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BREAKING: The New Mexico Department of Justice has sued Acting AG Todd Blanche and the DOJ, requesting the court for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding.
"It seems that many of the poles supporting this hardware violate not only our Fourth Amendment rights, but also highway safety standards, reports The Guardian. That makes them a physical hazard as well as a Constitutional one." #ALPR #Flock #4thAmendment #surveillance
Flock Cameras Violate Highway Safety Standards As Well As The Fourth Amendment - Jalopnik
The poles that cameras are attached to don't have breakaway points in case a car crashes into them, and some are just stuck right into the ground.
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RFK Jr's CDC reportedly scaled back foodborne disease tracking last year, removing cyclospora from mandatory reporting. The CDC also lost roughly 3,000 employees since 2025. Now a cyclosporiasis outbreak has killed 2 and sickened thousands across 45 states. "Make America Healthy Again."
DOJ is now 0-20 in cases to obtain state voter files. Here is the list: Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Illinois Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin
'...if such dragnet-type law enforcement practices as respondent envisions should eventually occur, there will be time enough then to determine whether different constitutional principles may be applicable.' Knotts vs. United States Time to revisit this. #ALPR #Flock #4thAmendment #Privacy
Cornyn lost his primary. Tillis is walking. Neither has a donor, a term, or a future to protect. Both caved before lunch Monday. www.JackHopkinsNow.com
James Talarico on Texas officially banning THC: “Texans aren’t going to stop smoking weed and eating edibles because politicians in Austin say so. We are now telling full-grown adults how to live their lives. This is the nanny state at its worst; this is big government at its worst."
The mosaic problem with ALRP and Flock is real. We need real discussions about how these networks streaming at all times violates our privacy and constitutes constant surveillance. #ALPR #Flock #Surveillance #Privacy #4th
I Researched if Flock Cameras were Legal… then they Installed One at my Driveway
YouTube video by Jake the Lawyer
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The case before the Hawaii Supreme Court did not warrant such an impassioned condemnation of the U.S. Supreme Court. But Associate Justice Todd Eddins and his colleagues wanted to send a message to the country. Read it.
A Blistering Critique of the Roberts Court, From Hawaii’s Supreme Court
In an extraordinary opinion, the state justices accuse the SCOTUS majority of undermining democracy.
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“The measure doesn't specify who would perform the exams, who would pay for them, or how schools would carry them out…” And I trust it will crash & burn.
Kindergarten girls targeted for invasive exams by new GOP-led ballot measure
Washington State voters will decide the fate of a ballot initiative that would require girls from kindergarten through high school to undergo sex-verification testing before playing school sports — a ...
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NEW: Two government watchdog groups have demanded an investigation into whether FCC officials violated ethics requirements by accepting luxury gala tickets from Paramount as it sought federal approval for its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros.
FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From Paramount
Citing a ProPublica report on Paramount providing luxury Kennedy Center gala tickets to FCC officials, the complaints note that commissioners accepted the gifts while the FCC was reviewing or about to...
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"1) I have an idea for how to fix our post-Trump political system. 2) There’s an opening in the Reflecting Pool case to send someone from the Trump administration to jail. This is as close to Optimistic @jvl.bsky.social as you’re ever going to get." Today's Triad: lnk.thebulwark.com/4x9qF08
Almost 10% of all U.S. debt occurred in the first half of Donald Trump's second term. This amount represents approximately 9% to 9.5% of the total current debt.
Trump's Numbers, July 2026 Update - FactCheck.org
Our quarterly series presents just the statistics on various measures since Trump reentered the White House.
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I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
BASH: How do you prepare for next pandemic? RFK Jr: We did almost everything wrong B: But what about now? K: We need to protect our rights B: ? K: During covid we dismantled our rights B: But I'm asking what *to* do K: You were part of the problem B: You want to sit here and attack me?
Hard to keep track of the number of times he's declared victory in his illegal war-of-choice. #86-47
They subpoenaed an 85-year-old man who has testified before Congress 250 times. They published his private diary first. Then screamed profanity at him for not talking. Six years of investigation. Zero charges. This is what having nothing looks like. www.JackHopkinsNow.com
BREAKING: Capital One bank closed Trump’s accounts in 2021 over money laundering, per a new court filing. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Capital One Cites Money Laundering Review in Trump-Related Suit
Capital One Financial Corp. said in a court filing late Friday that it closed accounts belonging to President Donald Trump’s sprawling real estate company in 2021 for legitimate reasons after an inter...
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The New York Times reports the U.S. dropped a 2,000-pound bomb on a family home in Iran, killing a husband, wife, and their 2-year-old son. The paper found no indication of a nearby military target.
Evidence Indicates U.S. Dropped Bomb on Residential Area in Iran, Killing 3 Civilians (Gift Article)
The weapon, one of the largest in the U.S.’s arsenal, struck a house in a heavily populated area, according to a Times analysis.
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This is VERY bad. Congressional investigation immediately. They’re trying to use Palantir to figure out who you voted for. 0% chance this ends well. Stop it ASAP.
Exclusive: FBI gets voter's IP address in new fraud probe tactic
The move offers a glimpse into how authorities are now digging into voter rolls and registration practices.
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This is how you loose your perspicacity. #AI
This AI Company’s Ad is Dangerous
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
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Cutting off one's nose to spite one's face. 'In the now-deleted reel, Christian explained that there were outlets trying to give him the resources he needed… he just refused to take them. Because, after doing his own research, he found out those groups worked with or supported LGBTQ people.'
West Virginia pastor rejects food over LGBTQ support. Now his food bank is empty.
Alvin Christian says he won’t accept food from groups that support anything LGBTQ-related—even if that leaves countless families with nothing
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This would make sense. We are not showing young boys healthy ways to deal with their emotions and personal connections. Add in so called Alpha Male and the attacks on empathy. The situation compounds itself.
A Psychologist Has a Blunt Theory About What’s Really Driving the Male Loneliness Epidemic
The issue may have less to do with being alone and more to do with how men are taught to name, handle, and share emotions.
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"The only real difference between #Flock and #Axon is size, money and data. All of that can change in a year if a lot of people just swap from one company to the other. It's not the company, it is the idea. It is the #surveillance state being built around us!" 💯 #deflock #alpr
The issue is the surveillance state AND the companies building it not just a single entity
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"State Sen. Jim Runestad announced Senate Bill 1131, which would generally require the government to obtain a warrant before searching a license-plate database. A warrant would not be required during an active criminal investigation, missing-person case or stolen-vehicle investigation." #Flock #ALPR
New Michigan Bill Would Require Warrants for Flock Camera Searches, Erase Data After 14 Days
A Michigan lawmaker is proposing new limits on how police and government agencies access and store information collected by Flock and other automatic license-plate reader cameras. State Sen. Jim Runes...
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