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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

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

GOP Senator to DOJ: Don’t Mess With Whistleblowers

By Naveen Athrappully Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland asking that the Department of Justice (DOJ) keep its ...

Over 50 Biden Administration Employees, 12 US Agencies Involved in Social Media Censorship Push: Documents

By Zachary Stieber Over 50 officials in President Joe Biden’s administration across a dozen agencies have been involved with efforts to pressure Big Tech companies to crack ...

Mar-a-Lago Raid Undermines US Credibility, Can Be Exploited by China, Warns Author

By Hannah Ng The Mar-a-Lago raid undermines U.S. credibility in international politics and can be exploited by China, according to Bradley A. Thayer, the director ...

Trump Lawyer Claims She ‘Diligently Searched’ Mar-a-Lago in May, Days Before DOJ Subpoenaed Trump

By Rita Li A lawyer for former President Donald Trump said she had entirely searched “each and every room” at Mar-a-Lago early in May, less than a ...

Whistleblower Lawyer: FBI Agents Have Lost Confidence in Director Wray

By Jack Phillips A lawyer representing several unnamed FBI whistleblowers said Wednesday that agents have lost confidence in the bureau’s leadership amid recent controversy. The FBI and the ...

Trump’s China Tariffs Yield $150 Billion

By Petr Svab Tariffs placed on Chinese imports by President Donald Trump during his term have pulled in more than $150 billion over the past ...

Law Professor Says DOJ Photo of ‘TOP SECRET’ Mar-a-Lago Documents Could Be ‘Misleading’

By Jack Phillips Constitutional lawyer Jonathan Turley wrote that a newly disclosed FBI photo taken at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago could leave a “misleading impression.” The image appears to ...

Biden Administration Asks Supreme Court Not to Take Up ‘Insular’ Citizenship Cases

By Naveen Athrappully The Biden administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to pass over the opportunity to overrule a series of century-old rulings called ...

U.S. Justice Dept says Trump team may have moved classified papers amid probe

By Sarah N. Lynch and Dan Whitcomb WASHINGTON, Aug 30 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department said it had evidence that classified documents were deliberately ...

‘Black Swan’ Author Says Colleges—Not Taxpayers—Should Pay for Biden’s Student Loan Wipeout

By Tom Ozimek Economist Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of the bestselling book “The Black Swan” that deals with the extreme impact of rare events, has ...

Senators Make Demand After Mark Zuckerberg’s FBI-Hunter Biden Admission

By Jack Phillips Two senators on Monday demanded all communications about Hunter Biden’s laptop between the FBI and Facebook following a bombshell admission from Facebook and Meta ...

First Half of $1,600 SSI Checks Going Out This Week

By Jack Phillips People who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) are slated to get the first of two payments for September starting this week. Normally, SSI payments ...