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Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe has spent months telling voters that the state constitution is under threat from
“out-of-state special interests”
using ballot initiatives to bypass the Republican-controlled legislature
and enact major policy changes.
The measures have included legalizing recreational marijuana,
expanding Medicaid
and restoring abortion rights. 
That argument is at the center of Kehoe’s support for Amendment 4,
a measure in the Aug. 4…

Missouri’s Governor Is Opposed to Out-Of-State Funding, but Not for His Own Ballot Measure
Gov. Mike Kehoe says “out-of-state special interests” are influencing citizen-led efforts to amend the state constitution. His own ballot measure, a push to eliminate the state income tax, has received $1.9M from a mysterious Delaware nonprofit.

Wildfires force more than 200,000 people in France and Spain to flee
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260724-spain-declares-state-of-emergency-and-france-seeks-eu-help-as-wildfires-rage

Spain declares state of emergency and France seeks EU help as wildfires rage
Wildfires fuelled by extreme heat and strong winds swept across western Europe on Friday, forcing thousands to evacuate in France, triggering a state of emergency in Spain's Madrid region and prompting Paris to seek emergency assistance from the European Union.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio Remarks to the Press (Marco Rubio/United States Department of State)
https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/05/secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-remarks-to-the-press-11/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260526/p58#a260526p58

Californians! Can I ask you to make two calls *TODAY BEFORE 5PM* or Thursday morning to protect affordable housing funds?
#AB736 is a bill being rushed through that would give rich real estate investors a tax cut, slashing housing funds in SF, Santa Cruz and LA and preventing other cities from raising revenue this way.
Call your Senator and Assemblymember at their capitol office - you can…

Iranian state media reports that President Masoud Pezeshkian has issued an order to reopen international internet access after a near-90-day blackout (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-pre…

This is all over the Australian press today.
An Australian parliamentarian and three staffers were targeted in a WhatsApp hack believed to have been orchestrated by a “foreign state actor”.
https://www.news…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Death Cab for Cutie:
🎵 How Heavenly a State
#DeathCabforCutie
https://deathcabforcutie.bandcamp.com/track/how-heavenly-a-state
https://open.spotify.com/track/45mrWGT2Mbjk3wqAGWEIxp

This is one way to get rid of your Real Doll overstock:
“New York School District Shells Out $58K for a Robot Teaching Assistant”
https://www.pcmag.com/news/a-robotic-teaching-assistant-is-heading-to-a-new-york-state-school
…

A Robotic Teaching Assistant is Heading to a New York State School
The new teaching assistant will reportedly have a 'lifelike appearance' with silicone skin and long brown hair, and will give students personalized learning support based on the data it has stored on their progress.

The moral integrity of a Louisiana Senator on stark display. Hey, if he's making a fortune, it must be beneficial, right? That's why we need to reduce or eliminate regulations, we must allow law-makers to invest in specific companies, we need to focus on fraud in the world of the lowest income populations, rather than worry about a few fiddles by the "important" people.
After all, those hard working wealthy people need to be rewarded for efforts on behalf of the co…

The moral integrity of a Louisiana Senator on stark display. Hey, if he's making a fortune, it must be beneficial, right? That's why we need to reduce or eliminate regulations, we must allow law-makers to invest in specific companies, we need to focus on fraud in the world of the lowest income populations, rather than worry about a few fiddles by the "important" people.
After all, those hard working wealthy people need to be rewarded for efforts on behalf of the co…

New Jersey gov. Mikie Sherrill denied access to ICE facility in New Jersey
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5894189-new-jersey-detention-center-sherrill/

Raiders Sign Additional 6-Foot-5 QB to Roster https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/jacob-clark-udfa-signing-missouri-state/

Malaysian officials have ordered Network School to shut down operations.
The so-called school, run by Network State cult leader (and Peter Thiel protégé) Balaji Srinivasan,
had claimed to be creating a new nation on Malaysian soil.
The Network State is a cult ideology that seeks to replace existing nations with new nations run by tech corporations.
“The State Government and Local Authorities will not compromise on any breach of laws or matters that could affect nat…

Malaysia Crushes Network School. Balaji Flees to Kazakhstan
Network State’s Zionism-inspired colonial ambitions did not go over well in the formerly colonized Muslim-majority country

"Trump Is Making the 250th Small" — Darth #Trump "made a brief appearance at the Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C., which was supposed to be a 250th birthday celebration for the greatest democracy in human history. He treated it instead as a kind of #MAGA mini-rally."

Trump Is Making the 250th Small
The State Fair rally was an empty celebration of a man instead of a country.

Vance to host state AGs at White House for fraud task force meeting (Jacob Wendler/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/25/vance-state-attorneys-general-fraud-task-force-00935539
http://www.memeorandum.com/260525/p62#a260525p62

Massachusetts formally recognizes the App Drivers Union, which says it represents ~70,000 workers and is the first state-certified rideshare union in the US (Bryan Hecht/The Boston Globe)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/25/business/massachusetts-app-drive…

Mass. App Drivers Union gets first-in-the-nation state recognition
After an agonizing, years-long effort, Uber and Lyft must negotiate with drivers who want a larger share of the industry’s earnings.

"…Larry Krasner, District Attorney of Philadelphia. 'A federal badge is not a license to violate the Constitution, and it is not a shield from state criminal law. We have prosecuted police officers who broke the law. We have prosecuted public officials who broke the law. We will prosecute ICE agents who break the law. There is no category of American who gets to operate above it.'"

Interesting look at who pays what amount of taxes.
#wisconsin

Data Wonk: Who Pays Wisconsin’s Taxes?
Which income groups pay the most in state and local taxes? And how Wisconsin compares to other states.

Accidently rebooted my #homeassistant machine while it was doing updates - and now it is existing in a half-broken state.
Time to actually install HAOS on that thing, or virtualize the installation completely.

«Scaling Rust codebases: Lessons learned organizing large projects and managing errors»
Puh... yes, I'm still learning about that…
🦀 https://kerkour.com/rust-organize-large-projects-code-error-handling

Scaling Rust codebases: Lessons learned organizing large projects and managing errors
As a Rust project grows in size, it can take a non-trivial amount of efforts to keep it in a clean state that will not impede your and your co-workers

Filing: Paramount and a group of state AGs reach a deal to freeze the WBD merger as the case moves through courts, extending a shorter pause a judge imposed (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/busin…

Paramount Agrees to Delay Warner Bros. Merger for Months
The company agreed to a proposed freeze until June 2027, unless a judge issues a ruling before then on a lawsuit blocking the deal.

Kid1: Do you think a daltonian who looks at a map thinks the state's called "ado"?
#DadJokes

So little time, so many cybersecurity developments to cover. Check out today's Metacurity for the most important infosec news stories today, including
--Frontier AI Beat: AI security becomes a geopolitical arms race,
--Microsoft uses AI to link malware groups in RICO case,
--Ukraine exposes Russian messenger hacking,
--Nation-state hackers mapped CI for sabotage,
--DPRK-linked election attacks surge 68-fold,
--DraftKings hacker 'Snoopy' gets 18 m…

Frontier AI Beat: AI security becomes a geopolitical arms race
Microsoft uses AI to link malware groups in RICO case, Ukraine exposes Russian messenger hacking, Nation-state hackers mapped CI for sabotage, DPRK-linked election attacks surge 68-fold, DraftKings hacker 'Snoopy' gets 18 months, ICE surveillance spending hits record high, much more

"About 40M squirrels are killed by drivers each year. So this city created the world's first-ever 'squirrel bridge'"
#Squirrels #Animals

Washington state home to world's first 'squirrel bridges' for critters to cross the road
The city’s passion for protecting squirrels has even led to an annual “Squirrel Fest.”

10,000s of state-authorized Flock cameras are surveilling citizens without a warrant.
Please tell me this 4A violation is being challenged in the courts.
▶️ ‘Get it the ‘FLOCK’ out’: Students rise up against AI-powered license pl...
https://youtube.com/watch?v=HuOKqt2Gq4

„The point is that the dire state we’re in […] isn’t just a matter of Donald Trump’s personal failings. It’s the culmination of decades of right-wing sabotage of everything that made American great.“
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-dumpster-fire-of-the-vanities

Apparently nobody is showing up for Trump's Great American state fair. I think this could be fixed quickly with the addition of a dunk tank.

Trump Administration Mobilizes Robust Response to Tragic Venezuelan Earthquakes (United States Department of State)
https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/06/trump-administration-mobilizes-robust-response-to-tragic-venezuelan-earthquakes/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260626/p16#a260626p16

Eine erhellende Perspektive, die @… an der @… gerade aufmacht: Das 👇 (Ausgabe des 17. Jh.) ist für manche griechische Bibelexegeten "state of the art".
Das sind die editionsphilologischen Zeithorizonte. Das zeigt ein…

"And that's why we need a bulletproof and drone proof ballroom with state-of-the-art facilities."
Sheesh, give it atleast a day dude. 🙁
*Yes, he said that just now at the presser.
#WHCD #safety

Man arrested near Trump’s reflecting pool plans to fight obscenity charge;
Christian Miles berated Oklahoma state troopers near Washington DC landmark subject to botched renovation
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/23/reflecting-pool-arrest…

Man arrested near Trump’s reflecting pool plans to fight obscenity charge
Christian Miles berated Oklahoma state troopers near Washington DC landmark subject to botched renovation

RE: https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/116811143622632586
More like this.
I am not a pacifist. Malicious hackers working for state actors have abdicated their right to peace and safety.

Venezuela’s interim leader,
Delcy Rodríguez,
has declared a state of emergency
after the country was struck by two powerful earthquakes
that collapsed dozens of buildings
and killed at least 164 people,
a toll that it is feared could rise significantly.
Rodríguez said 971 people were injured
and more casualties were expected.
The two strong earthquakes hit within a minute of each other
shortly after 6pm local time on Wednesday.

Venezuela declares state of emergency after deadly twin earthquakes
Second quake, at magnitude 7.5, was most powerful to strike the country since 1900, collapsing buildings in capital

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Maribou State feat. Holly Walker:
🎵 Otherside (Radio Edit)
#NowPlaying #MaribouState #HollyWalker
https://mariboustate.bandcamp.com/album/otherside-jasper-tygner-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/2uTshZdUyppgBI2INJ3f15

Are you in tech and outraged about generative AI? Is it being forced down your throat at work?
Here's a nice vindictive way to get a little revenge if you want:
1. Find a project that contains slop code.
2. Optionally, identify specific files or functions that are LLM-generated. I guarantee you that on average, this code has not been adequately tested/inspected, even/especially if it contains LLM-generated test cases.
3. Make up a reason the code could be flawed, bonus points if it's subtle or hard to test. Don't put effort into this or try to actually find a flaw. Just make something up at random.
4. Report your made-up defect as a bug.
That's it. If anyone ever questions you on the incorrect report, just say "oh I used an LLM and it said there was a bug so I reported it." (Don't actually use an LLM, that would be feeding the bubble.)
Note that you are showing the creator of the code the exact same amount of disrespect that they've shown you by publishing slopcode in the first place. I'd bet odds are 50:50 or better that if a human actually follows up on the report, even though they'll find out that the bug report is wrong, they'll find and fix some other subtle flaw in the LLM-generated code, so this is actually helpful in a way.
For step 3, try to get creative. Like "logic in decideUVParameters can cause state to be inconsistent in some cases." If asked for a steps to reproduce, either make one up if it's easy to do so, or say "I forgot how I triggered this." Surely they can ask an LLM to figure out conditions that would trigger the bug ;).
#AI #LLMs #GenAI

McCarthy: Allar pick unrelated to Rodgers' decision https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48595664/steelers-mccarthy-allar-draft-pick-developing-qb-room

From ⁨⁨⁨⁨⁨#AnnafromUkraine⁩⁩⁩⁩⁩ @AnnafromUkraine@youtube.com
🧵 👇
RUSSIAN DEPUTIES DEMAND #PUTIN TO END WAR Vlog 1414: War in Ukraine
#RenatSuleimanov, a State

Space Oddity - microgravity as a neurocognitive catalyst for transformative consciousness experiences: #OverviewEffect - warum ein Flug ins All Menschen verändern könnte: https://www.n-tv.de/wissen/Warum-ein-Flug-ins-All-Menschen-veraendern-koennte-id30972541.html

us_agencies: U.S. government agency websites (2018)
50 networks, one for each U.S. state, representing the web-based links between their associated government agencies websites. A node is an entire agency website and a directed edge (i,j) represents the existence of a hyperlink from any webpage in website i to some webpage in website j. Data was collected with a crawler. Nodes are annotated with the number of webpages per website, website name (related to its government function) and U…

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@whack/116983168997530856
Oh my, I didn't realise the state of develop-for-Wayland was this bad. As a sometimes hobbyist developer I can feel the pain.
It really does feel like one of the Linux non-profits could usefully someh…

California isn't backing down on offshore wind, even as Trump tries to pump the brakes. The state is pushing ahead with its ambitious 25 GW goal by 2045, and federal judges have ruled existing projects can continue.
With 200 GW of potential off its coast, California sees this as critical clean energy infrastructure—and stakeholders are moving forward regardless of Washington's resistance.

California Affirms 25 GW Goal For Offshore Wind, Trump Or Not
Offshore wind stakeholders in California are moving forward with plans to develop 25 gigawatts by 2045, Trump or no Trump.

Caleb Downs' Dallas Cowboys Jersey Number May Require Negotiations https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/caleb-downs-dallas-cowboys-jersey-number-may-require-negotiations

The Populist Paralympian Who Wants to Roll Into the Senate
Iowa state Rep. Josh Turek has scored upsets before.
Flipping Iowa back to Democrats would be his biggest yet.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/the-populis…

The populist Paralympian who wants to roll into the Senate
Iowa state Rep. Josh Turek has scored upsets before. Flipping Iowa back to Democrats would be his biggest yet.

[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

If a state licenses a particular profession, should the state be allowed to limit the use of the title of that profession? Does a state's barber board control the use of the word "barber?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NuqFA7vGVY

The US DOJ has charged Thomas Pauken II, a US journalist who worked for Chinese state-run news outlets, for allegedly acting as an unregistered agent for China (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/25/american-journalist-unregistered-…

What i find very worrying is the very real chance that de AfD may be winning the next elections in Germany. It would be the comeback of fascism and nazism. There are no other words to describe it. It would severely weaken the EU at a minimum, destabilize europe. I know some state actors who would consider that a good outcome and will do everything to make that happen.
#Fascism

RE: https://mastodon.social/@bobthomson70/116968996195666207
He can continue as a state-endorsed FULL TIME FUCKING CLOWN.

OOh when do we get the CSB video....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3w2l249j8go

California declares state of emergency as fire crews race to contain toxic chemical leak
Thousands have been evacuated as officials warn a tank containing about 7,000 gallons of methyl methacrylate could explode.

'The Digital Biodiversity Revolution' report by Kew Gardens: 'There is real hope that a comprehensive, virtual, accessible and inclusive global repository of specimen data is within reach, and that coupling this fundamental resource with the power of artificial intelligence (AI) could truly transform humanity’s ability to address the current environmental crises.'

State of the World's Plants & Fungi | Kew
We publish reports that give our assessment of the current knowledge on the world's plants and fungi.

The US supreme court struck down a restrictive gun law in the state of Hawaii
that bans people from carrying guns in certain public spaces and on private property without the permission of the property’s owner.
At issue was a 2023 state law that barred carrying a firearm on private property without the owner’s approval
and created a list of more than a dozen “sensitive places” where guns cannot be carried,
such as beaches and restaurants that serve alcohol.
The …

US supreme court strikes down Hawaii’s gun restrictions in major second amendment ruling
The law banned people from carrying guns in most public spaces and private property without owner’s permission

Vance Downplays Watergate and Compares Himself to Nixon (Emily Davies/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/us/politics/vance-nixon-watergate-deep-state.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260626/p51#a260626p51

RE: https://todon.eu/@CrimethInc/116800863729420473
Anyone not familiar with the Haymarket Martyrs, Sacco and Vanzetti, the Seattle Grand Jury Resisters, etc, might want to spend a bit of time learning about how history has drawn a pretty straight and unchanging line.
The murder and torture carried out by the state in the past cannot be undone, but there is still time to prevent yet another flood of injustice.
We can all look backwards and clearly see the mistakes of the past. But can be so much harder see the present clearly, even when it's so incredibly stark as this.

Q&A with Tim Sweeney on his vision for a cross-platform gaming social system, Unreal Engine 6, AI's PR challenges, the state of AAA game development, and more (Tim Clark/PC Gamer)
https://www.

Tim Sweeney on the future of games, AI, and whether Valve will ever join forces with Epic: 'It's now clear that nobody's going to end up with an absolute monopoly'
The Epic Games CEO discusses his vision for "Team Open," his objections to Steam's AI disclosure requirement, and the huge problems facing AAA game development.

Colston Loveland: Focus on Bears-Packers rivalry similar to Michigan-Ohio State https://www.nfl.com/news/colston-loveland-focus-on-bears-packers-rivalry-similar-to-michigan-ohio-state

Public Records Show FBI Secretly Extracted Data From ICE Protesters’ Phones
They used Cellebrite, of course.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/06/cellebrite-phone-protest-ice-dhs-spokane-fbi-conspiracy-su…

Public records show FBI secretly extracted data from ICE protesters’ phones
Previously unreported documents reveal “extractions” from at least 13 devices after a Washington state protest last June.

South Dakota incumbent Republican lawmaker facing felony election fraud counts (Sarah Raza/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/south-dakota-election-fraud-state-lawmaker-e46bd4d3485043d968a95940170bd6d6
http://www.memeorandum.com/260624/p139#a260624p139

China launched its crewed Shenzhou-23 spacecraft and eased it into a successful docking with a space station early Monday as part of Beijing's ambitions to send humans to the Moon by 2030, state media said.
During this mission, a Chinese astronaut is scheduled to spend a full year in orbit on the Tiangong space station, a crucial first in the Chinese lunar landing programme.
The Long March 2-F rocket blasted off in a cloud of flames and smoke on time at 11:08 pm (1508 GMT) Su…

Successful Launch Spurs China Toward Crucial First For Moon Landing
China launched its crewed Shenzhou-23 spacecraft and eased it into a successful docking with a space station early Monday as part of Beijing's ambitions to send humans to the Moon by 2030, state media said.

contiguous_usa: Contiguous states (USA)
A network of contiguous states in the USA, in which each state is a node and two nodes are connected if they share a land-based geographic border. The dataset includes the lower 48 states, and the District of Columbia.
This network has 49 nodes and 107 edges.
Tags: Transportation, Roads, Unweighted

Purple State Republican: We'll 'Kill' Trump's Slush Fund | Crooks and Liars
https://crooksandliars.com/2026/05/purple-state-republican-well-kill-trumps

California launches a tool to serve as an "early warning system" for widespread AI-driven job loss, linking AI exposure with unemployment insurance claims (Jo Constantz/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

It’s been more than five years since the election,
the results already had been investigated multiple times,
and the ballots had been counted, recounted, and recounted again.
The lie that the 2020 election was stolen has persisted.
And the “Stop the Steal” movement’s most ardent believers now hold unprecedented positions of power,
including on the once-sleepy State Election Board in the important swing state of Georgia.
A lawyer known for his willingness …

Déjà vote: “Stop the Steal” never stopped
Election lies fuel an FBI raid and a push to rewrite voting laws as the 2026 midterms approach.

Australia's planning a Great Koala National Park to save koalas from habitat loss and climate change—but here's the catch: protection only works if forests stay connected.
The park will link fragmented habitats so koalas and other species can move and adapt. Conservationists are cautiously optimistic, though logging pressure and enforcement remain real concerns.

Great Koala National Park tests whether protected forests can stay connected
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. The case for Australia’s new Great Koala National Park rests on a practical point: koalas need more than scattered trees. They need connected habitat that can support populations over time. The national park, planned for the state of […]

"Family sells 136-year-old farm to make way for wildlife crossing deemed 'a lifeline' for mountain lions"
#Wildlife #Animals
…

Family sells 136-year-old farm to make way for Washington wildlife crossing
The I-5 wildlife crossing would bridge the Cascades and the Olympic Peninsula.

Hawaii has redefined what a corporation doing business in the state as an entity that DOES NOT have the power to spend money on elections or ballot measures.
Passed unanimously & with bipartisan support. Your move, California & New York.
▶️ Hawaii just found a way around Citizens United. Other states are following - MSNOW

California's Rob Bonta and a 13-state group challenge the appointment of current and recent Nexstar personnel to Tegna's board, after a preliminary injunction (State of California)
https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases

Attorney General Bonta to Court: Nexstar/Tegna Violating Court Order to Stop Merging
Files motion for clarification and other compliance relief SACRAMENTO — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 13 attorneys general, filed a motion for clarification in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, raising concerns about actions by Tegna Inc. (Tegna) and Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nexstar) that are in apparent violation of the court’s hold-separate order.

Key financing measure for Brooklyn waterfront overhaul left out of state budget (Janaki Chadha/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/23/key-financing-measure-for-brooklyn-waterfront-overhaul-left-out-of-state-budget-00934745
http://www.memeorandum.com/260523/p22#a260523p22

Lions CB Terrion Arnold arrested on eight felony counts that carry possible life sentence https://www.nfl.com/news/lions-cb-terrion-arnold-arrested-on-eight-felony-counts-that-carry-possible-life-sentence

Congress Wants To Steamroll State Robotruck Laws
https://www.levernews.com/congress-wants-to-steamroll-state-robotruck-laws/

From a Chinese state-sponsored news outlet. Can you say pot-kettle-black?
"Investigations found that the foreign intelligence agency had taken control of multiple routers within China and used them as platforms to send phishing emails disguised as invitations to participate in review work or traffic violation payment notices, targeting staff at key institutions."

China’s state security authorities uncover foreign agency using domestic routers as cyberattack proxies; users notice only slower speeds - Global Times
China’s state security authorities recently found that a foreign intelligence agency had used domestic routers in China as “proxies” and phishing emails to target personnel at key institutions to steal sensitive data, while affected users remained unaware, experiencing only slower internet speeds, frequent disconnections and unexpected reboots, according to China's Ministry of State Security (MSS).

Australia just approved its largest wind farm ever. The Warracknabeal Energy Park will feature 219 turbines generating over 1.5 gigawatts of clean power, plus battery storage to keep the lights on when the wind stops. The $5 billion project will create nearly 950 construction jobs in Victoria's Wimmera region and help the state hit its renewable energy targets.

State green-lights plan for Australia's biggest wind farm, with 219 turbines and two big batteries
Plans to build what would be Australia's biggest wind farm in have cleared a major development hurdle, after winning environmental approval from the state government.

Staff of Czech public broadcasters stage a warning strike, protesting government plans to shift funding from license fees to the state budget starting next year (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/czech-public-media-financing-p…

Journalists form chain at Czech public radio in warning strike
Journalists and employees have formed a human chain around Czech public radio in Prague. The action is part of a warning strike against a government plan to change the way the public broadcaster is funded. The government of populist Prime Minister Andrej Babiš wants to finance public radio and television from the state budget instead of from fees. Critics say this could threaten media independence, citing Slovakia and Hungary as examples. The plan would also reduce media funding by about 15%, …

State of the Union -- JAKE TAPPER, CNN HOST (voice-over): Turning point? (CNN)
https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/sotu/date/2026-05-24/segment/01
http://www.memeorandum.com/260524/p58#a260524p58

A bona fide financial crisis has not broken out since the US housing meltdown of 2007.
Even the Covid pandemic and subsequent upsurge in inflation didn’t lead to financial upheaval.
The jitters produced by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in 2023 were soon forgotten.
Given this stability, it might take some effort to convince financial markets that another big one is around the corner.
But it is.
Financial markets and their regulating governments may believe …

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that consumers can't use state courts to bring lawsuits against manufacturers that don't warn of hazards surrounding their products.
Why it matters: The case was a major friction point for activists in the "Make America Healthy Again" movement,
who have been calling for a crackdown on chemicals like glyphosate, the active ingredient in the weedkiller Roundup, in the food supply.

Supreme Court blocks lawsuits over chemical risks
The case was a major friction point for activists in the "Make America Healthy Again" movement.

State senator and GOP delegate faces felony election fraud charges (Jackie Hendry/SDPB)
https://www.sdpb.org/politics/2026-06-23/state-senator-and-gop-delegate-faces-felony-election-fraud-charges
http://www.memeorandum.com/260623/p131#a260623p131

Police/ICE restrictions in New York's Public Protection bill
https://www.localsyr.com/news/state-news/new-york-budget-restricts-local-police-cooperation-with-ice/

How Anthropic is pursuing a state-by-state push for ever-tougher AI safety laws, in contrast with OpenAI's "reverse federalism" strategy for common state rules (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/15/ins…

A federal judge has blocked an attempt by the Trump administration to subpoena Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and other state officials,
accusing the Justice Department of using its investigatory powers to retaliate against state officials for not cooperating with federal efforts to crack down on illegal immigration.
In a ruling unsealed Monday,
U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz found the “dominant purpose” of the subpoenas was
to “coerce Minnesota officials into assisting…

Judge halts effort to subpoena Minnesota Gov. Walz in immigration enforcement probe
A federal judge has blocked an attempt by the Trump administration to subpoena Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and other state officials, calling it an effort to “harass and retaliate against them.” U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz found in a ruling unsealed Monday that the “dominant purpose” of the subpoenas was to “coerce Minnesota officials into assisting the federal government with enforcing civil immigration law and to harass and retaliate against them for failing to do so.” The sub…

Secretary Rubio's Travel to the UAE, Kuwait, and Bahrain (United States Department of State)
https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/06/secretary-rubios-travel-to-the-uae-kuwait-and-bahrain/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260622/p106#a260622p106

Maine Democrats hit reset on their chaotic Senate primary on Saturday
as Troy Jackson officially secured the party’s nomination.
He took the stage at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor to rapturous applause, a standing ovation
and Noah Kahan’s Northern Attitude blaring over the speakers.
“This is the absolute honor of my life,” Jackson said.
“If you’ve ever been ignored, underestimated, pushed around or told that you have to wait your turn while the rich cut t…

Troy Jackson secures Democratic nomination for Maine Senate seat after chaotic primary race
Progressive former state senate president gains nomination after Graham Platner dropped out over sexual assault allegations

Maryland Senate president defeats Democratic primary challenger amid redistricting anger (Alexandra Marquez/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/maryland-election-bill-ferguson-state-senate-primary-redistricting-rcna351123
http://www.memeorandum.com/260624/p3#a260624p3

A Washington judge grants a request to temporarily block Kalshi from offering sports-related bets in the state, citing a breach of the state gambling law (Timmy Shen/The Block)
https://www.theblock.co/post/409011/washington-kalshi-preliminary-injunction

Watch: Moment quake shakes Venezuela, causing widespread damage and evacuations
Back-to-back magnitude 7 earthquakes struck the area of Montalbšn, Venezuela,
near the capital Caracas.
Video filmed by BBC reporters and contributors shows the moment the first quake hit, as well as the aftermath, with buildings collapsed.
Venezuela's interior minister Diosdado Cabello confirmed that buildings were down in Caracas while talking on State TV, Reuters reported.
…

Watch: Moment earthquake hits Venezuela and leaves buildings collapsed
Video filmed by BBC reporters and contributors shows the aftermath, as frantic residents evacuate.

Election chiefs say 'desperate' Trump DHS plan to blackmail states into purging voters 'endangers American lives' (Jacob Knutson/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-homeland-security-department-grant-state-election-changes-voter-purges/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260623/p103#a260623p103

Postmaster general says USPS won't deliver mail ballots if states don't give Trump admin voter rolls (Jacob Knutson/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/postmaster-general-steiner-postal-service-will-not-deliver-mail-ballots-state-voter-rolls/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260624/p53#a260624p53

As part of the Trump administration’s continuing attack on left-leaning groups,
the US state department has listed several activists and organizations as
“front groups and fellow travelers” for Cuba,
including Hasan Piker and Amazon Labor Union founder Chris Smalls.
In a 100-page report released on Monday, the state department denounces Cuba as the
“capital of 21st-century communism”,
accusing the Cuban government of carrying out a “campaign of subversion”…

‘Front groups and fellow travelers’: state department attacks US left over Cuba
New report denounces Havana and claims ‘campaign of subversion’ has infiltrated highest levels of US government

The Trump administration relaunches efforts to block state AI laws; Sen. Blackburn is leading negotiations and pushing KOSA as part of an AI preemption package (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/08/white-house-hill-relaunch-effort-block-state-ai-laws

Scoop: White House, Hill relaunch effort to block state AI laws
The White House is negotiating a federal preemption of state AI laws in exchange for its support of key tech policy priorities from the Hill.

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.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a rare direct appeal to the Cuban people in a video posted on Wednesday, the anniversary of their independence from Spain and U.S. military occupation, urging them to align with the Trump administration as it seeks to weaken the Cuban regime.
In the address, which was in Spanish with English subtitles and posted on the State Department’s YouTube channel Wednesday morning, Rubio mentions the former Cuban leader, Raúl Castro, around the one-minute…

Rubio, in Video, Urges Cubans to Align With Trump Administration
In a rare direct address, Secretary of State Marco Rubio blamed the former leader Raúl Castro for the country’s longstanding electricity and resource shortages.

DOJ opens third state investigation over Washington housing biological men in women's prisons (Kaelan Deese/Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/4575185/doj-third-state-inquiry-washington-housing-men-in-women-prisons/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260520/p81#a260520p81

Secretary of State Marco Rubio
and top White House adviser Stephen Miller
are pushing for a global crackdown on leftist organizations.
The State Department on Thursday hosted a summit
“on the resurgence of political terrorism,”
where Miller described the LEFT as
“enemies of civilization”
and described efforts to
“disrupt, identify, defund, debank, arrest and prosecute these political terrorists that are operating in our country.”
Rubio …

“Disrupt, Identify, Defund, Debank, Arrest & Prosecute”: Trump Admin Threatens Leftist Groups
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and top White House adviser Stephen Miller are pushing for a global crackdown on leftist organizations. The State Department on Thursday hosted a summit “on the resurgence of political terrorism,” where Miller described the left as “enemies of civilization” and described efforts to “disrupt, identify, defund, debank, arrest and prosecute these political terrorists that are operating in our country.” Rubio announced the U.S. would soon designate more l…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio With Sean Hannity of Fox News Channel (Marco Rubio/United States Department of State)
https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/05/secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-with-sean-hannity-of-fox-news-channel/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260514/p27#a260514p27

For centuries Delhi attracted scholars, saints and statesmen
hoping to influence the ruler of the day.
Once India achieved independence,
it was the natural place for the fledgling state to locate national institutions such as archives and universities.
Publishers and think-tanks soon followed.
The sheer density of serious thinkers makes Delhi the intellectual capital of India.
Or made, at any rate.
Since taking power in 2014 Narendra Modi and his …

A congressional candidate from Louisiana who was the subject of a police report accusing him of rape says he is hoping to again “earn” Donald Trump’s endorsement
as he considers precisely where to run amid redistricting.
The candidate, Blake Miguez, is weighing running in one of two districts,
neither of which he lives in
but in which he is allowed to run.
He has been mulling that choice after the supreme court’s landmark decision in Callais v Louisiana prompte…

Louisiana House candidate accused of rape says he hopes to again ‘earn’ Trump endorsement
Republican Blake Miguez is weighing what district to run in after state redrew map following supreme court decision

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and California Energy Commission (CEC) Chair David Hochschild today sent a Notice of Intent to Sue 
targeting an unlawful agreement between the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) and Golden State Wind LLC (GSW) that puts at risk California’s clean energy gains, thousands of high-quality jobs, and more than $100 million in public investments in the offshore wind industry, including voter-approved climate funds.
Under the agreement, DOI illegally…

So the USPS is now a tool of GOP voter suppression
https://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mp25xrkahc2g

Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social)
🚨BREAKING: Postmaster General David Steiner told senators that, under a new proposed rule, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will not deliver mail ballots unless states hand over their voter lists to the Trump administration https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/postmaster-general-steiner-postal-service-will-not-deliver-mail-ballots-state-voter-rolls/

The US government’s latest allegations that Cuba is behind “many of the most significant upheavals in recent American political history”
and that its leaders pose “a unique threat to American homeland security”
have come as startling revelations to those living under the six-month-long US oil blockade in Havana,
where desperate people search through piles of uncollected rubbish for food, or else swelter at home in 24-hour-plus blackouts.
The unsigned 100-page report, …

US claims of Cuba’s ‘unique threat’ jar with reality of hunger and blackouts
State department’s 100-page report is latest push in Trump administration campaign to bring down government

The idea of a suspension of the constitution had been introduced,
by the Constitution of 22 Frimaire Year 8.
Article 14 of the Charte of 1814 granted the sovereign the power to
"make the regulations and ordinances necessary for the execution of the laws and the security of the State"
Because of the vagueness of the formula, Chateaubriand observed
"that it is possible that one fine morning the whole Charte will be forfeited for the benefit of Art…