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April 7 – Global Stock Markets Crash as United States Likely Next – Global stock markets have crashed overnight, the United States is set to have one of the worst stock market days in recent history, recession fears are rising fast, and Trump will not lift his tariffs. The Tax Foundation: “Key Findings President Trump has …
404 Media: “Almost two dozen repositories of research and public health data supported by the National Institutes of Health are marked for “review” under the Trump administration’s direction, and researchers and archivists say the data is at risk of being lost forever if the repositories go down. “The problem with archiving this data is that …
Matthew Prebeg – I put together this spreadsheet as a living resource for websites and digital places that reignite feelings of joy, excitement and curiosity while exploring the internet. Somewhere along the road, corporations and recommendation algorithms made the internet feel loud and unescapable. I like to think of the internet as a place where you …
Above the Law – “The President of the United States is using the might and power of the office to attack Biglaw firms and the rule of law. It’s pretty chilling stuff that is clearly designed to break major law firms and have them bend a knee to Trump or extract a tremendous financial penalty. …
Bloomberg – no paywall – “The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency is poised to eliminate most websites tied to its research division under plans for the cancellation of a cloud web services contract, a move that could snarl operations at several labs. A contract for the services across NOAA’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric …
DeSmog: Unraveling a $122 million web of climate denial, political extremism, and Trump campaign ties – “As scrutiny of Project 2025 continues to grow, defenders of the Heritage Foundation-led initiative, which would reshape federal governance and give the next Republican president unprecedented new powers, say it’s the criticism — not the 922-page plan itself — that’s …
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, April 5, 2025 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and …
Law Forward, April 4, 2025 – Perkins Coie LLP v. U.S. Department of Justice. No. 25-716 (BAH) “Today, we joined 507 firms across the country in urgently asking a federal court to act to cease an unprecedented abuse of executive power. In filing this amicus brief, we supported Perkins Coie’s motion for a permanent injunction of …
The New York Times: “Maya Angelou’s seminal autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” and books on the Holocaust were included on the Navy’s list of 381 books that were removed from the U.S. Naval Academy’s Nimitz Library on the Annapolis, Md., campus this week because their subject matter was seen as being related …
Slate – “The Trump administration inadvertently revealed on Monday that it is attempting to trap Venezuelan migrants in a catch-22 that would effectively block them from challenging their deportation and detention in an El Salvador prison. In a court filing, the government acknowledged that it had deported at least one migrant to El Salvador due …
Ars Technica: “As AI hype permeates the Internet, tech and business leaders are already looking toward the next step. AGI, or artificial general intelligence, refers to a machine with human-like intelligence and capabilities. If today’s AI systems are on a path to AGI, we will need new approaches to ensure such a machine doesn’t work …
TMP: “…Another major law firm – Milbank – capitulated and struck a deal with President Trump to avoid being unlawfully targeted by one of his executive orders. Meanwhile, Perkins Coie – one of the firm’s already targeted – filed a beautifully written memo (if you’re into that kind of thing) in its challenge of Trump’s …
