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California residents have a legal right to access the data that companies collect about them. Actually exercising that right is a burdensome nightmare.

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NOTUS: “Donald Trump’s supporters are shouldering more of the pain at the pump, even if they’re not complaining about it as much. Gas prices are up, on average, more than a buck since the Iran war began, and Americans are ponying up more to fill the tank — but they’re not suffering equally.” “About 87% […]

Over the past two years, Belgium's anti-piracy blocklist has grown past 1,500 domains. This week the government's anti-piracy department expanded its effort, ordering domain registrars and a registry to hand over names, bank accounts, crypto wallets and connection logs linked to pirate site operators. The intermediaries are not allowed to inform their customers about these efforts.

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The Secretary of Defense who brings his wife everywhere because his own mental health is so shoddy he can't cope without her presence is disciplining a 19-year old who jumped overboard after more than eight months at sea.

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“A pair of polls released early this week reaffirmed the conventional wisdom in two key races: Democratic governors in Arizona and Pennsylvania appear headed for victory,” NOTUS reports. “And the margins in those polls suggested the potential for the type of coattails that could boost Democrats to down-ballot victories and a House majority.”

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Influential right-wing conspiracy theorists and MAGA-aligned pundits are falsely claiming that the Covid vaccine killed Dolly Parton, the vaccination advocate and philanthropist.

“An effort to inscribe President Trump’s name on the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts was stalled on Thursday when a federal judge asked officials to delay the project while he considered a legal objection from a Democratic lawmaker,” the New York Times reports. “The center had said it planned to add the […]

“Candidates with a history of denying the 2020 election results are on the ballot in states across the country this fall, running for the position of secretary of state. If they win, they would be uniquely positioned to exert control over their states’ elections,” NOTUS reports. “At least three presidential battlegrounds — Nevada, Arizona and […]

“Congressional Democrats are preparing for a new kind of midterm challenge: the risk that President Trump will attempt to undermine November’s elections by claiming fraud or interfering in the voting process,” NPR reports. “At the center of their effort is a task force of at least 11 senators, as well as staff and a constellation […]

“For more than a year, the National Park Service has been quietly working to fulfill an unprecedented directive from Trump officials: Parcel off a corner of Yosemite National Park to give to a private developer,” NOTUS reports.

“Abdul El-Sayed’s latest ads showcase his Michigan roots, including his stepmother’s white Presbyterian parents and a photo from his suburban high-school football days,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “For Michigan’s Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, a central challenge heading to the midterms is convincing people his progressive politics are compatible with the mainstream in a purple […]

“The day after President Donald Trump launched the war in Iran on Feb. 28, he said the fight could last four to five weeks. Six months later, there is little to suggest the end is near,” the Washington Post reports. ”The Iran war has become a major challenge to Trump’s second term, buffeting his standing […]