Judge reject's SPLC's bid to dismiss DOJ indictment
Posted By: 4250Luis, 8/8/2026 7:19:07 AM
federal judge on Friday denied the Southern Poverty Law Center's (SPLC) bid to dismiss the Department of Justice's indictment of the organization and further declined to grant discovery into the DOJ's motives. The DOJ announced charges against the organization, bringing six counts of wire fraud, four counts of making false statements to a bank, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. File gov.uscourts.almd_.90264.112.0.pdf The SPLC had argued that the case was politically motivated, but the judge rejected that argument, saying the SPLC's filings were "heavy on heated rhetoric, better suited for cable news, or a podcast."
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federal judge on Friday denied the Southern Poverty Law Center's (SPLC) bid to dismiss the Department of Justice's indictment of the organization and further declined to grant discovery into the DOJ's motives.
The DOJ announced charges against the organization, bringing six counts of wire fraud, four counts of making false statements to a bank, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
File
gov.uscourts.almd_.90264.112.0.pdf
The SPLC had argued that the case was politically motivated, but the judge rejected that argument, saying the SPLC's filings were "heavy on heated rhetoric, better suited for cable news, or a podcast."
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, is the only governor in America currently under investigation for a “pay-to-play” scheme, but that investigation will likely conclude just prior to the November election.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes – a fellow Democrat – is conducting the investigation and recently told reporters that the investigation is “near the end” and results would come prior to the November election, KTAR News reported.
“I feel confident that we’re going to get the information that we need to conclude the investigation,” Mayes told reporters earlier this week.
The investigation involves Hobbs’ connection to an Arizona group home,
Former Bill Clinton pollster, Mark Penn, appeared on FOX News today to talk about the Michigan senate race and what he expects to happen.
Penn suggested that if as little as five percent of Haley Stevens voters cross over and vote for Republican Mike Rogers, which is not only possible, but likely, that Abdul El-Sayed is cooked.
The Gateway Pundit has already shown videos of Michigan voters saying that is just what they are going to do, so this is not a longshot theory from Penn.
Mediaite has details:
Veteran political operative and former pollster for the Clintons, Mark Penn, joined Fox News —
Hacker Admitted to 2020 AZ
Voter Data Theft, Destroyed Evidence —
Prosecutors Did Nothing 10 replies
Voter Data Theft, Destroyed Evidence —
Prosecutors Did Nothing 10 replies
The suspect later confessed to federal agents and acknowledged destroying the data by wiping hard drives and deleting Google Cloud copies after realizing investigators were closing in.
Perhaps the most shocking revelation here is what happened next.
Nothing. Nothing happened next.
The FBI presented the full case, including the confession, to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Arizona, the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, and two county prosecutors. All of them declined to bring charges.
"Today, the White House Government Transparency Task Force released intelligence community and FBI documents detailing an election cyber incident in which a self-described hacker extracted 633,000 voter —
McKinney Approves Mosque Site Plan After
150 Speakers, Police Intervene During
Heated Meeting 28 replies
150 Speakers, Police Intervene During
Heated Meeting 28 replies
McKinney City Council voted 7-0 late Tuesday to approve a site plan for a 32,573-square-foot mosque and Islamic center after more than 150 people signed up to speak, U.S. Rep. Keith Self warned against political Islam and police intervened as a woman confronted former Mayor George Fuller.
The vote came around 11:30 p.m. after hours of public comments from supporters and opponents who filled the council chamber, an overflow room and hallways inside City Hall. The packed meeting featured repeated boos, cheers and confrontations as speakers debated religious liberty, Sharia law, traffic and parking.
New York’s teachers’ unions are waging a vicious campaign against a federal program that would make education more affordable for low- and middle-income families.
The reason? They don’t want any competition — even if it comes at zero cost to public schools.
Through newspaper and TV ads and a dedicated website, the unions are spreading misinformation aimed at strong-arming Gov. Kathy Hochul into rejecting a federal tax-credit program she’s promised to join. Shameless online banners and a full-page ad in Hochul’s hometown Buffalo News blare, “Gov. Hochul, don’t opt in to Trump’s voucher scheme.”
Their fearmongering aims to bully Hochul into compliance.
Instead of insisting that Hamas dismantle its terrorist infrastructure without conditions, international mediators now appear to be discussing a plan to pay terrorists to hand over some of their weapons and enroll them in "rehabilitation" programs.
The proposal rests on two assumptions, both of which are dangerously flawed. The first is that Islamist terrorists can be persuaded to abandon jihad (holy war) in exchange for money. The second is that those who surrender weapons will genuinely renounce terrorism.
Haniyeh's response was unequivocal. "Our principle is Palestine from the [Jordan] River to the [Mediterranean] Sea," he declared, making clear that Hamas preferred its jihad against Israel over airports,
Federal and Pennsylvania prosecutors have charged 19 defendants in connection with a $4 million scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid, the latest sign of the taxpayer-funded waste that has long plagued government health programs, Fox News reported.
The defendants named in the case include owners of home health care companies, their employees and Medicaid recipients who allegedly conspired to bill the government for services that were never rendered, according to prosecutors.Investigators say the defendants billed Medicaid for home health services while recipients were behind bars, in the hospital, working other jobs or out of the country entirely. In one instance, prosecutors said,
Francesca Hong, the radical leftist running for governor of Wisconsin, has been in the news for the last two days over negative comments she once made about Thanksgiving being a symbol of colonialism and ‘the original superspreader.’
Well, the polling on that must have come in because now Hong is out there telling people that Thanksgiving is her favorite holiday and she totally means it, everyone.
These people have no shame. They will literally look you in the face and say whatever they think will open the doors of power for them.
They think no one remembers a thing.
A Secret Cuban CIA Task Force?
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Before I get into this, I just want to say that all of this is coming from anonymous sources. Neither the White House nor the CIA has commented on it, and I can't independently confirm it. More often than not, anonymously sourced MSM articles on Venezuela and Cuba tend to be false or only have bits of truth sprinkled in, but I felt this topic was worth a mention as we watch the Donald Trump administration work toward a free Cuba. So, take them with a grain of salt. They may or may not be true, but here's what Politico and the New York Times are reporting this week.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday pointed to three key economic metrics to declare that the U.S. is in an economic "golden age."
While the ongoing war in Iran has led to increases in gas prices, and inflation continues to impact grocery costs, some metrics have turned positive, and Trump is eager to seize on them.
"Manufacturing is BOOMING! Factory activity just hit its fastest pace in more than FOUR YEARS, far exceeding expectations. New orders have expanded for SEVEN straight months. American Manufacturing is BACK!" he posted on Truth Social. "The Stock Market is at an ALL TIME HIGH, and setting Record after Record because Investors know America is WINNING!"
The repatriation of illegal aliens from the United States to wherever they came from is still ongoing, and it seems to be picking up. In July, reports indicate that Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests broke all previous records: 51,000. Bear in mind that this number also includes people arrested for interfering with ICE operations. Color me skeptical on that last item, especially coming as it does from a nameless immigration attorney.
Here's the interesting part: At least one ally of President Trump on this issue is calling for a change in focus.
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WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court blocked further construction of President Trump’s planned White House ballroom Friday, ruling that the massive project must first receive congressional approval.
A divided panel of DC circuit judges determined that “Congress has exclusive authority to regulate the construction and demolition of White House structures.”
“We are aware of no instance in American history in which a President unilaterally and using privately collected funds demolished substantial portions of the White House that Congress authorized to be built and American taxpayers paid for. Until now,” wrote judges Patricia Millet and Bradley Garcia in their majority opinion. “The Constitution’s Property Clause vests Congress with plenary control
Arson suspect in Spokane wildfire has
confessed to setting dozens of others,
records show 17 replies
confessed to setting dozens of others,
records show 17 replies
e Center Square) - A 37-year-old Spokane man is facing formal arson charges after allegedly confessing to starting dozens of wildfires across Spokane County over a year-long period, culminating in a massive 3,200-acre blaze that has destroyed hundreds of structures so far.
According to court records filed Wednesday in Spokane County Superior Court, Aaron Farinacci was arrested and charged following an investigation into the fast-moving Old Trails fire.
Detectives with the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office stated in an affidavit of facts that probable cause exists to hold Farinacci responsible for the catastrophic wildfire, as well as a series of serial arson incidents dating back to July 2025.
'I hate Mackinac so much': Abdul El-Sayed
says he 'hates' iconic Michigan island
in resurfaced clip 15 replies
says he 'hates' iconic Michigan island
in resurfaced clip 15 replies
A resurfaced clip from a 2020 documentary shows Michigan Democratic Senate primary winner Abdul El-Sayed saying he “hates Mackinac so much” while visiting the island during his 2018 campaign for governor. He lost that bid before aiming to represent the state at the federal level. The footage comes from the documentary “How To Fix A Primary,” which followed El-Sayed’s unsuccessful gubernatorial campaign. In the scene, El-Sayed can be seen walking toward the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Michigan as one of the island's iconic horse-drawn carriages pass by. “I hate Mackinac so much,” El-Sayed says in the video. He then references the island’s being the governor’s official summer residence,
North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis went on MS NOW Thursday to launch a book tour, calling Trump supporters “sycophants, spineless, and weirdos” while offering praise for acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.
In an appearance on Morning Joe, Tillis said he was proud to “stick a fork” in the 1776 Fund, which was part of a settlement President Trump’s lawyers reached with the Internal Revenue Service after a contractor leaked tax returns to news organizations.
Yesterday I took a stab at why the pollsters were so far off on the Michigan Senate race. I think it was a pretty good first stab at explaining the issue, and no doubt there will be a lot of focus on the issue by people more competent than I to explain how the pollsters got things so wrong.
So I asked my friend-through-X, Scott Rasmussen, what he thought, and he was kind enough to give some insight into the issue.
First, let's look at the magnitude of the problem: The polls weren't just off by a little; they missed the result by double digits. And it was everybody,
Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal.
We’re hearing more and more every day about Iran and [President Donald] Trump as the midterms now are only about 90 days away.
(Snip)
So the narrative has emerged that Donald Trump promises to hit them hard, they back down, and they say they want talks. They do not want talks. They want to delay, delay, delay, delay. Donald Trump then sporadically hits them. They come back to the table. (Snip)
So, what’s going on? What’s the big picture? I think we’re missing what’s actually happening every day.
Hacker Admitted to 2020 AZ
Voter Data Theft, Destroyed Evidence —
Prosecutors Did Nothing 10 replies
Voter Data Theft, Destroyed Evidence —
Prosecutors Did Nothing 10 replies
The suspect later confessed to federal agents and acknowledged destroying the data by wiping hard drives and deleting Google Cloud copies after realizing investigators were closing in.
Perhaps the most shocking revelation here is what happened next.
Nothing. Nothing happened next.
The FBI presented the full case, including the confession, to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Arizona, the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, and two county prosecutors. All of them declined to bring charges.
"Today, the White House Government Transparency Task Force released intelligence community and FBI documents detailing an election cyber incident in which a self-described hacker extracted 633,000 voter —
The new Michigan Democrat Senate candidate received a large donation from a terrorist front group, which also endorsed him in the primary.
Abdul El-Sayed won the Democrat Senate primary and will face Republican Mike Rogers in a key race in the midterm election. More ominously, between employees and leaders of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), El-Sayed has raised over $115,000. But CAIR is little more than a front group for Islamic jihad, with close ties to Hamas. Fox News reviewed evidence that resulted in the exposé on El-Sayed, who ironically has made “money out of politics” a rallying cry in his campaign. Then again,
Here we go again.
Coca-Cola is facing a new wave of backlash after viral videos appeared to show the company’s online personalization tool immediately rejecting positive Christian messages, while references to Allah, Satan, and even degrading attacks on Jesus advanced to the preview stage.
Conservative commentator Isabel Brown tested the customizer on camera after receiving a tip from a friend. In the video, phrases including “Allah is good,” “Muhammad is good,” and “Satan is good” appeared to generate can previews. But when Brown entered “Jesus is good,” the site returned a rejection message: “The name or phrase you’ve submitted is not permitted.”
El-Sayed Drops the Mask
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The Democrat Party’s candidate for the U.S. Senate from Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed, and his surrogates are ready to condemn you for “Islamophobia” if you dare to bring up the money he received from the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) or his defense of a jihad terror attack on a Jewish preschool.El-Sayed, his backers would have you believe, is a manifestation of America’s glorious “diversity,” a sign of how marvelously multicultural our nation has become, and that, they tell us, should be a cause for celebration for all people except racist, bigoted “Islamophobes.” A recent El-Sayed speech, however,
Acting AG Todd Blanche Narrowly Clears
Confirmation Threshold After Murkowski,
Collins Defect 7 replies
Confirmation Threshold After Murkowski,
Collins Defect 7 replies
Donald Trump’s attorney general nominee Todd Blanche on Thursday secured the votes he needed to be confirmed by the Senate.
Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana turned out to be the decisive vote, and he announced his decision to support Blanche as head of the Department of Justice in a speech on the Senate floor Thursday morning.
“Mr. Blanche is not perfect, and he will tell you this, but the choice is not between perfection and Mr. Blanche,” Cassidy said. “It is between Mr. Blanche and another acting attorney general who may not run the department effectively
Report — Trump Tells Donors He Wants
Vice President Vance to Win in 2028: ‘We
Need to Elect JD’ 7 replies
Vice President Vance to Win in 2028: ‘We
Need to Elect JD’ 7 replies
President Donald Trump reportedly conveyed to donors during a private conversation in the Oval Office his desire that Vice President JD Vance win the 2028 presidential election.
“At the end of the day, we need to elect JD,” the president reportedly stated.
The news came after Trump said in June that a Republican presidential ticket featuring Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio would be “very unbeatable,” according to Breitbart News.