Starbucks employees currently on strike are now claiming that Starbucks is "imperiling every single civil right they have" by implementing a dress code at their company.pic.twitter.com/w3Yodrhcxe
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I don't get it. They work for one of the most liberal companies in the world and they're still not happy? Well, I don't get it but I don't care either.
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#9
The lesson being, its never enough. Feeding the locusts in the hopes they will leave.
[DailyCallerNewsFoundation] A growing conservative law firm led by attorneys who worked with Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk aims to tackle political litigation others won’t touch.
Within the Trump administration, there’s an intentional shift away from reliance on left-leaning “BigLaw” firms, seen through President Donald Trump’s deals securing millions in pro bono work from major firms and the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) decision to distance itself from the American Bar Association. Outside, Lex Politica is positioning itself to fill the void in a changing legal landscape.
“The administration and others are catching on,” Lex Politica CEO Chris Gober told the DCNF in an interview. He argued the “hypocrisy” of major firms who don’t apply equal standards in taking on political cases is creating a need for firms like his that are willing to be “unapologetically conservative.”
“They bend over backwards not to offend the sensitivities of those [liberal] lawyers and those clients, and what they’ll tend to do is just refuse to take on cases that are, you know, synonymous or connected with the conservative or Republican movement,” Gober told the DCNF.
Lex Politica’s current clients include close to 20 senators and over 50 members of the House, along with governors, attorneys general and other Republican politicians, Gober says. They have been involved in key issues, such as legal and political considerations related to establishing the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Attorneys Steve Roberts and Jessica Furst Johnson left Holtzman Vogel to join Gober’s effort, as did Christine Fort and Nicole Kelly.
“We are offering what BigLaw can’t – and won’t,” Lex Politica Partner and Political Law Co-Chair Steve Roberts told the DCNF in a statement. “Having worked at an AmLaw 100 firm, I can tell you first hand that BigLaw’s problem with Trump isn’t legal, it’s cultural. While some firms dance around politics, we’re stepping in with a firm that says what it believes and can act in the best strategic and legal interests of our clients.”
Trump’s executive orders against law firms have stirred up controversy and legal challenges. A judge struck down Trump’s order against Perkins Coie, which sought to cancel the firm’s government contracts and attorney security clearances, as unconstitutional in early May.
“I think a lot of these firms would have no problem at all taking on a pro bono case for an organization like a Planned Parenthood, but they will say that they can’t take on some kind of religious liberty case for a company that is out there,” Gober said.
During the presidential campaign, Gober worked with Musk closely to establish America PAC, which he expects will continue to play a critical role in the midterm elections and beyond.
“I do not see it being a one and done,” he said, noting a lot of people had that question during the campaign. “I think we’ve answered a little bit of that…in our involvement with Wisconsin.”
Musk gave $238 million to America PAC to help elect Trump, according to CNN.
Musk’s America PAC spent close to $12.7 million backing conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Judge Brad Schimel, who lost his race in April, according to the Brennan Center for Justice.
Working with Musk through the PAC was a “new experience,” Gober says, noting some of the unique initiatives they launched, such as the petition program.
“There was definitely a level of creativity with the PAC that you normally don’t see in politics,” he said.
As far as DOGE goes, Gober says he doesn’t see much “fundamentally changing” as Musk scales back his work.
“The fact of the matter is, it was the creation and structure of DOGE that I think is critically important,” Gober said. “Even without him being there, I think you’re left with a lot of the same kind of foundational elements and people with the same kind of mindset as Elon.”
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[Regnum] In the capital of Haiti, a street food vendor poisoned 40 members of the Viv Ansanm criminal group with empanadas. This was reported by Oddity Central, a website dedicated to unusual events, places, inventions, and characters from around the world.
"A Haitian woman who lost family members to a violent criminal gang took revenge on 40 gang members by poisoning them with tainted empanadas," the report said.
According to the portal, the incident took place in the city of Port-au-Prince. There, a woman, whose name is not disclosed for security reasons, offered the criminals pies as a treat, saying that she wanted to thank them for "protecting the area." After the treat, the criminals felt severe pain in their stomachs, and then they began to vomit. Soon, they all died before the ambulance arrived.
However, the story does not end there. The authors of the article claim that soon after the incident, the woman left her home, fearing retribution. It later turned out that her anxiety was not in vain - her home was set on fire. The Haitian woman herself came to the police, where she stated that she planned the poisoning of 40 criminals and acted alone. It is specified that local law enforcement agencies have not yet charged her with murder.
Arguably it was self-defense, or possibly protecting the community from predators…
[FoxNews] Retired four-star Admiral Robert Burke found guilty in scheme to direct contracts in exchange for $500,000-a-year job
A retired four-star admiral who once served as the Navy’s second-highest ranking officer, was convicted of bribery and other conspiracy charges, making him the most senior member of the U.S. military ever convicted of committing a federal crime while on active duty.
Following a five-day trial, retired four-star Adm. Robert P. Burke, 62, was found guilty on Monday of a scheme to direct lucrative contracts to a training company in exchange for a $500,000-a-year job after leaving the Navy, according to a news release from the Department of Justice.
Burke is facing up to 30 years in prison for his role in the scheme to direct contracts potentially worth millions of dollars to a New York City-based company that offered training programs to the Navy.
"When you abuse your position and betray the public trust to line your own pockets, it undermines the confidence in the government you represent," U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro wrote in a post on X following the conviction.
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Another reason to reduce the number of flag officers.
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Keep in mind that the reason DOD procurement regs are so cumbersome is that there was rampant high level Navy corruption re: shipbuilding in the 80s.
[BBC] The US Supreme Court has said it will allow the Trump administration to terminate deportation protections for some 350,000 Venezuelans in the US.
The ruling lifts a hold that was placed by a California judge that kept Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in place for Venezuelans whose status would have expired last month.
Temporary Protected Status allows people to live and work in the US legally if their home countries are deemed unsafe due to things like countries experiencing wars, natural disasters or other "extraordinary and temporary" conditions.
The ruling marks a win for US President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly tried to use the Supreme Court to enact immigration policy decisions.
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Improvise. Adapt.
And then die.
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#2
I don't think that word means what they think it means.
Existentialism is a family of philosophical views and inquiry that explore the human individual's struggle to lead an authentic life despite the apparent absurdity or incomprehensibility of existence.
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Re #2,
despite the apparent absurdity or incomprehensibility of existence
Existence is a gift, and it is neither absurd nor incomprehensible, unless you consider the incomprehensible generosity of its giver. Where would you be without it?
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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[DailyCallerNewsFoundation] A growing conservative law firm led by attorneys who worked with Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk aims to tackle political litigation others won’t touch.
