William Bond

Should a minority community's right to be in America depend on their willingness to converge with the cultural mainstream? No, it shouldn't depend on that. It shouldn't depend on anything. We're all Americans, after all.

Konnor Griffin and the Pirates are in agreement on a nine-year contract extension.

NEW: The final words of the 15-year-old boy who was lured and killed by an illegal alien were, “I just don’t want to die” Miles Young, 15, was killed March 12 in Greene County, Missouri after being lured into a trap by suspects who made him believe he was meeting a girl Witnesses said Young pleaded, “I just don’t want to die,” before he was shot Yefry Archaga, 18, faces first-degree murder and is held on an ICE detainer A second suspect, Praize King, 18, also faces first-degree murder and armed criminal action charges for participating in the ambush Prosecutors said Archaga and the group tracked Young’s location and planned the attack, including taking a second vehicle to corner him Young reportedly ignored warnings and only realized he was walking into a trap when the vehicles closed in

The routing of the Hutchinson probe through the Civil Rights Division is the tell. A lying-to-Congress allegation goes through the Criminal Division. Routing it through the Civil Rights Division - the specialized unit that handles police misconduct and systemic racial discrimination - bypasses the normal prosecutorial gatekeepers who would evaluate whether a viable case exists. The NYT reports that even within DOJ, officials have questioned from the start whether there’s a workable criminal case. The probe was opened anyway, while Bondi was fighting for her job. This is the same pattern that’s been documented across this administration’s retribution efforts. James Comey indicted. Letitia James indicted. John Brennan under stepped-up investigation. Adam Schiff under investigation. None of those cases have succeeded cleanly - courts have blocked them, grand juries have refused indictments, procedural mistakes have derailed prosecutions. But every one of them sent a signal to anyone currently inside the government watching what’s happening. Todd Blanche is now acting AG. His first public statement said DOJ is not focused on Trump’s enemies. He made that statement while NBC confirmed the department is also weighing the Hutchinson investigation going forward under his tenure. The investigation doesn’t have to produce a conviction to accomplish its purpose. Anyone sitting inside any administration, in any agency, watching what happens to people who testified truthfully about what they witnessed already understands what the stakes are.

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