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Data is Plural: “The Deportation Data Project, run by a team of academics and lawyers, “collects and posts public, anonymized U.S. government immigration enforcement datasets.” These include data from border apprehensions, deportations, Title 42 expulsions, ICE arrests and detentions, ICE-operated flights, and more. Some of the data files come directly from the government, while others …
The Verge: “After farmers filed suit, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has agreed to restore climate information to webpages it took down soon after President Donald Trump took office this year. The US Department of Justice filed a letter late last night on behalf of the USDA that says the agency “will restore the …
The Hill: “President Donald Trump fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on Thursday, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill. Hayden was the first woman and the first African American to be Librarian of Congress. A spokesperson for the library told The Hill in an email that “Tonight, the White House informed …
The Eagle: “A team of four librarians at American University is joining a nationwide effort to preserve removed or redacted data in a Government Information Data Rescue guide. Editors Jessica Breen, Gwendolyn Reece, Olivia Ivey and Sarah Gilchrist each bring their own expertise to the table. The effort follows multiple executive orders starting Jan. 31, …
RollingStone [no paywall] – “The president and his administration have waged a corrupt, chaotic, and cruel assault on the United States and its people. Donald Trump’s first 100 days have been the most chaotic and consequential in modern political memory. He has wielded the presidency like a king, seeking to bend America (and, far less …
Mostly Lawful Substack – Kyle K. Courtney – So here we are again — libraries as one of the last vanguards of real democratic values. When political power leans too hard, when laws are bent or broken, when public institutions are treated like disposable relics, somehow it’s librarians — and the people who believe in …
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ): “The first 100 days of the Trump administration have been marked by a flurry of executive actions that have created a chilling effect and have the potential to curtail media freedoms. These measures threaten the availability of independent, fact-based news for vast swaths of America’s population. CPJ has noted a …
The Freedom of the Press Foundation has launched an ongoing secrecy news database, which they are calling The Classified Catalog, to keep track of all secrecy-related news during the Trump administration. Reporters, FOIA requesters, and the public can use it to chart stories about FOIA news and litigation, disappearing messages, information being taken down from …
“Records reviewed by WIRED [no paywall] show law enforcement agencies are eager to take advantage of the data trails generated by a flood of new internet-connected vehicle features. Automakers are increasingly pushing consumers to accept monthly and annual fees to unlock pre-installed safety and performance features, from hands-free driving systems and heated seats to cameras …
HuffPo: Social media posts about PublicSquare have gone viral as Trump critics use it to find companies not to support – the opposite of what the site was set up for. A few years ago, Jeff was working for a California bank that asked him to look into getting the business listed on a website …
“A republic, if you can keep it” – but can the US keep it? How Trump is dismantling democracy – Christina Pagel has mapped out 69 actions that President Trump has taken in the last twelve weeks to undermine democracy, undermine the rule of law, attack enemies, suppress dissent and control information.
The New York Times – no paywall: “Late yesterday, Sethuraman Panchanathan, whom President Trump hired to run the National Science Foundation five years ago, quit. He didn’t say why, but it was clear enough: Last weekend, Trump cut more than 400 active research awards from the N.S.F., and he is pressing Congress to halve the …
