Ed Balkovic, PhD

The Supreme Court is considering a truly bizarre case where an investigative journalist uncovered an alleged threat to our national security and was then hit with an $800 day fine to force her to reveal her sources. jonathanturley.org/2026/10/2…

In her recent federal filing, Mary Peltola's counsel insisted, "DOJ's complaint is wholly baseless." Now the NY Times is reporting that her campaign was actively involved in seeking to confuse Alaskan voters by running decoy "Dan Sullivans." A staffer now says that Peltola knew about the effort to force voter confusion.

......Since the Justice Department has already filed and has raised concerns over the legality of this effort, campaign officials can be at risk if there were efforts to conceal this conduct in pressuring potential witnesses or destroying possible evidence...

...The NY Times is alleging that even the campaign lawyers were involved in this effort with senior aides. That is a very serious allegation against any lawyers if Peltola was actually fishing for decoy Dan Sullivans.

The NY Times is citing not just this campaign worker but others associated previously with the campaign. This could snowball quickly as staffers seek safe harbor given the federal filing. Mary Peltola's campaign motto could quickly become "fish, family, freedom [and Fraud]."

Fox is out with my column on the case of Herridge v. Chen, where a respected investigative journalist is fighting to protect the core principle of confidentiality in a bizarre case filed after her story revealed an alleged national security risk... foxnews.com/opinion/jonathan…

Florida gubernatorial candidate Angie Nixon's response to claims that Cuba is a dictatorship: "I will have to take their word for it." The line rivals Rep. Omar's "not to my knowledge" response to claims that she married her brother...foxnews.com/politics/cuban-e…

I just spoke with Martha MacCallum on The Story about the growing questions surrounding Rep. Omar, who continues to avoid answering those questions with the help of an enabling media. teapawt.net/thestoryfnc/status/211… teapawt.net/thestoryfnc/status/211…

Gallup released another poll showing just how divided the nation remains on core values. When asked which values are most needed today, Republicans ranked “patriotism” as number one while Democrats ranked “equality.” ... jonathanturley.org/2026/10/2…

In addition to the ten questions not asked by MS NOW of Rep. Omar, jonathanturley.org/2026/10/2…, there is an intriguing new question of why she deleted a 2019 birthday message to her father that notably called him "Nur Said" -- the very name in the DOJ filings. foxnews.com/politics/omars-d…

The Falcons' new logo seems like an unfortunate throwback to ... well ... a different league. It appears designed to put the Blitz[krieg] back into their "Grits Blitz." Hopefully, when the Falcons-49ers face off on Sunday at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, it will not be a torch-light night game...

...While Mamdani is offering state-run stores, the "pricing" is completely illusory given the need to subsidize the produce. By promising prices 30 percent lower than the competition (in one of the lowest profit-margin industries), he will be selling the most expensive product in the city. jonathanturley.org/2026/07/2… The difference is that he will be able to simply tap into the city budget to maintain the illusion of a viable market.

I just spoke on The Story with Martha MacCallum on the Omar story, which seems to be getting "curiouser and curiouser" as time goes on... teapawt.net/thestoryfnc/status/211…

There is an important case before the Supreme Court on the free press and the ability to protect confidential sources. Unless the Court reviews the case, investigative journalism could suffer a debilitating blow with little more than a shrug from the courts... jonathanturley.org/2026/10/1…