>>22808006 Monster thread on Secret Judicial Society that Judge James Boasberg and SCOTUS Ketanji Brown Jackson are part ofPN

Anon will post a number of sections, it huge

Bad Kitty Unleashed 🦁💪🏻

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🔥🔥🔥Breaking exposé!FIVE anti Trump judges are involved in a secretive, INVITE ONLY club for judges and lawyers called the American Inns of Court. Even the membership and meetings are secret.

But somehow the DOJ has shown up at meetings. At least since Biden had been in office.

Is hobnobbing with the DOJ in court matters acceptable?Let alone meeting in secret?

So who all is linked to this selective and secretive club?And recall all of their negative Trump rulings?

• Judge James Boasberg (President)

• Scotus Ketanji Brown Jackson (Vice President)

• Judge Amit Mehta (Secretary and a meeting held at her court.)

• Judge Beryl Howell

Justice (Professionalism Award)

-Justice John Roberts (Honorary Bencher of the Middle Temple)

Wasn’t it something else that Judge John Roberts broke ethical conduct and stuck up for his, “brother Boasberg”?

George Soros has funded a fellowship at Middle Temple where John Roberts is a master of the bench.

First let me very quickly explain how this secret society called, the American Inns of Court came about. In the UK, they have the four Inns of Court that dates back hundreds of years. One of those is called Middle Temple (see Roberts photo). Well, the US created the American version of this in recent decades. There’s a massive list of branches==.

The branch many of our judges belong to isThe Edward Bennett Williams (EBW) Inn of Court. It’s so secretive, they deleted most signs of this branch from their website although they still met.

Now here’s Judge Beryl Howell. She was nominated by President Judge Boasberg, and VP Ketanji Brown Jackson approved of her nomination. Boasberg claims it was her work on Jan 6 that contributed to his choosing her for the American Inns Of Court Professionalism award.

Let me show you the scant meeting info that I foundwhich included the DOJ and Inspector General Horowitz in attendance.

1. The Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court: BOP Custody / Current Status of BOP / Early Release & Reentry:Washington DC, 2/15/24

“Joel Sickler – invited panelist at EBW Inn of Court (February15, 2024, Washington DC).The meeting held in the District of Columbia Court of Judge Amit Mehta. In addition to panelists,approximately 150 lawyers including several Federal District Judgeswere also present. The panel waspresented primarily with Michael Horowitz, DOJ Inspector General and Seth Eichenholtz, Deputy Assistant Attorney General – also featuring Vanessa Rojas, a returning citizen with direct and learned perspective regarding constructive reforms within the Bureau of Prisons.”

Also there was:

“Seth Rosenthal, Chief Deputy Attorney General for Office of AG District of Columbia.”

1. Mathew Bester, 3 years ago in a quote Linkdn post:

“I really enjoyed talking about the latest DOJ developments last week on a great panel.”

Matthew was reposting Brent Gurney’s Post and yes the DOJ was there: “I want to thank my co-hosts, Erin K. of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Lisa Phelan of Morrison & Foerster LLP, Inn member G. Zachary Terwilliger of Vinson & Elkins and our guest panelists Jim Fredricks of the DOJ Antitrust Division, Tiffany Rider of Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP and Matthew Bester of Accenture, for a robust and fascinating discussion of the issues.”

1. Yearly gala, I’ll review this later. But the Assistant United States Attorney at U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia replied in a comment. Was he there?

“Great job, Rebecca!”

I’ve seen lawsuits online for this secret org over recusal worries with this private club. I also saw a lawsuit that stated their secrecy is dangerous to democracy.

Sources to follow.

The top post has been edited, apologies for the difficulties. Make certain to use the modest version.

I found with great difficulties, this list of The Edward Bennett Williams American Inn of Court leaders. In fact I had to search the archives.

Every link there is for members only except the leaders and meetings list. The meeting list is blank tho.

Click around in archive 1 and see for yourself.

Archive 1

web.archive.org/web/2016060519…

Archive 2

archive.is/7tQUr

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>>22809687

2nd and 3rd section

2nd section

The top post has been edited, apologies for the difficulties. Make certain to use the modest version.

I found with great difficulties, this list of The Edward Bennett Williams American Inn of Court leaders. In fact I had to search the archives.

Every link there is for members only except the leaders and meetings list. The meeting list is blank tho.

Click around in archive 1 and see for yourself.

Archive 1

web.archive.org/web/2016060519…

Archive 2

archive.is/7tQUr

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3rd section

As for the Edward Bennett Williams American Inn of Court being invitation only, here’s the evidence.

They also admits that the DOJ is included, which isn’t mentioned in the American Inns Of Court brochure. 😏 I’ll show this next.

McKenzie Invited to Join Edward Bennett Williams American Inn of Court

“Co-Founder Ray D. McKenzie has been admittedto the Edward Bennett Williams American Inn of Court, an invitation-only professional organization devoted to white collar practice.

As one of the few Inns of Court specializing in white collar criminal prosecution and defense, the Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court’smembership includes members of the federal and local judiciary in the District of Columbia, U.S. Department of Justice officials, and some of the most established defense attorneys in Washington, D.C. The American Inn of Court is designed to improve the skills, professionalism, and ethics of the bench and the bar.

McKenzieis a former federal prosecutor, having served the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Criminal Division where,in 2018,he was awarded the U.S. Attorney’s Award for Excellence in Prosecution of Fraud.”

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https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1902750686145810716.html

It’s very long but worth it autists and anon researchers

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Here’s the American Inns of Court judicial benefits flyer.Judges hobnobbing with other judges, the DOJ and lawyers, just doesn’t seem very ethical to me.

NETWORK WITH AND GAIN ACCESS TO COLLEAGUES

• Meet and interact with federal and state judges on a local, regional, and national level.

• Stay current with the local bar and connected to attorneys in different practice areas, law professors and young lawyers deans, in-house lawyers, and others who do not have a litigation practice.

• The American Inns of Court member directory is a means to reach out to and communicate with other judges on issues of common interest.

• Attend the Celebration of Excellence at the Supreme Court of the United States with justices of the high court as well as jurists and attorneys from across the country.

web.archive.org/web/2024070603…

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5th section

Auto correct hates me. 😹

Correction:

“Make certain to use the most recent version of my top post.”

Here’s a lawsuit asking for recusal of an American Inns of Court member. Because of its secrecy and it’s acting more like a private social club.

“THE AMERICAN INNS OF COURT ARE UNLIKE TRADITIONAL BAR ASSOCIATIONSBUT ARE SOCIAL CLUBS THAT PROVIDE FOR SECRET EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN FINANCIALLY STRONG ATTORNEYS AND JUDGES

A Social Club, Common Membership Of Judges And Attorneys Representing Parties Creates The Appearance Of Bias.

The American Inns of Court have changed their character as bar associations asthey made the membership directory confidential from disclosure for all Inns of Court after sometime in 2008. Their =practice of Temple Bar Scholarship and pupilage groups also violated Rule 5-30014 of California Rules of Professional Conduct by allowing ex parte contacts and gifts. The Petition for Writ of Certiorari has been reviewed based on the opinion of the clerks of the Justices, except Justice Gorsuch.==

Therefore, contacting the clerks and making gifts to the clerks violate Rule 5-300(c) as they have the power of making recommendations to the Justices.

One major members' benefits, as shown in the video of "American Inns of Court Membership Benefits" that has been posted on the Youtube, Attorney Manuel Sanchez. stated "This is the only organization that I know that the lawyers and judges belong to the trial bar have a chance to meet outside of the courtroom in a social setting and really able to establish the rapport." (A.011)

The business and prosperity of the American Inns of Court is built on the attorneys' benefit to meet the judges in person to establish the "rapport," in violation of Rule 5-300 of California Rules of Professional Conduct.

The American Inns of Court lost all tributes as a bar association further because of the secret membership.

The last publication of a directory for all chapters of the Inns is an archive of the membership of San Francisco Bay Intellectual Property American Inn of Court, made in 2008. (A.055; Request for Recusal in Petition No. 17-

256, A.072-74.)

The Handbook for the William A. Ingram American Inn of Court states:

"The schedule for the monthly meetings (not the dinner meetings) is to gather at 5:30 for socializing and hors d'oeuvres. After administrative announcements, the formal program by a Pupillage Group commences at 6:00 p.m. and ends at 7:00 p.m.

After the program ends, there is further socializing." [Request for Recusal in Petition No. 17-256, A. 146, emphasis added]

Its current meeting schedule states clearly the social function of its Inn meetings:

"Inn meeting, except as noted below, are scheduled on the second Wednesday of each month, with socializing at 5:30 p.m., and the program beginning at 6:00 p.m." (Request for Recusal in No. 17-256, A.050)

These confidential social functions are the characteristic of a social private club. While the American Inns of Court might once have been equivalent or similar to a bar association, they are now more like an exclusive private club. Membership or association in such a private social club with regular private contacts with the judges/justices creates an appearance of bias where attorneys who are members of the Inns appear before judges who are also members or associated with the Inns.”

I’ve seen other stuff around on their secrecy, if you want more. Trust me this group was hard to find stuff on.

web.archive.org/web/2025031916…

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Anon is not posting anymore, there are 14-15 sections to read

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1 or 2 more

6th section

Judge Beryl Howell was nominated by the President of the Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court, Judge James Boasberg.It’s required for a member to nominate you. It was voiced by Boasberg that her Jan 6 handling contributed.

The Vice President, Scotus Justice,Ketanji Brown Jackson, gave her written approval.

“Beryl A. Howell has been selected to receive the 2023 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the DC Circuit. Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit will present the award during the DC Circuit Judicial Conference.

Chief Judge James E. Boasberg, who nominated Howell for the award, praised Howell’s leadership as chief judge in a term marked by several unexpected events. “Judge Howell’s leadership during the pandemic was extraordinary,” he writes.Howell also “deftly led the court during the surge of more than 1,000 criminal cases filed in this district arising out of the investigation into the attack on the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021.”

“Judge Howell is a brilliant and wise attorney and jurist, as well as an outstanding leader, which has been evident to me since our earliest days working together on the Sentencing Commission,” writes Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson of the Supreme Court of the United States, who wrote in support of Howell’s nomination.”

archive.is/T2Ko8

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7th section

Supreme Court Justice John Roberts Jr. received a Masters of the Bench award from the American Inn of Courts sister org in the UK. It’s called The Honorable Society Of the Middle Temple. (See photo and first link.) (Trip to Malta?

And Middle Temple does interact with its American counterparts. I’ll show you next post.

Also Soros Open Society does fund fellows at Middle Temple. (See second photo and link.)

archive.is/0vnS1

“Anthony Lester fellowships to work on a project to effect practical change to further the rule of law / human rights”

“The fellowships are supported by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, the Open Society Foundation, and the Lester family.”

archive.is/q6uBg

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>>22809771

The ending and request

12th section

Here’s the last and third meeting that I have from many years of monthly meetings. If you find some more members or especially meeting minutes, message me.

Rebecca Broady:

“Thanks to Laurel Loomis Rimon, Keisha N. Stanford and Jenner & Block for hosting our EBW Inn of Court End of Year event! After a year of serving as the Inn "administrator" and sending out SO MANY emails, it was fun to be able to kick back and schmooze!”

archive.is/E8ILg

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Now it’s time for my thoughts on this.We are looking at SCOTUS involvement, DC district courts, DOJ, and prosecutors.

These courts affect our entire country. This isn’t like some rinky dink branch in a Florida suburb.

I don’t think these high courts should be involved in anything secret. The stench of enablement is overwhelming. Especially when you have leftists fighting everything Trump as their Officers.

I think the Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court should be disbanded. And all DC justices barred from such activities.

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PS, go to the American Inns of Court site and search for the Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court in their little search box. Its group number is 30072, I’ll wait.

Trust me, I was even in their archives and for many subdomains too.

(They’ll probably add it back if they aren’t totally crazy.)

Anyways I’ll even provide the link. 🦁 💪🏻

home.innsofcourt.org/AIC/AIC_Get_In…

Since I have folks saying that they or relatives are members, and It’s no big deal…. Can you get me the member list for the Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court? ID 30072

And I’d like the meeting minutes and any video or photos too please. And any video or photos of the appetizer recreation time too.

All I want is transparency in DC.

Thanks!

Just throwing this here. Judge James Boasberg is Skull and Bones.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1902750686145810716.html

a lot more docs on thread

Daily Beast

Bill Maher Reveals Plans to Meet With Trump at White House

Eboni Boykin-Patterson

Fri, March 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM EDT

Bill Maher is revealing his new plans to visit Donald Trump at the White House, with Kid Rock as the go-between. And he knows the move is going to further infuriate his liberal critics.

In an upcoming episode of Maher’s Club Randomout Sunday, Maher opines,“There will be lots of people on the left who will be like, how dare you talk to this man?”The late-night host made the reveal to his guest, fellow comedian and podcaster Andrew Schulz, who hosted Trump on his show just weeks before the election.

Maher told Schulz he won’t pass up meeting Trump, because that would be the “mean girl” behavior he associates with the left. “I was like, yeah, f— you” to his leftie friends, he told Schulz. “I’m not playing this game that you mean girls play, where they’re like ‘Oh, you know what? You can’t sit at my lunch table because I’m just not talking to you.‘”

“Not talking to you? You lost the election. Who the f— do you think you have to talk to? It’s one thing if you win it, it’s another thing if you lose it,” he continued,right after explaining how his new friend Kid Rock led him to the idea. “I mean, Kid Rock was here a couple of weeks ago, and he said, ‘I want you to meet Trump.’ He said, ‘I’m going to take you to the White House.’ So now we’re going,” Maher said as Schulz praised him for shunning “wokeness” throughout their talk==.

The pair also bonded over their similar views on Elon Musk.

“I don’t think that Musk is trying to get richer,” Schulz said, to which Maher agreed, “No, I’ve always defended him on that. He does not care about money.”

That said, Maher added of DOGE, “Nobody put any sort of breaks on this and to do it this way, and to take such glee in the cruelty of it—the people who got letters that said, ‘Do something valuable with your life,” something he categorized an undeniably “horrible.”

Musk is simply doing what he thinks is best for the countrybut going about it in some of the wrong ways,the comedians agreed, adding that his autism diagnosis could be to blame for his behavior.

In preparation for his White House visit, Maher shared that he has thinking about how he’ll behave—and what he’ll wear. “That’s my model for meeting Trump, it’s like, be respectful, which he deserves. He won, not once but twice,” he said. “It’s funny my girl said to me, ‘What are you gonna wear?’ I said,

I’m not gonna dress like Zelensky,” he said, adding that dressing formally is a “sign of respect.”

“I’m wearing a suit and tie,”Maher confirmed.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/bill-maher-reveals-plans-meet-191833591.html

The propaganda walls are starting to break down. Trump swears more than Maher, that will be a surprise for him.

The Scammer’s Manual: How to Launder Money and Get Away With ItNYTs

Documents and insiders reveal how one of the world’s major money laundering networks operates.

But Huione (pronounced Hu-WAY-wahn) is a constellation of affiliates, and not all of them are legitimate. One arm offers bespoke money laundering services, according to the documents, which come from the company, and interviews with two people who are directly familiar with the operation. They spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear for their safety. The company did not respond to requests for comment.

Another affiliate openly runs an online bazaar for criminals to find money launderers. The precise size of this marketplace is practically impossible to measure, but the analytics firm Elliptic has linked it to $26.8 billion in cryptocurrency transactions since 2021. The industry is so opaque that it is difficult to separate legitimate transactions from illegal ones, but Elliptic says the bazaar is the world’s largest illicit internet market.

Hun To, a cousin of Cambodia’s prime minister, is a director of one Huione company.

Huione’sclients include large criminal enterprises, such as a group in Myanmar that exploits human trafficking victims, according to a scammer, a money launderer and examinations of their cryptocurrency trade by the analytics firms Ellipticand Chainalysis.

Huione Guarantee did not respond to repeated requests for comment but has denied its relationship with Huione Group, the financial conglomerate. It even changed its name in October, shedding the Huione name. But it told customers on Telegram that Huione Group remained one of its “strategic partners and shareholders.”

Second, the bazaar guarantees the laundering transactions. Why? Because there is little honor among thieves, and scammers get scammed, too. To prove their credibility, matchmakers and money mules pay a deposit to Huione Guarantee, which holds it in escrow. This assures scammers that nobody will abscond with their money (or if someone does, that person will lose some of their own money).

The price to launder money is determined by the crime committed to get it. Scams like impersonating government officials incur a higher cost because the victims are more likely to call the police or alert their banks.

Location affects the price, too. Launderers charge up to 60 percent to clean money in China. That is because the country has tightened controls since 2020, arresting thousands of people and freezing large sums of money in a nationwide crackdown.

China and Cambodia have agreed to collaborate on law enforcement operations, leading to multiple arrests of mostly lower-level criminals.This has not made a dent on the scamming and money-laundering industries.

https://archive.is/CGkoc

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How Rescued Lab Beagles Learn How To Be Dogs

These dogs are not easy, and admittedly, Rob Wadd and Sharon Giest had no idea what they were getting themselves into. To rehabilitate a former lab beagle requires love and patience as many have found out who've rescued dogs from the Kindness Ranch in Hartville, Wyoming.

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These dogs are not easy, and admittedly, Rob Wadd and Sharon Giest had no idea what they were getting themselves into.To rehabilitate a former lab beagle requires love and patienceas many have found out who've rescued dogs from the Kindness Ranch in Hartville, Wyoming.

These dogs are not easy, and admittedly,Rob Wadd and Sharon Giest had no idea what they were getting themselves into.

They figured another beagle would be a breeze. After all, they already had the best-behaved beagle one could hope for, so they figured they were doing something right. If not them, then who, they rationalized.

The idea was to find a companion for their beagle Badger, who was 11 at the time.

They’d already decided that this time they’d rescue a beagle after reading about facilities such as the Kindness Ranch, near Hartville,that rescues product and clinical test beagles after their research trials are done instead of euthanizing them.

This resonated with the couple, who liked the idea of giving dogs like this a second chance. They reached out toJohn Ramer, executive director for the sanctuary, whosaid they had an extremely traumatized beaglewho he thought would do well with an older dog.

Giest heard “traumatized” and immediately agreed, so four years ago, they drove from their home in Billings to the 1,000-acre ranch in southeastern Wyoming to meet Gabe and see how he got along with Badger.

Immediately, the two dogs took to one another, and the couple also fell in love and agreed to adopt Gabe.

However, they soon realized they weren’t just dealing with any dog.

Though Gabe was fond of Badger, he wanted nothing to do with Wadd and Giest. It took more than an hour and multiple staff members to coax him into his carrier, and on the way home, the bathroom break didn’t go any better when he refused to be collared.

“It was a cross between a leaping Marlin and a bucking bronco,” Wadd said of that first attempt, so they put him back in the crate and headed home.

Once there, they let the dogs loose in their fenced-in backyard.Two hours later, Gabe was still running outside and refused to come in, until finally, Giest cornered him and carried him inside as he cowered in her arms.

“It was clear we were going to have teach Gabe to be a dog,” Wadd said.

Learning to be a dog

It was the little things at first, and the couple knew it would be up to Badger – not them – to teach Gabe the basics.

For starters,Gabe didn’t know how to lift his back leg to urinate. He watched Badger do the simple deed but lifted his front paw instead and seemed surprised that nothing was happening. He learned to lift the back one eventually,but even today, he still gets confused.

Then there’s the backyard in general.Grass freaks Gabe out, and the first time he tried to replicate Badger’s back roll, it was like watching Elaine from the popular television show, “Seinfeld,” dance, Giest said.

“It was just awkward,” she laughed.

Sounds still startle Gabe: planes flying overhead, helicopters, sirens. Even the wind is uncomfortable to him as is the dark, and in particular, flashlights, for some odd reason.

The couple has no idea what Gabe went through in the first years of his life but can only speculate based on his reactions to certain things.

Ramer purposefully does not disclose these details to those who adopt the rescue animals.Along with beagles, which constitutes the lion share of the animalsthey take in with more than 150 last year alone, the Kindness Ranch is also home to cats, goats, rabbits, llamas, pigs, horses and other animals.

Unless adopted out,the sanctuary is a no-kill facility where the animals will remain for the rest of their lives.

Ramer stays out of the politics of animal testing and maintains an agnostic stance about the ethics. Instead, hefocuses on preventing the animals from being euthanized after their clinical trials by forming discreet, close working relationships with labs and veterinarian programs throughout the country.

He’s made a name for himself nationally afterstepping in to help coordinate the rescue of 4,000 pups from the Envigobreeding facility in 2022 as well as his ongoing efforts on Capitol Hill toconvince lawmakers of the viability of a post-lab life for beagles and other test subjects.

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2025/03/22/after-beagles-are-rescued-from-lab-cages-they-have-to-learn-how-to-be-dogs/

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Depending on the type of medical or clinical trial, testing can take anywhere from three months up to two years, according to Ramer. During this time, the animals have had limited exposure to life outside a sterile, controlled environment and aren't used to the sounds of everyday life nor have they had any emotional connection with humans.

The first step when Ramer and crew receive the animal is toget them used to life outside the clinical setting. Part of the rehabilitation process is slowly getting the dogs used to the new stimuli without overwhelming them.

There’s also a huge learning curve on behalf of those who adopt these dogs, so Ramer maintains close communications following an animal’s adoption.

“Keeping the conversation going after adoption is critical. It allows us to address any long-term issues, raises our awareness of what we can do better while the dogs are still here to increase chances of a successful adoption and to simply build the community,” he said. “We want this relationship forever, not just for the adoption photo.”

Love and patience

And as Wadd and Giest learned,adopting dogs like Gabe requires a lot of love and patience, which wasn’t a problem for them. From day one, they fell in love with the little pup, Wadd said, and over time also learned to master the necessary patience to make him feel at home.

As they learned, everything is on the animal’s time, which is just part of helping the dog adjust to its new environment. Often it requires a lot of patience, even for the beagle to warm up to its new owner.

Though Gabe took to Giest right away,it took more than three years for Gabe to allow Wadd to pet him. Though frustrating for a dog owner who wanted to snuggle with his beloved pet, Wadd adjusted to Gabe’s schedule.

Now, he allows Wadd to sit on the couch next to him and pet him. More than love and patience,Gabe has inspired the couple in unexpected ways through his resilience and capacity to love.

Out of curiosity one night, Wadd allowed himself to watch the start of a covert video from a testing facility done by PETA and was immediately horrified by what he saw and the manner in which these animals were handled.

The fact that Gabe can still love people and trust them continues to blow him away.

“He should hate all of us. There should be nothing but disdain for the entire human race for what he's been through, but that couldn’t be further from the truth,” he said.

More rescues

It’s these qualities that make beagles ideal test animals in general due to their docile nature, resiliency and manageable size. And for Wadd and Giest, the love far outweighs any of the work, and they’ve since adopted a second Kindness Ranch rescue, Kai, after Badger died.

Kathy and Rob DeStefano, of Casper, also happily took on the challenge of adopting a beagle rescue without quite understanding what they were getting themselves into.

Kathy won’t say that she tricked her husband into adopting Sophie but does admit that she knows his weak spots.After losing their remaining Labrador retriever in 2019, Rob told his wife no more dogs. The grief was too hard.

Less than three years later, however, the couple found themselves driving home with a beagle after they’d earlier learned about the ranch and spent a day volunteering for Kathy’s birthday. Though they worked with the cats that day,the beagles continued to pique her interest until one day she filled out an application on their site.

She figured she’d apply and then work on Rob later if they were accepted.

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2025/03/22/after-beagles-are-rescued-from-lab-cages-they-have-to-learn-how-to-be-dogs/

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They were. Three days later, Kathy received a call from Kindness Ranch staff that her application was approved, and they would have a batch of beagles ready to go by the weekend. Kathy was not looking forward to that conversation with Rob, whopredictably was “a little negative” at first, but ultimately agreed to go take a look at the beagles.

Kathy packed all the necessities just in case. They only made it as far as the gravel parking lot when they were greeted by a male staff member carrying a shivering beagle.

The guy told the DeStefanos that he thought this beagle, Sue, would be a good fit for them.

He set the 18-month-old quacking beagle on the gravel, and she immediately peed out of nervousness. That’s all it took; they were hooked.

“She was the cutest thing we had ever seen,” Kathy said. “She was so scared to death, she just shook, and shook and shook.”

Needless to say, Sue – now Sophie Sue – Kathy's concession to Rob who named her after the Italian actress, Sophia Loren – returned to Casper with them that day.

Not the money, please

Much like Gabe, Sophie was slow to warm to the DeStefanos and was skittish at first.She, too, was startled by outdoor life and had no idea how to respond to critterslike the birds, squirrels, deer and turkeys that share the backyard.

“At first she had no clue or what anything was,” Kathy said. “She didn’t show any interest like other dogs.”

It took time for her to adjust to her environment with all background noise causing her to shiver.

Potty trainingSophie by far was their biggest challenge, afeat that took eight months rather than the typical couple weeks. She also has food issues, and Kathy has to carefully monitor the amount Sophie eats to keep her weight in check.

Kathy guesses that Sophie may have been in a nutritional study given her propensity for food, which is also her greatest motivator.

Despite the challenges, the DeStefanos say Sophie is their best dog yet, perhaps because of how affectionate she now is with the coupledespite it taking more than a year for her to warm up to them.

Luckily for Sophie, the DeStefanos are forgiving people given her propensity for shredding. Not only does she shred toilet paper,but she also likes to shred money which Rob found out the hard way – three times– after he left his pants on the chair where Sophie grabbed his money clip.

The first time, Rob ironed what was left of the bills in an attempt to piece them together. This worked for a couple bills, but then he gave up. He didn’t bother the second or third time, and Kathy estimates he’s out about $1,000.

“I keep telling him to make sure to put his pants away,” Kathy said with a laugh.

From the West Bank to Wyoming

Along with the beagles,Ramer made an exception to adopt 10 refugee pups from the war-torn West Bank last spring. Typically, Ramer is strict to only take in former lab or clinical test animals, but made the exception when he learned about efforts to rescue the mostly strays that would otherwise have been euthanized.

Susan Weidel was one of the first people in line. The retired Laramie-based attorney has deep roots in the rescue community both with dogs and horses.

Though she’d initially gone to the Kindness Ranch to adopt a beagle, Weidel was immediately drawn in by Platine’s eyes as she hunched in the corner of her kennel.Weidel had seen those eyes before and recognized the hardship capture in the downtrodden look and cowering body.

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2025/03/22/after-beagles-are-rescued-from-lab-cages-they-have-to-learn-how-to-be-dogs/

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She’d seen that look before, particularly in the badly scarred pit bull, Little Red, that she’d rescued from Michael Vick’s infamous dog fighting operation and who had since passed away.

“I looked at her eyes and thought, that was the one,” she said.

Platine, named for the platinum rods in her front leg, is a Canaan breed common to Israel. She was a street dog, who likely had been hit by a vehicle that caused her debilitating injuries. She had primitive surgery to put the rods in before arriving in Wyoming and later had a hip surgery in Torrington after she arrived.

Despite the prior surgeries, Weidel learned that Platine still needed medical work after the pins ended up coming undone and a second hip surgery to shave down the bone in her hip circuit.

She wants to run, Weidel said, which is why she’s investing in acupuncture and other holistic treatments to get her up to par. Like the beagle rescues, Platine was comfortable with other dogs and gets along well with Weidel’s other dogsbut is skittish with humansand had a hard time adjusting to indoor life.

Her first day after being coaxed into Weidel’s home was to sit on a couch staring out a bay window with her back turned to the room. It also took her months to warm up to Weidel as she slowly continues to introduce her to other humans.

“It’s just a matter of time,” Weidel said, “and you have to meet the dog where she is, not where you want her to be.”

She’s been with Weidel since last March and is gradually adjusting to the sounds of the world like sirens and cars. Slowly, she’s learning to become a regular dog and even treats herself to one toy from the communal toy bin.

It’s always only one, Weidel said, as if she’s afraid of appearing too greedy.

For all of the adopted families, the dogs are a lot of work,=but the effort is worth itin the end because of what the dogs have been ==through in their short lives and the many ways they’ve inspired them with their unconditional love and resilience=.

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2025/03/22/after-beagles-are-rescued-from-lab-cages-they-have-to-learn-how-to-be-dogs/

23 Mar, 2025 08:22

Ukrainian troops killed civilians and burned residential areas near Kursk – investigators

Military investigators are working with affected residents from the town of Sudzha, which was liberated earlier in March

The Russian Investigative Committee hasreported incidents of looting, arson, and shootings of civilians by Ukrainian military personnelin the town of Sudzha in Russia’s Kursk Region. According to a statement released on Sunday, military investigators are currently working with residents, collecting evidence of crimes committed by Ukraine.

Sudzha, the largest town taken by Ukrainian forces during their cross-border incursion, was liberated by Russian troops earlier this month.

According to investigators,numerous accounts from victims support claims that there were orders to kill civilians in Kursk Region. Work is underway to find and hold responsible all members of Ukrainian armed groups who took part in these actions.

The statementalso indicates that during January and February 2025, Ukrainian soldiers engaged in looting and set fire to civilian homes while people were still inside. “Targeted shelling of residential buildings in Sudzha resulted in significant destruction, with some homes completely ruined,” the statement reads.

Kiev launched an offensive into Kursk Region in August 2024, capturing Sudzha and several villages. Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky stated that the incursion aimed to provide leverage for future peace negotiations. However, the Russian military quickly halted the advance and has been steadily reclaiming territory since then. According to the Russian military, around 86% of the territory held by Ukraine has been liberated.

Recently, US President Donald Trump acknowledged the precarious situation of “thousands of Ukrainian troops”surrounded by Russian forces in Kursk Region. He urged Moscow to spare their lives, prompting Russian President Vladimir Putin to offer guarantees of safety and humane treatment for those who surrender.

https://www.rt.com/russia/614654-investigation-ukranian-crimes-kursk-sudzha/

23 Mar, 2025 04:20

Ukrainian MP claims Zelensky tried to kill him

Artyom Dmitruk has alleged that he was tortured by security officials in Odessa

Artyom Dmitruk, a fugitive member of the Verkhovna Rada, has claimed that Vladimir Zelensky directed the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) to kidnap and kill him. He said that SBU agents detained and severely beat him during an incident in the Black Sea port city of Odessa in 2022.

Dmitruk was elected to parliament as part of Zelensky’s Servant of the People party in 2019.He was expelled from the party two years later and continued serving as an independent MP.

He fled the country in August 2024, claiming that theauthorities had plotted to “liquidate” him.

The Prosecutor General’s Office has since placed Dmitruk on a wanted list on suspicion that he assaulted a police officer and attempted to steal his gun.

In a video posted to X on Friday, Dmitruk detailed his accusations against Zelensky and his chief of staff, Andrey Yermak,as well as sharing photos of his injuries.

“I was brutally beaten, tortured in basements, and nearly killed on Zelensky’s orders for my opposition activities,” the self-exiled politician wrote in an accompanying post. He insisted that the government targeted him because of his “political activities.”

Dmitruk claimed that in 2022, Viktor Dorovsky thehead of the SBUoffice in Odessa, threatened him over the phone. “We’re going to kill you. We’ll cut your head off,” Dorovsky said, according to Dmitruk.

The politician said that a group of SBU agents abducted him on March 4, 2022 as he was delivering aid to a military checkpoint. According to Dmitruk, the agents put a bag over his head and handcuffed him. “They beat me severely with rifle butts, feet, and hands. I lost consciousness.”

Dmitruk claimed that he was taken to a basement wherehe was “tortured”and had his nose broken. He said the agents wanted to force him into making incriminating statements. They drove him to several locations, including a regional SBU office, where the threats and beatings continued, he added.

He went on to say that the agents threatened him with a gun andmade him promise on camera that he would stop criticizing Zelensky, Yermak, and the government. According to Dmitruk, the agents eventually dropped him off at a parking lot.

“The order to commit these crimes against me was given personally by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Andriy Yermak, and the head of the Odessa SBU Viktor Dorovsky,” Dmitruk wrote on X, using the Ukrainian spelling of the names.

“There are thousands of stories like mine.There are people who have been sitting in the basements of the SBU for more than two years,” he said.

https://www.rt.com/russia/614649-mp-zelensky-murder-plot/