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Trump raises topic of Ukraine's EU membership with Orban, Bloomberg reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/19/trump-raises-topic-of-ukraines.html

The ranking Democratic members of two congressional oversight committees
announced on Monday that they had started an investigation into reports of misconduct by federal agents during immigration arrests across the country,
focusing on the detainment of American citizens.
The investigation, a joint effort between the House Oversight Committee and the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations,
will inquire how long American citizens have been held and whether the…

Congressional Democrats Investigate Arrests of Americans During Raids
Representative Robert Garcia and Senator Richard Blumenthal started an inquiry to examine reports of misconduct by immigration agents, focusing on the arrests of citizens.

Report: At this point we are just trying to figure who Canadian Parliament WON’T give a standing ovation to
https://www.thebeaverton.com/2025/09/report-at-this-point-we-are-just-trying-to-figure-w…

Report: At this point we are just trying to figure who Canadian Parliament WON'T give a standing ovation to
OTTAWA - After members of the Canadian Parliament earlier today gave a standing ovation to recently deceased far-right agitator who touted white supremacist theories, Charlie Kirk, we here at The Beaverton are stuck trying to figure out if there’s literally anyone our elected officials won’t celebrate.

The Danish independent media organisation @… are on a member drive with 10 promises if they make it to 50,000, including that they'll share more on social media. I can dream they'll make it to the #fediverse I suppose?
In any case their journalism is outstanding and they carefully avoid making an explicit political stance and contributing to polarisation. #UnbreakingNews
In depth journalism you can read or listen to (try deepL if you don't speak Danish), often beautifully produced, always fascinating. They also don't report on problems without reporting solutions.
It's by far the most uplifting read/listen of my day.
Free link here, pay what you want and free to first time voters...
https://www.zetland.dk/a/rmottram?og=amba25-8

I just filed my first complaint against a California attorney under my own obligations under California's rule 8.3 (of the rules of professional conduct.)
California has a *mandatory* system under which attorney's (I am a member of that klan) *must* report various kinds of misconduct by other attorneys.
In this case that attorney sent out a fishing letter to my incorrect name (but correct address) asserting that they had done actual research with the implication that they…

Topologically trivial semiconducting behavior and polaronic effects in antiferromagnetic EuZn$_2$As$_2$ and EuCd$_2$Sb$_2$
Divyanshi Sar, Mingda Gong, Tetiana Romanova, Luka Khizanishvili, Hannah Park, Dariusz Kaczorowski, Wei-Cheng Lee, Pegor Aynajian
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.14205

Topologically trivial semiconducting behavior and polaronic effects in antiferromagnetic EuZn$_2$As$_2$ and EuCd$_2$Sb$_2$
The Eu-based EuA$_2$X$_2$ (A = Zn, Cd, In, Sn; X = P, As, Sb) family of compounds has recently attracted significant attention as a promising platform for exploring magnetic topological materials, with several members either predicted or reported to exhibit nontrivial topological properties. We investigate the previously reported topological semimetals, EuZn$_2$As$_2$ and EuCd$_2$Sb$_2$, using scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy, complemented by various first-principles computational…

Condition reporting this 1620 parchment role for #exhibition early next year containing a list of Archbishops. It's previously been heavily conserved (see light cream coloured areas).
We're now considering multi-spectral imaging to enable deciphering the highly abraded text.

After bringing white South Africans to the United States as refugees earlier this year,
the Trump administration is now reportedly considering granting protection to members of far-right European parties.
According to the New York Times, the proposal that Donald Trump is now weighing would prioritize Europeans who are allegedly
“targeted for peaceful expression of views online such as opposition to mass migration or support for ‘populist’ political parties.”
The pro…

Trump could soon make America’s refugee program a tool for white nationalism
The White House is considering a plan to overhaul refugee admissions in favor of right-wing whites.

“The Maha report is essentially a distraction from the real causes of poor health,”
said Elizabeth Jacobs, professor emerita at the University of Arizona and a founding member of Defend Public Health.
“This administration does not want to address things like poverty and education and access to healthcare.
Instead, they’re distracting the public with information on solutions to problems that don’t actually exist.
When the foundation of your policy is not evidence-based…

A judge restricted LAPD’s use of force.
-- Then journalists were beaten with batons
Less than a month after a temporary restraining order restricted the use of force by Los Angeles police on journalists covering protests,
three reporters left an immigration demonstration bruised and bloody after being struck by officers’ batons.
Among them was Sean Beckner-Carmitchel, an L.A. Press Club member,
who experienced heavy bruising on his left ribs that doctors said …

Judge restricted LAPD use of force. Then journalists were beaten
Reporters say they were injured by LAPD officers during an Aug. 8 protest despite a temporary restraining order restricting police use of force on journalists.