Michelle Obama’s Brother Files Lawsuit Against Milwaukee School Claiming ‘Racial Bias’

Michelle Obama’s brother and his wife have filed a lawsuit against a Milwaukee private school claiming that they were subjected to “racial bias” and “offensive classroom assignments.”

Craig and Kelly Robinson are suing the private University School of Milwaukee (USM) for allegedly expelling their 9 and 11-year-old sons last year after they had made a verbal complaint and submitted two bias incident reports claiming that the boys were being subjected to racial bias.

According to the lawsuit, some of their worksheets contained content that “was offensive to persons of color, persons with disabilities, indigenous Americans, and other underrepresented students.”

The lawsuit claims that the school acknowledged their complaints, but took no action.

The boys had been going to the school since 2016.

In the letter saying that they were being kicked out, the school said that the Robinsons “had violated the School’s Common Trust and had not fulfilled their commitments as partners with USM.” It also said that they had engaged in “disrespectful” conversations about staff and teachers.

“While a part of this broader pattern of wrongful conduct, the School’s treatment of the Robinson children was targeted directly at them, notwithstanding their model behavior, and therefore was particularly egregious and harmful,” the lawsuit says. “Defendant’s unprecedented and Draconian action to remove two minor children of color from their school at impressionable ages, was traumatizing.”

“It just seems to be unfair that they retaliated against a 9- and 11-year-old for something we brought up to help the school,” Craig Robinson told NBC affiliate WTMJ of Milwaukee.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/04/michelle-obamas-brother-files-lawsuit-milwaukee-school-claiming-racial-bias/

26 Governors Create Border Strike Force ‘In the Absence of Federal Leadership’

Twenty-six governors, all Republican, announced the creation of a Border Strike Force to “disrupt and dismantle transnational criminal organizations” on April 19.

The group of governors signed a memorandum of understanding, pledging to work together to “serve as a force multiplier to target cartels and criminal networks financially and operationally.”

“Together, governors will improve public safety, protect victims from horrific crimes, reduce the amount of drugs in our communities, and alleviate the humanitarian crisis at the Southern Border,” the agreement states.

The group includes two border states—Arizona and Texas—as well as 24 others: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

“In the absence of federal leadership, states are partnering together to create the American Governors’ Border Strike Force to disrupt and dismantle transnational criminal organizations by increasing collaboration, improving intelligence, investing in analysis, combating human smuggling, and stopping drug flow in our states,” the agreement states.

The governors will coordinate to share intelligence, disrupt smuggling corridors, and assist border states. They plan to focus efforts on targeting cartel finances and border-related crime.

The participating states also plan to review state laws regarding human trafficking, drug trafficking, and transnational criminal organizations “to ensure that such crimes are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

For example, Arizona doesn’t currently have a state law against human smuggling, while Texas just strengthened its anti-smuggling laws last September.

https://www.ntd.com/26-governors-create-border-strike-force-in-the-absence-of-federal-leadership_768778.html

Grand Jury Indicts Former Municipal Prosecuting Attorney for Jefferson County, Missouri on Civil Rights Charge and Lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edmo/pr/grand-jury-indicts-former-municipal-prosecuting-attorney-jefferson-county-missouri

Israeli Corporate Lawyer Charged In Insider Trading Scheme

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/israeli-corporate-lawyer-charged-insider-trading-scheme

11 Defendants Plead Guilty in $300 Million Healthcare Fraud

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/11-defendants-plead-guilty-300-million-healthcare-fraud

Rural Nevada counties reconsidering Dominion for elections, return to paper ballots, hand-counting

County commissioners in multiple Nevada counties are holding meetings this week over ending the use of electronic voting equipment.

Rural county commissioners in Nevada are looking to move away from using Dominion Voting Systems and return to paper ballots and hand-counting in elections.

On Tuesday, Esmeralda County commissioners voted to ask their county clerk to use paper ballots and count them by hand for all future elections, rather than use electronic voting equipment, The Nevada Independent reported. The county has little more than 600 registered voters, the majority of which are Republican. Former President Donald Trump received 82% of the vote in Esmeralda County in 2020.

Jim Marchant, a GOP candidate for Nevada secretary of state, presented the idea of switching to paper ballots during the Tuesday meeting. Esmeralda County clerk and treasurer LaCinda Elgan responded to Marchant's presentation by saying the electronic voting machines the county uses have not been connected to the internet and that there are multiple tests and security measure to ensure the accurate counting and recording of votes. She also noted that some voters prefer using an electronic voting machine to vote.

However, Elgan did not immediately say what action she would take regarding the issue.

Nye County commissioners in March also voted to ask their county clerk to use paper ballots and hand-counting for elections, following a presentation from Marchant regarding the measures, according to the Nevada Current.

County clerks in both Esmeralda and Nye are elected, rather than appointed, so the commissioners cannot order them to take a specific course of action, the Independent noted.

Before the Nye County commissioners vote, Nye County Clerk Sandra Merlino said, "I'm not saying, 'no I will not.' I just think I need to get past the primary because we are so far in," according to the Current.

Nye County appears to be preparing to make the changes requested by the commissioners for the general election in November, the Independent reported.

In Lincoln County on Monday, commissioners prepared to reconsider their relationship with Dominion Voting Systems, but the item was tabled due to how it was presented on the agenda. The county clerk, Lisa Lloyd, was against the measure, saying that machines count better than humans and the commissioners should wait to see how Nye County's hand-counting works in the November election.

Both Lloyd and Elgan noted Assemblywoman Maggie Carlton's (D-Las Vegas) recent comments during an April 1 interim legislative committee meeting where she suggested the state should consider removing funding from counties that move away from using Dominion, according to the Independent. A total of $1.8 million was set aside in a 2017 bill for many rural counties to use in the purchase of Dominion voting machines.

Elko County commissioners are to receive an update from the county clerk on Wednesday regarding alternatives to Dominion, such as paper ballots or a different voting machine supplier.

On Thursday, Lyon County commissioners are planning on discussing similar measures to what Esmeralda and Nye counties voted on.

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/rural-nevada-counties-reconsidering-dominion-elections-return-paper

wtf happened to Jack Maxey?

MIA?