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‘They’re selling the safety of the traveling public’: TSA workers decry Trump privatization push. Union exploring options to oppose program that would put US airport screening into hands of private contractors. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

‘They’re selling the safety of the traveling public’: TSA workers decry Trump privatization push

Union exploring options to oppose program that would put US airport screening into hands of private contractors

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How Data Centers Broke American Politics What the Unabomber, Steve Bannon’s tech guy, and Bernie Sanders taught me about the great data center backlash of 2026. Let's be perfectly clear, datacenters are for surveillance, period. www.wired.com/story/how-da...

How Data Centers Broke American Politics

What the Unabomber, Steve Bannon’s tech guy, and Bernie Sanders taught me about the great data center backlash of 2026.

wired.com

Kansas Democrats have defied political gravity for eight years by holding the governor’s office in one of the country’s most reliably Republican states. Primary voters on Tuesday selected Cindy Holscher as the candidate to try to keep that seat in Democratic hands, according to The Associated Press.

Cindy Holscher Wins Kansas Democratic Primary for Governor

In a race to be governor of Kansas, State Senator Cindy Holscher defeated a fellow Democratic lawmaker who was endorsed by the current governor, Laura Kelly.

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Voters in Kansas saw through a blatant political power grab and sent a message — our courts are not for sale.

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Kansas voters showed up and protected their impartial state supreme court, helping defend abortion rights, LGBTQ rights, and civil liberties for generations to come.”