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“Trump has proposed a massive $1.5 trillion defense budget for fiscal year 2027, significantly increasing military spending compared to previous years [44-percent increase from the 2026 enacted level.] The plan includes pay raises for troops, funding for a missile defense system known as the “Golden Dome,” and replenishment of critical munitions amid ongoing conflict. At …
Fast Company: “For decades, cars dictated urban planning in the United States. Few could have predicted that they would one day also double as nodes for surveillance. In thousands of towns and cities across the U.S., automatic license plate readers have been installed at major intersections, bridges and highway off-ramps. These camera-based systems capture the …
EFF: “The Trump administration has restricted the First Amendment right to record law enforcement by issuing an unprecedented nationwide flight restriction preventing private drone operators, including professional and citizen journalists, from flying drones within half a mile of any ICE or CBP vehicle. In January, EFF and media organizations including The New York Times and …
Follow up to Searchable database for the Epstein Files – Only Fraction of Files Released – See Why Are FBI and DOJ Hiding 976 Victim Interviews??? Compiled by Joseph Elfelt. Version 1 April 2, 2026. Download this PDF – “Recently I finished making a list of the unique FD-302 victim interviews that have been released. …
“A year ago, SFGATE launched a national parks bureau — a big bet on America’s best idea. We hired journalists across the American West to report in and around parks in California, the Pacific Northwest, Big Sky Country and the Southwest. We asked them to report on the things that make people fall in love …
Zev Shalev – The Narativ: “President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday, removing the nation’s top law enforcement officer after months of growing frustration over her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and what Trump saw as her failure to prosecute his political enemies aggressively enough. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche — …
CRS Report No. R48889. March 31, 2026. Availability of Federal Data: Policy Considerations for Disclosure, Preservation, and Governance – Federal data can provide valuable information for various audiences—from farmers seeking to protect bats that eat crop-harming insects to local efforts determining where to rebuild to avoid coastal flooding. In 2013, the Office of Management and …
Follow up to C.D.C. Pauses Testing for Rabies and Pox Viruses see ProPublica – How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Vaccine Agenda Risks a Resurgence of Deadly Childhood Plagues – “The U.S. government took a half century to build a vaccination system that shieldedchildren from such a fate. Its success depended on two fundamental pillars: parents trusting …
ZDNET – Lance Whitney: “Feeling pain at the pump lately? I certainly am. With war in Iran affecting oil supplies, gas prices are on the rise again. After declining over the past year, the price we pay to fuel our cars has now risen more than $1 per gallon in the US, reaching on average …
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Business Insider “ChatGPT can code and tutor. Now, contractors are helping the system to become ever more specialized in niche areas like animal husbandry, agriculture, music composition, and even commercial flying, documents show. Under Project Stagecraft, as it is internally known at data-labeling startup Handshake AI, freelancers are being paid at least $50 an hour …
YouTube: “The prolific author and illustrator of morbidly funny books Edward Gorey, who departed this life in 2000, was born 100 years ago, on February 22, 1925. His darkly comic drawings depicted odd creatures and unfortunate events, and were popularized in the opening titles of the PBS series “Mystery.” In this “Sunday Morning” profile that …
