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Send in a public comment now!
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@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-23 22:20:50

The US is imposing visa restrictions on five Europeans, including Thierry Breton, accusing them of pressuring US tech companies to censor certain US viewpoints (Fatima Hussein/Associated Press)
apnews.com/article/state-depar

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2025-12-23 22:20:41

The US is imposing visa restrictions on five Europeans, including Thierry Breton, accusing them of pressuring US tech companies to censor certain US viewpoints (Fatima Hussein/Associated Press)
apnews.com/article/state-depar

@metacurity@infosec.exchange
2026-01-23 13:30:13

I don't know why, given all the important institutions that hackers attack -- hospitals, schools, daycare centers -- but it really bothers me when they do things like this. It seems gratuitous somehow.
Cyberattack on the Dresden State Art Collections
artdependence.com/…

@anneroth@systemli.social
2025-12-24 08:41:31

The state department has barred five Europeans from the US, accusing them of leading efforts to pressure tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints
“These radical activists and weaponized NGOs have advanced censorship crackdowns by foreign states – in each case targeting American speakers and American companies,” Rubio said in an announcement.
Neben Thierry Breton trifft das u.a. Josephine Ballon und Anna-Lena von Hodenberg von @…

@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2025-10-24 01:54:35

NFL aims to dismiss Gruden suit, now in state court espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/467040

@villavelius@mastodon.online
2026-01-24 06:10:22

Escaping the clutches of the US federal government
thehill.com/homenews/state-wat

@steve@s.yelvington.com
2025-12-22 20:02:36

Trump continues his war on competency.
apnews.com/article/diplomacy-a

@cowboys@darktundra.xyz
2026-01-23 21:47:24

Current State of Dallas Cowboys Summed Up With One-Sentence Description si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/c

The State Department announced Tuesday it was barring five Europeans
it accused of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor or suppress "American viewpoints".
The Europeans, characterized by Secretary of State Marco Rubio as “radical” activists and “weaponized” nongovernmental organizations,
fell afoul of a new visa policy announced in May to restrict the entry of foreigners deemed responsible for censorship of protected speech in the United States. …

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-01-23 19:50:48

California becomes first state to join WHO disease network after US exit (Joseph Choi/The Hill)
thehill.com/homenews/state-wat
memeorandum.com/260123/p78#a26

@raiders@darktundra.xyz
2025-10-24 00:58:48

NFL seeks dismissal of Jon Gruden's lawsuit after Nevada Supreme Court sends it back to state court foxsports.com/articles/nfl/nfl

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-11-24 03:28:32

"Countries with state subsidies for abortion, transgender-friendly policies for children, hate speech laws and affirmative action policies will now be considered to be violating human rights under rules imposed at the State Department that will impact how the agency conducts its annual Human Rights Report."
**Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says**
forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/

@newsie@darktundra.xyz
2026-01-23 14:48:45

Cyberattack disrupts digital systems at renowned Dresden museum network therecord.media/dresden-state-

@kurtsh@mastodon.social
2025-12-22 20:45:09

TRUMP'S PLAN
1. Deport non-white immigrants
2. Make up story to rationalize violent engagement
3. Declare war under false pretenses
4. Enact Alien Enemies Act
5. Deport naturalized Latin citizens
6. Repeat with another non-white race
Next up:
▫️Persians/Middle Easts
▫️Chinese/Asians
▫️Blacks/Afrikans
☑️ How #ICE Turned Venezuelan Migrants …

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-11-24 01:25:39

Changes to CISA have left some states without support during elections; California said CISA provided little support during the Nov. 4 election on redistricting (Associated Press)
apnews.com/article/election-se

@metacurity@infosec.exchange
2025-10-24 11:02:18

This is a strange warning published in a Chinese state outlet. It basically warns that all forms of online shopping are subject to foreign espionage, and vendors should engage in data minimization.
globaltimes.cn/page/202510/134

@edintone@mastodon.green
2025-11-24 08:50:30

Researching inequality – Northampton and the Welfare State edintone.com/northampton_1913- Two studies of Northampton in 1913 and 1924 give us a detailed view of working-class life. @…

@relcfp@mastodon.social
2026-01-24 07:06:50

Call for Papers: ‘Save State: Ethics, Politics and Poetics of Video Game Preservation’ call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/

@aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-01-23 14:14:40

“For the past year, the world has been in a state of chaos. The United States, in the grips of its mad pirate king, has installed tariffs, removed tariffs, made deals, overturned deals, made threats, backed off threats, and all with the randomness of an infant that has not quite achieved object permanence. Nonetheless, a logic is starting to emerge, a logic that explains America’s actions: the logic of the rapist.”

@scott@carfree.city
2025-12-22 00:41:03

"Declining property values and home prices are understood as a sign of impending doom, rather than a cause for celebration, and so the system aims to keep prices on an upward slope."
Housing can't be a good investment and affordable
jewishcurrents.org/zohran-mamd

@ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-12-24 02:12:44

Auch wir vom Team Troet.Cafe sprechen unsere ungebrochene Solidarität mit @… aus, dessen Leitung momentan von der U.S. Regierung mit Sanktionen angegriffen wird.
Der Präsident des Internationalen Strafgerichtshof erhielt auch eine Sanktion dieser Art, für ihn hieß das: Einreiseverbot, Schließung seiner Bankkonten, Schließu…

Ein Screenshot eines Twitter Posts der „Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers” mit dem Inhalt „WE'VE SANCTIONED: Anna-Lena von Hodenberg, the leader and founder of HateAid, a German organization founded after the 2017 German federal elections to counter conservative groups. HateAid is an official "trusted flagger" (a censor) under the EU's anti-speech Digital Services Act (DSA) and routinely demands access to propriety social media platform data to help it censor more. Hodenberg cited threat…
@vosje62@mastodon.nl
2025-12-22 19:47:00

Een toeslag van minstens 2 euro per pakketje? De Raad van State maant het kabinet niet te overhaasten | de Volkskrant
volkskrant.nl/politiek/een-toe
Ahh ... De RvS vraagt niets meer of minder dan zorgvuldig beleid. Kennelijk ontbreekt er een stuk onderbouwing... 🙈
De vorm waarin de toeslag gegoten is, vind ik wel een slimme. Het komt mooi overeen met de stijging in kosten (lees: tijd) die de douane maakt om een zending te controleren. Die heeft immers maar weinig met de waarde te maken.

The college dreams of 80,000 undocumented California students threatened by Trump suit
latimes.com/california/story/2

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-10-24 12:46:14

American 'State Capitalism' Is Destined for Failure (Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/opinion/articles
memeorandum.com/251024/p36#a25

@lilmikesf@c.im
2026-01-23 16:11:42

#Oakland CA #PublicSchool District Claims It Has Halved A $100M Budget Deficit But Skeptics Worry Details On Cut$ Are Scant.
Just this past June, the district exited state oversight after more than 20 years of fiscal supervision from the state and

@holger_moller@bildung.social
2025-12-24 09:54:49

Das #Fediverse wird vielleicht viel schneller viel wichtiger als wir uns vorstellen können.
#HateAid #Sanktionen

@UP8@mastodon.social
2025-12-22 16:38:39

☿️ Victoria could become first Australian state to ban unnecessary surgery on intersex children
theguardian.com/australia-news

@erikdelareguera@mastodon.nu
2025-11-23 09:58:56

Fantastiskt detta. ”It is not our peace plan”.
”Rubio told senators that the Russians gave the plan to Trump’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, which the US then relayed to the Ukrainians in its role as an intermediary.” on.ft.com/4ihwUsM

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2025-12-22 07:40:28

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Expansions
C Powers:
🎵 I Will Not Live In a Facist State
#CPowers
cpowers.bandcamp.com/track/i-w
open.spotify.com/track/0dAwrNV

@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy
2026-01-23 20:07:26

So former Dutch Minister and @… leader Sigrid Kaag is not part of Trump's "Board of Peace", but of his closely related "Gaza Executive Board", which has 4 members in common with the founding Executive Board of Trump's "Board of Peace": Witkoff, Kushner, Blair, Rowan

Who is on the Gaza Executive Board?
(pictures and titles)

Steve Witkoff US Special Envoy 
Jared Kushner White House adviser and Trump's son-in-law 
Tony Blair Former UK Prime Minister

Hassan Rashad Egyptian intelligence chief 
Marc Rowan CEO of private equity firm Apollo Global Management
Hakan Fidan Turkey’s foreign minister

Reem Al-Hashimy UAE minister of state for international co-operation 
Nickolay Mladenov Bulgarian politician and former UN Middle East envoy 
Sigrid Kaag UN special co-…
@stefan@gardenstate.social
2025-11-22 20:21:55

🎉🎉🎉 HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎉🎉🎉
Three years ago today gardenstate.social launched to the fediverse. Since then we have registered over 700 accounts with an average 80 active at a time.
Today we operate with 9 community members contributing $44 of our operating costs and an amazing hosting service from @…
Join our server today!

garden state social pixel art of NJ and our name.
$44 a month with 9 people contributing
@brian_gettler@mas.to
2025-12-23 17:26:23

I find it useful to remind myself that bloodless bureaucratic language serves not only to reflect some actually existing state of things, but also to create new realities that are anathema to many in terms that seem unassailable. But that's the thing about human-made systems - they have been, can currently, and always will be changed.

@ruari@velocipederider.com
2025-10-24 05:05:50

Morning all. Looks like it is time to wake up.
#WristCheck #Ternary

A smart watch which encodes the time in base-three via the state of teeth on a weird looking face. Upper row of three are hours and lower row of four teeth are minutes. The date of the month is in base-six via the eyebrows. The eyes show the seconds.

07:00:43 24th
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social
2025-11-23 02:37:53

At least Rubio says what it is...
"US senators say Rubio told them Trump’s Ukraine peace plan is Russia’s ‘wish list’"
apnews.com/article/ukraine-pea

@JorgeStolfi@mas.to
2025-10-24 00:49:24

The only way I can see for the US to get back to a functioning state is for the GOP and its supporting societies and individuals to be recognized as a criminal organization, like the Mafia in the 1930s -- devoted to the government of criminals, by criminals, for the criminals.
As a consequence, all elections won by GOP candidates since 2016 would be nullified for having been won by criminals. In particular, it would be established that there was no 45th President, nor a 47th.

@servelan@newsie.social
2026-01-23 19:29:52

Gavin Newsom adds California to WHO's Global Outbreak Alert group
thehill.com/homenews/state-wat

@grifferz@social.bitfolk.com
2025-12-23 11:43:52

Current state of mind: accidentally put hoodie on backwards so the hjood would lift up over my face and for 3 long seconds seriously considered just living with it.
And that was AFTER getting back from the gym

@markhburton@mstdn.social
2025-12-20 09:46:37

Rubio on Ukraine:
“It’s not our war. It’s a war on another continent,”
Meanwhile USA bombs Syria.
Schrödinger's foreign policy.
Five key takeaways from US State Secretary Rubio’s year-end briefing | Politics News | Al Jazeera

@x_cli@infosec.exchange
2025-11-24 13:46:39

Yet another gotcha when implementing a #Terraform resource with a WriteOnly attribute: since there is no state kept between runs, you cannot require replacement of the resource if the configured value changes because there is nothing to compare it to 🙃
In my case, the WriteOnly attribute contains a file content, so the WriteOnly attribute value is hashed and the hash is stored as part o…

@mcdanlj@social.makerforums.info
2025-12-23 01:56:58

My #HamRadio #POTA fun today was activating US-1904 Myakka River State Park on 20m and 17m, with 5W CW, on my new edition o…

@relcfp@mastodon.social
2026-01-24 06:07:23

Call for Papers: ‘Save State: Ethics, Politics and Poetics of Video Game Preservation’ call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/

@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.net
2025-11-23 10:22:24

Series C, Episode 05 - The Harvest of Kairos
AVON: Would you reproach me for that?
ZEN: Please state the condition.
blake.torpidity.net/m/305/422 B7B2

Claude 3.7 describes the image as: "This image appears to be from the classic British science fiction television series "Blake's 7." The scene shows two performers in costume on what looks like a futuristic set with textured walls typical of the show's aesthetic.

On the left is a person wearing a beige/brown outfit with ribbed details and suspenders, with short dark hair. On the right is a person in an elegant white one-shoulder dress with a distinctive silver collar or necklace and very short…
@Dragofix@veganism.social
2026-01-22 20:56:36

Methyl bromide pesticide still widely used in California, raising health concerns #California

@mlawton@mstdn.social
2026-01-23 02:40:32

It’s not supposed to start snowing until Saturday morning but the bucket trucks are queuing up already.
Most are from out of state, here on emergency assistance. That they assemble in advance like buzzards, tells you how crap our grid is and how lucrative these storms will be.

A mostly empty parking lot at night, with 8 bucket trucks and their crews milling about.
@rperezrosario@mastodon.social
2026-01-20 02:53:09

Empire State Building is lit up in red, black and green tonight to commemorate Martin Luther King Day.
Happy Martin Luther King Day everyone!
#us

@lpryszcz@genomic.social
2025-12-23 13:07:04

Click Here: Erased: Silencing a kindergarten
Episode webpage: play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_837

@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2025-11-24 10:21:18

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Maribou State feat. Khruangbin:
🎵 Turnmills
#NowPlaying #MaribouState #Khruangbin
mariboustate.bandcamp.com/trac
open.spotify.com/track/1GNvthY

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-12-22 21:40:39

State attorneys general sue Trump administration over efforts to shutter CFPB (Aiden Reiter/Politico)
politico.com/news/2025/12/22/s
memeorandum.com/251222/p95#a25

Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles announced a flash flood warning for the region beginning on Tuesday
and is urging people to use caution while traveling for the upcoming holiday.
The city is also deploying staff with the Los Angeles homeless services authority (Lahsa) to get supplies and hotel vouchers to those living outside.

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2025-12-24 11:20:48

A look at the state of independent media in Myanmar, which lost US and Swedish funding this year and where subscriptions aren't a dependable source of revenue (Lorcan Lovett/Nieman Reports)
niemanreports.org/myanmar-inde

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2025-12-22 07:41:29

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Expansions
C Powers:
🎵 I Will Not Live in a Fascist State
#CPowers
cpowers.bandcamp.com/track/i-w
open.spotify.com/track/0dAwrNV

@raiders@darktundra.xyz
2025-10-24 18:44:32

Raiders welcome HBCU Classic to Allegiant Stadium reviewjournal.com/sports/raide

@scott@carfree.city
2025-12-24 02:40:34

Incredible comment on an article about the Marina Safeway: "The City needs to fight state mandates for putting condo towers in residential neighborhoods." Is it therefore better to put condo towers in NON-residential neighborhoods? Would doing so not make them... residential neighborhoods?

@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy
2026-01-18 20:50:07

Chilean president declares state of catastrophe as wildfires kill at least 15. Fires blaze through 8,500 hectares, forcing 50,000 people to evacuate as firefighters struggle to extinguish flames in scorching heat: temperatures up to 38°C (100F)
thegu…

@cowboys@darktundra.xyz
2026-01-21 14:49:24

Mel Kiper Jr. predicts Cowboys to get Ohio State superstar in NFL Draft sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas

@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2026-01-20 18:19:32

Trespassing charge vs. Vikings' Addison dropped espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/476726

An older adult with underlying health conditions is believed to be the first person to die from a rare strain of bird flu,
but Washington state health officials said on Friday the risk to the public is low.
The person – from Grays Harbor county, about 78 miles (125km) south-west of Seattle – had a backyard flock of domestic poultry that had been exposed to wild birds.
The person was treated for the H5N5 bird flu strain after becoming seemingly the first known human infected…

@brian_gettler@mas.to
2025-11-23 15:27:14

Everywhere I turn, I stumble over stories - different in details, but similar in implications - of society in decay. These include rapid growth in student food bank use, spiking anxiety among kids, random acts of aggression on public transit, rejection of expertise during crises of health, homelessness, democracy, etc, and on and on. These stories are always accompanied by hand-wringing over cause and remedy, but somehow state provision of financial resources only rarely comes up. Funny that…

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-12-24 01:01:09

At least 6 among victims of Mexican Navy plane crash off the coast of Texas (Max Rego/The Hill)
thehill.com/homenews/state-wat
memeorandum.com/251223/p100#a2

@UP8@mastodon.social
2025-10-24 02:28:46

Leaves of small beech trees add a yellow accent to this scene in Shindagin Hollow State Forest
#photo #photography #forest

Forest scene with a small wood footbridge near the center bottom,  most of the forest floor is covered with fallen leaves,  there is very little understory,  a particularly large stem is left of center, but what really sticks out is numerous yellow leaves from young beeches scattered all around
@villavelius@mastodon.online
2026-01-23 07:01:49

Belligerence is a feature of evolution; peace is an unstable state of living matter.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-11-22 02:10:52

Sources: the White House has put on hold a draft executive order that would seek to preempt state AI laws, following bipartisan backlash (Karen Freifeld/Reuters)
reuters.com/world/white-house-

@metacurity@infosec.exchange
2025-12-23 11:42:57

A rare report in a Chinese state publication of a cyberattack on a Chinese internet platform.
“Short-video platform Kuaishou was hit by a wave of sexually explicit livestreams that temporarily overwhelmed its content moderation systems on Monday evening”
chinadaily.com.cn/a/2025…

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-11-24 00:10:36

State conviction, no jurisdiction.
Trump calls for disgraced election official linked to his ‘Big Lie’ to be freed – as Colorado officials dig their heels in | The Independent
independent.co.uk/news/world/a

100 clergy members arrested at Minneapolis airport amid protests over ICE immigration surge – live
Labor unions and progressive organizations have called on workers across the state to stay home in an ‘economic blackout
We’re getting an update that 100 clergy members were arrested while protesting federal immigration enforcement outside Minneapolis-St Paul international airport today.
They were arrested by members of the airport staff and local law enforcement, according t…

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-11-23 14:50:33

Big changes to the agency charged with securing elections lead to midterm worries (Associated Press)
apnews.com/article/election-se
memeorandum.com/251123/p21#a25

Trump administration abruptly recalls over two dozen career ambassadors
The Trump administration has recalled more than two dozen
career diplomats from ambassador positions and other senior posts around the world
as it works to enforce adherence with Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda.

The directive has infuriated State Department personnel
who say it will leave key embassies without critical leadership
and may effectively end the careers of many ambass…

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-24 02:30:50

South Korean prosecutors allege China's CXMT mass-produced 10nm-class DRAM using leaked Samsung tech, indicting 10 employees who previously worked for Samsung (Heo Kyungjun/아시아 ...)
cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2025

@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2025-12-19 23:11:32

Arizona State's Jordyn Tyson, USC's Makai Lemon declare for 2026 NFL Draft nytimes.com/athletic/6905202/2

@metacurity@infosec.exchange
2026-01-19 11:39:29

Iran’s state TV hacked with ‘do not point your weapons at the people’ message
independent.co.uk/bulletin/new

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-12-23 23:03:38

Another red-state invertebrate just sold out his people to Trump - Raw Story
rawstory.com/ohio-2674824385/

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-24 06:16:11

Sources: Grab's planned acquisition of GoTo has hit a snag over Indonesian carrier Telkomsel's unwillingness to sell its ~2% stake in GoTo at current valuations (Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-12-22 17:45:38

Trump admin recalling around 30 ambassadors as part of State Dept realignment, official confirms (Fox News)
foxnews.com/politics/trump-adm
memeorandum.com/251222/p60#a25

@servelan@newsie.social
2026-01-23 17:31:17

Arizona AG suggests state's self-defense laws allow residents to shoot masked ICE agents
krcrtv.com/news/nation-world/a

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-24 13:30:47

The EU warns of possible action after the US imposes travel bans on five Europeans, saying it will defend its "regulatory autonomy against unjustified measures" (Lorne Cook/Associated Press)
apnews.com/article/europe-bret

@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2025-12-22 21:21:38

Chiefs announce plans to move to Kansas and build domed stadium nytimes.com/athletic/6911787/2

The Justice Department sued California in federal court on Thursday,
claiming that providing in-state college tuition to unauthorized students is illegal
and discriminates against Americans from out of state who pay higher rates.
The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California,
is the latest action by the Trump administration against California.
It is the third lawsuit filed by the Justice Department against the state in a…

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-12-23 23:53:13

Ferguson backs income tax on WA residents earning over $1M • Washington State Standard
washingtonstatestandard.com/20

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-12-23 00:21:52

Anticipating early 2026 opening, Oregon seeks to block potential Newport ICE facility • Washington State Standard
washingtonstatestandard.com/20

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-11-23 15:35:40

Lawmakers say US secretary of state rowed back on Ukraine peace plan (Financial Times)
ft.com/content/a32aa172-cfb1-4
memeorandum.com/251123/p28#a25

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-11-19 23:46:03

A draft EO shows President Trump plans to grant the federal government sole power to regulate AI and create an "AI Litigation Task Force" overseen by the AG (Tina Nguyen/The Verge)
theverge.com/ai-artificial-int

British anti-hate speech campaigners sanctioned by US state department
– Imran Ahmed and Clare Melford are among five Europeans hit with visa bans
over claims they wish to
‘suppress American viewpoints they oppose'

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-01-23 15:45:45

Minnesotans strike to protest ICE surge in state: 'No work, no school, no shopping' (Michael Sainato/The Guardian)
theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j
memeorandum.com/260123/p42#a26

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-11-21 05:39:47

State election officials ​ask if they were 'misled' by Trump administration - Alternet.org
alternet.org/state-voter-rolls

The White House has put on hold
a draft executive order that would
seek to preempt state laws on artificial intelligence
through lawsuits and by withholding federal funds,
two sources said on Friday.
The draft order, which Reuters reported on earlier this week,
would have likely faced significant pushback from states.
But its consideration shows how far Trump is willing to go to help AI companies overcome a patchwork of laws they say stifle innovati…

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-01-23 20:25:48

Attorney General Nessel Files Lawsuit Against Fossil Fuel Defendants for Violations of Antitrust Laws (State of Michigan)
michigan.gov/ag/news/press-rel
memeorandum.com/260123/p84#a26

New York must redraw its congressional map, a state judge ruled on Wednesday,
handing Democrats another key opportunity to pick up another US House seat before this fall’s midterm elections.
The ruling from Jeffrey Pearlman,
a New York state supreme court justice,
comes after a Democratic-aligned law firm challenged the boundaries of New York’s 11th congressional district,
which includes the borough of Staten Island and portions of south Brooklyn.
The dis…

The Trump administration faced a string of four significant legal defeats this week
as federal and state courts pushed back on a range of initiatives spanning immigration enforcement,
deportation authority,
voting policy,
and the use of the National Guard.
The rulings, delivered in quick succession, highlight the extent to which judges across multiple jurisdictions are scrutinizing the administration’s procedural compliance,
statutory interpretations,

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-01-21 17:45:38

Newsom administration alleges State Department pressure in Davos cancellation (Jeremy B. White/Politico)
politico.com/news/2026/01/21/n
memeorandum.com/260121/p75#a26

Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was spotted on board a plane Tuesday, leaving Texas, ahead of a severe winter storm expected to hit the state over the weekend.
It was a repeat of his "cut and run" in 2011
myfox8.com/news/politics/us/te

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February 17, 2026
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6:00-7:00PM
Doors open at 5PM
1221 State Street #205
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

As US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents wreak havoc on American communities,
big tech companies have been making themselves indispensable to the increasingly tyrannical state.
Among them is Amazon subsidiary Ring,
the company behind those AI doorbell cameras that have exploded in popularity over the last few years.
Back in October, Ring announced that its devices would soon be looped into a network of Flock AI surveillance cameras.
That network, an inv…

Five people were arrested following hundreds of investigative hours following 💥 the shooting of Judge Steven Meyer and his wife, Kimberly, in Lafayette Indiana
on Jan. 18.
Both victims were in a stable condition following the attack,
which happened around 2:17 p.m.
The judge was injured on an arm, his wife on her hip.
Raylen Ferguson, 38, from Lexington, Kentucky;
Thomas Moss, 43, from Lafayette
and Blake Smith, 32, from Lafayette,
were all ar…

Donald Trump is trying to
take revenge
on financial institutions
that dropped him
after the January 6, 2021
Capitol insurrection.
The president filed a lawsuit
against JPMorgan Chase
and its CEO Jamie Dimon
Thursday in Florida state court,
seeking $5 billion in damages
and accusing the bank of ending its business with him
for political reasons.
The lawsuit claims that Trump,
his family, and different busin…

Minnesota’s coalition is demanding:
1: ICE must leave Minnesota now.
2: Renee Good’s killer, Jonathan Ross, must be held legally accountable.
3: No additional federal funding for ICE in the upcoming budget.
“These are moral common sense for a state that values truth, freedom, and life.”

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 …

Waymo already operates in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Austin, and Phoenix.
But maps published by California’s Department of Motor Vehicles showed that the company can now test and deploy its autonomous vehicles across a much larger area in both the Bay Area and Southern California.
In the Bay Area, Waymo’s approved areas of operation now include most of the East Bay and North Bay (including Napa/Wine Country), as well as Sacramento.
In Southern Cal…

The state department is proposing to suspend 38 universities including Harvard and Yale
from a federal research partnership program because they engage in diversity, equity and inclusion hiring practices,
according to an internal memo and spreadsheet obtained by the Guardian.
The memo, dated 17 November, recommends excluding institutions from
the Diplomacy Lab – a program that pairs university researchers with state department policy offices
– if they “openly en…