Boeing whistleblower has waited a decade for change, now expects to leave (www.seattletimes.com)
For senior Boeing engineer and whistleblower Martin Bickeböller, a 37-year career at the jet maker is coming to a frustrating end....
An Idaho school district banned books. Here’s what a student did at her graduation (www.idahostatesman.com)
Annabelle Jenkins walked onto the stage during her graduation ceremony from the Idaho Fine Arts Academy in the West Ada School District with a book tucked into her sleeve....
More than 540,000 patients notified so far about Cencora/Lash Group data breach (databreaches.net)
As the week draws to a close, clients of Cencora and The Lash Group have been submitting breach notifications to state attorneys general....
Former St. Albans police officer permanently banned from police work in Vermont (vtdigger.org)
According to video of the March 2019 encounter leading to the decertification, Amy Connelly was in custody in a holding cell at the St. Albans police station with her hands cuffed behind her back....
Texas GOP Wish List Includes Death Penalty for Abortion Patients (www.commondreams.org)
The Media Still Doesn’t Grasp the Danger of Trump (theintercept.com)
Trump is a fascist. But the mainstream political press doesn’t want to say it. They want to act like 2024 is just another election year....
Weekly Review, by Harper’s Magazine (harpers.org)
The bodies of four Israeli hostages were recovered from Gaza. The Israeli government intensified its attacks in the northern and southern parts of the strip, five Israeli soldiers were killed and seven more were injured by friendly fire in Jabalia, and an estimated 800,000 Palestinians have fled Rafah. The Rafah crossing...
Weekly Review, by Harper’s Magazine (harpers.org)
Shocker: Turns Out 100K Trumpers Did Not Attend Donald's Wildwood Rally (crooksandliars.com)
Did you hear? Eleventy bazillion people showed up to hear Donald Vonshitzinpants drone on for hours about himself in Wildwood, New Jersey. Welp, Lisa Fagan, spokesperson for the city of Wildwood, is the one who guestimated that between 80,000 and 100,000 attendees were there, “based on her own observations on the scene...
Trump election lies, COVID misinformation: New far-right Idaho candidates are on the ballot (www.idahostatesman.com)
Two years ago, some incumbent Republicans lost primary elections to challengers to their right, marking the growth of hard-line conservatives in Idaho politics....
Secret recording shows how a right-wing Idaho lobbyist tried to keep a legislator in lockstep (www.invw.org)
The recording, which we are not posting at the request of our source, is an unfiltered look into a fracture among key far-right figures in Idaho politics, in a state where many races turn on contests of conservative purity....
This soup kitchen volunteer is feeding more people than ever. Those being served aren’t who you’d think. (vtdigger.org)
“Probably the biggest misunderstanding is they’re all homeless,” she said. “Instead, 76% are low-income elderly who worked their whole lives, are living on Social Security and are struggling.”...
'Barbaric': Whistleblowers Further Expose Israel's Torture of Detained Palestinians (www.commondreams.org)
A medic who worked at Sde Teiman’s field hospital said that Palestinian detainees there are stripped “of anything that resembles human beings” and that the harassment and torture are done not to “gather intelligence” but “out of revenge” for the October 7 attacks....
California says restaurants must bake all of their add-on fees into menu prices (www.npr.org)
Service charges; resort fees; “surcharge” add-ons: If you’ve been startled by unexpected fees when you pay your check at a restaurant — or book a hotel room or buy a ticket to a game, you’re far from alone. But if you live in California, change is coming. A new state law requiring price transparency is set to take...
They Walk Among Us: Mississippi Goddamn, Still (www.commondreams.org)
Boeing 787 employees falsified inspection records; FAA opens probe (www.seattletimes.com)
The FAA has opened an investigation into Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner after the company disclosed that employees in South Carolina falsified inspection records on work done where the wings are joined to the fuselage body....
Senior Democrat calls for arrests of ‘leftwing fascists’ urging Gaza ceasefire | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/11456897...
The WA GOP put it in writing that they’re not into democracy (www.seattletimes.com)
A resolution called for ending the ability to vote for U.S. senators. Instead, senators would get appointed by state legislatures, as it generally worked 110 years ago prior to the passage of the 17th Amendment in 1913....
'He may have learned a lesson' Spokane deputy told dispatcher after violent arrest that broke man's ribs (www.inlander.com)
In February this year, Spokane police investigators concluded there was probable cause to charge Sgt. Hilton with second-degree assault. The charges were referred to the Yakima County Prosecutor’s office, which is still investigating....
Florida blocks heat protections for workers right before summer (www.npr.org)
Florida Governor Ron DeStantis has signed a law that prevents cities or counties from creating protections for workers who labor in the state’s often extreme and dangerous heat....
Public school board listed 'Christian values' among desires for superintendent (www.wpr.org)
Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates held 12 focus groups with students, teachers, community members and school board members and put together a “Leadership Profile Report.”...
Arson attack damages Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Burlington office (vtdigger.org)
An arsonist set fire to the door of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Burlington office Friday morning, briefly trapping staff inside, according to police....
Trump says he’ll jail his opponents. Members of the House Jan. 6 committee are preparing (www.seattletimes.com)
Members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol have warned America for three years to take former President Donald Trump at his word....
"Stand where he tells you to stand": Why the GOP is doubling down on misogyny in 2024 (www.salon.com)
“Stand where he tells you to stand, wear what he tells you to wear, and do what he tells you to do.”...