EXCLUSIVE: ‘Fairytale of New York’ Royalties Secrets Laid Bare — Including the Massive Amount Earned Every Year by The Pogues
The Pogues continue to earn plenty of cash from their Christmas classic, ‘Fairytale of New York.’
Trump’s DOJ has a ‘truly stunning’ rate of failure in prosecuting cases: analysis
In a recent analysis, Mediaite contributing eitor Sarah Rumpf observed that while there’s a common axiom that a prosecutor can indict a ham sandwich, prosecutors at President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice are failing to even meet that standard.“A 21 percent dismissal rate,” reports Rumpf, citing a summary of the criminal complaint dismissals over eight weeks at the Washington D. C. U. S. Attorney’s Office. “Twenty-one percent. That means that more than one out of every five criminal cases brought by the U. S. Attorney’s Office in D. C. are getting dismissed by the courts, a truly stunning turnaround for an office long known for experienced prosecutors able to handle the most complicated of cases.”The Biden DOJ, comparatively, averaged fewer than 1 percent of federal criminal defendants being acquitted in 2022. This should be a pace the Trump DOJ can maintain considering how many advantages a federal prosecutor has over the defendant, per Rumpf.“The axiom about a prosecutor’s apparent ease in convincing a grand jury to indict that proverbial sandwich highlights the slanted nature of the proceedings, with only a government prosecutor in the room and the defendants and defense counsel unable to participate in the process or submit evidence or witnesses for their side,” said Rumpf. “And even after defendants are read the charges against them and are able to legally defend themselves, the government still often has the upper hand, with an essentially unlimited budget and scores of experienced prosecutors.”But critics say Trump’s DOJ sent many career prosecutors and officials packing through firings, being encouraged to resign, retirement or quitting. Now Rumpf writes: “The DOJ’s stumbles aren’t just resulting in cases being dismissed; it’s rewriting the whole relationship between the prosecutors and the federal judges, with the ‘presumption of regularity’ the legal doctrine where the courts operate under the assumption that prosecutors and other government officials are acting in good faith and their legal filings and representations to the court can be trusted getting flipped on its head.”For years, it was rare for a federal court to question the Justice Department’s good faith or competency. But now judges are reportedly growing suspicious of the DOJ’s legal missteps and its scent of deception under Trump. “As a result, it’s becoming increasingly common for DOJ prosecutors to see their credibility and ethics openly challenged in judicial opinions, subpoenas quashed, charges dismissed, and even sometimes threatened with criminal contempt. And that’s if the case even makes it that far, with a growing number of grand juries refusing to issue indictments in the first place,” Rumpf reports. Federal magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui recently blasted Trump’s DOJ for its “broader pattern of unprecedented prosecutorial missteps,” and Rumpf said “the habitual use of social media and efforts to sway the court of public opinion by . Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel, isn’t helping.”Read Rumpf’s Mediaite analysis at this link.
CHSAA’s 2025 all-state volleyball team from the Front Range
CHSAA’s 2025 all-state volleyball team from the Front Range
Pistons’ Cade Cunningham gives Ryan Nembhard his flowers before Mavericks clash
When two prodigiously-skilled players square off, excitement is bound to be high. All eyes are on Detroit Pistons star Cade Cunningham and Dallas Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg ahead of Thursday night’s matchup in American Airlines Center, but there is another young talent in the building who deserves some more recognition. Ryan Nembhard is answering the [.] The post Pistons’ Cade Cunningham gives Ryan Nembhard his flowers before Mavericks clash appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Terminator 2D: No Fate Review
A brutally retro take on T2: Judgment Day, Terminator 2D: No Fate embraces old-school arcade design, stiff controls, and tough-as-nails difficulty. It’s a love letter to the 90s that refuses to soften its edges.
STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl Stories Untold update is out now
GSC Game Media claims to have packed five hours’ worth of new story content into the Zone in this free update.
Watson secures unanimous 4-3AI MVP nod
Paradise senior linebacker Cash Watson’s impact on the field served as a catalyst for the Panthers in the their run to their second straight District 4-3A Division I title. Watson caught the eye of the league’s coaches in his final season, and was recently voted as the unanimous MVP. Leading the Panthers’ defense with 146 tackles, Watson also tied for [.] The post Watson secures unanimous 4-3AI MVP nod first appeared on Wise County Messenger.
House Rules Committee tanks centrist Republican last-ditch effort to extend Obamacare subsidies
The Rules Committee voted down multiple bipartisan amendments Tuesday to the Republican-led healthcare bill as part of an effort to extend the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced subsidies due to expire at the end of this year. Centrist Republicans offered multiple amendments to the Republican-led bill, which did not address the expiring ACA subsidies, following a [.].
CNN analyst gobsmacked as White House aide hands Trump’s top foes a ‘gift’
A political commentator was stunned on Tuesday night after hearing about a series of interviews a Trump administration official gave to Vanity Fair. Susie Wiles, Trump’s chief of staff, sat for 11 interviews with the outlet over several months. The article Vanity Fair published on Tuesday included comments from Wiles calling officials like OMB Director Russ Vought a “zealot” and saying Trump is only pursuing charges against Letitia James and James Comey as “retribution.” CNN political commentator Xochitl Hinojosa discussed the revelations on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront” on Tuesday night. “The whole thing is pretty stunning,” Hinojosa said. “There was a comfort level . that some officials have when they leave the administration, and they’re potentially sitting down for a book or something like that. You tend to find that that’s when you get your sort of juiciest moments, when there’s the end of an administration, like the Biden administration. That’s when we saw everybody wanted to talk, everybody wanted to say their side of the story. But she is currently sitting at the White House.” Hinojosa added that Wiles’s comments could hinder the Trump administration’s efforts to prosecute the president’s foes. “I’ll also say this is a gift to Tish James,” she said. “This is a gift to Comey. This is a gift to potentially Adam Schiff if they want to go ahead and bring charges later.”.