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Legal experts called DHS’ move to use driver’s license data for citizenship checks more evidence of federal overreach.

“The administration wants to get as much data as it can, however it can, whenever it can.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/dhs-citizenship-checks-drivers-license-data?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #DHS #Immigration #Data #Privacy #Security #Law #Trump

California schools will soon be able to easily search the names of bus drivers, janitors and other school support staff to see if they have substantiated claims of misconduct.

Why hasn’t a similar system for teachers succeeded?
https://www.propublica.org/article/california-teacher-misconduct-database-bill-failed-al-muratsuchi?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #California #School #Teacher #Education #Data #Law #Transparency

We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
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Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government won’t say if any agents have been punished.
https://www.propublica.org/article/videos-ice-dhs-immigration-agents-using-chokeholds-citizens?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Immigration #ICE #DHS #Trump #Police #Minneapolis

A Pregnant Woman at Risk of Heart Failure Couldn’t Get Urgent Treatment. She Died Waiting for an Abortion.
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In North Carolina, a state that had legislated its commitment to life, Ciji Graham spent her final days struggling to find anyone to save hers.
https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-abortion-laws-ciji-graham?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Women #Health #Law #NorthCarolina #Abortion #Medicine

Trump’s Canada Tariffs Decimate Border Crossings, Business in Upper Michigan
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Under an intensifying trade war, parts of northern Michigan are feeling the financial pain. But with a president intent on conflict and a congressman silent on the issue, these Michiganders see no sign of relief.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-canada-tariffs-michigan-sault-ste-marie?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Michigan #Canada #Trump #Tariffs #Trade #Business #Economy

“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force
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A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say they feel targeted just going about their lives.
https://www.propublica.org/article/memphis-safe-task-force-police-harassment?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Memphis #Tennessee #NationalGuard #Trump #Police #Law

"The 'Why I’m Leaving Substack' post is the new 'Goodbye to All That,'” writes Sarah Scrier for NiemanLab. Some top newsletter writers — including Anne Helen Petersen, Lyz Lenz, and Virginia Sole-Smith — have left Substack for Patreon. Email delivery issues, poor technical support and an overemphasis on social features were reasons for their departure. Both Petersen and Lenz also referenced Substack's platforming of Nazis and hate speech in their farewell notes. Here's more.

https://flip.it/L22UTT

#Media #News #Publishing #Substack #Patreon #Newsletters #LyzLenz #AnneHelenPetersen #VirginiaSoleSmith

Appeals Court Upholds Shaken Baby Conviction Despite Medical Examiner Recanting Testimony
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Dissenting from the court's majority, one judge sounded the alarm about ignoring recanted forensic testimony, saying the medical examiner's reversal "calls into doubt the foundation of the trial."
https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-russell-maze-shaken-baby-conviction-appeal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Nashville #Tennessee #Law #Courts #Medicine #Doctors

Almost the entire population of southern resident killer whales gathered in central Puget Sound on Sunday, but the newest member of J Pod, a newborn known as J64, was not among them.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/endangered-orcas-return-to-puget-sound-without-newborn-j64-presumed-dead
#KUOW #News #Environment #EndangeredSpecies #Environment #Salmon #PugetSound #Animals #Orcas

A Gutted Education Department’s New Agenda: Roll Back Civil Rights Cases, Target Transgender Students
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The Trump administration is subverting the traditional priorities of the department’s decimated civil rights office by making discrimination investigations practically impossible — instead enforcing its own anti-diversity campaign.
https://www.propublica.org/article/education-department-civil-rights-donald-trump-discrimination?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Education #Trump #CivilRights #Discrimination #Racism #Transgender #TransRights #Students #DEI #Diversity

Top Democratic Insider EXPOSES #Billionaires Controlling Our #Politics

https://www.youtube.com/live/K4HZlmfq9qQ #live #news #tech #unitedstates #us #usa #america #democracy #fascism #ai #tv #trump #donaldtrump #economy #russia #china #ukraine #israel #gaza #gop #europe #eu #media #press

Dystopian.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/04/01/1134863/humanoid-data-training-gig-economy-2026-breakthrough-technology/

via https://flipboard.com/@thenewsdesk/technology-shjum1jiz/-/a-C6tPZBTVTxqHxInIhLyDEw%3Aa%3A43591897-%2F0

#news #technology #TechNews #AI #robots #automation

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We reviewed federal prosecutions, local arrests, internal protest summaries by the Portland Police Bureau and more than 700 video clips posted to social media before Trump said he wanted to send the National Guard to the city.

Here’s what we found.
https://www.propublica.org/article/portland-protests-national-guard-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Portland #Oregon #NationalGuard #Trump #Protest

Foreign food safety inspections have hit a historic low after Trump staffing cuts. The dramatic shift in oversight comes as the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food.

“It’s only a matter of time before people die,” one expert said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/foreign-food-safety-inspections-historic-low-fda?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #FDA #Food #Safety #Health #PublicHealth #Trump #Data #Research

"Decentralised social media ecosystems allow independently operated communities to communicate across shared protocols without being controlled by a single corporation.

One such example is the Fediverse, which includes platforms like micro-blogging site Mastodon and video sharing site PeerTube."

https://theconversation.com/nearly-everything-we-use-online-is-owned-by-big-tech-theres-a-better-way-forward-282969

#news #TechNews #technology #fediverse

Following a ProPublica investigation, more than two dozen House Democrats are pressing the Trump administration to reverse a new Department of Veterans Affairs policy that makes it harder for male veterans with breast cancer to get health coverage.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-veterans-affairs-male-breast-cancer-lawmakers?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Veterans #Cancer #Healthcare #Law #Congress #USPolitics #Trump

A gun chain’s stores repeatedly violated rules designed to deter illegal sales. Although authorities recommended revoking their licenses, the problem stores all remain open.

Now the Trump administration is weakening penalties for failure to comply.
https://www.propublica.org/article/range-usa-guns-straw-sales-atf?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Guns #Firearms #Business #Government #Trump #ATF #Regulation

Across hundreds of Alaskan communities, public schools are often the safest buildings where people can take shelter during disasters.

After decades of state neglect, however, some have become emergencies themselves.
https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-public-schools-emergency-shelter-neglect-typhoon-halong?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Alaska #School #Emergency #Disaster #Weather #Indigenous #Education

More Than 100,000 American Kids Have Had a Parent Detained in Immigration Sweeps, Report Estimates
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Far more American children have likely been separated from their parents during immigration sweeps than previously understood, according to a new Brookings report.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-immigration-child-parent-separation-estimates-brookings?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Immigration #ICE #DHS #Children #Family #Data #Research

Texas AG Ken Paxton has filed at least 30 cases over the past nine years that have a tenuous connection to the counties in which they were filed, a practice that legal experts say pushes the boundaries of the law.

https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-ken-paxton-forum-shopping?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Texas #KenPaxton #Law #Legal #Courts #USPolitics #TX

US President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager is “running an Israeli influence operation” targeting the MAGA movement’s supporters – in a bid to “prevent young conservatives” from turning against Tel Aviv over the Iran deal, TIME revealed on 14 July.

The operation is being led by former campaign manager Brad Parscale, who managed the Trump campaign between 2018 and 2020, the report states.

https://thecradle.co/articles/trumps-ex-campaign-manager-running-influence-op-to-sway-maga-voters-on-israels-behalf-report

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#Gaza #Palestine
#Press #News

iPadを何とかできるのは、うちの艦長くらいですよ

Apple's Cheap MacBook: What to Expect in 2026 https://www.macrumors.com/2025/11/07/low-cost-macbook-rumors-2026/

#Apple #LLM #news #bot

NEW: They Needed Treatment for Drug Addiction. The Company They Turned to May Have Used Them to Commit Fraud.

Kentucky’s largest drug rehab center touts a Christian message and a selfless commitment to helping others.

But internally, the organization prioritized money over the well-being of its clients and staff, interviews show.

https://www.propublica.org/article/kentucky-addiction-recovery-care-medicaid-fraud

#news #healthcare #kentucky #drugs

Staying in this #BonfireNight? Perhaps some #Positive #Environmental #News will enlighten you. October’s roundup includes, #Beavers will soon be officially recognised as a native species in #Wales #UnitedKingdom, the final #coal-fired power plant in #NewEngland has shut down and #Spain created six new #marine zones. All this and more in the positive news summary.

https://primonatura.co.uk/positive-environmental-stories-019/