When War Weakens Democracy
Wars often undermine democracy, but it appears that that result is not baked in but operates in particular circumstances.
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Reuters Finds AI-Using Surgery Devices Harmed Patients; Nature Magazine and Reuters Find Medical Chatbots Not Beating Patients’ Own Internet Sleuthing
More reasons to be concerned about the aggressive implementation of AI in medicine.
Read more...‘This Is Your Money’: Trump Assault on CFPB Has Cost Consumers $19 Billion
The affordability crisis includes the cost of being cheated, which due to the weakening of the CFPB alone is a handsome sum.
Read more...American Society for Plastic Surgery Position Statement Withdraws Support for Transition Surgery for Those Under 19 as New $2 Million Judgement Points to Looming Liability for Hospitals
How large is the exposure of gender transition doctors who were quick to provide treatments to teens? A $2 million award says pretty big.
Read more...ICE and Border Patrol in Minnesota − Accused of Violating 1st, 2nd, 4th and 10th Amendment Rights − Are Testing Whether the Constitution Can Survive
A law professor recaps ICE and DHS violations of the Constitution in Minnesota alone and their import in reversing Federal oversight.
Read more...US Military Helping DHS Build Massive Network of ‘Concentration Camps,’ Navy Contract Reveals
DHS is using a repurposed $55 billion Navy contract to turn warehouses into makeshift jails and plan sprawling tent cities in the boonies.
Read more...Trump Does a Soft TACO as Republicans, NRA and Law Enforcement Officers Oppose ICE Thuggery. A Gambit or a Real Climbdown?
Trump for the moment is signaling a climbdown on his hyper-aggressive ICE tactics. But how long will this show of contrition last?
Read more...ICE Execution in Minneapolis
ICE repeatedly shot and killed Alex Pretti who posed no threat to anyone. The US we once knew is over.
Read more...Black Sites and Black Days
More on how the US looks to be running ICE-related black sites, as in torture sites, in the US.
Read more...ICE War on Rights and Safety Continues With Policy of Illegal, Fourth Amendment-Violating Home Break-Ins, Detainee Homicide, and Detention and Transport of Children
ICE lawlessness is only getting worse.
Read more...ICE Called Out by Minneapolis Police for Harassing Off-Duty Officers of Color as DOJ Targets Minnesota Officials Personally with Criminal Subpoenas
As authoritative proof of ICE civil rights abuses emerges, the Feds issue criminal subpoenas against officials seeking an injunction.
Read more...What Can We Do for the 250 Million and Counting Displaced by the Environmental Crisis?
A call for a new comprehensive legal framework for climate refugees to safeguard vulnerable populations and protect those who may be at risk in the future.
Read more...Illinois, Minnesota Sue Over Trump ICE Agents Who ‘Have Acted as Occupiers’
Better late than never: states are starting to file suits over ICE thuggery.
Read more...Justice Department Subpoenas the Fed, Threatens Powell with Criminal Indictment. Powell Comes out Swinging. Stock Futures Tank
Trump pursues another own goal by escalating with Fed chair Powell over his refusal to lower interest rates by launching a criminal probe.
Read more...Portland Mayor Decries Mounting Bloodshed, Tells ICE to Get Out After Federal Agents Shoot Two
Portland mayor Keith Wilson called on ICE to halt operations pending a probe of its latest shootings. That won’t happen. So what do cities do?
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