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View More Newsfrom the lying-people-into-life-sentences dept Record law enforcement officers whenever you can. Sure, they’ll hate it, but it helps all the people they seek to do harm to. Last summer, recordings and other evidence undercut a lot of the administration’s attempts to convert First Amendment activity into criminal charges. Prosecutors who dropped cases after watching recordings or talking directly to the government’s witnesses noted a plethora of “untruthful statements” or “material misrepresentations.” Six months later, the losing streak created by unforced (but deliberate) “errors” continued. Federal immigration officers just couldn’t stop lying, forcing DOJ prosecutors to voluntarily dismiss a bunch of…
From Quinteros v. Innogames, decided Friday by Ninth Circuit Judges Jacqueline Nguyen, Eric Miller, and Daniel Collins: Penny Quinteros appeals the district court’s dismissal of her third amended complaint asserting various claims based on harassment Quinteros says she suffered while playing defendants’ online video game, Forge of Empires…. First, a bit of the factual backstory from the district court decision, by Judge Ricardo Martinez (W.D. Wash.) (some record links added): For purposes of this Motion, the Court will accept all facts in the latest Amended Complaint as true. The Court will briefly summarize the relevant facts…. Plaintiff, using the moniker…
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Robin Dembroff’s highly anticipated Oxford University Press book, Real Men on Top: How Patriarchy Shapes Our Reality, hit shelves in May with impressive endorsements. According to the philosopher Jason Stanley,Real Men on Top is a stunning work of philosophy that explains why insights from gender studies are so feared by authoritarian regimes. In plain language, Dembroff illuminates gender as the internal logic of our current fascist moment—how it divides us from each other and enriches the wealthy few.Other philosophers call the book “brilliant,” “rigorous,” and “profound and necessary.” Dembroff’s own website reports that Real Men on Top has been “acclaimed…
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A Japanese logistics company that counts Amazon Japan as a client plans to settle payments in the regulated yen stablecoin JPYC with business partners,…
Bitcoin slipped to about $63,900 on Monday, down 1.3% on the day though still up 2% on the week, as crypto stayed caught between…
The Bank of Korea’s CBDC pilot will add two regional banks, new payment features and tests of government subsidy payments using tokenized bank deposits…
The Committee to Protect Journalists has joined 58 other press freedom and civil society organizations in calling on Thailand to halt the forcible return…
After a woman gave birth in a New York City courtroom earlier this month, New York lawmakers are pushing for anti-shackling bills that would…
Sui network, a layer 1 blockchain developed by Mysten Labs, is experiencing a network outage on Thursday after the project said its mainnet had…
For years, crypto has thrived on speculative capital flows and the explosive popularity of decentralized finance (DeFi) tokens and applications.That still holds true for…
In brief Standard Chartered highlighted a stark disparity between Ethereum’s current price and its growing network activity. Despite Ethereum underperforming compared to Bitcoin’s resilience,…
“Our seniors should not pay property taxes,” says Rep. Nancy Mace (R–S.C.). Normally, I’d advise against paying much attention to what Mace says and…
Axios reported that U.S. and Iranian negotiators reached a draft 60-day memorandum of understanding to extend the ceasefire and begin talks around Iran’s nuclear…
Argentina’s government is moving to restrict banks, payment firms and crypto providers from serving unauthorized online gambling platforms as part of a broader crackdown…
In brief Odds of Bitcoin falling below $70,000 before the end of May have risen on Polymarket and Myriad. Nevertheless, traders still believe it…