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Jose Garcia's JournalSandy Hook father Lenny Pozner sues Delray Beach
Source: Florida Politics
A father of a child killed at Sandy Hook just sued the city of Delray Beach, accusing an employee of illegally accessing his driver’s license records.
Lenny Pozner, whose son Noah was among 20 children murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012, filed a lawsuit in federal court against the city and employee Rhea-Lyn Gerstenkorn.
The complaint says Gerstenkorn on at least three occasions illegally accessed Pozner’s personal information through Florida’s Driver and Information Database through her position at the police department.
Considering Pozner for years battled conspiracy theorists intent on proving his son never existed, he labeled such searches “unwelcome.”
Read more: http://floridapolitics.com/archives/277383-sandy-hook-father-lenny-pozner-sues-delray-beach
Democrats agree to confirmations of 15 Trump judges
Source: Politico
Senate Democrats accepted an offer from Senate Republicans to confirm 15 lifetime federal judges on Thursday in exchange for the ability to go into recess through the midterms so endangered Democrats can campaign.
The calculation by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and his caucus was simple: That Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) would be able to confirm roughly 15 judges if he kept the Senate in session for the next few weeks anyway. So Democrats OK’d an offer to confirm three Circuit Court judges and 12 Circuit Court judges as the price to pay to go home for election season.
Under Senate rules, even if Democrats fought the nominees tooth and nail and forced the Senate to burn 30 hours of debate between each one, McConnell would have gotten them all confirmed by Nov. 1. Democrats could have conceivably left a skeleton crew of senators in Washington to force the GOP to take roll call votes on the judges over the next few weeks, although that tactic is not typically employed by the minority.
Some liberal activists are urging Democrats to show more fight after Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court; Markos Moulitsas of Daily Kos even said that Democrats “need a new Senate leader” after the agreement was struck. But actual senators had to weigh that dynamic along with the approaching midterms and the brutal Senate map. And with a half-dozen Democrats facing serious challenges in Senate races, it made more sense to make what Democrats said was a reasonable deal with McConnell so that they could make a serious run at saving endangered senators.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/11/senate-democrats-judges-895168?cid=apn
Ex-Democratic staffer charged with posting senators' private info
Source: Politico
The U.S. Capitol Police on Wednesday arrested a 27-year-old man for posting addresses and private information of senators, according to the police department.
The department reported that it arrested Jackson A. Cosko for allegedly posting "private, identifying information (doxing) about one or more United States senators to the Internet." Cosko has been working as an intern in the office of Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas and has been fired, according to her chief of staff Glenn Rushing.
“We're just cooperating with law enforcement right now,” Rushing said in an interview.
Cosko graduated from George Washington University in 2014 and previously worked for Democratic Sens. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire and California’s Barbara Boxer, who has since retired. Cosko most recently worked for Hassan as a "legislative correspondent/systems administrator," according to Legistorm.
Read more: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.politico.com/amp/story/2018/10/03/gop-senators-doxxing-arrest-868122
ACLU is spending more than $1 million in TV ads comparing Kavanaugh to Bill Clinton, Cosby
Source: The Washington Post
The American Civil Liberties Union said it has spent a little more than $1 million on television advertisements to oppose President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh.
The campaign, announced Monday, is another sign that the ACLU, which describes itself as a nonpartisan organization, has energized its advocacy efforts in the Trump era. Two days earlier, the group’s national board voted to oppose Kavanaugh’s nomination — something it has done only three other times in the past century.
“ACLU’s political growth and advocacy has increased since Donald Trump was elected president. We’ve had a massive growth in volunteer base and massive growth in financial resources,” said Faiz Shakir, ACLU’s national political director. “People have funded us, and I think they expect a return.”
Since Trump’s election, the ACLU said its membership has jumped from 400,000 to 1.84 million
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/politics/2018/10/01/aclu-is-spending-more-than-million-tv-ads-comparing-kavanaugh-bill-clinton-cosby/?__twitter_impression=true
DeSantis under fire for saying Florida shouldn't 'monkey this up' by electing Gillum
Source: WESH-TV
One day after winning the Florida Republican gubernatorial primary, Rep. Ron DeSantis is facing backlash for saying the state should not "monkey this up" by electing his African-American opponent, Andrew Gillum.
DeSantis made the comment during an interview Wednesday on Fox News.
"You know, he is an articulate spokesman for those far-left views and he's a charismatic candidate," DeSantis said. "The last thing we need to do is to monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda with huge tax increases and bankrupting the state. That is not going to work. That's not going to be good for Florida."
Democrats were quick to criticize the comment.
Read more: https://www.google.com/amp/amp.wesh.com/article/desantis-under-fire-for-saying-florida-shouldnt-monkey-this-up-by-electing-gillum/22863472
Seth Rich Family's Lawsuit Against Fox News Dismissed
Source: Variety
federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought against Fox News by the parents of slain Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich, finding that the suit did not meet the legal requirements to proceed.
Joel and Mary Rich sued the network in March, accusing it of fabricating a story that accused their son of conspiring with WikiLeaks. The suit alleged intentional infliction of emotional distress, interference with a contract, and negligent supervision.
In his ruling Thursday, Judge George Daniels found that the complaint failed to satisfy the elements required under federal law.
“It is understandable that Plaintiffs might feel that their grief and personal loss were taken advantage of, and that the tragic death of their son was exploited for political purposes,” Daniels wrote. “However, a general allegation that Defendants had an ‘agreement to collaborate against’ Plaintiffs cannot form the basis of an IIED claim. … Plaintiffs’ complaint is dismissed in its entirety.”
Read more: https://variety-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/variety.com/2018/tv/news/seth-rich-fox-news-lawsuit-dismissed-1202893525/amp/?amp_js_v=a2&_gsa=1#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fvariety.com%2F2018%2Ftv%2Fnews%2Fseth-rich-fox-news-lawsuit-dismissed-1202893525%2F
Fundraising magic disappears for Wasserman Schultz foe Tim Canova
Source: Sun-Sentinel
Tim Canova’s fortunes have changed dramatically, for the worse, in the past two years.
The congressional candidate was generating a gusher of campaign contributions in 2016 for his effort to unseat U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston. This year, Canova’s contributions have slowed to a trickle.
How stark is the difference? On June 30, Canova’s campaign reported just $9,010 cash in its bank account.
On the same date two years ago, Canova had more than 100 times as much cash on hand: $986,345.
Read more: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/fl-reg-wasserman-schultz-tim-canova-fundraising-lags-20180718-story,amp.html?__twitter_impression=true
Jury convicts ex-N.Y. state senate leader of soliciting bribes
Source: Reuters
(Reuters) - Former New York State Senate majority leader Dean Skelos was found guilty of soliciting bribes and other federal corruption charges by a jury on Tuesday, nearly a year after an appeals court threw out an earlier conviction.
The federal jury in Manhattan also convicted Skelos' son, Adam. Both men were found guilty of all the charges they faced, which in addition to soliciting bribes included extortion and conspiracy to commit honest services fraud.
Lawyers for the two men declined to comment after the verdict was announced. U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood, who presided over the trial, scheduled sentencing for Oct. 24.
Prosecutors accused the elder Skelos, a Republican from Long Island, of using his position to pressure three companies to provide his son with consulting work, a "no-show" job and a $20,000 payment.
Read more: https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN1K72ER?__twitter_impression=true
Jill Stein's Recount Cash Pays for Her Russia Legal Defense
Money that Jill Stein raised to recount votes in 2016 swing states is being used by her campaign to pay for legal bills stemming from the investigation of Russian interference in the last presidential election.
In June, The Daily Beast reported that the the U.S. Green Party candidate’s campaign, which raised $7.3 million for recounts in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, had in 2017 stopped disclosing its monthly spending with the Federal Election Commission. Later that month, the Jill Stein for President committee filed a slew of reports that reveal spending on lawyers who are not trying to get inside any voting machines.
At the end of May 2018, according to the most recent FEC filing, the Stein campaign paid the “Partnership for Civil Justice” $66,441.60; that is on top of a $31,536 payment made in January, and more than the Stein campaign had in cash on hand by November 2016.
Have any of the Senators who voted for Gorsuch expressed regret?
Of not, does anyone really think that the next confirmation is going to go any differently?
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