Nostr notes by Bruno J. Navarro

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent trying to ...

2026-08-08T19:07:50Z

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent trying to board a Southwest Airlines flight in Dallas was reportedly stopped by a gate agent who demanded a judicial warrant before allowing the agent onto the aircraft. The July 25 incident could signal a growing pushback from airlines as immigration enforcement at U.S. airports increases. https://www.thetravel.com/southwest-airlines-is-the-first-to-stand-up-to-ice-employee-blocks-agent-from-arresting-passenger/

An ABC NEWS Verify investigation has found Facebook's parent ...

2026-08-06T10:57:31Z

An ABC NEWS Verify investigation has found Facebook's parent company, Meta, is directly paying several controversial content creators including a white nationalist with Neo-Nazi links and a prominent anti-vaxxer. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/ragebait-how-facebook-is-paying-controversial-creators/106940696

The book’s central argument is that big tech is no longer our ...

2026-08-05T15:14:19Z

The book’s central argument is that big tech is no longer our friend, as many of its billionaire owners have seized economic and political control and are steering the fate of the planet towards their own bizarre, apocalyptic visions. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/aug/05/journalist-taking-on-tech-fascists-silicon-valley

The findings show that Covid vaccines reduced the likelihood of ...

2026-06-24T01:47:58Z

The findings show that Covid vaccines reduced the likelihood of severe illness by about half among adults last fall and winter. The study was originally scheduled to be released in March in the CDC’s flagship scientific publication, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). Instead, it was published in JAMA Network Open, a highly regarded, peer-reviewed journal from the American Medical Association.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/study-covid-vaccines-acting-cdc-director-blocked-published-rcna351174

Repair Cafes — free events where volunteers with technical ...

2026-06-12T11:27:36Z

Repair Cafes — free events where volunteers with technical know-how help neighbors fix myriad household items — are part of a new brand of anticonsumerism that’s trying to offer an alternative to the mass-produced disposable goods that have dominated the global economy for the last half-century.
https://apnews.com/article/repair-cafes-economy-anticonsumerism-affordability-buy-nothing-d3acac3ec2aae5e85294b34f0f4764b8

FBI agents on Thursday raided the Cleveland offices of the Ohio ...

2026-06-12T10:34:07Z

FBI agents on Thursday raided the Cleveland offices of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, a pro-democracy organization that helps register voters in that state, according to three people briefed on the search.

https://www.ms.now/news/ohio-pro-democracy-organization-raided-by-fbi

Over the past three years, the rate of fabricated references in ...

2026-05-27T10:00:57Z

Over the past three years, the rate of fabricated references in biomedical literature has grown more than 12-fold. In 2023, one in 2,828 papers contained at least one fake reference, a rate that had risen to one in 458 by last year. Over the first seven weeks of 2026, the researchers found, one in 277 papers had at least one non-existent reference. https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/ai-hallucinations-infiltrating-expert-entering-090000090.html

Colorado has led the US on legislation that ensures people can ...

2026-04-30T12:22:29Z

Colorado has led the US on legislation that ensures people can fix their stuff. Manufacturers tried to claw back that control but ultimately failed—for now. https://www.wired.com/story/colorado-anti-repair-bill-is-dead/

“Nothing is too big for New York City to take on. And over the ...

2026-04-13T11:15:07Z

“Nothing is too big for New York City to take on. And over the past 14 weeks, we have proved that there is no task too small either.”

https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/12/mamdani-100-days-rally-knockdown-center-bernie-sanders/

The vital truth the ruling class is terrified of you knowing is ...

2026-04-12T13:24:42Z

The vital truth the ruling class is terrified of you knowing is that they broke the social contract. https://www.jphilll.com/theres-a-wave-of-attacks-on-the-ruling-class/

Once each semester, Grit Matthias Phelps, a German language ...

2026-03-31T12:30:04Z

Once each semester, Grit Matthias Phelps, a German language instructor at Cornell University, introduces her students to the raw feeling of typing without online assistance. No screens, online dictionaries, spellcheckers or delete keys. https://apnews.com/article/typewriter-ai-cheating-chatgpt-cornell-ce10e1ca0f10c96f79b7d988bb56448b

As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched ...

2026-02-09T13:27:20Z

As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts https://www.reuters.com/investigations/ai-enters-operating-room-reports-arise-botched-surgeries-misidentified-body-2026-02-09/

I’ll add right up front that nobody sane now thinks the answer ...

2026-01-31T13:57:54Z

I’ll add right up front that nobody sane now thinks the answer to abuses at Dachau was to give the guards more training. https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/into-the-abyss

The president should be impeached and convicted, as should ...

2026-01-25T18:05:47Z

The president should be impeached and convicted, as should everyone responsible for these outrages. ICE should be disbanded. So should the Department of Homeland Security. The other agencies within it should be redistributed across other departments. And the people who have killed should be investigated and brought before judges and juries. https://open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p/lies-and-lawlessness

“I think so many tech folks have felt like they can’t speak ...

2026-01-15T14:57:10Z

“I think so many tech folks have felt like they can’t speak up,” Diemer told WIRED. “I want tech leaders to call the country’s leaders and condemn ICE’s actions, but even if this helps people find their people and take a small part in fighting fascism, then that’s cool, too.” https://www.wired.com/story/backlash-against-ice-policing-tactics-grows-in-silicon-valley/

South Carolina state Rep. RJ May (R) — an anti-LGBTQ+ ...

2026-01-15T12:48:57Z

South Carolina state Rep. RJ May (R) — an anti-LGBTQ+ politician who has accused drag queens and transgender people of harming kids — was sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison on Wednesday after pleading guilty to five counts of distributing child sex abuse material (CSAM). https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/gop-lawmaker-said-trans-people-harm-children-now-hes-going-to-for-child/

U.S. manufacturing activity slumped to a 14-month low in ...

2026-01-07T03:20:41Z

U.S. manufacturing activity slumped to a 14-month low in December, with new orders contracting further and input costs grinding higher as the sector continued to bear the imprint of Trump's import tariffs. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-factory-sector-slumped-14-month-low-2025-ended-ism-says-2026-01-05/

U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles called for the deportation of immigrants who ...

2025-12-18T18:25:30Z

U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles called for the deportation of immigrants who don't come from "compatible nations," "worship our god" and "fit the mold" of his vision for America during remarks at a New York Republican event at which a far-right German politican was honored. https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/18/andy-ogles-new-york-gop-gala-immigrants-islam-new-right/87814222007/

Elon Musk’s social media site X has rolled out a new feature in ...

2025-11-23T18:08:39Z

Elon Musk’s social media site X has rolled out a new feature in an effort to increase transparency—and unwittingly revealed that many of the site’s top MAGA influencers are actually foreign actors.

The new “About This Account” feature, which became available to X users on Friday, allows others to see where an account is based, when they joined the platform, how often they have changed their username, and how they downloaded the X app.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-influencers-accidentally-unmasked-as-foreign-actors/

Four prison guards involved in the death of an incarcerated Black ...

2025-11-21T21:11:42Z

Four prison guards involved in the death of an incarcerated Black man whose brutal beating at an upstate New York prison last year was captured on body-cam videos were each sentenced Friday to prison terms.

https://apnews.com/article/new-york-prison-guards-sentenced-death-brooks-aede1b9a35cdd6e057f2c8a0020ead1b

IRS Direct File, the electronic system for filing tax returns for ...

2025-11-06T15:13:34Z

IRS Direct File, the electronic system for filing tax returns for free, will not be offered next year, the Trump administration has confirmed.

https://apnews.com/article/irs-direct-file-not-available-2026-04f2d0c31bec80b55d122a0e76e08c36

Democrats saw notable wins in the 2025 election beyond the big ...

2025-11-05T19:54:22Z

Democrats saw notable wins in the 2025 election beyond the big races : NPR https://www.npr.org/2025/11/05/nx-s1-5599185/2025-election-results-georgia-pennsylvania-democrats-win

Police in a Chicago suburb are collecting videos and other ...

2025-11-02T23:02:13Z

Police in a Chicago suburb are collecting videos and other evidence to send to the Illinois attorney general’s office after a car crash involving a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle led to a violent arrest caught on video showing an agent repeatedly punching a man in the head while pinned to the ground. https://apnews.com/article/illinois-immigration-agent-hits-man-confrontation-e723bf7878da1d99a5c7ee2a3780a79e

As a tenuous ceasefire took hold in Gaza this month, Israel ...

2025-10-20T14:12:54Z

As a tenuous ceasefire took hold in Gaza this month, Israel launched more airstrikes on southern Lebanon — 11 months into a ceasefire there. https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-israel-gaza-ceasefire-new-normal-hezbollah-190eb8c2ec2d9fedc94c3fadfc1f41e2

According to a photo of a private text on the phone of Treasury ...

2025-10-04T12:54:08Z

According to a photo of a private text on the phone of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Argentina responded to the treasury secretary’s $20 billion bailout by turning around and removing its export taxes on soybeans and striking a huge new deal with China. That diminished the price of U.S. soybeans and weakened U.S. trade leverage with China, which immediately pulled out of its existing arrangements with soybean farmers in America’s heartland. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/leaked-texts-scott-bessent-phone-152824667.html

“At the end of the day, the public knows that Donald Trump and ...

2025-10-02T22:29:15Z

“At the end of the day, the public knows that Donald Trump and Republicans have shut the federal government down and that they’re continuing to engage in the chaos and the cruelty and the corruption that we’ve seen from this administration from Day 1 of the presidency,” Jeffries said. https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5535856-white-house-shutdown-layoffs-funding-freeze-republicans/

Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s president, addressed the UN general ...

2025-09-27T12:11:17Z

Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s president, addressed the UN general assembly on Tuesday to call for felon Donald Trump to once again face “criminal proceedings” — this time over the US strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/23/colombia-gustavo-petro-trump-criminal-process

Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and former Trump White House advisor Steve ...

2025-09-27T02:24:24Z

Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and former Trump White House advisor Steve Bannon are among those who appeared in partially redacted files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that were released on Friday by Democrats in the House Oversight Committee. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/26/musk-thiel-bannon-partially-redacted-epstein-files-democrats-release.html

Over 200 contractors who work on improving Google’s AI ...

2025-09-16T12:59:02Z

Over 200 contractors who work on improving Google’s AI products, including Gemini and AI Overviews, have been laid off, sources say. It’s the latest development in a conflict over pay and alleged poor working conditions. https://www.wired.com/story/hundreds-of-google-ai-workers-were-fired-amid-fight-over-working-conditions/

Americans are more positive toward capitalism than socialism, but ...

2025-09-14T15:14:51Z

Americans are more positive toward capitalism than socialism, but the 54% viewing capitalism favorably is down from 60% in 2021 and near that level in most prior years. https://news.gallup.com/poll/694835/image-capitalism-slips.aspx

Despite rhetoric painting liberal big cities as lawless war ...

2025-09-14T12:23:30Z

Despite rhetoric painting liberal big cities as lawless war zones, the most dangerous places in America in terms of gun violence are often deep-red states and rural towns.

https://theintercept.com/2025/09/12/charlie-kirk-gun-violence-red-states/

Kash Patel fired the 'legendary' special agent in charge ...

2025-09-12T00:49:15Z

Kash Patel fired the 'legendary' special agent in charge of Utah's FBI divison just a month before she would have led the ongoing manhunt for Charlie Kirk's assassin.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15089759/Kash-Patel-Utah-FBI-leadership-Charlie-Kirk-assassination.html

It is not illegal to fund constitutionally protected free speech ...

2025-09-07T22:54:49Z

It is not illegal to fund constitutionally protected free speech in the U.S. https://crooksandliars.com/2025/09/tom-homan-people-donating-anti-ice

Over three hours, federal agents demanded identification from the ...

2025-08-28T11:21:32Z

Over three hours, federal agents demanded identification from the members of two private contractor crews. The crews were among the 400 people including firefighters deployed to fight the wildfire, the largest active blaze in Washington state. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/federal-agents-arrest-firefighters-working-on-wa-wildfire/

As everyone from actual journalists to amateur sleuths scrambles ...

2025-08-04T20:53:52Z

As everyone from actual journalists to amateur sleuths scrambles for further evidence of Trump’s connection to the prolific pedophile and sex-trafficker, what’s been—once again—lost in this discourse is the hundreds of women who survived the horrors Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and their moneyed friends inflicted upon them. https://www.jezebel.com/since-no-one-else-seems-to-care-lets-remember-epsteins-survivors

“Word got out that there were Homeland Security vehicles parked ...

2025-06-20T11:38:41Z

“Word got out that there were Homeland Security vehicles parked at the hotel,” Gordo told The Times. “People wanted to express their 1st Amendment rights and they did so in a lawful, nonviolent and respectful manner.”

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-19/los-angeles-county-hotels-immigration

The stunning downward spiral of Michael Madigan’s political ...

2025-06-13T21:47:02Z

The stunning downward spiral of Michael Madigan’s political career ended Friday with a 7 1/2-year prison sentence and a $2.5 million fine for the former Illinois House speaker and the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history after he was convicted of trading legislation for the enrichment of his friends and allies. https://apnews.com/article/illinois-corruption-madigan-longest-serving-speaker-07cd2e4be0ec031b8a56b08b3b3670d7

One former Republican congressional staff member with ties to the ...

2025-06-08T14:09:53Z

One former Republican congressional staff member with ties to the White House, speaking on the condition of anonymity for fear of being targeted, said that the president’s courting of far-right conspiracists had stoked expectations, creating a never-ending cycle of demands. The person likened it to feeding red meat to insatiable sharks. Or zombies.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/us/politics/justice-department-fbi-trump-conspiracy-theories.html

Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left ...

2025-06-02T23:05:47Z

Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster agency said during a briefing that he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, according to four sources familiar with the situation.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fema-staff-confused-after-head-said-he-was-unaware-us-hurricane-season-sources-2025-06-02/

To treat his cancer, our reporter David Armstrong takes a drug ...

2025-05-19T11:16:14Z

To treat his cancer, our reporter David Armstrong takes a drug that costs nearly $1,000 per pill.

The price of the drug, Revlimid, has gone up 26 times since 2006 — yet according to a deposition Armstrong found, a top executive admitted it has always cost just 25 cents to make.

https://propub.li/43JrUGD

The future of everything from smartphones, to military equipment, ...

2025-05-15T12:14:29Z

The future of everything from smartphones, to military equipment, to electric vehicles hangs on 17 rare earth minerals and the magnets that they’re made into. And China, the world’s largest refiner and producer, is tightening its grip and threatening the US’ largest automakers. https://www.theverge.com/electric-cars/665198/rare-earth-magnet-ev-motor-china-tariff

Israel has carried out daily strikes on Gaza since ending its ...

2025-04-30T10:24:46Z

Israel has carried out daily strikes on Gaza since ending its ceasefire with Hamas last month. It has cut off the territory’s 2 million Palestinians from all imports, including food and medicine, since the beginning of March in what it says is an attempt to pressure the militant group to release hostages.
https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-gaza-airstrikes-latest-0f9a737e82458cf2e74259adab530749

Thousands of newly obtained documents show that Clearview AI’s ...

2025-04-24T11:07:25Z

Thousands of newly obtained documents show that Clearview AI’s founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left. Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administration. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/clearview-ai-immigration-ice-fbi-surveillance-facial-recognition-hoan-ton-that-hal-lambert-trump/

Lisa Anderson, a US-born physician from Cromwell, Connecticut, ...

2025-04-17T19:18:26Z

Lisa Anderson, a US-born physician from Cromwell, Connecticut, told NBC Connecticut on Wednesday that she recently received a letter from the Department of Homeland Security telling her, “It is time for you to leave the United States."

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/doctor-email-immigration-leave-country-rcna201698

U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan, speaking from the bench in ...

2025-04-17T03:52:43Z

U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan, speaking from the bench in her Washington, D.C., courtroom Tuesday, said Trump’s order targeting the law firm Susman Godfrey was part of a “personal vendetta.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/federal-judge-calls-trumps-order-targeting-prominent-law-firm-shocking-rcna200961

The Fetterman campaign has issued more than 1,700 refund requests ...

2025-04-06T16:56:34Z

The Fetterman campaign has issued more than 1,700 refund requests since 2021 from more than 1,000 donors, totaling more than $780,800, according to filings with the Federal Election Commission. https://theintercept.com/2025/04/05/john-fetterman-israel-campaign-donation-refunds/

It’s hard to know which is more unsettling: that the leader of ...

2025-04-04T02:11:52Z

It’s hard to know which is more unsettling: that the leader of the free world could spout complete drivel about its most successful and admired economy. Or the fact that on April 2nd, spurred on by his delusions, Donald Trump announced the biggest break in America’s trade policy in over a century—and committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/04/03/president-trumps-mindless-tariffs-will-cause-economic-havoc

ICE officers arrested 54-year-old Julio Noriega and moved him ...

2025-04-01T12:29:27Z

ICE officers arrested 54-year-old Julio Noriega and moved him into a van before he could explain himself, he said.

He spent several hours in an ICE processing center before officers checked his wallet and realized he is a U.S. citizen.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-warrantless-arrests-chicago-law

Since 2019, I’ve watched young people across the country make a ...

2025-03-31T12:20:38Z

Since 2019, I’ve watched young people across the country make a similar choice — turning away from a Democratic Party that once promised a “hopey, changey” vision but now feels distant, performative, and unwilling to fight for a future we deserve. https://www.teenvogue.com/story/chuck-schumer-young-people-democratic-party

Within the last 10 minutes the crowd of demonstrators outside the ...

2025-03-29T16:33:34Z

Within the last 10 minutes the crowd of demonstrators outside the Tesla dealership in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District has swelled to hundreds. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/tesla-elon-musk-anti-trump-protests-rcna198708

Over a dozen Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian village in ...

2025-03-28T21:51:49Z

Over a dozen Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian village in the southern Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday, beating residents with sticks and rocks, in an incident captured with rare clarity by security cameras.
https://apnews.com/article/israel-settler-attack-palestinians-masafer-yatta-5fca78a22e3c606ae55734770cb7aa41

Nathalie Loiseau, a member of the European parliament, told the ...

2025-03-26T00:34:07Z

Nathalie Loiseau, a member of the European parliament, told the BBC that she was “flabbergasted” by the breach.

“If I was Vladimir Putin, I would feel jobless. Russia has nothing more to do. … You don’t even need to spy on the U.S. administration. They leak by themselves,” she said. https://apnews.com/article/attack-yemen-us-chat-leaked-allies-79cb2073cff6d7ceb00c43da39757f66

“The corruption is why you pay a fortune for prescriptions. The ...

2025-03-23T01:23:57Z

“The corruption is why you pay a fortune for prescriptions. The corruption is why your insurance claim keeps getting denied. The corruption is why hedge funds get to buy up all the houses in your neighborhood.” https://apnews.com/article/jon-ossoff-senate-election-2026-georgia-20dcdc9e7dc10f15b3aa3c23d845220e

"There are only two opinions on this sign: Everyone is ...

2025-03-21T11:15:17Z

"There are only two opinions on this sign: Everyone is welcome here, or not everyone is welcome here,” argues Sarah Inama, a sixth-grade history teacher. https://www.today.com/parents/teacher-remove-everyone-is-welcome-here-sign-rcna196282

In at least a dozen videos filmed in her OPM office, political ...

2025-03-12T11:21:37Z

In at least a dozen videos filmed in her OPM office, political appointee McLaurine Pinover modeled her outfit choices for the day, while directing followers from her Instagram account to a website that could earn her commissions on clothing sales. https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/11/politics/opm-spokesperson-fashion-influencer-videos-invs/index.html

The unprecedented exposure of large swaths of personal financial ...

2025-02-27T21:39:11Z

The unprecedented exposure of large swaths of personal financial data by DOGE hackers as well as the dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau mean every American should take action to protect themselves against fraud, identity theft, and economic instability. https://www.damemagazine.com/2025/02/25/how-to-protect-your-money-during-a-coup/

This isn't a spontaneous coup—it's the culmination of a ...

2025-02-12T13:21:13Z

This isn't a spontaneous coup—it's the culmination of a dangerous ideology that has been meticulously developed since the 2008 financial crisis, one that sees democracy itself as obsolete technology ready to be “disrupted.” https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-plot-against-america

A letter signed by mayors and local leaders across 39 states is ...

2025-02-11T13:24:34Z

A letter signed by mayors and local leaders across 39 states is calling on Congress to protect all clean energy tax credits made available to state and local governments, which had been responsible for creating thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in investments before Trump froze the funds.

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10022025/mayors-urge-congress-not-to-repeal-clean-energy-tax-credits/

Fifteen measles cases — mostly in school-aged children — have ...

2025-02-10T22:54:18Z

Fifteen measles cases — mostly in school-aged children — have been confirmed in a small county in West Texas with one of the highest rates of vaccine exemptions in the state. https://apnews.com/article/measles-outbreak-gaines-county-texas-religious-exemptions-cacdae1843fa918964a1b8e01fe757f5

New York City’s congestion pricing program has been in place ...

2025-02-08T18:09:16Z

New York City’s congestion pricing program has been in place for one month, implementing tolls on drivers who enter certain, often gridlocked, areas of Manhattan. And so far, the results are “undeniably positive,” transit officials say, with measurably reduced traffic and more commuters choosing public transit.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91272434/a-million-cars-have-disappeared-what-nyc-is-like-after-one-month-of-congestion-pricing

Who is protecting Americans from Marburg right now? The U.S. had ...

2025-01-27T11:48:00Z

Who is protecting Americans from Marburg right now?

The U.S. had a playbook — now undermined — for responding to biological threats https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/27/marburg-virus-ebola-who-cdc/

“DOGE is not exempted from FACA’s requirements,” states the ...

2025-01-20T16:01:17Z

“DOGE is not exempted from FACA’s requirements,” states the lawsuit, written by Kel McClanahan, executive director of National Security Counselors. “All meetings of DOGE, including those conducted through an electronic medium, must be open to the public.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/20/doge-trump-musk-ramaswamy/

RENO, Nev. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration said ...

2024-12-31T03:18:36Z

RENO, Nev. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration said Monday it is taking steps to bar oil, gas and geothermal development for 20 years in northeastern Nevada’s Ruby Mountains. https://apnews.com/article/nevada-ruby-mountains-oil-gas-development-503e0a2576ec5455d5c586df087f0c6a

South Korea’s anti-corruption agency said Tuesday that a court ...

2024-12-31T03:11:38Z

South Korea’s anti-corruption agency said Tuesday that a court has issued warrants to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol and search his office. https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-president-martial-law-yoon-warrant-4cf80153a9bd333147afb746adb49433

“We want a city that generates employment and fights poverty, a ...

2024-12-30T13:27:14Z

“We want a city that generates employment and fights poverty, a city for everyone, a city where the walls that have divided … are torn down. A city where the poor come first, the women first,” Brugada told the visiting mayors at the CityLab conference.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/dec/27/mexico-city-utopias-project-mayor

In states with abortion bans, ProPublica has found, pregnant ...

2024-12-27T12:29:10Z

In states with abortion bans, ProPublica has found, pregnant women have bled to death, succumbed to fatal infections and wound up in morgues with what medical examiners recorded were “products of conception” still in their bodies. https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/23/health/abortion-bans-deaths-research-propublica/index.html

Members of the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party had ...

2024-12-27T12:18:50Z

Members of the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party had already been making inroads with the Trump camp for several months before the US vote, as Europe’s populist anti-migration forces attempt to harness Maga’s momentum before Germany’s general election in February. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/07/far-right-activists-from-germany-spent-us-election-day-at-trumps-mar-a-lago

A lead organization monitoring for food crises around the world ...

2024-12-26T19:42:31Z

A lead organization monitoring for food crises around the world withdrew a new report this week warning of imminent famine in north Gaza under what it called Israel’s “near-total blockade,” after the U.S. asked for its retraction, U.S. officials told the Associated Press. https://apnews.com/article/gaza-israel-famine-biden-trump-fews-89b4a0d3ab684669ee4456566b406621

“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be ...

2024-12-18T20:04:01Z

“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?” https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/12/18/judith-butler-interview-el-pais-gender-trans/

The suit will test the strength of Texas' near-total abortion ...

2024-12-13T23:17:15Z

The suit will test the strength of Texas' near-total abortion ban against a New York shield law that bars public entities from cooperating with out-of-state investigations into reproductive health care services. https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/12/13/ken-paxton-texas-attorney-general-first-interstate-abortion-pill-lawsuit/76967237007/

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed his first lawsuit ...

2024-12-13T23:16:32Z

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed his first lawsuit against an out-of-state abortion provider, alleging that a New York physician prescribed abortion-inducing pills to a Texas woman via telemedicine. https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/12/13/ken-paxton-texas-attorney-general-first-interstate-abortion-pill-lawsuit/76967237007/

Let’s say you’re pregnant. Do you want your MAGA sister to ...

2024-12-01T02:58:30Z

Let’s say you’re pregnant. Do you want your MAGA sister to know? What if you need abortion care, and have to travel out of state, or out of the country to get it? Will your sister keep your secret? Will she report you? You know she chose Trump over you once. Why wouldn’t she do that again? https://www.everythingishorrible.net/p/it-may-not-be-safe-to-remain-friends

Several British police forces have largely withdrawn from Elon ...

2024-11-26T18:54:54Z

Several British police forces have largely withdrawn from Elon Musk's X social media platform as concerns over its role in promoting violence and extreme content persist, a Reuters survey of forces' social media output showed.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/uk-police-forces-quietly-withdraw-x-platform-amid-content-concerns-2024-11-26/

Introducing 'anti-COP': A climate summit for activists ...

2024-11-19T11:31:01Z

Introducing 'anti-COP': A climate summit for activists who are fed up

Activists rallied around a shared feeling of exclusion from the formal COP process, and concerns that the solutions that come out of it are harming their communities. https://grist.org/protest/introducing-anti-cop-a-climate-summit-for-activists-who-are-fed-up/

Dozens of people armed with sticks and firecrackers set a tram on ...

2024-11-12T11:26:19Z

Dozens of people armed with sticks and firecrackers set a tram on fire in Amsterdam on Monday, police said, while the city is facing tensions following violence last week targeting fans of an Israeli soccer club.

https://apnews.com/article/netherlands-tensions-tram-israeli-fans-20c8af43b8a72fa6bd9bab938ce7bd89

Kevin Roberts, now the president of the Heritage Foundation, is ...

2024-09-24T12:16:12Z

Kevin Roberts, now the president of the Heritage Foundation, is alleged to have told colleagues and dinner guests that he killed a neighbor’s pit bull around 2004 while he was working as a still relatively unknown history professor at New Mexico State University.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/24/project-2025-kevin-roberts-killed-dog

“It’s a very common theme in the history of fascism that lots ...

2024-09-10T10:44:45Z

“It’s a very common theme in the history of fascism that lots of people think that the fascist leader is joking,” Stanley warns. “People don’t want to believe what’s right in front of their eyes. Let’s take Trump seriously this time.”

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/if-trump-wins-2024-election-1235096091/

The last time Congress managed to pass a federal consumer privacy ...

2024-09-03T12:25:21Z

The last time Congress managed to pass a federal consumer privacy law was in 1988: The Video Privacy Protection Act. That’s a law that bans video-store clerks from telling newspapers what VHS cassettes you take home. In other words, it regulates three things that have effectively ceased to exist.

https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/17/hack-the-planet/

In a pitch deck to prospective customers, one of Facebook's ...

2024-09-02T13:48:12Z

In a pitch deck to prospective customers, one of Facebook's alleged marketing partners explained how it listens to users' smartphone microphones and advertises to them accordingly.

https://futurism.com/the-byte/facebook-partner-phones-listening-microphone

The Michigan Bureau of Elections is reviewing two complaints that ...

2024-08-24T12:54:41Z

The Michigan Bureau of Elections is reviewing two complaints that allege the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office violated the law when it hosted a nationally televised campaign event for Donald Trump on Tuesday.

https://www.metrotimes.com/news/michigan-bureau-of-elections-to-investigate-trump-campaign-event-following-complaints-37137767

Five secretaries of state plan to send an open letter to ...

2024-08-05T02:27:23Z

Five secretaries of state plan to send an open letter to billionaire Elon Musk on Monday, urging him to “immediately implement changes” to X’s AI chatbot Grok, after it shared with millions of users false information suggesting that Kamala Harris was not eligible to appear on the 2024 presidential ballot.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/04/secretaries-state-urge-musk-fix-ai-chatbot-spreading-false-election-info/

X (formerly Twitter) can no longer be accessed in the Mac App ...

2024-08-01T17:16:04Z

X (formerly Twitter) can no longer be accessed in the Mac App Store, suggesting that it has been officially delisted.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/01/twitter-app-mac-store-2024/