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California resident. Citizen of Earth. Favoring a non-anthropocentric existence, where humans follow an inclusive "creatures without borders" philosophy, so we can all create together a true world community, living according to the ways of Nature. #COEXIST

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 25m
Whatever else he might do in the next few hours, fantastic news that Gavin Newsom signed this bill to support local journalism. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Newsom signs landmark bill aimed at giving lifeline to struggling California newsrooms
Assembly Bill 2222 will create refundable tax credits for California local news organizations based on the number of journalists they employ.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 10m
#Atrazine is single-handedly making clean water unavailable and posing long-term dangers to people and wildlife in affected areas. The #EPA, which is considering reapproving this #pesticide, should follow the lead of five dozen countries around the world and implement a permanent ban on atrazine.
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Pernicious Pesticide: Atrazine's Growing Threats to Drinking Water, Rivers, People, and Wildlife
Atrazine is one of the most widely used U.S. pesticides. It's also the most widespread pesticide contaminant in U.S. water bodies and dangerous to both people and wildlife.
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 59m
Fiji Overhauls Evidence Security After 52 Kilos of Cocaine Vanish from Court www.occrp.org/en/news/fiji...
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Fiji Overhauls Evidence Security After 52 Kilos of Cocaine Vanish from Court
More than 50 kilograms of cocaine tied to two major criminal trials vanished from the High Court registry, marking the second major evidence theft this year.
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IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · 55m
The U.S. federal government is making it harder for students and highly skilled workers to get visas, forcing U.S. tech companies to hire workers abroad. University programs are struggling, too, and are projected to lose hundreds of millions to billions of dollars per year. buff.ly/8i9BAVR
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h
Four-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 3h
This is very very important, and it's why I criticise the 'green AI' companies. ketanjoshi.co/2025/12/14/e...
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Ecosia’s “Green AI”: false hope for corrosive tech
Why replace human work with fossil-fuel-slurping mistake generators? Ecosia’s “Green AI” is selling false hope for bad tech
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MIT Technology Review @technologyreview.com · 15h
Monitoring apps promise to keep young people safer online, but looking in on kids’ phones can backfire. Online safety experts say there’s a better way.
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Child-monitoring apps might need a reboot
Monitoring apps promise to keep young people safer online, but looking in on kids’ phones can backfire. Online safety experts say there’s a better way.
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MIT Technology Review @technologyreview.com · 16h
A company that plans to beam sunlight from space to Earth on demand might unintentionally brighten the night sky for many more people than intended, according to a new study.
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This company’s plans to deploy space mirrors could jeopardize the night sky for many
Reflect Orbital’s giant beams will shine as bright as 10,000 full moons and scatter light over tens of kilometers.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21h
Super PACs aligned with Anthropic and OpenAI have spent a combined $55.7 million and counting on the midterm elections. Almost none of their ads mention AI or data centers. Know their names and don't fall for their lies.
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Meet the Biggest Super PACs of 2026
Voters are increasingly opposed to U.S. aid to Israel, cryptocurrency, and AI data centers.That's why the Big Money grou
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18h
The DOJ indicted “Bitcoin Jesus” Roger Ver in one of the largest-ever crypto tax fraud cases. Those familiar with the case said the evidence was “rock solid” and that prosecutors were confident of a conviction. Then Donald Trump won a second term. (Published January)
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How “Bitcoin Jesus” Avoided Prison, Thanks to One of the “Friends of Trump”
Billionaire fugitive Roger Ver was facing federal criminal charges until he sought the services of a select club of President Donald Trump’s former personal attorneys who have easy access to top Justi...
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 19h
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law Tuesday banning local, state and federal law enforcement officers from using gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks to people. to.pbs.org/4AUIDXc
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Newsom signs California law banning officers from using gloves that deliver electric shocks
In California, lawmakers passed at least two dozen bills this year seeking to fortify immigrants' rights, restrict cooperation with federal immigration agents and tighten regulations on immigrant dete...
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BleepingComputer @bleepingcomputer.com · 19h
Microsoft is taking Windows Subsystem for Linux beyond just running Linux distributions, as WSL Containers is now generally available.
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Microsoft is rolling out Linux container support to WSL
Microsoft is taking Windows Subsystem for Linux beyond just running Linux distributions, as WSL Containers is now generally available.
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🌱 Tico ☸️ @mediatico.bsky.social · 20h
When you see a political TV spot, it's most likely being paid for by greedy plutocrats via obscure PACs. As such, they may not represent your best interest. As a responsible voting citizen, do your due diligence, please. Ignore all political advertisements. Get the facts. And vote wisely. ✊ #RESIST
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
After heavy lobbying and huge donations from Big Tech, Trump killed a proposed Biden-era rule requiring AI companies to disclose their riskiest experiments to federal officials. Everything is for sale. This is worth a read: www.levernews.com/ai-regulation-was…
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AI Regulation Was Coming. Then Trump Killed It.
After a flood of tech industry cash, President Donald Trump killed a requirement that AI giants disclose their riskiest
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American Association for the Advancement of Science @aaas.org · 29/09/2026
Think you know all there is about federal R&D? Swipe to test your knowledge. If it’s less than you thought, don’t worry: take AAAS’ free R&D Budget 101 course to learn all about the history, process, and importance of funding research and development ➡️ buff.ly/xelaqiY
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 29/09/2026
Interesting new data collection from the nice people at the Sustainable AI Group. Most of this is estimates, particularly the closed models where OpenAI etc don't report energy or climate impacts. This stood out: there is *no* increase in model efficiency cleerdash.sustainableaigroup.com
a chart showing no increase in efficiency for each new model a chart showing no increase in efficiency for each new model • KEY TAKEAWAYS
For the sanle task, the chdce of modd can change energy use by >30X
is an imperfect guide to impwt: in about 1 5 he«i-to-head
comparisons, the cheaper nudel had the higher estimated energy.
For the model. a session used mote energy a
chat with a heavy agentic reaching
(Opus/Pro/S01) used 4X as much on
average, as car,pared to taster. lightweight tiers (Haiku/FlashfTerra).
Frontier models aren't recessarily getting rncte efficient: reb—e date shows no
relationship with erwrgy.
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BleepingComputer @bleepingcomputer.com · 29/09/2026
A new Branch Target Reuse (BTR) attack has been devised that can recover root password hashes on Intel computers running Linux in 3-5 minutes on average.
bleepingcomputer.com
New Spectre v2 attack variant leaks Linux root password hash in minutes
A new Branch Target Reuse (BTR) attack has been devised that can recover root password hashes on Intel computers running Linux in 3-5 minutes on average.
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Yolanda Díaz @yolandadiaz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Por esto estamos en el gobierno.
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High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 29/09/2026
Pitkin County, Colorado, will take over management of the Maroon Bells scenic area, following Forest Service budget cuts and staffing cuts.
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The Forest Service is poised to hand off one of the West’s most visited landscapes - High Country News
Pitkin County, Colorado, will take over management of the Maroon Bells scenic area, following Forest Service budget cuts and staffing cuts.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Conservative legal groups are weaponizing public records laws to harass and silence university scientists whose research might be used to target fossil fuel companies in court: www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
politico.com
Inside the anti-climate campaign against researchers
A POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide.
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Data centers are booming. All other private construction is shrinking.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 28/09/2026
Everything you do online is tracked, saved, and shared for what feels like a lifetime. But there are some steps you can take to minimize what data is out there. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...
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How to: Manage Your Digital Footprint
Search for your name in any search engine and you’ll likely encounter dozens of results, some of which might include personal information like addresses, email accounts, usernames, or family members. Each piece of information is often public and not typically seen as harmful. But together these parts of your identity...
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 28/09/2026
Yet another win for democracy and voters. Trump has repeatedly attempted to use every tool possible to restrict eligible voters' ability to exercise their constitutional right — and he has lost over and over again.
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High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 28/09/2026
Amid a record-breaking year of Western bear conflict, the historically tolerant Red Lodge community is grappling with opposing views on how to live with the species — and if a ‘fed bear’ really should be a ‘dead bear.’ buff.ly/soX9I63
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As bears ‘spin out’ in southern Montana, wildlife managers are at wit’s end - High Country News
Amid a record-breaking year of Western bear conflict, the historically tolerant Red Lodge community is grappling with opposing views on how to live with the species — and if a 'fed bear' really…
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 28/09/2026
Sec Hegseth has signed a memo directing US Cyber Command and defense intelligence teams to prioritize countering foreign interference in US elections. The Pentagon says it will work with federal, state and local officials to protect voting systems and expose foreign influence operations.
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 28/09/2026
California will now certify non-ultra-processed food with a new seal, providing clear info on packages. Washington can talk all they want about "Making America Healthy Again" while food recalls pile up on their watch, but California continues to actually lead the way.
Governor Gavin Newsom and First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom on the new California law creating a seal for non-ultra-processed foods.
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🌱 Tico ☸️ @mediatico.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The current scene in Madrid as the people await the new housing reform declaration.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 28/09/2026
Russian strike against the building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 28/09/2026
Russell Vought is upset his ideas are overwhelmingly unpopular, but he won’t stop until he is the evil henchman for all NIH grants. 🧵
The graphic displays a photo of Russell Vought and the red Stand Up for Science logo. The graphic reads: "Update: Russell Vought joins the war on cancer, on the side of cancer."
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 28/09/2026
EFF’s @Maassive.bsky.social joins Spectacles to discuss the AI integrated surveillance towers that line the US-Mexico border – and that could be coming soon to a city near you.
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Something Worse than Flock is Coming.
YouTube video by Spectacles
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 28/09/2026
Privatizing federal land sets a dangerous precedent for Georgia’s top loggerhead sea turtle nesting habitat. This island is supposed to become wilder over time, preserved in its primitive state, but what these land exchanges do is take things in the exact opposite direction.
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Proposed federal land swap draws battle lines on Georgia’s Cumberland Island
The proposal has already encountered local hurdles.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The rich would prefer you to believe that the "free market" is subject to the immutable law of supply and demand. But for years, the wealthy and powerful have manipulated the market for their own gain. There is nothing “free” about it. Watch.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 28/09/2026
LISTEN: EFF’s @davidgreene.bsky.social joins the @legalafmtn.bsky.social podcast to discuss the turbocharged surveillance state and what EFF is doing to make sure your constitutional rights survive.
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Trump DESPERATE As His Spying Programs using Big Tech Increasingly BLOCKED by Federal Courts!!!
YouTube video by Legal AF
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org · 28/09/2026
France's nuclear example shows that while "technologies provide easy political hype, they must prove safety, economic viability, and a clear advantage over existing low-carbon energy alternatives before major investment is justified," write AnnaJulia Yates, Allison Macfarlane, and Alexander Wimmers.
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Why the world's top nuclear nation is sitting out the hype on small reactors
Unlike the US and UK, where start-ups and governments are betting heavily on small modular reactors, France’s state-led nuclear sector is prioritizing large-scale builds. With SMRs facing operational…
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MIT Technology Review @technologyreview.com · 28/09/2026
Sam Altman wants Americans to share in AI’s wealth. The proposal may be more revealing as a political narrative than as a policy plan.
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Your family’s $300 stake in OpenAI
Sam Altman wants Americans to share in AI’s wealth. The proposal may be more revealing as a political narrative than as a policy plan.
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Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 28/09/2026
📰 #WorldNewsDay is a day to recognise what goes into journalism: the questioning, investigating, and explaining; the dogged persistence to get to the truth. Know the facts. Understand what matters. #ChooseTrustedJournalism. #WND26 #WND2026
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 28/09/2026
First women of philosophy Philosophy was once a woman’s world, ranging across Asia, Africa and Latin America. It’s time to reclaim that lost realm by Dag Herbjørnsrud aeon.co/essays/befor... Books about or by women philosophers at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc... #books #literature
Frontispiece from "Grounds of natural philosophy : divided into thirteen parts: with an appendix containing five parts / written by the thrice noble, illustrious, and excellent princess, the Duchess of Newcastle." by Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674. London : A. Maxwell, 1668.

She stands in an arched niche, flanked by Athena and Apollo figures, above a pedestal bearing a verse praising her wit over her painted likeness.
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MIT Technology Review @technologyreview.com · 28/09/2026
Laureen Meroueh developed a method that cuts the costs—and the emissions—of steelmaking.
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This founder is making cheaper, cleaner steel
Laureen Meroueh developed a method that cuts the costs—and the emissions—of steelmaking.
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org · 27/09/2026
Widely thought of as the "founder of the internet," Vint Cerf discusses the ideals behind the original internet—including the emphasis on the net being an open, neutral, level playing field—and how to re-install a sense of trust to today's new AI-dominated version.
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“The internet is a giant copying machine”: Interview with Vint Cerf
Widely thought of as the “founder of the internet,” Vint Cerf talks about how to re-install a sense of trust to this new AI-dominated version, and the ideals behind the original internet—including…
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org · 28/09/2026
In case you missed it: "Insiders are betting on war: How prediction markets are becoming a national security threat."
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Insiders are betting on war: How prediction markets are becoming a national security threat
Prediction markets allow those with insider information bet on national security issues, giving adversaries a potential heads-up.
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404 Media @404media.co · 28/09/2026
Executives working on AI at Microsoft and OpenAI admitted what its critics have been saying all along: LLms are predatory pieces of technology that have been built on what a Microsoft executive called “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions.” www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...
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‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft
"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 27/09/2026
What DraftKings is doing with their targeted promotions is just one example of how online behavioral advertising causes real harm to real people.
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DraftKings Is Using AI to Supercharge the Harms of Online Behavioral Advertising
Online sports betting company DraftKings is using AI to target customers who are most likely to place losing bets and respond to gambling promotions. This kind of targeting is a form of online behavio...
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🌱 Tico ☸️ @mediatico.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The popular protests demanding housing reform in 🇪🇸 Spain now have grown and expanded. Wish tenants in the 🇺🇸 US did the same. Sooner rather than later. ✊ #RESIST
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Unsurprisingly, there are almost no Russian-made components in Russia's new Geran-4 drone. While Chinese parts surprise no one, how a Texas Instruments onboard computer got there is a major question. #cdnpoli
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Justin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"The Trump administration will move on Monday to sharply scale back fuel-efficiency rules for new cars and light trucks," reports @maxinejoselow.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/c...
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Trump Administration Plans to Gut Clean Car Rules (Gift Article)
New fuel-economy standards, which President Trump said he finalized Saturday, would kill a federal effort to speed the transition to electric vehicles.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) Signs Sweeping Anti-Corruption Package Cracking Down on Meme Coins, Crypto Fraud, and Self-Dealing by Public Officials meidasnews.com/news/newsom-...
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Newsom Signs Sweeping Anti-Corruption Package Cracking Down on Meme Coins, Crypto Fraud, and Self-Dealing by Public Officials
Governor Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping package of anti-corruption and consumer protection legislation, MeidasTouch has exclusively learned, delivering one of
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026
At least 79 kids have been harmed by tear gas or pepper spray during Trump’s immigration crackdown. In most cases, they were going about their days when officers shot chemical munitions near their homes and schools and into their cars. (Published May)
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Kids Are Being Harmed by Tear Gas, Pepper Spray Under Trump. There Could Be Long-Term Consequences.
In several cities, judges have chastised federal immigration officers, saying they used excessive force. One former DHS leader called ProPublica’s findings a “bright red flag.”
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