From bounty-hunters to “fetal personhood” bills, GOP state #lawmakers are finding new ways to criminalize not only terminating pregnancies, but nearly all forms of bodily autonomy.
@andreagrimes breaks it all down in this essential read.
The #GOP has said it won’t provide further aid for #Ukraine unless it’s in exchange for a set of policies aimed at harming immigrants and asylum-seekers.
They euphemistically call it “border security,” but it’s more #xenophobia, white nationalism, and anti-immigrant demagoguery. Any reasonable idea at #immigration reform is buried in hate.
So what are they pushing for, and what’s the state of “debate”? A chronological thread of highlights from AP stories:
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“GOP senators proposed monitoring systems such as ankle bracelets for people, including #children, who are detained at the border and are awaiting parole. #Republicans want to ban people from applying for asylum if they have transited through a different country where they could have sought asylum instead. #GOP#lawmakers also want to revive executive powers that would allow a president to shut down entries for wide-ranging reasons.” (Dec. 10) https://apnews.com/article/congress-border-immigration-ukraine-6bdcc5dde4dadb48b43ace75b5a55242
In this week's Truth About newsletter, Max Burns digs into the all-out assault on #voting#rights
"In red states, the situation has grown dire. #Republican#lawmakers last year crafted a record number of laws designed to strip away the #vote from millions of Americans ahead of the 2024 general #election"
Organizers said they're targeting #lawmakers offices both nationally and locally to continue to "apply pressure onto our elected officials."
"We chose #Senator#Stabenow 's office as our rally point because she has not supported the #Ceasefire Now Resolution, despite her #constituents calling and emailing daily to demand that she does," said organizers of Shut It Down for #Palestine on Thursday.
"Fossil fuel companies have spent millions of dollars on lobbying and campaign donations to state lawmakers who sponsored anti-protest laws – which now shield about 60% of US gas and oil operations from protest and civil disobedience, according to a new report from Greenpeace USA."
"It’s part of a global strategy reported by the Guardian to silence, discredit and criminalize environmental activists and Indigenous rights defenders opposed to polluting energy, mining and other extractive projects that are incompatible with meaningful climate action."
#NC#Republican#lawmakers on Tues overrode the Democratic governor’s veto of a bill that overhauls who runs elections & achieves a long-sought goal of the state’s #GOP.
The #legislation creates bipartisan boards that could #deadlock on establishing #EarlyVoting locations or #certifying results….
#Wisconsin#Republicans vote to fire #elections director, who may not leave the job
The vote creates a dispute over who is in charge of overseeing elections in a state that is expected to play a critical role in next year’s presidential campaign
#Republicans in the #Wisconsin Senate voted Thurs to fire the swing state’s top #nonpartisan#elections ofcl, whose allies responded by saying the #lawmakers didn’t have the #power to oust her. ~1 hr after the vote, the elections dir filed a #lawsuit to… hang on to her job.
The vote creates a dispute over who is in charge of overseeing elections in a state…expected to play a critical role in next yr’s presidential election & that may have to redraw its #legislative#districts w/in months.
In an #unusual 4p stmnt attached to an otherwise routine list of orders concerning pending cases, Justice Alito dismissed calls for him to step aside as “unsound.”
A quick overview of current #AI regulations proposals in the legislative process
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Today, I read about someone still using #Google that in his search, he had the first 3 pages of hits with "junk" results which he attributed to #AI generated pages.
#Dems introduced a Bill Requiring Political Ads to Disclose AI Use at the beginning of May, 2023. Even though sensible, I don't see it getting passed due to the distribution of power in Congress,unless there...
"...proposed landmark #law aimed at protecting citizens from the dangers of the technology could set up a clash with EU countries opposed to a total ban on #AI use in #BiometricSurveillance."
"In the current draft EU law, 👉#AI systems that could be used to influence voters and the outcome of elections and systems..."
"A massive legal victory emerged out of #Florida this morning. In a scathing rebuke, Florida Judge #Hinkle used legislators own statements against them and partially blocked the #TransCareBan there."