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MARKETSEquities mixed amid uncertainty over Fed rate trajectory and inflation outlook•MARKETSTreasury yields fluctuate as bond markets digest shifting monetary policy signals•MARKETSLegal-sector M&A activity remains steady despite broader deal-making headwinds•TOP CASEDobbs v. Jackson overturned Roe, returning abortion regulation to individual states•TOP CASE303 Creative v. Elenis: SCOTUS weighs free speech against public accommodation law•TOP CASELoper Bright overturned Chevron doctrine, reshaping federal agency deference rules•USAFederal courts continue to grapple with AI-generated content in legal filings•USAAccess-to-justice gap widens as legal aid funding faces pressure across states•USABar associations push for updated ethics rules addressing generative AI use•WORLDInternational arbitration filings rise as cross-border commercial disputes increase•WORLDEU AI Act compliance deadlines prompt global firms to review legal exposure•WORLDInternational Court of Justice docket expands with new state-on-state claims•MARKETSEquities mixed amid uncertainty over Fed rate trajectory and inflation outlook•MARKETSTreasury yields fluctuate as bond markets digest shifting monetary policy signals•MARKETSLegal-sector M&A activity remains steady despite broader deal-making headwinds•TOP CASEDobbs v. Jackson overturned Roe, returning abortion regulation to individual states•TOP CASE303 Creative v. Elenis: SCOTUS weighs free speech against public accommodation law•TOP CASELoper Bright overturned Chevron doctrine, reshaping federal agency deference rules•USAFederal courts continue to grapple with AI-generated content in legal filings•USAAccess-to-justice gap widens as legal aid funding faces pressure across states•USABar associations push for updated ethics rules addressing generative AI use•WORLDInternational arbitration filings rise as cross-border commercial disputes increase•WORLDEU AI Act compliance deadlines prompt global firms to review legal exposure•WORLDInternational Court of Justice docket expands with new state-on-state claims•
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FRESH BUSTFormer Customs and Border Protection Agent Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison for Receiving Child Pornography⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez convicted — bribery, extortion & acting as a foreign agent — 11 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. George Santos pled guilty — wire fraud & aggravated identity theft — 87 months⚖ON THE RECORDFormer FBI agent Robert Hanssen — espionage for Russia — life without parole⚖ON THE RECORDFormer CIA officer Aldrich Ames — espionage against the United States — life in prison⚖ON THE RECORDFormer FBI counterintel chief Charles McGonigal pled guilty — sanctions violations for a Russian oligarch⚖ON THE RECORDFormer Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich — convicted of corruption — 14 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick — racketeering & extortion — 28 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah — racketeering & fraud — 10 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter pled guilty — conversion of campaign funds⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. pled guilty — $750K in campaign funds — 30 months⚖ON THE RECORDFormer IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn — stole & leaked tax returns — 5 years⚖ON THE RECORDBaltimore Gun Trace Task Force — 8 police officers convicted of racketeering & robbery⚖ON THE RECORD'Fat Leonard' scandal — dozens of Navy officials convicted of bribery & fraud⚖ON THE RECORDFormer FCI Dublin warden Ray Garcia convicted — abuse of incarcerated women — 70 months⚖ON THE RECORDFormer DHS acting IG Charles Edwards pled guilty — stealing government software & data⚖ON THE RECORDFormer VA pathologist Robert Levy — fraud & involuntary manslaughter — 20 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer NY Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver — convicted of corruption — 6.5 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer NSA contractor Reality Winner — Espionage Act — 63 months⚖FRESH BUSTFormer Customs and Border Protection Agent Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison for Receiving Child Pornography⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez convicted — bribery, extortion & acting as a foreign agent — 11 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. George Santos pled guilty — wire fraud & aggravated identity theft — 87 months⚖ON THE RECORDFormer FBI agent Robert Hanssen — espionage for Russia — life without parole⚖ON THE RECORDFormer CIA officer Aldrich Ames — espionage against the United States — life in prison⚖ON THE RECORDFormer FBI counterintel chief Charles McGonigal pled guilty — sanctions violations for a Russian oligarch⚖ON THE RECORDFormer Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich — convicted of corruption — 14 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick — racketeering & extortion — 28 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah — racketeering & fraud — 10 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter pled guilty — conversion of campaign funds⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. pled guilty — $750K in campaign funds — 30 months⚖ON THE RECORDFormer IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn — stole & leaked tax returns — 5 years⚖ON THE RECORDBaltimore Gun Trace Task Force — 8 police officers convicted of racketeering & robbery⚖ON THE RECORD'Fat Leonard' scandal — dozens of Navy officials convicted of bribery & fraud⚖ON THE RECORDFormer FCI Dublin warden Ray Garcia convicted — abuse of incarcerated women — 70 months⚖ON THE RECORDFormer DHS acting IG Charles Edwards pled guilty — stealing government software & data⚖ON THE RECORDFormer VA pathologist Robert Levy — fraud & involuntary manslaughter — 20 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer NY Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver — convicted of corruption — 6.5 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer NSA contractor Reality Winner — Espionage Act — 63 months⚖
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Skunk Provisions — hats, gloves, socks, no two hats alike

The mercantile · goods a town actually needs

Skunk
Provisions Co.

Gloves that outlive the truck. Socks your grandchildren argue over. Stocking hats and hats under one unbreakable house law: we never produce the same hat twice. Every hat is a one-of-one, numbered in the lining. Wear it into the diner and somebody will know exactly which one you are.

The Never-Same-Hat Doctrine. Factories make hats identical because it's cheap. We make every hat different because you're not identical either. Pattern, stitch, brim, badge — the looms are under standing orders to drift. When a design accidentally repeats, the second one is unraveled in front of witnesses.

McSkunk's Hot Sauce — the hot sauce

McSkunk's Hot Sauce

The brand hot sauce. Wax-dipped cap, smoked pepper and a finish that files a lien on your tongue. The label warns you once, politely — like everything else in this town.

McSkunk Soda — the diner lineup

McSkunk Soda

Glass bottles, cane sugar, four flavors at the diner counter — cream, root beer, black cherry, cola. Cold enough to hurt. The Judge takes the black cherry and everyone pretends not to notice.

McSkunky's Water — aluminum and glass, never plastic

The flagship of the shelf

McSkunky's Water

The purest, healthiest water bought and sold in America — and made in America, source to cap. The bottle is the revolution: aluminum, priced cheaper than plastic, because the moment metal undercuts plastic, plastic is finished — no lecture required. Infinitely recyclable, no plastic leaching into your water or your river. Prefer weight in your hand? She comes in glass too.

Zero plastic, everAluminum · under plastic's priceGlass edition

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