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Even 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

The 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…

Twenty-Seven Words, 400,000,000 Guns
Inside the legal crossfire over the Second Amendment

Reminder: 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 …

Privacy 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.

Sen. 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,…

Sanders Sovereign Wealth Fund Plan Would Give US Public 'Direct Ownership Stake' in AI Giants | Common Dreams
Sen. Bernie Sanders said his new bill would "guarantee that the trillions of dollars potentially generated by AI are used to improve the lives of all of us—not simply to make the richest people in the world even richer."

OpenAI 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

Exclusive: OpenAI readies cyber, misinformation defenses ahead of elections
OpenAI is offering its cybersecurity products to state officials and backing legislation ahead of elections in the U.S. and globally.

Here’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…

Mitch McConnell Has Cosponsored Legislation Since Being Hospitalized - Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/mitch-mcconnell-has-cosponsored-legislation-since-being-hospitalized-12249840

An Incomplete List of Successful Anti-Data Center Legislation https://www.404media.co/an-incomplete-list-of-successful-anti-data-center-legislation/

Republicans 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…

Trump Administration Is Undoing Plans to Boost Workplace Heat Protections
The Biden administration took steps to shield workers from extreme temperatures. The Trump administration is taking a gentler approach with employers.

Sen. 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

The 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

Senate 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-…

Exclusive: Democrats move to restore military paper’s independence
The new legislation from Senate Democrats aims to insulate Stars and Stripes from the Trump administration’s efforts to assert control.

Fascism (n): @… https://kind.social/@pomegranate_stew/116812459249173548

Someday, 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: @…

The New Republic (@newrepublic) on Threads
One reporter asked, “Buying a home is unattainable for so many Americans. Is this election legislation more important to you than resolving the housing crisis?” “Every election is important, we’re doing very well,” Trump responded. “They want a lot of Communists to come in.…” https://trib.al/p5esgEX

Good news for incorrigible rogues.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/rough-sleeping-no-longer-a-crime-as-vagrancy-act-repealed

Rough sleeping no longer a crime as Vagrancy Act repealed
The government will repeal the Vagrancy Act on Monday 29 June 2026, ending nearly two centuries of legislation that has criminalised rough sleeping and begging.

#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 “

EU Commission’s draft legislation on pesticides: European re-searchers highlight the risks

The EU is set to fine Google a record amount for favouring its own services in search. At the same time, Google is turning search into an AI‑driven “experience”.
Hard to see how keeping users inside that interface won’t collide with the same rules.

Brussels moves toward record fine against Google search business
German media reports that the EU Commission is limbering up to issue Google with a record fine for breaching the Digital Markets Act. It’s unlikely ...

Speaker 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…

Sources: 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

So 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/

"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*.

https://rs.bot/fukzeB

Vote NO on SAVE Act
Join 148 people. If the SAVE Act ever comes to a vote, then as your constituent, I expect you to vote “No”. The only voter legislation that should be passed is the… Sign and Resistbot delivers your letter in minutes.

"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…

[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

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Ignoring 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…

We Can Still Stop California’s 3D Printer Surveillance Scheme
Ignoring EFF’s warnings about the dangers and 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 tools of creators in the state.

Revealed: 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

Illinois 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…

Illinois Legislature passes historic AI bill that would require third-party safety audits
The measure, SB315, goes beyond legislation from California and New York regulating America’s largest AI companies. It still needs to be signed by the governor.

One 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

"Revealed: how Europe’s most powerful farming lobby killed EU’s pesticide law"
#Europe #Farming #Pesticides

Revealed: how Europe’s most powerful farming lobby killed EU’s pesticide law
Exclusive: High-level documents show how Copa Cogeca worked to weaken legislation to protect climate and wildlife

The only - ONLY - card the EU holds in the accelerating global AI arms race is #ASML in the Netherlands. As much as I like #Mistral and as much as I think the EU #AIact is better legislation than what others…

Israeli 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/

Israel uses law to destroy Palestinian education in East Jerusalem
Legislation recently passed by the Knesset is meant to dismantle the Palestinian education system in East Jerusalem.

Legislation 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

Guthrie 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

A 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…

California law targeting loud streaming ads takes effect on July 1 | TechCrunch
Streaming ads might be getting a lot quieter.

Government 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…

Stop the Surveillance State: Stop Bill C-22!
🚨 Bill C-22 forces every Canadian internet provider, messaging app & cloud service to build surveillance backdoors and store a year of your data. Foreign state hackers exploited similar legislation in the US. Shut the backdoor: https://openmedia.org/StopC22 #BillC22

The President and his lickspittles in Congress are introducing legislation to shield fossil fuel companies from liability for their intentional and knowing actions to emit GHGs, fully aware of the damage, destruction and death that would cause.
Please, if you live in California, write you congress people and tell them to oppose this legislation. It's easy, I just did it using this action network link:

Tell California Congressmembers: No Immunity for Big Oil
As climate disasters like wildfires, floods, and heatwaves grow more extreme, communities around the country are seeking to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable. The State of California and eight local municipalities in California are currently suing Big Oil companies for climate damages. Big Oil companies have known for decades the harm their products would cause to the global climate, yet have continued to lie to the public and policymakers to delay climate action for their profit. …

The President and his lickspittles in Congress are introducing legislation to shield fossil fuel companies from liability for their intentional and knowing actions to emit GHGs, fully aware of the damage, destruction and death that would cause.
Please, if you live in California, write you congress people and tell them to oppose this legislation. It's easy, I just did it using this action network link:

Tell California Congressmembers: No Immunity for Big Oil
As climate disasters like wildfires, floods, and heatwaves grow more extreme, communities around the country are seeking to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable. The State of California and eight local municipalities in California are currently suing Big Oil companies for climate damages. Big Oil companies have known for decades the harm their products would cause to the global climate, yet have continued to lie to the public and policymakers to delay climate action for their profit. …

UK 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…

YouTube & TikTok Compelled To Boost BBC & ITV Content Under UK Government Plans
YouTube, TikTok, and other major video-sharing platforms will be told to carry public service content prominently under new UK legislation.

Question 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…

“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.…

‘Crypto v community’: 4,000 local US lenders join forces to fight ‘stablecoins’ law
Up to 4,000 community banks fear looming legislation to regulate digital cash will deprive rural firms and farmers of $850bn-worth of loans

Bernie 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…

Bernie Sanders unveils plan for public ownership of AI companies
Sen. Bernie Sanders is proposing a plan to give Americans ownership stakes in the country’s largest artificial intelligence companies. The legislation shown first to The Associated Press would impose a one-time 50% tax on the stock of major AI companies and place those shares into a sovereign wealth fund overseen by an independent commission. Sanders estimates the fund would be worth roughly $7 trillion and provide annual payments to Americans. While the idea of public ownership of AI compani…

"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/

The 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

EU forces Google to open AI and Search products
The European Union is legally compelling Google to open its ecosystem to competitors with changes to how it handles AI and search.

A 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…

Amid deadly temperatures, GOP advances bill to ban federal heat protections for workers
“Congress should not respond to an escalating occupational hazard by permanently removing the Department of Labor’s authority to address it.”

NY 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…

New York Passes Legislation Requiring AI Disclosures in News Content
Backed by SAG-AFTRA and the WGA, the NY FAIR News Act regarding AI use in media now heads to Gov. Kathy Hochul's desk for signature.

kegsbreath 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

Pa. Sen. Fetterman only Democrat to vote against limiting Trump's war in Iran
The war powers legislation ultimately failed to advance 49-50, with Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania the only Democrat to oppose it, yet the close tally reflected growing unease with Trump's war.

Do you solve that by banning Utah residents from using your website? 🤷‍♂️
"Utah's Online Age Verification Amendments, formally Senate Bill 73, take effect on May 6, making the state the first in the U.S. to explicitly target VPN use as part of age verification legislation."
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/vpn/utah-becomes-first-us-state-to-target-vpn-use-with-age-verification-law

Tens of thousands of people gathered in soaring temperatures in Hungary's capital on Saturday
to celebrate the 31st annual
Budapest Pride,
-- the first such LGBTQ march since former Prime Minister Viktor Orbšn
(who had sought to ban the event)
was ousted in an April election.

Tens of thousands march in the first Budapest Pride since Viktor Orbán was voted out
Saturday's Pride march came a little more than a year after Orbán's nationalist-populist government passed legislation and a constitutional amendment to outlaw the event, drawing criticism from human rights groups and politicians across the European Union.

"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/

Trump 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

In this week's roundup we look at how South Korea’s record-breaking data breach fine is threatening to become a geopolitical stand-off, India turning to self-driving tech to tackle its shocking accident statistics and TSMC’s worries about water supplies for its Taiwanese chip factories.

Coupang fine causes rumbles in Washington – Asian Tech Roundup
Welcome to Computing's weekly roundup of tech news in Asia. This time we look at how South Korea’s record-breaking data breach fine is threatening to ...

Seems 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&…

Revealed: how Europe’s most powerful farming lobby killed EU’s pesticide law
Exclusive: High-level documents show how Copa Cogeca worked to weaken legislation to protect climate and wildlife

Seems 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&…

Revealed: how Europe’s most powerful farming lobby killed EU’s pesticide law
Exclusive: High-level documents show how Copa Cogeca worked to weaken legislation to protect climate and wildlife

Trump 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…

Analysis | The debate over ending the filibuster in the Senate
It’s the Republicans’ turn to seriously consider this.

Guardrails 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…

New Super PAC, the Guardrails Alliance, Aims to Rally Tech Workers to Help Limit A.I.
The Guardrails Alliance, which has raised $5 million, is positioning itself as a populist effort that will take on the pro-A.I. interests trying to influence this year’s elections.

Part 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.)

Trump 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 …

Trump demands Senate cancel August break until it passes voting bill
President Donald Trump is calling on Senate Majority Leader John Thune to keep senators in Washington until they pass a strict proof-of-citizenship voting bill

The 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.

UK must protect information system as democratic infrastructure, report warns
The 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, ...

Senate 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

“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

Docs 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…

How lawyers to the super-rich strangled Labour's Slapp bill
Exclusive: Lawyers who have acted for Russian oligarchs, Michelle Mone and Jeffrey Epstein lobbied government into stalling long-promised libel reform.

The 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…

Senate advances bill aimed at ending Iran war as Cassidy, after primary loss, flips to support it
The Senate advanced legislation Tuesday that seeks to force President Donald Trump to withdraw from the Iran war, as a growing number of Republicans defied the president's wishes.

Oddly enough the only way to share easily (by clicking a box "Share on Mastodon") is confined to one instance (mastodon.social)
I hope someone notices this and changes how we work
We need to stop Bill C-22 and we need to stop it now. That’s going to require your MP hearing from as many constituents as possible before this bill moves further. Please share this campaign with your friends and family today!

Stop the Surveillance State: Stop Bill C-22!
🚨 Bill C-22 forces every Canadian internet provider, messaging app & cloud service to build surveillance backdoors and store a year of your data. Foreign state hackers exploited similar legislation in the US. Shut the backdoor: https://openmedia.org/StopC22 #BillC22

In 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…

The 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…

Trump wants to deny healthcare to impoverished cancer patients. Welcome to the great American cruelty regime.
A new Medicaid rule could leave poor Americans with cancer, HIV, and other serious illnesses fighting paperwork instead of fighting for their lives.

Uber 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

That'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

Congress’ 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…

The Housing Bill Trump Refused to Sign Is Set to Become Law Without Him
The bipartisan legislation is aimed at speeding up housing development across the country.

Polish 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

OpenAI'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-…

Is OpenAI changing its tune on AI laws?
Transformer Weekly: US-China talks, AI executive order, and Anthropic’s $900b valuation

Canadian DND deploying anti-drone defenses in and around naval bases, airbases and overseas deployments.
The new-era of warfare and defense has come.
#Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Drone
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/drones-attack-military-bases-legislation-9.7188515

UK 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"?)

London'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

Met Police calls on tech firms to make stolen phones unusable
Sir Mark Rowley has asked the home secretary to introduce legislation forcing companies to publish data on stolen devices.

Canada 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…

In 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…

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back for Solitary Reforms in California - Bolts
California officials dial back the minor reforms they've made to isolation in prison, three years after Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed legislation to rein in solitary confinement.

The 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…

The Manhattan Institute Helped Kill DEI. Now It’s Coming for Protests
The right-wing think tank is actively pushing “civil terrorism”—increasing penalties for minor crimes committed while people engage in constitutionally protected free speech.

EU warns that VPNs are being used to bypass online age-verification systems, calling their use "a loophole in the legislation that needs closing" (Alex Lekander/CyberInsider)
https://cyberinsider.com/eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs…

EU calls VPNs “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push
The European Parliamentary Research Service has warned that VPNs are increasingly being used to bypass online age-verification systems.

The 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…

Cal State faculty push to prevent AI tools from replacing them as schools and staff experiment
The union representing California State University professors is contesting the system's use of artificial intelligence tools and backing legislation that would protect their jobs from the technology.

Two 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-…

Trump 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…

Trump seeks passage of SAVE America Act via housing and FISA bills
Trump is still hoping he can save the anti-voter SAVE America Act by attaching it to other bills pending in Congress.

Shaheen, 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
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Thomas 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…

A 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…

Lawmakers push to stop Trump dismantling of ocean observatory project
Lawmakers are demanding the National Science Foundation stop dismantling the Ocean Observatories Initiative, a $386 million ocean monitoring network being wound down under President Donald Trump's administration. House Democrats on two committees call the action illegal. Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley says he's drafting legislation to freeze the removal of instruments until a full scientific review is completed. The National Science Foundation directed the removal of most of the system’s instru…

Senators 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…

National 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 …

The New York nurses replaced by AI: ‘It should concern every patient who cares about quality of care’
The union for 12 nurses laid off by Montefiore hospital say company broke contract they recently won through a strike

When 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…

The 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 …

The House Passed The KIDS Act—The Senate Should Reject It 
Last week, the House voted on the KIDS Act, a disjointed package of legislation that seeks to control Americans’ web browsing and private messaging. The package combines a revised version of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), with several other internet bills, study bills, reporting requirements,...

The 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 …

On 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…

'Now Is the Time to Organize,' Says Medicare for All Coalition | Common Dreams
As Americans struggle with high prices and corporate greed under Trump and Republicans in Congress, a major coalition is arguing that now is the time to organize for Medicare for All.

Two 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…

Black Democrats Are Scrambling to Find Someone to Run Against Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Several Black candidates are coordinating to defeat the senior House Democrat who decided to run for reelection in a historically Black district.

House 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 …

House GOP, With Help of 4 Dems, Votes to Take Food Aid From Millions of Women and Kids | Common Dreams
"While working families struggle to feed their families, Republicans are cutting funding for fruit and vegetable vouchers for women, infants, and children," said Democratic Rep. Rosa DeLauro.

The 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…

The Many Ways Trump Is Trying to Tip the Scales for the Midterms
Here’s how President Trump is using the powers of his office to try to reshape the rules governing the midterms and future elections.

Needs 2/3's of Senate and House to vote yes
and then 38 states to ratify.
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Mike Johnson has ordered Congress to pass legislation ending birthright citizenship after the Trump administration's loss at the Supreme Court.

On Tuesday, Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan threatened to “flood the zone” with immigration agents if states like New York attempt to limit coordination with federal immigration agencies.
In his opening keynote at the Border Security Expo, an annual conference bringing together law enforcement, government, and private contractors in Arizona, Homan said,
“What’s going to happen with places like New York, [where] people want to pass this ridiculous legislation not to work with us?

Trump’s Border Czar Threatens to “Flood” New York With ICE Agents
“I don’t take well to threats,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said in response.

Internet 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…

Internet Age-Gates Are a Growing Global Threat
The internet is an essential resource for young people and adults to access information, explore community, and find themselves—both inside countries and across continents. Yet governments around the world continue to introduce and implement legislation requiring all online users to verify their ages before accessing the digital space.

One 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. …

How Trump's ‘big, beautiful bill’ changed America
President Donald Trump signed his “big, beautiful bill” a year ago. It unleashed the biggest ever rollback of federal programs serving the poor, while extending trillions of dollars in tax breaks disproportionately benefiting the rich.