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Jury deliberations begin in New Mexico's lawsuit against Meta over children's safety risks, after both sides delivered closing arguments (Morgan Lee/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/meta-trial-child-sexual-exploitation-5ad9…

New Mexico trial nears end over children's safety risks on Meta
Closing arguments are underway in a landmark trial where New Mexico prosecutors are accusing social media conglomerate Meta of misleading people about the safety of its platforms for children. Meta denies violating state consumer protection laws. Nationwide, social media companies are contending with lawsuits that allege the platforms harm children. Closing arguments in the New Mexico case were being delivered Monday after six weeks of testimony from scores of witnesses that included teachers, …

New Arsenal of Europe: How the Russian–Ukrainian War Is Changing Germany: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/23/new-arsenal-of-europe-how.html

"The flu killed 15,849 U.S. soldiers in France and another 30,000 in stateside camps. That’s 45,849 killed by the flu versus 26,277 killed at Meuse-Argonne — documenting that the flu was by far our most deadly battle.
More civilians (over 50 million) died from the flu than from both World Wars and the Holocaust combined. Another 500 million civilians were incapacitated by the flu."

At the NAB show, sole Democratic FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez reiterates her call for broadcasters to challenge the agency's potential unconstitutional overreach (Inside Radio)
https://www.insideradio.com/free/g…

Gomez: Lack Of Broadcaster Pushback Shows FCC’s Chilling Effect Is Working.
One year after warning of a “weaponization” of FCC rules, Anna Gomez returned to Las Vegas arguing regulatory threats — not action — are chilling broadcaster speech. With no industry

The CFTC sues Arizona, Connecticut, and Illinois over their actions against prediction markets, saying it has the "exclusive" authority to regulate such markets (Alex Harring/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/02/prediction-mar…

CFTC sues 3 states over prediction market regulation
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said it was suing Arizona, Connecticut and Illinois over its ability to exclusively regulate prediction markets.

While the syllogism for "I have nothing to hide" is sound, it ultimately detracts from the argument of privacy as consent.
https://theprivacydad.com/the-best-version-of-i-have-nothing-to-hide/

Iberia
1) Convincing victory of united left in second round as António José Seguro elected president of Portugal with 67% of second round vote, a rout for far right Chega.
2) In the Bourbon monarchy next door, right PP wins regional election in Aragon but will depend on far right Vox doubled representation. Centre left PSOE diminishes, left Sumar hangs on to 1 seat while Podemos vanishes.
Broad left unity defeats the right in these PR systems.

El socialista Seguro arrasa al ultra Ventura en las presidenciales de Portugal, según los sondeos
La situación catastrófica provocada por el tren de borrascas ha impedido votar a casi 37.000 personas que acudirán a las urnas el próximo 15 de febrero ya conociendo el resultado electoral, un 0,3% de electores que apenas modificarán los porcentajes de voto

Women over 50 account for 27 percent of all domestic consumer spending
(3 percent more than men of the same age)
and make nearly all household purchasing decisions according to AARP,
often managing expenses both for grown children and aging parents.
That alone suggests their votes are in play and Democrats have a compelling argument to make on traditional kitchen table issues in this time of out-of-control spending on things like a war that may be severely out of ali…

Forget the “Manosphere” — The “Meno-Sphere” Is the Voting Bloc With Real Power
Older women continue to be overlooked, but they could help swing the next election.

From: https://bsky.app/profile/sirfox.bsky.social/post/3mizs47icos2p
「"All you had to do was pay us enough to live"
Forces of capitalism, these are the Canaries in your coal mine.
Pay attention to them.
Might be important.
Just migh…

Should governments have the right to force people to stay alive, even though no one consents to being born?
#Morality #MoralArgument #Argument