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In Five Years, #Chicago Has Barely Made Progress on Its Court-Ordered #Police Reforms. Here’s Why.
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Chicago police agreed to judicial oversight in 2019. Since then, a series of mayors and police chiefs let efforts languish and no one in a position of oversight has pushed forcefully to keep the process on track, WTTW News and ProPublica found.
#News #Law #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #Crime #ConsentDecree
Why Chicago Hasn’t Seen Police Reform Progress
Since Chicago police agreed to court-ordered reforms in 2019, no one with authority or oversight has pushed to make the reform process go faster.ProPublica
Feds established a trail of payments from #MattGaetz, #Trump’s choice to be AG, to women including some who testified that #Gaetz hired them for sex, acc/to a doc obtained by NYT & a lawyer representing some of the women.
The doc, assembled by investigators during a 3-yr #SexTrafficking investigation into Gaetz, is a chart that shows a web of thousands of dollars in Venmo payments between Gaetz…, associates & women who had drug-fueled sex parties 2017–2020….
I just called my Representative and Senators to express my support of S.4973 No Kings act because no President or Vice President should be above the law, and my opposition to H.R.9495 which could be used to circumvent due process and destroy non-profits.
You can call yours too:
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#USpol #USpolitics #s4973 #hr9495 #house #senate #HouseOfRepresentatives #congress #law #democracy #autocracy #NoKingsAct
Woman told #House #Ethics panel she witnessed #Gaetz having sex w/ #minor
An atty repping 2 women who were witnesses in the House Ethics Cmte's investigation into #MattGaetz is calling for the release of the cmte’s report, telling ABC News that one of his clients testified she witnessed the FL congressman having sex w/a minor.
"My client testified to the House Ethics Committee that she witnessed Matt Gaetz having sex w/a minor," FL atty Joel Leppard told ABC.
#law
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Exclusive: Woman told House Ethics panel she witnessed Gaetz having sex with minor, lawyer says
Matt Gaetz resigned from Congress Wednesday after Trump picked him for AG.Will Steakin (ABC News)
NEW: Courts Appoint Special Counsel to Oversee Reform of New York’s Troubled Guardianship System
Judicial leaders in #NewYork created two new oversight positions as they work to reform the state’s guardianship system.
The personnel additions follow a ProPublica investigation that spotlighted lax monitoring of court-appointed guardians.
#News #Courts #Law #Government #NYC #Health #HealthCare #PersonalFinance #Money
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New York Bolsters Oversight of Court-Appointed Guardians
Judicial leaders in New York created two new oversight positions as they work to reform the state’s guardianship system. The personnel additions follow a ProPublica investigation that spotlighted lax monitoring of court-appointed guardians.ProPublica
A 13-Year-Old With #Autism Got Arrested After His Backpack Sparked Fear. Only His Stuffed Bunny Was Inside.
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#Disability rights advocates said #kids like Ty should not be getting arrested under Tennessee’s #school threats law. And they tried to push for a broader exception for kids with other kinds of disabilities. It didn’t work.
#News #Tennessee #DisabilityRights #Education #Students #Police #Law
A 13-Year-Old With Autism Was Arrested Under Tennessee’s School Threats Law
Disability rights advocates said kids like Ty should not be getting arrested under Tennessee’s school threats law. And they tried to push for a broader exception for kids with other kinds of disabilities. It didn’t work.ProPublica
Possible #Trump US #AttorneyGeneral pick: #MarkPaoletta
Paoletta is spreader of #ConspiracyTheories: he claimed the legal cases against Trump were fabricated. The world witnessed #Jan6, the #ClassifiedDocuments case is undeniable, Trump was convicted of 34 #felonies in NY by a jury, was found liable for #defamation & #SexualAbuse & the judge minced no words in his opinion about the fact that Trump #raped #EJeanCarroll, & Trump & TrumpOrg were found liable for committing decades of #fraud.
#law
@Npars01 Can't see anything "Grand" or "Great" in today's "Republicans".
Maybe it's because there's nothing "grand" or "great" about corruption, cruelty, craziness & criminality.
Correct me if I'm wrong. 👋😎
America deserves better. America has better: Kamala Harris & democracy.
Red is the color of blood. Vote Blue!
#Election2024 #YourVoiceMatters #KamalaHarris #HarrisWalz2024 #VOTEBlue #VOTEHonesty #RuleOfLaw #Law #JusticeMatters #YouMatter #USPol #USPolitics
When a #Florida Farmer-Legislator Turned Against #Immigration, the Consequences Were Severe. But Not for Him.
For a lawmaker’s #political career and his farm, a federal visa program was a lifeline.
For a young father trying to meet his son’s mounting medical needs, that same lifeline failed him.
#News #Politics #agriculture #Law #Business #Election2024 #Government
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Rick Roth’s Support of Florida’s Immigration Bill Had Consequences. But Not for Him.
For Rick Roth’s political career and his farm, a federal visa program was a lifeline. For a young father trying to meet his son’s mounting medical needs, that same lifeline failed him.ProPublica
A Pregnant Teenager Died After Trying to Get Care in Three Visits to #Texas Emergency Rooms
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It took three ER visits and 20 hours before a #hospital admitted Nevaeh Crain, 18, as her condition worsened.
Doctors insisted on two ultrasounds to confirm “fetal demise.”
She’s one of at least two Texas women who died under the state’s #abortion ban.
#News #Health #HealthCare #Pregnancy #Government #Law #Safety #Family
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Nevaeh Crain Died During a Miscarriage After Trying to Get Care in Texas Hospitals
It took 20 hours and three ER visits before doctors admitted the pregnant 18-year-old to the hospital as her condition worsened. She’s one of at least two women who died under Texas’ abortion ban.ProPublica
Federal authorities have deployed monitors for decades. But #Republicans have begun denying them entry to polling sites. The DOJ’s ability to monitor local jurisdictions for #VotingRights irregularities on Election Day, already curtailed by #SCOTUS, is facing a new hurdle: opposition from #Republicans who are seeking to block federal authorities from polling sites.
#law #illiberalism
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New: A #Texas Woman Died After the Hospital Said It Would be a “Crime” to Intervene in Her Miscarriage
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Josseli Barnica is one of at least two pregnant Texas women who died after doctors delayed emergency care.
She'd told her husband that the medical team said it couldn't act until the fetal heartbeat stopped.
#News #abortion #pregnancy #health #healthcare #government #law
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Josseli Barnica Died in Texas After Waiting 40 Hours for Miscarriage Care
Josseli Barnica is one of at least two pregnant Texas women who died after doctors delayed emergency care. She’d told her husband that the medical team said it couldn’t act until the fetal heartbeat stopped.ProPublica
But voters need to understand why #Trump is attacking the #press, & where it will lead if he is reelected. The future of American #democracy is the key question of this #election. Trump has left an ample record showing that he is committed neither to the rule of #law nor to rule by the #people—after all, he tried to steal the last presidential election after he lost it.
#Fascist #Tyranny #Autocracy #Authoritarianism #illiberalism
JD #Vance Campaign Event With Christian Right Leaders May Have Violated #Tax and #Election Laws, Experts Say
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#Ziklag and the Courage Tour, the far-right groups that hosted the #Republican vice-presidential nominee, are charities that can’t legally intervene in #political campaigns.
#News #Politics #USPolitics #Election2024 #JDVance #ChristianRight #FarRight #Law #Trump #Nonprofit
Vance Event With Ziklag, Courage Tour May Have Violated Tax, Election Laws
Ziklag and the Courage Tour, the far-right groups that hosted the Republican vice-presidential nominee, are charities that can’t legally intervene in political campaigns.ProPublica
There is supreme irony in Madison and Hamilton spilling so much ink about an overgrown executive with a standing army leading to tyranny, given the military served as a constitutional backstop, and the "constitutional conservatives" are falling over themselves to support the open authoritarian. See The Federalist Nos. 26, 29 (Alexander Hamilton), No. 46 (James Madison).
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Trump: ‘I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had’
The Republican nominee’s preoccupation with dictators, and his disdain for the American military, is deepening.Jeffrey Goldberg (The Atlantic)
Look who immigrated illegally.
“I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here.” Etc.
Gift link.
#immigration #law #elon
