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 [Maxwell Johnson, photo: CBC/Jeff Houstey]Maxwell Johnson is a member of the Heiltsuk nation on the central coast of British Columbia. From time immemorial the Heiltsuk have set up frames containing kelp fronds in the sea, to attract herring to lay their eggs there, and they relish this caviar-like delicacy. Continue reading Handcuffed for trying to open a bank account while indigenous
 [Montana’s supes]John Redwood (a/k/a ex-JW activist Mark O’Donnell), just posted this shocking statement to his Facebook account, announcing that Montana’s Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling awarding $35 million to a woman who had been sexually abused as a child as a member of Jehovah’s Witnesses… Continue reading That $35 million judgment against Jehovah’s Witnesses? Montana’s high court just voided it.
 [Keith Raniere and Clare Bronfman]Sentencing dates for convicted Nxivm leaders Keith Raniere and Clare Bronfman have been postponed. Continue reading Nxivm sentencing dates moved back as Clare Bronfman may face longer time in prison

Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… In 2012-13, Donald Trump repeatedly signaled his cynical belief that starting a war with Iran was a smart strategy available to President Obama to raise his poll numbers and reelection chances. Continue reading Citizen Trump repeatedly warned that Obama would start war with Iran for better polls

What a treat: Ex-JW activist Lloyd Evans brings us this great rundown on the biggest Jehovah’s Witnesses stories of 2019. Make sure you subscribe to Lloyd’s amazing YouTube channel for the latest breaking JW news. Continue reading Lloyd Evans: The biggest Jehovah’s Witnesses stories of 2019

Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… [Regarding this story… Giuliani associate received $1 million payment from Ukrainian oligarch’s lawyer: prosecutor] While Trump surrogates are breaking their brains to conceive of a conspiracy theory from cheesecloth and fairy dust that might exonerate him if you squint just so, it’s against a backdrop of a daily deluge of damning actual facts that John Le Carré would probably flinch at as cliched. Continue reading Russian’s $1 million to Parnas: Another stubborn fact for Trump surrogates to wave off Advertisement

Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… [Regarding this story… Giuliani returns from Ukraine with new, very questionable “evidence” that the Bidens committed “multiple crimes”] It’s hard to come up with a decent analogy for what Giuliani is doing right now, but imagine getting pulled over for drunk driving, stealing that cop’s car, and driving drunk in that. Something so boldly stupid that it’s hard to believe it’s actually happening. Continue reading Rudy Giuliani is so off the rails now, it’s like he stole a cop car and is driving drunk in it
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