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The cold, hard cash hanging over the Texas redistricting fight: From the Politics Desk (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/cold-hard-cash-texas-redistricting-fight-politics-desk-rcna223740
http://www.memeorandum.com/250808/p15#a250808p15

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/politics/williams-and-connolly-law-firm-hack-chinese-hackers-suspected
US law firm with major political clients hacked in spying spree linked to China

US law firm with major political clients hacked in spying spree linked to China
Suspected Chinese government-backed hackers have breached computer systems of US law firm Williams & Connolly, which has represented some of America’s most powerful politicians, as part of a larger spying campaign against multiple law firms, according to a letter the firm sent clients and a source familiar with the hack.

US-Strafprozess gegen Boeing platzt
Boeing hat Behörden in die Irre geführt. Probleme führten zu 346 Toten. Die US-Regierung erwirkt dennoch die Einstellung des Strafprozesses.
https://www.heise.de/news/US…

Kan politieke crisis Frankrijk ook Nederland raken? #nieuwsuur
https://nos.nl/nieuwsuur/video/2581599-kan-politieke-crisis-frankrijk-ook-nederland-raken…

Corrected headline.
"The xenophobe Nigel Garage realises his Trumpian promise is empty but then promises concentration camps."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/

The National Shooting Sports Foundation boasts of raising awareness about suicide,
but it uses deceptive numbers to promote its efforts
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/gun-industry-suicide-pr…

The Gun Industry’s Suicide Prevention Effort Isn’t What They Say It Is
The National Shooting Sports Foundation, a top gun industry trade group, has been using deceptive numbers to tout its suicide awareness efforts.

Mais ils ne sont pas dans le système
Le Rassemblement national devient le premier bénéficiaire de l’aide publique aux partis politiques en 2025, grâce Š ses résultats aux élections législatives

Le Rassemblement national devient le premier bénéficiaire de l’aide publique aux partis politiques en 2025, grâce à ses résultats aux élections législatives
Les partis vont recevoir un peu plus de 64 millions d’euros pour 2025, selon un décret paru au « Journal officiel ». La somme est répartie en fonction du nombre de voix au premier tour des législatives et du nombre de parlementaires. Le RN devance la coalition présidentielle et le Parti socialiste.

Poll: Gen Z's gender divide reaches beyond politics and into its views on marriage, children and success (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/poll-gen-zs-gender-divide-reaches-politics-views-marriage-children-suc-rcna229255
http://www.memeorandum.com/250908/p42#a250908p42

On Thursday, the Trump administration issued an executive order
🆘 asserting political control over grant funding,
-- including all federally supported research.
The order requires that any announcement of funding opportunities be reviewed by the head of the agency or someone they designate,
💥which means a political appointee will have the ultimate say over what areas of science the US funds.
Individual grants will also require clearance from a political appo…

New executive order puts all grants under political control
All new funding on hold until Trump administration can cancel any previously funded grants.

James Comey pleads not guilty to criminal charges following Trump pressure to prosecute (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/08/james-comey-pleads-not-guilty-trial-date-00597839
http://www.memeorandum.com/251008/p53#a251008p53