A three-judge panel has denied a filing by California’s attorney general, Rob Bonta,
seeking a court order to stop the Riverside county sheriff’s department from continuing its recount of ballots from the November 2025 special election.
The LA Times reported that Bonta filed a petition with the fourth appellate district on Monday,
writing that “the sheriff’s misguided investigation threatens to sow distrust and jeopardize public confidence” in upcoming elections.
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Just got an email from one of my Senators, Jon Ossoff, GA with some welcomed news:
Good afternoon,
On Sunday, U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff demanded civil liberties protections before further funds are appropriated to ICE and announced he will oppose the measure scheduled for a vote this week.
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#UsPol
Raiders RB Ashton Jeanty Addresses Maxx Crosby Trade Rumors: Exclusive https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/maxx-crosby-trade-rumors-ashton-jeanty/
Sources: DOJ's review of Netflix's WBD takeover examines whether Netflix wields anticompetitive leverage over creators in violation of Clayton and Sherman Acts (Josh Sisco/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
RE: https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/116455909974691993
And now on to the next paper*:
the deadline for which is Tuesday...
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*Revisions following review this time only, thankfully.
Sources: DOJ's review of Netflix's WBD takeover examines whether Netflix wields anticompetitive leverage over creators in violation of Clayton and Sherman Acts (Josh Sisco/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
Following the Season 3 finale, a teaser visual for Oshi no Ko Season 4 has been released, confirming it will be the series' final season
Source: https://ichigoproduction.com/Season3/news/index01210000.html
I hear Southwest's lavatories are going coin-op in FY27. 🤣
✅ Southwest Airlines Begins Assigning Chores - The Onion
https://theonion.com/southwest-airlines-begins-assigning-chores/
Microsoft's AI safety team proposed technical standards for detecting AI-generated content, but its CSO declined to commit to using them across its platforms (James O'Donnell/MIT Technology Review)
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/1
Rep. Daniel Goldman (D-N.Y.) on Sunday said Trump is “not well”
following a Wall Street Journal report that said his advisers limited his knowledge of rescue operations for two pilots downed in Iran due to the leader’s “impatience.”
“The commander-in-chief was excluded from commanding a military operation because he was acting so crazy.
Think about that,”
Goldman wrote in a post on X.
“Trump is not well.
We need the 25th amendment before something really …