coyle “As I hope readers of today's decision will agree when they read all the opinions in this case, including a concurrence...  Read More DAMAGES   |   NEWS Supreme Court Expands Patent Damages Beyond US Borders, Narrowly By Scott Graham Sidestepping the presumption against extraterritoriality, Justice Clarence Thomas' 7-2 opinion OKs damages under narrow...  Read More ELECTION AND POLITICAL LAW   |   NEWS US Justice Dept. Resists Broad 'Special Prosecutor' in Arpaio's Contempt Appeal By Mike Scarcella "The separation-of-powers concern would be particularl...
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POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook WARREN’s war chest — DC DELEGATION returns from PUERTO RICO — BAKER defying laws of political gravity

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****Even as the MERCERS run attack ads against Senator Elizabeth Warren and the Chamber of Commerce targets the Senator, voters in Massachusetts are funding her campaign.  Senator Warren created the CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU [CFPB], the only federal agency that protects CONSUMERS.  CFPB investigated and pursued the outrageous conduct of WELLS FARGO, among others.  Wealthy Wall Street Weasel Steve Mnuchin, known as the Foreclosure King,  has neutered it.  Massachusetts Voters: Beware of the PROPAGANDA from wealthy sources.  01/16/2018 06:52 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski  ( ldezenski@politico.com ; @LaurenDezenski) with Rebecca Morin ( rmorin@politico.com ; @RebeccaMorin_) GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. SMALL DONORS BOOST WARREN'S WAR CHEST -  Elizabeth Warren, the Senate's most prolific fundraiser, closed out 2017 with another strong fundraising haul - $2.88 million over the final three months of the year. Once again...
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A Trip to the Soviet Bloc Shaped This FTC Nominee, and Other Disclosure Tidbits

TODAY'S TOP STORIES A Trip to the Soviet Bloc Shaped This FTC Nominee, and Other Disclosure Tidbits Christine Wilson, formerly Delta's SVP for legal, regulatory and international, recalls a 1984 high school trip to the...  READ MORE » Buckley Sandler Co-Founder Andy Sandler to Leave Firm Nine years to the day after Andrew Sandler co-founded financial services powerhouse Buckley Sandler, he will retire...  READ MORE » Covington, Gibson Dunn Are Big Law's DACA Defense at Supreme Court As Congress and the White House quarrel over the fate of 690,000 so-called Dreamers, two veteran U.S. Supreme Court...  READ MORE » Why Wilmer's Reginald Brown Registered to Lobby for the First Time in 10 years It's been a long time since Wilmer's Reg Brown filed any lobbying disclosures. Brown recently filed papers showing he...  READ MORE » NY Contractor Settles U.S. Labor Dept.'s First Complaint Under Trump The administrative complaint against th...
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Analyzing the House Budget Amendments for Fiscal Year 2019

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MassBudget    Information.    Participation.  Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center    Democracy. May 3, 2018 Analyzing the House Budget Amendments for FY 2019 During four days in which it considered amendments on education, health care, local aid, and each of the other major areas in which our state budget provides funding for services in our communities, the House made only very modest changes to the budget proposal from its Ways and Means Committee. The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center's new  Budget Monitor  describes the major amendments in each area of the budget. The amendments increased funding overall by $79.6 million dollars, which is two tenths of one percent of the total state budget. The chart below provides an overview of the amounts added in each major category of the budget. Read the full  Budget Monitor   here . The...
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Paul Krugman | We Don't Need No Education

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26 April 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News WE NEED A GOOD DAY OF FUNDRAISING IN THE WORST WAY - We are at day 18 of the April funding drive and we are still getting little or no traction whatsoever. What will it take? Maybe 60 donations for the day. Help us out here. You see what we do with it. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Paul Krugman | We Don't Need No Education     Paul Krugman, The New York Times   Krugman writes: "Matt Bevin, the conservative Republican governor of Kentucky, lost it a few days ago. Thousands of his state's teachers had walked off their jobs, forcing many schools to close for a day, to protest his opposition to increased education funding."   READ MORE By the afternoon, after talks with Macron, Trump was almost conciliatory. He even hinted that the United States and its European allies could have "an agreement among ourselves very quickly." (photo:...
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Michael Moore | Impeach Trump: Part II

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31 December 17 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News THE FUNDING MODEL OF THIS ORGANIZATION IS RISKY FOR SURE - One is not required to pay before reaping the benefits. It's a bit like going to a coffee shop and only paying if you feel energized by the coffee/pastries. But who doesn't? From all the news groups and sources I read, this one is selective, relevant, and professional. The articles that RSN posts are timely and poignant. The funding model is that one pays voluntarily for what one values and benefits from. What could be more democratic than that? Please support this organization. The more of us who do, the less it costs each. / Mary, RSN Reader-Supporter Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Michael Moore | Impeach Trump: Part II    Michael Moore, Michael Moore's Facebook Page   Moore writes: "24 hours ago I asked all of you to take 30 seconds and sign this petition to Impeach Trump. We were 84,000 short of 4 million signat...
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