The Supreme Court rules that state officials can engage in a little corruption, as a treat ( www.vox.com )
Boeing CEO admits company has retaliated against whistleblowers during Senate hearing ( www.independent.co.uk )
Texas school district agrees to remove ‘Anne Frank’s Diary,’ ‘Maus’ and 670 other books after right-wing group’s complaint ( forward.com )
Conservative activists, led by a local pastor and outspoken Israel advocate, pushed the district, Mission CISD, to excise books mostly about gender, sexuality and race. Their demands represented an extreme version of a nationwide culture war over books that has played out in recent years — and ensnared a number of books with...
7 in 10 Americans think Supreme Court justices put ideology over impartiality: AP-NORC poll ( apnews.com )
A solid majority of Americans say Supreme Court justices are more likely to be guided by their own ideology rather than serving as neutral arbiters of government authority, a new poll finds, as the high court is poised to rule on major cases involving former President Donald Trump and other divisive issues....
Biden pardons thousands of US veterans convicted under law banning gay sex ( www.theguardian.com )
Joe Biden has moved to correct a “great injustice” by pardoning thousands of US veterans convicted over six decades under a military law that banned gay sex....
NJ Does Not Renew Trump's Liquor Licenses At 2 Golf Clubs After Felony Conviction ( patch.com )
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The IRS wants to end another major tax loophole for the wealthy and raise $50 billion in the process ( apnews.com )
The IRS plans to end a major tax loophole for wealthy taxpayers that could raise more than $50 billion in revenue over the next decade, the U.S. Treasury Department says....
Roger Stone Caught on Tape Discussing Trump’s Plan to Challenge 2024 Election ( www.thedailybeast.com )
Utah's bathroom snitch line hasn't found one legitimate complaint out of 12,000 ( www.advocate.com )
Clarence Thomas takes aim at a new target: Eliminating OSHA ( www.businessinsider.com )
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has set his sights on eliminating the Occupational Safety and Health Administration....
Rate of Young Women Getting Sterilized Doubled After ‘Roe’ Was Overturned ( kffhealthnews.org )
Former Uvalde school police chief, officer indicted in 1st-ever criminal charges over failed response to 2022 mass shooting ( www.cnn.com )
House Democrat is proposing a constitutional amendment to reverse Supreme Court's immunity decision ( apnews.com )
A leading House Democrat is preparing a constitutional amendment in response to the Supreme Court’s landmark immunity ruling, seeking to reverse the decision “and ensure that no president is above the law.”...
IRS plans to make its free tax filing program permanent ( edition.cnn.com )
John Deere lays off hundreds of employees, after a $10B profit year ( franknez.com )
'Black Americans for Trump' event a 'major bust' that featured 'a sea of white people' ( www.rawstory.com )
Mike Lindell officially loses all his lawyers in $5M 'Prove Mike Wrong' cyber challenge ( www.rawstory.com )
Kyle Rittenhouse's family plead for money as they face eviction ( lemmy.world )
Kyle Rittenhouse's sister Faith is seeking $3,000 on a crowdfunding website in a bid to prevent the eviction of herself and her mother Wendy from their home, citing her "brother's unwillingness to provide or contribute to our family."
Texas megachurch pastor resigns after admitting to molestation claims in 1980s ( www.independent.co.uk )
Journalist shot by Minneapolis police during 2020 protests dying from injuries ( www.cbsnews.com )
A journalist shot by police during the 2020 Minneapolis unrest following the murder of George Floyd is dying from her injuries, friends say....
‘Will I ever retire?’: millennials wonder what’s on the other side of middle age ( www.theguardian.com )
Claire*, 42, was always told: “Follow your dreams and the money will follow.” So that’s what she did. At 24, she opened a retail store with a friend in downtown Ottawa, Canada. She’d managed to save enough from a part-time government job during university to start the business without taking out a loan....
The Ten Commandments must be displayed in Louisiana classrooms under requirement signed into law ( apnews.com )
Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom under a bill signed into law by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry on Wednesday. ...
Giuliani disbarred in NY as court finds he repeatedly lied about Trump’s 2020 election loss ( apnews.com )
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Steve Bannon must report to prison by Monday after Supreme Court rejects last-minute appeal. ( www.nbcnews.com )
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Supreme Court allows cities to ban homeless people sleeping outside, even when shelter space is lacking ( www.pbs.org )
The Oregon case decided Friday is the most significant to come before the high court in decades on the issue and comes as a rising number of people in the U.S. are without a permanent place to live.
