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The Case of the Missing Marble
I went to the Biltmore Hotel expecting a historic pool, Mediterranean grandeur and perhaps one overpriced drink. Instead, I found a marble crime scene. Across the water appeared to be ten architectural openings—but only eight statues. Where were the other two? Had Miami misplaced a pair of Greek goddesses? Was one of the Nine Muses…
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Google Receipts Join Bogotá’s Hammer
Google’s subpoena returns have opened the machinery behind “ThatDaneshGuy.” The records connect Danesh Noshirvan’s branded and personal accounts through reciprocal recovery addresses, matching identifiers, shared login activity, and 22 overlapping IP addresses. Revenue data shows the YouTube channel generated approximately $5,818 across 30 weeks, while Noshirvan’s repurposed GoFundMe reports more than $60,000 raised. Meanwhile, Joseph…
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From Topps to DraftKings
Before DraftKings put the sportsbook in your pocket, Topps put the action there first. Greg Maresca takes us back to an America where a ten-cent wax pack could make a kid feel richer than a Wall Street banker, Tom Seaver was practically legal tender, and playground fortunes changed hands according to the colored borders of…
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Danesh Faces Digital Exile
Danesh Noshirvan built his brand by accusing others before millions. Now a Colombian appellate court has examined his methods, rejected his opinion defense, and ordered Meta and Substack to remove criminal accusations against Joseph “Joey” Camp. The ruling does not automatically bind American courts or erase Danesh from the internet. It does something more dangerous:…
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Litigation by Exhaustion Returns
Jeremy Hales and attorney Randall “Randy” Shochet have dragged their litigation circus into the Lynette Preston bankruptcy case, targeting nonparty journalist Lisa Lee with a sprawling subpoena for private communications, financial records, editorial materials, metadata, and viewer identities. Lee joined Robbie Keszey and Richard Luthmann on “Two Lees in a Pod” to expose what she…
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The Great American Shrink: Demographics, Debt, and Destiny
America is racing toward a collision between two forces Washington prefers to discuss separately: a shrinking future population and an expanding national debt. Birthrates remain far below replacement level, leaving fewer future workers, taxpayers, homeowners and entrepreneurs to support a rapidly aging country. At the same time, the federal government continues making promises that younger…
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The Imam of Hate: A Slip of the Mask
Omar Suleiman spent years selling Washington a polished product: peace, compassion, tolerance and interfaith harmony wrapped in soft language and congressional applause. Then Sen. Lindsey Graham died, and the mask cracked clean in half. “Bye Lindsey,” Suleiman wrote, before wishing the dead senator “an eternity in ruins.” That was not grief, analysis, or principled opposition…
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The Empty Robe
Senior U.S. District Judge John E. Steele is dead at 77, leaving behind far more than legal opinions and courthouse memories. He leaves an unfinished federal docket filled with motions, hearings, trials, deadlines and litigants waiting for justice. Steele helped build the modern Fort Myers Division and remained an active judicial force even after assuming…
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Two Lees One GERM and the Pocket Rocket Paper Mill
Richard Luthmann came onto Two Lees in a Pod with Lisa Lee and Robbie Keszey and turned the Halesverse inside out. The targets were Jeremy “GERM” Hales, Randy “Pocket Rocket” Shochet, Doreen Turner-Inkeles, and the legal-media machine Luthmann says turns court filings into content, harassment into “commentary,” and trademark law into a censorship weapon. From…
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The Socialist Surge
The socialist takeover of the Democrat Party is no longer a warning about some distant political future. It is happening now. Melat Kiros’ stunning Colorado primary victory over 15-term Rep. Diana DeGette joins a growing list of socialist breakthroughs from New York to Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. These candidates are not merely demanding larger…
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