@cdarwin@c.imCongress’ marquee housing legislation
aimed at increasing the country’s housing supply
is set to become law at midnight
— without Donald Trump’s signature.
“I will not sign the Housing Bill, which has been fully approved by Congress and sent to the White House,
in PROTEST over the fact that the United States Senate is not capable of passing THE SAVE AMERICA ACT,”
Trump, who could still change his mind and sign the legislation, posted on Friday.
The b…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialLondon's Met Police calls on tech companies to make stolen phones unusable and says it is sharing data with Apple to build a "global picture" of stolen devices (Yang Tian/BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg4dey905yo
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialPolish lawmakers pass legislation imposing prison sentences of up to five years for "trash streaming" of violent crimes, gambling promotion, and more (Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-tel
@cdarwin@c.imThe KIDS Act Will Lead to Mandatory Age Checks
Many of the bills in the KIDS Act share the same premise:
that children and teenagers should have different experiences online than adults.
In practice, that requires websites and apps to determine who is under 18
—and who isn’t.
That’s where the problems with the KIDS Act start.
EFF certainly supports giving all users better privacy and safety tools online.
But those protections should not,
and …
@memeorandum@universeodon.comShaheen, Blumenthal, Graham, Wicker Announce Agreement on Legislation to Hold Purchasers of Russian Oil Accountable (United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations)
https://www.foreign.senate.gov/press/dem/release/shaheen-blumenthal-graham-wicker-announce-agreement-on-legislation-to-hold-purchasers-of-russian-oil-accountable
http://www.memeorandum.com/260710/p113#a260710p113
@AthanSpod@social.linux.pizzaOh joy, more "but the chiiiiiiiiiiiildreeeeeeeeeen!" age verification bollocks being brought in in the UK:
https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2026/09/government-look-to-impose-mandatory-age-verification-on…
@cdarwin@c.imPublic banks, unlike privately owned Wall Street banks that prioritize shareholder profits,
use their deposits to make loans that directly serve local needs.
These institutions can fund affordable housing,
support small businesses,
finance public infrastructure projects,
and assist with post-disaster rebuilding.
These investments strengthen communities and demonstrate fiscal responsibility
@privacity@social.linux.pizzaCADA: An (E)U-turn on AI regulation
https://fpf.org/blog/cada-an-eu-turn-on-ai-regulation/
@…
The new EU Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA)…
@burger_jaap@mastodon.socialand policymakers can now also incorporate this charging standard into legislation and financing (e.g. the EU’s AFIR and CEF funding - which already partly covered this).
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ngReminder: Just as with Age ID and Chat Control legislation justifications, the AI build out, the price gauging of memory, storage (and CPU/GPU/SOCs too), the emerging hardware leasing & subscription models — all this is not just driven by generative AI in the form of chatbots, media generators, automation, job replacements, FOMO stories and other "obvious" reasons repeated ad infinitum by CEOs and in the media...
The only way these industry shifts and largest tech investments ever …
@cdarwin@c.imThe United States Constitution puts control over elections in the hands of the states
and grants Congress the ability to pass federal election legislation.
It gives no explicit authority to the executive branch.
But in early February, Trump said he wanted the Republican-led federal government to “nationalize” or “take over” the running of elections.
“A state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” he said.
Trump had already, in March 2025, signed…
@markhburton@mstdn.social'A government assessment for the new version of the legislation warned that poverty, poorer access to healthcare, lower-quality care and domestic abuse could lead to a “disproportionate numbers of ethnic minority people” opting to end their lives.'
Poverty, poor care and abuse could result in racialised assisted suicide, report shows | Morning Star
@Speckdaene@nrw.social#idw EU Commission’s draft legislation on #pesticides: European re-searchers highlight the risks
The European Commission intends to reform key provisions governing the approval of pesticides through a new legislative package. Scientists from 27 European research institutions point out that the “
@johnleonard@mastodon.socialPrivacy campaigners are pressuring the EU to begin dismantling its data transfer agreement with the US, arguing a recent US Supreme Court ruling undermines the pact’s legal foundations.
https://www.
@davidaugust@mastodon.onlineThe US Congress is considering legislation that cripples privacy and security online, under the guise of seeking a silver bullet that will “keep kids safe.”
#privacy
@aral@mastodon.ar.alFascism (n): @… https://kind.social/@pomegranate_stew/116812459249173548
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.socialI wrote to our EU representatives outlining why I am angry that chat control is getting yet another attempt to make it into legislation when it has already been rejected several times. Age verification is on the menu too 🤮
If you live in the EU, write to your MEP before 29 June and tell them why Chat Control (mass scanning of personal messages) is unsuited to protect anyone online, let alone minors:
@chrisnelder@mastodon.energyFeels like we’ve passed through The Handmaid’s Tale phase and are coming up on the Thoughtcrime legislation phase…
@kurtsh@mastodon.socialSomeday, someone in the media other than CNN's Kaitlan Collins, will have cajones & the clout to hard block Fat Loser's pivoting & nail him to the questions.
#trump
From: @…
@cdarwin@c.imA new piece of legislation aims to avert a Social Security crisis
by fast-tracking a solution before cuts are imminent.
But Democrats are torn:
Some say, far from saving the program, the bill could give Republicans an opening to raise the retirement age or cut benefits.
The bipartisan bill, dubbed the "Protecting Retirement Opportunities and Maintaining Income Security for Everyone", or PROMISE, Act,
calls for the nonpartisan Social Security Advisory B…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialBernie Sanders proposes legislation to create a sovereign wealth fund financed via a one-time 50% stock tax on AI companies that reach $200M in annual AI sales (Joey Cappelletti/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/bernie-sanders-ai-publ…
@brewsterkahle@mastodon.archive.org"The Copyright Office Doesn’t Need More Politics—Or More Power."
"Congress Just Rushed Through A Disastrous Copyright Office Overhaul"
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/18/congress-just-rushed-through-a-disast…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialA look at California's Community NEWS Act, which if signed by Governor Newsom would be the most economically significant law supporting local news in US history (Editor and Publisher)
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories
@cdarwin@c.imNeeds 2/3's of Senate and House to vote yes
and then 38 states to ratify.
https://bsky.app/profile/factpostnews.bsky.social/post/3mpya37w2oi2w
@chiraag@mastodon.online
@Dragofix@veganism.socialRevealed: how Europe’s most powerful farming lobby killed EU’s pesticide law https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/16/how-europe-most-powerful-farming-lobby-copa-cogeca-killed-eu-pesticide-law
@primonatura@mstdn.social"Revealed: how Europe’s most powerful farming lobby killed EU’s pesticide law"
#Europe #Farming #Pesticides
@thomasrenkert@hcommons.social @johnleonard@mastodon.socialThe European Union is legally compelling Google to open its ecosystem to competitors with changes to how it handles AI and search.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/legi
@memeorandum@universeodon.comSen. Thom Tillis rails against Trump's fixation on voting legislation (Cheyanne M. Daniels/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/28/thom-tillis-save-america-act-00979287
http://www.memeorandum.com/260628/p23#a260628p23
@servelan@newsie.socialMitch McConnell Has Cosponsored Legislation Since Being Hospitalized - Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/mitch-mcconnell-has-cosponsored-legislation-since-being-hospitalized-12249840
@sean@scoat.esI think Carney was necessary to avoid the PP Problem, but house-of-cardsing parliament to a majority and then ramming through super dangerous legislation (of course compromising devices/communications will result in compromised devices/communications!) is some real conservative-in-liberal-clothing garbage.
(article en français; kind of expected CBC to have something by now…)
@StephenRees@mas.toGovernment just prematurely ended debate on Bill C-22
The federal government decided to use a so-called “guillotine” time-limit all further clause by clause on Bill C-22 to just 30 minutes.1 This will block ANY committee debate that scrutinizes the dangerous surveillance powers in Part 2 of the bill.2
The government wants to jam Bill C-22 today, and vote it through the House tomorrow (June 19). We’re calling on MPs of all parties to refuse to advance Part 2 without full committee…
@CubitOom@social.linux.pizza[North Carolina Senate Bill 153](https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/s153) requires state police to contribute to the federal government's cruel deportation campaign
@cdarwin@c.imWarning:
A new Florida law gives the state’s chief of domestic security, with the approval of the governor and Cabinet,
power to designate organizations as domestic or foreign terrorist groups.
A designation can trigger dissolution of a corporation,
loss of public funding and benefits,
penalties for defined forms of material support,
and serious consequences for students and campus groups accused of promoting a named group.
A companion law allows inf…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Meta lobbyists are urging California lawmakers to exempt social media platforms from legislation that would increase penalties in child-harm cases (Tyler Katzenberger/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/26/e
@PaulWermer@sfba.socialSeems to me that #agribusiness is an example of #MarketFailure, where poisoning workers and destroying local #ecosystems is highly profitable.
And it's not as if alternative approaches don&…
@paulwermer@sfba.socialSeems to me that #agribusiness is an example of #MarketFailure, where poisoning workers and destroying local #ecosystems is highly profitable.
And it's not as if alternative approaches don&…
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ngQuestion for other EU-based online shop owners: How are you going to deal with the upcoming EU PPWR packaging legislation changes[1] and specifically requiring a third party legal person/entity in every single EU member state you want to ship to after August 12, potentially having to contract & pay another EU-wide one-stop service or up to 26 middlemen just so you are allowed to ship to all EU countries? What happened to the idea of a single market?
Some of the "cheaper" off…
@johnleonard@mastodon.social @markhburton@mstdn.socialIsraeli leaders are akin to the Taliban in their assault on education.
Israel uses law to destroy Palestinian education in East Jerusalem | Israel-Palestine conflict | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/7/
@cdarwin@c.imIgnoring EFF’s warnings about the dangersand impossibility of implementing a new mandate for 3D print surveillance software,
the California State Assembly has signed off on legislation to do just that.
In the process, legislators amended the bill to make it even more confusing,
while failing to address the risks to privacy, speech, and consumer rights.
We must renew our call on legislators to drop this bill as it heads to the state senate,
and protect the to…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialUK ministers are advancing a bill requiring YouTube and TikTok to promote BBC and ITV content; it also would force streamers to show big sports events for free (Jake Kanter/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/06/youtube-promote-bbc-content-uk-gove…
@cdarwin@c.imOn Thursday, 33 Democrats joined Republicans to pass a law that would
take federal funding away from academic institutions involved in any kind of boycott of or divestment from Israel.
The legislation passed 237–169.
The Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act,
headed by Republican Representative Virginia Foxx and Democratic Representative Josh Gottheimer,
strips federal funding from any school that carries out a “nonexpressive commercial boycott” of Israel
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAs sweeping US crypto legislation stalls, the SEC and CFTC are moving to establish rules; the SEC is set to exempt certain token offerings from securities laws (Hannah Lang/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/t
@cdarwin@c.imA Republican-controlled House committee passed legislation earlier this week that would
prevent the US Labor Department from enacting federal standards to protect workers from extreme heat
-- a move that came amid sweltering heat across the country.
The Heat Workforce Standards Act,
led by Rep. Mark Messmer (R-Ind.),
passed the House Education and Workforce Committee on Tuesday in a 18-15 vote along party lines.
If enacted, the legislation would bar the Oc…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comSenate eyes vote on updated housing affordability legislation (Katherine Hapgood/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/06/15/congress/senate-housing-affordability-bill-00962103
http://www.memeorandum.com/260615/p77#a260615p77
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGuardrails Alliance, a super PAC that raised $5M, launches to advocate for AI safety legislation and counter pro-industry lobbying, running ads for Alex Bores (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/tec…
@cdarwin@c.imThe modern legal landscape of gun legislation begins with
District of Columbia v. Heller in 2008,
when the Supreme Court ruled 5–4 that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms for self-defense
— overturning nearly two centuries of jurisprudence that had centered the right on the organized militia.
Fourteen years later,
New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen raised the stakes further,
instructing courts to ev…
@cdarwin@c.imOne year after Donald Trump signed the law he dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” on the South Lawn of the White House,
it has begun reshaping the country
— altering who gets help from the government and who goes without.
The most consequential legislation of Trump’s second term reaches into nearly every corner of American life.
It supercharges immigration enforcement,
pouring billions into border security and deportations.
It rewrites student loan rules. …
@joe@toot.worksThat's good to hear but I am not sure why that wasn't already the case.
"The Milwaukee Common Council approved legislation that modifies Milwaukee Police Department standard operating procedures governing officers' duty to intervene in and report unreasonable uses of force, including force used by federal agents."
#Milwaukee #ICE #Police
@Techmeme@techhub.socialUber and Waymo are engaged in a DC lobbying battle over AV legislation, with Uber supporting a hybrid human-robotaxi model and Waymo pushing for pure robotaxis (Liam Denning/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles
@memeorandum@universeodon.comKalshi's Clout in Washington Grows as New Regulatory Efforts Languish (Mark Alfred/NOTUS)
https://www.notus.org/money/kalshi-prediction-market-congress-legislation
http://www.memeorandum.com/260903/p18#a260903p18
@cdarwin@c.imRepublicans in Washington are rolling back federal workplace heat protections as summer temperatures surge.
The Trump administration is moving to rewrite Biden-era rules that would mandate breaks and access to water and shade for workers,
in a step businesses lauded but that labor groups said could weaken already limited federal protections.
Congress is considering legislation that would go a step further, prohibiting the Labor Department from adopting the Biden-era heat p…
@cdarwin@c.imSpeaker Mike Johnson officially sent major housing affordability legislation to Donald Trump’s desk for signature Monday.
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act,
a bipartisan bill aiming to address affordability by increasing housing supply and homeownership,
can now either be vetoed by Trump or signed into law.
Absent the president’s signature, the bill will become law with no action after 10 days not counting Sundays
— around July 10.
Trump abruptly canc…
@cdarwin@c.imA California law banning streaming services from showing ads
“louder than the video content” that they accompany
is set to take effect on Wednesday, July 1.
(Existing legislation already imposes similar volume restrictions on broadcast and cable TV commercials.)
Ars Technica notes that streaming services have not shared additional details about how they plan to comply with the law.
While the volume limitations only apply to California for now,
it seems…
@cdarwin@c.im“American families don’t want experiments with their money,” a voice booms.
“They want jobs, growth, and available credit.
When crypto gets a free pass, communities pay the price.”
The 30-second video, which launched in Washington DC this month,
is part of a six-figure advertising campaign by the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA),
meant to help fight a landmark bill that will determine how America’s multibillion-dollar crypto sector is regulated.…
@cdarwin@c.im @cdarwin@c.imTrump is pushing for ending the filibuster in the Senate
Right now, Republicans have 53 votes.
That’s not close to what they’d need to pass Trump’s controversial
"Save America Act", which would mandate strict ID laws for voting and proof of citizenship to register to vote or after a name change.
All Democrats oppose this legislation.
So even though it passed the Republican-controlled House, it’s stuck in the Republican-controlled Senate because of t…
@cdarwin@c.imTrump demands Senate cancel August break until it passes voter suppression bill
Trump on Monday demanded that Senate Majority Leader John Thune cancel the chamber’s upcoming August break until senators pass a strict proof-of-citizenship voting bill
-- even as Republicans lack the votes to advance it.
Trump has repeatedly urged Thune to scrap the legislative filibuster,
which effectively sets a 60-vote threshold for most legislation in the 100-member Senate,
or …
@cdarwin@c.imThe government agency that administers Medicaid has created a new criterion,
‘medically frail,’
which must be met to qualify for the program without working
— even if you only have weeks to live.
It didn’t exist prior to the passage of the "Big Beautiful Bill".
Before that landmark legislation was signed into law, Medicaid was primarily a means-tested program,
accessible to those with low enough incomes to qualify.
But the new rule means even…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comSen. John Kennedy says he'd exclude Jan. 6 rioters from 'anti-weaponization' fund legislation (Megan Brand/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/john-kennedy-exclude-jan-6-rioters-anti-weaponization-fund-blanche-rcna590451
http://www.memeorandum.com/260802/p33#a260802p33
@cdarwin@c.imCongress can play a vital role here.
Even many Republicans in Congress are unhappy about Trum's tariffs,
and they have the power to halt them.
They can start with public criticism, which will raise the political cost for Trump of keeping the tariffs in place.
If he does not yield, they should pass new laws closing the loopholes he has used.
In the case of the Canada tariffs, Congress should pass legislation to make clear that he cannot use the 1930 law to e…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump on Legislation to Address the Nation's Housing Crisis: 'It's a Yawn' (Shawn McCreesh/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/us/politics/trump-housing-bill.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260629/p140#a260629p140
@cdarwin@c.imIn California, survivors of solitary confinement
who have spent years trying to seriously limit the practice are facing yet another setback
as state prison officials unwind the minor reforms made in recent years.
Those reforms, which had reduced the number of rule violations that could make someone eligible for isolation and increased out-of-cell time for people in solitary,
were part of a compromise Governor Gavin Newsom proposed after his 2022 veto of the Mandela A…
@cdarwin@c.imThe right wing think tank "Manhattan Institute", is in the midst of a yearlong campaign to pass state-level legislation
reclassifying minor crimes like vandalism, blocking a roadway, or trespassing during a protest as felonies that would carry 18-month prison sentences as punishment.
The push to criminalize forms of nonviolent disobedience as a form of terrorism comes amid a broader Trump administration effort to crack down on leftist organizations, causes, and social m…
@cdarwin@c.imThe nation’s largest public four-year university may soon be barred from replacing faculty with generative AI
as a bill backed by a union of professors comes nearer to reaching the governor’s desk.
Few examples exist of the California State University’s attempting to replace faculty labor with generative AI tools,
but the faculty union wants to prevent such efforts from ever getting off the ground.
The bill so far has garnered no opposition from lawmakers and may clear…
@cdarwin@c.imLegislation that would modernize federal labor law began with a handful of lawyers meeting, of all places, in an ice-cream shop.
“We wrote for hours what we would do to amend the National Labor Relations Act,”
said Marni von Wilpert,
a member of the San Diego city council who was then an attorney for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
Bringing together “our collective experience as labor lawyers over the years, really trying to unrig the rules so that working…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comThis Freshman Congressman Is Out-Legislating All Other Lawmakers (Mark Alfred/NOTUS)
https://www.notus.org/congress/nick-begich-alaska-legislation-bills
http://www.memeorandum.com/260819/p12#a260819p12
@cdarwin@c.imA group of Democratic senators
and one Republican, as well as two Democratic House committees,
sent letters Monday to the National Science Foundation
asking it to reverse course on its plan to dismantle a sprawling ocean monitoring network,
with House lawmakers going further and accusing the agency of acting illegally.
The Ocean Observatories Initiative is a network of more than 900 ocean sensors built at a cost of $386 million.
Over the last decade it has…
@cdarwin@c.imSenators in both parties say the odds are rising of another government shutdown in September
after Trump demanded that GOP leaders abolish the filibuster or face a spending showdown and another shutdown.
Trump blindsided GOP leaders on Monday when he warned there could be another shutdown if Senate Republicans don’t abolish the filibuster,
which would allow them to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act and spending legislation without any Democra…
@cdarwin@c.imNational Nurses United (NNU),
the parent union of NYSNA,
has been raising the alarm about the effects AI will have on nurses.
Shuler’s case would be one of the first AI-related layoffs handled by the union.
The union developed an AI bill of rights for patients and nurses,
has been pushing for protections and guardrails in contracts and through legislation,
and protested against employers using untested AI in patient care settings.
“NNU nurses, like …
@cdarwin@c.imWhen the Nazis set out to legally disenfranchise and discriminate against Jewish citizens,
they weren’t just coming up with ideas out of thin air.
They closely studied the laws of another country.
According to James Q. Whitman, author of Hitler’s American Model, that country was the United States
In 1935, Nazi Germany passed two radically discriminatory pieces of legislation inspired by American laws:
the Reich Citizenship Law and the Law for the Protection o…
