#richardblumenthal — Public Fediverse posts

Whistleblower: USPS Defied A Court Injunction To Build An Untested, Undocumented Ballot-Blocking System. Its Own Staff Call The Process “A Shit Show.”

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/02/whistleblower-usps-defied-a-court-injunction-to-build-an-untested-undocumented-ballot-blocking-system-its-own-staff-call-the-process-a-shit-show/

Bill Introduced That Would Codify The Right To Record Federal Law Enforcement Officers

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/12/bill-introduced-that-would-codify-the-right-to-record-federal-law-enforcement-officers/

#Senators count the shady ways #datacenters pass energy costs on to Americans
Senators demand #BigTech pay upfront for data center spikes in #electricity bills.
In letters to seven #AI firms, Senators #ElizabethWarren (D-Mass.), #ChrisVanHollen (D-Md.), and #RichardBlumenthal (D-Conn.) cited a study estimating that “electricity prices have increased by as much as 267 percent in the past five years” in “areas located near significant data center activity.”
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/shady-data-center-deals-doom-americans-to-higher-energy-bills-senators-say/

‘Unforgivable’: FEMA Missed Thousands of Calls from Texas Flood Victims After Noem Fired Contractors

Outrage continues to grow against U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem over her response to the deadly…
#NewsBeep #News #Topstories #chrismurphy #FEMA #Headlines #HomelandSecurity #kristi-noem #Naturaldisasters #newyorktimes #RichardBlumenthal #Texas #Trumpadministration
https://www.newsbeep.com/2765/