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Miami judge rules Florida’s new Stand-Your-Ground law is unconstitutional By David Ovalle Miami Herald July 3, 2017 Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Milton Hirsch ruled that lawmakers overstepped their authority in modifying the law this year to force prosecutors to disprove a defendant’s self-defense claim at a pre-trial hearing. The judge ruled that under Florida’s constitution, that change should have been crafted by the Florida Supreme Court, not the Legislature. “As a matter of constitutional separation of powers, that procedure cannot be legislatively modified,” Hirsch wrote in a 14-page order. Continue Reading…..

‘Your worst nightmare: a successful Donald Trump presidency’ By David Smith The Guardian July 3, 2017 Sgy Michael Verardo, who lost an arm and a leg while serving with the US army in Afghanistan in 2010, says he was failed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). He had to wait 57 days to get his prosthetic leg fixed and three and a half years for adaptations to his home. But then came Donald Trump. “Thank you, President Trump and [Veterans Affairs] Secretary [David] Shulkin for ensuring that we are not forgotten and that we will receive the…

Kushner, Ivanka rub elbows with Dem billionaire Soros at Hamptons party: report By Jacqueline Thomsen TheHill July 3, 2017 First daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner were spotted at a party over the weekend rubbing elbows with billionaire Democratic financier George Soros and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Politico reported Sunday. The couple were among the guests at Lally Weymouth’s Southampton home Saturday, where the former Washington Post editor — whose family owned the newspaper for decades — was holding a star-studded annual party. Continue Reading…..

Several FBI employees reportedly wear Comey shirts to Family Day event Mail Online July 2, 2017 Several FBI employees reportedly wore T-shirts reading ‘Comey is my homey’ at a recent FBI Family Day event. The shirts supporting fired FBI Director Jim Comey appeared at the Friday event in Washington, DC, according to a report in the Huffington Post that could not be independently confirmed. Continue Reading…..

Thousands march in L.A. for impeachment of President Trump; his supporters hold their own rally By Laura J. Nelson, Tony Barboza latimes.com July 2, 2017 Thousands of protesters marched down 5th Street and Broadway in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, chanting, “Down, down, down with Trump — up, up, up with the people” as they urged Congress to impeach the president. John Meranda, 56 of Long Beach, held a sign showing Trump’s face on the body of a chubby baby, with the word “impeach” spelled out in wooden blocks. Continue Reading…..

Former Obama AG Eric Holder Sends Out Late Night Tweet: “Be Prepared…” By Charles Fain Lehman Washington Free Beacon July 2, 2017 Barack Obama’s former attorney general, Eric Holder, on Friday told the “career men and women” at the FBI and Justice Department to “be prepared, be strong,” warning that tough times are ahead for them. “Your actions and integrity will be unfairly questioned,” Holder wrote on Twitter. “Be prepared, be strong. Duty. Honor. Country.” Holder headed the Justice Department during the Obama administration from 2009 to 2015. Continue Reading…..

By Oli Coleman Page Six July 2, 2017 We’re told CNN flew into a panic on Friday after it accidentally aired a fake National Enquirer cover during Jake Tapper’s broadcast. Tapper did a segment on his “The Lead” show about Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski’s claim that Donald Trump tried to blackmail them with a hit piece in the National Enquirer. Continue Reading…..

Joe Arpaio learns that he is not above the law By Editorial Board Washington Post July 1, 2017 THE ESSENCE of Joe Arpaio’s long reign as sheriff of Arizona’s Maricopa County, whose 4 million residents in and around Phoenix make it one of the nation’s biggest localities, was lawlessness masquerading as law enforcement. Blatant racial profiling, inhumane treatment of prisoners and contempt for federal court orders — this was the stuff on which Mr. Arpaio staked his relentlessly self-promoted reputation as “America’s toughest sheriff.” Now Mr. Arpaio, who lost a reelection bid for a seventh term in the…

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