Category «Economy»

Fed Layoffs

“A caring community resource to help federal employees navigate their next chapter. You’re not alone in this journey. A community resource created to support federal employees affected by workforce reductions.” Links to: Career Resources; Support Services; Legal Help; Healthcare Jobs; Corporate Jobs; Additional Jobs.

Subjects: Economy, Education, Legal Research, Search Engines

Fowl Play: How Chicken Genetics Barons Created the Egg Crisis

Today’s piece is written by antitrust lawyer Basel Musharbash based on a report he researched for Farm Action. It’s the second part of an investigative series on the egg industry called “Hatching a Conspiracy.” Part one is here. “As most people in America know, egg prices have gone haywire. Shortages and high prices got a …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Food and Nutrition, Legal Research

Global Atlas of Environmental Justice

What type of information can you find in the EJAtlas? The EJatlas maps conflicts across 10 main categories: Nuclear Mineral Ores and Building Extractions Waste Management Biomass and Land Conflicts Fossil Fuels, Energy and Climate Justice Water Management Infrastructure and Built Environment Tourism Recreation Biodiversity Conservation Conflicts Industrial and Utilities Conflicts The database contains information …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Climate Change, Economy, Education, Energy, Environmental Law, Legal Research, Legislation

Prepping isn’t just for preppers anymore – it’s time to get a go-bag

PopSci: “For most folks, the word “prepper” evokes an image of someone who’s got way too much time on their hands at best, and who spends way too much time following conspiracies on the Internet at worst. But while you might not want to fill a backyard bunker with canned food (or, frankly, need to), …

Subjects: Economy, Environmental Law, Food and Nutrition, Health Care

Musk Watch DOGE Tracker

Judd Legum: “Yesterday, we launched the Musk Watch DOGE Tracker. This new tool authoritatively demonstrated that Elon Musk had been grossly overstating the cuts implemented by DOGE. While Musk claimed that DOGE had made $105 billion in cuts, the Musk Watch DOGE Tracker revealed that just $8.6 billion of those cuts were verifiable. Within hours, …

Subjects: Censorship, E-Records, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research

Rendering Social Security incapable of serving 71 million Americans is catastrophic

ProPublica: “Since the arrival of a team from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, Social Security is in a far more precarious place than has been widely understood, according to Leland Dudek, the acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration. “I don’t want the system to collapse,” Dudek said in a closed-door meeting last week, …

Subjects: Censorship, E-Records, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care

What US States Have Filial Responsibility Laws

Trust and Will: “Filial responsibility is a legal concept in which an adult child is financially responsible for their parents’ unpaid healthcare costs. Not all states have filial responsibility laws, and not all families are liable. In our guide, What is Filial Responsibility: we dive into an explanation of when these laws can possibly apply. …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Health Care, Medicine

Censor, purge, defund: how Trump is following the authoritarian playbook on science and universities

Christina Pagel – Diving into Data & Decision making: “The attacks on science and universities are neither random nor new. This isn’t chaos—it’s a deliberate war on science and academic freedom. In just six weeks, the Trump administration has slashed research budgets, purged health and scientific agencies, censored research, and threatened universities. Making a list …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Climate Change, Economy, Education, Environmental Law, Financial System, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

How Government Data Would Give an AI Company Extraordinary Power

Gizmodo: “The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has secured unprecedented access to at least seven sensitive federal databases, including those of the Internal Revenue Service and Social Security Administration. This access has sparked fears about cybersecurity vulnerabilities and privacy violations. Another concern has received far less attention: the potential use of the data to …

Subjects: AI, E-Government, E-Records, Economy, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Signal President Meredith Whittaker calls out agentic AI as having ‘profound’ security and privacy issues

TechCrunch: “Signal President Meredith Whittaker warned Friday that agentic AI could come with a risk to user privacy. Speaking onstage at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas, the advocate for secure communications referred to the use of AI agents as “putting your brain in a jar,” and cautioned that this new paradigm of computing — where …

Subjects: AI, Economy, Financial System, Legal Research, Privacy, Search Engines

National Parks Staff Purged – Impact to National Capital Area

Axios: “More than 750 national park workers have been fired amid the Trump administration’s purge of federal employees, per an unofficial tally shared with Axios by a park ranger. Why it matters: Our region is home to over 70 national parks that draw millions of visitors each year, from the National Mall to Shenandoah — …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Education, Environmental Law, Government Documents

How popular is Donald Trump?

Silver Bulletin approval ratings for President Trump — and all presidents since Truman. “We’ve just launched this landing page, where we’ll update President Trump’s approval ratings several times per week. Sometimes, you’ll find a quick note here analyzing the latest trends. And sometimes, approval ratings can be pretty boring, so we won’t have much to …

Subjects: Economy