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Common Cause condemned the Supreme Court’s ruling allowing the federal government to continue using the flawed SAVE system to reject registered voters.
Statement from Common Cause President & CEO Virginia Kase Solomón:   
“The Supreme Court’s decision to allow DHS and states to use an error-ridden system
is completely unacceptable
and didn’t need to happen this close to the election.
This DHS system, which the federal government itself admits is flawed,

Following SCOTUS Ruling, Common Cause Vows Immediate Legal Action Against Any Attempts to Disenfranchise Voters Using Flawed System
The flawed DHS system has always been part of the Trump administration's campaign to interfere in our elections.

Dutch state-owned gas transmission company Gasunie confirms that the Netherlands will not be able to meet its gas storage filling targets of 74% (EU commitment) or 80% (government goal) by October.
"But for a normal winter, it's sufficient".
Germany is also way behind, btw.

UK PM backs Ofcom to take "tough action" under the OSA against social media sites failing to remove dangerous driving videos after a crash killed seven people (Raphael Boyd/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/m…

Minister tells social media firms to remove posts that ‘celebrate’ dangerous driving after A66 crash
Luke Pollard warns government will force platforms to remove content, after latest deadly crash involving a car driving in wrong direction

Chinese local governments are offering subsidies like computing vouchers, rent waivers, and dedicated funding to lure AI filmmakers as part of China's AI push (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/china-fuels-r…

"Swinney said Burnham's stated desire to devolve further powers around the UK was something he welcomed."
A major failing of the Scottish Government has been its failure to devolve more powers to local authorities. There could have been massive reform of local taxation if Holyrood hadn't refused to devolve that power.
Hopefully there will be more subsidiarity arising from Burnham's devolution agenda and engagement with the Scottish Government.

Burnham tells Swinney independence is 'off limits' at Glasgow Commonwealth Games meeting
The heads of the UK, Scottish and Welsh governments came together ahead of the opening of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

Chinook salmon have been laying eggs in gravelly nests in the Sacramento River for millennia.
But California’s biggest river is now so warm that biologists expect a significant number of the eggs won’t hatch.
Environmental advocates blame the Trump administration.
They say the federal government took too much water out of Shasta Lake for farms in the Central Valley, leaving the reservoir too warm for many salmon eggs to survive in a vital spawning area downstream from Shasta…

UK PM backs Ofcom to take "tough action" under the OSA against social media sites failing to remove dangerous driving videos after a crash killed seven people (Raphael Boyd/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/m…

Minister tells social media firms to remove posts that ‘celebrate’ dangerous driving after A66 crash
Luke Pollard warns government will force platforms to remove content, after latest deadly crash involving a car driving in wrong direction

Firefighters battling enormous wildfires in the United States say
the federal government is failing them at a time when supercharged blazes have made their jobs exponentially more dangerous.
While the US continues to grapple with a critical shortage of federal firefighters
– with especially large gaps in essential management positions
– the Trump administration has increased pressure on firefighting forces to rapidly and aggressively contain the flames.

‘We’re near a breaking point:’ firefighters say US government is failing them amid intense wildfire season
US grapples with federal firefighter shortage as crews say they’re spread thin and lack resources during unrelenting year of fire

Former Department of Government Efficiency, (or DOGE), employees are working on an artificial intelligence takeover of federal government services for the Trump administration. 
The Washington Sun reports that the staffers are setting up an AI-driven website,
America.gov,
to help Americans with everything from obtaining and renewing passports to potentially preparing and filing taxes for free.
(The latter is still under discussion and would be a reversal from the Whit…

DOGE Staffers Are Back—and Leading AI Takeover of Government Services
The DOGE goons who drove federal agencies into the ground last year are back, including that dude who goes by “Big Balls.”

The Newsom administration is suing five more California cities
— Calexico, Costa Mesa, Half Moon Bay, Ridgecrest and Turlock — for failing to complete state-mandated housing plans, known as the “housing element.”

Huntington Beach was the first city to face such a legal action, and it recently finalized its housing element plans following a court-order and massive fines.
The law, which has been in place since 1969, requires cities and counties every eight years to d…

Newsom continues crackdown on cities over housing plan requirements. 'No city gets a pass,' governor says
Gov. Gavin Newsom and California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta filed legal actions this week against five small cities that they say are failing to meet benchmarks required for housing planning.