Ouch, this hurts....But thank you Leo for all the good programming.
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Tell the House: The Kids Online Safety Act isn't safety. It's censorship. https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-kosa-will-censor-the-internet-but-won-t-help-kids via @eff
Tell the House: KOSA Will Censor the Internet But Won't Help Kids
The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) would censor the internet and would make government officials the arbiters of what young people can see online. It will likely lead to age verification, handing more power, and private data, to third-party identity verification companies like Clear or ID.me. The government should not have the power to decide what topics are "safe" online for young people, and to force services to remove and block access to anything that might be considered unsafe for children. This isn’t safety—it’s censorship.
A real demonstration of priorities.
US miners' union head calls House Republican effort to block silica dust rule an 'attack' on workers
The head of the national mine workers’ union is condemning an effort by House Republicans to block enforcement of a long-awaited federal rule directed at curbing workers’ exposure to deadly rock dust. United Mine Workers of America International President Cecil E. Roberts called the move “a direct attack on the health and safety of coal miners.” A budget provision approved by a U.S. House subcommittee Thursday would prohibit the Department of Labor from using funding to enforce a silica dust rule operators must be in compliance with next year. He called it “morally reprehensible” and that the action “undermines the principles of fairness and justice that our country stands for.”
IRS funding pays for itself several times over.
https://apnews.com/article/irs-audits-wealthy-taxes-biden-treasury-b12a48b200834a7c9a04dc293e3273c2
IRS collects milestone $1 billion in back taxes from high-wealth taxpayers
The IRS has collected $1 billion in back taxes from high-wealth tax cheats — a milestone meant to showcase how the agency is making use of the money it received as part of the Biden administration’s signature climate, health care and tax package signed into law in 2022. The announcement Thursday comes as the much-maligned agency shows the public how much work it is getting done. In a statement, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen praises the Inflation Reduction Act for “increasing tax fairness and ensuring that all wealthy taxpayers pay the taxes they owe, just like working families do.”
It's amazing how people don't learn from things...
A little light in this dark time to, hopefully, raise your mood as it did mine.
I want truth to win over falsehoods, I just don't see that happening as very likely.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-must-face-down-the-expanding-anti-reality-industry/
Media Bias Fact CheckTrump Found Guilty in New York Hush Money Trial
https://newsfactsnetwork.com/news/breaking-trump-found-guilty-in-new-york-hush-money-trial/
Congress: Don’t let Big Tech rewrite the rules of internet speech. https://act.eff.org/action/online-speech-protections-for-everyone-are-in-danger via @eff
Online Speech Protections For Everyone Are In Danger
Some members of Congress want to delete Section 230, the key law underpinning free speech online. Even though this law has protected millions of Americans’ right to speak out and organize for decades, the House is now debating a proposal to “sunset” the law after 18 months. Section 230 reflects values that most Americans agree with: you’re responsible for your own speech online, but, with narrow exceptions, not the speech of other people. This law protects every internet user and website host, from large platforms down to the smallest blogs. If Congress eliminates Section 230, we’ll all be less free to create art and speak out online.