Rosa María Ortega, a Mexican citizen who has lived in the US since infancy and thought she was allowed to vote, was sentenced to 8 years in prison for illegal voting.

I don't think the term "fraud" applies, since she did not lie about anything. She just registered and voted.

The unusual severity of her sentence was caused by talking about the troll's fictitious claims. It will probably cause her to deported to a country she has no memory of living in, and may not be able to survive in.

Anti-abortion protests at Planned Parenthood offices were met by numerous supporters, in some cases greatly outnumbering the protesters.

It is very important to speak up visibly and publicly against the right-wing supporters of the troll.

One district court ruled in favor of storing government regulations behind paywalls.

The case is not over.

UK house builders are holding back the supply of new houses to push up the price.

The diamond mining companies hold back the supply of diamonds to keep the price up, but we can disregard this because nobody really needs a diamond. Everyone needs a home to live in.

The 120,000 victims of Erdoğan's witch hunt find themselves blacklisted, unable to get any kind of work, and fearing that their bank accounts might be seized at any time.

Those who are arrested do not get a fair trial. They are told the only way to get out of jail is to name some "co-conspirators", which often means additional innocent targets for the witch-hunt.