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- Verified Complaint, Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans v. City of San Diego et al., Case No. 26CU051879C
Court Filing · 2026
Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans; ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties
A separate ACLU-backed lawsuit against San Diego's plate reader program (September 2026) that cites the Parra and Beltran arrest. These are allegations, not findings.
- Victims Receive Reparations for Burge-Era Torture
Government Record · 2016
City of Chicago Mayor’s Office
Of 98 people seeking financial reparations, 57 were approved. This implementation count differs from the Goldston report’s at least 50 potential victims and later litigation’s more-than-100…
- Vulnerable & Vanishing: The Struggle to Protect Arizona’s Foster Youth in DCS Care
News Report · 2026
FOX 10 Phoenix
FOX 10 Phoenix reported that 74% of children who went missing from Arizona DCS care between January 2024 and September 2025 disappeared from group homes.
- WA to pay $9 million to woman who said she was sexually abused in foster care
News Report · 2025
Seattle Times
Washington State agreed to pay $9 million to Ashley Miller, who said she was sexually abused in foster care from ages 5 to 12 while the…
- Wallace v. Powell, No. 3:09-cv-00286: Judgment (M.D. Pa. 2022)
Court Filing · 2022
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
The federal judgment in the Kids for Cash civil case: $106,296,945.53 in compensatory damages and $100,000,000 in punitive damages against Ciavarella and Conahan.
- Wallace v. Powell, No. 3:09-cv-00286: Memorandum on Damages (M.D. Pa. 2022)
Court Filing · 2022
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
The federal court's 2022 memorandum awarding $100 million in punitive damages against former judges Ciavarella and Conahan to Kids for Cash victims.
- Washington Post: How the Post Analyzed Hunter Biden Laptop Data (2022)
News Report · 2022
The Washington Post
Washington Post, March 2022: two security experts it hired verified thousands of emails from the laptop data as authentic, using cryptographic signatures from Google and other…
- Washington RCW 10.116.040: Police Ban on Military Equipment (2022)
Government Record · 2022
Washington State Legislature
Washington State law, 2022: police may not acquire or use military equipment, including long-range acoustic devices and directed-energy systems.
- Webseed and Brighteon v. Department of State: Complaint (2024)
Court Filing · 2024
Webseed, Inc. and Brighteon Media, Inc.
Webseed and Brighteon Media, May 2024: the Natural News and Brighteon companies sued the State Department, NGOs and platforms, alleging government-funded blacklisting by NewsGuard, ISD and…
- Webseed v. Department of State: Magistrate Recommends Transfer (2025)
Court Filing · 2025
Magistrate Judge Dustin M. Howell, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
Magistrate Judge Dustin Howell, federal court in Texas, February 2025: recommended granting Google, Meta and X's motions to move the Brighteon case to the Northern District…
- Webseed v. Department of State: Order Denying Reconsideration (2026)
Court Filing · 2026
Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin, October 2026: refused to let the plaintiffs seek reconsideration of the dismissal and kept the October 28, 2026 deadline for amended complaints. Later…
- Webseed v. Department of State: Order Granting Motions to Dismiss (2026)
Court Filing · 2026
Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin, federal court in California, September 2026: dismissed the Brighteon case and a related case for lack of standing, ruled claims against the closed…
- Webseed v. Department of State: Order Transferring Case to California (2025)
Court Filing · 2025
Judge Robert Pitman, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
Judge Robert Pitman, federal court in Texas, April 2025: overruled the plaintiffs' objections and moved the entire Brighteon case to the Northern District of California. A…
- What Happens If You Violate Stay-Home Order? Police Say Warnings, Fines or Even Arrests
News Report · 2020
WTTW News
Interim Superintendent Beck described a warnings-then-tickets-enforcement sequence and linked the $500 maximum to refusal to obey an officer enforcing a health order. Essential tasks and outdoor…
- White House Press Briefing by Jen Psaki (July 16, 2021)
Government Record · 2021
The White House; American Presidency Project transcript
White House briefing, July 16, 2021: Press Secretary Psaki said the White House raised trends with platforms through direct channels but that the companies decide who…
- White House Press Briefing with Surgeon General Murthy (2021)
Government Record · 2021
The White House
White House briefing, July 15, 2021: Surgeon General Murthy asked tech companies to act against misinformation super-spreaders. The briefing does not name Natural News, Brighteon or…
- White House: Occupational Licensing, A Framework for Policymakers (2015)
Government Record · 2015
The White House; U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Economic Policy; Council of Economic Advisers; U.S. Department of Labor
White House, Treasury, Council of Economic Advisers and Labor Department, July 2015: more than a quarter of U.S. workers now need a government license to do…
- Williams et al. v. City of Chicago et al., Civil Rights Class Action Complaint
Court Filing · 2022
Michael Williams, Lucy Parsons Labs and Daniel Ortiz
Williams et al. v. City of Chicago, the federal class action over ShotSpotter-based policing. Allegations at filing.
- Withrow v. Larkin (1975)
Court Filing · 1975
Supreme Court of the United States (White, J.)
U.S. Supreme Court, April 1975: a state medical board that both investigated and judged a doctor did not, by that alone, violate due process. A challenger…
- Woodrow Wilson: The Study of Administration (1887)
Document · 1887
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson, 1887: the founding essay of American public administration, arguing for a professional class of administrators to run government. It opens, 'Administration is the most…
- Word Histories: Origin of the Streisand Effect (2019)
Document · 2019
Word Histories
Word Histories, March 2019: quotes Mike Masnick's January 5, 2005 Techdirt post that named "the Streisand Effect." A secondhand quote of the original post. It does…
- Wyman v. James, 400 U.S. 309
Court Filing · 1971
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court upheld welfare caseworker home visits as a condition of receiving benefits, holding that a visit that is not forced is not a Fourth…
- X: About Reduced-Reach Enforcement (2026)
Corporate Filing
X Corp.
X Corp.: its current policy explains reduced-reach enforcement, limiting how widely rule-breaking posts are shown and found. The company's own account.
- X: Our Approach to Enforcement (2026)
Corporate Filing
X Corp.
X Corp.: its current enforcement policy says it may restrict the reach of rule-breaking posts by making them less discoverable in search, trends, recommendations and timelines,…