Appeals panel revives path to Trump dismissing criminal conviction

Source: The Hill

“A path to dismissing President Trump’s hush money criminal conviction was reopened Thursday after an appeals panel revived his bid to move the case to federal court. Trump wants to move the case out of New York state court so he can try to convince a federal judge that the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling compels tossing the jury’s 34-count guilty verdict. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit ruled that it ‘cannot be confident’ a lower judge adequately considered Trump’s arguments as he sought to move the case. … Trump was convicted last year of falsifying business records in connection with a hush money scheme to keep quiet his alleged affair with porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election.” (11/06/25)

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5592787-appeals-panel-revives-trump-case

Thomas L. Knapp

JB Pritzker Might Become the Face of America’s Resistance by Taking on Trump’s Authoritarianism

Source: The UnPopulist
by Steve Chapman

“By targeting Illinois, the president might have created his nemesis even as the national Democratic Party flails around for an effective message.” (11/06/25)

https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/jb-pritzker-might-become-the-face

Thomas L. Knapp

Easy Money Breeds Fraud: The Cases of Tricolor and First Brands

Source: Cobden Centre
by Artis Shepherd

“It is an axiom of asset bubbles that — under the bustling surface — widespread malfeasance takes place. This is especially true near the end of asset bubbles, where participants fear missing out on the supposed riches produced therein, but — failing to achieve them — ultimately resort to chicanery and fraud to achieve their ends.” (11/06/25)

https://www.cobdencentre.org/2025/11/easy-money-breeds-fraud-the-cases-of-tricolor-and-first-brands/

Thomas L. Knapp

Maryland sues Trump administration over location of FBI headquarters

Source: SFGate

“Maryland officials sued President Donald Trump’s administration Thursday for blocking the previously-approved construction of new FBI headquarters just outside the nation’s capital. Gov. Wes Moore joined other Maryland leaders to criticize the plan to move the FBI’s headquarters several blocks from its current home in Washington to the Ronald Reagan Building complex, instead of to Greenbelt, Maryland, which had been selected by the Biden administration for a modern building after years of planning. The FBI announced the change over the summer after a yearslong battle over the location. But Moore, a Democrat, described that building as ‘too old, too small and too exposed.’ ‘The big problem with the current FBI building is that it lacks the modern security provisions and protections that the bureau needs in 2025,’ the governor said at a news conference with other Maryland officials.” (11/06/25)

https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/maryland-sues-trump-administration-over-location-21143755.php

Steve Trinward

Teacher awarded $10 million in lawsuit against principal who failed to stop 6-year-old who shot her

Source: New York Post

“A Virginia jury has found a former elementary school administrator liable for $10 million in the shooting of a first-grade teacher by a 6-year-old student nearly three years ago. Former first-grade educator Abigail Zwerner sued Ebony Parker, the former vice principal of Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Va., for gross negligence, alleging Parker failed to act on multiple warnings that the 6-year-old boy had a gun and was acting alarmingly the day of the January 2023 shooting. After over five hours of deliberation on Wednesday and Thursday, the seven-person jury ruled in favor of Zwerner — who had been seeking $40 million in damages. Parker sat stoically, her face unchanging as the verdict was read out. While Zwerner pursed her lips, her eyes wide, as if to hold back tears.” (11/06/25)

https://nypost.com/2025/11/06/us-news/teacher-abby-zwerner-awarded-10m-in-lawsuit-after-being-shot-by-6-year-old/

Steve Trinward

Pelosi announces she will not seek reelection to Congress

Source: CNN

“Nancy Pelosi, the first and only female speaker of the US House of Representatives and one of the most powerful figures in Democratic politics for decades, has announced she will not seek reelection. … The announcement ends heightened speculation in recent days that the longtime Democrat would soon announce her intention to draw her congressional career to a close after 38 years. She was widely expected to leave Congress after this term, her first in decades as a rank-and-file member.” (11/06/25)

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/politics/nancy-pelosi-congress-retirement

Thomas L. Knapp