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The Guardian – “The Trump administration is deleting government data. From infant deaths to hunger, here are five ways it’s hurting Americans This information was used to understand the problems Americans face. The consequences of its erasure, experts warn, could affect generations to come. When we think of what governments do, we think of everything …
Washington Post [no paywall]: “In its final report, the FEMA Review Council seeks to streamline the agency and recommends shifting leadership of emergency response and recovery to the states. A panel tasked with shaping the future of the Federal Emergency Management Agency voted Thursday to approve a report recommending significant overhauls meant to streamline what …
ProPublica: “For decades, a small program in the Environmental Protection Agency conducted the painstaking scientific work of assessing the toxicity of chemicals. The calculations done by scientists at IRIS, as it was commonly known, underpin vast numbers of chemical regulations, permits and other environmental rules in the U.S. and abroad. Now the Trump administration is …
Developer: The Trump administration’s newly released counterterrorism strategy now names “Violent Left-Wing Extremists, including Anarchists and Anti-Fascists” as one of three “major types of terror groups” facing the United States, placing them in the same strategic category list as narcoterrorists, transnational gangs, and legacy Islamist terrorist groups. The document says U.S. counterterrorism activity will prioritize …
Popular Information: “Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Acting Comptroller Jules Hurst told Congress last week that the Iran War had cost $25 billion through the first 60 days. The next day, CBS reported that officials familiar with the Pentagon’s internal assessments estimated the cost was actually closer to $50 billion — double the amount …
CSIS – Download the Full Report: “Concern about the status of U.S. munitions inventories has intensified as reports emerge about high expenditures of Tomahawks, Patriots, and other missiles in the Iran war. As Operation Epic Fury remains paused in a shaky ceasefire, there is an opportunity to assess whether the U.S. military nears the point …
Indicator: “Decoherence Media, a non-profit investigative outlet, recently published the Epstein Photo Network, which it described as “the highest-quality publicly available facial recognition interface to the Epstein Library, with the most verified names and the fewest false positives.” Along with creating the freely-accessible site, Decoherence’s announcement included the methodology and code used to build the …
404 Media: “I was on a Microsoft Teams call interacting with this deepfake version of myself in realtime. Ordinarily the other person on the line looks nothing like me, but by using a gaming laptop and a sought-after, cutting edge piece of software for scammers, his face morphed into mine. My deepfake pinched his cheek, …
MakeUseOf/MUD – “WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communication) is the browser technology that powers video calls, voice chat, and peer-to-peer file sharing directly in your browser, without needing a separate app or plugin. Google Meet, Discord in-browser, file transfer tools, and basically anything that connects to other devices — all of them depend on it. It sounds …
Gizmodo: “Most people are well aware at this stage that their activity is being observed on just about every website and platform they visit. But if there is only one place you would hope might be free of invasive trackers, it’d be healthcare exchanges operated by state governments. Don’t get those hopes up. According to …
ProPublica: Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth An Essential Shot: Vitamin K shots, which help the blood to clot, are one of three key interventions for newborns, along with an antibiotic eye ointment and the hepatitis B vaccine. Increasing Rejections: The government doesn’t track vitamin K rejections, …
Fortune [Comment – Breaking the fabric of Washington DC, demolishing historic buildings, privatizing public spaces…] “In October 2025, President Donald Trump announced the administration would begin a privately-funded $400 million renovation of the White House East Wing that would culminate in the construction of a 90,000-square-foot ballroom, justified publicly as a “secure military complex” and …