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  1. 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/

  2. #Federal authorities had initially [falsely] accused Sosa-Celis & another man of beating an officer with a broom handle & a snow shovel during the confrontation. But federal prosecutors dropped charges against the men after video evidence showed the officers lied about the encounter, & officials opened an investigation.

    #law #ICE #shooting #Trump #Minneapolis #immigration

  3. #Federal authorities had initially [falsely] accused Sosa-Celis & another man of beating an officer with a broom handle & a snow shovel during the confrontation. But federal prosecutors dropped charges against the men after video evidence showed the officers lied about the encounter, & officials opened an investigation.

    #law #ICE #shooting #Trump #Minneapolis #immigration

  4. #Federal authorities had initially [falsely] accused Sosa-Celis & another man of beating an officer with a broom handle & a snow shovel during the confrontation. But federal prosecutors dropped charges against the men after video evidence showed the officers lied about the encounter, & officials opened an investigation.

    #law #ICE #shooting #Trump #Minneapolis #immigration

  5. #Federal authorities had initially [falsely] accused Sosa-Celis & another man of beating an officer with a broom handle & a snow shovel during the confrontation. But federal prosecutors dropped charges against the men after video evidence showed the officers lied about the encounter, & officials opened an investigation.

    #law #ICE #shooting #Trump #Minneapolis #immigration

  6. #Federal authorities had initially [falsely] accused Sosa-Celis & another man of beating an officer with a broom handle & a snow shovel during the confrontation. But federal prosecutors dropped charges against the men after video evidence showed the officers lied about the encounter, & officials opened an investigation.

    #law #ICE #shooting #Trump #Minneapolis #immigration

  7. Shocking

    AP Source∶ #Federal prosecutors have charged an #ICE officer with #lying to investigators about the events leading up to the #shooting of a #Venezuelan man during the #Trump admin’s #Minneapolis #immigration crackdown earlier this year.

    Christian Castro, the officer who authorities say shot Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the leg in January, has been charged with making false statements to federal investigators.

    #law
    apnews.com/article/ice-immigra

  8. Shocking

    AP Source∶ #Federal prosecutors have charged an #ICE officer with #lying to investigators about the events leading up to the #shooting of a #Venezuelan man during the #Trump admin’s #Minneapolis #immigration crackdown earlier this year.

    Christian Castro, the officer who authorities say shot Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the leg in January, has been charged with making false statements to federal investigators.

    #law
    apnews.com/article/ice-immigra

  9. Shocking

    AP Source∶ #Federal prosecutors have charged an #ICE officer with #lying to investigators about the events leading up to the #shooting of a #Venezuelan man during the #Trump admin’s #Minneapolis #immigration crackdown earlier this year.

    Christian Castro, the officer who authorities say shot Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the leg in January, has been charged with making false statements to federal investigators.

    #law
    apnews.com/article/ice-immigra

  10. Shocking

    AP Source∶ #Federal prosecutors have charged an #ICE officer with #lying to investigators about the events leading up to the #shooting of a #Venezuelan man during the #Trump admin’s #Minneapolis #immigration crackdown earlier this year.

    Christian Castro, the officer who authorities say shot Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the leg in January, has been charged with making false statements to federal investigators.

    #law
    apnews.com/article/ice-immigra

  11. Shocking

    AP Source∶ #Federal prosecutors have charged an #ICE officer with #lying to investigators about the events leading up to the #shooting of a #Venezuelan man during the #Trump admin’s #Minneapolis #immigration crackdown earlier this year.

    Christian Castro, the officer who authorities say shot Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the leg in January, has been charged with making false statements to federal investigators.

    #law
    apnews.com/article/ice-immigra

  12. Not. Cool.
    When they go low, we go high.
    We cannot sink to their levels of violence, otherwise they will install ICE/ DHS/ National Guard/ Police troops all over blue cities, with new levels of violence and oppression we haven't yet imagined.
    -> Do NOT give them their #ReichstagFire moment!
    #fascist #USA #GOP #KKK #DEI #diversity #equity #inclusion #BrownShirts #BlackShirts #masked #immigration #agents #federal #immunity #CivilRights #Constitution #protections #FreeSpeech
    apnews.com/article/incendiary-

  13. An overview of today's supreme court rulings

    The supreme court ruled that Donald Trump’s firing of #Federal #Reserve governor
    Lisa Cook was unconstitutional,
    in a landmark ruling that limits a president’s authority over the central bank.
    In its opinion, the court said that Trump does not have the constitutional authority to fire a Fed governor without cause.
    The ruling is a major win for the central bank, which has spent the last year under attack from the White House.


    But, in a separate case, the justices ruled that Trump can #fire leaders of #independent #agencies or commissions,
    ending 90 years of court precedent that curbs executive power.
    That case centered on Rebecca Slaughter, whom Trump fired as Federal Trade Commission member in March last year over email,
    telling her that keeping her as a commissioner would be “inconsistent with [the] administration’s priorities”.


    The court handed Trump another loss, refusing to hear his bid to overturn a $5m verdict in favor of E Jean #Carroll
    in a case in ⁠which a jury found ⁠him liable for #sexually #abusing the former magazine columnist and then #defaming her.
    The 2023 jury verdict and a $5m civil judgment remain in place.

    The high court declined to take up the case in a brief, unexplained order.
    There were no noted dissents.


    The supreme court sided against national Republicans and the Trump administration to allow #mail-in #ballots that arrive after election day to be counted, upholding the law in more than a dozen states.
    The Republican National Committee had challenged a Mississippi state law allowing mailed ballots to be counted if they arrive within five business days of election day, so long as they were postmarked by election day.
    The court’s liberal justices pointed to federal laws that allow for grace periods, while noting that a ruling here could also implicate early voting, another common practice.


    The court also refused to revive a $300m #defamation lawsuit filed against #CNN over its coverage of a prominent attorney’s remarks made while defending Trump during his 2020 impeachment.
    Alan Dershowitz said CNN aired only a portion of the comment made during his defense of the president,
    distorting his meaning to make him look like he’d “lost his mind”.
    The network said that multiple outlets had interpreted his remarks in a similar way, and Dershowitz couldn’t show CNN was trying to mischaracterize what he said.
    The court’s majority declined to take up the case in a brief, unexplained order.


    And finally, the supreme court threw out a judicial decision ⁠involving a Virginia man’s challenge to a #geofence #warrant used by police to access cellphone location data near a crime scene leading to his conviction for armed robbery.
    The justices threw out ⁠a lower court’s ruling against ⁠defendant Okello Chatrie, who had argued he was subjected to an illegal search
    and that evidence in his case should be excluded.
    The court agreed that a search had occurred, but sent the case back to a lower court to conduct further analysis.

    theguardian.com/us-news/live/2

  14. In clear violation of the #PrivacyAct of 1974 & the E-Government Act of 2002: #WhiteHouse "now operates four public #federal #websites: ndstudio.gov, trumprx.gov, realfood.gov & trumpaccounts.gov."
    All are running illegal #surveillance #software, "none carries the public filings [that] federal #PrivacyLaw requires."
    In violation of the Help #America #Vote Act of 2002, *vote.org is being tracked* by the President, capturing all #VoterRegistration activity.
    #fascist #USA
    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

  15. In clear violation of the #PrivacyAct of 1974 & the E-Government Act of 2002: #WhiteHouse "now operates four public #federal #websites: ndstudio.gov, trumprx.gov, realfood.gov & trumpaccounts.gov."
    All are running illegal #surveillance #software, "none carries the public filings [that] federal #PrivacyLaw requires."
    In violation of the Help #America #Vote Act of 2002, *vote.org is being tracked* by the President, capturing all #VoterRegistration activity.
    #fascist #USA
    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

  16. In clear violation of the #PrivacyAct of 1974 & the E-Government Act of 2002: #WhiteHouse "now operates four public #federal #websites: ndstudio.gov, trumprx.gov, realfood.gov & trumpaccounts.gov."
    All are running illegal #surveillance #software, "none carries the public filings [that] federal #PrivacyLaw requires."
    In violation of the Help #America #Vote Act of 2002, *vote.org is being tracked* by the President, capturing all #VoterRegistration activity.
    #fascist #USA
    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

  17. In clear violation of the #PrivacyAct of 1974 & the E-Government Act of 2002: #WhiteHouse "now operates four public #federal #websites: ndstudio.gov, trumprx.gov, realfood.gov & trumpaccounts.gov."
    All are running illegal #surveillance #software, "none carries the public filings [that] federal #PrivacyLaw requires."
    In violation of the Help #America #Vote Act of 2002, *vote.org is being tracked* by the President, capturing all #VoterRegistration activity.
    #fascist #USA
    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

  18. In clear violation of the #PrivacyAct of 1974 & the E-Government Act of 2002: #WhiteHouse "now operates four public #federal #websites: ndstudio.gov, trumprx.gov, realfood.gov & trumpaccounts.gov."
    All are running illegal #surveillance #software, "none carries the public filings [that] federal #PrivacyLaw requires."
    In violation of the Help #America #Vote Act of 2002, *vote.org is being tracked* by the President, capturing all #VoterRegistration activity.
    #fascist #USA
    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

  19. Federal Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig (SPD) stated that she would champion a proposal requiring individuals to file a report if they gain knowledge of planned... news.osna.fm/?p=50366 | #news #criminalizing #federal #minister #planned

  20. Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures pare losses as CPI report lands, US-Iran truce teeters

    US stock futures pared losses on Wednesday after the latest consumer inflation report was in line with expectations,…
    #NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #Consumerprices #CPIreport #expectations #federal-reserve #inflationreport #Iran #peacenegotiations #usiran #USstockfutures
    newsbeep.com/584920/

  21. 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

  22. 1) "Big Beautiful B|ll" tries to screw "woke" degrees [3 yrs fail & Uni has to cancel that #degree path]
    "MA in Social Justice & #HumanRights" "BA in Women's & #Gender Studies" "PhD in #African American Studies" were their targets
    2) Religious #schools figure out their degrees will lose funding too
    3) Chr|stian #Colleges cry foul, beg for rule to be removed
    #fascist #USA #GOP #KKK #federal #education #loan #cap #nurse #shortage #nursing #private #lenders = #higher #rates
    foxnews.com/media/student-loan

  23. Trump orders federal agencies to stop using Anthropic's AI technology

    misryoum.com/us/technology-ai/

    Washington — President Trump announced Friday that he is ordering all federal agencies to "immediately" stop using Anthropic's AI technology, as the company nears a Pentagon deadline to drop its guardrails over the military's use of its AI."I am directing...

    #Trump #orders #federal #agencies #stop #using #Anthropics #technology #US_News_Hub #misryoum_com

  24. #Drumpf promise to #dismantle #CivilService #workers #rights will affect 50,000 career #federal #employees & strips #JobProtections changing long-standing #legal #protections that once prohibited #US #gov from retaliating against #whistleblowers or purging staff for purely political reasons. New draconian rules remove Office of the Special Counsel [#OSC] from oversight of #whistleblower cases.

    reuters.com/world/trump-expand

  25. As for the part of the #law that lets people sue #federal agents for violations of the #Illinois #Constitution, the 2 professors wrote, “that provision won’t stand” under the #SupremacyClause.

    Still, Vikram Amar said, such #StateLaws can serve a larger purpose.

    “In the spirit of #federalism. Not only can #states experiment in this way, but doing so would likely lead #Congress to address the problem,” he said.

    #Trump #Constitution #StatesRights #CivilRights #autocracy #ICE #CBP #UseOfForce

  26. The #Trump admin promptly sued #Illinois, saying the #law violated the #Constitution’s #SupremacyClause, which generally prohibits #states from enacting measures at odds with #FederalLaw. Whether to allow lawsuits against #federal agents for violating the federal #Constitution, the admin’s complaint said, “is a policy choice for Congress.” [ridiculous]

    Professor Amar said aspects of the IL #StateLaW might be problematic, but that its core idea is sound.

    #UseOfForce #StatesRights #CivilRights

  27. In practical effect, this would be a device to transform ICE’s #obstruction into not just a violation of #state #law, but also of a #federal-court order.

    #Criminal #liability by its nature comes too late to stop harms from happening. #States such as #Minnesota should also look to #CivilLaw as a basis for stopping baleful & unlawful #ICE tactics. This also requires some creative thinking—taking a legal tool designed for other purposes & fitting it to our new reality.

  28. New protest laws are impacting political demonstrations

    While serving in the Florida state legislature, #Randy #Fine helped pass legislation that provides some
    🆘 protection under certain circumstances to
    🔥drivers who hit protesters blocking roadways.

    In Congress, the Republican representative has introduced a similar bill
    — what he calls the
    #Thump #Thump #Act
    — for drivers who may encounter protesters in other parts of the country.
    
“When the consequences for inappropriate behavior are severe enough, people will stop doing it,” Fine said.

    “Blocking roads is a form of political terrorism.
    💥They should get run over.”
    
Florida is one of more than a dozen states that have cracked down on protests in recent years,
    👉 passing laws that often equate political demonstrations with riots in ways that #First #Amendment experts say could be illegal.

🆘 Since 2017, 23 states have passed at least 55 laws to address how and when people can protest,
    according to the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law,
    which tracks such statutes.

    ❌The laws do such things as mandate at least 30 days in jail for rioting
    — often loosely defined as a group involved in tumultuous or potentially violent behavior
    — restrict protests on college campuses,
    and imprison and fine people who block sidewalks, streets and highways.

Some lawmakers like Fine want #federal #legislation that mirrors those efforts.

    Among the 16 pending federal bills are proposals to
    ♦️ tighten restrictions on protesting near federal judges, jurors or court staff;
    ♦️strip nonprofits of their tax status for certain protest-related activities;
    ♦️and block people convicted of rioting from small business aid.

    
First Amendment advocates warn that the patchwork of state laws,
    pending federal bills and court battles risk ⚠️rewriting the rules of public demonstrations.

    There are already laws to prosecute violent behavior,
    making these new efforts unnecessary, they say.
    
There have been few arrests or prosecutions under the recently passed protest laws,
    but free-speech advocates say the measures can be used to #control or #dissuade would-be #demonstrators.

    washingtonpost.com/nation/2026

  29. 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
    --
    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

  30. But in the years that followed, the strength of local #PublicTelevision & #PublicRadio stations in conservative states was often what saved the #federal #funding.

    In 1995, #NewtGingrich, then the #House speaker, made one of the most aggressive moves since #Nixon to “zero out” federal support for #PublicMedia before he found it politically untenable.

    #Trump #Republicans #PublicBroadcasting #censorship #authoritarianism #autocracy

  31. Fed Chair Jerome Powell ‘considering resigning’: report

    A senior Trump administration official said Friday that Fed Chair Jerome Powell is “considering resigning” as pressure grows…
    #NewsBeep #News #Topstories #Business #DonaldTrump #fanniemae #federal-reserve #freddiemac #Headlines #JeromePowell #ScottBessent #WhiteHouse
    newsbeep.com/2364/

  32. "AI already helps #clinicians to make #diagnoses, triage critical cases & transcribe clinical notes.. But #regulation of #medical #AI products hasn't kept up w te rapid pace of adoption.. Unlike most other #FDA-regulated prods, AI tools continue to evolve aft approval as they r updated or retrained.. Tis raises te need for continuous #oversight.. The discussion is especially timely amid recent signs tt te #federal #government might #scaleback #AIregulation"
    #GenAI #ethics
    flipboard.com/@naturenewsteam/