DeSantis Quickly Kills Republicans’ Deranged Plan to Cover Trump’s Legal Bill

“And they calmly walk to us, and ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.… They’ve only got 17 seconds to figure this whole thing out. Boom. OK. Missile launch. Woosh. Boom,” he added. The former president provides an elaborate description of Continue reading DeSantis Quickly Kills Republicans’ Deranged Plan to Cover Trump’s Legal Bill

Trump Has Chilling New Interpretation of What Total Immunity Should Cover

It’s clear what Smith’s aim is with his purchase of Maryland’s largest daily newspaper. His TV empire’s local Baltimore station has been keen on a series of coverage blaming the city’s Black, Democratic mayor, Brandon Scott, for a flurry of Continue reading Trump Has Chilling New Interpretation of What Total Immunity Should Cover

The Purdue Case: Can the Rich Use Bankruptcy Law as Cover?

Upholding the Sackler release “would leave in place a roadmap for wealthy corporations and individuals to misuse the bankruptcy system to avoid mass tort liability,” the solicitor general wrote to the Supreme Court. The justices agreed to hear the case in Continue reading The Purdue Case: Can the
Rich Use Bankruptcy Law as Cover?

How the Anti-Trafficking Movement Gave Cover to Opportunistic Men

Spotlight didn’t just enable Kutcher to become an asset to cops—it also helped him become an A.I. guy. On the tech conference circuit over the past decade, he talked up how Spotlight uses A.I. for facial recognition, including in a Continue reading How the Anti-Trafficking Movement Gave Cover to Opportunistic Men

UNC Student Paper Cover Goes Viral for Showing Horrors of School Shooting

The front page of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill’s student newspaper has gone viral for showing the terror of being caught in a school shooting. Print managing editor Caitlyn Yaede posted the front page of the latest print Continue reading UNC Student Paper Cover Goes Viral for Showing Horrors of School Shooting