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‘DOJ Will Come After You’ If It Disagrees With Your Position, Says Subpoenaed Nonprofit

by USNN2020October 9, 2022October 9, 2022

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Sharp Rise in Marijuana-Related Psychosis: American Board of Pain Medicine President

by USNN2020October 9, 2022March 1, 2025

New Hampshire

Sen. Hassan Backs Out of New Hampshire Debate With Republican Challenger

by USNN2020October 9, 2022February 18, 2025

National News

National Guard Lost 7,500 Service Members in Past Year, Could Lose More Amid COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate: Service Officials

by USNN2020October 9, 2022February 21, 2025

World

Explosion Destroys Part of Crimea Bridge, Disrupts Russian Forces’ Supply Route

by USNN2020October 8, 2022February 26, 2025

Economy

‘Recession and a Pay Cut’: RNC Blasts Slowing Job Growth, Sub-Zero Real Wages Under Biden

by USNN2020October 7, 2022February 26, 2025

National News

Universal Mail-In Voting Violates Delaware Constitution: Delaware Supreme Court

by USNN2020October 7, 2022October 7, 2022

Healthcare

HHS Probed EcoHealth Over Alleged ‘Major Fraud’ Against US, Emails Show

by USNN2020October 7, 2022December 28, 2024

Nearly 50 new government defendants have been added to the lawsuit that alleges the government induced censorship of state officials and others on social media. The second amended complaint in the case, Missouri v. Biden, includes six new agencies, bringing the total to 13, and 41 new individual defendants, bringing the total to 54. Altogether, 67 officials or agencies are accused of violating plaintiffs’ First Amendment rights by participating in a “censorship enterprise” through pressuring Big Tech firms like Facebook, Google, and Twitter to take action against users offering alleged misinformation. Evidence backing the claims has been produced in discovery, including exchanges between White House officials and Meta, Facebook’s parent company and messages showing meetings between administration officials and the firms. The new defendants include the FBI; former White House senior COVID-19 adviser Andrew Slavitt; Dana Remus, counsel to President Joe Biden; Elvis Chan, an FBI special agent based in San Francisco; Janell Muhammed, deputy digital director at the Department of Health and Human Services; Allison Snell, an official at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency; the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); the State Department; and Mark Robbins, interim executive director of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission. One or more of the Big Tech firms that were subpoenaed in the case identified the officials as possibly communicating with them on content moderation relating to “COVID-19 misinformation,” the New York Post’s story about Hunter Biden’s laptop, the administration’s since-disbanded Disinformation Governance Board, and/or “election security, integrity, outcomes, and/or public confidence in election outcomes (not to include issues of foreign interference or related issues).” Slavitt was named because emails show he was in communication with Facebook regarding the combating of alleged misinformation. The messages show that Facebook was committed to censoring and de-emphasizing posts that were “departing from the government’s messaging on vaccines,” plaintiffs said. Slavitt also called for Twitter to ban Alex Berenson, an independent journalist, previously released messages show. Muhammed, meanwhile, was in touch with Facebook to ask the company to take down pages and accounts that were allegedly misrepresenting themselves as representing the government. “Absolutely,” one of the Facebook employees responded. Other discovery suggests the FDA “has participated in federally-induced censorship of private speech on social media about questions of vaccine safety and efficacy, among other subjects,” plaintiffs said. The agencies that were added to the case did not respond to requests for comment. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty, a Trump appointee overseeing the case, recently ordered defendants named in earlier complaints to comply with demands, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, a top medical adviser to Biden. The new documents do not include any more information from Fauci or the White House press secretary’s office.

National News

47 New Biden Administration Defendants Named in Government–Big Tech Censorship Lawsuit

by USNN2020October 7, 2022December 28, 2024

National News

US Buys $290 Million Worth of Drugs in Preparation for Nuclear Emergencies

by USNN2020October 7, 2022August 26, 2024

Economy

Inflation Is Eroding American Workers’ Wages: Federal Reserve

by USNN2020October 7, 2022September 22, 2023

NATIONAL NEWS

Trump Unveils Plan to ‘Squeeze’ US Spending, Cut Deficit

By Janice Hisle Former President Donald Trump has unveiled a plan to “cut waste, stop inflation, and crush the ‘Deep State‘” of entrenched bureaucrats, his ...

Special Counsel John Durham Testifies to Congress—What to Expect From the Hearing

By Joseph Lord After four years of working out of the public eye, special counsel John Durham arrived to testify before the House Judiciary Committee ...

Pentagon Admits $6.2 Billion ‘Accounting Error’ in Military Aid for Ukraine

By Bill Pan The U.S. Department of Defense on Tuesday said it has overcounted the value of the weapons it sent to Ukraine over the ...

Will the 2024 Election Be Secure? Presidential Candidates Weigh In

By Lawrence Wilson Ballot harvesting. Stuffing ballot boxes. Tampering with voting equipment. Stealing ballots. Censoring candidates. These were some of the concerns raised, notably by ...

Kevin McCarthy Says Hunter Biden’s Plea Deal Could Create Even More Legal Trouble

By Jack Phillips House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said that the Department of Justice’s deal with Hunter Biden could trigger more legal trouble for the ...

IRS Whistleblower in Hunter Biden Tax Probe Reveals Identity, Says IRS ‘Slow-Walked’ Investigation

By Ryan Morgan An insider at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has revealed himself by name for the first time after filing an anonymous whistleblower ...

Federal Election Grants May Have Helped Democrats in 2020, Say Republicans

By Steven Kovac A 2002 federal election law and the agency it created may have played a role in turning out votes for Joe Biden in ...

Hunter Biden Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges

By Zachary Stieber President Joe Biden’s son has pleaded guilty to federal crimes, U.S. prosecutors said on June 20. Hunter Biden, 53, has admitted to intentionally ...

DA Alvin Bragg Sued After Refusing to Release Trump Case Records

By Jack Phillips Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg was sued by a conservative organization in a bid to turn over prosecution records relating to the ...

New Details Emerge on US Government Spying on Americans

By Tom Ozimek New details have emerged on the U.S. government spying on citizens following the release of a bombshell report showing that intelligence agencies ...

Barr Says He’d Testify Against Trump in Documents Case if Asked

By Joseph Lord Former Attorney General Bill Barr says he’d be willing to testify against former President Donald Trump in the ongoing case related to ...

After a Long Space Trip, Astronaut Brains Need a Rest

By University of Florida Frequent space travelers should wait three years after a longer mission to allow the physiological changes in their brains to reset, ...