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YouTube Trump lawsuit settlement

September 30, 2025

YouTube Settles Trump Lawsuit for $24.5 Million

YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by former President Donald Trump and several co-plaintiffs over his suspension from the video-sharing platform in 2021. Settlement Details According to the court filing, $22 million will be directed to a tax-exempt entity known as the Trust for …

charitable voter registration industry

September 30, 2025

Targeting the Charitable Voter Registration Industry

In the wake of high-profile political violence, conservatives and moderates are rightly furious — but righteous anger without a clear target is wasted energy. If the objective is to dismantle the NGO complex that functions as a partisan engine for one side, the charitable voter registration industry is the single, …

September 29, 2025

Oregon Sues Trump Over Portland National Guard Deployment

Officials in Oregon have launched a legal battle against former President Donald Trump, filing a federal lawsuit to block his order deploying National Guard troops in Portland. The state of Oregon and the city of Portland filed jointly on Sunday, targeting Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Homeland Security Secretary …

September 29, 2025

Grief, Anger, and the Choice of Love

Today, with so many emotions flowing and so much violence in our society, many of us are often faced with grief and starved for love (of self, of others and of life). When grief crashes in on us, our bodies surge with stress chemicals — cortisol, adrenaline, norepinephrine. These sharpen …

Michigan Mormon church shooting

September 29, 2025

Michigan Mormon Church Shooting Kills 4, FBI Investigates

A Sunday morning service turned into a scene of horror when a former Marine launched a deadly attack on a Mormon church, killing four people, injuring eight others, and setting the building ablaze. Authorities say at least 100 federal investigators are now on the ground, calling it an act of …

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