TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge has refused to stop Florida from removing potentially non-U.S. citizens from its rolls.

The U.S. Department of Justice sued the state to halt the purge, arguing it was going on too close to a federal election.
U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle said Wednesday that there was nothing in federal voting laws that prevent the state from identifying non-U.S. citizens even if it comes less than 90 days before the Aug. 14 election. (more…)

Eric Holder and House GOP members failed to reach an agreement.    Holdup’s attempted blackmail failed.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Obama administration officials and House Republican staff members have met but failed to resolve a document dispute that could lead to a precedent-setting contempt of Congress vote Thursday against Attorney General Eric Holder.

A House Republican official, not authorized to be quoted by name, said Tuesday that White House and Justice Department representatives showed the GOP staff 30 documents related to the botched Fast and Furious gun-tracking operation. (more…)

By Request – A new daily feature to create a place to just dump, collect, or discuss general information about the Trayvon Martin VS George Zimmerman Case.

Use this thread as an open thread just for Zimmerman Case stuff.

How does Chief Bill Lee’s firing tie in with Detective Chris Serino’s removal, and Matt Gutman’s admissions?   Some of this is a combination of factual evidence and blended with a reasonable hypothesis from three months of investigating the players.

It really is not that complex to identify the motives and consequences of the latest developments in the Trayvon Martin Shooting against the backdrop of evidence discovery and known personalities.
First, Lead Detective Chris Serino –  From the outset Detective Serino has held somewhat of a valid chip on his shoulder toward George Zimmerman.  Somewhat valid.   Did he cross the line?  Yes.   Was it out of some grand design to see George Zimmerman incarcerated for Second Degree murder?  No, not likely.
Serino was non sympathetic toward Zimmerman’s position for a variety of reasons.   Zimmerman had thrown his department and some of his pals under the bus regarding the Sherman Ware case against Justin Collison.  Maybe he even thought of Zimmerman as a rogue do-gooder blended with somewhat of a grandiose vigilante complex.
So from the start he just didn’t care for him.   Besides, from his perspective, if Zimmerman had just sat his butt in his car and waited for the police to arrive none of this would have happened.  Especially not all the grief brought upon his department once again by the same loud mouth that created the prior problems with the former Police Chief.   So Zimmerman, from Serino’s perspective was getting a dose of Karma. (more…)

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

Update:  To clarify – Matt Gutman has two twitter accounts.  @MattGutman and also  @mattgutmanABC which was used by him on Tuesday 6/26/12 (see below).    However, Matt Gutman is now denying his intention to reply about Sanford Detective Chris Serino.   But it does not add up because he used a specific reply to the twitter question.   He is trying to cover his tracks….

There is no intellectually honest way to spin the fact that ABC’s Matt Gutman was admitting Lead Sanford Detective Chris Serino was the source of the leaks from inside the Sanford Police Department to him, ABC, and possibly other media.  Period.
Matt had not tweeted anything since June 11th until this morning when he sent his first tweet from the airport in Tel Aviv at 11:47am.  Here is the entire twitter feed from Matt for 6/26/12 (more…)

If you have Twitter Account – Send Rapid fire questions:
Ask Matt Gutman “Why did Serino Leak – What was his benefit”?
Ask Jeff Weiner:   “Did you know Serino was the SPD leaker – Yes or No “?
Ask Rene Stutzman:  “Did you know Serino was the SPD leaker – Yes or No”?
Ask Ryan Julison:  “Did you know Serino was leaking to Media – Yes or No”?
Ask Natalie Jackson:  “Did you know Detective Serino was leaking info to media – Yes or No”?

Get them on Record Tonight !!

Calling All Roosting Chickens – Please Return Home

BREAKING – TreeHouse Vindication.  On March 29th in the midst of the Media Frenzy we focused on one little aspect no-one was paying attention to.

March 29th Treehouse Post: – A police surveillance video obtained by ABC news shows George Zimmerman’s arrival at the police station following the Trayvon Martin shooting.  It is being used by people, and manipulated by the media in an apparent attempt to bolster their case that Trayvon did not attack Zimmerman.

Watching the video many Trayvon advocates, and those with a vested interest in selling the Trayvon family story, are saying the video is damning to Zimmerman because they cannot make out any significant injuries to his face or back of his head.

However, there is something more evident, and far more damning, in the video than most observers are focusing on. A BFD (I’ll explain after the video).

Rep. Charlie Rangel has managed to secure the Democratic nomination in a primary challenge held this evening in NY.  However, Rangel’s multiple challengers point to an ever increasingly fractured Democratic party which can no longer count on a cohesive voting block.
“And from our Dan Beekman:
A second ex-Bronx borough president, Adolfo Carrion, just walked through the door in time for some bad news. The room fell quiet as Charlie Rangel took the stage to declare victory. Adriano Espaillat is still missing in action.
“The time for change was clearly now. Maybe this was low voter turnout,” Carrion said. “But if a challenger like Espaillat can pull 30-40% against Charlie Rangel, that speaks volumes.””
https://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2012/06/live-coverage-new-yorks-federal-primaries
**Update 11:05 pm – With 50% of precincts reporting, Charlie Rangel surges ahead of his main opponent Andriano Espaillet.
Polls closed at 9 pm tonight.  Democratic Rep Charlie Rangel is facing four challengers in the 13th district Democratic primary.  Rep Rangel has represented the area since 1970.  If Rangel is successful in securing the Democratic nomination, it will be his 22nd run for re-election.
Redistricting this year has meant significant changes to Rangel’s previously safe district, adding in a large Latino/Hispanic voting population, diluting the African-American vote in the new district.
Current early precinct returns show Rangel securing only 30% of the votes.
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/uptown/harlem-congressman-charlie-rangel-a-fight-political-life-tuesday-democratic-primary-article-1.1102201
https://www.cnn.com/2012/06/26/politics/rangel-primary/index.html
Developing.