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Amazing find of 20 ancient coffins found in Egypt near Luxor

 
There’s not a lot of information about this new discovery in Egypt, but we still love this kind of stuff.

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ProPublica: Records suggest Trump has committed fraud even into his presidency

 
Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…

[In regards to this story: Never-Before-Seen Trump Tax Documents Show Major Inconsistencies]

This seems big-ish. ProPublica evidently obtained either the tax returns or tax summaries for Trump’s NY businesses over the past 8 or so years and you probably won’t be surprised to learn he’s committing fraud, even into his presidency.

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Doomsday family lived in basement for 9 years waiting for the end of the world

 
Very disturbing and confusing story coming out of the Netherlands today about a group of seven people who have been living in a farm’s basement for the past nine years waiting for the world to end.

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Edward Snowden: Attorney General Bill Barr doesn’t want you using encryption

 
Interesting piece by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in today’s Guardian, warning about the US government (with UK and Australian backup) fighting against Facebook’s plans to extend end-to-end encryption to Messenger and Instagram.

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The White House is bluffing when it threatens witnesses over ‘executive privilege’

[Fiona Hill]

Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…

The White House has been thuggishly waving around what it calls “executive privilege” like the sword of Damocles over the heads of testifying witnesses before Congress, such as the recently resigned Fiona Hill.

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Ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses, ex-Scientologists hail new California sex-assault law

 
We’re seeing a lot of people who oppose groups like Scientology and Jehovah’s Witnesses celebrating today after California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 218.

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Is scientific evidence of life on Mars being ignored by NASA?

 
We just caught up with a fascinating article which appeared four days ago at Scientific American.

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What the Trey Gowdy debacle tells us about Trump as a nightmare client

Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…

[Regarding this story: Inside Trump’s Botched Attempt to Hire Trey Gowdy]

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Telescope builder in Crimea beat the robot professionals to the comet of the century

[Gennady Borisov and his 25.5-inch telescope, pre-installation]

Twenty-one years ago, we went to the White Sands Missile Range to get the first press tour of a previously top-secret military installation.

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Trump got judge-splained about his tax returns in thorough 134-page appellate opinion

[Judge David S. Tatel]

Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…

While the Second Circuit prepares to hear the question of whether New York can subpoena Trump’s tax returns (against Trump’s defense that he’s immune as President), the DC Circuit has just weighed in on whether Congress can subpoena Trump’s tax returns (tl;dr: they can). Whereas the target is same — the tax returns — the legal questions and approach differ due to who is requesting them. The result will probably be the same, however.

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