#USDOJ

[africanamericanreports]

The Justice Department and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced today that Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation (Fairway) has agreed to pay $8 million and a $1.9 million civil money penalty to resolve allegations that it engaged in a pattern or practice of lending discrimination by redlining predominantly Black neighborhoods in and around Birmingham, Alabama.

[reasoningdaily]

Gov. Greg Abbott will have to remove the floating buoy barrier he deployed in the Rio Grande without federal permission by the end of next week, a judge ruled Wednesday.

It’s a victory for the U.S. Justice Department, which has contended that Abbott violated federal law by deploying the barriers near Eagle Pass without first getting clearance from the Army Corps of Engineers. The Army Corps has oversight of all navigable waterways in the United States.

BACKGROUND: Texas scrambles to reposition buoy barrier in Rio Grande before court hearing

Abbott said he would appeal the ruling. "Texas is prepared to take this fight all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court,” the Republican governor posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Just minutes after posting that message, his attorneys officially filed their appeal.

Abbott’s attorneys had argued that the barriers were not the type of structure that needed review by the Army Corps. In addition, they claimed that the Rio Grande, despite being one of the largest rivers in America, doesn't count as a navigable waterway because it doesn't include commercial shipping.

Judge David A. Ezra wasn’t moved by either argument, granting the Justice Department’s request that Abbott remove the barriers by Sept. 15.

Ezra said Congress determined long ago that the Rio Grande was navigable and no other body can change that designation.

"Once a water is found to be navigable by Congress, it remains so until Congress, not the courts, declares otherwise," Ezra wrote.

In addition, Ezra disputed the state's claim that the buoys were not subject to the federal Rivers and Harbors Act, saying the "floating barrier interferes with or diminishes the navigable capacity."

READ MORE: Republicans invoke Noah’s Ark in court to defend Greg Abbott’s border buoys

Abbott has featured the buoys as his latest phase of Operation Lone Star, the border security program that has also sent thousands of National Guard troops to the border, shipped migrants to other states, and deployed miles of razor wire along the Rio Grande to deter border crossings.

Abbott said he’s taking action along the border because of the federal government's inability to stop migrant crossings into Texas. Over the last two years, border patrol has encountered more than 4 million people along the entire southern border with Mexico. That is double the number of encounters from the previous two years.

Abbott has used those numbers to justify his border patrol program, which is costing taxpayers nearly $5 billion annually.

“I will do whatever I have to do to defend our state from the invasion of the Mexican drug cartels and others who are trying to come into our country illegally,” Abbott said last month in a speech to Republican officials. “I will protect our sovereignty.” 

While there has been a surge along the border over the last two years, federal data shows the numbers have generally been improving over the last several months. Combined June and July showed the lowest number of border encounters since 2020, when Donald Trump was still president.

[94ejack]

Animated Cat Comedy from Aubrey Plaza a Go at Amazon

Despite this news, please remember the FXX series "Little Demon."

[maritimecyprus]

USA: Greek shipping company to pay $2.25m for pollution violations

[normanthedove]

WHEN MARISA HANSEN, BRANDY LEE, BOB SHEERIN, ALL SPEAK OUT ON "HOW D.E.A. F.U.B.R. THE FIELD OF MEDICAL PAIN CARE"

“The medical system here in Farmington NM is collapsing at the hospital. I’ve talked to many here, and they smell what I’m stepping in. This is all due to the govt malfeasance and corruption within the system. Doctors are persecuted and treated as criminals. Yet the newer ones are robotic and lack compassion. It is lost these days and I am not surprised but do feel bad things coming. WTF are they teaching now in medical schools about pain? Shit rolls downhill, and at the very bottom are older legacy pain patients. I just went through HELL with cervical stenosis pain newly diagnosed (it screams level 10+and I’ve almost collapsed medically). ER here is no help because it is me, and if they treat me badly, I talk about it.

“If you see something wrong, if you speak out…you can change it.“ Ethel Kennedy PAIN IS REAL “Vague laws contravene the ‘first essential of due process of law’ that statutes must give people of ‘common intelligence’ fair notice of what the law demands of them.” United States v. Davis, 139 S. Ct. 2319, 2325 (2019). Concealment from the public of the validity and reliability testing of USDOJ…

[bigmammallama5]

Just bc it isn't spelled out in the post: if someone forces you to vote a certain way that's a violation of your voting rights, called voter intimidation, which is VERY illegal.

If you have experienced or saw someone experience voter intimidation please report it to:

the Election Protection Hotline [English: 1-866-687-8683] [Español: 1-888-83-9-8682]

the USDOJ Voting Rights Hotline [English: 1-800-253-3931] [TTY: 1-877-267-8971]

or someone in your local board of elections, poll workers, your county clerk, the elections commisioner, elections supervisor, or any local and state officials who can help you file that report.

And if someone who is controlling you asks? Lie. Protect yourself and your right to vote.

ACLU PDF on Voter Intimidation and what to do.

Campaign Legal Center article on Voter Intimidation and what to do.

From the October 31, 2024 article:

“In the one place in America where women still have a right to choose, you can vote any way you want. And no one will ever know,” Roberts says in the ad as a woman on screen meets up with her husband after casting her ballot for Harris.

The voter winks at a fellow female voter as her husband asks if she made the “right choice.”

Republicans have responded to the video with outrage, with some claiming that a wife lying about her vote is as bad as an affair.

“If I found out Emma was going to the voting booth and pulling the lever for Harris, that’s the same thing as having an affair,” Fox News host Jesse Watters said on air Wednesday in a clip highlighted by Mediaite.

Other GOP members including Charlie Kirk said the thought was “nauseating.”

[africanamericanreports]

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against the Mississippi State Senate for discriminating against a Black former staff attorney in its Legislative Services Office (LSO). The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, alleges that the Senate paid her about half the salary of her white colleagues in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII).

[jessicazoe]

Forensics: Crisis of U.S. Law Enforcement Funding. 250,000 cold cases unsolved. This includes Missing and Unidentified Persons. Video.

USDOJ funding for these cases is paltry and poorly organized due to bureaucratic and Congressional apathy. https://www.wral.com/video/6-200-cold-…Forensics: Crisis of U.S. Law Enforcement Funding. 250,000 cold cases unsolved. This includes Missing and Unidentified Persons. Video.

[noneedforbloodpressure]

#not to mention taking bribes to ignore the armenian genocide

For more info: (CNN) (USDOJ)

to sum up: eric adams defrauded the city of millions of dollars using fake donations from the authoritarian erdogan government to earn matching money from the municipal electoral public funds program (in fact, matched 8-to-1, e.g., $2,000 for a $250 donation), then enacted austerity, claiming the city had no money, cutting library, education, and homelessness funds, while boosting the NYPD budget, salaries, and overtime pay. cartoon-level villain

[maritimecyprus]

USA: Ship manager pleads guilty to MARPOL violations after oily-waste discharges

[occupyhades]

Southern District of Indiana | New Jersey Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison After Grooming Minor Online and Transporting Her Across State Lines via Uber for Sex | USDOJ

INDIANAPOLIS- Arnold Castillo, 23, of Paterson, New Jersey, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to Transportation of a Minor with Intent to Engage in Criminal Sexual Activity and Coercion and Enticement of a Minor.

[ourflagmeansstrike]

A very important call to action: tell the DTC and USDOJ that we stand AGAINST monopolies! Let small businesses thrive!! "Are you a member of WGA, SAG, DGA, IATSE, or Teamsters?

Tell the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the US DOJ how entertainment consolidation has been bad for our business.

EMAIL: antitrust@ftc.gov

OR COMMENT HERE: https://www.regulations.gov/commention/FTC–2023–0043–0001

Via damejdent on instagram

[pattyspatio]

U.S. says that 300,000 American children are at risk of being trafficked into the sex industry this year!

More than 300,000 U.S. children were trafficked last year! and that is just what has been reported. Almost 300,000 American children are at risk for trafficking into the sex industry (U.S. Dept ofState). There are girls as young as 5 and 6 years old in the U.S. that are forced to do sexual acts for economic gain by their pimp (USDOJ, 2010). In the first 21 months of operation, the Human…

[normanthedove]

WHEN MARISA HANSEN, BRANDY LEE, BOB SHEERIN, SPEAK OUT ON "HOW D.E.A. F.U.B.R. THE FIELD OF MEDICAL PAIN CARE"

“If you see something wrong, if you speak out…you can change it.“ Ethel Kennedy PAIN IS REAL “Vague laws contravene the ‘first essential of due process of law’ that statutes must give people of ‘common intelligence’ fair notice of what the law demands of them.” United States v. Davis, 139 S. Ct. 2319, 2325 (2019). Concealment from the public of the validity and reliability testing of USDOJ…

[gadgetsforusesblog]

USDOJ Announces First 'Disruptive Technology' Strike Cases By Reuters

©Reuters. Guard at a security post at the headquarters of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) in Washington, DC, U.S. May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Justice Department plans to announce the first enforcement actions of its “disruptive technology” strike force on Tuesday, the US Attorney’s Office in Manhattan said on Twitter. Deputy Attorney…