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Nonilex<p>🚨🚨 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> lets <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> revoke 'parole' status for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a></p><p>The Trump admin had asked the court to allow it to end <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protections</span></a> for more than 500,000 people facing dire <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/humanitarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanitarian</span></a> crises in their home countries.</p><p><a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a1079_p86b.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pd</span><span class="invisible">f/24a1079_p86b.pdf</span></a><br>
The decision lets the Trump admin end, for now, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> program that let immigrants from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Cuba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cuba</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Haiti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Haiti</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Nicaragua" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nicaragua</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Venezuela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuela</span></a> live &amp; work in the US for up to 2 years.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivistCourt</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-lets-trump-revoke-parole-status-migrants-2025-05-30/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/us-suprem</span><span class="invisible">e-court-lets-trump-revoke-parole-status-migrants-2025-05-30/</span></a></p>
Zee<p>Good morning! 👋😀☕️</p><p>Wow! I gotta say that I wasn’t expecting this. </p><p>It seems to me that <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BGRs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BGRs</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ChrisSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChrisSmith</span></a> isn’t concerned about <a href="https://mas.to/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a>. At least that’s what I think when I read his <a href="https://mas.to/tags/article" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>article</span></a> on how he bypasses <a href="https://mas.to/tags/website" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>website</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/protections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protections</span></a> to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/feed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feed</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> models. He didn’t even bother to mention anything about <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ContentWarning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ContentWarning</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/laws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laws</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> or <a href="https://mas.to/tags/decency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decency</span></a>. But he did give lessons <br>(-_-)ゞ゛ <br>This doesn’t seem cool at all. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NotCool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NotCool</span></a>. I feel sketch even including this link 🫤</p><p><a href="https://bgr.com/tech/3-tricks-that-let-chatgpt-read-websites-it-shouldnt-be-able-to-see/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bgr.com/tech/3-tricks-that-let</span><span class="invisible">-chatgpt-read-websites-it-shouldnt-be-able-to-see/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin files motion to end <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protections</span></a> for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrant</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> in federal custody</p><p>The Trump admin filed a motion on Thurs to end a policy cornerstone that since the 1990s has offered protections to child migrants in federal custody, in a move that likely will be challenged by advocates.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-5-22-2025#00000196-f917-d10a-a9b7-f9df05a80000" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/live/donald-trump-n</span><span class="invisible">ews-updates-5-22-2025#00000196-f917-d10a-a9b7-f9df05a80000</span></a></p>
WINGS_radio<p>BREAKING: Justices Allow Temporary <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Protections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protections</span></a> For <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Venezuelans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuelans</span></a> To <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/End" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>End</span></a> <br>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> Court ruled Monday that the Trump administration may rescind temporary protected status for Venezuelans, lifting a California federal judge's order requiring the government to keep Biden-era removal protections and work authorizations in place during a legal battle over a policy change. [via Law360]</p>
Oakland Privacy<p>Extremely alarming! Important to know what is happening at the federal level regarding AI regulation.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protections</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>state</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p><p><a href="https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2025/05/state-ai-regulation-ban/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">calmatters.org/economy/technol</span><span class="invisible">ogy/2025/05/state-ai-regulation-ban/</span></a><br>1/5</p>
Rob Williamson<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dangillmor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dangillmor</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@twrling" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>twrling</span></a></span> </p><p>Wow. The EU would have fined that organization out of existence, and kept on fining the smoking crater if the org were caught doing something like that here. I'm so glad I live in the EU.</p><p>Current fines: <a href="https://www.enforcementtracker.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">enforcementtracker.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://dju.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/protections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protections</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GDPR</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Members of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Fed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fed</span></a>'s Board of Governors, like the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> board members, have "for-cause" removal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protections</span></a> meant to let a president fire them only for reasons such as inefficiency or malfeasance, not policy disagreement.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Legal</span></a> experts said that if <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> decides to eliminate removal protections for the 2 labor boards, it *may try* to create an exception that would insulate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalReserve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalReserve</span></a> officials like <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeromePowell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeromePowell</span></a> in a bid to preserve the Fed's <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>independence</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Other performance metrics include removing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protections</span></a> for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EndangeredSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndangeredSpecies</span></a> that have *recovered* &amp; restoring “historic [racist] names” to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/landmarks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landmarks</span></a>. On his first day back in office, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> stripped <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NorthAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthAmerica</span></a>’s tallest mountain of its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> name, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Denali" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Denali</span></a>, &amp; restored its previous title, Mount McKinley.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SacredLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SacredLand</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalMonuments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalMonuments</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicLands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicLands</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/habitats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>habitats</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EnvironmentalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The push would spark an intense <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> fight over the right of a president to grant sweeping <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lands</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protections</span></a> under the 1906 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiquitiesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiquitiesAct</span></a> — &amp; take them away. In his 1st term, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> became the 1st president in more than half a century to modify existing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalMonuments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalMonuments</span></a> when he drastically shrank the boundaries of Utah’s Bears Ears &amp; Grand Staircase-Escalante—only for Pres Joe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>🦸‍♂️to reverse the cuts.<br>
<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicLands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicLands</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Interior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Interior</span></a> ofcls are poring over geological maps to analyze the monuments’ potential for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oil</span></a> production &amp; assess whether to *revise* their boundaries…</p><p>…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s policies…aim to boost American <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> &amp; critical <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/minerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minerals</span></a> production, which he says is vital to economic growth &amp; powering <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>. Trump declared a “national energy emergency” [there isn’t one], established an energy council to fast-track resource development projects &amp; sought to dismantle dozens of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protections</span></a>.</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> officials are analyzing whether to remove federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protections</span></a> for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalMonuments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalMonuments</span></a> spanning millions of acres in the West, according to two people familiar with the matter and an internal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Interior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Interior</span></a> Department document, in order to spur <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> development on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicLands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicLands</span></a>.
<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/land" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>land</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/habitats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>habitats</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EnvironmentalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Judge <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmyBermanJackson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmyBermanJackson</span></a> of the Federal District Court in Washington said she intended to issue an order later on Friday preventing the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a>’s workers from being cut off from the agency’s system, as the agency’s leaders had planned. She said she intended to follow up later this month with a more extensive hearing on the planned <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/layoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>layoffs</span></a>. Until then, they will not move forward, she said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protections</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In court filings ahead of the hearing, Mark Paoletta, the bureau’s chief legal officer, defended the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/purge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>purge</span></a>, which he said would “right-size” an agency filled w/ “vast waste.” Paoletta said he &amp; others had determined that it needed only 200 workers. Many legally required units — including those that focus on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FairLending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FairLending</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StudentLoans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentLoans</span></a> &amp; protections for older Americans — need only one! employee, he said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protections</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>After the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin sent termination notices on Thurs to 90% of employees at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> — some 1,500 people — Judge <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmyBermanJackson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmyBermanJackson</span></a> of the Federal District Court in Washington ordered a hearing at 11AM today. She is seeking to determine if the terminations violated an injunction she imposed barring agency ofcls from dismantling the bureau so completely that it cannot carry out its legally mandated duties.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protections</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a></p>
axadle<p>Trump Administration Suggests Redefining 'Harm' in Context of Endangered Species Protections <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/World" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>World</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Administration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Administration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/context" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>context</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/endangered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endangered</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Protections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protections</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Redefining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Redefining</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/species" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>species</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/suggests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>suggests</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>&nbsp;<br><a href="https://tinyurl.com/24ux9zoa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/24ux9zoa</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1994656/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1994656/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Ghibli-style AI images ignite debate over art copyright protections <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/debate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debate</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GhibliStyle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GhibliStyle</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ignite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ignite</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/images" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>images</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/protections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protections</span></a></p>
Nando161<p><a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a>’s decision to try and ban face coverings is based on an increasingly <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>state</span></a>‘s understanding that <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/masks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>masks</span></a> represent one of the few remaining, readily available, and effective <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/protections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protections</span></a> against the crackdown on <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> rights.<br><a href="https://freedomnews.org.uk/2025/04/02/face-masks-at-protests-if-not-now-when/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">freedomnews.org.uk/2025/04/02/</span><span class="invisible">face-masks-at-protests-if-not-now-when/</span></a></p>
Frédéric D'Astous<p>États-Unis : le travail des mineurs, nouvelle « guerre culturelle » </p><p>« Pour remédier à la pénurie de main-d’œuvre, plusieurs États américains ont décidé d’alléger les restrictions encadrant l’embauche des <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/enfants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enfants</span></a>. Le sujet divise républicains et démocrates, les premiers y voyant un simple levier économique, quand les seconds dénoncent une dangereuse érosion des <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/protections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protections</span></a> sociales » <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/%C3%89ducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Éducation</span></a> <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.la-croix.com/international/etats-unis-le-travail-des-mineurs-nouvelle-guerre-culturelle-20240219" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">la-croix.com/international/eta</span><span class="invisible">ts-unis-le-travail-des-mineurs-nouvelle-guerre-culturelle-20240219</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lazysocial.de/@33dBm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>33dBm</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@zeri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>zeri</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@vfrmedia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vfrmedia</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://jawns.club/@obiwankimberly" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>obiwankimberly</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@augieray" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>augieray</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/@digitalcourage" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>digitalcourage</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@antidiskriminierung" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>antidiskriminierung</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@lsvd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lsvd</span></a></span></p><p>Personally if I was <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@Bundesregierung" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Bundesregierung</span></a></span> I'd order <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@AuswaertigesAmt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AuswaertigesAmt</span></a></span> &amp; <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@bamf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bamf</span></a></span> to basically rubberstamp any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/nonbinary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonbinary</span></a> person to enter <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> as I expect <em>sooner or later</em> a <a href="https://aufentha.lt/eugh-fluechtlingseigenschaft-fuer-frauen-aus-afghanistan/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">similar precedent to</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ECHR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ECHR</span></a> decision re: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> fleeing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Afghanistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Afghanistan</span></a> under the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Taliban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taliban</span></a>, that verifying someone to <em>'be a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> citizen and not cis and/or binary'</em> should be enough to grant <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/asylum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asylum</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/protections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protections</span></a> without any further hesitation.</p><ul><li>I mean, all that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BAMF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BAMF</span></a> is doing by not simply doing so is wasting <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PersonnelHours" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonnelHours</span></a> and creating <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/costs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>costs</span></a> because people defending their case successfully will have the state pay the legal expenses...</li></ul>
Nonilex<p>Probationary employees—those who were recently hired, promoted, or otherwise changed roles—have been targeted first, as they lack certain <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilService</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protections</span></a> that would make them harder to fire. Thousands of workers have been terminated over the last few weeks across multiple agencies. With the new software &amp; the use of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>, some government employees fear that large-scale terminations could roll out even more quickly.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AutoRIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutoRIF</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a></p>