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Grindr ends talks on a $3.46B take-private deal by shareholders Ray Zage and James Lu, who own 60% of Grindr, citing uncertainty over the deal's financing (Kritika Lamba/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/grindr-special-commi…

With YIMBYs like this, who needs NIMBYs?
*yes, SF YIMBY endorsed the two sponsors of this ordinance, Matt Dorsey and Bilal Mahmood
https://missionlocal.org/2026/01/sf-soma-store-ban-drug-crime-deterrence/

S.F. supervisors vote to expand late-night store ban to parts of SoMa  
Board of Supervisors committee elevated a proposed store-closure ordinance, following public support from some community stakeholders

Students man a booth for CUSLAR: The Committee on U.S.-Latin American Relations, a group I was involved when I first came to Ithaca in 1993
#photo

dnc: DNC emails (2016)
A network representing the exchange of emails among members of the Democratic National Committee, in the email data leak released by WikiLeaks in 2016.
This network has 2029 nodes and 12085 edges.
Tags: Social, Communication, Unweighted, Multigraph
https://networks.skewed.de/net/dnc

Earlier this month, the House Oversight Committee released a flotilla of Epstein emails
—more than 20,000 in total.
What if you were able to just… read them like emails?
That’s the simple premise behind “Jmail,”
a re-skinning of the documents programmed to look and feel like an everyday Gmail account
https://jmail.world/

Jmail, logged in as jeevacation@gmail.com
You are logged into jeevacation@gmail.com, Jeffrey Epstein's email. Sourced from the November 2025 House Oversight Committee data release.

Source: the BBC plans to expand its editorial standards committee, diluting conservative board member Robbie Gibb's influence, and create a deputy DG position (Michael Savage/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/nov

Texas A&M committee finds university wrong in firing professor | AP News https://apnews.com/article/texas-am-professor-fired-mccoul-gender-trump-52049257b6eb4a3fa0dc7254c146ef1c

Texas A&M committee finds university wrong in firing professor
A Texas A&M committee agreed the university was wrong to fire a professor earlier this year after a controversy over a classroom video that showed a student objecting to a children’s literature lesson about gender identity. The internal committee ruled that the university didn’t follow proper procedures and didn’t prove there was good cause to fire Melissa McCoul, who was a senior lecturer in the English department with over a decade of teaching experience. Republican lawmakers, including…

Statement of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative Cory Mills (House Committee on Ethics)
https://ethics.house.gov/press-releases/statement-of-the-chairman-and-ranking-member-of-the-committee-on-ethics-regarding-representative-cory-mills-2/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p180#a251119p180

TIL: “tenure density”
https://mstdn.social/@jmccyoung/115769188515830950

Well, the KKK get to keep their hoods in #Utah.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2026/01/23/ice-face-masks-utah-democrats-bill/

Software companies must be held liable for British economic security, say MPs https://therecord.media/software-companies-liable-britain-security

Low-fat vegan (plant-based) diet can reduce an individual's greenhouse gas emissions by 51% #nutrition

Low-fat vegan diet can reduce an individual's greenhouse gas emissions by 51%
A low-fat vegan diet is associated with a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE) and cumulative energy demand (CED) compared to the Standard American Diet, according to research by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine published in JAMA Network Open.

EU chief says Europe needs to abandon caution after US treasury secretary calls Denmark ‘irrelevant’ – Europe live
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jan/21/europe-donald-trump-davos-speech-greenland-denmark-latest…

Good report on technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure in the EU: ‘The European Union is currently heavily dependent on foreign technologies. This reduces its capacity for strategic action and its economic competitiveness. It also exposes its sensitive data, in particular due to US extraterritorial laws.’
https://www.<…

REPORT on European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure | A10-0107/2025 | European Parliament
REPORT on European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure (2025/2007(INI)) Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Rapporteur: Sarah Knafo

Geniaal gedaan dit.
Alle vrijgegeven emails van #Epstein at your fingertips.
https://jmail.world/

Jmail, logged in as jeevacation@gmail.com
You are logged into jeevacation@gmail.com, Jeffrey Epstein's email. Sourced from the November 2025 House Oversight Committee data release.

It’s fitting RFK is maliciously conforming to a promise he made to a Republican senator / doctor in order to get his confirmation vote.
https://archive.is/aEILc#selection-589.0-595.236:~:text=The updated,website,-.
Liar’s gonna lie and t…

China investigates top general Zhang Youxia in rare purge of senior military leaders https://therecord.media/china-investigates-top-general-purge-senior-military-leaders

The US House Committee on Foreign Affairs approves a bipartisan bill that calls for arms-sale style congressional oversight of advanced AI chip exports (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-21/house-see…

Verkhovna Rada committee declines to back dismissal of SBU chief Vasyl Maliuk: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/13/verkhovna-rada-committee-declines-to.html

RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@xtaldave/115920389946322220
Pettiness 3.0:
"I might start a war because a committee based in your country did not buy my lies about ending 8 wars."

Ethics Committee Opens Probe Into Rep. Cory Mills After Mace's Censure Push (Amelia Benavides-Colón/NOTUS)
https://www.notus.org/congress/ethics-committee-investigation-cory-mills-after-nancy-mace-censure
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p179#a251119p179

Sources: Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos and WBD Chief Strategy Officer Bruce Campbell plan to testify in February at a US Senate committee hearing on the WBD sale (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-22/net…

"Yet what matters isn’t the specific phrases, but the overall message: Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee, not the Norwegian government and certainly not the Danish government, determines the winner of that prize. Yet Trump now not only blames Norway for failing to give it to him, but is using it as a justification for an invasion of Greenland."
#GiftArticle #USPolitics
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/trump-letter-to-norway/685676/?gift=E9o0y7Rlfcfv2OQ1sSVCEm2HqWTlvBG_uUPQ_7tcOpI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Courtesy of Maggie Miller over on BlueSky: With the House coming back into session, the House Budget Committee has scheduled a hearing for next week — on oversight of the recently hacked Congressional Budget Office. Expect the intrusion to a top subject of conversation.
https://budget.house.g…

Oversight of the Congressional Budget Office | The U.S. House Committee on the Budget - House Budget Committee
The Official U.S. Congressional website of The Republican Budget Committee

Fani Willis Calls Trump and Allies ‘Criminals’ in Hearing Before Georgia Senate Committee - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/us/fani-willis-georgia-senate-hearing-trump.html

📢Forest Research in the UK is seeking two new members for the Expert Committee on #Forest #Science. 🧬🌳📖🌲🪵
Please boost.
* one early-career,
* one from the forestry sector,
Please see details on the link below.
The ECFS provides independent research oversight for Forest Research, the largest research and evidence organisation in the sector. Chaired by me; covering a fascinating range of research and engagement from urban #trees to timber security and #climate science.
Apply below, closing 30th January 2025.
➡️ https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/about-us/careers/current-opportunities/149805-2-x-committee-members-forestry-commission-expert-committee-on-forest-science/

dnc: DNC emails (2016)
A network representing the exchange of emails among members of the Democratic National Committee, in the email data leak released by WikiLeaks in 2016.
This network has 2029 nodes and 12085 edges.
Tags: Social, Communication, Unweighted, Multigraph
https://networks.skewed.de/net/dnc

Senate Commerce Committee Probes Gambling in Major League Baseball (U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce ...)
https://www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/11/senate-commerce-committee-probes-gambling-in-major-league-baseball
http://www.memeorandum.com/251117/p95#a251117p95

The US House Armed Services Committee formally asks the Defense Department how it plans to safeguard Stars and Stripes' congressionally required independence (@erikwemple)
https://x.com/erikwemple/status/2013744189641470264

ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) on X
A little followup on the Pentagon's move to "refocus" Stars and Stripes: The House Armed Services Committee has sent a bipartisan query to the Defense Department asking how it plans to safeguard the publication's congressionally required independence, among other questions.

Indicted House Dem will step down from committee leadership position (Nicholas Wu/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/20/congress/jeffries-on-cherfilus-mccormick-00661418
http://www.memeorandum.com/251120/p53#a251120p53

Larry Summers and OpenAI say he has resigned from the OpenAI board, after a US House committee released his emails with Jeffrey Epstein (Ben Berkowitz/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/19/epstein-larry-summers-openai

Larry Summers resigns from OpenAI board amid Epstein revelations
Summers said this week he would step back from public commitments amid the latest Epstein news.

For anyone in #Chicago, here's an opportunity to stand up for your public library and fight against the devastating proposed cuts: https://www.afscmelocal1215.org/event/loca

Analysis: BBC license fee evasion rate hits 12.5%, costing it up to £550M; households that say they don't consume BBC content rises from 2.4M in 2021 to 3.6M (Michael Savage/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/nov/21/bbc-los…

Nobel Committee says Machado decision to give Peace Prize to Trump doesn't change who won
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5693556-nobel-prize-medal-ownership/

People tell me that Wiener is a smart guy.
So why does #Friedmanist, devoutly trusting developer to do …

Senator Scott Wiener (@scottwiener.bsky.social)
CA State Senator, representing San Francisco & northern San Mateo County. Chair, Senate Budget Committee. Passionate about health care, climate, making it easier/faster to build good things like housing, transit, clean energy. Democrat 🏳️‍🌈✡️ scottwiener.com

NFL 'troubled' by sports prediction markets https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47288011/nfl-troubled-rise-sports-prediction-markets

I suspect that this could be the start of a (slow) turning point for government enthusiasm for AI. Embarrassment of a Chief Constable before a Commons Select Committee is going to lead to new questions about integrity of data in police reports in his force, and probably beyond.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c394…

Police chief admits misleading MPs after AI used in justification for banning Maccabi Tel Aviv fans
An intelligence report referred to a football game that never happened - Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will make a statement later today.

Lol. The argument against this bill to charge nj data centers more for electricity is that they will just charge users more for their services.
But people can opt out of AI services and can't opt out of needing electricity.
https://www.phillyvoice.com/new-jersey-dat

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr tells a Senate committee the FCC "is not an independent agency"; the agency removed "independent agency" from its site as he testified (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/17/brendan-carr-fcc-independent-se…

FCC chair suggests agency isn't independent, word cut from mission statement
The statement speaks to a broader trend of regulatory agencies losing power to the executive branch during the Trump era.

The International Committee of the Red Cross warned that artificial intelligence models are making up research papers, journals and archives
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-slop-is-spurring-record-requests-for-imaginary-jour…

AI Slop Is Spurring Record Requests for Imaginary Journals
The International Committee of the Red Cross warned that artificial intelligence models are making up research papers, journals and archives

Jack Smith tells Congress he could prove Trump engaged in a 'criminal scheme' to overturn 2020 election - NBC https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/jack-smith-tells-congress-prove-trump-enga…

Jack Smith tells Congress he could prove Trump engaged in a 'criminal scheme' to overturn 2020 election
WASHINGTON — Former special counsel Jack Smith told a congressional committee Wednesday that his team found "proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that President Donald Trump engaged in a “criminal scheme” to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to parts of his opening statement obtained by NBC News

Ranking Member Robert Garcia Statement After Oversight Democrats Release Additional New Photos Received from Epstein Estate (The Committee on Oversight ...)
https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/ranking-member-robert-garcia-statement-after-oversight-democrats-release
http://www.memeorandum.com/251218/p126#a251218p126

How did the Council approve the #Mercosur agreement, exactly?
«EU capitals now have until 5 p.m. on Friday to lodge any objections and formalize the vote. This so-called written procedure»
https://www.

HERE WE GO BLYAT https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/11/11/ingress-nginx-retirement/

How Pakistan's government is increasingly using in absentia convictions and arrest warrants against Pakistani journalists living overseas, starting in late 2025 (Committee to Protect Journalists)
https://cpj.org/2026/01/harassed-at-ho

Harassed at home, convicted abroad: Pakistan steps up prosecution of overseas journalists - Committee to Protect Journalists
Pakistan’s government has stepped up the use of in absentia convictions and arrest warrants against Pakistani journalists living overseas since late 2025, highlighting an escalating crackdown by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s government on critical reporting and commentary that extends beyond domestic borders. In early January, four foreign-based Pakistani journalists and commentators were convicted on the...

Israel Voices Opposition to Trump Over Gaza Committee (Aaron Boxerman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/world/middleeast/trump-gaza-israel-board-peace.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260117/p60#a260117p60

There were actually a lot of good recommendations from that Committee report, the one on PR was just the final one! Here's a few more.. including some that local #Fediverse proponents could dig into! @… was on the Committee.
—>FEDI ADVANTAGE<— “The Committee heard about a number of issues related to
the electoral information environment. Members recommend
that the provincial government collaborate with Elections
BC and the federal government to review existing legislative
and regulatory measures related to misinformation,
disinformation, and hate speech during elections, including
**mechanisms to ensure the timely removal of harmful content** (**emphasis added)”
—> FEDI ADVANTAGE<— “To better address challenges associated with social media and emergent technologies such as artificial intelligence, Members recommend establishing a working group to propose amendments to BC’s privacy and election legislation. To better protect all users, the Committee recommends requiring digital platforms to act with a duty of care and establish clear safety-related requirements such as data privacy, platform design, and content policy. The Committee also heard about concerns regarding foreign interference, and recommends that these be considered by the Electoral Integrity Working Group.”
—The Committee heard about the critical importance of
civic education to ensure the public’s understanding of
democratic institutions, processes, and participation. The
Committee recommends strengthening civic education
in the K-12 school system with input from experts and a
greater emphasis on applied learning.
— the Committee suggests enhancing data collection by requiring proactive enumeration on an annual basis and ensuring that registered parties and candidates can access poll-by-poll results. Elections BC should review and improve
voter registration practices and communication, as well as
access to and public awareness of voting opportunities. With respect to expanding voter eligibility, the Committee supports further examination of extending voting rights to 16- and 17-year-olds as well as permanent residents in BC.
— Committee Members recommend modernizing the candidate nominator verification process, requiring Elections BC to collect and share voters’ contact information with registered political parties and candidates, and strengthening measures related to access to multi-unit buildings for candidates and their campaigns.
Full report to the Legislature: #BCPoli #CanPoli #CdnPoli #ElectoralReform #Democracy #ProportionalRepresentation #Polarization

I watched the 1st meeting day of RFK Jr’s handpicked committee of vaccine advisors. It was utterly depressing.
-- Atul Gawande
@agawande.bsky.social
https://skywriter.blue/pages/did:plc:qrq3ybgokbsqivyiap7vnin4/post/3lz6ytzkye22k

The UK Treasury committee says the government and Bank of England's "wait-and-see approach" to AI risks in the financial sector poses "serious harm" to the UK (Kalyeena Makortoff/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/

Big hearing tomorrow on offensive cyber by House Homeland Security Committee’s cyber panel.
https://homeland.house.gov/hearing/defense-through-offense-examining-u-s-cyber-capabili…

The Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press files a US court application to access the sealed warrant justifying the raid on Hannah Natanson's home (Ted Johnson/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/01/trump-search-washington-post-reporter-home-…

Reporters Committee Seeks Judicial Records Of Warrant Served To Search Washington Post Reporter’s Home
The Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press wants documents related to the search of Post reporter Hannah Natanson's home unsealed.

Key fantasy football questions for Week 10: Committee concerns for Bears, Rams? https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6782483/2025/11/06/key-fantasy-football-questions-week-10/

House Ethics Committee considering allegations against Nancy Mace (Hailey Fuchs/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/16/house-ethics-allegations-nancy-mace-00734467
http://www.memeorandum.com/260116/p116#a260116p116

🌡️ Government told to prepare for 2C warming by 2050
#uk

Government told to prepare for 2C warming by 2050
The Climate Change Committee said the UK should make climate change adaptions beyond the Paris Agreement.

Tell Congress: NO Funding for Primate Breeding! #AnimalRights

URGENT: Tell Congress NO to Funding Primate Breeding!
Right now, Congress is working on the 2025 federal budget, and the Senate Appropriations Committee has allocated a staggering $30 million to expand primate breeding and research at National Primate Research Centers. This funding will support invasive, unethical experiments on primates—causing unimaginable suffering while advancing unreliable science that fails over 90% of the time in human clinical trials. 🔬 Despite these facts, the NIH asked for $10 million, but the Senate has tripled th…

House GOP committee leaders to hold health care brainstorming sessions (Benjamin Guggenheim/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/12/congress/house-gop-committee-leaders-to-hold-health-care-brainstorming-sessions-00649200
http://www.memeorandum.com/251112/p135#a251112p135

EU Parliament committee votes to advance controversial Europol data sharing proposal https://therecord.media/eu-parliament-committee-votes-europol-data-sharing-agreement

An Alabama state board votes to keep its contract with PBS for now, rejecting an effort to become the first state to cut ties following federal budget cuts (Kim Chandler/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/alabama-pbs-2149809fa142c792fab0ca6e8730ee80

Alabama Public Television to keep PBS contract
The commission that oversees Alabama Public Television voted to continue paying its contract with PBS. The decision came after a public backlash to the idea of dropping PBS. The Alabama Educational Television Commission voted without dissent to continue paying the contract with PBS that runs until July. It also voted to create a committee to explore the future direction of Alabama Public Television. A proposal to take the first step toward severing ties failed when no commissioner seconded the …

The International Committee of the Red Cross, which runs major research archives, warned that AI models are fabricating research papers, journals, and archives (Dan Vergano/Scientific American)
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/…

AI Slop Is Spurring Record Requests for Imaginary Journals
The International Committee of the Red Cross warned that artificial intelligence models are making up research papers, journals and archives

Top Republican joins Trump reaming as powerful committee shut out of Maduro briefing - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-senate-venezuela/

Kristi Noem Caught Lying About Why She Left Committee Hearing Early (Aaron Parnas/MeidasTouch News)
https://meidasnews.com/news/kristi-noem-caught-lying-about-why-she-left-committee-hearing-early
http://www.memeorandum.com/251211/p73#a251211p73

Why donate to SEEC PAC?
The Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition Political Action Committee
exists to support SEEC members in Congress and candidates who fight for clean energy, climate change solutions, environmental justice, and protection of our nation’s clean air, water, wildlife, and natural environment.
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Home – Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition Political Action Committee
Join the movement Elect environmental champions to Congress. SEEC PAC Members of Congress Congressman Connolly has always prioritized the environment in his public service, and as the Chair Emeritus of SEEC, he understands the importance of environmental justice to social equity and the success of future generations. Rep. Gerry ConnollyVA-11 Congressman Jared Huffman represents the […]

In a letter to the Trump administration, the GOP Senatorial Committee Chair Sen. Tim Scott said the Netflix-WBD deal raises "significant antitrust problems" (Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/12/2025/opposition-to-netfli…

Opposition to Netflix-Paramount deal grows in Washington
Sen. Tim Scott, a Republican with close ties to the White House, joined the mounting opposition in Washington to Netflix’s takeover of Warner Bros.

House Committee Subpoenas Journalist For Reporting On Commander Involved In Maduro Raid https://thedissenter.org/house-committee-subpoenas-journalist-for-reporting-on-commander-involved-in-maduro-raid/

Jeffrey Epstein Claimed Trump Knew About His Conduct, New Emails Show (Arthur Delaney/HuffPost)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/epstein-trump-emails-estate-oversight-committee_n_69148e46e4b0c2898bed24f0
http://www.memeorandum.com/251112/p104#a251112p104

(Top Dem on the House Armed Services Committee)
Democrat Rep. Adam Smith skeptical Maduro's capture curbs US drugs
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5672239-adam-smith-maduro-drug-trafficking/

RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisers plan biggest change yet to childhood schedule
The new chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices said the panel plans to vote to
end universal hepatitis B vaccination at birth
and to scrutinize if childhood shots cause allergies
https://www.…

RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisers plan biggest change yet to childhood schedule
The new chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices said the panel plans to vote to end universal hepatitis B vaccination at birth and to scrutinize if childhood shots cause allergies.

dnc: DNC emails (2016)
A network representing the exchange of emails among members of the Democratic National Committee, in the email data leak released by WikiLeaks in 2016.
This network has 2029 nodes and 12085 edges.
Tags: Social, Communication, Unweighted, Multigraph
https://networks.skewed.de/net/dnc

The OpenAI deal gives Disney a fair amount of oversight and control over how its IP is used, including a joint steering committee to monitor user creations (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/11/openai-disney-sora

Walt Disney to invest $1 billion in OpenAI, license characters for Sora
It's a huge endorsement of AI-created content from one of the biggest media companies in the world.

Two representatives on the US House Financial Services Committee warn WBD CEO David Zaslav of national security concerns about the financiers of Paramount's bid (Ted Johnson/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/12/democrats-warner-bros-discovery-sa…

Democratic Lawmakers Warn Warner Bros. Discovery Of National Security Concerns In Paramount Bid Because Of Saudi And Other Foreign Investors
The two House members said that the transaction should undergo a Committee on Foreign Investment review.

Jack Smith reveals Jan. 6 committee charade (Byron York/Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4408364/jack-smith-reveals-january-6-committee-charade/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260106/p113#a260106p113

House Homeland Security chairman keeps attention on cyber issues https://therecord.media/andrew-garbarino-legislation-cyber-policy-outlook

Mark Warner hits GOP colleagues, Trump administration over Dem exclusion from boat strikes briefing
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5581587-senate-intelligence-committee-law/

Members of the Senate Commerce Committee accused FCC Chairman Brendan Carr of making "mafia threats" and encroaching on broadcasters' First Amendment rights (Steven Portnoy/ABC News)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fcc-ch

FCC Chair Brendan Carr clashes with Democrats in Senate hearing
Sen. Markey calls him "chairman of the 'Federal Censorship Commission.'"

J6 Committee Chair: Murder of Nat'l Guard Is An 'Unfortunate Accident' (Ed Morrissey/HotAir)
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2025/12/11/dem-statistics-lies-damned-lies-and-unfortunate-accidents-n3809772
http://www.memeorandum.com/251211/p114#a251211p114

Jeffrey Epstein's emails, released by the US House Oversight Committee, contain Michael Wolff's unpublished Epstein profile, raising access journalism concerns (Ben Smith/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/11/16/2025

Exclusive: In an unpublished column, questions about Epstein and about journalism
Buried deep in the House Oversight Committee’s recent release of emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s inbox is an 8,684-word profile by the reporter Michael Wolff.

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA)
is pushing back against GOP criticism of his effort to release Jeffrey Epstein files,
arguing that his Republican colleagues are “obsessed” with him
due to their frequent attacks.
https://www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epstein-2674356578/…

'Why so obsessed?' Dem lawmaker says he will 'punch back harder' after GOP Epstein attacks
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) is pushing back against GOP criticism of his effort to release Jeffrey Epstein files, arguing that his Republican colleagues are “obsessed” with him due to their frequent attacks.As the top-ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, Garcia has helped lead the push t...

dnc: DNC emails (2016)
A network representing the exchange of emails among members of the Democratic National Committee, in the email data leak released by WikiLeaks in 2016.
This network has 2029 nodes and 12085 edges.
Tags: Social, Communication, Unweighted, Multigraph
https://networks.skewed.de/net/dnc

Former special counsel Jack Smith to sit for House Judiciary Committee deposition
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5631891-jack-smith-house-judiciary-deposition/

In a letter to the Trump administration, the GOP Senatorial Committee Chair Sen. Tim Scott said the Netflix-WBD deal raises "significant antitrust problems" (Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/12/2025/opposition-to-netfli…

Opposition to Netflix-Paramount deal grows in Washington
Sen. Tim Scott, a Republican with close ties to the White House, joined the mounting opposition in Washington to Netflix’s takeover of Warner Bros.

US House panel requests interview with Andrew in Jeffrey Epstein investigation (Edward Helmore/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/06/epstein-andrew-interview-house-oversight-committee
http://www.memeorandum.com/251106/p64#a251106p64

Myanmar releases six journalists from prison, all detained following the military's 2021 coup, but continues to hold at least 27 journalists behind bars (Committee to Protect Journalists)
https://cpj.org/2025/12/myanmar-releases-six-journalists-in-pre-el…

Myanmar releases 6 journalists in pre-election amnesty - Committee to Protect Journalists
Bangkok, December 4, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the recent release of six journalists in Myanmar as part of a pre-election amnesty of more than 3,800 political prisoners, but urges junta authorities to free all remaining jailed members of the press. Those freed are Zaw Linn Htut (Phoe Thar), Htet Htet Khine, Nay Naw, Nyein Chan Wai, Aung San Lin, and Sithu...

Panel Votes to End Recommendation for Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns (Apoorva Mandavilli/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/health/kennedy-vaccine-committee-vote-hepatitisb.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6U8.4sGj.JsNmUpN9tBt9&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/251205/p52#a251205p52

Senate panel to question car safety improvements that are ‘making vehicles too costly’ | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/senate-committee-vehicle-safety-costs-b2872613.html

After the building fire, Hong Kong summoned AFP, FT, NYT, AP, Bloomberg, and WSJ journalists, telling them to avoid "trouble making", and arrested a commentator (Committee to Protect Journalists)
https://cpj.org/2025/12/hong-kong-arre

Hong Kong arrests commentator, summons international media over deadly fire - Committee to Protect Journalists
Updated on December 8, 2025 2:31 AM EST New York, December 8, 2025—Chinese and Hong Kong authorities must immediately stop harassing journalists, release news commentator Wong Kwok-ngon, and allow the media to freely cover the city’s most deadly fire in decades, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday. In a rare move, Beijing’s national security arm...

GOP-led Jan. 6 committee sets first hearing for next week (Hailey Fuchs/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/01/06/congress/jan-6-hearing-scheduled-00713479
http://www.memeorandum.com/260106/p158#a260106p158

Jack Smith told House committee he had ‘proof beyond reasonable doubt’ in cases against Trump | House of Representatives | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/31/jack-smith-house-testimony

A look at the erosion of press freedom and independent reporting in Israel, where journalists report escalating censorship, harassment, and self-censorship (Yael Krifcher/Committee to Protect Journalists)
https://cpj.org/2025/12/under-the-rada

Under the radar: Israel steps up censorship and suppression of independent reporting - Committee to Protect Journalists
Two years into Israel’s genocide in Gaza, press freedom inside the country has reached a breaking point. Journalists report escalating censorship, harassment, and self-censorship that, they say, now functions as “part of the war effort.” Independent reporting has sharply declined, leaving the Israeli public with a distorted view of the conflict. An October 2025 report...

The House Homeland Security Committee asks Dario Amodei to testify at a December 17 hearing about how Chinese state actors used Claude Code for cyber-espionage (Sam Sabin/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/26/anthropic-google-cloud-quantum-xch…

Exclusive: Anthropic CEO called to testify on Chinese AI cyberattack
The request comes weeks after Anthropic said China used Claude Code in an espionage campaign.

The OpenAI deal gives Disney a fair amount of oversight and control over how its IP is used, including a joint steering committee to monitor user creations (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/11/openai-disney-sora

Walt Disney to invest $1 billion in OpenAI, license characters for Sora
It's a huge endorsement of AI-created content from one of the biggest media companies in the world.

Leading Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have launched an investigation into the Trump Administration’s
use of private platforms like
Truth Social and X for official business.
https://meidasnews.com…

"Sounds like Epstein's original sweetheart deal was a much bigger deal than we knew, with subpoenas going out to his banks and attorneys tracking all of his financial transactions. What was big enough to persuade prosecutors to back off from the investigation?"
Alex Acosta Sure Seems To Have Lied To House Oversight Committee | Crooks and Liars
https://crooksandliars.com/2025/10/alex-acosta-sure-seems-have-lied-house

BBC Chair Samir Shah apologizes for an "error of judgement", saying the Panorama edit "did give the impression of a direct call for violent action" (Ellise Shafer/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/globa…

BBC Chair Apologizes for Editing Trump Speech: 'Error of Judgement'
BBC chair Samir Shah apologized to the U.K. culture, media and sport committee following a scandal around the editing of a Trump speech in "Panorama."

House Republicans release transcript and video of Jack Smith's closed-door testimony before Judiciary Committee (Alexandra Marquez/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/jack-smith-closed-door-testimony-released-house-republicans-judiciary-rcna251732
http://www.memeorandum.com/251231/p68#a251231p68

Nicaraguan journalists who fled their country for Costa Rica amid a press freedom crisis say the regime's threats, harassment, and blackmail have followed them (Committee to Protect Journalists)
https://cpj.org/2026/01/they-are-hunti

‘They are hunting journalists’: Nicaragua’s covert repression tactics strike fear beyond borders - Committee to Protect Journalists
An estimated 268 Nicaraguan journalists have fled the Central American country for exile, many settling in the neighboring Costa Rica, to escape what CPJ’s research has documented to be a government-backed system of political repression and judicial harassment against media outlets that often prevents journalists, fearing for their families, from reporting the truth. Yet for...

Chairman Comer Announces Hearings on Rampant Fraud in Minnesota's Social Services Programs (United States House Committee on Oversight ...)
https://oversight.house.gov/release/chairman-comer-announces-hearings-on-rampant-fraud-in-minnesotas-social-services-programs/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251231/p47#a251231p47

A US House committee votes to subpoena a journalist after he posted a biography of the alleged Delta Force leader who led the Caracas operation in Venezuela (The Washington Post)
https://wapo.st/3NzELX8

House votes to subpoena journalist over report on Delta Force commander
A lawmaker accused Seth Harp of “leaking classified intel” after he posted a photograph of a person he identified as the head of the elite unit responsible for the Venezuela operation.

Ranking Member Robert Garcia Demands Answers on Ghislaine Maxwell Prison Transfer, Trump Admin Cover-Up, from Camp Bryan Prison Warden (The Committee on Oversight ...)
https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/ranking-member-robert-garcia-demands-answers-ghislaine-maxwell-prison-transfer
http://www.memeorandum.com/251031/p53#a251031p53

Turkey arrests TELE1 chief editor Merdan Yanardağ as part of an "espionage" investigation and seizes control of TELE1, which stopped broadcasting on October 24 (Committee to Protect Journalists)
https://cpj.org/2025/10/turkey-seizes-

Turkey seizes control of critical broadcaster TELE1, arrests chief editor  - Committee to Protect Journalists
Istanbul, October 27, 2025—Turkish authorities should release TELE1 chief editor Merdan Yanardağ and withdraw the order to assign a trustee to seize control of the outlet, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday. Istanbul police detained Yanardağ on October 24, and on October 27, a court arrested him pending trial as part of a political “espionage” investigation in which the imprisoned Istanbul mayor Ekrem...