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Eligibility Gone Wild
College football’s revolving door now spins between campus and the NFL. Temporary court orders have given selected former professionals a route back into the collegiate ranks, provided they terminate their contracts and refund their earnings. LSU moved quickly, the SEC erected an emergency barricade, and lawyers responded with another barrage of filings. Dae’Quan Wright and…
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All-American Mayhem is Back
College football returned this weekend carrying all the familiar trappings: marching bands, packed stadiums, helmet collisions and national obsession. The machinery beneath the spectacle has changed beyond recognition. A new NCAA eligibility model triggered courtroom warfare. Schools can distribute approximately $21.3 million directly to athletes, while uncapped third-party NIL deals push some roster costs toward…
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Danesh’s Pyrrhic Victory: Judge Dudek’s Conspiracy Ruling
Danesh Noshirvan won the motion. Then Judge Kyle Dudek handed his enemies the language they may use to break his larger case. In dismissing Patrick Trainor’s remaining counterclaims, Dudek refused to infer a defamatory conspiracy from payments, frequent contact, shared enemies and offers to publish. That logic now shadows Noshirvan’s claims against Jennifer Couture, Dr.…
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Megan Fox Disgraced: Most Likely A Fraud
Megan Melissa Fox didn’t merely question weak sourcing. In July 2022, the PJ Media writer declared that the reported rape and pregnancy of an Ohio child were “most likely a fraud,” suggested the victim might not exist, and described the account as a political hit job. Then the record arrived. Gerson Fuentes confessed, DNA identified…
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THE PATIO-TABLE SUBPOENA IN NDFL BANKRUPTCY COURT
Jeremy Hales wanted information from Lisa Lee. What he received was a motion asking a bankruptcy judge to inspect the subpoena, the disputed service, and the sweep of his demands. On Two Lees in a Pod, Richard Luthmann joined Lee and Robbie Keszey to examine the papers allegedly left on a patio table, the difference…
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Revolution of Ideas: Faith, Covenants, and Courage
America’s Revolution did not begin with a musket crack at Lexington. It began much earlier, in covenants, pulpits, pamphlets, and the conviction that liberty rested on duties as well as rights. Greg Maresca reviews Lawrence W. Reed’s Born of Ideas, the inaugural title from Grove City College’s Faith & Freedom Press. Across 32 compact essays,…
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SWFL Election Night Results: Schwartzel Wins. Bergermann Loses. Byron Dominates.
Southwest Florida delivered three unmistakable election-night verdicts. Jim Schwartzel defeated Trump-endorsed Catalina Lauf for the FL-19 Republican nomination, proving that years of local trust could survive a national political rocket. Judge James Stewart crushed Vera Bergermann after her campaign ducked questions about statutory interpretation, courtroom preparation, and her online supporters’ smear tactics. Byron Donalds dominated…
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Bergermann’s People Replied. Tree-Hugger Vera Vanished
Vera Bergermann’s campaign waited until 3:56 p.m. Friday, four minutes before deadline, to answer FL Gulf News. The unsigned response denied any campaign connection to Jacqueline Perez, the vocal Bergermann supporter who promoted Vera, attacked Terry Miller, and published a polished broadside against Richard Luthmann. Then the reply stopped where the questions became serious. Bergermann’s…
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Handwriting On The Docket: Jeremy Hales is COOKED!
Jeremy Hales built his federal “Bad Neighbors” case around claims that Lynette Michelle Preston, John Cook, or another adversary created signs attacking him. During Richard Luthmann’s appearance with Lisa Lee and Robbie Keszey on Two Lees in a Pod, that narrative collided with a forensic document report attributed to expert Curt Baggett. As presented during…
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At History’s Nuclear Brink
Two men sit across a table in a lonely Icelandic house. Outside, the Cold War grinds on. Inside, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev argue over missiles, shields, trust, and whether civilization can step back from its own loaded gun. In The Brink of War, writer-director Michael Russell Gunn turns the 1986 Reykjavík Summit into a…
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