Maryellen Noreika Never Answered Mark Scarsi's Question

www.emptywheel.net— The nature of Judge Maryellen Noreika's intervention in the Hunter Biden diversion agreement -- as elucidated by her opinion rejecting Hunter's claim of immunity -- raises real questions about whether Congress' intervention influenced her.

The Guardian—It’s Mark Zuckerberg as we’ve never seen him! But what’s really behind the new look?. With his interchangeable T-shirts and short neat hair, Facebook’s founder famously ‘never tried to be cool’. Is his makeover just a distraction from what’s going on at Meta?A vibe shift is afoot in Silicon Valley. For aeons, the movers and shakers of the tech industry signalled that they were serious people working on serious things via their simple outfits. Crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried (now in jail) always looked as if he had rolled out of bed and forgotten to change out of his pyjamas. The...

CNN—Your questions about Trump’s immunity claim at the Supreme Court, answered. While New York’s criminal case against former President Donald Trump with regard to the 2016 election is progressing, the federal case against him for trying to overturn the 2020 election remains in limbo. The reason for the stalled trial is that Trump claims he should enjoy absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for anything related to his presidency. The US Supreme Court, after refusing to hear the claim on an expedited basis, took up the case after a lower court tore Trump’s immunity...

Shafaqna English—The Grand Ayatollah Sistani answered a question about buying a book distributed without author’s permission. Shafaqna English- The Grand Ayatollah Sistani answered a question about purchasing a book which has been distributed without author’s permission. Question: Is it right to buy a book which has been distributed without author’s permission? The Grand Ayatollah Sistani: There is no problem in buying it. Source: PERSIAN SHAFAQNA Ayatollah