@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: the White House will meet with banks and crypto firms on Monday to discuss a path forward for crypto legislation stalled by a clash between the sectors (Hannah Lang/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa
@cdarwin@c.imChuck Schumer, the Senate’s top Democrat, on Wednesday demanded that legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) include a ban on wearing masks and other reforms aimed at federal agents involved in immigration enforcement, setting up a clash with Republicans that could see the government partially shut down in the coming days.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialCanada says it is talking to Meta to restore news to Facebook and Instagram as the Online News Act is put on the table as part of trade negotiations with the US (Marie Woolf/Globe and Mail)
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/a
@cyrevolt@mastodon.social
@UP8@mastodon.social😲 Brazil’s governance style leads to controversial impacts
#brazil
@poppastring@dotnet.socialHouse of Lords backs legislation to ban social media for children under 16 https://therecord.media/house-lords-bans-social-media
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump calls on Congress to pass legislation ending sanctuary policies (Jacob Wendler/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/25/trump-congress-legislation-end-sanctuary-policies-00745836
http://www.memeorandum.com/260125/p89#a260125p89
@Techmeme@techhub.socialCanada says it is talking to Meta to restore news to Facebook and Instagram as the Online News Act is put on the table as part of trade negotiations with the US (Marie Woolf/Globe and Mail)
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/a
@cdarwin@c.imSouth Carolina already ranks 8th nationally in highest maternal mortality rate,
and MAGA extremists are vying to become #1.
Now, for the third time since 2023, MAGA Republicans in South Carolina have introduced
S 323, also known as
The Unborn Child Protection Act.
South Carolina Senate Bill 323 is one of the most extreme pieces of legislation we’ve seen.
It proposes changing the legal definition of the word “person” to include an unborn fetus.
Th…
@kurtsh@mastodon.socialThe bill to empower Federal law enforcement lawsuits is opposed by all CA GOP Senators.
▶️ After Minneapolis shootings, California advances a bill allowing lawsuits against federal agents - Los Angeles Times
https://www.
@kctipton@mas.toNational Rifle Association's Change on Gun Control in 1970s | TIME #history
@johnleonard@mastodon.socialA decisive Lords vote to ban under-16s from social media has exposed both a rare political consensus but also disagreement over whether prohibition or tougher and more targeted enforcement is the best way to protect children from the harms of social media.
https://www.…
@cdarwin@c.imTrump urged Republicans in the Senate to scrap the #filibuster,
saying it had become an obstacle to "effective governing" and removing it would prevent another government shutdown
and pave the way for his party to push through its legislative priorities.
“The filibuster is hurting the Republican Party,” Trump told Politico.
He called on Republican lawmakers to eliminat…
@newsie@darktundra.xyzNew Legislation Would Rein In ICE’s Facial Recognition App https://www.404media.co/new-legislation-would-rein-in-ices-facial-recognition-app/
@memeorandum@universeodon.comCongress set records in 2025, some more dubious than others (Paul Kane/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/24/congress-republicans-legislation-trump-2025/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251224/p2#a251224p2
@privacity@social.linux.pizzaUnderstanding the New Wave of Chatbot Legislation: California SB 243 and Beyond
https://fpf.org/blog/understanding-the-new-wave-of-chatbot-legislation-california-sb-243-and-beyond/
@…
@gwire@mastodon.socialIt gets mentioned in a lot of stories about X/Grok but rarely linked to - this is the UK legislation regarding deepfake "intimate images". (Note that this relates to adults - other legislation relates to images of children.)
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpg…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialEU member states agree a position on draft child protection legislation without forcing Big Tech to find and remove CSAM; states now negotiate with EU lawmakers (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/soc
@brichapman@mastodon.socialMassachusetts could soon join 40 other jurisdictions with its own climate bank. Ceres CEO Mindy Lubber testified on Beacon Hill for legislation that would blend public and private investments to fund low-interest loans for clean energy projects.
The model works: similar banks invested $10.6B in 2023 alone. Lubber urged prioritizing environmental justice communities alongside rural and coastal areas.
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scotThere's a subscribers-only podcast which Lesley Riddoch has put out (which unfortunately means I can't link to it), in which she interviews Sara Salayers.
Salayers points out that the Union with England Act, 1707 (linked) is specifically conditional (§XXV) on the Claim of Right Act, 1689 (also linked); and that the Claim of Right Act forbids government from prosecuting people on 'stretches of old... laws'.
@metacurity@infosec.exchange"Republicans have voiced outrage that Jack Smith looked at G.O.P. lawmakers’ phone records surrounding the Jan. 6 attack. Legislation to reopen the government would allow them to sue for $500,000 each"
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/us/poli
@katrinakatrinka@infosec.exchangeRE: https://mastodon.social/@billbot/115589256171768174
Imprison the poor and free the rich legislation.
@cdarwin@c.imU.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced dumb-ass legislation today
that would allow private entities to play at Pirates🏴☠️in the Caribbean
The "Cartel Marque and Reprisal Reauthorization Act"
authorizes felon-president Trump to commission American pirates,
under "letters of marque"
to seize property and persons on land or sea.
Representative Tim Bimbo Burchett (R-TN) introduced the House version of the legislation.
@tante@tldr.nettime.orgRE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EC_DIGIT/115564144071125950
Yeah you can save a lot of time by accepting that "it cannot" is the answer. You mustn't draft legislation with an LLM because in that context words do massivel…
@cheryanne@aus.socialOpposition Leader Sussan Ley accepted the resignations of senators Ross Cadell, Bridget McKenzie and Susan McDonald on Wednesday after the trio voted with the Greens and against the government’s post-Bondi legislation on Tuesday night.
https://www.thenewdaily.com.…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialNY Gov. Kathy Hochul signs a law requiring social platforms with features like autoplay and addictive feeds to show mental health warning labels for young users (Felix Day/WRGB)
@servelan@newsie.socialDan Goldman, Eric Swalwell plan bill to strip ICE officers of qualified immunity
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5681208-swalwell-goldman-ice-legislation/
@cdarwin@c.imNY Senate Bill 4505 Requires warning labels on social media platforms which provide an addictive feed, autoplay, infinite scroll, like counts, and/or push notifications;
directs the commissioner of mental health to design the warning label
Bluesky=Facebook
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills
@LaChasseuse@mastodon.scotI'll never understand why they are so terrified of a tiny, tiny minority. So terrified that they would enact the emergency 'notwithstanding' clause
#RightWingBrainRot
https://www.<…
@grumpybozo@toad.socialThere’s an obvious unfinished task here… @… https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app
@newsie@darktundra.xyzHouse of Lords backs legislation to ban social media for children under 16 https://therecord.media/house-lords-bans-social-media
@nelson@tech.lgbtThe House just passed a nasty anti-trans bill. Only with the help of three Democrats voting for it. So a special fuck you to Henry Cuellar (TX), Vicente Gonzalez (TX), and Don Davis (NC). And all the Republican rats who voted for it.
It seems likely the Senate won't also pass it, so hopefully this odious proposal doesn't become legislation.
@Tupp_ed@mastodon.ieThe Govt have announced they plan to pass the Facial Recognition Technology Bill through the Dšil on the last sitting day before Christmas. They’ve also removed most of the safeguards the legislation had at earlier stages and widened the scope of use.
Basically stuffing coal down all our chimneys
@gwire@mastodon.socialSince the new Chinese Embassy in London is back in the news:
I repeat my call that the government, per Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, make a version of the NUAR for Royal Mint Court publicly available.
And that this be done routinely for any prospective embassy or chancery.
https://www.leg…
@UP8@mastodon.social☿️ Victoria could become first Australian state to ban unnecessary surgery on intersex children
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/01/victoria-may-ban-unnecessary-surgery-intersex-children
@steve@s.yelvington.comOnce again, Trump acts to hurt anyone who stands in his way.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-vetoes-boebert-miccosukee-tribe-alligator-alcatraz-ac59b3ab03fb6f3b09d65b0223f1b495
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyThat government so staunchly supported by ours.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/itamar-ben-gvir-wears-noose-pendant-parliament-he-pushes-death-penalty
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: the EU's executive arm is drafting new legislation aimed at promoting tech sovereignty and openly discussing the security risks posed by US tech (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/europe-prep…
@burger_jaap@mastodon.social @cdarwin@c.imEfforts to repress climate and environmental protest are growing worldwide
through a combination of new legislation,
novel uses of existing legal processes,
police actions,
vilification of activists,
and both violence and killings.
Acts of repression are likely to expand and intensify
as authoritarian regimes roll back climate policies,
with a particular focus on Trump’s actions in office
criminalizing protest,
increasing police po…
@servelan@newsie.social"Two Republicans in the US House of Representatives on Monday added their names to a discharge petition that will now force a vote on legislation to restore the collective bargaining rights of hundreds of thousands of federal workers targeted by GOP President Donald Trump."
'Speaker Johnson has run out of excuses': Major org cheers as Republicans break with Trump - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson-2674303971/
@fgraver@hcommons.socialOh, FFS. And here I thought EU leaders might have grown a spine. Guess I was wrong. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/07/european-commission-ai-artificial-intelligence-act…
@paulwermer@sfba.socialUnfortunately, 'Doing good" at a politicians request is perfectly harmless until it's not - and I know how I respond to requests to people who have done me a favor, even if it's to help someone else. And it is easy to get yourself associated with the favor you had someone grant to someone else - it's a great off-the-books campaign donation. And it's easy to do return favors.
Is it absolutely harmless the vast majority of times? Sure. Can/will it be abused? …
@PaulWermer@sfba.socialUnfortunately, 'Doing good" at a politicians request is perfectly harmless until it's not - and I know how I respond to requests to people who have done me a favor, even if it's to help someone else. And it is easy to get yourself associated with the favor you had someone grant to someone else - it's a great off-the-books campaign donation. And it's easy to do return favors.
Is it absolutely harmless the vast majority of times? Sure. Can/will it be abused? …
@karlauerbach@sfba.socialWho are going to be the five D senators who chicken out and sign a blank check to the trumpies?
These wimpy-D's are willing to give away what little power we have left to obtain magic beans - which are worthless promises that the R's will allow a vote on ACA subsidies. A vote? We know that the R's will roll over that vote, that el-cheato won't sign, and that even if enacted, will simply become a bag of cash that el-cheato will use for whatever purpose he wants.
…
@newsie@darktundra.xyzHouse Homeland Security chairman keeps attention on cyber issues https://therecord.media/andrew-garbarino-legislation-cyber-policy-outlook
@primonatura@mstdn.social"Nigeria passes tough new wildlife law; enforcement doubts remain"
#Nigeria #Wildlife #Environment
@chrisnelder@mastodon.energyBig Tech, business groups and the governor successfully gutted State Sen. Steve Padilla's attempt to protect consumers from the costs, emissions & unintended consequences of the AI data center frenzy. Big money wins again! https://
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeWhen Congress recessed in December, it left three crucial cyber priorities in the air, including the confirmation of Sean Plankey's nomination as CISA Director.
Although Plankey's renomination announcement is good news, experts say Congress's delay in acting on cyber priorities damages the nation's ability to counter rising threats.
Check out my latest CSO piece, which looks at the setbacks created by Plankey's confirmation delay and the other key priorities l…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comJayapal, Smith Introduce Legislation to End Inhumane Immigration Detention Conditions (Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal)
https://jayapal.house.gov/2025/12/03/jayapal-smith-introduce-legislation-to-end-inhumane-immigration-detention-conditions/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251203/p146#a251203p146
@thomastraynor@social.linux.pizzaEnforcing Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) | CRTC
https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/internet/pub/20250930.htm
@newsie@darktundra.xyzRussia arrests young cybersecurity entrepreneur on treason charges https://therecord.media/russia-arrests-tech-entrepreneur-treason
@chrislowles@mastodon.socialI remember when deepfake legislation was first being passed towards the end of 2019 it was looking like we were on the way for SOME kind of accountability for this sort of thing, but then here comes these machines that generate the whole photo like it's fast food, and platforms most people do these things on bringing in automatic liability responses they're seemingly entitled to from Section 230 and now we're back at square one.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: the US Senate's crypto market structure bill is likely to be delayed by several weeks as key lawmakers shift focus to potential housing legislation (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-21/…
@burger_jaap@mastodon.socialEncouraging to see rising focus on barriers to attractive public EV charging in 🇩🇪, particularly the widespread practice of discriminatory pricing despite 🇪🇺 #AFIR legislation.
Hopefully, this will lead to a healthy, transparent market where EV drivers find it easy and attractive to charge in public.
@cdarwin@c.imFour Republican lawmakers have signed onto
a Democratic-led discharge petition,
which aims to force a vote on a bill to restore tax credits for millions of Americans who receive health insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Thot credits are set to expire at the end of this year, unless legislation can be passed to extend them.
Ordinarily, the speaker of the House of Representatives can block legislation from being considered.
But a discharge petition,…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comIllinois Governor Signs Bill Imposing New Limits on Immigration Enforcement (Mitch Smith/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/illinois-immigration-legislation-pritzker.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251209/p145#a251209p145
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialIsraeli lawmakers advance legislation to give the government more control over Israel's TV and radio groups; the bill must pass two more votes in parliament (James Shotter/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/6796b4f0-df86-4bb9-ac5b-9d605547bff1
@gwire@mastodon.socialWell, that's two ways of putting it.
https://www.theverge.com/news/823750/european-union-ai-act-gdpr-changes
@paulwermer@sfba.social"The reason for the carnage? The plant life was overgrown and limiting visibility for drivers, DPW says."
Looking at the photo of median, it's pretty clear that DPW assumes people are driving Go-Karts, not cars. Just one example of why the proposed Street Tree legislation allowing "the Director" to make non-appealable decisions re street trees is based on false assumptions of infallibility.
An artist spent a decade beautifying her Divisadero block. The …
@PaulWermer@sfba.social"The reason for the carnage? The plant life was overgrown and limiting visibility for drivers, DPW says."
Looking at the photo of median, it's pretty clear that DPW assumes people are driving Go-Karts, not cars. Just one example of why the proposed Street Tree legislation allowing "the Director" to make non-appealable decisions re street trees is based on false assumptions of infallibility.
An artist spent a decade beautifying her Divisadero block. The …
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe EU unveils proposed updates to GDPR, including simplifying cookie permission pop-ups, and plans to water down the AI Act, after US and tech company pressure (The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/823750/european-union-ai-act-gdpr-changes
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scotOne of the triggers for the Peasants' Revolt in England in 1381 was a new poll tax, levied on all adults; and particularly, the fact that the test for adulthood was having pubic hair. This led to the contractors collecting the tax systematically looking up young women's skirts.
It strikes me that one really powerful way to oppose anti #Trans legislation is to ask 'do you want the p…
@grumpybozo@toad.socialI'm pretty sure Kiley is getting ready for a post-Trump *anti-Trump* GOP. Like they were towards Bush after 2008.
I hope that's right. It is also possible that the GOP will notice his stream of NPR and MSNBC appearances and launch the flying monkeys. https://
@karlauerbach@sfba.socialThis is a nice gesture (and a horrid photograph) but I do wonder whether either of the Dells have read the law that created those "trump accounts".
I did read the law.
It is like most R-party "accounts" - a scam (largely benefiting crypto bros.)
It is one of the most badly drafted pieces of legislation that I have seen. It is full of ambiguities that will lead to future disputes over who gets what.
It is a law so poorly crafted that it will make t…
@cdarwin@c.imThe willingness of congressional Republicans to defy Trump and back legislation requiring the disclosure of federal files on Jeffrey Epstein,
was the clearest evidence yet that G.O.P. lawmakers are starting to look beyond Trump’s tenure to their self-preservation in midterm elections next year.
There are other signs as well,
notably the refusal by Senate Republicans to bow to Trump’s demand to gut the filibuster during the shutdown fight,
and resistance in some states…
@servelan@newsie.socialU.S. Senate Republicans veto legislation to limit Trump's ability to attack Venezuela | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-senate-vote-venezuela-war-powers-9.6970156?cmp=rss
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe US Senate confirms Trump pick Michael Selig as chairman of the CFTC, as lawmakers consider legislation to give the agency more control over digital assets (Lydia Beyoud/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAustralia plans to introduce legislation this week requiring streamers with 1M Australian subscribers to spend 10% of their local expenditure on local content (Jake Evans/ABC)
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-04/streaming-serv…
@newsie@darktundra.xyzIreland plans law allowing law enforcement to use spyware https://therecord.media/ireland-plans-law-enforcement-spyware
@cdarwin@c.imLegislation requiring cars and trucks
to have AM radios
easily cleared a House committee Wednesday, although it could run into opposition going forward.
H.R. 979 -- the “AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act,”
would require the Department of Transportation to enforce the mandate through a rulemaking.
It passed the Energy and Commerce Committee by a 50-1 vote.
Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.) was the only “no
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGermany approves legislation granting Interior Ministry new powers to ban Chinese tech suppliers from critical infrastructure sectors like energy and transport (Sam Clark/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-lines-up-new-powers-to-fend-off-c…
@cdarwin@c.imExactly one year before Dr King was assassinated, on 4 April 1967,
he gave his famous “Beyond Vietnam” speech at Riverside church in New York City.
More than 3,000 people were in attendance.
At the time, King had come under intense fire for having renounced the Vietnam war;
his outspokenness put him at odds with Lyndon Johnson,
who felt King should have been indebted to him for his efforts in pushing through civil rights legislation.
It also put King at …
@cdarwin@c.imTrump claims he wants to lower housing costs,
but his allies in the House just axed a bipartisan bill that UNANIMOUSLY passed the Senate to do just that.
If Republicans keep blocking legislation to cut housing costs,
Democrats will pass it ourselves when we take back Congress.
https://bsky.…
@newsie@darktundra.xyzTwo key cyber laws are back as president signs bill to end shutdown https://therecord.media/cisa-2015-state-local-grants-renewed-legislation-ending-shutdown
@gwire@mastodon.socialIt's not a contradiction to be opposed to the Online Safety Act, and to also think that this is Clown World nonsense
> Representative Anna Paulina Luna of Florida said [...] “If Starmer is successful in banning X in Britain, I will move forward with legislation that is currently being drafted to sanction not only Starmer, but Britain as a whole."
@Techmeme@techhub.socialTim Cook met with US lawmakers in a closed-door meeting to lobby against provisions in pending legislation that would require app stores to verify users' ages (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-10…
@cdarwin@c.imRepublican senator has introduced a bill to ban Americans from holding dual citizenship,
in the latest attempt by the right to attack immigrants and tighten the rules around what is permissible with regards to American citizenship.
Sen. Bernie Moreno, a Republican from Ohio,
introduced the legislation, entitled the “Exclusive Citizenship Act,” on Tuesday.
The bill makes the sweeping assertion that people with foreign citizenships may have “conflicts of interest and div…
@newsie@darktundra.xyzLawmakers reintroduce bill to bolster cybersecurity at Securities and Exchange Commission https://therecord.media/lawmakers-bill-beefs-security-sec
@Techmeme@techhub.socialPoland's President Karol Nawrocki vetoes legislation meant to enforce the EU's DSA in Poland, arguing it would grant excessive powers to government officials (Wojciech Kość/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/polish-pre
@cdarwin@c.imSen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) introduced legislation on Wednesday seeking to
reverse the Trump administration's new childhood vaccine schedule that has alarmed health experts.
The measure, an amendment to an appropriations package currently under consideration by Congress,
would prohibit any funds going to the Health and Human Services Department from being used to implement the changes,
which removed the HPV, RSV, Rotavirus, COVID-19, Flu, Hepatitis A & B and Men…
@cdarwin@c.imThe UK Treasury is drafting new rules
to regulate cryptocurrencies
under legislation set to come into force in 2027, The Guardian reported Sunday.
The move would place digital asset firms under the supervision of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA),
subjecting them to the same standards as other traditional financial products such as stocks and shares.
Regulators are seeking to address gaps in consumer protection as the market has expanded rapidly,
especia…
@cdarwin@c.imHouse Republicans unveiled a new health care proposal Friday
as they aim to address concerns about rising health insurance costs just weeks before enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies expire.
The legislation would codify and expand health plans for small businesses, fund reductions of premiums for low-income people in the individual health insurance market and increase transparency in prescription drug pricing, according to House Republican leadership aides.
The proposal …
@cdarwin@c.imA Maryland lawmaker proposed ✅ banning agents recruited and hired to carry out Trump's mass deportations
from ever working in state public safety jobs.
“It says something about the morals of the person
— the character of the person
— if they see what’s happening on TV,
they see what happening in the streets
and say, ‘You know what? I want to join that,’ ”
said Del. Adrian Boafo
(D-Prince George’s),
the bill’s sponsor.
“Something…
@newsie@darktundra.xyzKazakhstan becomes latest country to ban 'LGBT propaganda' online https://therecord.media/kazakhstan-legislation-ban-lgbtq-content-online-media
@cdarwin@c.imThe rise of candidates centering gun violence is a result of the growing prevention movement across the US, which has become something of 👉a pipeline for new candidates running for office.
#Maxwell #Frost, the nation’s first gen Z US representative, started off as a volunteer before becoming organizing director for <…
@newsie@darktundra.xyzSenators return to effort to boost cybersecurity for commercial satellite industry https://therecord.media/commercial-satellite-industry-cybersecurity-cornyn-peters-bill-returns
@cdarwin@c.imA just-released compromise version of the National Defense Authorization Act
— which puts Congress’ stamp on Pentagon programs and policy each year
— has been in the works for months.
The sprawling legislation,
set for a vote as soon as this week,
would place new restrictions on reducing troop levels in Europe
-- a bipartisan rebuke of Trump administration moves that lawmakers fear would limit U.S. commitments on the continent.
The measure stands in s…
@cdarwin@c.imPocked with bullet holes and cracked at its pedestal by an off-road vehicle,
the Georgia Historical Society marker reads in part:
“Mary Turner, eight months pregnant,
was burned, mutilated, and shot to death by a mob
after publicly denouncing her husband’s lynching the previous day. …
No charges were ever brought against known or suspected participants in these crimes.
From 1880-1930, as many as 550 people were killed in Georgia in these illegal acts of mo…
@newsie@darktundra.xyzShort-term renewal of cyber information sharing law appears in bill to end shutdown https://therecord.media/cisa-2015-information-sharing-law-renewal-bill-ending-shutdown
@cdarwin@c.imSixty years ago, the United States abolished immigration restrictions based on nationality alone.
By 1965, such discrimination had become an embarrassment.
In an emotional ceremony by the Statue of Liberty, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared that the legislation he was signing “
corrects a cruel and enduring wrong”
and makes Americans “truer to ourselves both as a country and as a people.”
❌Now the Trump administration is reviving nationality-based discriminat…
@newsie@darktundra.xyz @cdarwin@c.imNew protest laws are impacting political demonstrations
While serving in the Florida state legislature, #Randy #Fine helped pass legislation that provides some 🆘 protection under certain circumstances to 🔥drivers who hit protesters blocking roadways.
In Congress, the Republican representative has introduced a s…
@cdarwin@c.imA judge has ruled that, for now,
asylum seekers are not required to pay an annual fee for each year their application is pending.
The ruling was in response to a lawsuit filed by the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP.)
The so-called One Big Beautiful Bill, which became law on July 4, 2025,
instituted a new fee system for people in the immigration system,
including asylum seekers.
The legislation requires that they pay a $100 filing fee and an Annual A…
@cdarwin@c.imYou see some effort on the part of Congress to assert itself in the realm of war.
But it failed predominantly on party lines
Republicans predominantly were supporting the president and whatever it happens to be that he would like to do.
Moderate Republicans and Republicans who are in less safe districts were and are more likely to at least stand up a little bit to the president,
but there’s a very small number of them.
@newsie@darktundra.xyzHealth privacy bill seeks protections for data collected by apps, smartwatches https://therecord.media/health-privacy-bill-seeks-protections-apps-smartwatches
@cdarwin@c.imBack from a week abroad, Donald Trump called on the Senate to scrap the filibuster and reopen the government,
an idea swiftly rejected Friday by Republican leaders who have long opposed such a move.
https://apnews.com/article/filibuster-…
