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88 Corporations That Paid No US Federal Income Tax in 2025 Spent $852 Million on Recent Lobbying, Elections | Common Dreams, Jun 11, 2026
“The result,” said the author of a new Public Citizen analysis, “is a self-reinforcing loop where corporate cash buys policy, and policy pays cash back.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/tax-dodging-corporations-spend-big-on-lobbying
Last year, the town board and planning commission of a Michigan town voted to reject the construction of a massive data center for OpenAI and Oracle.
The companies sued and won, so the town will now be home to a data center the residents rejected.
https://fortune.com/2026/05/06/ai-data-center-michigan-saline-politics-farmland/
At an event with OpenAI and Oracle executives, Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer was caught on a hot mic telling them that “we’re used to people saying ‘fuck no’ and doing it anyway.”
What an exquisite example of the emptiness of electoral “democracy.”
Wired:: Massive Effigy of Elon Musk Raised Over Times Square to Protest Grok
https://www.wired.com/story/massive-effigy-of-elon-musk-raised-over-times-square-to-protest-grok/
A key provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is set to expire Friday unless it is reauthorized by Congress. Section 702 allows for the warrantless surveillance of foreign nationals believed to be outside of the U.S., yet, in practice, it also sweeps up and stores vast amounts of data from people inside the country, including their emails, texts and cellphone data. The FISA provision was enacted in 2008 to legalize George W. Bush’s warrantless wiretapping program that was developed after 9/11. A bipartisan group of senators is opposing the reauthorization of Section 702 due to President Trump’s naming of MAGA loyalist Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence, to replace Tulsi Gabbard, who announced her resignation in May. Pulte has no known background in intelligence. He currently serves as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, where he has used his position to carry out Trump’s campaign of retribution against his political enemies. “It took this nomination of a completely unqualified guy to get enough members of Congress to really stop [Section 702],” says Cindy Cohn, executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. “It’s time to take a look and listen hard about the privacy protections that are needed, at a minimum, for this program to go forward.” Cohn notes that the “massive national security surveillance state that was built after 9/11 has always been a threat to freedom.”
More than 400 packages in the Arch User Repository (AUR) are distributing a Linux rootkit and infostealer malware targeting credentials and access tokens.
We. Ain’t. Came. To. Lose.
Veilid was created to make privacy accessible to the masses, and this summer we are set to bring some updates to you, and another set of events @defcon , focused in the hackers.town village.
Make this the summer of Veilid, The EFF awards are open for submissions, and we would love your support in nominating @dildog (chris (at) Veilid.org) and @thegibson (Paul (at) Veilid.org) for work on personal privacy and the Veilid project/protocol.
For over thirty years, the Electronic Frontier Foundation presented awards to key leaders and organizations in the fight for freedom and innovation online. The EFF Awards celebrate the longtime stalwarts working on behalf of technology users, both in the public eye and behind the scenes. Honorees...
The Wrew (New & Improved!)
🌍Peter 🔥 Antifa✊
HeavenlyPossum
AI6YR Ben
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
Jonathan
BleepingComputer
VeilidNetwork
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