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  1. Under the draft new rule, #parents who stay home with their #children could benefit from the program, which typically provides about $9,000 per child each year, potentially reshaping which #families get #federal #childcare money.

    The move could end up redirecting money away from #WorkingParents & their child care providers, causing some to raise their rates or even close, critics said, potentially worsening what many experts say is a child care crisis in the country.

    #Trump #law #FarRight

  2. Federal government denies role in reported drone strike on former prison commander

    Friday September 4, 2026 Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali federal government has denied involvement in a reported drone strike…
    #Conflict #Conflicts #War #Commander #denies #drone #federal #former #geopolitics #Government #in #ON #prison #reported #role #strike
    europesays.com/3233648/

  3. G20 finance chiefs gather in North Carolina with Iran sanctions and tariffs in focus

    The United States takes its turn chairing the G20 finance track this week under distinctly awkward conditions. US…
    #NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #ap #Bessent #breakingnews #federal-reserve #g20 #harris #Iran #KevinWarsh #ScottBessent #TheAssociatedPress #THENEWYORKTIMES #THEUNITEDSTATES #Treasury #ustreasury #warsh
    newsbeep.com/712898/

  4. Oil prices higher as US-Iran tensions flare and Warsh fans rate hikes

    Asian stocks fell on Monday as hawkish comments from Federal Reserve boss Kevin Warsh saw investors ramp up…
    #NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #Fed #federal-reserve #Iran #KevinWarsh #monday #Us #ustreasury #warsh
    newsbeep.com/712528/

  5. I may lose a lot of followers by hash-tagging #fuckcarney, but so be it. To those followers I do lose, I bid you farewell and good health.

    This is not the “unified” #Canada I wasted my #Federal #NDP vote for. Anyone supporting “the great” #markcarney and his #cultlike, loyal #turncoat, #unethical, #partisan, #climatedestruction #liberals, who judge people like me for openly criticizing their great #authoritarian leader, can kiss my leftist ass and future votes goodbye for generations to come.

    I’m no longer interested in #Carney’s #liberal #nationalinterestprojects. Mark Carney’s “globalist banker over politician” mentality is not at all compatible with my national interest, that is a fact.

    Mark Carney continues to ignore my “leftwing domestic terrorist” interests while quietly sending #Canadian delegations to #AmericanFacist conventions and still claiming a pursuit of “national unity”.

    The truth is Carney’s #nationalinterest claims are no more real than fascist Trump claiming he’s polling “better than ever” in an entire nation actively fighting against him and his corporate/facist ambitions.

    Carney has used a #ShockDoctrine, #floodthezone agenda based on #Trump and #PierrePoilievre blinded Canadians, to achieve his and #DanielleSmith’s own selfish #rightwing, #corporate, #capitalist goals.

    We’ve all been played, yet the most #patriotic #elbowsup Canadians have yet to even see it.

    #cdnpoli #southernorcas #killerwhales #endangeredspecies threatened by #markcarney and #canada’s #pipeline

  6. Regarding the #voterID bill #Trump is strong-arming #Congress into passing, the #Senate has tried & failed FIVE TIMES SINCE MARCH to force it through to appease him.

    The package of national voting restrictions called the “SAVE America Act” would require a photo ID to vote in federal #elections & proof of #US #citizenship to register, while compelling #states to turn over their voter registration ​rolls to the #federal government.

    #law #Constitution #VoterSuppression #MafiaState #extortion

  7. This morning at #FCM - meeting with other #Climate Forward electeds to talk about the realities we’re facing, what various #municipalities are doing about some of those challenges, and what we need from #federal and #provincial / #territorial governments to really take action. #ElbowsUpForClimate #canada — gilakas’la to the speakers Seth Klein and Amber Bennett

  8. There are #legal limitations to the use of #NDAs in #government. Under a #federal #law that protects #whistleblowers, these agreements cannot limit a civil servant’s ability to expose #waste, #fraud & #abuse. [ruh-roh]

    #Trump #idiocracy #criminality #law #FreeSpeech

  9. In late Dec, #SCOTUS issued a temporary order blocking #Trump from carrying out the #Chicago deployment because, it said, the president’s ability to federalize the #NationalGuard likely applies only in “exceptional” circumstances. The ruling has called into question any broader plans by the admin to use #federal #troops domestically to respond to #civil unrest.
    
The deployments have cost >$496 million, the Congressional Budget Office reported in Jan.

    #law #states #governors #PosseComitatusAct

  10. #HigherEd figures from #Duke, #Harvard , #UCLA & #Yale reveàled as chums amongst #EpsteinFiles in latest doc drop.

    #DOJ released a new batch of 3 million pages from #JeffreyEpstein case, revealing correspondence with prominent figures at top tier schools even after his 2008 conviction with name-drops including figures from #Kinsey Institute having lunch with Epstein and a former Israeli PM.

    Latest doc dump includes over a half dozen top #academics in trove, prompting some #Edu institutional embarrassment.

    Amongst those shown to have years of sporadic contacts are a prominent #Connecticut school's computer science professor David Gelernter, who was infamously injured after being targeted by #Unabomber Ted Kacynski, but later in life crafted correspondence casually chatting with the convicted sex offender regarding female students on campus he had working for him.

    A controversial Duke "behavioral economics" professor named David Ariely who wrote an advice column in #WSJ for a decade is mentioned 636x, although he had previously confirmed only two meetings with Epstein, despite documents that now show at least seven personal interactions.

    Others newly named include some top Harvard donors and academics along with those previously mentioned such as former #SocialSciences dean Stephen M. Kosslyn, "Evolution Center" director Martin Nowak and #LarrySummers.

    #Florida police first began investigating #Epstein in March 2005 after a 14-year-old girl reported being molested at his home not far from Mar-A-Lago. Eventuallly arrested after a probe in 2006, he pleaded guilty to lesser prostitution charges through a non-prosecution agreement arranged by future #Drumpf admin official Alex Acosta in June 2008. By mid 2019, under add'l media scrutiny, #Epstein himself was found dead in a detention cell in #Federal custody while awaiting trial on new sex #trafficking charges.

    insidehighered.com/news/facult

    chronicle.com/article/heres-wh

    yaledailynews.com/articles/yal

    dukechronicle.com/article/duke

    ipm.org/news/2026-02-02/epstei

  11. Provisional Land Use Data From Water Year 2024 Is Now Available On [CA]DWR Atlas, CNRA Open Data, And SGMA Data Viewer For Public Use
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    gis.water.ca.gov/app/CADWRLand <-- shared web-based CDWR datasets / map
    --
    “The collected data is used by various federal, state, and local agencies, academic researchers and private consultants , and can help estimate the amount of water available for agriculture. Using this information, farmers can adapt and make decisions to better manage scarce water supplies more effectively.”
    #GIS #spatial #mapping #California #download #opendata #water #hydrology #datause #datasharing #download #landuse #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #wateryear #DWRAtlas #statewide #CNRA #SGMA #publicdata #publicgood #usecase #crops #croplands #cropmapping #counties #countysurvey #CADWR #DWR #groundwater #irrigation #wateruse #watermanagement #federal #state #local #webmapping #agriculture #watersecurity #foodsecurity #watersupply
    #CaliforniaDepartmentOfWaterResources

  12. Unsealed court documents reveal that Matt Gaetz repeatedly had sex with a minor female. She was in homeless shelters, a junior in high school, saving for braces. She joined a "sugar daddy" dating site, claiming she was of legal age, and got paid to have sex with Gaetz several times.
    The GOP projects onto others whatever evils they are already committing.
    #MattGaetz #child #predator #sex #trafficking #DOJ #FBI #federal #charges #Epstein #files #PedoFiles #pedophiles mediaite.com/media/news/devast

  13. #ForProfit #Corporations Are Buying Up More #Psychiatric Hospitals. Some Flout #Federal #Law With Scarce Repercussions.

    Psychiatric hospitals — increasingly owned by for-profit corporations — are illegally turning away patients during crises. Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial, a ProPublica investigation found.

    #HealthCare #health #MentalHealth #Trump #FederalGovernment #law
    propublica.org/article/psychia

  14. “I’m very nervous about it,” Dr. #SusanMonarez said about the #vaccine committee meeting scheduled for Thursday. The panel’s recommendations influence which #vaccines #HealthInsurance companies cover & which shots #children can get for #free through the #federal Vaccines for Children Program.

    #PublicHealth #science #medicine #CDC #Trump #RFKJr #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #eugenics #HealthyIfYoureWealthy

  15. El 16 de agosto en el 3ER ENCUENTRO FEDERAL CYBERCIRUJA de entrada gratuita, vas a poder participar de una #rifa presencial para colaborar con los gastos del evento. Adquiriendo un módico bono contribución te daremos un número y vas a poder ganarte equipos reacondicionados por nosotros con mucho AMOR Y CARIÑO CYBERCIRUJA.

    DETALLE DE LOS #PREMIOS:

    1ER #PREMIO: Notebook Thinkpad T410, i5 (1era. gen) - 8 GB de RAM - SSD 240 GB - C/linux mint 22.1, con batería funcionando y cargador.

    2DO PREMIO: Tablet Atom con 2GB de RAM, 32GB almac., con funda con teclado, salida HDMI, con cargador, (batería sin funcionar).

    3ER PREMIO: Conectar Igualdad G2, Atom, 1GB Ram, HDD 160 gb, C/Linux c/retropie con 10.000 juegos retro de Playstation 1, Arcade, Neogeo, Sega megadrive, famicom, etc. (bateria sin funcionar)

    4TO PREMIO: PC Desktop gabinete slim i3 (3ra gen.) - 4GB de RAM - SSD 240 GB C/linux mint 22.1 C/retropie con 10.000 juegos retro de Playstation 1, Arcade, Neogeo, Sega megadrive, famicom, etc. Funcionando OK, sin monitor, ni perifericos, ni cables.

    CÓMO PARTICIPO?

    Para participar tenes que estar en el evento y adquirir el número de forma presencial. El #sorteo se realizará al final del evento del sábado 16/8 en el CC Paco Urondo. Idealmente tendrías que estar presente en el sorteo así te llevas el premio en el momento, pero podés dejar tus datos en caso de que no puedas estar, para entregartelo en otro momento.

    #cybercirujas #cyberciruja #evento #encuentro #federal #centrocultural #cultura #pacourondo #culture

  16. In several #states, it asked detailed questions about the process to remove #noncitizens & other *ineligible* #voters from the rolls.

    Grantham, the Fremont County clerk, said Small asked him if he would allow a third party to review whether his voting machines complied with #federal law. Grantham declined the request, he said, citing #state laws that restrict access to voting machines.

    #Trump #law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #privacy #dictatorship #autocracy #MafiaState

  17. 1/2 US Protest Law Tracker - Updates to #Federal #Protest Laws introduced in 2025.

    Latest updates: Jun. 10, 2025 (US Federal)

    Providing for deportation of non-citizens who commit protest-related offenses

    Would cancel the visa of any individual convicted of protest-related crimes and provide for the individual’s deportation within 60 days. Under the bill, individuals convicted of any “crime (i) related to [their] conduct at and during the course of a protest; (ii) involving the defacement, vandalism, or destruction of Federal property; or (iii) involving the intentional obstruction of any highway, road, bridge, or tunnel” would be deportable. The bill requires that such individuals’ visas be “immediately” cancelled and the individuals removed from the US within 60 days. If enacted, a non-citizen convicted of even a nonviolent misdemeanor “related to” a protest, such as trespass or disorderly conduct, could face deportation. The bill’s sponsor cited protests around immigration raids in #LosAngeles as the impetus for his bill.
    (Full text of Bill: cotton.senate.gov/imo/media/do)
    Status: pending
    Introduced 10 Jun 2025.
    Issue(s): Traffic Interference

    Heightened penalties for "#riot" offenses

    Would amend the federal #AntiRioting law to raise the maximum penalty to ten years in prison, instead of five, for participating in or inciting a “riot,” or aiding or abetting someone to do so. The federal definition of “riot” is broad, requiring only a “public disturbance” where one individual in a group commits violence. Under the bill, someone who committed or abetted an “act of violence” during the commission of a “riot” offense would face a minimum one-year sentence, while an individual who assaulted a law enforcement officer would face a sentence of at least one year and up to life in prison. Federal law defines “act of violence” broadly to include using force against #property—or just attempting or threatening to use such force. As such, if enacted, the bill could result in steep criminal penalties for protesters who do not actually engage in violence or destructive conduct. The bill’s sponsor cited protests around immigration raids in Los Angeles as the impetus for his bill.
    Status: pending
    Introduced 10 Jun 2025.
    Issue(s): Riot

    HR 2272: Blocking #FinancialAid to students who commit a "riot"-related offense

    Would bar federal financial assistance and loan forgiveness for any student convicted of a crime in connection with a “riot.” The bar would apply to students convicted of “rioting” or “a) inciting a riot; b) organizing, promoting, encouraging, participating in, or carrying on a riot; c) committing any act of violence in furtherance of a riot; or d) aiding or abetting any person in inciting or participating in or carrying on a riot or committing any act of violence in furtherance of a riot.” Many states define “riot” broadly enough to cover peaceful protest activity; many also have broad laws criminalizing “incitement to riot” that cover protected expression. The bill would bar financial aid and #LoanForgiveness for students convicted under such provisions. As written, the bill would also bar financial aid and loan forgiveness to students convicted of any offense related to “#organizing, #promoting, encouraging” a riot, or “aiding and abetting” incitement or participation in a riot, which could cover an even wider range of expressive conduct, from sharing a social media post to cheering on demonstrators in a protest that was deemed a “riot.”
    (Full text of bill: congress.gov/bill/119th-congre)
    Status: pending
    Introduced 21 Mar 2025.
    Issue(s): #CampusProtests, Riot, Limit on #PublicBenefits

    #HR2273: Providing for visa revocation and deportation of #noncitizens who commit a "riot"-related offense

    Would require the Secretary of State to revoke the visa of and make deportable a noncitizen #student, #scholar, #teacher, or #specialist convicted of a crime in connection with a “riot.” Under the bill, individuals in the US on an F-1, J-1, or M-1 visa would have their visas revoked and would be deportable if they were convicted of “rioting” or “a) inciting a riot; b) organizing, promoting, encouraging, participating in, or carrying on a riot; c) committing any act of violence in furtherance of a riot; or d) aiding or abetting any person in inciting or participating in or carrying on a riot or committing any act of violence in furtherance of a riot.” Many states define “riot” broadly enough to cover peaceful protest activity; many also have broad laws criminalizing “incitement to riot” that cover protected expression. The bill would provide for the deportation of foreign students, scholars, and others convicted under such provisions. As written, the bill would also provide for their deportation if convicted of any offense related to “organizing, promoting, encouraging” a riot, or “aiding and abetting” incitement or participation in a riot, which could cover an even wider range of expressive conduct, from sharing a #SocialMediaPost to cheering on #demonstrators in a protest that was deemed a “riot.”
    (Full text of bill: congress.gov/bill/119th-congre)
    Status: pending
    Introduced 21 Mar 2025.
    Issue(s): Campus Protests, Riot

    #S1017: New federal criminal penalties for protests near #pipelines

    Would create a new federal #felony offense that could apply to protests of planned or operational pipelines. The bill would broadly criminalize under federal law “knowingly and willfully” “#vandalizing, tampering with, disrupting the operation or construction of, or preventing the operation or construction of” a gas pipeline. A range of peaceful activities could be deemed “disrupting… the construction of” a pipeline, from a rally that obstructs a road used by construction equipment, to a #lawsuit challenging a pipeline’s #permit or# zoning approval. The bill does not define “disrupt,” such that even a brief delay would seemingly be covered. Further, the underlying law provides that any "attempt" or "conspiracy" to commit the offense would be punished the same as actual commission. As such, individuals as well as organizations that engage in the planning or facilitation of a protest that is deemed to “disrupt” pipeline construction could be covered. The offense would be punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 for an individual, or $500,000 for an organization.
    (Full text of bill: congress.gov/bill/119th-congre)
    Status: pending
    Introduced 13 Mar 2025.
    Issue(s): Protest Supporters or Funders, #Infrastructure

    #ProtestLaws #protestors #protestors_in_prison #CivilLiberties #Fascism #USA #USPol #NoKings #Project2025 #TrumpIsAFascist

  18. Bill to increase #LithiumMining regulations killed in [#SouthDakota] state House

    By Amelia Schafer Feb 14, 2025

    "A new bill to increase regulations on lithium mining in South Dakota failed to make it out of the state House on Thursday.

    "House Bill 1258, proposed by Rep. Nichole Uhre-Balk, D-Rapid City, would have placed lithium mining under the same regulations as gold and silver rather than its current sand and gravel standards.

    "Hard rock mining (gold and silver) is subject to stricter #WaterPollution control regulations than sand and gravel mining.

    "Organizations like #MidwestLithium are currently exploring mining operations in the hills. Most lithium in the hills is found around the #HarneyPeak Granite formation, according to the organization's webpage.

    "The South Dakota lithium project is comprised of roughly 23,500 acres of both #federal and private Land.
    The House Agriculture and Natural Resources committee first split 6-6 on a do-pass motion Thursday before voting 8-4 to send the bill to the 41st day, killing it.

    "''I think the general consensus is that the issue needs to be addressed, and so we'll continue to look harder at that, make sure we get all of our any concerns addressed and try to bring that bill back next year,' Uhre-Balk told the crowd at Saturday's crackerbarrel event hosted by Elevate Rapid City.

    "Organizations like the local Indigenous led nonprofit #NDNCollective and the #BlackHillsCleanWaterAssociation spoke out in support of the bill Wednesday, stating that increased lithium mining threatens clean water for Black Hills residents especially since its treated like sand or gravel mining.

    "Critics of the bill, such as Mike Lees, program administrator for the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources Minerals Mining Program, said current regulations are sufficient. At the crackerbarrel, Rep. Tim Goodwin, R-Rapid City, said the bill, 'was going to choke off mining. It was bureaucratic.'

    "Uhre-Balk said the bill wouldn't stop mining.

    "House Agriculture committee members cited a need to better understand the issue when voting to send it to the 41st day.

    "The #SouthDakotaMineralIndustriesOrganization was not immediately available for comment."

    Original article:
    rapidcityjournal.com/news/stat

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/Gqvb8
    #ProtectTheBlackHills #ProtectTheSacred #DefendTheSacred #NoMiningWithoutConsent #EnvironmentalRacism #DrillBabyDrill #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #LeaveItInTheGround #CorporateColonialism #USPol #NoLithiumMining #DefendMotherEarth

  19. #Trump’s lawyer on Thurs will be Mitchell, who was a #law clerk to Justice #AntoninScalia, the late Supreme Court #conservative. Mitchell will be standing…before …(#SCOTUS) for the 6th time & is scheduled to make his 7th trip later this month for a #SecondAmendment case, challenging a #federal #ban on #BumpStocks (a #semiautomatic #gun stock for rapid ammo reloading — cuz apparently the #FarRight thinks that’s something people need outside of war zones).


  20. The #DOJ pushed back Mon on #Trump’s claims that he cannot be ready to go to #trial in Jan on #charges that he #illegally sought to subvert the results of the #2020election.
    
A #trial in DC #federal #court in April 2026, which Trump’s #attorneys requested, “would deny the public its right to a #SpeedyTrial,” #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith attys wrote in Mon’s #filing.

    #law #legal #jan6 #ElectionInterference
    washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/20

  21. The request to federal judge #AileenCannon was an attempt to bypass a stricter provision contained in a #ProtectiveOrder proposed by the govt that would require #Trump to discuss & review #classified #evidence only in one of the highly secure locations run by #federal #courts in FL.

    While Trump’s #lawyers refused to offer many details about their preferred location, they told #JudgeCannon it was “a previously approved facility at or near his residence”….

    #CriminallyIndicted #CitizenTrump

  22. A #federal #AppealsCourt has #ruled that a #KatyTexas company and #church can #deny #employment to #LGBTQ #workers without legal recourse. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (#5thCircuit) #overturned a #lower #court's #ruling that the company, #BraidwoodManagement, and the church, #BearCreekCommunityChurch, #violated #TitleVII of the #CivilRightsAct of 1964 by #discriminating #against LGBTQ workers.

    The
    #court determined that the two entities are not mandated to abide by #federal #discrimination law because they are #religious #organizations. The court's opinion said that Braidwood Management follows the belief among some Christians that "marriage is between one man and one woman."

    The ruling is a
    #setback for #LGBTQRights advocates, who had hoped that the 5th Circuit would follow the lead of the Supreme Court (#SCOTUS), which ruled in 2020 that Title VII protects LGBTQ workers from discrimination. The Supreme Court's ruling was a landmark decision, but it did not explicitly address the issue of religious exemptions.

    The 5th Circuit's ruling leaves open the possibility that other religious organizations could also deny employment to LGBTQ workers without legal repercussions. This could have a significant impact on LGBTQ workers, who could be
    #denied jobs or #fired simply because of their #SexualOrientation or #GenderIdentity.

    The ruling is also a reminder of the importance of the ongoing fight for LGBTQ equality. Despite progress in recent years, there are still many challenges that LGBTQ people face, including discrimination in the workplace. It is important to continue to fight for the rights of LGBTQ people and to ensure that they are protected from discrimination.

    https://www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood/katy/article/katy-company-and-church-can-deny-lgbtq-workers-18167418.php