Gatekeepers of the Law Must Be Non-Biased with No Conflicts of Interest.

Legal Insurrection shared a great piece on this topic this month.

The platform was discussing the use of mad science to push government funding, which is proven to be incorrect, and using it in court cases.

…a coalition of 24 state attorneys general, spearheaded by Montana’s Republican Attorney General Austin Knudsen, urged the Trump Administration to scrutinize every dollar of federal funding flowing to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM).

The attorneys general cite what they describe as pervasive left-wing bias masquerading as “independent” scientific expertise.

Specifically, this letter focuses on the climate science section of the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence (created to help both lawyers and judges understand and manage complex scientific and technical evidence in court cases). It asserts that “The Chapter” was created to sway judges in high-stakes climate lawsuits. The states’ AGs argue that its preparation was funded by groups that support climate-related litigation, written by scholars who reportedly lack strong expertise in climate science and have connections to advocacy groups involved in such cases, and was influenced by a lawyer representing climate plaintiffs.

Now President Donald Trump has called for a review of the “Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence”.

The National Academies receives more than $200M annually in federal funding.@POTUS has ordered a comprehensive review of NASEM’s conduct.

Why should an institution that attempts to undermine the independence of the judiciary continue to receive millions in taxpayer dollars? pic.twitter.com/PB1qE6tsgh

— Carrie Severino (@JCNSeverino) July 20, 2026

There are potential ramifications for the Supreme Court, as Justice Kagan wrote the foreword to the manual.

Dozens of American state and local governments, mostly in Democratic-led municipalities, have sued oil companies over their role in climate change, but those cases all remain in preliminary stages. None have gotten close to trial yet.

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments over a legal question in one of the cases, brought by the city and county of Boulder, Colo., in its next term. The issue is whether federal law blocks the case from proceeding, and the decision could have major ramifications for the entire batch of litigation.

Conservative groups have argued that Justice Elena Kagan should recuse herself from the Boulder case because she wrote the foreword to the judges’ manual.

This isn’t the first time Kagan has had a conflict of interest.  In 2010, she ignored it.  According to The Gateway Pundit:

Justice Elana Kagan cheered the passage of Obamacare in the US House.
According to US law a justice must recuse himself from a case anytime he has “expressed an opinion concerning the merits of the particular case in controversy.” Clearly, Kagan expressed an opinion on Obamacare. Now there’s proof.
CNS News reported:

On Sunday, March 21, 2010, the day the House of Representatives passed President Barack Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, then-Solicitor General Elena Kagan and famed Supreme Court litigator and Harvard Law Prof. Laurence Tribe, who was then serving in the Justice Department, had an email exchange in which they discussed the pending health-care vote, according to documents the Department of Justice released late Wednesday to the Media Research Center, CNSNews.com’s parent organization, and to Judicial Watch.

“I hear they have the votes, Larry!! Simply amazing,” Kagan said to Tribe in one of the emails.

The Justice Department released a new batch of emails on Wednesday evening as its latest response to Freedom of Information Act requests filed by CNSNews.com and Judicial Watch. Both organizations filed federal lawsuits against DOJ after the department did not initially respond to the requests. CNSNews.com originally filed its FOIA request on May 25, 2010–before Elena Kagan’s June 2010 Supreme Court confirmation hearings.

There should be stronger penalties for judges who don’t recuse themselves when they have conflicts of interest.  

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According to Campus Reform, “Former Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is expected to join Harvard University’s Institute of Politics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as a resident fellow this fall”.

Mayorkas is known for  lying to the American public and for helping to facilitate open borders under the Biden regime.

Mayorkas would serve as a mentor and would join the fellowship class.

“Harvard did not deny the July 1 report, telling The Harvard Crimson that the institute will announce its bipartisan slate of fellows later this summer.”

One would be justified in doubting conservative or right-wing high-profile figures will be brought on as well.

“Resident fellows lead student study groups, hold office hours, and mentor undergraduates.”

This hire reveals a nexus yet again between academia and left-wing politicians and activists.

Sadly, Harvard and other similar institutions have become leftist indoctrination centers where open borders ideology is promoted.

“He may be joining a growing list of former Biden administration officials at Harvard’s Institute of Politics, including Pete Buttigieg and Rohit Chopra. The apparent appointment also comes as former Meet the Press executive producer Betsy Fischer Martin prepares to take over as IOP director. ”

The bias is obvious, and sadly, this follows a long tradition of left-wing indoctrination emanating from high-profile universities.

Mayorkas is a known liberal and open borders advocate who wreaked havoc during the Biden years.

One would expect Harvard not to be hiring Tom Homan or another leading Trump administration official.

This is the bias and indoctrination which has become synonymous with Harvard and other Ivy League schools.

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This story was originally published by Real Clear Wire.

By Jeremy Portnoy

Topline: Since 2019, school districts across 24 states and Puerto Rico have lost $225 million to fraud confirmed by the U.S. Department of Education inspector general’s semiannual report to Congress. No more than $67 million has been recovered.

Key facts: Open the Books and the State Financial Officers Foundation documented 74 instances of confirmed school fraud, averaging over $3 million each. There are far more that have gone unprosecuted or undetected.

Florida and Illinois schools each had the most instances of fraud with 11.

Indiana lost the most money — $44 million — due to inflated attendance numbers that increased state funding to two schools. The schools’ founder then allegedly sent the money to companies he owned. The schools closed in 2019, and four alleged conspirators were charged in 2024.

At Broward County Public Schools in Florida, information officer Anthony Hunter allegedly used district funds to buy $17 million worth of school supplies from a friend’s business, ignoring the competitive bidding process. In return, the friend hired Hunter and his son to work a security job and sold Hunter a house for $150,000 below market value, state prosecutors claim

Chicago Public Schools received $1 million of federal grants meant for Native American students, using an application that included more than 1,000 students of South Asian descent. The district was unable to verify how many students were actually in the program, and agreed to repay the money.

Search all federal, state and local salaries and vendor spending with the world’s largest government spending database at OpenTheBooks.com.

Fraud arguably hits small school districts the hardest because they have fewer budgetary resources to begin with. When Janis Bucknor, former head of Community Preparatory Academy in California, admitted to stealing $3 million from the school over five years, it amounted to one-third of all the school’s state and federal funding.

Bucknor spent $220,600 of the money on Disney vacations and also funded her internet shopping and private school tuition for her kids. She was sentenced to three years of home detention and ordered to repay the money.

Summary: The government loses hundreds of billions of dollars to fraud annually, but redirecting money away from children’s education is especially egregious.

The #WasteOfTheDay is brought to you by the forensic auditors at OpenTheBooks.com

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A kind elderly California art gallery manager and grandmother beloved by her community has been savagely murdered by an unhinged young man, who later made a confession that should infuriate every resident of the town.

The Daily Mail reported on Sunday that 73-year-old Rachell Summers was stabbed at least 11 times outside Capitola Mall in Santa Cruz County in what authorities describe as a “random act of violence.” The incident occurred last Monday at noon in broad daylight.

At the time of her death, Summers had been writing an illustrated children’s book.

19-year-old Tyler Leibelt was arrested and charged with her murder. He also faces another charge for using a deadly weapon.

Court documents obtained by KSBW reveal just how gruesome the Summers’s murder was.

The documents reveal that after considering several possible victims while lying in wait just outside the Capitola Mall, Leibelt decided to race up to Summers and stabbed her in the back.

But he did not stop there.

Prosecutors reveal that the Summers suffered multiple stab wounds to her back, but also defensive stab wounds to her forearms, and to her center chest. All told, she was stabbed more than 11 times.

Leibelt proceeded to run into the mall after the killing. In the process, he left behind a substantial amount of evidence, including a trail of the victim’s blood.

Leibelt also tossed a knife that was later recovered. He had purchased the weapon just a few moments before the killing at a Big 5 Sporting Goods store.

The killer arrived at a nearby gas station to purchase a beverage. Then, he called the police to confess to his crime and surrendered.

While being interviewed by the cops, Leibelt made a startling confession.

“He indicated that he had had homicidal fantasies for a while and that he had previously disclosed these fantasies, but he ‘kept getting let out’ of custody,” KSBW reported.

The report added that Leibelt said he had “sustained thoughts and fantasies about murdering someone… he has had them since puberty.”

The court filing obtained by KSBW additionally reveals that Leibelt was a ticking time bomb months earlier. Specifically, it notes Leibelt has a November gun violence restraining order issued against him.

Sheriff’s deputies say that Leibelt had “expressed a desire to cause a mass casualty event.” They also noted that he “wrote a goodbye letter expressing a desire to kill as many people as possible.”

Per the Daily Mail, Leibelt appeared in court on Wednesday for his arraignment, which has been continued until July 29.

He is being held without bail.

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China Was Running Biden After All.

In late 2020, we reported on China’s influence in the 2020 election.  We then asked who was running Biden.

Real Robert reminded us of an article from the Gateway Pundit from December 2020.

In the article in December 2020, Jim Hoft reported that China was involved in the overthrow of the 2020 election.  The Gateway Pundit reported that a video was released in Mandarin Chinese of a phone call request for fake ballots customized by a Chinese factory. The manufacturer was reportedly in Kwangtung, China.

And here we go:

The Gateway Pundit Vindicated:

CCP Whistleblower: 1.5 Million Fake 2020 Ballots Printed in Communist China.

CCP Aristocrat Descendant
Mr. Vinness Ollervides, a former political insider of the Chinese Communist Party, has corroborated that approximately 1.5… https://t.co/flowKBCJRQ pic.twitter.com/e3V93KIiqK

— RealRobert (@Real_RobN) June 17, 2025

It was reported in 2025 that the FBI had information on a Chinese plot to infiltrate US elections and the FBI covered it up. Now Kash Patel wants an explanation.

New transparency reveals by@FBIDirectorKash &@FBIDDBongino show Chris Wray’s FBI compiled intelligence on a China plot to create fake IDs for illegal mail-in ballots for Biden, then CBP intercepted 20,000 fake IDs in Pritkzer’s Chicago, then FBI ordered intelligence destroyed

From @jsolomonReports:https://t.co/9KhcUq2K85

— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) June 17, 2025

After the 2020 Election, the Biden regime did nothing that hurt China.  It was like China ran the US these past four years.

Now we have this:

BOMBSHELL Investigative journalist Catherine Herridge says she found evidence that Joe Biden’s family was being blackmailed by China (and shows the documents) and our mainstream media ignored the evidence

“What we saw in the release of the records, which I’m afraid I think in the media or legacy media there was kind of a willful blindness. They didn’t want to look at the records. All you had to do was spend a couple of hours. I found these records which are talking about blackmail by China. It was for President Biden’s daily brief. I can conclude, I think, that it was probably about targeting his family”

She explains earlier that all this was ignored and buried by the FBI, CIA and the media in order to keep Democrats in power

BOMBSHELL Investigative journalist Catherine Herridge says she found evidence that Joe Biden’s family was being blackmailed by China (and shows the documents) and our mainstream media ignored the evidence

“What we saw in the release of the records, which I’m afraid I think in… pic.twitter.com/FJe5dYBL6g

— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) July 25, 2026

China was running the Biden regime after all.

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