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29 minutes ago

Walters: Union leaders warn Newsom their campaign support hinges on his AI stance

The briefing paper pointedly cites Newsom's veto of last year's Senate Bill 7, a union-backed bill to bar employers from using AI to make employee discipline and termination decisions. In rejecting it, Newsom said the measure was overly broad and would prevent even innocuous uses of AI. Newsom's veto exemplifies his efforts, as the AI industry explodes, to satisfy both the tech industry, with which he has decades-long political ties, and those who worry about AI's societal and economic impacts.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
3 hours ago

Boycott! We don't buy where we're not respected!': Target, the new focus of protests against ICE

Protesters are targeting Target over alleged cooperation with ICE, staging demonstrations and symbolic inside-store actions to pressure the company and oppose migrant detentions.
#oakland-charter-reform
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 hour ago

Wood burners may treble children's exposure to pollution in homes, study finds

Children living in homes with wood burners face up to three times the particle pollution exposure of children in homes without.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
10 hours ago

Democrats demand reforms to Homeland Security over immigration operations

A congressional impasse over immigration reforms risks blocking DHS funding by February 13, potentially shuttering DHS programs and affecting ICE, CBP, FEMA and TSA operations.
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fromwww.npr.org
10 hours ago

Virginia Democrats show map to counter Trump redistricting but its future is unclear

Virginia Democrats proposed a congressional map to try to flip four seats, requiring legislative approval, a voter-approved constitutional amendment, and facing legal challenges.
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fromAxios
6 hours ago

Trump officials push citizenship question in test survey for 2030 census

Adding a citizenship question to the census could depress participation and shift political power and resources across states.
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fromwww.amny.com
11 hours ago

Op-Ed | Deploying Minnesota's ownRICO statute against Homeland Security: Boldly efficient or a risky overreach? | amNewYork

State and local prosecutors can prosecute federal immigration agents for crimes in Minnesota, and questions persist about DOJ's willingness to investigate.
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fromAxios
1 day ago
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Dems outline 10 demands in letter to GOP leaders in ICE funding fight

fromAxios
1 day ago
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Dems outline 10 demands in letter to GOP leaders in ICE funding fight

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fromEsquire
10 hours ago
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Lindsey Graham Is, to No One's Surprise, Still the Most Ridiculous Man in Congress

fromEsquire
10 hours ago
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Lindsey Graham Is, to No One's Surprise, Still the Most Ridiculous Man in Congress

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fromThe Atlantic
1 hour ago

How Autocrats Meddle With Elections

More than 60,000 North Carolina ballots were challenged in 2024, including longtime voter Dawn Baldwin Gibson's early ballot in the state Supreme Court race.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 hour ago

McQuade: Why Bondi chose a Missouri prosecutor for a Georgia election case

A Trump-aligned federal prosecutor was specially appointed to investigate Georgia election matters, raising risks of politically motivated prosecutions and threats to future election integrity.
fromwww.mediaite.com
47 minutes ago

Decision Desk HQ RETRACTS New Jersey Democratic Primary Call as Race Tightens

The New Jersey Democratic primary for the state's 11th Congressional District was plunged into uncertainty on Thursday night after Decision Desk HQ abruptly walked back its earlier projection calling a win for former congressman Tom Malinowski after a late surge by his progressive rival. The election analysis outlet had initially called the contest for Malinowski, only to retract its call hours later as election night data began cutting sharply against its assumptions.
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fromAxios
1 hour ago
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Missing records from Bondi and Patel draw scrutiny in Epstein release

fromAxios
1 hour ago
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Missing records from Bondi and Patel draw scrutiny in Epstein release

fromPortland Mercury
10 hours ago

What Can the Multnomah County District Attorney Do to Stand Up to Trump?

Many Portlanders have asked that question since federal officials and agents have become increasingly hostile to immigrants or those they perceive to be immigrants, as well as people protesting President Trump's draconian immigration crackdown.
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fromLos Angeles Times
11 hours ago

Trump says California is full of fraud. Bonta says the claims are 'reckless'

California officials reject claims of rampant state-run fraud, cite nearly $2.7 billion recovered and emphasize ongoing state-federal investigative cooperation.
fromFast Company
1 hour ago

U.S. political polarization started a lot earlier than you might expect

Researchers at the University of Cambridge's Political Psychology Lab tracked shifts in Americans' views across nearly four decades and found that divisions were broadly stable through the 1990s and early 2000s, before rising steadily from 2008 onward. Using more than 35,000 responses from the American National Election Studies between 1988 and 2024, they estimate that issue polarization has increased 64% since the late 1980s, with almost all of that change occurring after 2008.
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fromABC7 San Francisco
12 hours ago

Tesla, Waymo defend autonomous vehicle safety as Congress weighs federal standards

Roughly half of U.S. states now have their own rules for driverless cars, creating a patchwork of regulations. Lawmakers say that uneven oversight, combined with several high-profile incidents, underscores the need for uniform federal guardrails that don't stifle innovation yet ensure public safety. Senators cite safety issues, demand more transparency "We need more honesty from the industry so that there is in fact transparency in everything that they know that the American public should know as well," said Sen. Ed Markey, D-MA.
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fromAxios
10 hours ago

Trump admin crackdown on journalists' sources "chilling," press freedom groups say

Government actions target whistleblowers and journalists, chilling sources and independent reporting by using subpoenas, leak investigations, and public accusations to punish scrutiny.
#youth-violence
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fromwww.mediaite.com
9 hours ago

Gavin Newsom Tells Republican Attorney General, Go F*ck Yourself'

California Governor Gavin Newsom refused to extradite a doctor accused by Louisiana of mailing abortion medication and publicly rebuked Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
11 hours ago

Feds say San Leandro councilmember could testify against former Oakland mayor at trial

OAKLAND Federal prosecutors have signaled they may call a San Leandro city councilman as a witness in the upcoming bribery and fraud trial against former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and the men accused of bribing her. The revelation by Assistant U.S. Attorney Abraham Fine came as hints emerged during a federal court hearing Thursday of broader corruption across the East Bay, particularly in Oakland.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
7 hours ago

Grind the country to a halt': Democrat urges national strike if Trump meddles in midterms

We're not going to keep going to work and boosting the world's greatest economy in exchange for us to give up on democracy. If we have to destroy the stock market to save democracy, we need to accept that and, more importantly, the richest and the most powerful people in the world and in this country need to understand that that is a real possibility. There is no economic stability without democratic stability. If you take away our democratic stability, we will take away
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fromSecurityWeek
3 hours ago

5 Bills to Boost Energy Sector Cyber Defenses Clear House Panel

The House Subcommittee on Energy this week advanced five recently introduced bills aimed at boosting the physical and cyber security of the United States' electric grid and other energy infrastructure. The bills collectively aim to update Department of Energy (DOE) programs, enhance grid and pipeline protections, and prioritize cybersecurity for vulnerable sectors amid rising threats. One of the bills is H.R. 7258, named the Energy Emergency Leadership Act,
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 hour ago

State violence against Black Americans laid the groundwork for fascism | Jason Stanley

Expansion of racially targeted, arbitrary state violence into broader populations exemplifies an imperial boomerang, where colonial tactics return domestically and risk fascist normalization.
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fromThe Atlantic
1 hour ago

Democracy Under Occupation

Minneapolis residents mobilized unified community resistance that successfully confronted heavily armed federal agents and protected local communities.
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fromAxios
9 hours ago

Inside Trump's push to rename Dulles and Penn Station after himself

Federal funding hold endangers the $16 billion Gateway rail-tunnel project, prompting high-stakes negotiations between Trump and Schumer amid broader DHS/ICE disputes.
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fromMail Online
9 hours ago

Trump green lights UFO disclosure of secret bases hiding crashed ships

The Trump Administration authorized Congressman Eric Burlison to access secure military sites, including Area 51, to inspect alleged UFO-related evidence.
#immigration-enforcement
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 hours ago
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Republicans are the party of separating and destroying families | Moira Donegan

Mass U.S. immigration enforcement detains and separates many children living inside the country, including legally present minors, causing family separations and harsh detention conditions.
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1 day ago
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Deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis reignite legal battle between Democratic states and ICE

Deaths of two Americans shot by federal agents have spurred Democratic-led states to pursue laws limiting immigration enforcement and increasing accountability.
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fromSun Sentinel
2 hours ago

Most Florida Republicans won't watch Bad Bunny halftime show at Super Bowl, poll finds

Florida poll: 68% will watch the Super Bowl; major partisan split over Bad Bunny halftime show—high Democratic support, low Republican interest.
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fromThe New Yorker
12 hours ago

Donald Trump Already Knows the 2026 Election Is "Rigged"

Trump and allies push federal control and aggressive tactics around elections, amplifying voter-fraud claims to delegitimize results and undermine confidence in the midterms.
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fromLos Angeles Times
1 hour ago

Commentary: MAGA launches another 'save the children' campaign targeting LGBTQ+ families

Religious right groups are launching a campaign to overturn same-sex marriage, claiming it harms children and targeting IVF, surrogacy, churches, and public opinion.
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fromESPN.com
12 hours ago

Trump signs law that withholds United States' dues to WADA

The U.S. is withholding its annual $3.6 million WADA dues pending an external audit addressing alleged Chinese influence and undisclosed doping incidents.
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fromBlack America Web
13 hours ago

Kamala Harris Relaunches KamalaHQ As Gen Z Media Hub 'Headquarters'

Kamala Harris relaunched KamalaHQ as Headquarters, a Gen Z-focused digital organizing hub that uses meme culture and platform-native content to engage young voters.
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fromJezebel
2 hours ago

Josh Hawley Uses Anti-Trust Hearing to Do Some Anti-Trans Fear-Mongering

Sen. Josh Hawley used a Senate antitrust hearing to attack Netflix over transgender representation in children's programming while Netflix's CEO denied any political agenda.
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fromAxios
9 hours ago

Democrats erupt in fury over Trump demanding Schumer help rename Dulles, Penn Station

President Trump linked federal infrastructure funding to a demand to rename Dulles Airport after him, drawing sharp Democratic condemnation and some Republican praise.
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fromQueerty
12 hours ago

Gus Kenworthy uses piss play to make a very serious point - Queerty

Gus Kenworthy posted an Instagram image reading 'F*ck ice' and urged calls to U.S. Senators to demand limits on ICE funding, power, and enforcement.
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fromThe New Yorker
1 hour ago

Dan Bongino's Podcast Homecoming

Dan Bongino returned to the MAGA mediaverse after a short tenure as the F.B.I.'s No. 2, defending investigations amid insider-manipulation accusations.
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fromLGBTQ Nation
13 hours ago

Texas GOP bans unhinged MAGA candidate from its events after she harassed an 84-year-old - LGBTQ Nation

Texas GOP banned Valentina Gomez from its events after she filmed herself harassing Rep. John Carter and disrupting a state GOP gala.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
12 hours ago

Trump Says He Is Aging in Reverse': Fox News Host Gushes Over President's Claim He Feels 50 Years Younger

President Trump, age 79, claims he feels physically and mentally decades younger and compared himself to presidents like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
#trump
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fromwww.theguardian.com
5 hours ago

What Trump's plans for the Arctic mean for the global climate crisis

Federal action begins leasing the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Coastal Plain for oil and gas drilling, threatening tundra ecosystems, wildlife, and Indigenous homelands.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
9 hours ago

TrumpRx' website launches in US with promise to lower price of medicine

Trump launched TrumpRx to offer discounted prescription drugs directly from manufacturers, but analysts question affordability and benefits for insured Americans.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 hours ago

It's been brutal': Cubans caught in crosshairs of Trump's deportation push

When Rosaly Estevez self-deported from Miami to Havana last November, US immigration officers bid farewell by removing her ankle monitor. The 32-year-old had been told she was about to be detained, so she left with her three-year-old son, Dylan, a US citizen. It's been brutal, said Estevez. Imagine Dylan hugging his phone every night when he sees his dad. I wouldn't wish this on any mother.
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fromAxios
1 hour ago

The list of everything Trump wants renamed after himself in his second term

Trump branded federal entities and programs with his name and likeness in his second term, including D.C. buildings, a park pass, and 'Trump accounts'.
fromAxios
12 hours ago

TrumpRx is live. Here's what the website shows

How it works: The site features discounts that the Trump administration has negotiated with drug companies, including Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk. People can't buy drugs directly from the site. Instead, it's a landing page with links that take them to pharmaceutical companies' direct-to-consumer purchasing platforms, or coupons that can be presented at a pharmacy. People who have health insurance could still pay cash for a medication from the site.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 hours ago

Flooding could hit UK again after weather warnings issued

Yellow Met Office warnings predict heavy rain and likely surface water flooding across southern England, Wales and Northern Ireland, with saturated ground increasing disruption risk.
fromwww.theguardian.com
15 hours ago

JD Vance's first Olympic appearance unfolds with more photo-ops than protests

Vance is in Italy to lead the official US delegation at Friday's opening ceremony, joined by second lady Usha Vance, Rubio and billionaire Tilman Fertitta, the US ambassador to Italy and owner of the NBA's Houston Rockets. The group watched Thursday's game from the second and third rows at center ice behind the scorer's table alongside Olympic gold medal-winning hockey sisters Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson and Monique Lamoureux-Morando.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
8 hours ago

US military says two killed in strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific

US military killed two alleged drug traffickers in an eastern Pacific boat strike, raising the campaign death toll to at least 128.
fromwww.dw.com
11 hours ago

Trump says new nuclear treaty needed to replace New START

US President Donald Trump on Thursday called for a new nuclear treaty instead of extending the caps on nuclear weapons deployments with Russia. Hours after the pact that held the world's two largest nuclear arsenals in check for more than two decades expired, Trump said that the New START treaty was "badly negotiated" and "is being grossly violated." "We should have our Nuclear Experts work on a new, improved, and modernized Treaty that can last long into the future," he wrote on his Truth Social platform.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
11 hours ago

Trump Unwittingly Reveals Backwards Math Behind Claim He Cut Drug Prices by More Than 100%

Trump claimed drug prices would fall by hundreds to over a thousand percent, citing cuts for Ozempic, Wegovy, insulin, and a common inhaler.
fromLos Angeles Times
1 hour ago

Commentary: Petty Trump spikes football over nearly 200-year-old Mexican-American War

Abraham Lincoln first earned national attention by calling out President James K. Polk's lies about the lead-up to the conflict, which lasted from April 1846 to February 1848, on the floor of Congress. Ulysses S. Grant called the war "one of the most unjust ever waged." Henry David Thoreau's famous essay "Resistance to Civil Government" was written partly in response to the Mexican-American War, which he decried as "the work of comparatively a few individuals using the standing government as their tool." Other American paragons of virtue who were publicly opposed at the time: William Lloyd Garrison, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Frederick Douglass.
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fromwww.bbc.com
1 hour ago

Bitcoin falls to lowest level since Trump took office

The price of Bitcoin has fallen to its lowest level in 15 months despite US president Donald Trump's personal and public support of cryptocurrency. A single Bitcoin is now worth $66,000 (48,700), its lowest level since October of 2024, with the price down 24% since the start of this year. The drop followed months of surging Bitcoin prices, which saw the cryptocurrency hit an all-time high of $122,200 in October.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
7 hours ago

Trump's maximalist demands' for Iran put talks in Oman on uncertain ground

Recent months have seen deadly anti-government protests spread across Iran as Trump repeatedly threatened more US military intervention and tightened crippling sanctions. The US president has since surged a multibillion-dollar armada of US military assets off the coast of Iran, following a playbook that preceded both the previous strikes on Iran as well as the US abduction of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro on January 3.
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fromEsquire
14 hours ago

The Governor of Oklahoma Should Probably Know How Tribal Sovereignty Works

A federal judge ordered the release of an immigrant detained by ICE, warning that the government's position could deny due process and threaten constitutional rights.
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fromwww.dailynews.com
22 hours ago
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Supreme Court's decision to let Proposition 50 maps stand may have implications beyond 2026

California's Proposition 50 congressional maps will be used in this year's midterms, likely flipping five Democratic gains and cutting Republican seats by roughly half.
fromThe Mercury News
22 hours ago
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Supreme Court's decision to let Proposition 50 maps stand may have implications beyond 2026

California's Proposition 50 congressional maps will be used in this year's elections, likely enabling Democrats to gain seats while Republicans' representation is sharply reduced.
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fromAxios
1 day ago

Political violence and low pay are pushing young state lawmakers toward the exit

Many Gen Z and Millennial state lawmakers face inadequate pay, escalating threats, and safety concerns prompting reconsideration of public service.
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fromPOLITICO
1 day ago

The Hill Republican who could get a deal on AI - if his leadership lets him

Jay Obernolte is positioned as the most capable House Republican to broker bipartisan federal AI legislation combining preemption, safety checks, and research infrastructure.
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fromAxios
1 day ago

Exclusive: 300+ ex-DOJ lawyers demand transparent Minnesota shooting probes

Blocking state law enforcement from investigating potential state-law violations threatens DOJ norms and the rule of law while federal probes into related killings remain inconsistent.
#biometric-surveillance
#ai-regulation
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fromCard Player
22 hours ago

Alabama Lawmaker To Propose Gambling Referendum - Poker News

A senator will file a ballot-initiative to let Alabama voters decide whether to allow a state lottery and expand legal gambling.
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fromwww.npr.org
17 hours ago

What a crowded congressional primary in N.J. says about the state of Democrats

Eleven Democrats compete in a special primary for New Jersey's 11th District, with a progressive labor activist and a former congressman among leading contenders.
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fromAxios
1 day ago

Dems embrace "law and order" in ICE shutdown fight

Senate Democrats intend to resist Republicans' attempts to shift ICE funding discussions toward immigration issues like the SAVE Act and sanctuary cities.
fromTheregister
1 day ago

Ghost gun legislation casts shadow over 3D printing

Buried in Part C is a provision requiring all 3D printers sold or delivered in New York to include 'blocking technology,' the company said in a blog post. This is defined as software or firmware that scans every print file through a 'firearms blueprint detection algorithm' and refuses to print anything it flags as a potential firearm or firearm component.
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fromAxios
18 hours ago

Trump admin green lights rule making it easier to fire thousands of federal employees

The new Schedule Policy/Career rule enables faster removal of senior federal employees and shifts whistleblower oversight to agencies, increasing risks of politicization and turnover.
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fromLGBTQ Nation
17 hours ago

GOP holds "free speech" hearing that devolves into anti-trans ideology while ignoring ICE abuses - LGBTQ Nation

House Republicans held a Judiciary Committee hearing featuring anti-trans commentator Graham Linehan, which Democrats called a diversion from DHS oversight amid an ICE shooting in Minnesota.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 day ago

Nike probed by Trump appointee over claims of bias against white workers

EEOC chair, Andrea Lucas, an ardent critic of racial diversity initiatives who was appointed last year by President Donald Trump, said US anti-discrimination law is colour-blind and protects employees of all races. Thanks to President Trump's commitment to enforcing our nation's civil rights laws, the EEOC has renewed its focus on even-handed enforcement of Title VII, Lucas said in a statement, referring to a section of the 1964 Civil Rights Act that prohibits employment discrimination based on race, colour, religion or sex.
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