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Decisions, decisions, where to stay in retirement?
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Wisconsin Judge Faces Federal Charges After Allegedly Aiding Immigration Suspect
Wisconsin Judge Faces Federal Charges After Allegedly Aiding Immigration Suspect A Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge is facing serious federal charges after allegedly attempting to obstruct the arrest of an undocumented immigrant by federal agents. Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested by the FBI and charged with obstruction of justice and concealing an individual to avoid arrest, potentially facing up to six years in prison if convicted on both counts. FBI Director Kash Patel announced Dugan’s arrest, accusing her of “intentionally misdirecting” immigration agents who were attempting to detain Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, a Mexican national wanted on an immigration warrant. “Thankfully our agents chased down the perp on foot and he's been in custody since, but the Judge's obstruction created increased danger to the public,” Patel stated in a post on X. According to court documents filed by the FBI, the events unfolded on April 18 when six agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the FBI, and the Drug Enforcement Agency arrived at the Milwaukee County courthouse to arrest Flores-Ruiz. The day before, an immigration judge had issued a warrant for his arrest following charges of three misdemeanor counts of battery related to a domestic altercation. When Judge Dugan became aware of the agents' presence outside her courtroom, the FBI affidavit reports she appeared visibly frustrated, calling the situation “absurd” before stepping down from the bench and entering her chambers. The judge then confronted the agents in the hallway and questioned the validity of the warrant, directing them to the office of the county’s chief judge. While several agents followed her instruction and went to that office, the affidavit alleges that Dugan escorted Flores-Ruiz and his attorney through a side door meant for jury members. Despite this attempt to evade detection, two remaining agents near the courtroom identified the fleeing Flores-Ruiz and apprehended him after a brief foot pursuit. Authorities later revealed that Flores-Ruiz had previously been deported from the United States in 2013. Judge Dugan was released on her own recognizance and is scheduled for a court hearing on May 15. The incident quickly drew national attention, especially following the recent arrest of a former New Mexico judge accused of harboring a suspected Venezuelan gang member. Attorney General Pam Bondi, speaking to Fox News, said, “I think some of these judges think they are beyond and above the law and they are not. And if you are destroying evidence, if you are obstructing justice, when you have victims sitting in a courtroom of domestic violence, and you're escorting a criminal defendant out a back door, it will not be tolerated.” Political reaction to Dugan’s arrest has been sharply divided. Senator Tammy Baldwin, a Democrat from Wisconsin, criticized the federal government's actions, stating, “Make no mistake, we do not have kings in this country and we are a democracy governed by laws that everyone must abide by. By relentlessly attacking the judicial system, flouting court orders, and arresting a sitting judge, this President is putting those basic democratic values that Wisconsinites hold dear on the line.” Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson echoed that sentiment, calling the arrest “showboating” and warning that it would have a “chilling effect” on court proceedings. Meanwhile, Republican Senator Ron Johnson supported the arrest, telling the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, “I would advise everyone to cooperate with federal law enforcement and not endanger them and the public by obstructing their efforts to arrest criminals and illegal aliens.” Judge Dugan, first elected in 2016 and re-elected in 2022, has been endorsed in the past by Milwaukee’s Democratic mayor. Judicial races in Wisconsin are officially nonpartisan, but the political implications of this case are already sparking broader debate. If convicted, Dugan faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine for the obstruction charge, and an additional year and $100,000 fine for the concealment charge. Adpated by ASEAN Now from BBC 2025-04-26 -
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Trump says he’s negotiated 200 trade deals — but won’t say with whom
Maybe they're rejiggering his dementia meds? "We are a department store". WTAF. https://time.com/7280114/donald-trump-2025-interview-transcript/ When are they going to be announced? You have to understand, I'm dealing with all the companies, very friendly countries. We're meeting with China. We're doing fine with everybody. But ultimately, I've made all the deals. Not one has been announced yet. When are you going to announce them? I’ve made 200 deals. You’ve made 200 deals? 100%. Can you share with whom? Because the deal is a deal that I choose. View it differently: We are a department store, and we set the price. I meet with the companies, and then I set a fair price, what I consider to be a fair price, and they can pay it, or they don't have to pay it. They don't have to do business with the United States, but I set a tariff on countries. Some have been horrible to us. Some have been okay. Nobody's been great. Nobody's been great. Everybody took advantage of us. What I'm doing is I will, at a certain point in the not too distant future, I will set a fair price of tariffs for different countries. These are countries—some of them have made hundreds of billions of dollars, and some of them have made just a lot of money. Very few of them have made nothing because the United States was being ripped off by every, almost every country in the world, in the entire world. So I will set a price, and when I set the price, and I will set it fairly according to the statistics, and according to everything else. For instance, do they have the VAT system in play? Do they charge us tariffs? How much are they charging us? How much have they been charging us? Many, many different factors, right. How are we being treated by that country? And then I will set a tariff. Are we paying for their military? You know, as an example, we have Korea. We pay billions of dollars for the military. Japan, billions for those and others. But that, I'm going to keep us a separate item, the paying of the military. Germany, we have 50,000 soldiers— -
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Travel Star Voyager Sets Sail for Thai Shores, Boosts Pattaya Tourism
only to find when they get here the hub becomes the hub of crackdowns -
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What exactly is a "facist"?
Someone who ate their half of the pie then started on mine .
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