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Lindsey Halligan out as U.S. attorney following pressure from judges
Lindsey Halligan,
a Trump administration lawyer who was named head of a key U.S. attorney’s office in Virginia last year
with instructions to seek criminal charges against Donald Trump’s perceived political adversaries,
left her post at the Justice Department on Tuesday.

Halligan’s departure followed a pair of extraordinary moves by two federal judges
who issued court orders hours earlie…

Federal judge moves to replace Lindsey Halligan as U.S. attorney
The actions signal a breaking point for the federal bench in the Eastern District of Virginia after Lindsey Halligan was disqualified as U.S. attorney there.

'Hereby strikes the words': Court orders newspaper ads to 'solicit' Lindsey Halligan's replacement as judge removes her claimed title from 'all' filings in criminal case | Law & Crime
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/chief-judge-orders-up-newspaper-ads-to-solicit-expressions-of-interest-in-replacing-lindsey-halligan/

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Sources: Bay Area radio station KCBS-AM, which faced MAGA backlash over ICE coverage, scaled back political reporting after Brendan Carr's threats of a probe (Byron Tau/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-media-fcc-kcbs-5dbed5c466771d53e2c7…

How a local radio station weathered Trump's media attacks
Six days into President Donald Trump's new administration, the San Francisco Bay-area radio station KCBS-AM and other outlets reported on local immigration raids. The brief story quickly drew the ire of conservative influencers who attacked KCBS’ report as endangering agents’ lives. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr accused KCBS of failing to operate in the public interest and said he was opening an investigation. Current and former staffers say KCBS began taking steps…

Writing Prompt - True Names have power. But your name is only your True Name if you were ritually given your name in a ceremony - e.g. in a church christening. Filling in registry office forms doesn't count. A steadily growing chunk of the world doesn't have a True Name and cannot be controlled...

The mastermind behind an extensive cyber-fraud empire, Vincent Chen Zhi, has been deported from Cambodia to China.
Cambodian tycoon Vincent Chen deported to China amid $10bn fraud and money laundering allegations | The Standard
https://www.thestandard.com.hk/china-news/article…

Cambodian tycoon Vincent Chen deported to China amid $10bn fraud and money laundering allegations
Vincent Chen Zhi, the founder and chairman of the Cambodian Prince Group, has been deported to China following his arrest in Cambodia amid serious allegations of large-scale fraud and money laundering, among other transnational crimes that involved more than US$10 billion.

Jeremy Corbyn says the UK government is endangering pro-Palestine hunger strikers
Former UK Labour leader Cornyn has issued a statement in solidarity with Amu Gib, who is accused of participating in the Palestine Action break-in of RAF Brize Norton airbase this summer.
The action,
carried out in protest of Israel’s genocide in Gaza and the UK government’s participation in it,
led to the proscription of the group under “anti-terrorism” laws.
Dozens of protesters h…

Palestine Action activists on trial in UK over Israeli arms maker protest
The judge urged the jury to do away with personal feelings about the war on Gaza or the legality of the proscription.

Kneecap, a music artist with a global following, is being unjustly denied entry into Canada solely based on their political stance supporting the 'Free Palestine' movement.
Kneecap has no record of criminal activity in any country. Preventing their entry appears to be a punitive measure stemming from their vocal opposition to policies regarded by many as oppressive and unjust.

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Darren Woods is known mostly as the chairman of ExxonMobil,
the largest U.S. oil company.
On Friday, however, he made noise in a different sphere by placing an obscure financial term into the political lexicon:
"#Uninvestible."
That's how Woods described Venezuela
—more specifically, Venezuela's oil industry.
His remark came during a meeting of s…

Hiltzik: Trump's Venezuelan oil adventure is coming apart at the seams
Trump thinks the spigots will soon start flowing with Venezuela's oil. The oil industry isn't eager to see that happen

Days after immigration officials announced the death of a detainee at Newark migrant jail Delaney Hall,
Rep. LaMonica McIver visited the facility for the first time since prosecutors allege she assaulted federal agents there during a melee in May.
McIver’s visit coincided with a new filing in the Newark Democrat’s criminal case
in which her attorneys accuse prosecutors of failing to produce key evidence that they say shows bias among the agents involved in the scuffle,

Oversight visit brings Rep. McIver back to migrant jail at center of her criminal case - BLKNewsNow.com
NEWARK — Days after immigration officials announced the death of a detainee at Newark migrant jail Delaney Hall, Rep. LaMonica McIver visited the facility for the first time since prosecutors allege she assaulted federal agents there during a melee in May.