Day archives: June 4th, 2026

Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research, Public Health and the Rule of Law – Part 9

Via LLRX – Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research, Public Health and the Rule of Law – Part 9 – This article is the ninth in a series by Sabrina I. Pacifici focused on the Trump administration’s unrelenting policy of attacking science, healthcare, public health, and the rule of law. The cornerstone of this series …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Climate Change, Education, Environmental Law, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

AI as Social Technology

Henry Farrell and Cosma Rohilla Shalizi, AI as Social Technology, 26-5 Knight First Amend. Inst. (May 11, 2026), https://knightcolumbia.org/content/ai-as-social-technology [https://perma.cc/25BX-GUQL].  “…Authors of speculative non-fiction about AGI are less inhibited, offering sweeping visions of how information technology will completely transform society, economy, politics, or all three. They treat AGI less as a technology than as Andreessen …

Subjects: AI, Economy, Education, Internet, Knowledge Management

DOJ Finds Loophole to Pay January 6th Rioters

Raw America: “The Trump administration’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” may be dead, but the effort to pay Trump’s allies with taxpayer dollars is very much alive. After Republican lawmakers threatened to sink an ICE funding bill if the slush fund moved forward, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told Congress the Justice Department wouldn’t proceed with …

Subjects: Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

FBI Director killed Epstein case after review of less than 7% of investigation files

Below the Beltway – “Internal communications from the Department of Justice reveal that the decision to close the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein was made after a narrowly focused review of less than 7% of the case files, centered entirely on photo and video evidence. FBI Director Kash Patel tasked agents in March 2025 to “determine …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, E-Records, Freedom of Information, Legal Research, Legislation

Consumer protection agency deletes thousands of pages as Trump administration seeks to dismantle it

The Guardian – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau deleted at least 2,200 webpages from its website last month, a move advocates say is part of the Trump administration’s latest effort to dismantle the federal consumer finance watchdog. The removed content was all published before Trump’s second term, and includes press releases, consumer advisories, congressional testimonies, …

Subjects: E-Government, Economy, Financial System, Legal Research