TikTok collected US user views on issues like abortion and gun control, Justice Dept. claims
WASHINGTON — In a new attack on one of the world’s most popular technology companies, the Department of Justice late Friday accused TikTok of using its ability to collect reams of information about its users based on their opinions on gun control, abortion, religion and other socially divisive issues. In briefs filed with the federal […]
Justice Department officials endorse Harris: ‘The stakes could not be higher’
Former and current Department of Justice (DOJ) officials have endorsed Vice President Harris as a presidential candidate, saying “the stakes couldn’t be higher” and warning of the implications of former President Trump being re-elected. Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, along with more than 40 Justice Department officials, thanked President Biden for his years of […]
Harris’ shift from tough-on-crime prosecutor to social justice advocate faces scrutiny amid legal probe
Vice President Kamala Harris’ checkered prosecution record during her tenure as California’s attorney general is resurfacing as her bid for the White House heats up. From detaining parents whose children were chronically absent from school to supporting a bail fund that freed violent Black Lives Matter rioters from prison in 2020, VP Harris’s approach to […]
Environmental Justice, Diversity Programs And More: Here Are Some Of Kamala Harris’ Greatest Legislative Hits
Vice President Kamala Harris, who now appears to be former President Donald Trump’s most likely opponent in November, pushed several left-wing pieces of legislation during her tenure in the U.S. Senate. Harris served as a senator representing California from January 2017 to January 2021 before being selected by President Joe Biden to be his running […]
A Perspective on Social Justice
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Consider the expression “social justice”. What does it actually mean? Presumably, everyone is in favor of justice, as opposed to unfairness. But let’s consider what the people bloviating most strongly actually mean by the expression. What do they really want? In the broadest sense the expression suggests that someone (or […]
Lawmakers remember Sheila Jackson Lee as a ‘fighter’ for justice
Members of Congress took to social media to remember Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), who died Friday night at age 74. Many of her colleagues spoke highly of Lee’s nearly three-decade career in Washington, calling her a “fierce advocate” and “fighter for justice.” Her family announced her death in a statement Friday but did not […]
Israel Thanks Leaders of Argentina for Demanding Justice Against Iran, Hezbollah
Israeli President Isaac Herzog expressed his gratitude to Argentine President Javier Milley for leading the commemorations of the 30th anniversary of the bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA), which was allegedly orchestrated by Iran through its proxy group Hezbollah. Herzog also thanked the presidents of Uruguay and Paraguay, Luis Lacalle Pou and Santiago Peña, […]
Donald Trump Demands Democrats ‘Immediately Stop Weaponizing the Justice System’ in RNC Speech
As former President Donald Trump formally accepted the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he called for an end to the legal war weaponized against him in an emotional Republican National Convention speech. Without mentioning President Joe Biden by name, Trump declared that Democrats must demonstrate the sincerity of their calls for unity […]
Student Loan Indebtedness and Social Justice
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Editors’ Note: It should be remembered that the federalization of the student loan programs in the United States was accomplished by a Senate amendment to Obamacare late on Christmas Eve in 2009 when the Senate had a filibuster-proof 60 vote majority (58 Ds and 2 Independents) and voted Obamacare into existence. The […]
Some justice rendered for 2 little girls killed in DUI crash in North Las Vegas
A modicum of justice was achieved for the deaths of two teenage girls in a drunk driving accident near Las Vegas about 18 months ago, when both the adult passengers in the car, their mother and aunt, were sentenced to prison. On the night of Dec. 11, 2022, Kayleeah Manning was riding in a van […]