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      Georgia prosecutor confirms final criminal case against Trump is ‘over’

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      State prosecutor dismisses charges against US president and others in election interference caseThe case against Donald Trump and his co-defendants in Georgia ended on Wednesday with a filing for dismissal by the state prosecutor who took over after the removal of Fani Willis, the Fulton county district attorney.Pete Skandalakis, the prosecutor and the executive director of the prosecuting attorneys’ council of Georgia, confirmed to the Guardian that “it’s over”after superior court judge Scott McAfee issued a one-page order on Wednesday dismissing the 2020 racketeering case. Skandalakis said he would be making no further comments about the matter. Continue reading… More

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      FO° Podcasts: The Right to Play: How Women Fought and Won the Battle for Equality in Sports

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      [Disclaimer: Lauren Greenberg was speaking in her personal capacity and not for her firm.] Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh and Lauren Greenberg, the Deputy General Counsel of the Office of General Counsel of White & Case LLP, discuss the evolution of women’s athletics under Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments. Greenberg traces her own journey from… Continue reading FO° Podcasts: The Right to Play: How Women Fought and Won the Battle for Equality in Sports
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      The Democratic Party’s Disdain for Youth Will Have Consequences

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      The Democratic Party has a youth problem — and not in the way leadership may think. It’s not that young voters are apathetic or naïve. It’s rather that the Democratic Party and its older voters treat its young voters with condescension and, occasionally, outright contempt. That disdain is driving away and disillusioning an entire generation… Continue reading The Democratic Party’s Disdain for Youth Will Have Consequences
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      Fox Corp chief told Sean Hannity that Trump could not go on air in 2020 if he attacked network

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      Even before the 2020 election, tensions were high between Fox News executives and Trump, new documents showWhat happened at Fox News after the 2020 election? Documents reveal new detailsNew revelations about the tense relationship between Fox News and Donald Trump in the fall of 2020 have emerged in a trove of thousands of court documents released on Sunday as part of a massive defamation lawsuit filed against the network by voting technology company Smartmatic.One exchange showed that Lachlan Murdoch, the chief executive of Fox News parent company Fox Corp, told star anchor Sean Hannity in a 1 October 2020 text chain that Trump could not appear on Fox again if he attacked the network. Continue reading… More

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      Trump hints support for fringe theory that Venezuela rigged 2020 election

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      President’s comment implies hostility to Venezuela may be based on unfounded election-rigging conspiracy theoryDonald Trump on Sunday appeared to endorse the discredited conspiracy theory that Venezuela’s leadership controls electronic voting software worldwide and caused his 2020 election defeat to Joe Biden.White House officials have previously said that Trump’s increasingly bellicose policy toward Venezuela is driven by concerns about migration and the drug trade. But the president’s new comment, made on Truth Social, hints that his hostility to Venezuela may also be based on an outlandish, implausible theory ruled to be false by a judge in 2023. Continue reading… More

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      Nobody’s Girl: Virginia Giuffre’s Memoir Reached Libraries Six Months After Her Suicide

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      Virginia Roberts Giuffre — one of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s most vocal and prominent victims — was born in Sacramento, California, in 1983, but soon moved with her family to Palm Beach County. When she was 16, her father found her a side job as a towel girl in the spa at the Mar-a-Lago… Continue reading Nobody’s Girl: Virginia Giuffre’s Memoir Reached Libraries Six Months After Her Suicide
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      Trump’s DoJ investigating unfounded claims Venezuela helped steal 2020 election

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      Exclusive: Discredited election-rigging conspiracy theory could strengthen Trump’s military action against MaduroFederal investigators have been interviewing multiple people who are pushing unfounded claims that Venezuela helped steal the 2020 election from Donald Trump, the Guardian has learned.Two promoters of the conspiracy theory have repeatedly briefed the US attorney for the district of Puerto Rico, W Stephen Muldrow, and have shared witnesses and documents with officials, according to four sources. Muldrow declined to comment. Continue reading… More

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      Marching to Nowhere: America’s Unanswered Call for Accountability

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      On October 18, the people marched and protested, nearly seven million of them. That is around 2% of the population of the entire United States of America. That is a whole lot of pissed off people. Then, a little over two weeks later, on November 4, a lot more people than expected voted in a… Continue reading Marching to Nowhere: America’s Unanswered Call for Accountability
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