Democratic Prosecutors Subpoena Oil Industry for Decades of Private Communications With Industry and Conservative Groups: Dark Money Fuels New War on OilDemocratic prosecutors in Hawaii filed an unexpected subpoena over the summer against the American Petroleum Institute (API), the nation's largest oil industry trade group, demanding a trove of climate change-related documents and correspondence with 225 entities, including media outlets, academic institutions, conservative advocacy groups, business…Washington Free Beacon1d agoWhole story →TechnologyPlanet
Sanders introduces bill to ban the federal government from using FlockThe proposed legislation would extend to all automotica license plate readers.TechCrunch4d agoWhole story →JusticeTechnologyHR 10691alpr regulation proposal
'Historic Victory': Judge Blocks Trump's Big Bend Border Construction—For NowA federal judge in El Paso on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from continuing construction of border barriers, roads, and other infrastructure across the Big Bend region, a win for environmentalists, landowners, and other Texans from across the political spectrum who are united in their opposition to the project. US District Judge…Common Dreams4d agoWhole story →BuildJustice
Judge OKs Paramount settlement agreementCHICAGO -- A federal judge has granted Paramount's settlement agreement with 12 states that sued over the company's takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, allowing the companies to soon close their $81 billion mega merger.Arkansas Online5d agoWhole story →JusticeTechnologyparamount warner merger approval
Newsom Vetoes Smart Glasses Privacy BillThe language of the bill was overbroad, in Newsom's opinion.Engadget5d agoWhole story →JusticeTechnologycalifornia smart glasses bill veto
Newsom Vetoes Measure That Would Have Penalized the Use of Smart Glasses to Secretly Record PeopleSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed legislation Wednesday that would have penalized Californians for using smart glasses to record people without their permission in changing rooms, doctor’s offices and other spaces people generally consider private.U.S. News & World Report6d agoWhole story →JusticeTechnologyGavin Newsomcalifornia smart glasses bill veto
Jack Smith's Trump probe swept up Fox News, other media communications as investigation went beyond lawmakersJack Smith's investigators obtained records containing communications between nearly 50 journalists and government officials during the Trump probe.NewsBreak7d agoWhole story →GovernmentCulturetrump investigation update
Jack Smith probe swept up journalists from Fox News, CNN in recordsJack Smith's investigators obtained records with communications between nearly 50 journalists and government officials ahead of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.Fox News7d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticesenate judiciary hearing
