Judge...

A municipal judge appointed to her position without being a U.S. citizen surmounted that hurdle and is ready to get back to work.
The Corpus Christi City Council placed Judge Young Min Burkett on unpaid leave in mid-May after city officials discovered that she was a permanent legal resident.


U.S. citizenship is a requirement to be a municipal court judge, according to the city’s ordinance. But the application for judgeship asked only whether a prospect was eligible for legal employment in Texas.

Burkett had 90 days to obtain citizenship. She did it in 51, thanks to an expedited review from the U.S. Customs and Immigration Services office in San Antonio.

She applied for citizenship immediately after being placed on leave.  This is something...

Betrayal...*

A Michigan doctor told many patients they had cancer when they didn't, then billed insurers for millions of dollars. He then bombarded them with unnecessary treatments,  now will have to face his victims who lost their health, savings and trust at an emotional sentencing hearing.

Farid Fata, who lived in a sprawling mansion in ritzy Oakland Township and ran seven upscale clinics across eastern Michigan, declined to comment through his attorneys. 

The hearing in federal court in Detroit, starts with a parade of victims set to testify against Fata, who turned a small one-doctor office into a lucrative medical empire in less than a decade.

                 

A doctor who worked for Fata and gave information about him to the feds said justice for the victims will come not only in the form of a long prison sentence but through change to prevent a repeat of "this type of horrific torture and fraud."    Just a thought.

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RoadRage...

William Rian Adams, 35, was arrested in connection with a road rage incident on Florida's Turnpike near Palm City after pulling out a gun, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Adams, a priest at Calvary Episcopal Church in Fletcher, N.C.  was driving a red Chevrolet Corvette when he "attempted to brake-check" another vehicle that was closely following his Corvette.

"As the victim attempted to pass the Corvette, the driver [Adams] pointed a semi-automatic hand gun at them," read the report.

The occupants of the pick-up truck were a man, 24, and a woman, 54, from St. Cloud, Florida.

The gun, a Glock 22, was submitted as evidence.

After the victim and Adams were interviewed by FHP officers, Adams was arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Poor...

Twenty-six members of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Lakewood have been swept up on charges of benefits fraud following a multi-agency investigation. 
At present, thirteen couples have been accused of wrongfully collecting a total of $2.4 million in public assistance by under-reporting incomes. Most of the charges have been filed in state court, though some federal charges have been filed as well.

The social services programs involved include Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, previously known as food stamps), Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP), Hurricane Sandy relief, Section 8 housing, Social Security and the Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund.

This is steeling money from the poor, a crime...By Justin Zaremba | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com.

Dragging...

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The Usual...

Tactics...

Julian Assange's interest in this is all about CNN's response.

On July 5, the network's master internet sleuth,  tracked down the Reddit user who came up with the Trump-CNN wrestling video. But because the maker apologized on the forum, CNN decided not to name him. That said, "CNN reserves the right to publish his identity should any of that change."

That last sentence has inspired some pearl clutching among Trump's supporters. The alt-right has accused CNN of blackmailing some poor Reddit user who just likes trolling the media.

According to CNN, the Reddit user voluntarily apologized for the gif and other memes that were racist and anti-Semitic. Also, CNN never threatened to disclose reams of private information on the Reddit user, just his name.

But such is the nature of these social media kerfuffles in the age of Trump. Both sides try to maximize grievance. CNN accuses the president of inciting violence. Trump's supporters accuse CNN of mafia tactics