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'Elon Musk's social media posts helped The New York Times win its fight to secure a list detailing the billionaire's top-secret security clearances after a US agency tried to block the disclosures...'
'We are documenting the actions, statements, and plans of President Donald Trump and his administration that may pose a threat to American democracy, since the start of his second term in January 2025.'
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' Civic Searchlight [is] dragging cities and towns into the 21st century by making 550 municipalities’ public meetings easy to search, all in one place, for the first time. '
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/08/news/fighting-disinformation-tool-civic-searchlight
Canada’s National Observer unveils a powerful tool for fighting disinformation
Civic Searchlight brings together municipal meeting transcripts from across Canada into a searchable database for the first time. It has already been used to fight disinformation, report on impact, discover new stories and more.
MLB NewsFormer Red Sox player, Lee County Commissioner Mike Greenwell died Thursday https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/371159/ #alert #Baseball #Boston #BostonRedSox #BostonRedSox #candidacy #District #Entertainment #FormerRedSoxPlayer #Gov.RonDesantis #GulfCoastNewsApp #LateNews #MikeGreenwell #MLB #office #phone #RedSox #RedSox #seat #Sport #thursday #weather
First-in-the-nation law to ban ultra-processed foods from school lunches
California passes law to reduce volume of commercials on streaming services
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/06/no-more-loud-commercials-governor-newsom-signs-sb-576/
Are motorcycles really "donorcycles"? Examining organ donation rates between unhelmeted and helmeted motorcyclists - PubMed
This is the first study to demonstrate an increased rate of organ donation among unhelmeted motorcyclist fatalities compared to helmeted rider fatalities. There was no significant increase in the rate of organ donation following the Michigan UHL repeal. However, we identified that some motorcycle cr …
Unchecked and Unaccountable: How DOGE Jeopardizes Americans' Data
Peters Report Finds that DOGE Continues to Operate Unchecked, Likely Violating Federal Privacy and Security Laws, and Putting the Safety of Americans’ Personal Information in Danger - Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a report revealing that the Trump Administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is operating outside federal law, with unchecked access to Americans’ personal data. Staff investigations and whistleblower accounts show how DOGE personnel at the Social Security […]