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Reddit/privacy: “You do not have to be famous or break any laws to end up under digital watch. New reports confirm that a US agency is expanding its contracts with private firms to quietly track internet activity. This includes what you post, what you like, what you share, and even how you express emotion. The …
Campaign View: Dive into the records, learn about candidates, and explore their policies. Data to help facilitate a more informed public and advance social science research. Explore Data Our Methodology Download Data Candidate Bios – Read how candidates describe their backgrounds and qualifications in their own words. Read how candidates describe their backgrounds and qualifications …
TechSpot – “Plan demands deletion of 100,000 regulations, projecting $1.5 trillion in savings by 2026 A hot potato: Elon Musk may have long departed the Department of Government Efficiency, but DOGE is still causing controversy. A new report claims that the agency is using a new artificial intelligence tool to create a list of federal …
Internet Archive Blogs – July 24, 2025. “Announced today, the Internet Archive has been designated as a federal depository library by Senator Alex Padilla. The designation was made via letter to Scott Matheson, Superintendent of Documents at the U.S. Government Publishing Office. Senator Padilla explained the designation in a statement to KQED: “The Archive’s digital-first …
Mind-War – “As my readers know, I have been doing a lot of testing and reporting on AI—what’s it’s useful for, and what it’s not, along with some remarkable analyses of Stephen Miller and Donald Trump. I also recognize the downsides. But we must fight on the battlefield that exists, not the one we hope …
The New York Times – no paywall – “The lawyer, who represents victims of Jeffrey Epstein, said he believed the estate would turn the book over to the authorities if asked. A lawyer for hundreds of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims said the disgraced financier’s estate has a copy of a birthday book in which President Trump …
Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE collects data on every person it encounters, arrests, detains, transports via flight, and deports. We post below data that ICE produced in response to several FOIA requests by multiple organizations. Crucially, in some data releases, there are linked identifiers across data types such as arrests and detainers, allowing merges that …
Christina Pagel – “With the help of amazing volunteers, I’ve converted my Trump action tracker spreadsheet into an easy to use website – now up to 740 actions and counting. Today I’m launching TrumpActionTracker.info – a live, searchable list of authoritarian‑style actions from Trump’s second term (over 740 actions so far). Logging actions of the …
“We’ve been covering the technological infrastructure powering Trump’s mass deportations for months by this point. We believe there is a high public interest in knowing what tech companies are working with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), what surveillance capabilities are being used, and how those may contribute to a lack of due process. Because ICE …
Donate to Your Local Station – Congress has voted to rescind public media’s funding. Help preserve independent journalism and community programming across America by adopting a station. [This site will allow you to choose by state, radio and or TV station] Step 1: Donate to Your Local Station – Select a state to view public …
Human Rights Watch – “The United States government has subjected immigrants detained in three Florida facilities to abusive, degrading, and in some cases life-threatening conditions, Americans for Immigrant Justice, Human Rights Watch, and Sanctuary of the South said in a report released today. The 92-page report, “‘You Feel Like Your Life is Over’: Abusive Practices …
Read Free via archived articles by WSJ – “Dozens of Jeffrey Epstein’s friends sent him bawdy letters for a 50th birthday album. One was from Donald Trump. The letter bearing Trump’s name, which was reviewed by WSJ, contains several lines of typewritten text framed by the outline of a naked woman. Pages from the album—collected …
