Bill Maher mocks Garland's special counsel appt: After two years, he decided to 'give it to somebody else'

“Real Time” host Bill Maher had some fun at the expense of Attorney General Merrick Garland for passing the buck on the DOJ probes looking into potentially criminal wrongdoing of former President Trump.  Garland announced on Friday that he appointed former Justice Department official Jack Smith to serve as special counsel to oversee the probes…

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As a Hispanic American, I rejected getting into Harvard Law school by affirmative action

For me, last month’s Supreme Court argument in the Harvard affirmative-action case was personal. Growing up poor in Los Angeles, as the son of Colombian immigrants, I faced my share of racist taunts and stereotyping. In high school, I recall my White French teacher asking where I wanted to go to college. I said the Naval Academy. In front of all the other students she blurted, “You can’t go THERE!”   And you know what? She was…

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Mets to release former first-round pick: report

The New York Mets are parting ways with a former first-round pick who, at one point, was widely regarded as one of baseball’s top prospects. Dominic Smith will be non-tendered by the Mets before Friday night’s non-tender deadline, according to MLB.com, making him a free agent. All 30 MLB teams must decide if they will…

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