I went to physical therapy today in Sumner. It's located in the YMCA. They barely started on my shoulder when the fire alarm went off due to smoke just down the hall from us. I should add the PT office is on the 2nd floor. There were 2 individuals that couldn't take the stairs, one due to knee replacement just a week ago. Talk about a group of people that have done no fire drills. Ever! Those individuals ended up going down the stairs, and I feel so bad for them.
Democrats in the House and Senate are digging into the treatment, detention and sometimes even deportation of American children at the hands of immigration agents. Families featured in ProPublica’s reporting will be speaking at a forum.
A journalist was arrested for asking police questions, using an anti-corruption law that wasn't intended to cover reporters. Courts granted officers qualified immunity, and SCOTUS declined review, alarming critics who say it greenlights retaliation against journalists.
https://ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/lagordiloca-supreme-court-cert-denial-first-amendment/
If someone in Washington state is looking for a rescue dog, this pup is looking for a home.
Whoa, that escalated quickly. This just got sent out by the press folks at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The FCC says it has decided that all foreign-made consumer-grade Internet routers are henceforth prohibited from receiving FCC authorization and are therefore prohibited from being imported for use or sale in the United States.
"Update Follows Determination by Executive Branch Agencies that Consumer-Grade Routers Produced in Foreign Countries Threaten National Security
WASHINGTON, March 23, 2026—Today, the Federal Communications Commission updated its Covered List to include all consumer-grade routers produced in foreign countries. Routers are the boxes in every home that connect computers, phones, and smart devices to the internet. This followed a determination by a White House-convened Executive Branch interagency body with appropriate national security expertise that such routers “pose unacceptable risks to the national security of the United States or the safety and security of United States persons.”
"The Executive Branch determination noted that foreign-produced routers (1) introduce “a supply chain vulnerability that could disrupt the U.S. economy, critical infrastructure, and national defense” and (2) pose “a severe cybersecurity risk that could be leveraged to immediately and severely disrupt U.S. critical infrastructure and directly harm U.S. persons.”
"This action does not affect any previously-purchased consumer-grade routers. Consumers can continue to use any router they have already lawfully purchased or acquired."
"Producers of consumer-grade routers that receive Conditional Approval from DoW or DHS can continue to receive FCC equipment authorizations. Interested applicants are encouraged to submit applications to [email protected]."
Not sure how many consumer-grade routers will be left for sale if it really is a ban on approvals for any foreign-made consumer routers like they said, and not just a bunch of already restricted Chinese makers like Huawei and ZTE.
https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-updates-covered-list-include-foreign-made-consumer-routers
FCC's "covered list" of "thou shalt not entities": https://www.fcc.gov/supplychain/coveredlist
RE: https://med-mastodon.com/@cbarbermd/116279620384519003
The USian war against Iran, explained by Iran so that the average-and-below USian can understand.
This is mind-boggling…
“Denmark Was Ready to Blow Up Airfields to Stop a U.S. Invasion of Greenland
The Danes brought blood supplies, explosives and live ammunition to Greenland as part of contingency plans in case President Trump acted on his threats to seize the island.”
Erin Reed
Gabe Ortíz
Emmett O'Connell
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Andrew Weinstein
eVOTErra – #RhRR
Sam Litzinger