🇩🇪🛂 #Achtung, adult German men! Apparently, you need a permission slip from the government to go on your epic three-month #backpacking trip across Europe. 🏞️✈️ Because nothing screams "freedom" like getting mum's signature—oh wait, it's the chancellor's now! 😂📜
https://www.fr.de/politik/drastische-wehrpflicht-aenderung-maenner-die-deutschland-laenger-wollen-brauchen-genehmigung-zr-94248132.html #Freiheit #Reise #Deutschland #GovernmentRegulations #HackerNews #ngated
Neue Wehrpflicht-Regel: Millionen Männer brauchen jetzt eine Genehmigung, um Deutschland zu verlassen

Eine drastische Änderung des Wehrpflichtgesetzes ist längst in Kraft getreten. Sie betrifft fast alle Männer unter 45 und hat weitreichende Folgen.

ProPublica: Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence. “The Trump administration is planning to use artificial intelligence to write federal transportation regulations, according to U.S. Department of Transportation records and interviews with six agency staffers.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/01/propublica-government-by-ai-trump-administration-plans-to-write-regulations-using-artificial-intelligence/
ProPublica: Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence

ProPublica: Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence. “The Trump administration is planning to use artificial intelligence to write fede…

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Important read.

Opinion by William A. Birdthistle, who served as director of the Division of Investment Management at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from 2021 to 2024, comparing 1920s relatively unregulated financial markets to today's overheated stock market and unregulated assets.

"Trump Is Pushing Us Toward a Crash. It Could Be 1929 All Over Again."

#GiftLink #USpol #USpolitics #GovernmentRegulations #FinancialMarkets #Speculation

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/opinion/donald-trump-great-gatsby-roating-20s-sec.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zk8.8VHi.H705GgNvO59c&smid=url-share

Opinion | Trump Is Resurrecting the Gatsby Era. The Hangover Could Be Brutal.

Donald Trump’s recent Gatsby party encapsulates this moment of economic peril.

The New York Times

Mission Local: San Francisco’s latest answer for RV dwellers? An AI chatbot.. “The chatbot, which is still in its testing phase, according to three people familiar with the project, is designed to help those living RVs navigate city bureaucracy ahead of a Nov. 1 ban on all ‘large vehicles’ parked for more than two hours on city streets.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/01/mission-local-san-franciscos-latest-answer-for-rv-dwellers-an-ai-chatbot/

Mission Local: San Francisco’s latest answer for RV dwellers? An AI chatbot. | ResearchBuzz: Firehose

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World Bank: Unlocking digital trade: Database tracks global regulatory readiness. “…as technology advances rapidly, the legal frameworks that govern digital trade are often incomplete, outdated, or missing altogether. To provide transparency and address these regulatory gaps, the World Bank Trade Team launched the Digital Trade Regulatory Readiness (DTRR) database, the first global initiative […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/21/unlocking-digital-trade-database-tracks-global-regulatory-readiness-world-bank/

Unlocking digital trade: Database tracks global regulatory readiness (World Bank) | ResearchBuzz: Firehose

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Techdirt: The Government Makes It Harder For The Public To Comment On Regulatory Proceedings. “…for years we’ve noted how U.S. regulatory comment proceedings are full of bots and fake comments from industries trying to game regulators, and make shitty policy (giant mergers, mindless deregulation, the elimination of consumer protection) seem like it has broad public support. And now the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/27/techdirt-the-government-makes-it-harder-for-the-public-to-comment-on-regulatory-proceedings/

Techdirt: The Government Makes It Harder For The Public To Comment On Regulatory Proceedings | ResearchBuzz: Firehose

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"Trump’s New Way to Kill Regulations: Because I Say So"

"The president is trying new shortcuts to eliminate energy and environmental rules, but legal experts say the efforts could face high hurdles."

#GiftLink #USpol #USpolitics #GovernmentRegulations #Trump

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/climate/trump-regulations.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-04.xMPy.aRlDwfDXhpBR&smid=url-share

Trump’s New Way to Kill Regulations: Because I Say So

The president is trying new shortcuts to eliminate energy and environmental rules, but legal experts say the efforts could face high hurdles.

The New York Times
Biden's TikTok Dance: A Tragicomic Spin on Social Media Politics

Navigating the Byte-Dance: From Super Bowl Shenanigans to Government Conundrums

Review Space
Amazon Sued By FTC, 17 States Over Alleged Retail Monopoly

The Federal Trade Commission and 17 states have filed an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, alleging that the tech retailer has used illegal tactics in pursuit of a retail monopoly. The commission c…

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From Wolin to Rand: Once we knelt before the dictates of the #marketplace and lifted #governmentregulations, slashed #taxes for the #rich, permitted the flow of money across #borders, destroyed #unions and signed trade deals that sent #jobs to sweatshops in Mexico and China, the world would be a happier, freer and wealthier place. It was a con. But it worked.
#Ideas, however esoteric they may appear to the #public, matter.
#AllJobsShouldBeUnionJobs
https://scheerpost.com/2023/09/10/chris-hedges-the-pedagogy-of-power/
Chris Hedges: The Pedagogy of Power

Chris Hedges on the ruling classes and their battle to always keep the powerless from understanding how power functions. This assault has been aided by a cultural left determined to banish "dead white male" philosophers including Plato, Aristotle, Thomas Hobbes, Niccolò Machiavelli, Friedrich Nietzsche, Karl Marx and John Locke.

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