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Summary of Trump Taxes Released

Axios: “House Ways and Means Committee Democrats voted Tuesday to release to the public several years worth of Donal Trump’s tax returns in the days ahead, ending the long-running battle over the documents’ secrecy. “Lawmakers said it would take some time to first redact sensitive information from the documents, such as Trump’s Social Security number …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research

Fierce ‘bomb cyclone’ to disrupt holiday travel, unleash Arctic outbreak

Washington Post: “Fierce ‘bomb cyclone’ to disrupt holiday travel, unleash Arctic outbreak. The storm could bring blizzard conditions, ‘life-threatening’ cold, extreme wind chills and travel headaches for large parts of the Lower 48 states. A massive storm system is set to snarl holiday travel and bring an onslaught of wintry weather to millions across the …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Environmental Law, Transportation

New Senate Appropriations Bill Includes Reform to Electoral Count Act

$75 Million for Election Security: Brennan Center Reacts – “The Senate just released an appropriations bill for fiscal year 2023. It includes the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act and $75 million in funding for election security and infrastructure.  Michael Waldman, president of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, had the following reaction: …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Are Standardized tests going the way of the Dodo?

NYLI – ABA closer to eliminating them for law school admission – “… Bill Adams, managing director of ABA accreditation and legal education recently stated that: Today, the Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar approved a change in ABA standards affecting the language of requiring law schools to …

Subjects: Education

Robot vacuum companies say your images are safe, but a sprawling global supply chain for data from our devices creates risk.

MIT Technology Review: “…The data collected by robot vacuums can be particularly invasive. They have “powerful hardware, powerful sensors,” says Dennis Giese, a PhD candidate at Northeastern University who studies the security vulnerabilities of Internet of Things devices, including robot vacuums. “And they can drive around in your home—and you have no way to control …

Subjects: AI, Internet, Privacy, Social Media

Iconic lyrics of Tom Lehrer now in public domain

“I, Tom Lehrer, and the Tom Lehrer Trust 2007, hereby grant the following permissions – All copyrights to lyrics or music written or composed by me have been relinquished, and therefore such songs are now in the public domain. All of my songs that have never been copyrighted, having been available for free for so long, …

Subjects: Legal Research

The Stable in Stable Coins

Federal Reserve Borad, December 16, 2022 – The stable in stablecoins – Garth Baughman, Francesca Carapella, Jacob Gerszten, and David Mills: “Stablecoins have garnered much attention as a key part of the emerging decentralized finance (or “DeFi”) ecosystem, and as a potential way to pay for goods and services. Stablecoins facilitate trades on crypto exchanges, …

Subjects: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Economy, Financial System, Legal Research

Stop Stealing Sheep, 4th edition

“After four decades as one of the world’s best-selling introductions to designing with type – including editions in Korean, German, Russian, Portuguese, and even Thai – Stop Stealing Sheep & find out how type works continues to educate, entertain, and enlighten design students and type lovers around the globe. In this fourth edition[Free fulltext, PDF], …

Subjects: Education