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Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,

At the beginning of this year, Attorney General Eric Holder attempted to close an exploitable loophole in asset forfeiture laws. State and local law enforcement agencies often sought federal “adoption” of seizures in order to route around statutes that dumped assets into general funds or otherwise limited them from directly profiting from these seizures. By partnering with federal agencies, local law enforcement often saw bigger payouts than with strictly local forfeitures.

Brazil have begun the process of arresting and prosecuting their top senior politicians for corruption.  According The O Globo daily newspaper, a top Brazilian prosecutor is requesting the country’s highest court to issue arrest warrants for various politicians wanted for obstructing a corruption investigation into state oil company Petrobras. Sandiegouniontribune.com reports: Senate President Renan Calheiros is one of several reportedly being sought by prosecutor Rodrigo Janot. He called the request “disproportional and abusive” in a statement.

A new mugshot of the disgraced former NFL legend O.J. Simpson has been released by the Nevada Department of Corrections. The 68-year-old is currently serving 33 years in an isolated desert prison for armed robbery and is eligible for parole next year.  Daily Mail reports: Simpson, who is serving a sentence up to 33 years behind bars for armed robbery and other crimes,  has not been pictured in a new mugshot since July 2013.

In the latest development that is certain to raise the heat under Merkel's cabinet and may lead to even higher support for Germany's anti-immigrant AfD party, Reuters reports that migrants in Germany committed or tried to commit some 69,000 crimes in the first quarter of 2016, according to a police report "that could raise unease, especially among anti-immigrant groups, about Chancellor Angela Merkel's liberal migrant policy."

Submitted by Patrick Buchanan via Buchanan.org,

Before the lynching of The Donald proceeds, what exactly was it he said about that Hispanic judge?

Stated succinctly, Donald Trump said U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who is presiding over a class-action suit against Trump University, is sticking it to him. And the judge’s bias is likely rooted in the fact that he is of Mexican descent.

Can there be any defense of a statement so horrific?