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RandySF's JournalMichigan Synagogue Attacker Was Inspired By Hezbollah, FBI Says
DETROIT (AP) — A man who crashed his pickup truck into a Detroit-area synagogue earlier in March was carrying out an attack inspired by the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, the FBI said Monday.
Ayman Ghazali made a video before the attack at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, saying he wanted to “kill as many of them as I possibly can,” said Jennifer Runyan, head of the FBI in Detroit.
Ghazali, 41, of Dearborn Heights sat in the parking lot for a few hours on March 12 before smashing his pickup through closed doors and into the hallway of an early childhood education area, striking a security guard.
He then exchanged gunfire with another guard before fatally shooting himself, the FBI said at the time. The Ford F150, stocked with commercial-grade fireworks and jugs of gasoline, caught fire during the confrontation.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-us-michigan-synagogue-attack_n_69cad811e4b0128a9ef97cf5
Brady, Mannings Among Investors in NFL Flag Football League
PHOENIX — The NFL’s plans for a pro flag football league are taking significant shape.
A year after beginning to take inbound interest from potential partners, the league has selected TMRW Sports, the main force behind TGL, to develop and operate a pro flag football league for women and men. Additionally, the NFL has completed pacts with a series of investors that will financially support the new venture. Among them are:
A collection of retired NFL legends, including Peyton and Eli Manning, Tom Brady, Joe Montana, Steve Young, Larry Fitzgerald, and Justin Tuck, among others. Several active players, including Bobby Wagner, Russell Wilson, and Arik Armstead, have also bought into the venture.
- A series of institutional investors that includes Ariel Investments, Project Level, Bessemer Venture Partners, Blue Pool Capital, ---Dynasty Equity, Silver Lake, and Sixth Street. Additional investors include Apex Capital, Arctos Partners, Bolt Ventures, Next Legacy -Partners, Trenches Capital, Trybe Ventures, and Alexis Ohanian’s Seven Seven Six.
- Women’s sports icons Billie Jean King, Ilana Kloss, Alex Morgan, and Serena Williams.
- TMRW was chosen to stand the league up after a “competitive” process that included multiple interested operators, the NFL said.
https://frontofficesports.com/brady-mannings-are-among-investors-in-nfl-flag-football-league/?utm_source=TWITTER&utm_medium=Article&utm_campaign=Editorial
Dominant majority appears in reach for the Left on Wisconsin Supreme Court
It wasn’t that long ago – 2018 to be exact – that the political Right held a commanding 5-2 majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
That control of the state’s highest court allowed Republicans to get favorable rulings on some major disputes, including gerrymandered political districts, curbing labor union laws, and limiting the power of the Democratic governor.
Now the state’s political Right worries about a court that could have a 5-2 left-leaning majority this year, and maybe even 6-1 next year if things don’t start turning around.
In one of the most politically purple states in the country, left-leaning candidates for the court have won their technically nonpartisan elections, held in April, by ten points or more in each of the last three contests.
https://thebadgerproject.org/2026/03/30/dominant-majority-appears-in-reach-for-the-left-on-wisconsin-supreme-court/
Dominant majority appears in reach for the Left on Wisconsin Supreme Court
It wasn’t that long ago – 2018 to be exact – that the political Right held a commanding 5-2 majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
That control of the state’s highest court allowed Republicans to get favorable rulings on some major disputes, including gerrymandered political districts, curbing labor union laws, and limiting the power of the Democratic governor.
Now the state’s political Right worries about a court that could have a 5-2 left-leaning majority this year, and maybe even 6-1 next year if things don’t start turning around.
In one of the most politically purple states in the country, left-leaning candidates for the court have won their technically nonpartisan elections, held in April, by ten points or more in each of the last three contests.
https://thebadgerproject.org/2026/03/30/dominant-majority-appears-in-reach-for-the-left-on-wisconsin-supreme-court/
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Judge Chris Taylor (D) campaigns in La Crosse
LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Judge Chris Taylor visited La Crosse Monday as part of her statewide campaign tour ahead of the April 7 election.
Taylor is traveling across Wisconsin on what she calls her "Protecting Our Rights and Freedoms Tour" as she competes against Judge Maria Lazar for the seat currently held by Justice Rebecca Bradley, who chose not to seek reelection.
During her La Crosse visit, Taylor highlighted her extensive legal background and judicial philosophy.
"I have had a 30-year legal career committed to protecting people's rights and freedoms, and as a judge making sure all Wisconsinites have equal justice under the law," Taylor said.
https://www.news8000.com/news/wisconsin-supreme-court-candidate-judge-chris-taylor-campaigns-in-la-crosse/article_e89693c3-b650-42bb-b931-dbb25f647874.html
Federal judge helped FBI agent correct flaws in Fulton County search warrant application
Since the FBI seized more than 650 boxes of 2020 election records from Fulton County, Georgia, one major question has remained unanswered: How did the Department of Justice (DOJ) convince a federal judge to sign off on the search warrant?
In their lawsuit seeking the return of the materials, Fulton County officials have alleged that U.S. Magistrate Judge Catherine Salinas, who signed the warrant, was duped by an FBI agent who submitted an affidavit that relied on long-debunked and factually unsupported election fraud claims from notorious conspiracy theorists.
Now, new documents released in Fulton County’s lawsuit show that Salinas found flaws in the FBI agent’s original affidavit and, rather than rejecting the search warrant application, helped the agent refine his request and his flawed theory of probable cause.
The morning of the FBI’s raid on Fulton County’s main election hub, Salinas emailed FBI special agent Hugh Raymond Evans, saying she was ready to swear out his search warrant request after he made two corrections.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/fulton-county-fbi-2020-raid-magistrate-judge-search-warrant/
CA-GOV: California sheriff says his recount plan is on hold -- but has grabbed even more election records
With two legal challenges moving through California courts, a sheriff and Republican candidate for governor who seized 650,000 ballots cast in last year’s redistricting referendum has conceded that his mission to recount the votes is temporarily on pause.
But that doesn’t make his attack on free and fair elections any less alarming.
A court filing from last Thursday alleges that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco seized even more ballots last week, and another local official with a history of making election fraud allegations had a hand in efforts to challenge the vote.
Earlier this month, Bianco seized the ballots and hastily began his own recount based on reports of a large discrepancy between ballots cast and ballots counted. On March 24, he seized an additional 426 boxes of ballot materials, according to a petition from the California Attorney General’s office.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/california-sheriff-who-seized-ballots-says-his-recount-plan-is-on-hold-but-has-grabbed-even-more-election-records/
In win for voters, Arizona Supreme Court rejects string of anti-voting lawsuits
Arizona voters notched sweeping, back-to-back victories Friday after the state Supreme Court declined to hear three separate challenges backed by Republicans and right-wing groups — leaving in place key safeguards for mail-in voting, election administration and certification.
In three orders issued Friday, the conservative-leaning court refused to take up appeals in cases that sought to restrict how mail-in ballots are verified, allow counties to hand count ballots and weaken rules governing early voting and election certification.
By turning the cases away, the court let lower court rulings stand — preserving systems that make voting more accessible and election results more secure.
At the center of one case was a challenge from the Arizona Free Enterprise Club and Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections — a group founded by former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr — targeting how the state verifies signatures on mail-in ballots. Under Arizona law, voters who cast a mail ballot must sign the outside envelope. Election officials then compare that signature to ones already on file to confirm identity.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/arizona-supreme-court-rejects-anti-voting-lawsuits/
KS-04: 'People are hurting': Kansas Democrat takes aim at Republican incumbent's congressional seat
TOPEKA — Katy Tyndell’s path to politics began with a meeting last March at Groover Labs, a makerspace in downtown Wichita, where dozens of people gathered to talk about how they were going to hold leaders accountable.
They were bothered by what they saw after President Donald Trump reclaimed office, Tyndell said on the Kansas Reflector podcast. There was the way Elon Musk’s DOGE took “a chainsaw to federal government,” the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development without congressional authorization, and the devolution of relations with Ukraine, she said.
The meeting gave rise to a nonpartisan civic engagement group called Leading Kansas, which Tyndell cofounded. Earlier this year, at the behest of group members and local officials, Tyndell decided to switch her party affiliation from independent to Democrat and enter the 4th District congressional race. Her goal is to unseat U.S. Rep. Ron Estes, a Republican who has held the office since 2017.
“People are hurting, right?” Tyndell said. “Kansans aren’t the only ones that are wondering how they’re going to be able to afford their health care now that the ACA subsidies have gone away, or whether or not their kids are going to have access to good schools, and now we’ve got the war in Iran looming over all of this. And so I think people are hungry to get back to some semblance of normal, and right now we have a lawmaker who isn’t showing up and isn’t providing leadership on any of these issues.”
https://kansasreflector.com/2026/03/30/people-are-hurting-kansas-democrat-takes-aim-at-republican-incumbents-congressional-seat/
After narrow 2024 loss, Missouri abortion opponents reorganize for 2026 vote
Three months before Missourians narrowly voted to legalize abortion, a small group led by Tom Estes gathered in a living room and came up with a plan to rally voters against the amendment..
The effort that emerged — MO Protects — was improvised, underfunded and, by its own telling, forced to make up for a fractured statewide campaign with volunteer labor and little money.
That narrow defeat is now shaping a much more organized rematch. Estes and the activists who tried and failed to defeat the 2024 abortion-rights amendment have regrouped under a new PAC, called “Her Health, Her Future,” betting that more time, tighter coordination and earlier backing from top Missouri Republicans can help them succeed in 2026.
“So far, we are very, very happy about how unified the campaign is and how just eager everybody is to work together,” said Estes, a mid-Missouri pastor and chief of staff to state Sen. Rick Brattin. “And look, it also makes it easier for everybody to want to work together when we just lost when we were working separately. So everybody’s very motivated and very unified.”
https://missouriindependent.com/2026/03/30/missouri-abortion-amendment-3-campaign-effort-2026/
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