Kashmir HillAfter the report about the Girl Scout mom getting booted from Radio City Music Hall, I spent the last two days reporting out the use of facial recognition technology by the Madison Square Garden empire to keep hundreds of lawyers that work for firms that have sued it from attending concerts, sporting events and shows. It is a radical use of the technology by a private company and I am truly shocked by how forthright MSG is about its real-world block list. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/22/nyregion/madison-square-garden-facial-recognition.html
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Charles OrnsteinSalmon have been decimated by dams, overfishing and habitat loss. Now climate change threatens their survival, too.
For tribal people, losing salmon threatens not only their diet, but their way of life.
Salmon People, a
@ProPublica - OPB film:
Qasim Rashid, Esq.A reminder because I feel like many have forgotten about this.
Nancy New—who Brett Favre texted to confirm media wouldn’t find out he’s getting $5M in Mississippi welfare funds—has pled guilty to welfare fraud. She's likely going to prison.
John Davis—the former MS welfare director—has pled guilty to welfare fraud. He's likely going to prison.
So here's my question: Why isn’t Brett Favre—who was the beneficiary of that MS welfare fraud—arrested yet?
DOJ: Charge Favre & demand accountability.
Traces of Texas"The human mind is a wonderful thing, it starts working from before you're born and doesn't stop till you sit down to write a song."
---- Roger Miller, born 85 years ago today in Fort Worth, Texas and writer of classic songs like "King of the Road," "Dang Me," and many others. Traces of Texas reader Kevin Donahue took this photo of Roger and Willie Nelson at John T. Floore's country store in Helotes back in 1975. Thank you, Kevin!
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Peter Morley 
Democrats will NOT be raising the debt ceiling thanks to Senator Manchin who said no & Senator Sinema who would NOT stay in DC to fight it out. All other House & Senate Democrats were on board.
This means the next House Speaker can hold Social Security & Medicare hostage! Thank goodness we elected John Fetterman and re-elected Senator Raphael Warnock.
Michelle R. SmithAn AP investigation has found that authorities used technologies mobilized for COVID-19 for purposes entirely unrelated to the pandemic — halting travel for activists and ordinary people, harassing marginalized communities and linking people’s health information to other surveillance and law enforcement tools.  In some cases, data was shared with spy agencies #surveillance #pandemic https://apnews.com/article/technology-police-government-surveillance-covid-19-3f3f348d176bc7152a8cb2dbab2e4cc4
Ali G.Nice story at @theintercept by Daniel Boguslaw:
Chuck Grassley, a longtime defender of whistleblowers and a free press, was pushed by hard-right Sen. Tom Cotton into killing a whistleblower-protection measure.
Speaking out against the proposal, Cotton said that releasing the Pentagon Papers was an example of criminality that exactly does not deserve protection. https://theintercept.com/2022/12/19/chuck-grassley-press-act/
Robert ReichWhy do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
ProPublicaNEW: Records Reveal Medical Response Further Delayed Care for Uvalde Victims
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Previously unreleased video, audio & interviews obtained by ProPublica, @texastribune & The Washington Post show for the first time how the medical response faltered after police finally confronted the Robb Elementary shooter.
(CW: This story includes graphic descriptions of injuries sustained in an elementary school shooting. Graphic videos reviewed by reporters are NOT included.)
https://www.propublica.org/article/uvalde-emt-medical-response