Tootfinder

The FCC seeks comments on how sports rights changes are affecting consumers as more events move to streaming platforms; initial comment deadline is March 27 (George Winslow/TV Tech)
https://www.tvtechnology.com/regulatory-legal/fcc-launches-inq…

FCC Launches Inquiry Into Broadcast Sports Rights
The Media Bureau is seeking comments on such issues as the shift of rights away from free-to-air broadcasts

"Those rights don't count": Bovino says Pretti forfeited 2nd Amendment rights in fatal shooting - Salon.com
https://www.salon.com/2026/01/25/those-rights-dont-count-bovino-says-pretti-forfeited-2nd-amendment-rights-in-fatal-shooting/

Gun Rights Advocates Want Answers About the Minneapolis Shooting (NOTUS)
https://www.notus.org/trump-white-house/minneapolis-shooting-gun-rights
http://www.memeorandum.com/260124/p87#a260124p87

Gemeinsam mit vielen anderen habe ich den Offenen Brief von @… gegen die "Chat-Kontrolle 1.0" an das Europäische Parliament unterschrieben.
Auch in der #ePrivacy Verordnung darf die Überwachung der Messenger nicht umgesetzt werden.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Peter Tosh:
🎵 Equal Rights
#PeterTosh
https://wendyortizproject.bandcamp.com/track/peter-tosh-equal-rights-clean-146-track-72
https://open.spotify.com/track/1o0lfRVsQfRZ6VeAb82vum

AI is McDonald’s. That Will Be Good, Bad, and Catalytic for Civil Rights Advocacy. | TechPolicy.Press https://techpolicy.press/ai-is-mcdonalds-that-will-be-good-bad-and-catalytic-for-civil-rights-advocacy

AI is McDonald’s. That Will Be Good, Bad, and Catalytic for Civil Rights Advocacy.
The current trajectory of AI may have similar effects on how people engage with computers as fast food has on how we engage with eating, writes David Brody.

It was only a matter of time: transnational repression to support #China overseas business interests, this time in #Australia.

Iran rejects UN rights resolution condemning protest killings | Protests News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/24/iran-rejects-un-rights-resolution-condemning-protest-killings?traffic_source=rss

Brooker Ngesa Omole, the general secretary of the Communist Party of Kenya, has just been detained in Nairobi. He is held in a prison known for extrajudicial killings and other human rights abuses. All progressive forces should unite and pressure Kenya's government for his immediate release! #FreeBrooker

US digital rights group Holistic Resilience launched Mahsa Alert to provide Iranians with offline mapping and strike notifications, hitting 100K DAUs in days (Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/iranians-dont-have-a-missile-aler…

Iranians Don’t Have a Missile Alert System, So Volunteers Built Their Own Warning Map
The crowdsourced website and app Mahsa Alert provides citizens in Iran with crucial information amid the country’s ongoing war with the US and Israel—and an internet blackout.

Oops! DOJ civil rights chief accidentally reveals federal probe in social media post (Yunior Rivas/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/doj-civil-rights-chief-reveals-federal-probe-in-social-media-post/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260325/p121#a260325p121

Human Rights groups warn an immigration detention camp at Fort Bliss has reached a “breaking point”
Human rights experts are sounding the alarm about living conditions at the immigration detention camp that houses hundreds of people.
“Fort Bliss is a human and civil rights disaster,”
said Eunice Cho Senior Counsel for the American Civil Liberty Union’s prison program.
The ACLU and other organizations allege physical abuse,
unsanitary conditions and medical negle…

Human Rights groups warn immigration detention camp at Fort Bliss reaching “breaking point”
Human Rights groups are calling the immigration detention camp at Fort Bliss a human and civil rights disaster. They demand the federal government shut down the tent facility and warn living conditions are putting hundreds of people held there at risk.

Zelensky says Lukashenko's dog has more rights than Belarusians as he visits Lithuanian capital: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/25/zelensky-says-lukashenkos-dog-has.html

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Johnny Osbourne:
🎵 Truths and Rights
#JohnnyOsbourne
https://punxionair.bandcamp.com/track/johnny-osbourne-truths-rights-pirate-radio-dubplate
https://open.spotify.com/track/1JPOOb8pQdyLm6qyitkeft

This is just plain wrong. Blocking what amounts to a civil rights violation by the Feds on the grounds of sovereign immunity, especially given that the US Post Office no longer is as deeply part of the Federal government as it once was, is just plain wrong.
"Supreme Court rules the Postal Service can’t be sued, even when mail is intentionally not delivered"

Supreme Court says US Postal Service can't be sued
A divided Supreme Court has ruled that Americans can’t sue the U.S. Postal Service, even when employees deliberately refuse to deliver mail. By a 5-4 vote Tuesday, the justices ruled against Texas landlord Lebene Konan, who alleges her mail was intentionally withheld for two years. Konan is Black and claims racial prejudice played a role in postal employees’ actions. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in his majority opinions the federal law that generally shields the Postal Service from lawsuit…

Appeal Seeks to Force the Congress to Uphold the Rights of Indigenous Peoples | https://schoolsforchiapas.org/appeal-seeks-to-force-the-congress-to-uphold-the-rights-of-indigenous-peoples/

Stopped by ICE? Here’s what the Constitution says about your rights - Poynter
https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2026/stopped-by-ice-heres-what-the-constitution-says-about-your-rights/

Media advocacy group Free Press analyzed 35 top corporate media and tech companies for their DEI goals and says 26 retreated from those goals in 2025 (George Winslow/TV Tech)
https://www.tvtechnology.com/regulatory-leg…

Report Blasts Major Media Companies as `Complicit’ in Attacks on Civil Rights
In a detailed analysis of the 35 most dominant U.S. media companies, the Free Press report reveals a disturbing reversal on prior civil-rights commitments

"12 environmental & climate justice reads"
#Books #Environment
https://yalec…

12 environmental & climate justice reads
These books and reports span topics of migration, indigenous movements, African-American communities, and the Disability Rights movement.

Trump administration goes after Second Amendment rights in justifying Minneapolis shooting (Jonathan Allen/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-administration-second-amendment-rights-minneapolis-shooting-rcna255784
http://www.memeorandum.com/260125/p67#a260125p67

Reform UK, the anti-people party.
<<Vote for us, for extreme weather, choking air, exploitation at work and a free hand for landlords.>>
'Tice, who leads for the party on business issues, called for “a great repeal Bill that ditches daft regulations: scrap net zero, scrap ZEV (zero emission vehicle) mandates, scrap new employment rights rules, scrap new property rental rules.” '
Reform ‘declares war’ on workers | Morning Star

Github and its misteries

"Denman Rooke has been selected as the People Before Profit candidate to contest the by-election in Galway West.
He is a long-time activist campaigning on issues of worker’s rights, trade unions, anti-racism, climate action, cost of living, and housing."
https://www.

Denman Rooke Selected As People Before Profit Candidate for Galway West By-Election
Offers radical alternative on housing and the cost of living. Will oppose militarisation and defend neutrality. By-election is opportunity for left cooperation to defeat Fine Gael/Fianna Fáil.

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#TheEssay
- Full Moon on Progress St
Dr Rommi Smith examines the music and contributions of five leading Black female musicians, to civil rights and social change.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002rhtw

Red Lines under the EU AI Act: Understanding Manipulative Techniques and the Exploitation of Vulnerabilities
https://fpf.org/blog/red-lines-under-the-eu-ai-act-understanding-manipulative-techniques-and-the-explo…

I'm waiting for the crass remarks from Glorious Leader
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/17/jesse-jackson-civil-rights-icon-dies

Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader, dies aged 84
A trailblazing figure in the civil rights movement and Democratic politics, Jackson championed the rights of Black, poor and working-class people with his ‘rainbow coalition’

Shockingly, the NRA has weighed in, and sided against the DHS and Trump administration comments regarding taking a gun to a protest.
Anyone have "Democratic Party and NRA on the same side" on their bingo card?
https://www.start…

There is a mass discussion on the Orange Website right now about the European implementation of mandatory digital ID and associated ban on the use of jailbroken or non-attested devices with the digital ID applications as well as Android's impending blockade on unsigned sideloading.
Broadly, I see only two camps represented:
1. people discussing how such systems can be technically implemented
2. people rabbling about how it's an infringement of `muh rights` (lol, you…

Organizers across the U.S. are planning more than 3,000 local events Saturday for
No Kings Day of Nonviolent Action.
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/17/trump-no-kings-protest-safety-tips

"No Kings" protest: What to know about your rights, safely protesting
Use these expert tips to prepare for a demonstration.

PEACE for Ukrainians is not a compromise with Russia at the expense of values and human rights: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/25/peace-for-ukrainians-is-not.html

"According to the report, the spearphishing emails relied on links that appeared trustworthy because they passed through legitimate online advertising and click-tracking systems commonly used to track user engagement."
North Korea-linked hackers pose as human rights activists, report says
<…

North Korea-linked hackers pose as human rights activists, report says - UPI.com
North Korea-linked hackers are using emails that impersonate human rights organizations and financial institutions in phishing attacks, according to a report released Monday.

A UN, but no one has veto rights. Anyone who thinks they deserve veto rights can stay out of it.

This is also why the US far right are coming for the EU now..
https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/109906653535473465
mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io - Students of US history understand what Lincoln knew: One reason you can't have slavery in some parts of the country and not in others, is because slaves run to the free parts.
But many of those same students don't realize that you can't block women's reproductive rights in some parts of the country and let it be legal in others. People travel to California. This frustrates the racists.
The racists are coming for women's rights everywhere. Nationwide. And they will use racism to accomplish it.

By-the-way, I tend to watch movie credits (often discovering some good music) and I noticed after watching the new film Nuremberg that the copyright notice at the end explicitly denies rights to use the film to or script to feed AIs.

“‘For Orbšn in Hungary, it took about four years, for Vučić in Serbia, it took eight years, and for Erdoğan in Turkey and Modi in India, it took about 10 years to accomplish the suppression of democratic institutions that Trump has achieved in only one year’
…
US democracy is now back at the worst recorded level since 1965, when US civil rights laws first introduced de facto universal suffrage. All progress made since then has been erased, according to the report.
Worldwi…

Protect Public Lands From Destruction #UnitedStates

Protect Public Lands From Destruction
President Trump is unleashing yet another attack on our public lands. Targeting California, the BLM is threatening to open more than 1 million acres of public lands and mineral rights to polluting oil and gas corporations. Tell the BLM to stop its reckless proposal.

The Mississippi Public Records and Open Meetings Acts are called our “Sunshine Laws” for good reason.
They preserve the rights of citizens to know what their government is up to.
For whatever reason
—often at the behest of other politicians or public agency officials
—legislators will try to carve out exemptions to the acts.
Presumably they do this in good faith, ⚠️but it invariably ends up with the people elected to serve the citizens of our state being allowed to…

Opinion | House Bills Seriously Dilute Public Records Act
Layne Bruce writes that two bills passed by the Mississippi House will chip away at government transparency. 

The life of civil rights hero Claudette Colvin should teach us this: resistance is collective, and it never stops
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/17/claudette-colvin-collective-resistance-civil-rights-ros…

Raiders Should Trade No. 1 Pick, Rights To Draft Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/raiders-should-trade-no-1-pick-rights-draft-indiana-qb-fernando-mendoza

A look at the growing deepfake problem for creators, how Vermillio and Kanary help them respond, and how likeness rights can create additional revenue streams (Ella Chakarian/Rolling Stone)
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-featur…

‘It’s Personality Theft’: How Creators Are Fighting Back Against AI Deepfakes
As artificial intelligence becomes more accessible, creators are finding replicas of themselves promoting companies they've never even heard of.

So if potus is sending ice agents to airports, how long until they shoot someone to death in a concourse.
Deprivation of civil rights in the Duty Free, state sponsored human trafficking before baggage claim, summary executions between the McDonald’s and the Cinnabon.
https://

Trump says ICE will work airport security unless Democrats fund DHS
President Donald Trump says he'll order federal immigration officers to take a role soon in airport security unless Democrats agree on a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security. In a pair of social media posts, Trump first threatened and then said he'd made plans to put officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in airports beginning Monday if the congressional standoff continues. He made the announcement as a partial shutdown contributes to long lines to get through screen…

If the deceased turns out to have been lawfully armed
and ICE unlawfully attempted to detain him for filming,
does that that mean ICE just executed someone for exercising their 2nd Amendment rights?
ETA: The Minneapolis chief of police just stated on CNN via WCCO that they believe the victim did have a permit to carry.
They shot him AFTER the gun was removed from his person.
And then double and triple and quadruple tapped well after obvious signs of death.

Trump admitted to insiders that Jack Smith had him 'dead to rights': report - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/judge-cannon-jack-smith/

Gun rights groups challenge shooting of legally armed Minneapolis man (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/25/gun-groups-challenge-minneapolis-shooting-pretti
http://www.memeorandum.com/260125/p30#a260125p30

Marc Andreessen claiming that he "doesn't do introspection" is just another building block in the attempt to shift the definition of "person" in a way to allow "AI"s to gain rights.

Judge Allows DOGE Deposition Videos Back Online https://www.404media.co/judge-allows-doge-deposition-videos-back-online/

Annex 1 of the Anti Coercion Instrument sets out possible measures that the EU could impose, including,
"7.  The imposition of restrictions on the protection of intellectual property rights or their commercial exploitation, in relation to rightholders that are nationals of the third country concerned, which may amount, as necessary, to the non-performance of applicable international obligations with respect to trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights."

"Internet shutdowns in Africa: A human rights and democratic crisis
Internet shutdowns have become a growing threat to Africa’s democracy. They are an increasingly common part of the authoritarian toolkit used by governments to control information and suppress dissent. Here’s why you should care."

Internet shutdowns in Africa: A human rights and democratic crisis
Internet shutdowns have become a growing threat to Africa’s democracy. They are an increasingly common part of the authoritarian toolkit used by governments to control information and suppress dissent. Here's why you should care.

By its multiple actions against humanity, in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, the West Bank, the State of Israel has surely forfeited any right to exist. That is as an apartheid State for one ethnic group.
A plurinational State for Palestinians, Jews and others, with equal rights, might one day exist, a Palestine free from the river to the sea.
‘Substantial evidence’ of double-tap strike in killing of Gaza’s Hind Rajab | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera

‘Substantial evidence’ of double-tap strike in killing of Gaza’s Hind Rajab
Avaaz analyses the timeline of events to conclude that violations show Israel systematically kills first responders.

Aramark tells Yosemite workers it's axing most of their housing rights
https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/aramark-yosemite-employee-housing-21307621.php

Trump's Threat to Iran Crosses a Line, Rights Experts Say (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/us/politics/trump-iran-power-stations.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260324/p73#a260324p73

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#TheEssay
- Full Moon on Progress St
Dr Rommi Smith examines the music and contributions of five leading Black female musicians, to civil rights and social change.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002rf4f

Experts are calling it “the worst voter suppression bill ever seriously considered by Congress.”
As the U.S. Senate prepares to vote on a Trump-backed voter ID bill known as the SAVE Act,
millions of citizens who lack easy access to its required forms of documentation are now at risk of disenfranchisement.
“Republicans are singularly focused on making it harder to vote and pursuing this MAGA fever dream,”
explains Ari Berman, national voting rights correspondent for …

Disenfranchise Tens of Millions? Trump’s SAVE Act Targets Women, Poor, Rural & Trans Voters
Experts are calling it “the worst voter suppression bill ever seriously considered by Congress.” As the U.S. Senate prepares to vote on a Trump-backed voter ID bill known as the SAVE Act, millions of citizens who lack easy access to its required forms of documentation are now at risk of disenfranchisement. “Republicans are singularly focused on making it harder to vote and pursuing this MAGA fever dream,” explains Ari Berman, national voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones. “It …

A prominent civil rights attorney and at least two other people involved in an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church
have been arrested, Trump administration officials said Thursday,
even as a judge rebuffed related charges against journalist Don Lemon.
The developments unfolded as Vice President JD Vance arrived in the state.
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the arrest of Nekima Levy Armstrong in a post on X.
On …

3 people involved in Minnesota church protest are arrested
A prominent civil rights attorney and at least two other people involved in an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church have been arrested, Trump administration officials said Thursday, even as a judge rebuffed related charges against journalist Don Lemon.

DOJ Civil Rights Division hire resigned from Alabama firm over Facebook post following George Floyd's murder
https://www.lawdork.com/p/doj-civil-rights-division-hire-facebook-post

The US DOJ says at least two DOGE employees accessed Social Security data that was off-limits under a court ruling and shared agency data on third-party servers (April Rubin/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/20/doge-employees-social-security-inform…

DOGE employees may have improperly accessed social security data, DOJ says
It's a stunning admission from the Trump administration, after it battled in court over DOGE's rights to access and use Social Security data .

DOJ Civil Rights Division hire resigned from Alabama firm over Facebook post following George Floyd's murder (Chris Geidner/Law Dork)
https://www.lawdork.com/p/doj-civil-rights-division-hire-facebook-post
http://www.memeorandum.com/260321/p68#a260321p68

An FBI agent conducted an initial review of the Renee Good killing and determined sufficient grounds existed to open a civil rights probe into the actions of the ICE officer who shot her.
The Justice Department says no inquiry is warranted. @perrystein.bsky.social https://www.

FBI opened probe on Minneapolis shooting; none exists now, Justice Dept. says
After the death of Renée Good in Minneapolis, FBI agents launched a civil rights probe into the shooting. The Justice Department says no such case now exists.

Sources: the English Premier League extends its South America and Caribbean broadcast contract with ESPN through 2031 in a £450M deal, up 25% from the last deal (Matt Hughes/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/f…

Trump says Greenland framework with NATO involves mineral rights for U.S. (Spencer Kimball/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/21/trump-says-greenland-framework-with-nato-involves-mineral-rights-for-us.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260121/p149#a260121p149

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
The Clash:
🎵 Know Your Rights
#TheClash
https://bobnanna.bandcamp.com/track/know-your-rights-the-clash
https://open.spotify.com/track/31l6t3Jq09uywRTVGbzant

A look at what rights AI companies have in US government contracts, including the "any lawful use" standard, amid the Anthropic-DOD dispute and OpenAI-DOD deal (Jessica Tillipman)
https://jessicatillipman.com/what-rights-do-ai-companies-have-i…

What Rights Do AI Companies Have in Government Contracts?
The Anthropic-Pentagon debate has produced a lot of commentary and very little procurement literacy. Can AI companies restrict government use of their technology? They do it all the time. Whether and how depends on the acquisition pathway, contract type, and terms.

I remember reading cases of "wrongful birth" in which children sued their parents for withholding care (or using voodoo "natural' style medication) resulting in the child being damaged for life.
Seems like that notion - child's rights vs parents - ought to be expanded.
"It’s not just vaccines — parents are refusing other routine preventive care for newborns"

New parents are shunning proven preventive care for their infants in effort to be 'natural'
Doctors across the nation are alarmed that skepticism fueled by rising anti-science sentiment and medical mistrust is increasingly reaching beyond vaccines to other safe and routine care for babies. A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that refusals of vitamin K shots rose steeply between 2017 and 2024. Those shots can prevent potentially deadly bleeding. A subsequent research review found that U.S. parents who declined vitamin K shots were 90 times more likel…

FBI opened probe on Minneapolis shooting; -- but none exists now, Justice Dept. says
An agent in Minnesota conducted an initial review of the shooting of Renee Good and determined that sufficient grounds existed to open a civil rights probe into the actions of Jonathan Ross -- the officer who shot Good,
according to the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.

The existence of the civil rights investigation stands in sharp contra…

FBI opened probe on Minneapolis shooting; none exists now, Justice Dept. says
After the death of Renée Good in Minneapolis, FBI agents launched a civil rights probe into the shooting. The Justice Department says no such case now exists.

Voices: Voter ID laws reverse Utah’s proud history on voting rights
https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2026/03/23/voices-voter-id-laws-reverse-utahs/

A group of 75 civil rights advocates, former FCC officials, and academics urges FCC Chair Brendan Carr to withdraw his threats to broadcasters' licenses (Wendy Davis/MediaPost)
https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/4…

Free Speech Watchdogs Urge FCC Chair To Withdraw Threats To Broadcasters
"The Communications Act explicitly denies the Commission any 'power of censorship' or power to 'interfere with the right of free speech,'" the ACLU and others say in a letter to FCC Chair Brendan Carr.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
The Clash:
🎵 Know Your Rights
#TheClash
https://bobnanna.bandcamp.com/track/know-your-rights-the-clash
https://open.spotify.com/track/31l6t3Jq09uywRTVGbzant

Trans troops and fellow soldiers feel pain as military begins removal : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/21/nx-s1-5720178/trump-military-ban-rights-transgender-troops

An interview with IMG President Adam Kelly on streaming platforms' increasing share of sports media rights, live sports as an antidote to AI content, and more (Josh Noble/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/d03bef02-0cf6-4aee-a4ab-0455cdca98cd

IMG’s Adam Kelly: sport is the antidote to AI
As Netflix and Apple expand their sports ambitions, the head of IMG says media rights are entering a new phase driven by scarcity, retention and measurable returns

With the public outraged over the US-Israeli war with Iran, the Epstein Files coverup, and a cost-of-living crisis,
even Donald Trump’s base of supporters is fracturing,
and Republicans are fixing to get slammed in the upcoming midterm elections.
Perhaps that explains why Trump and MAGA Republicans are obsessively focused on attacking voting rights,
taking federal control over the electoral system,
and preemptively casting doubt on the midterm election results…

Start the steal? Inside Trump’s effort to rig the midterm elections
“As the president becomes more unpopular, his actions will become more extreme, but that doesn't mean they're going to be any more successful,” Ari Berman of Mother Jones tells us.

Dems' potential 2028 contenders cautious on trans rights (Holly Otterbein/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/18/democrats-2028-struggle-trans-rights
http://www.memeorandum.com/260118/p83#a260118p83

The Justice Department refuses to open a criminal civil rights investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis.
The decision to keep the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division out of the investigation into the fatal shooting of #Renee #Good marks a sharp…

DOJ sees no basis for civil rights probe in Minnesota ICE shooting
A top Justice Department official says there is not currently any basis to open a criminal civil rights investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis. The decision to keep the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division out of the investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Good marks a sharp departure from past administrations, which have moved quickly to probe shootings of civilians by law enforcement officials for potential…

"The proposals would also reportedly force transgender firearm buyers to out themselves by listing their birth sex on purchase paperwork"
Justice Department planning to weaken gun restrictions to placate Second Amendment activists, report says | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-gun-rights-second-amendment-doj-b2903603.html

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon, dies at 84 (Char Adams/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/rev-jesse-jackson-civil-rights-activist-dies-rcna42408
http://www.memeorandum.com/260217/p10#a260217p10

Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader who ran for president, dies at age 84 (Zoe Christen Jones/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jesse-jackson-dies-age-84-civil-rights-leader/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260217/p5#a260217p5

"The attorneys general of California and nearly 20 other states to submit a comment letter on the US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) proposed rule that would reverse HHS regulations concerning the definition of “disability” under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to exclude gender dysphoria, which is the underlying diagnosis for transgender individuals."
‘We Strongly Support The Rights Of Transgender People’
https://washingtoncurrent.substack.com/p/we-strongly-support-the-rights-of

Today is the federal holiday that honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
He was born January 15, 1929.
He was assassinated April 4, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
He was just 39 years old.
While Dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader,
he also championed the cause of the poor and organized the Poor People’s Campaign
to address issues of economic justice.
Dr. King was also a fierce critic of U.S. foreign policy an…

MLK Day Special: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in His Own Words
Today is the federal holiday that honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was born January 15, 1929. He was assassinated April 4, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He was just 39 years old. While Dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader, he also championed the cause of the poor and organized the Poor People’s Campaign to address issues of economic justice. Dr. King was also a fierce critic of U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War. We play his “Beyond Vietnam…

The fight over transgender rights in America has entered a new phase (Rachel Cohen Booth/Vox)
https://www.vox.com/policy/482762/transgender-lgbtq-trans-rights-kansas-health-care-bathroom-bans-sports?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6IjVjaWJuUFdpZHEiLCJwIjoiL3BvbGljeS80ODI3NjIvdHJhbnNnZW5kZXItbGdidHEtdHJhbnMtcmlnaHRzLWthbnNhcy1oZWFsdGgtY2FyZS1iYXRocm9vbS1iYW5zLXNwb3J0cyIsImV4cCI6MTc3NDk1NjU5NiwiaWF0IjoxNzczNzQ2OTk2fQ.GR4VUR2vmfs_ZngkPiAVR5pozs4Js9L1VPquDkoB_Dk&utm_medium=gift-link
http://www.memeorandum.com/260317/p43#a260317p43

Neil Gorsuch has Elena Kagan dead to rights (Jason Willick/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/02/22/supreme-court-tariffs-gorsuch-kagan/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260223/p2#a260223p2

UN fact-finding mission warns of continued human rights abuses in Venezuela | Human Rights News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/12/un-fact-finding-mission-warns-of-continued-human-rights-abuses-in-venezuela

Koons’s T-shirt featured half a rainbow pie, with the slogan:
“Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It’s not pie.”
She said after some discussion,
the RCMP respectfully asked her to leave the town hall,
as well as two other women at the event that were also wearing T-shirts with slogans that some at the event didn’t like.
“I found it alarming,” Koons said.
“I’m an engaged community member and I often sit at (discussion) tables with pe…

Woman alarmed after being asked to leave Conservative town hall over T-shirt - R.NF
Cowichan businesswoman Kristi Koons said she’s alarmed and concerned over the fact that she and another two women were asked to leave a town hall featuring federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on June 10 because of the T-shirts they were wearing. Koons said she was quiet and respectful at the town hall, which was held at Mellor Hall at the Cowichan Exhibition grounds and attracted more than 1,000 people, before a group of men and RCMP officers approached her and said she was not welco…

"Killers of Roe" is a new book by the reproductive rights journalist Amy Littlefield
on what she describes as the death of abortion rights in the United States.
The book is framed as a murder mystery, examining a
“twisted alliance of believers and opportunists” in the years and decades before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.
“It started out as a murder mystery because it was a way to entice myself to tell a really difficult story about wom…

“Killers of Roe”: Amy Littlefield Investigates the “Mysterious Death of Abortion Rights” in U.S.
Killers of Roe is a new book by the reproductive rights journalist Amy Littlefield on what she describes as the death of abortion rights in the United States. The book is framed as a murder mystery, examining a “twisted alliance of believers and opportunists” in the years and decades before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. “It started out as a murder mystery because it was a way to entice myself to tell a really difficult story about women dying preventable deaths as a re…

Denver grapples with fallout of
César Chšvez abuse allegations
as the March 30 holiday approaches
Many cities have parks and government buildings named after
the Chicano civil rights activist,
who fought for farmworkers’ rights
https://www.

Denver grapples with fallout of César Chávez abuse allegations as city holiday approaches
“The investigation is serious and will have major ripple effects,” predicted Denver City Councilwoman Jamie Torres. “We have a holiday and a park named after him. … We should rename both.”

Israel wants to execute Palestinians and the world will allow it | Human Rights | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/2/21/israel-wants-to-execute-palestinians-and-the-world-will-allow-it?traffic_source=rss

Judge deals blow to the Trump Justice Department's use of the Civil Rights Act to 'clean' voter rolls (Tierney Sneed/CNN)
https://cnn.com/2026/01/14/politics/voter-rolls-lawsuits-civil-rights-act
http://www.memeorandum.com/260115/p134#a260115p134

Tump/Netanyahu war death toll


Iran: U.S.-based rights group HRANA said on Thursday that 3,186 people have been killed. It said 1,394 of those were civilians including at least 210 children.

Lebanon: Around 1,021 people have been killed in Israeli strikes since March 2, according to Lebanese authorities. The World Health Organization and Lebanese health authorities said more than 100 of those killed were children.

Iraq: At least 60 people have…

Trump proclamation targets trans rights as State Dept. shifts visa policy
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2026/03/13/trump-proclamation-targets-trans-rights-as-state-dept-shifts-visa-policy/

Death toll from Iran approaches 2,600, rights group reports (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/death-toll-iran-approaches-2600-rights-group-reports-2026-01-14/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260114/p165#a260114p165

This is Zach Dembo
– the Democrat and former DOJ prosecutor running to flip KY-06 from red to blue.
Attorney General Pam Bondi just testified under oath to Congress about Jeffrey Epstein
– and she made one thing crystal clear: 
𝗦𝗵𝗲’𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝘀𝗵𝗲’𝘀 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽’𝘀 attorney --  Not accountable to the Constitution.
Not accountable to the rule of law. Accountable to 𝘩𝘪𝘮.
I saw this up close at the DOJ, and it’s why I resigned

Zach Dembo for Congress
Zach Dembo has dedicated his entire career to public service—whether serving as a Navy JAG officer, a federal prosecutor fighting crime and defending constitutional rights, or as a teacher in an underserved community. Now he's running to be your champion in Congress.

FBI opened probe on Minneapolis shooting; none exists now, Justice Dept. says (Perry Stein/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/01/18/fbi-minnesota-shooting-civil-rights-investigation/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzY4NzEyNDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzcwMDk0Nzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3Njg3MTI0MDAsImp0aSI6ImQ2N2EwNjNiLTc2YjMtNGNiNi04Yjc2LWQxNTFkZGYxNjA5YiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9uYXRpb25hbC1zZWN1cml0eS8yMDI2LzAxLzE4L2ZiaS1taW5uZXNvdGEtc2hvb3RpbmctY2l2aWwtcmlnaHRzLWludmVzdGlnYXRpb24vIn0.rnodOY554DuLmH4kr8f2mzgpDFAD8AGocpkHUYS5Ptc&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/260118/p75#a260118p75

UN's special rapporteur on human rights says Israel is systematically torturing Palestinians
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/03/20/un-expert-says-israel-is-systematically-torturing-palestinians_6751657_4.html

It took three decades of battles and lobbying for Cesar Chavez’s name and likeness to grace hundreds of buildings, roads, parks and schools.
It is taking just days for them to come down.
In the two days after allegations emerged that the famed farmworker rights leader and Chicano figure sexually assaulted minors and fellow labor icon Dolores Huerta,
Chavez is being erased at an unprecedented rate.
This is especially true in California, where his fight for agricultu…

Thousands of non-Mexican migrants deported from the US
are being left in southern Mexican cities far from the border,
often without legal status or resources.
Many are elderly, ill, or have lived most of their lives in the US,
and now face unsafe conditions and limited access to aid.
Human rights advocates warn the policy violates international protections and leaves deportees in a 'quasi-stateless limbo.'
Cases include a trans woman deported to …

DOJ's top civil rights prosecutors depart as office is cut out of key probes (Perry Stein/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/01/13/justice-department-civil-rights-resignations/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzY4MjgwNDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzY5NjYyNzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NjgyODA0MDAsImp0aSI6IjExZDg5ZGQxLTljMDItNGM1MC05MDg5LTFkZjcyMDc2MjQ4MCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9uYXRpb25hbC1zZWN1cml0eS8yMDI2LzAxLzEzL2p1c3RpY2UtZGVwYXJ0bWVudC1jaXZpbC1yaWdodHMtcmVzaWduYXRpb25zLyJ9.I2JIbp1zVNnNmX1whIYkF0od4QhnaL85Hng0g3SkjK8&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/260113/p87#a260113p87

Supreme Court considers Trump administration’s bid to fire Lisa Cook,
asking lawyer to provide evidence for alleged mortgage fraud
During today’s arguments, both conservative justice Amy Coney Barrett
and Ketanji Brown Jackson of the liberal wing of the court
pushed solicitor general Sauer to explain how the administration’s allegations against Cook would harm the public if she were to remain in her position.
Jackson went on to press Sauer to provide “evidence t…

2025 deadliest year for civilians in Ukraine since 2022, UN human rights monitors find (Kris Janowski/admin)
https://ukraine.ohchr.org/en/2025-deadliest-year-for-civilians-in-Ukraine-since-2022-UN-human-rights-monitors-find
http://www.memeorandum.com/260113/p11#a260113p11

When an agency can grab people first and sort out rights later
(if they bother at all)
everyone is at risk.
-- Citizen or not.
https://bsky.app/profile/cwebbonline.com/post/3mckfsaf3xk2n

Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com)
ICE isn’t making rare mistakes. This is the point. When an agency can grab people first and sort out rights later, if they bother at all, everyone is at risk. Citizen or not.

Trump’s claim of forthcoming deal with Nato over Greenland is ‘not real’
Sascha Faxe, a member of Denmark’s parliament,
has said that the deal Donald Trump claims to have struck with Nato over Greenland is “not real”.
“The thing is, there can’t be a deal without having Greenland as part of the negotiations, first of all,” Faxe said.
She went on to reference earlier comments from Aaja Chemnitz Larsen, a Greenlandic member of the Danish parliament, saying:
“I have…

Jesse Jackson, a leading African American voice on global stage, dies at 84 (Edward Walsh/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2026/02/17/jesse-jackson-dead-civil-rights/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzcxMzA0NDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzcyNjg2Nzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NzEzMDQ0MDAsImp0aSI6ImU1ZGQ5ZDVjLWI1YTctNGRlMC04ODU5LTY5ZjVlNzIzYmUyZCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9vYml0dWFyaWVzLzIwMjYvMDIvMTcvamVzc2UtamFja3Nvbi1kZWFkLWNpdmlsLXJpZ2h0cy8ifQ.Htk28zJdR8hOHgiOLLDRr-fP5lEJUduwX0yUJkVBN9M&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/260217/p33#a260217p33

After Missouri residents voted to repeal their state’s near-total abortion ban
and enshrine abortion rights into their state constitution,
Conservative advocates quickly got to work.
In a lawsuit filed the day after the 2024 election,
abortion providers challenged not only the constitutionality of the state’s ban,
⚠️but also a slew of other restrictions that, they said,
made their jobs so arduous as to be impossible.
More than a year later, they are…