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Reckless Ben is finally headed to federal court, and he's agreed to mediate with Bricks & Minifigs. But if you think the ex parte TRO that ordered him to delete his Lego videos is dead, you're reading the tea leaves wrong. Here's the story. In November 2023, Brian Mansell consigned his father Ed's Star Wars Lego collection to a Bricks & Minifigs store in Salem, Oregon. When...

A US World Cup star almost couldn't play for his own country over a fight about four words in the Constitution. Folarin Balogun was born in the States by accident — his mother's flight home to London got grounded by her own pregnancy — and the guarantee that makes him American just survived the Supreme Court by one vote. That's Trump v. Barbara. Chief Justice John Roberts closed it out...

In March 2025, FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter got an email telling her she'd been fired, effective immediately, no reason given. Five months later, Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook got her own pink slip, after a cabinet official accused her of mortgage fraud on social media, followed within 30 minutes by a Trump Truth Social post demanding she resign. Both women sued. Both won in t...

Federal judges across the country—including eleven district courts and the Sixth Circuit—have killed it. President Trump built a three-step plan to purge millions of voters he insists are casting illegal ballots, despite a decade of investigations finding none. Step one: force states to hand over unredacted voter rolls, Social Security numbers included, using a law written to protect Black voters&...

A racist streamer who built a following screaming slurs at Black people now faces up to 60 years in prison for shooting a Black disabled veteran outside a Tennessee courthouse. But what may matter most for prosecutors is the evidentiary paper trail left behind by the defendant himself:  posts, videos, and public statements that could help establish premeditation. Donald Etherly, known online as Ch...

Most federal criminal cases start with a crime. This one starts with a paint job. A three-time Olympian named David Hern reached into the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, touched a piece of peeling liner, and got hauled off in handcuffs. Hern is 67. He won eight gold medals in whitewater canoeing and represented the US at three Olympic Games. On Friday he was finishing a 64-mile bike ride, stoppe...

LEGO retailer Bricks and Minifigs is accused of losing a $100,000 consigned Star Wars LEGO collection owned by the dying grandfather of the Mansell family. After refusing to make good with the Mansells, interventionist YouTuber Reckless Ben stepped in to force a resolution… leading to an explosion of claims, counterclaims, truths, lies, arrests, criminal charges, public support for the Mansells, a...

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The South Carolina court had no choice but to overturn Murdaugh's double murder convictions. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Trump's $1.8 billion dollar slush fund is the most corrupt presidential act in American history. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

How two old legal contracts forced filmmakers to rewrite the Michael Jackson Biopic, and kept another fillm off the air. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

We are suing Trump. Again. And a judge just sided with us. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Doctors vs Lawyers (As Always) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

What's $100,000 per video between comrades? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Oh, Donald Trump is immune from prosecution? Not so fast. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The USOPC is going for gold in America's favorite sport: litigation. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Disney tried to use a widower's Disney+ subscription to compel arbitration.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

When lawyers sue God, it's a real David and Goliath battle. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Two women face years in prison for assault by glitter. Is Mark Rober going to jail? Hilarious extended interview on Nebula! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos was convicted on some charges but no others. Why? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

A juror may have lied. Maxwell may get a new trial as a result. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Do you own a picture of yourself? It depends, but probably not. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Sometimes the law is weird and sometimes legal arguments are weirder. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The shooter is guilty, but what about the parents James and Jennifer? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

If good fences make good neighbors unless those fences block out the sun. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .