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  1. On Friday, the government ordered #Anthropic to cut off both of its most capable models, #Fable5 and #mythos5, from every foreign national, including some of its own employees. Anthropic said the only way to comply in time was to disable access for all customers. The question to ask now is who gets to throw a switch like that and based on what evidence—what did Friday actually buy us?

    Not safety, that’s for sure ...

    #AI #GovernmentOverreach
    #Transformer #RaffiKrikorian
    transformernews.ai/p/mythos-fa

  2. AI Bans Are Here. I Told You So. Now Let’s Talk About Why This Is Bad.

    I said it before. I said it on this very blog, on Interfaith Intrepid, back when folks were still treating artificial intelligence like it was some kind of science fiction novelty that only tech bros in San Francisco cared about. I said that the AI bans were coming, and I said that they were not going to look the way people thought they were going to look. They were not going to be principled stands against corporate overreach or thoughtful regulatory frameworks designed to protect everyday […]

    theinterfaithintrepidart.com/2

  3. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ESTABLISHES $1.776 BILLION FUND AMIDST SETTLEMENT WITH TRUMP

    The Justice Department established a $1.776 billion fund to address claims of government overreach following a settlement with Donald Trump and his organization.

    #JusticeDepartment, #TrumpSettlement, #GovernmentOverreach, #LegalNews, #WashingtonDC

    newsletter.tf/justice-dept-1-7

  4. The Justice Department has created a $1.776 billion fund. This fund is meant to help people who believe they were unfairly targeted by government agencies.

    #JusticeDepartment, #TrumpSettlement, #GovernmentOverreach, #LegalNews, #WashingtonDC
    newsletter.tf/justice-dept-1-7

  5. Freedom of movement is definitely a good thing, but so is freedom of speech. This law in Northern Ireland fines anyone for "influencing" others seeking reproductive services within 100 meters of providers. This apparently includes speech unrelated to reproductive care. Such a precedent, if allowed to stand, would render conduct of millions of law-abiding Britons a misdemeanor.

    reason.com/2026/04/21/retired-

    #freeSpeech #NorthernIreland #UnitedKingdom #governmentOverreach #viewpointDiscrimination

  6. A federal judge just blocked the Pentagon's attempt to restrict journalists! 🛑 They tried to label reporters as 'security risks' to control the narrative, but the court said NO. #PressFreedom #Pentagon #FirstAmendment

    Watch the full video: youtube.com/watch?v=dW7rasY8KnE

    #Journalism #Lawsuit #BreakingNews #GovernmentOverreach

    April 11, 2026 at 10:01PM

    via Instagram instagr.am/p/DXBAmPXjkwU/

  7. In the UK, a law has been tabled that will criminalise "incest simulation" porn. You might not see the harm in this, considering the taboo nature of the subject, but the ban is a notable escalation in a trend of censorship and government overreach occurring in the UK and beyond that *will* harm those it claims to protect.

    1/9 🧵

    #Censorship #Fascism #GovernmentOverreach #Law #Politics #UK #UKpol #UKpoli #UKpolitics #WorldPolitics

  8. Arresting someone for building FOSS software that protects money & privacy is a crime in itself.

    Privacy is not a crime.

    Share the hell out of this podcast.

    #Privacy #FOSS #Freedom #Bitcoin #NoCensorship #GovernmentOverreach

    fountain.fm/episode/1fmHzVe3RM

  9. Prosecutors ignored regulators who said no crime existed, hid evidence, threatened 25 years, then jailed two innocent men for protecting privacy. The US government are the real criminals.

    blackoutvpn.au/blog/samourai-w

    #HumanRights #GovernmentOverreach #FreeSamourai #Authoritarianism #democracy

  10. I have a thought: In light of the #ICE #Gestapo #abductions going on throughout the U.S., it's possible that the REASON the #2A Gunhumpers crying for decades about the threat of #GovernmentOverreach being the reason they need all their guns, have been REAL QUIET for several months, is that.....now just go with me on this one....I know it sounds like a stretch....but MAYBE they're ACTUALLY the ones doing all the kidnapping.

    I know....hard to believe, right?

    *not hard to believe at all.

  11. Even if you’re celebrating the government ordering teachers back to work, this move by the Alberta government is a serious assault on Canadian’s protected charter rights.

    Expect more to follow.

    //Section 33 can only be used to override sections 2, and 7–15. Those cover the “fundamental,” “legal” and “equality” rights.

    Those sections include some of the Charter's key principles, such as the:

    • freedom of expression
    • freedom of religion
    • freedom of association
    • protection against unreasonable search and seizure
    • right to legal counsel and habeas corpus
    • protection against cruel and unusual punishment
    • protection from discrimination by the government//

    I better see all those convoy folks out in the streets standing up to this tyranny. 👀

    #FreedomConvoy #UCP #GovernmentOverreach #ABPoli #CDNPoli
    cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/al

  12. Seattle mayor signs orders to counter federal troop deployment, ICE actions

    SEATTLE (KOMO) — Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell signed two executive orders on Wednesday in response to President Trump’s…
    #NewsBeep #News #Topstories #Executiveorders #Federalimmigrationpolicies #governmentoverreach #Headlines #Immigrantcommunities #kristi-noem #MayorBruceHarrell #Refugeecommunities #Seattle #TopStories
    newsbeep.com/172634/

  13. Oh, look! 🎉 Yet another genius idea from the land of freedom, where the government now wants to dictate college ideology in exchange for cash. 🤔 Because nothing screams academic integrity like a little mandatory state-sponsored thought control! 🏫💸
    reuters.com/world/us/white-hou #freedomofspeech #academicintegrity #thoughtcontrol #collegeideology #governmentoverreach #HackerNews #ngated

  14. Republican Ted Cruz flags ‘dangerous’ abuse of power as FCC threats pull Jimmy Kimmel off air: ‘Right out of Goodfellas’

    U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, a leading Republican and head of oversight for the Federal Communi…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #TV #BrendanCarr #Entertainment #FCC #FCCChairBrendanCarr #FreeSpeech #governmentoverreach #JimmyKimmel #JimmyKimmelLive! #mediacensorship #ted-cruz #TrumpAdministration #U.S.SenatorTedCruz
    newsbeep.com/us/169575/

  15. Do you want your #government to see and know everything about you? #palantir does, and they have built the tools to track your every move, post, and all your friends - The company’s software enables law enforcement and government analysts to connect vast, disparate datasets, build intelligence profiles and search for individuals based on characteristics as granular as a tattoo or an immigration status. It transforms historically static records – think department of motor vehicles files, police reports and subpoenaed social media data like location history and private messages – into a fluid web of intelligence and surveillance. These departments and agencies use Palantir’s platform to assemble detailed profiles of individuals, mapping their social networks, tracking their movements, identifying their physical characteristics and reviewing their criminal history. #Surveillance #SurveillanceState #GovernmentOverreach #privacy #RightToPrivacy #anonymity #RepublicansDidThis #GOP

    theconversation.com/when-the-g

  16. This is a horrific invasion of #privacy & public pillorying of minors!

    #Trump admin demand for #trans care info sought addresses, doctors’ notes, texts

    #Legal experts said the #DOJ’s #subpoenas related to #MedicalCare for #transgender patients younger than 19 appear to be unprecedented.

    #law #AbuseOfPower #heterosexism #hate #bigotry #LGBTQ #TransRights #CivilRights #HumanRights #ParentsRights #Medicine #Doctors #intimidation #GovernmentOverreach

    #GiftArticle: wapo.st/4lAnkRy

  17. WA gun owners protest regulations as police minister warns of ‘total firearm anarchy’

    Frustrated WA gun owners have gathered in droves at Parliament House to support a crossbencher’s motion to scrap…
    #NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AU #Australia #firearmslaws #governmentoverreach #gunlaws #marchonparliament #overreachprotest #perthnews #protest #stategovernment #wagovernment #wanews #wapolitics #wapols
    newsbeep.com/59780/

  18. #Maine rejects #JusticeDepartment’s request for all #voters’ personal info, list of election officials

    Secretary of State #ShennaBellows' responded to the request by telling the DOJ to "go jump in the Gulf of Maine."

    by Dylan Tusinski, July 29, 2025

    AUGUSTA — "Maine is denying the U.S. Department of Justice access to its voter registration records, state officials said Tuesday, rejecting an unprecedented request for sensitive voter data that the Trump administration has now delivered to all 50 states.

    "A letter late last week to Secretary of State Shenna Bellows and signed by Deputy Assistant U.S. Attorney General Michael Gates claims Maine had roughly 11,000 voters with duplicate registration. It requested the state’s entire voter registration list dating back to November 2022 'to ensure that ineligible voters are being removed.'

    "The state has 14 days to respond to the letter dated July 24.

    "Bellows, who is also a Democratic candidate for governor, said in a press conference Tuesday the Trump administration is overstepping its bounds, empowering false narratives and 'trying to change the topic away from the Epstein files.'

    " 'Article 1 of the Constitution places the states — not President Trump, not the federal government — in charge of federal elections,' she said. 'The DOJ doesn’t get to know everything about you just because they want to.'

    "Bellows’ office is coordinating with Maine’s Office of Attorney General to draft a formal response, she said.
    The Maine Republican Party has previously claimed widespread voter fraud across the state, but a subsequent investigation by Bellows’ office concluded this month and found those claims were baseless. Just because someone is registered to vote in two different towns doesn’t mean they intended to vote twice. Often, it simply means that they moved between elections.

    "A spokesman for Maine Senate Republicans declined to comment on the DOJ’s request or Bellows’ response. Other Maine GOP officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment Tuesday.

    "In addition to #VoterRegistration information, the DOJ also has requested the names of local election officials as well as information about noncitizens, felons, and deceased people’s alleged participation in Maine elections following President Donald Trump’s repeated false claims that the 2020 election was rigged and stolen from him.

    " 'Please provide a description of the steps that Maine has taken, and when those steps were taken, to identify registered voters who are ineligible to vote as well as the procedures it used to remove those ineligible voters from the registration list,' the DOJ’s letter reads.

    "The DOJ has not publicly said why they are seeking voter records across the country. Asked about the request to Maine and other states, spokesperson Pierson Furnish replied in an email 'No comment.'

    "The first Trump administration similarly made requests to view all Americans’ voter information in 2017. Then-Secretary of State Matt Dunlap said at the time he would release voters’ names, ages, residences and districts with the government, as allowed by Maine law.

    "The American Civil Liberties Union [#ACLU] of Maine said the DOJ’s actions both now and then are part of 'a clear pattern of intimidation' and applauded Bellows’ refusal to share voters’ information.

    " 'This letter also fuels #FalseNarratives that sow distrust in our elections. Maine elections are safe, secure, and accessible, and that’s why Maine consistently has some of the highest voter turnout,' said Samuel Crankshaw, the group’s communications director. 'Our government should focus on helping more people exercise their fundamental rights.'

    Maine’s voter turnout is reliably high compared to other states and more Mainers voted in 2024 than in any election before, according to state voting data.

    "The Justice Department initially reached out to swing states like #Michigan, #Arizona and #Wisconsin, where local election clerks have reported federal agents requesting broad access to the states’ #RegistrationRolls and #VotingMachines.

    Now, Bellows said all 50 states have received similar letters. #Maine, #Minnesota and #NewHampshire are the only states to have rejected the requests so far."

    Read more:
    pressherald.com/2025/07/29/mai

    Archived version:
    archive.md/K91De

    #District13 #MaineResists #MinnesotaResists #NewHampshireResists #Authoritarianism #Fascism #USPol #GovernmentOverreach #BigBrother #CharacteristicsOfFascism

  19. Why hasn't there been a single reporter anywhere interviewing the head of the California National Guard asking them why they're obeying what may clearly be an illegal order from the president? #LA #NationalGuard #GovernmentOverreach #LAProtests

  20. Read the full letter from American Association of #Colleges & #Universities [#AACU] opposing ‘government intrusion’

    >200 #college presidents & other officials signed a letter Tues protesting the “unprecedented #GovernmentOverreach & political interference” that higher #education is facing under the #Trump admin.

    #law #FreeSpeech #AcademicFreedom #FirstAmendment #democracy #AbuseOfPower #AmericanAutocracy #Dictatorship
    aacu.org/newsroom/a-call-for-c

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