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View More NewsIt was May 7, 1873, and President Ulysses S. Grant had a big job opening that he needed to fill and soon. Salmon P. Chase, the great antislavery lawyer who had been appointed chief justice of the United States by President Abraham Lincoln, had just died at his home in Washington, D.C., after suffering what was probably a stroke. That left a vacancy atop the highest court in the land. Who would Grant pick to fill it? You’re reading Injustice System from Damon Root and Reason. Get more of Damon’s commentary on constitutional law and American history. Roscoe Conkling was…
A council of Florida law enforcement leaders appointed to advise on the state’s hardline immigration policies is instead calling for a pathway for citizenship for certain immigrants who entered the country illegally. At a quarterly meeting Monday of the Florida Immigration Enforcement Council, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said that, while he had no problem working with federal authorities to deport illegal immigrants with criminal records, he was concerned about stories from constituents about longtime residents who’d been brought to the U.S. illegally as children, and who had no other criminal record but were detained while checking in at Immigrations…
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A review of Hated by All the Right People: Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mind by Jason Zengerle; 400 pages; Crooked Media Reads (January 2026)In the autumn of 1980, as Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan were preparing for their second presidential debate, Tucker Carlson’s sixth grade teacher decided to stage a classroom debate between Carlson and Carlson’s best friend Russell. Although the pair were only eleven years old, they were already rabid political junkies, albeit of very different sorts. Carlson was an outspoken conservative, while Russell was a die-hard liberal. There was a twist, though: in the debate, Carlson…
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Additional reporting by Turner Wright.The FTX Recovery Trust, which oversees the distribution of funds to creditors and former customers of the failed crypto exchange,…
In brief A fake site is impersonating the newly launched Pudgy World game. The attack mimics real crypto wallet interfaces to steal passwords. Phishing…
Prediction markets platform Polymarket announced Wednesday the acquisition of Brahma, a financial infrastructure company that built real-time execution and settlement systems for high-volume digital…
Key takeaways:Spot market demand through US-listed ETFs and Strategy buying BTC supports Bitcoin’s bullish momentum.Low leverage among Bitcoin bulls reduces the risk of cascading…
Brendan Carr’s authoritarian warning — that networks risk their broadcasting licenses for Iran war reporting that the government doesn’t like — is outrageous. When…
from the merit-based-hiring? dept Much of last week I had been working on a different article than the one this became. The American Historical…
President Donald Trump believes that journalists “should be brought up on Charges for TREASON for the dissemination of false information.” In a social media…
Istanbul, March 16, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists urged the Turkish authorities on Monday not to fight the appeals of veteran journalists Ahmet Altan and Nazlı Ilıcak.…
The Ethereum Foundation’s new mandate — a sweeping document released Friday to clarify the organization’s role and principles — sparked a torrent of reactions,…
Digital asset wealth management platform Abra is going public through a reverse merger with special purpose acquisition company New Providence Acquisition Corp. III, marking…
In brief Abra will list on Nasdaq as ABRX via a $750 million SPAC deal with New Providence Acquisition Corp. III. The firm targets…
Gail Nazarene, an elected school board member in New Jersey, thought she was performing her duties as a public servant and participating in the…