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Trump’s DOJ is Protecting Comey
Richard Luthmann’s Fort Myers FOIA case against the Department of Justice is no ordinary records fight. It asks why the Trump DOJ is protecting the buried paper trail behind James Comey, the 1997 Richard Ortiz murder in Yonkers, and the federal pursuit of John “Johnny T” Tortora. Luthmann says the records could expose whether Comey…
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Leo Grillo May Die
Leo Grillo built DELTA Rescue into one of America’s largest no-kill animal sanctuaries, caring for roughly 1,500 dogs, cats, and horses on a ridge above Los Angeles. Now the 77-year-old founder is in federal custody without bail on a single attempted kidnapping charge, despite no criminal record and no conviction. His longtime UCLA cardiologist warns…
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Democrat Ballot Hypocrisy Exposed
Election scrutiny is not a conspiracy theory. It is civic hygiene. In 2000, Democrats treated Palm Beach County like a national emergency because Pat Buchanan’s vote total looked wildly wrong under the infamous butterfly ballot. They demanded statistics, litigation, recounts, explanations, and endless media oxygen. Fine. That was fair. But the same standard must apply…
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Danesh Gives ICE The Roadmap
Danesh Noshirvan tried to turn Dr. Bryan Mark Rigg’s Arlington, Texas contractor dispute into another viral race smear. But the backlash may now be swallowing the very people Danesh claims to defend. Arlington officials confirmed J&L Utilities had a valid permit for the AT&T-linked job, but lacked required on-site permit verification — the core issue…
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Danesh and Hannah Noshirvan: Are They Fit To Be Around Children?
Danesh Noshirvan built his brand as a digital hangman, pointing the mob at targets and calling it justice. Now the Fort Myers federal court record has turned the blade back toward him and Hannah. Their own expert reports describe severe psychological damage, PTSD, Complex PTSD, severe anxiety, severe depression, and severe recurrent major depression. The…
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Judge Hinkle’s Reality Problem
Judge Robert Hinkle thought he was ending the latest Fed Two skirmish when he called Richard Luthmann’s objection “detached from reality.” Instead, he may have handed Luthmann the next exhibit. After Luthmann’s Two Lees appearance, his conferral emails to Randy Shochet, and Hinkle’s latest order, the Gainesville federal case has become a courtroom-media collision. Jeremy…
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Hinkle Makes Judicial Time Ordinary in Florida Federal Court
A small procedural ruling in the Jeremy Hales / What the Hales federal case may carry a much larger message. Magistrate Judge Zachary Bolitho denied Richard Luthmann leave to file a limited reply, and Judge Robert Hinkle treated the matter as ordinary case management, not a courthouse emergency. Luthmann lost the immediate fight, but he…
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A Bobblehead Too Far
Major League Baseball has always understood the power of the giveaway. Hats, jerseys, bats, and bobbleheads can turn an ordinary game into a date circled on the calendar. But the Baltimore Orioles crossed from clever promotion into cultural confusion with a Tupac Shakur bobblehead night. This was not a tribute to Orioles history, baseball greatness,…
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Larry Forman Under Fire For Attacking Florida Judge
Larry Forman is not in trouble because he talks on YouTube. He is in trouble because he talks on YouTube as a lawyer, trades on that authority, and then uses the platform to attack judges, boost Halesverse narratives, and give legal oxygen to Jeremy Hales and Randall Shochet’s Florida litigation machine. The central issue is…
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Halesverse Humor Division Takes Over Two Lees In A Pod
Richard Luthmann’s recent appearance on Two Lees in a Pod did not stay inside the lines. Lisa Lee, Robbie Keszey, and Leslie Ferderigos were already knee-deep in Halesverse chaos when Luthmann turned the livestream into a comedy courtroom. The night hit three instant-classic moments: DJ Rattis call drama, Rich’s mugshot-glasses fashion hearing, and the birth…
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