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As colleges hold graduation ceremonies across the country, many schools are attempting to silence pro-Palestine speech at the commemorations, including canceling speakers.

There will be no live student speakers at the City University of New York's School of Law or at New York University's school-specific ceremonies after former students gave speeches that included expressing support for Palestine and criticism of Israel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnXSK-facyc

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#Gaza #Palestine
#Press #News

"According to new research from consulting firm Robert Half reviewed by Fast Company, nearly a third (32%) of hiring managers say that their organizations eliminated a role or let someone go primarily due to productivity gains from AI or automation, and then later rehired for that same role."

https://www.fastcompany.com/91554983/ai-boomerang-why-some-companies-are-rehiring-employees-they-laid-off

#news #technology #TechNews #jobs #labor #workers #AI #LLMs

NEW: Democrats Demand Answers for Federal Prison Staffing Shortage After Corrections Officers Flee for ICE Jobs

The federal prison staffing shortage, exacerbated by corrections officers fleeing to ICE jobs, has contributed to more lockdowns, more violence and less access to recidivism-reducing programs, the lawmakers noted in their letter to the BOP director.

https://www.propublica.org/article/bop-prison-staffing-shortages-ice-democrats-william-marshall

#News #ICE #Prison #CriminalJustice #Democrats

The EPA spent hundreds of millions on lead remediation in Omaha, home of the nation’s largest residential Superfund site.

New soil tests by The Flatwater Free Press and ProPublica show that years later, many yards still have harmful levels of lead.
https://www.propublica.org/article/lead-contamination-epa-superfund-omaha-nebraska-analysis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Omaha #Nebraska #Environment #Pollution #Children #Health #EPA

"The government has paid millions to private contractors to surface everything from potential threats to agents to activities that could disrupt ICE’s operations, according to federal documents, contractors and former Homeland Security Investigations agents."

Stay safe out there!

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/ice-surveillance-internet-critics-e3b22f49

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#news #SocialMedia #USPol #ICE #dragnet

Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
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Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a result.
https://www.propublica.org/article/usaid-cholera-deaths-trump-humanitarian-aid-cuts-south-sudan?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Trump #MarcoRubio #Africa #PublicHealth #USAID #SouthSudan

The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive “medical intervention.” Leslie Manookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” for the rest of the country.

https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-vaccine-bill-medical-freedom-act-maha?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #USPolitics #Idaho #Vaccines #Health

To Pay for Trump Tax Cuts, House GOP Floats Plan to Slash Benefits for the Poor and Working Class
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A menu of options being circulated by congressional Republicans also includes new tax cuts for corporations and the ultrawealthy.

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-tax-cuts-congress-republicans-plan-slash-benefits?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #GOP #Congress #Republicans #Taxes #Business #Finance #Poverty

"At Microsoft, managers are including questions about AI use in performance discussions. Employees are supposed to quantify how they are using AI tools in their workflows."

Solidarity with all workers affected by this ✊

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/tech-firms-aren-t-just-encouraging-their-workers-to-use-ai-they-re-enforcing-it/ar-AA1X0lge

#news #TechNews #technology #AI #workslop

Senate leaders are urging the Department of Defense to prioritize the purchase of generic drugs manufactured in the U.S., warning that the country’s overreliance on foreign factories poses an “existential risk” to the military.

https://www.propublica.org/article/senators-warn-hegseth-foreign-drug-manufacturers?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #DOD #Military #Congress #Senate #Drugs #Medicine

It doesn't stay fiction for long.

https://books2read.com/u/4NPMaJ

#horror #books #news #readers #bookstodon #occult #dark #horrorcommunity #release

"Maybe climate change is a good way of dealing with overpopulation"

~Epstein-funded tech fascist Joscha Bach

Big Tech has long discussed which of us are worth saving. Their answer is "the richer the worthier."

Via Musk, Thiel, et al, this fascist eugenics is now operating as US Trump govt policy

https://bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/how-epstein-channelled-race-science-and-climate-culling-into-silicon-valleys-ai-elite/

Millions are dying every year from govt inaction on climate:

https://www.who.int/news/item/29-10-2025-climate-inaction-is-claiming-millions-of-lives-every-year--warns-new-lancet-countdown-report

#USPol #EUPol #EpsteinFiles #Eugenics #ClimatePurge #news #racism #BigTech .

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China's CO2 has now been 'flat or falling' for 21 months.

* Down in 2025
* Still below Mar 2024
* Clean energy wave a key factor

It’s very likely that China’s co2 emissions have peaked. Years ahead of schedule!

The largest industrial power in human history has decoupled development from carbon emissions. It's the climate story of the century.

https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-have-now-been-flat-or-falling-for-21-months

#china #cleanenergy #technology #economy #news

NEW: ProPublica recently reported that the U.S. Forest Service knowingly issued protective gear containing #PFAS to wildland firefighters.

The agency says it has now stopped distributing those garments.

https://www.propublica.org/article/pfas-firefighter-gear-forest-service

#news #wildfires #safety #foreverchemicals #government

NEW: "I Got Access to Hundreds of Teacher Misconduct Complaints in California — and You Can Too"

In her five years of investigating teacher misconduct in California schools, reporter Holly McDede learned an important lesson: What seems to be secret isn’t always so — sometimes you just need to know who to ask, and for what.

https://www.propublica.org/article/california-teacher-misconduct-public-records

#news #education #government #california

NEW: Founder of Kentucky Drug Rehab Center Indicted on Fraud and Money Laundering Charges

Tim Robinson, the former CEO of Addiction Recovery Care, which once operated more than 40 drug treatment facilities statewide, was charged with attempting to resell millions of dollars worth of tax credits.

https://www.propublica.org/article/tim-robinson-indicted-addiction-recovery-care

#news #kentucky #healthcare

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he's willing to "micromanage" Corpus Christi's water crisis.

But he's gone quiet on the financial troubles of an agency that could help expand the region's water supply — despite Abbott having appointed its entire board.
https://www.propublica.org/article/greg-abbott-nueces-river-authority?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Texas #Water #TX #Politics #River #GregAbbott #CorpusChristi

This MAGA Influencer Runs a Charity to Teach Kids Civics. Much of the Money Goes to Him Instead.
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Nick Adams’ Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness has brought in millions in donations and helped him land a State Department appointment, but records show there is almost no indication FLAG was spending that money on its stated mission.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-nick-adams-state-flag-charity-civics-state-department?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #MAGA #Trump #Nonprofit #Charity #Funding #Education #USPolitics

Several high-ranking federal election officials attended a summit last week at which prominent activists who worked to overturn Trump’s loss in the 2020 election pressed for the president to declare a national emergency to take over the midterms.

https://www.propublica.org/article/election-denier-summit-trump-midterms?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Trump #Election #Democracy #USPolitics #Midterms #Law

From inside a women’s prison, a domestic violence survivor began collecting other prisoners’ stories of abuse.

Their accounts helped shape a new Oklahoma law intended to reduce their sentences — but will it work?
https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-survivors-act-survey-domestic-violence?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Oklahoma #Women #Prison #Abuse #DomesticViolence #Law

"According to CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, some of his underlings have created an AI clone of him so they can prepare for meetings with him, ensuring everything is fine-tuned for his wants and needs."

Is the next step getting rid of CEOs altogether?

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/uber-employees-ai-ceo

#news #technology #TechNews #AI #CEOs

Irish soccer players wear black armbands, refuse to shake hands ahead of contentious match vs Israel

Israel and Ireland competed against each other in a highly contentious Nations League match on Sunday in Hungary.…
#EuropeSays #Headlines #News #Europe #Europa #EU #Israel #antisemitism #Hamas #Ireland #outkicksports #Soccer #sports
https://www.europesays.com/iran/309478/

Syrian general linked to Hamza al-Khatib torture detained

In Syria, internal security forces detained Brigadier General Jaber Meghrez Ibrahim, who commanded the 138th Air Defense Brigade…
#EuropeSays #Headlines #News #Europe #Europa #EU #Syria
https://www.europesays.com/iran/309472/

France accuses Israel of ‘scandalous’ tolerance of occupied West Bank violence and land seizures

Barrot defended the French president, insisting his comments must not be taken out of context. “The president’s argument…
#EuropeSays #Headlines #News #Europe #Europa #EU #Israel
https://www.europesays.com/iran/309476/

Shafaq News..Iraq-Iran flights: US sanctions put Baghdad under pressure

2026-09-27T22:14:01+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Baghdad/ Tehran Baghdad is seeking exemptions from US…
#EuropeSays #Headlines #News #Europe #Europa #EU #Iraq #breaking #Iraq-Iranflights:USsanctionsputBaghdadunderpressure #iraq-iranrelations #USsanctions
https://www.europesays.com/iran/309460/