Ryan Farrick is a writer and small business advertising consultant based out of mid-Michigan. Passionate about international politics and world affairs, he’s an avid traveler with a keen interest in the connections between South Asia and the United States. Ryan studied neuroscience and has spent the last several years working as an operations manager in transportation logistics.


Maryland Conservatives Push Back on Redistricting

“Annapolis Democrats spent taxpayer dollars on a special mission for one reason: To rewrite the Maryland Constitution and eliminate the last remaining Republican congressional seat,” state Del. Matt Morgan (R-St. Mary’s) said in a press release announcing the lawsuit. “Like a banana republic, they suspended the rules, ignored statutory deadlines, and treated the Constitution as an obstacle to be removed.”


Former Federal Prosecutor Fired for Criticizing Trump Sues Justice Department

Rosenzweig’s blog, which had caused such a firestorm in conservative media, had been defunct for over six years at the time of his firing. Most of its content was broadly apolitical, dealing more with travel, sports, and other “anodyne topics,” though Rosenzweig did share a series of critical observations about Trump and other political candidates. Rosenzweig, among other things, called Trump “mentally unfit” and a “white supremacist.”


Federal Appeals Court Says Trump Can’t Build Ballroom Without Congressional Approval

“Whether or not a massive ballroom should be constructed is for Congress to decide and is not a matter for Executive self-help,” the court said, adding that its decision has little to do with policy and politics. “This holding has nothing at all to do with whether the proposed ballroom is desirable, or not, as a matter of policy. This ruling does not even necessarily mean that the Defendants may not ultimately construct the ballroom.”


Wrongful Death Lawsuit Says Illinois Boating Accident Ended in Decapitation

Stevenson’s boat, the lawsuit says, “literally flew over the top of [Telmni’s watercraft] and, in the process, one or more of the outboard sterndrives, pontoon tubes, or attached propellers did, in fact, cause a decapitation injury, thus killing Plaintiff Magdalena Jablonska, and causing physical and mental injuries to Plaintiff, Alan Telmni.”






Trump Administration Sued After OPM Prohibits Insurance from Paying for Gender-Affirming Care

A group of federal workers have joined a class-action lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s recent decision to prohibit certain insurers from covering gender-affirming care. According to The Guardian, the lawsuit was filed against the federal Office of Personnel Management by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and the D.C.-based law firm of Correia & Puth. Attorneys


25 States Sue Over New Trump Tariffs

The White House is currently attempting to implement another round of tariffs through Section 301 of the Trade Act. While Trump says the tariffs are intended to combat issues of forced labor in the supply chain, the lawsuit claims that this is merely a pretext to ignore unfavorable court orders.