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August 10, 2023
The Mississippi Supreme Court says it will not remove NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre as a defendant in a civil lawsuit that seeks to recover millions of dollars of misspent welfare money meant to help some of the poorest people in the United States.
A panel of three justices issued a brief ruling Wednesday, denying an appeal from Favre.
His attorneys said in written arguments in May that the Mississippi Department of Human Services is making “utterly meritless” legal arguments in suing the retired quarterback.
On April 24, Hinds County Circuit Judge Faye Peterson denied Favre’s request to be removed from the lawsuit, which has more than three dozen people or businesses as defendants. Favre asked the Supreme Court to overturn Peterson’s decision.
Brett Favre can't be removed from lawsuit over misspent welfare money, Mississippi Supreme Court ...
Brett Favre can't be removed from lawsuit over misspent welfare money, Mississippi Supreme Court rulesThe Mississippi Supreme Court says it will not remove NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre as a defendant in a civil lawsuit that seeks to recover millions of dollars of misspent welfare money meant to help some of the poorest people in the United States.
A panel of three justices issued a brief ruling Wednesday, denying an appeal from Favre.
His attorneys said in written arguments in May that the Mississippi Department of Human Services is making “utterly meritless” legal arguments in suing the retired quarterback.
On April 24, Hinds County Circuit Judge Faye Peterson denied Favre’s request to be removed from the lawsuit, which has more than three dozen people or businesses as defendants. Favre asked the Supreme Court to overturn Peterson’s decision.
August 10, 2023
Cop KEEPS Job After Brutal $10 Million Lawsuit - LackLuster
August 10, 2023
Pastor Shocked Pro-Trump Congregants Dismiss "Weak" Jesus Quotes as "Liberal Talking Points"
August 10, 2023
While working at a Michigan meat processing plant, a teenage boy felt his hand get pulled into a meat grinder. The accident, which happened about a week before Thanksgiving in 2019, cost the boy his right hand. Now, over three years later, the owner of the meat processing company has pleaded guilty to illegally employing the boy, who officials say was 17 at the time.
As a result, the owner will pay costs and fines amounting to $1,143, according to an Aug. 8 news release from the Michigan attorney general.
Teen worker lost hand in meat grinder. Now, his boss owes $1,143 fine, officials say
Teen worker lost hand in meat grinder. Now, his boss owes $1,143 fine, officials sayWhile working at a Michigan meat processing plant, a teenage boy felt his hand get pulled into a meat grinder. The accident, which happened about a week before Thanksgiving in 2019, cost the boy his right hand. Now, over three years later, the owner of the meat processing company has pleaded guilty to illegally employing the boy, who officials say was 17 at the time.
As a result, the owner will pay costs and fines amounting to $1,143, according to an Aug. 8 news release from the Michigan attorney general.
August 10, 2023
The mother of a 30-year-old Michigan man who's accused of making death threats against Democratic politicians is now charged with lying when she purchased firearms later found in her son's possession.
Threats against public officials have become increasingly common in Michigan in recent years. A plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was broken up by the FBI in 2020, and prosecutors have so far secured nine convictions in the case in state and federal courts.
The charges unsealed Tuesday against Michelle Berka, 56, come after her son Randall Berka II was arrested in March and charged with illegally possessing guns. Federal prosecutors say he made death threats on social media against the president and governor, as well as people in the LGBTQ community.
Authorities say Michelle Berka knowingly lied when she bought five guns that were eventually given to another person, according to an indictment unsealed in federal court Tuesday and first reported by The Detroit News. While the indictment dated Aug. 2 does not name who Berka gave the firearms to, her son was arrested with four of the same firearms in March.
Michigan mom is charged with buying guns for son who threatened top Democrats, prosecutors say
Michigan mom is charged with buying guns for son who threatened top Democrats, prosecutors sayThe mother of a 30-year-old Michigan man who's accused of making death threats against Democratic politicians is now charged with lying when she purchased firearms later found in her son's possession.
Threats against public officials have become increasingly common in Michigan in recent years. A plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was broken up by the FBI in 2020, and prosecutors have so far secured nine convictions in the case in state and federal courts.
The charges unsealed Tuesday against Michelle Berka, 56, come after her son Randall Berka II was arrested in March and charged with illegally possessing guns. Federal prosecutors say he made death threats on social media against the president and governor, as well as people in the LGBTQ community.
Authorities say Michelle Berka knowingly lied when she bought five guns that were eventually given to another person, according to an indictment unsealed in federal court Tuesday and first reported by The Detroit News. While the indictment dated Aug. 2 does not name who Berka gave the firearms to, her son was arrested with four of the same firearms in March.
August 10, 2023
Five people affiliated with white nationalist hate group Patriot Front are suing a Seattle-area man who they say infiltrated the group and disclosed their identities online, leading them to lose their jobs and face harassment, according to The Seattle Times.
What they’re really upset about is suffering the consequences of their abhorrent views — views that they feel so strongly about, they don’t want anyone to know. The suit accuses David Alan Capito, 37, also known as Vyacheslav Arkhangelskiy, of using a false name in late July 2021 to convince Patriot Front to accept him as a member.
Once inside the group, Capito took pictures at its get-togethers in the Pacific Northwest, surreptitiously recorded members’ license plates and used hidden microphones to record conversations, according to the lawsuit.
The suit also accuses Capito of using another group to hack into online chat rooms, further exposing members’ appalling views. We don’t condone doxxing, or searching for and publishing private or identifying information about an individual on the internet, typically with malicious intent.
We are not weighing in on whether this lawsuit has merit and we certainly don’t condone breaking the law, which might be what’s found to have happened here, as the members claim.
White nationalist Patriot Front members sue for being exposed for who they are
White nationalist Patriot Front members sue for being exposed for who they areFive people affiliated with white nationalist hate group Patriot Front are suing a Seattle-area man who they say infiltrated the group and disclosed their identities online, leading them to lose their jobs and face harassment, according to The Seattle Times.
What they’re really upset about is suffering the consequences of their abhorrent views — views that they feel so strongly about, they don’t want anyone to know. The suit accuses David Alan Capito, 37, also known as Vyacheslav Arkhangelskiy, of using a false name in late July 2021 to convince Patriot Front to accept him as a member.
Once inside the group, Capito took pictures at its get-togethers in the Pacific Northwest, surreptitiously recorded members’ license plates and used hidden microphones to record conversations, according to the lawsuit.
The suit also accuses Capito of using another group to hack into online chat rooms, further exposing members’ appalling views. We don’t condone doxxing, or searching for and publishing private or identifying information about an individual on the internet, typically with malicious intent.
We are not weighing in on whether this lawsuit has merit and we certainly don’t condone breaking the law, which might be what’s found to have happened here, as the members claim.
August 10, 2023
A veteran FBI counterintelligence agent says his supervisor told him to stop investigating Rudy Giuliani and to cut off contact with any sources who reported on corruption by associates of former President Donald Trump, according to a whistleblower complaint obtained by Insider.
The agent, who served 14 years as a special agent for the bureau, including a long stint in Russia-focussed counter-intelligence, claims in a 22-page statement that his bosses interfered with his work in "a highly suspicious suppression of investigations and intelligence-gathering" aimed at protecting "certain politically active figures and possibly also FBI agents" who were connected to Russian and Ukrainian oligarchs.
Those figures, the statement claims, explicitly included "anyone in the [Trump] White House and any former or current associates of President Trump."
A veteran FBI agent told Congress that investigations into Giuliani and other Trump allies were 'sup
A veteran FBI agent told Congress that investigations into Giuliani and other Trump allies were 'suppressed'A veteran FBI counterintelligence agent says his supervisor told him to stop investigating Rudy Giuliani and to cut off contact with any sources who reported on corruption by associates of former President Donald Trump, according to a whistleblower complaint obtained by Insider.
The agent, who served 14 years as a special agent for the bureau, including a long stint in Russia-focussed counter-intelligence, claims in a 22-page statement that his bosses interfered with his work in "a highly suspicious suppression of investigations and intelligence-gathering" aimed at protecting "certain politically active figures and possibly also FBI agents" who were connected to Russian and Ukrainian oligarchs.
Those figures, the statement claims, explicitly included "anyone in the [Trump] White House and any former or current associates of President Trump."
August 10, 2023
Sixto Rodriguez, who lived in obscurity as his music career flamed out early in the U.S. only to find success in South Africa and a stardom he was unaware of, died Tuesday in Detroit. He was 81.
Rodriguez's legacy would take off back home after the singer and songwriter became the subject of the Oscar-winning documentary “Searching for Sugar Man.”
His death was announced on the Sugarman.org website and confirmed Wednesday by his granddaughter, Amanda Kennedy.
He died following a short illness, according to his wife, Konny Rodriguez, 72.
A 2013 Associated Press story referred to Rodriguez as “the greatest protest singer and songwriter that most people never heard of.”
His albums flopped in the United States in the 1970s, but — unknown to him — he later became a star in South Africa where his songs protesting the Vietnam War, racial inequality, abuse of women and social mores inspired white liberals horrified by the country's brutal racial segregation system of apartheid.
Singer and songwriter Sixto Rodriguez, subject of 'Searching for Sugar Man' documentary, dies at 81
Singer and songwriter Sixto Rodriguez, subject of 'Searching for Sugar Man' documentary, dies at 81Sixto Rodriguez, who lived in obscurity as his music career flamed out early in the U.S. only to find success in South Africa and a stardom he was unaware of, died Tuesday in Detroit. He was 81.
Rodriguez's legacy would take off back home after the singer and songwriter became the subject of the Oscar-winning documentary “Searching for Sugar Man.”
His death was announced on the Sugarman.org website and confirmed Wednesday by his granddaughter, Amanda Kennedy.
He died following a short illness, according to his wife, Konny Rodriguez, 72.
A 2013 Associated Press story referred to Rodriguez as “the greatest protest singer and songwriter that most people never heard of.”
His albums flopped in the United States in the 1970s, but — unknown to him — he later became a star in South Africa where his songs protesting the Vietnam War, racial inequality, abuse of women and social mores inspired white liberals horrified by the country's brutal racial segregation system of apartheid.
August 10, 2023
A Methuen police officer was arrested at his home Tuesday morning on a child pornography charge, Massachusetts State Police say.
Officer Matthew Bistany, 51, was taken into custody at his home in Methuen by the state police cybercrimes unit, with help from a state SWAT team and Methuen police, according to state police.
Bistany appeared in Lawrence District Court to face the charge of child pornography Tuesday, where a judge approved $5,000 bail on condition that he not have unsupervised contact with children under 16.
It wasn't immediately clear if Bistany had an attorney who could speak to the charge.
Bistany was identified as a suspect in the uploading of child sexual assault material to the internet after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children sent a tip to the Massachusetts State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, officials said
Methuen police officer arrested on child pornography charge
Methuen police officer arrested on child pornography chargeA Methuen police officer was arrested at his home Tuesday morning on a child pornography charge, Massachusetts State Police say.
Officer Matthew Bistany, 51, was taken into custody at his home in Methuen by the state police cybercrimes unit, with help from a state SWAT team and Methuen police, according to state police.
Bistany appeared in Lawrence District Court to face the charge of child pornography Tuesday, where a judge approved $5,000 bail on condition that he not have unsupervised contact with children under 16.
It wasn't immediately clear if Bistany had an attorney who could speak to the charge.
Bistany was identified as a suspect in the uploading of child sexual assault material to the internet after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children sent a tip to the Massachusetts State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, officials said
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