A new lawsuit accuses the administration of violating the First Amendment by threatening the visas of researchers for work on disinformation and content moderation of social media. n.pr/4be42ye
Breaking news: At least nine people are reported dead in strike near Jerusalem, Israel says, as Iran retaliates across the region after the death of its supreme leader. Nearly 30 more were injured, according to Israel.
If you're curious: Yes, of course Trump is at Mar-a-Lago as his unilateral war kicks off. www.pbump.net/o/an-officia...
Hello Claude
If you’re interested in learning whom your elected representatives work for, it’s worth checking out Open Secrets, an organization that tracks campaign financing. In a nation in which political bribery was legalized by SCOTUS, true representative democracy is quite elusive.
www.opensecrets.org
NEW: Records reviewed by WIRED show DHS’s facial recognition app (Mobile Fortify) isn’t designed to actually "verify" identity—despite DHS claims and its agents relying on its matches to support probable cause in the field.
Rice ICE Tracker www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
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Trying!
Now why would that be?
I’ve been tracking and writing about Brownstone since December 2021 and it’s really validating to see these pieces.
Solid write-up from KFF on its influence. One thing left out: The group helped steer the GOP House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic long before Trump took office.
The Flex Loan, a new type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial in Tennessee, allows residents to borrow up to $4,000 at a 279.5% interest rate.
It has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders.
(Published May with @tennesseelookout.com)
Americans are on the verge of losing their ability to choose their government. But they don't seem to have realized it yet.
“.. In the first half of this year, the Trump Organization’s income soared 17-fold to $864 million ..
“.. more than 90% .. came from Trump crypto ventures, including sales of World Liberty tokens.”
@reuters.com $WLFI
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Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It. - from @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/okla...
That’s Brent Bozell III, founder of the Media Research Center, nephew of William F Buckley and one of many Council For National Policy members who worked to oppose anti-apartheid efforts in the 1980s. Also, his son was one of the first rioters inside the Capitol on Jan 6. Got four years for it.
There already aren’t enough dentists who accept Medicaid patients, said Kimberly Raleigh of the Michigan Oral Health Coalition, and “if there is a reduction in community water fluoridation, it’s just a downward spiral.”
In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.
This is some of the best political news I've seen in a very long time.
There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.
The White House’s mass firing of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff on Friday has decimated offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chronic disease. www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...
Indigenous people are 5 percent of Canada's population but have made up more than half its wildfire evacuees this year while their generational knowledge of forest stewardship is largely ignored. Indigenous Services Canada says “more work needs to be done”
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MAGA charismatic pastor mismanaged funds, enriched himself, etc. a continuing saga
apnews.com/article/sean...
1/ DEVELOPING: A journalist was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital following another incident with an ICE agent at 26 Federal Plaza, an immigration court in NYC. The last I heard, he was getting X-rays for his lower back.
Thank you! (I agree.)
