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  1. Trump personality cult alive and well in Dallas – will it power Republican midterm success?
    By David Smith in Dallas

    President the star of the show at two-day convention, but party’s plan to treat November elections as referendum on Trump himself poses grave risks

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/s

    #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #USnews #Worldnews #Democrats #USCongress #Republicans #Dallas #Texas #TheGuardian #DavidSmithinDallas

  2. The ‘war on terror’ weakened the first amendment. Now we desperately need it | Jameel Jaffer
    By Jameel Jaffer

    Over the past quarter-century, the US supreme court has repeatedly failed to protect first amendment rights. We are suffering the consequences

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #USsupremecourt #USnews #Trumpadministration #September112001 #USCongress #USpolitics #TheGuardian #JameelJaffer

  3. The ‘war on terror’ weakened the first amendment. Now we desperately need it | Jameel Jaffer
    By Jameel Jaffer

    Over the past quarter-century, the US supreme court has repeatedly failed to protect first amendment rights. We are suffering the consequences

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #USsupremecourt #USnews #Trumpadministration #September112001 #USCongress #USpolitics #TheGuardian #JameelJaffer

  4. The ‘war on terror’ weakened the first amendment. Now we desperately need it | Jameel Jaffer
    By Jameel Jaffer

    Over the past quarter-century, the US supreme court has repeatedly failed to protect first amendment rights. We are suffering the consequences

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #USsupremecourt #USnews #Trumpadministration #September112001 #USCongress #USpolitics #TheGuardian #JameelJaffer

  5. The ‘war on terror’ weakened the first amendment. Now we desperately need it | Jameel Jaffer
    By Jameel Jaffer

    Over the past quarter-century, the US supreme court has repeatedly failed to protect first amendment rights. We are suffering the consequences

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #USsupremecourt #USnews #Trumpadministration #September112001 #USCongress #USpolitics #TheGuardian #JameelJaffer

  6. US lawmakers urge secretive British court to open up about Apple case
    By Joseph Gedeon in Washington

    Democrat Ron Wyden and Republican Warren Davidson tell investigatory powers tribunal that secrecy over encrypted data case is ‘needlessly’ straining US-UK relations

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/s

    #USCongress #HouseofRepresentatives #USnews #Apple #UKnews #TheGuardian #JosephGedeoninWashington

  7. US lawmakers urge secretive British court to open up about Apple case
    By Joseph Gedeon in Washington

    Democrat Ron Wyden and Republican Warren Davidson tell investigatory powers tribunal that secrecy over encrypted data case is ‘needlessly’ straining US-UK relations

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/s

    #USCongress #HouseofRepresentatives #USnews #Apple #UKnews #TheGuardian #JosephGedeoninWashington

  8. US lawmakers urge secretive British court to open up about Apple case
    By Joseph Gedeon in Washington

    Democrat Ron Wyden and Republican Warren Davidson tell investigatory powers tribunal that secrecy over encrypted data case is ‘needlessly’ straining US-UK relations

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/s

    #USCongress #HouseofRepresentatives #USnews #Apple #UKnews #TheGuardian #JosephGedeoninWashington

  9. US lawmakers urge secretive British court to open up about Apple case
    By Joseph Gedeon in Washington

    Democrat Ron Wyden and Republican Warren Davidson tell investigatory powers tribunal that secrecy over encrypted data case is ‘needlessly’ straining US-UK relations

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/s

    #USCongress #HouseofRepresentatives #USnews #Apple #UKnews #TheGuardian #JosephGedeoninWashington

  10. US lawmakers urge secretive British court to open up about Apple case
    By Joseph Gedeon in Washington

    Democrat Ron Wyden and Republican Warren Davidson tell investigatory powers tribunal that secrecy over encrypted data case is ‘needlessly’ straining US-UK relations

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/s

    #USCongress #HouseofRepresentatives #USnews #Apple #UKnews #TheGuardian #JosephGedeoninWashington

  11. CW: USPol / US politics

    So six Democratic congresscritters crossed the aisle to pass the latest defence spending bill - not that unusual, given their swing districts and being up for election - but they did so with the "SAVE" act attached to it.

    Apparently, they have all the self-preservation instinct of the mythical #lemmings from Mutual of Omaha's Wild Fabrication. Because the entire point of the #SAVE act is to disenfranchise as many Democratic-leaning voters as possible. This isn't speculation; it's easy to read in the measures that it calls for, but more than that, #Trump has explicitly described it that way over the last few months.

    The #Democrats frequently do not need the #GOP to ratf*ck them [1]; as here, they're quite capable of doing it to themselves.

    Everyone who cares about preserving #US democracy, such as it is, needs to yell at their #senators to ensure this monstrosity doesn't pass in the Senate. There's been lots of talk of it not having the votes there, but that was said about other things that (eventually) got passed as well.

    [1] Don't blame me for the language. A US president brought the term into wide use.

    #USPol #USCongress #DemocraticParty #SAVE #USSenate #ElectionStealing #elections #disenfranchise #voters #MutualOfOmaha #MutualOfOmahasWildKingdom #fabrication #SAVEAct

  12. File this on under "The Cow Has Left The Barn!"

    In April, the U.S. Congress - House Committee on Homeland Security and the House Select Committee on China said they will jointly investigate the growing adoption of Chinese-developed AI models.

    It is now July - Congress will depart Washington later in July for the summer recess, and after that the U.S. is barrelling towards mid-term elections.

    Do the math! cnbc.com/2026/07/08/chinese-ai #AI #AIAdoption #USGov #USCongress #China #USA #OpenSource #OpenSourceAI #LLMs #Competition #GlobalEconomy

  13. #NativeAmerican radio stations at risk as #USCongress looks to cut $1B in public broadcasting funding

    By MARGERY A. BECK
    Updated 12:06 AM EDT, July 16, 2025

    OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — "Dozens of Native American radio stations across the country vital to tribal communities will be at risk of going off the air if Congress cuts more than $1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, according to industry leaders.

    "The U.S. Senate is set to vote this week on whether to approve the Department of Government Efficiency’s plan to rescind previously approved public broadcasting funding for 2026 and 2027. Fear is growing that most of the 59 tribal radio stations that receive the funding will go dark, depriving isolated populations of news, local events and critical weather alerts. The House already approved the cuts last month.

    " 'For Indian Country in general, 80% of the communities are rural, and their only access to national news, native story sharing, community news, whatever it is, is through PBS stations or public radio,' said Francene Blythe-Lewis, CEO of the Lincoln, Nebraska-based Native American video programming producer Vision Maker Media. 'If the claw back happens, I would say a good 90% of those stations will cease to exist.'

    "Native American communities rely on local radio stations

    "Local radio plays an outsized role in the lives of many who live in Indigenous communities, where cable television and broadband internet access are spotty, at best, and nonexistent for many. That leaves over-the-air TV stations — usually a PBS station — and more often local radio to provide local news, community event details and music by Indigenous artists. Sometimes the news is delivered in Indigenous languages.

    " 'It means we’re not going to hear our language on the radio,' Blythe-Lewis said.

    "Flagstaff, Arizona-based #NativePublic #Media, which supports the network of 59 radio stations and three television stations serving tribal nations across the country, said about three dozen of those radio stations that rely heavily on Corporation for Public Broadcasting funding will be the first to go dark if funding is cut for the coming fiscal year that starts Oct. 1.

    "Loris Taylor, CEO of Native Public Media, said in an op-ed that the tribal stations reach more than 1.5 million people and 'may be the only source of locally relevant news, emergency alerts, public safety announcements, language preservation, health information and election coverage.'

    Republicans face pressure to pass the cuts

    "GOP senators are under pressure from President Donald Trump, who promised last week on his Truth Social platform that any Republican who votes against the cuts 'will not have my support or Endorsement.' "

    "Many Republicans say the public media system is politically biased and an unnecessary expense. Sen. Eric Schmitt, a Republican from Missouri, recently defended the cuts as necessary to hack away at the nearly $37 trillion national debt, adding, 'It is critical in restoring trust in government.'

    "But some Republicans have pushed back, such as Maine Sen. #SusanCollins, who questioned the proposed cuts last month during a Senate committee hearing. She said that while some of the federal money is assigned to National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting System, most of it goes to locally owned public radio and television stations."

    pbs.org/newshour/politics/cong

    #NativeAmericanRadio #PublicRadio #CulturalGenocide #USSenate #BudgetCuts
    #CPB #CPBFunding #PublicRadio #CommunityRadio #TrumpSucks #USPol #Censorship #Fascism #Authoritarianism

  14. Thursday, July 10, 2025

    In historic feat, Ukraine’s 3rd Brigade captures Russian troops using only drones and robots — Ukraine detains Chinese spies tasked with stealing Neptune missile technology — Kremlin exacts loyalty amid tightening crackdown on Russian elite — Hegseth reportedly authorized Ukraine weapons shipment pause without informing White House … and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

  15. US Former military pilots and a former Air Force intelligence officer turned whistleblower have given testimonies to the US Congress about unidentified flyin...
    US ex-military officials testify on UFO existence at congressional hearing
  16. As a "UFO whistleblower" testifies before the U.S. Congress, that sound you may be hearing is Philip J. Klass, Carl Sagan, & James Randi rolling over in their graves!

    #ScienceIsReal

    Photo: Journalist & UFO debunker Philip J. Klass--via Skeptic online
    #UFO #UAP #Science #Journalism #CarlSagan #JamesRandi #AmazingRandi #PhilipJKlass #PhilipKlass #Congress #USCongress #USHouse #HouseOfRepresentatives #CongressionalHearing #DavidGrusch