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View More NewsFrom Patterson v. Patterson, decided by Chief Judge Brian Morris (D. Mont.) today: James Patterson (“Plaintiff”) filed this action on July 10, 2026 . Plaintiff filed a motion for a preliminary injunction and a Temporary Restraining Order (“TRO”) on July 16, 2026. Plaintiff requests the following relief (1) to enjoin Defendant Cindy Patterson (“Defendant”) from publishing defamatory statements about Plaintiff to any third party; and (2) to require Defendant to remove alleged defamatory comments posted on the internet…. Plaintiff has served as a longtime clinician, chaplain, ordained minister, military officer, VA Chaplain, and owner of a Counseling Service Business in…
Free Speech Dispatch covers censorship trends and challenges around the world. If you want to know where free expression is under attack and why it matters, subscribe now to get each edition delivered to your inbox.With each edition of the Free Speech Dispatch, I usually look outward from the United States to discuss how free speech is faring abroad, and whether those developments overseas mirror any in the United States, or could even limit whether and how Americans can speak. And I’ll cover plenty of those reports today. But in the leadoff story, I’ll ask a different question: How does a policy in…
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No true culture warrior worth his salt admits to reading The New York Times. Very Online conservatives refuse to read it because they think it hates Jews. Very Online progressives refuse to read it because they think it hates trans people. So intense is their loathing, it seems, that some of these hashtaggers cannot even tolerate the company of those who do read the Times. This includes one @claireyfaerie, who recently told Bluesky followers: “My parents have a [New York Times] subscription. Whenever I go to visit them and see the paper sitting on their coffee table, I remember the…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the “Regulation Crypto” proposal after having cancelled a meeting days before meant to vote on it. Read the…
Metaplanet, the Tokyo-listed company that has adopted Bitcoin as its primary treasury reserve asset, plans to take a controlling stake in Nasdaq-listed Super League…
In brief 43 of WorldClaw’s 90 AI models came from Chinese developers. The platform offers models from Alibaba, Baidu, Z.ai, DeepSeek, and Moonshot. WorldClaw…
from the suddenly:-backbone dept After years of feckless capitulation, ABC is clearly developing something vaguely resembling a backbone. The company has filed a new…
In brief A Bitcoin wallet holding 8.54 BTC, first funded on June 13, 2011, moved its coins for the first time in 15 years…
Citigroup plans to begin offering bitcoin custody later this year, bringing crypto into the same infrastructure it uses to safeguard traditional assets for institutional…
Retail investors can apply to buy the 1 billion yen bond without a securities account and receive perks through Toyota’s payment app. Read the…
Cash App’s cryptocurrency service is extending beyond bitcoin BTC$64,107.23 and stablecoin USDC for the first time by being added to crypto payments platform MoonPay.This…
Hardware wallet maker BitBox has released a firmware update that fixes two vulnerabilities it described as “severe” that could have enabled the installation of…
Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of…
from the taking-my-ball-and-going-home dept Paramount bosses Larry and David Ellison aren’t having much fun in the wake of a 12 state antitrust lawsuit that…
The takeaway is that even as oil prices retreat from their second-quarter highs, oil products are getting more expensive. The broader market, including BTC,…