Congress’s push to protect kids online is at a crossroads (KOSA, US-focused) (www.washingtonpost.com)
Legislators are considering attaching KOSA (the anti-LGBTQ+ censorship bill, aka the Kids Online Safety Act) to must-pass legislation authorizing the FAA. As EFF points out, the latest version of KOSA is still a censorship bill....
Columbia Student Terrorists? NYPD Must Think We’re Pretty Dumb (jacobin.com)
Biden's Infrastructure Bill Funding Stats (beehaw.org)
Checkout details in data slides...
A part of the American political spectrum is not merely a passive recipient of the combined authoritarian narratives that come from Russia, China, and their ilk, but an active participant in them. (anneapplebaum.substack.com)
The lessons from colleges that didn’t call the police (www.vox.com)
Sadiq Khan wins a rare third term as mayor of London (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
After a fierce campaign against Conservative challenger Susan Hall, Labour's Sadiq Khan won a historic third straight term as mayor of London
Active Clubs: A new far-right threat to democratic elections (www.aljazeera.com)
With a network of decentralised cells in most states in the United States and European Union member countries, the Active Clubs movement has blended far-right extremism with mixed martial arts (MMA). By presenting a more palatable image to the public and combining its extremist ideology with exercise, fitness and MMA training,...
Biden needs Blue Wall victories to win 2024 Electoral College map (www.politico.com)
While polls broadly show Biden continuing to fall behind former President Donald Trump in swing states across the country, they consistently show the older, whiter states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as the most competitive for Biden. Trump has larger leads in the Sun Belt states, in large part owing to Biden’s loss...
Mark Meadows unmasked in Arizona fake electors indictment, faces 9 felony charges (lawandcrime.com)
How repression strengthens campus protests (www.scientificamerican.com)
Sanders Rips Colleagues for Attacking Student Protesters Instead of Netanyahu | Common Dreams (www.commondreams.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/20474460...
Biden says 'order must prevail' during campus protests over the war in Gaza (apnews.com)
Trump Is Now Raging at His Own Lawyer—and Wrecking a Big MAGA Fantasy (newrepublic.com)
I greatly enjoyed this part:...
What would ICC arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu mean for Israel? | Inside Story (www.youtube.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/15110900...
Opinion | 12 Departing Lawmakers Tell Us What Congress Is Really Like (www.nytimes.com)
Some softball questions aimed at outgoing House members. Still kinda interesting. Especially when it comes to the Congressional salary question....
US lawmakers threaten retaliation against UN court over potential Israel arrest warrants (www.timesofisrael.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/15063426...
Meta Doesn't Want To Remove Hateful Content, They Just Want You To See It Less (www.socratically.net)
cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/13478112...
What polling can and can’t tell you (www.reuters.com)
Basic article from Reuters on polling and what things in results mean or don’t mean. Not at all in-depth but it is interactive. Always fun to play with sliders and buttons.
How to Make a Genocide Disappear (newyorkwarcrimes.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/14968230...