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The Supreme Court is to hear two cases that could change the future of the internet as we know it. — I’m hoping the Supreme Court remembers when we were told to not believe everything we read on the internet. I’m hoping the Supreme Court remembers when we were told to not believe everything we read on the internet. …

That saying has been bunk for over 40 years. Stop repeating it. — I really don’t care what party you belong to, or if you don’t belong to any party at all. If you start tossing political talking points at my head, you’ve decided to abandon your own power of reasoning in favor of a slogan. I hate it when you do this! …

It is ironically appropriate that a statue of Clarence Thomas may be erected alongside half a dozen White Supremacists on the Georgia capitol grounds. Georgia Republicans in the Senate voted to erect the statute in “honor” of what may be the Supreme Court’s most racially duplicitous ‘justice.’ (The vote was…

From Baby Boomers to Millennials Admiration of Institutional Power Scuttles Needed Reforms — For more than 25 years as a gay man in “progressive” nonprofit advocacy work in Washington, D.C., a skewed admiration of courts and the First Amendment ruled the day. It is not just white right-wing people in Florida who love on the First Amendment as if it were in their…

Why do Republicans keep cutting taxes for billionaires while slashing services for other Americans? Follow the money! The Republican stacked Supreme Court has made it hard to follow the money by reducing the reporting requirements. Use these free apps to see for yourself how money influences political decisions. Sunlight really is the best disinfectant. Follow the money

A federal judge in Florida sanctioned Trump and his attorneys and demanded they pay nearly $1 million for abusing the court system for political purposes, the most recent being filing a frivolous RICO suit against Hillary Clinton. The judge said, “Mr. Trump is a prolific and sophisticated litigant who is…

Dr. Evil’s explains how to conduct sham investigations. Get your free copy here. The FBI investigation of Kavanaugh was doomed from the start. The investigation was inherently limited, setting it up to disappoint. But the FBI investigation wasn’t thorough. From the very beginning, the investigation of the sexual assault allegations was limited — in terms of time, which witnesses the bureau could talk…

Here are the key facts of this story, as agreed upon by Forbes, NPR Online News, Daily Wire, PBS NewsHour, and Business Insider. On Thursday, the US Supreme Court issued a report on its investigation into the leaked draft opinion of the court’s decision to overturn Roe v. …

Here are the key facts of this story, as agreed upon by New York Times, Washington Examiner, Scotusblog, FOX News, and Gizmodo. The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) could consider cases that dramatically alter the rules governing online speech and the protections given to big tech platforms as, on Friday, the…