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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

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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

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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

Judge Strikes Down Controversial Clause in NY’s New Election Laws

By Allen Zhong A New York state court judge on Friday struck down one controversial sentence in New York’s new election laws. New York Supreme Court Justice Dianne Freestone ...

Federal Appeals Court Temporarily Halts Biden’s Student Loan Relief

By Mimi Nguyen Ly A federal appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel billions of dollars in federal student loans. The ...

Lawyers Prepare to Sue Any State That Requires COVID-19 Vaccination to Attend School

By Zachary Stieber Any state that requires COVID-19 vaccination to attend school will face a lawsuit, lawyers said this week. The Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN), ...

Biden Says It’s His ‘Intention’ to Run for Reelection in 2024

By Lorenz Duchamps President Joe Biden said in an interview on Friday that it is his “intention” to run for reelection in 2024, though he ...

Judge Orders Fauci, Psaki, Top Officials Be Deposed in Big Tech Censorship Case

By Caden Pearson A federal court on Friday ordered Dr. Anthony Fauci and other top officials to testify under oath at depositions in a case that’s uncovered ...

Republicans Win Major Election Integrity Ruling Against Michigan Secretary of State

By Jack Phillips Republicans scored a legal victory this week after a judge ruled against Democrat Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson over state restrictions that were imposed ...

House Jan. 6 Panel Says It Sent a Subpoena to Trump

By Jack Phillips The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol breach announced Friday it sent a subpoena to former President Donald Trump. The committee, in a ...

Nearly 80 Percent of Americans—Including Most Democrats—Oppose Puberty Blockers for Minors

By Mark Tapscott A new survey of voters who say they are likely to go to the polls on Nov. 8 finds the vast majority ...

Republicans Could Secure Up to 55 Senate Seats: Sen. Rick Scott

By Frank Fang Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said on Oct. 20 that Republicans could secure as many as 55 seats ...

J6DELETED Internet Sting Operation Exposes ‘In Real Time’ How Twitter Manipulated Jan. 6 Narrative

By Patricia Tolson The developer of a social media monitoring algorithm explains how his internet sting operation exposed how Twitter manipulated the narrative “in real ...

Criminals Spent COVID-19 Unemployment Benefits on Drugs, Weapons: Department of Labor OIG

By Katabella Roberts The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) has said that criminals stole billions of dollars in unemployment money that was issued during the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

Judge Agrees to FBI Request to Delay Production of Seth Rich Records

By Zachary Stieber A U.S. judge has agreed to allow the FBI to delay production of records on late Democratic National Committee (DNC) staffer Seth Rich. U.S. District Judge ...