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Judge Dismisses Stormy Daniels’ Defamation Lawsuit Against Trump

| October 16, 2018 | 78 Comments
Judge Dismisses Stormy Daniels’ Defamation Lawsuit Against Trump

Legal Insurrection reports on Monday, a federal judge dismissed Stormy Daniels’s defamation lawsuit against President Trump. When Trump suggested the porn actress lied about being told to keep quiet about their alleged relationship, Daniels then claimed Trump defamed her. Not only was the complaint dismissed, but Daniels was ordered to pay Trump’s legal fees. Fox […]

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The Stakes Are Higher Than Ever

| September 28, 2018 | 119 Comments
The Stakes Are Higher Than Ever

From the Wall Street Journal online last night: The Kavanaugh Stakes A vote against the judge is a vote for ambush tactics and against due process.  — by Kimberley A. Strassel https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-kavanaugh-stakes-1538088433 “The Ford-Kavanaugh hearing consumed most of Thursday, and unsurprisingly we learned nothing from the spectacle. Christine Ford remains unable to marshal any evidence for […]

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Trailblazing female is getting kicked out for fraternization

| September 13, 2018 | 69 Comments
Trailblazing female is getting kicked out for fraternization

Lance Cpl. Remedios Cruz, Marine Aircraft Group 12, recites the Oath of Enlistment after being meritoriously promoted at Anderson AFB, Guam, Dec. 4, 2013. (Lance Cpl. Richard Currier/Marine Corps) The Marine Times reports Remedios Cruz, who in 2017 made history when she became one of three females to join 1st Battalion, 8th Marines at Camp […]

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Lawsuit by ex-University of Michigan student accused of sexual assault is revived

| September 9, 2018 | 23 Comments
Lawsuit by ex-University of Michigan student accused of sexual assault is revived

Reuters reports the University of Michigan must face a former male student’s claims that it wrongly refused, at a disciplinary proceeding, to allow him to cross-examine the female student who accused him of sexual misconduct, and other adverse witnesses. In a decision on Friday, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court […]

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Submarine XO in the brig for illicit recordings

| August 24, 2018 | 33 Comments
Submarine XO in the brig for illicit recordings

The Navy Times reports that the former second-in-command of the submarine USS Alaska has been convicted of using a cellphone to secretly record others before broadcasting the footage. Lt. Cmdr. Bryan P. Watson was fired as the blue crew executive officer of the King’s Bay, Georgia-based boat in July 2017, for what officials said at […]

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New York Times’ FOIA Lawsuit Rejected

| July 4, 2018 | 15 Comments
New York Times’ FOIA Lawsuit Rejected

The Politico reports U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Carter Jr. rejected arguments that President Donald Trump effectively confirmed the existence of a CIA program when he used his Twitter account last July to counter a Washington Post story. A tweet from Trump disputing Washington Post news report about a CIA program to aid Syrian rebels […]

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Waffle House victim sues gunman’s dad

| May 16, 2018 | 29 Comments
Waffle House victim sues gunman’s dad

Associated Press reports that the family of Joe Perez, a victim of the shooting at a Waffle House restaurant in Nashville, Tennessee has filed a lawsuit against Jeffrey Reinking, the father of the gunman; Police say Travis Reinking had displayed signs of mental illness before his Illinois gun card was revoked last summer. His guns […]

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Andrew McCabe FIRED!

| March 17, 2018 | 117 Comments
Andrew McCabe FIRED!

Fox News and American Thinker are reporting President Trump called Andrew McCabe a ‘choirboy’ as he lauded the former acting FBI Director’s firing, suggesting multiple federal reports show “corruption at the highest level.” “Andrew McCabe FIRED, a great day for the hard working men and women of the FBI – A great day for Democracy. […]

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