@gwire@mastodon.socialOne of those SIs with a "coming into force date" before "laid before parliament". Which I'm sure pops up on a "Falsehoods programmers believe about legislation" list.
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/792/made/data.htm
@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…
@johnleonard@mastodon.social
@memeorandum@universeodon.comGuthrie doubles down on data center energy legislation (Manuel Quiñones/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/06/10/congress/guthrie-doubles-down-on-data-center-energy-legislation-00955860
http://www.memeorandum.com/260610/p67#a260610p67
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioSo I’m actually with Apple on their stance on the EU having very bad legislation on the Siri AI thing.
The EU is good at being relatively proactive at making legislation protecting consumers, but some of these laws also backfire and/or are just badly written or interpreted.
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/06/due-to-dma-siri-ai-delayed-in-eu-for-ios-27-and-ipados-27/
@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.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 …
@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
@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…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialNY passes legislation requiring news orgs to provide disclosures on content substantially or wholly produced by AI; the bill awaits the governor's signature (Lucas Manfredi/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/public-policy-legal…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialCanada introduces the Safe Social Media Act, a bill that would ban social media for children under 16 and establish safety standards for AI chatbots (Maria Cheng/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/canada-int…
@johnleonard@mastodon.socialThe UK should treat its information environment as a form of critical democratic infrastructure to help combat the growing threat of misinformation and AI-generated content.
https://www.
@egallager@social.treehouse.systemsEven though I'm not running for re-election this November, I still get one more filing period for new legislation in September for my potential successors to pick up from me, so I'm still attempting to keep my legislation ideas repository at least somewhat up-to-date:
#NHPolitics
@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…
@boris@cosocial.caHere’s a petition by MP Jenny Kwan to the House of Commons to withdraw Bill C-22
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7416
Simply:
1) Withdraw the bill
2) Don’t collect & retain metadata
3) Don’t wea…
@newsie@darktundra.xyzAn Incomplete List of Successful Anti-Data Center Legislation https://www.404media.co/an-incomplete-list-of-successful-anti-data-center-legislation/
@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)…
@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 …
@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 “
@aral@mastodon.ar.alFascism (n): @… https://kind.social/@pomegranate_stew/116812459249173548
@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
@gwire@mastodon.socialPart of the Communications Act 2003 has come into force.
As a member of the public I'm confused as to why these laws don't automatically sunset if left unactivated. Certainly after more than 20 years, and significant changes in the makeup of Parliament.
(This change is just about classifying significant events, eg, sporting events.)
@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
@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
@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:
@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: @…
@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…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialOpenAI announces partnerships to combat election misinformation, offering cybersecurity products to state officials and backing legislation to curb deepfakes (Maria Curi/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/05/27/openai-cyber-misinformation-defenses-elections
@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 …
@servelan@newsie.social"Democrats peeled away their support after it was amended to allow the president to “designate an alternative site for the Museum within 180 days” of the measure’s enactment. The legislation notes that the museum’s location will be designated as the South Monument site, located on the National Mall.
The amended measure also includes a transgender ban’’
House rejects bill for Smithsonian Women's History Museum
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5890090-smithsonian-womens-museum-bill/
@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
@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.imTwo weeks after Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Florida) announced she will be seeking reelection in Florida’s new 20th Congressional District,
four Black Democratic candidates competing in the race are hoping to stop her from winning the nomination in a district that has historically been represented by a Black lawmaker.
Democrats were surprised by the senior Democrat’s move,
which followed Gov. Ron DeSantis signing legislation that redrew the state’s congressional maps in an…
@thomasrenkert@hcommons.social
@wraithe@mastodon.social @Techmeme@techhub.socialTwo House lawmakers unveil bipartisan AI legislation that would override some state AI laws and require top AI developers to implement risk-management plans (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/04/obernolte-trahan-ai-bill-lands-on-the-…
@chrysn@chaos.socialLegislation cares a lot about information #security these days. When do we laws that keep companies from tainting security's public reputation by demonstrably abusing it for their own commercial interest against the interests of consumers?
Just one example: Bank uses proprietary hardware over #WebAuthn
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSenate Democrats announced plans last week for new legislation to restore the independence of Stars and Stripes, including mandating a civilian publisher (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/05/21/2026/democrats-move-to-restore-…
@johnleonard@mastodon.social
@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…
@me@mastodon.peterjanes.ca"The Star collected 4,242 decisions and directives from municipal websites across Ontario, either as existing PDFs *or by converting text versions into PDFs*" (emphasis mine) and then analyzed the text using an LLM. Points for using LLMs for what they're meant to be used for, but requiring input be in PDF format instead of plain text is *insane*.
@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
@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&…
@cdarwin@c.imOn Capitol Hill,
Sen. Bernie Sanders
and Reps. Pramila Jayapal
and Debbie Dingell
have repeatedly introduced the
👉Medicare for All Act.
While support for the bill among elected Democrats and the US public has grown,
the legislation hasn’t progressed in either chamber,
which are both narrowly controlled by the GOP.
However, “we may face a once-in-a-generation opportunity to legislate on healthcare in 2029,” notes the letter.
While the…
@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…
@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
@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…
@servelan@newsie.social"The move comes as the American Petroleum Institute and Republicans in Congress push legislation in the U.S. to shield the oil and gas industry from climate accountability."
New Zealand Moves to Ban Tort Liability for Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Damage - Inside Climate News
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19052026/new-zealand-amends-climate-law-protects-polluters/
@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…
@davidaugust@mastodon.onlinekegsbreath and the orange mistake humiliate the US while hurting people in their elective war.
And @fetterman.senate.gov can't be bothered to stop them.
https://www.wesa.fm/politics-government/2026-05-14/fetterman-democrat-war-iran
@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…
@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
@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
@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.
@gwire@mastodon.socialGood news for incorrigible rogues.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/rough-sleeping-no-longer-a-crime-as-vagrancy-act-repealed
@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
@cdarwin@c.imHouse Republicans, with the help of four Democrats, voted Thursday to approve legislation that would
slash nutrition assistance for millions of young children and pregnant and postpartum women,
even as food prices continue to rise nationwide and earlier GOP cuts to federal aid take hold.
In a 213-210 vote, largely along party lines, House lawmakers passed an appropriations bill that would fund the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and other agencies for the coming fiscal …
@servelan@newsie.social“Many IDPs (internally displaced persons) have relocated from states such as Texas, Florida, Tennessee, Kansas, and Idaho due to anti-trans legislation, threats to personal safety, and barriers to healthcare and legal recognition,”
Trans people fleeing Texas and Florida head to Seattle | Advocate.com
https://www.advocate.com/news/seattle-trans-refugee-crisis
@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.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.socialIllinois Legislature passes SB 315, a bill requiring annual independent third-party safety audits of leading AI companies; the bill heads to the governor's desk (Jared Perlo/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/illinois-legislatu…
@cdarwin@c.imThe US Senate passed legislation to fund Donald Trump’s controversial immigration crackdown early on Friday morning,
ending a partial government shutdown that has lingered since February.
The 52-47 vote on funding for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
passed with no Democratic support at 5am,
after a marathon session of votes to knock down proposed amendments.
Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska was the only …
@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
@cdarwin@c.imInternet age verification proposals restrict the fundamental rights of young people to speak to each other and to access information.
They also force all internet users,
not just those under a certain age,
to upload private data
—like a face scan or passport
—in order to access a website or service.
In considering the vast scope of privacy issues pertaining to the collection, storage, and sharing of this personal information,
the problems of age veri…
@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
@servelan@newsie.socialMitch McConnell Has Cosponsored Legislation Since Being Hospitalized - Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/mitch-mcconnell-has-cosponsored-legislation-since-being-hospitalized-12249840
@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.socialDocs show how the UK's Society of Media Lawyers lobbied government officials to push back on anti-SLAPP legislation, arguing it will enable abuse by the press (Democracy for Sale)
https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/how-lawyers-to-the-super-rich-strang…
@gwire@mastodon.socialIn 2011, after Con/LD coalition came into government, Damian Green posed for photos showing him shedding the hard drives from the Labour government's ID card scheme. (Labour Junior Minister for delivery, one A. Burnham)
Over the next few years Conservatives introduced legislation making photo identity documents a legal requirement for citizens - right to work, right to rent, voting, tightened licensing meaning pubs and clubs introduced mandatory ID checks, so on. But no actual ID c…
@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…
@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.imSen. Bernie Sanders on Monday announced he will soon introduce legislation that would give the American public
“a direct ownership stake” in the largest artificial intelligence companies in the U.S.
by establishing a sovereign wealth fund, which would ensure everyone benefits from the rapidly advancing technology.
Sanders (I-Vt.) wrote in a New York Times op-ed that his
"American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act" would create the new fund by imposing a one-time,…
@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
@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.imThe Senate succeeded in advancing legislation Tuesday to force Donald Trump to withdraw from the Iran war,
Since Trump ordered the attack on Iran at the end of February, Democrats have forced repeated votes on war powers resolutions that would require him to either gain congressional approval for the war or withdraw troops.
Republicans had been able to muster the votes to reject those proposals,
-- but Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy
— fresh off a primary election loss in…
@gwire@mastodon.socialUK government has, today, added the "GRU Volunteer Corps" to its state threats list - but I can't seem to find any reference to this group outside of the announcement to designate it. Did the UK just make up the name itself, because legislation demands it?
(Is it the same as "DobroKor"?)
@Techmeme@techhub.socialOpenAI's disavowal of a liability shield in Illinois SB 3444 bill and endorsement of a stronger SB 315 suggest it is open to meaningful AI safety legislation (Transformer)
https://www.transformernews.ai/p/is-openai-changing-its-tune-on-ai-laws-…
@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. …
@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.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.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 @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.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.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.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.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 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.imTrump is pressuring lawmakers to pass the SAVE America Act voter suppression bill
by attaching it to housing and foreign intelligence surveillance legislation currently pending before Congress.
The SAVE America Act would take a giant leap towards the Trump administration’s goals of wresting control of elections away from states.
It would also potentially disenfranchise millions of voters through its provisions requiring documentary proof of citizenship for voter registrati…
@cdarwin@c.imThomas Massie, 55, is already the exception to the rule of Republican politics.
While others have capitulated and genuflected to the president over the past decade, eliciting comparisons with a personality cult,
the seven-term congressman with a libertarian bent has emerged as ever more defiant.
He voted against Trump’s sprawling tax and spending cuts bill; co-authored legislation compelling the justice department to release the Jeffrey Epstein files;
sought to revoke…
@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…
