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New Rule Requires Firearms Dealers to Disclose Buyer Information to Government

by USNN2020October 10, 2022April 16, 2024

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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

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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

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

by USNN2020October 7, 2022October 7, 2022

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.

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

by USNN2020October 7, 2022December 28, 2024

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

by USNN2020October 7, 2022August 26, 2024

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Federal Judge Blocks Parts of New York’s Restrictive New Gun Law

by USNN2020October 6, 2022February 26, 2025

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Election Software CEO Arrested Over Data Theft, Storing Data on Servers in China

by USNN2020October 6, 2022February 18, 2025

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FBI Sued for Withholding Records of Facebook Censorship of Hunter Biden Laptop Story

by USNN2020October 6, 2022December 25, 2024

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John Durham Can’t Discuss Trump Dossier Source’s Alleged Links to Russian Intelligence at Trial: Judge

by USNN2020October 5, 2022June 30, 2024

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Supreme Court Directs Department of Justice to Respond to Trump Request

by USNN2020October 5, 2022December 20, 2024

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Democrats Reject GOP Request for More Information on US Postal Service Surveillance of Conservatives, Gun Rights Advocates

By Katabella Roberts House Democrats on Tuesday rejected a request from Republican lawmakers to gather more information about the alleged surveillance of conservatives and gun rights advocates by the U.S. Postal Service. The ...

Warnock Defeats Walker in Hard-Fought Georgia Senate Runoff Election

Dan M. Berger Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) won reelection late Tuesday evening in Georgia’s Senate runoff—a victory that will give the Democrats a 51–49 margin in the ...

Supreme Court Weighs on Brunson v. Alma Case That Could Overturn 2020 Election

By Joshua Philipp The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether it will take up a case that could overturn the 2020 elections and make representatives ...

White House Breaks Silence on ‘Twittergate’ Censorship Revelations

By Tom Ozimek The White House has broken its silence on Elon Musk’s stunning release of internal Twitter communications that shed light on the inner workings of ...

IRS Issues Another Tax Warning to Americans Who Made More Than $600 Online

By Jack Phillips Independent contractors who made money via online services will have their income reported to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) starting in 2023, ...

Fox News Parts Ways With Lara Trump Amid Father-in-Law’s Presidential Bid

By Samantha Flom Lara Trump will no longer serve as a contributor to Fox News, the network confirmed on Dec. 3. The parting of ways follows former President Donald ...

Top FBI Official Steps Down as Republicans Prepare to Probe Into Bureau

By Samantha Flom A top FBI official has stepped down just as House Republicans have announced plans to investigate recent operations and actions at the bureau. In a Dec. 2 post to ...

Georgia Voters Head to the Polls for Senate Runoff Race Between Warnock and Walker

By Jack Phillips Voters went to the polls on Tuesday to cast ballots in Georgia’s Senate runoff race between Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and Republican former football star ...

Musk Reveals Details of Behind-the-Scenes Twitter Operation to Censor Hunter Biden Laptop Story

By Hans Mahncke News Analysis Late on Dec. 2, Elon Musk started the process of releasing thousands of internal Twitter emails. Musk, whose purchase of Twitter was completed on Oct. ...

McCarthy Says Defense Bill Won’t Move Forward Unless Military Vaccine Mandate Dropped

By Katabella Roberts House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) vowed on Sunday that the fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) will not move forward unless the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate ends. Speaking on ...

Trump Responds to Elon Musk’s Twitter Revelation

By Jack Phillips Former President Donald Trump responded to the release of “The Twitter Files” this weekend, decrying what he described as official corruption across the federal ...

FBI Coordination With Big Tech Censorship Ahead of 2020 Election Revealed in Agent Deposition, Missouri AG Says

By Petr Svab Officials from the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security frequently met with major social media companies ahead of the 2020 election ...