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Obama and Karzai Meet, Cite NATO Commitment to Afghanistan

TruthNews.US - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 06:24
LA Times | Obama: “The loss of life continues in Afghanistan. There will be hard days ahead, but we’re confident that we’re on the right track.”

Protesters clash at NATO in Chicago

CNN - Politics - Wed, 2025-04-30 06:24
Protesters and police clashed outside the NATO summit in Chicago, where world leaders met to discuss the way forward in Afghanistan.
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Romney Hits Obama on NATO in Chicago Tribune Op-ed

TruthNews.US - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 06:24
Time | Romney's Chicago Tribune op-ed tries to save face for NATO and perpetuates the illusion that the public has a choice in the election.

Party leaders refuse to budge on debt positions

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-04-30 06:24
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans and Democrats are refusing to budge when it comes to their already hardened positions on spending cuts versus tax increases to deal with the nation's debt....

Protesters stream into Chicago park for NATO march

CHICAGO (AP) — A diverse crowd of protesters began streaming into a downtown Chicago park Sunday for one of the city's largest demonstrations in years — a march to the lakeside convention center hosting a historic NATO summit.

Peace activists joined with war veterans and people more focused on the ...

Rodney Balko, HuffPo: "Under Asset Forfeiture Law, Wisconsin Cops Confiscate Families' Bail Money"

FourthAmendment.com - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 06:24

Rodney Balko on HuffPo: Under Asset Forfeiture Law, Wisconsin Cops Confiscate Families' Bail Money (Wisconsin has no bailbondsmen, so cash, check, or credit card required):

When the Brown County, Wis., Drug Task Force arrested her son Joel last February, Beverly Greer started piecing together his bail.

She used part of her disability payment and her tax return. Joel Greer's wife also chipped in, as did his brother and two sisters. On Feb. 29, a judge set Greer's bail at $7,500, and his mother called the Brown County jail to see where and how she could get him out. "The police specifically told us to bring cash," Greer says. "Not a cashier's check or a credit card. They said cash."

So Greer and her family visited a series of ATMs, and on March 1, she brought the money to the jail, thinking she'd be taking Joel Greer home. But she left without her money, or her son.

A drug dog alerted on the cash, which we all know means nothing.

Steven Kessler, a New York-based forfeiture attorney and the author of the legal treatise "Civil and Criminal Forfeiture: Federal and State Practice," said he had never heard of simply confiscating bail. "It's abhorrent. You can reject bail if you suspect the money is dirty. But you don't simply take it and hand it over to the police department."

Virginia attorney David Smith, who also wrote a book on forfeiture, says he has seen other cases in which authorities have confiscated bail money, but adds, "No courts have ordered forfeiture simply on the basis of a dog alert. There has to be other evidence."

Forfeitures like these may not hold up in court, but failed cases wouldn't necessarily discourage police departments from continuing the practice. If the defendant never challenges the seizure, the department generates revenue. If the defendant challenges and wins, the department loses little.

2 more activists charged in alleged NATO summit threats

CHICAGO (AP) — Prosecutors charged two more activists Sunday with crimes tied to the two-day NATO summit, accusing one of saying he wanted to blow up a downtown Chicago bridge and a second with seeking to build pipe bombs.

The Cook County state's attorney's office charged Sebastian Senakiewicz, 24, of ...

Party leaders refuse to budge on debt positions

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-04-30 06:24
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans and Democrats aren't budging when it comes to their already hardened positions on spending cuts versus tax increases to deal with the nation's debt....

Romney, US Sen. Brown play down past connections

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-04-30 06:24
BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts Republicans Mitt Romney and Scott Brown have a history of supporting each other throughout their political careers....

Romney, US Sen. Brown play down past connections

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-04-30 06:24
BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts Republicans Mitt Romney and Scott Brown have a history of supporting each other throughout their political careers....

Romney, US Sen. Brown play down past connections

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-04-30 06:24
BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts Republicans Mitt Romney and Scott Brown have a history of supporting each other throughout their political careers....

Tropical Storm Alberto hovers off Carolina coast

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Tropical Storm Alberto weakened slightly off the South Carolina coast on Sunday, canceling tourist cruises, producing showers along the coast and serving as a reminder that the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is just around the corner.

The first storm of the season, which officially begins June ...

Blind Chinese activist renews call to fight injustice

NEW YORK (AP) — A blind Chinese legal activist who escaped house arrest and endured a nearly monthlong diplomatic tussle and a hurried daylong flight paused ever so briefly upon his arrival in New York before taking up a familiar fight.

Taken from a hospital in his homeland and put on a ...

Guns Drawn on Journalists, Car Raided at NATO

TruthNews.US - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 06:24
Infowars.com | Luke Rudkowksi, Tim Pool, Jeoff Shively, Dustin & Jess were driving home after covering a NATO protest in Chicago only to have their car raided by police.
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