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Epstein’s Estate Includes Book Said to Have Note From Trump, Lawyer Says
The New York Times – no paywall – “The lawyer, who represents victims of Jeffrey Epstein, said he believed the estate would turn the book over to the authorities if asked. A lawyer for hundreds of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims said the disgraced financier’s estate has a copy of a birthday book in which President Trump …
GAO has published the titles of new restricted reports
“The following products have been determined to contain either classified information or controlled unclassified information by the Executive Branch audited agencies and therefore cannot be publicly released. As such, they have not been posted to GAO’s website and have product numbers that end in C (classified) or SU (controlled unclassified information). Many also have an …
Examining the AI Industry’s Mass Ingestion of Copyrighted Works for AI Training
Too Big to Prosecute?: Examining the AI Industry’s Mass Ingestion of Copyrighted Works for AI Training Senate Judiciary Committee – includes video and testimony transcripts, July 16, 2025. See also ranking member Sen. Dick Durbin’s opening statement – Key Quotes: “While AI can be an incredible tool that unlocks further creativity, writers, artists, musicians, and …
Adopt A Station – Rescue Public Media
Donate to Your Local Station – Congress has voted to rescind public media’s funding. Help preserve independent journalism and community programming across America by adopting a station. [This site will allow you to choose by state, radio and or TV station] Step 1: Donate to Your Local Station – Select a state to view public …
All the States Where DOJ is Demanding Voting Data
Democracy Docket – “In recent months, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has been contacting states demanding access to sensitive election and voting data. In Minnesota and Nevada, DOJ sent nearly identical letters seeking access to their state voter rolls. In Colorado, DOJ made an unprecedented, sweeping demand for all 2024 election records. And in …
US: Immigrants Abused in Florida Detention Sites
Human Rights Watch – “The United States government has subjected immigrants detained in three Florida facilities to abusive, degrading, and in some cases life-threatening conditions, Americans for Immigrant Justice, Human Rights Watch, and Sanctuary of the South said in a report released today. The 92-page report, “‘You Feel Like Your Life is Over’: Abusive Practices …
A Nation in Fragments
The INK – Anand Giridharadas: “Six months. It may not be long enough to grow a baby or build a house or land a liquor license, but it is enough time to break a country. To disembowel its institutions, to lay waste to its ideals, to darken its spirit, to make it crueler and harder …
WSJ Publishes Article on Epstein as Wyden seeks release of FINCEN and SARS documents
Read Free via archived articles by WSJ – “Dozens of Jeffrey Epstein’s friends sent him bawdy letters for a 50th birthday album. One was from Donald Trump. The letter bearing Trump’s name, which was reviewed by WSJ, contains several lines of typewritten text framed by the outline of a naked woman. Pages from the album—collected …
The Supreme Court Says Laws Aren’t Real
The New Republic, no paywall – The Roberts court majority seems bound and determined to undermine the American constitutional order. “To cover the Supreme Court these days is to catalogue its lawlessness. The conservative justices’ latest decision in McMahon v. New York allows the president to effectively demolish the Department of Education—a Cabinet-level department that …
Classified Information and State Secrets
Via Just Security – Classified Information and State Secrets: Why the Senate Must Consider National Security Risks in Judicial Confirmations – “A vote to confirm a judicial nominee is a vote to grant that individual a lifetime security clearance and access to some of the country’s most closely held secrets. This week, the Senate Committee on …
New Warren Report and Bill Exposes Potential Trump Corruption, Bribery Through Presidential Library Donations
“Warren analysis reveals at least half a billion dollars in monetary contributions, gifts, in-kind donations flowing into Trump Presidential Library. Donations come while Trump makes critical decisions that may impact donors; raises serious concerns about bribery, influence-peddling. U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released a new Report (PDF) exposing how companies, special interests, and foreign governments …
