Supreme Court wont delay Louisiana execution as Gorsuch, liberal justices dissent
supreme court 5-4 votes Louisiana refused to stop Judge Neil Gorsuch from carrying out its first execution on Tuesday 15 years later, agreeing to join the court's three Liberal Party justice and delay it. Jesse Hoffman, 46, is scheduled to be executed for the 1996 1996 killing, rape and murder of Morley Elliott, making it […]
China Jails over 1,500 in Six-Year Crackdown on Dissent
Chinese human rights advocates (CHRD) released a report on Wednesday, a non-government human rights group, which revealed that over 1,500 people have been arbitrarily detained by the Chinese Communist Party government over the past six years in a wide range of objections. Chrd's Report Regarding restraints in China, “in prison cell waiting for dawn” has […]
Conservative justices ‘stunned’ by Supreme Court’s USAID decision, lambast majority in scathing dissent
Four conservative Supreme Court judges wrote vehement opposition on Wednesday after the court majority rejected the Trump administration's request to continue a temporary freeze on foreign aid. Judge Samuel Alito exploited the High Court majority by allowing a lower court judge to decide on its own a timeline for paying about $2 million in payments […]
Meta censors internal dissent over Mark Zuckerberg’s Trump ties
Meta incorporates internal disputes to CEO Mark Zuckerberg's overture against President Donald Trump, according to the report. Parents on Facebook and Instagram, who have asked European authorities for Trump's help to ease restrictions on American companies, have been restricted from opposition to right-wing changes on Zuckerberg's internal workplace platform. The source told financial news network […]
Biden’s META ‘censorship’ revelations ‘vindicated’ Alito’s dissent in Kennedy case
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces the end of Facebook and Instagram partnership Third party fact checker Relaxing certain content restrictions was praised by some conservative activists, who cheered it as a “justification” for Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who filed a challenge from the rest of the court in late 2023. Former presidential candidate Robert […]
WaPo writer rebukes new policy on paper not covering itself: ‘I couldn’t possibly dissent more strongly’
The Washington Post's in-house media critic harshly criticized the paper's new policy of avoiding reporting as the newsroom continues to face turmoil. Eric Wemple, the Post's resident news industry guru, was flooded with questions from readers during Monday's article. live chat session Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ann Ternas recently spoke out after her boss rejected her […]
Federal Reserve governor explains dissent from 50 basis point rate cut
Brian Jacobson, chief economist at Annex Wealth Management, talks to “Making Money” about immigration's impact on the U.S. economy. Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman On Friday, it released a statement explaining its decision to go against the central bank's decision to cut interest rates by 50 basis points. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the […]
Michelle Bowman becomes first Fed governor to dissent since 2005
Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman voted against the Fed's 50 basis point interest rate cut on Wednesday, becoming the first official since 2005 to vote against a Fed interest rate decision. Bowman was the only Fed governor to stand apart from the 11 other voting governors in voting for a half-percentage point cut in the […]
Michelle Bowman votes against Fed half-point rate cut — first dissent since 2005
Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman on Wednesday became the first Fed governor since 2005 to vote against the central bank's interest rate decision, rejecting Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's apparent consensus at a critical juncture. All 11 other voting members of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors voted in favor of lowering the Fed's policy rate […]
Colleges fail the free-speech test as students reject dissent
No one should blame students if they are seen wearing riot gear on college campuses this fall. Chances are, campus events and even classes will be canceled this semester because of the actions of some of their peers. Ironically, the more expensive college tuition is these days and the more “elite” the university's reputation, the […]