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[ad_1] The House passed legislation Thursday reopening the Department of Homeland Security, ending a record 76-day partial shutdown and clearing the way for thousands of federal workers to be paid in May.  Subscribe Today Get daily emails in your inbox The vote followed weeks of Republican infighting over a Senate bill that funds most of the department through September 30 but excludes Immigration and Customs Enforcement and parts of Customs and Border Protection. Some representatives in the party’s conservative wing refused to vote on a funding bill unless it included immigration enforcement. The White House finally pushed House…

[ad_1] The Court has in the past upheld restrictions on political activity (such as candidate speeches) on military bases, see Greer v. Spock (1976), and lower courts have upheld restrictions on speech by outsiders on various kinds of government property, including military bases. But when may the government restrict speech by people who actually live on government property—military bases or otherwise—and who aren’t active duty military or even other government employees? The issue has come up fairly rarely, but at least some cases have recognized that residents of various kinds of public housing retain broad constitutional rights on that property.…

[ad_1] In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we’re doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. Joshua Scheer This war isn’t just being fought with missiles—it’s being waged through oil markets, currencies, and corporate balance sheets. And while the world watches bombs fall, something quieter—and far more consequential—is happening: a global energy system is being weaponized in real time. This on The Geopolitical Economy Report with Ben Norton. Ben digs into the role oil…

[ad_1] And Human Behavior Cross-posted by Smith Sense “How to make sense of the world today…” – Matt Smith @ Crisis Investing “Our human actions and reactions are not rooted in statistical data but are determined instead by emotions and sentiments — narratives drive our behaviour.” — Klaus Schwab, Covid-19: The Great Reset, p. 246 By now, most of us recognize that all media is a battle space in the information war. We see competing narratives and grab on to the one that feels like the truth. But in recent years, our media feeds have been flooded with narrative — so much so…

[ad_1] Across the European con­tin­ent, from Por­tugal to the Balkans, bus routes are being can­celled as waves of eld­erly cus­tom­ers take their last sub­sid­ised free­dom pass to the sky. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Spotted on a lawyer’s web site: To be fair, the lawyer was apparently one of the lawyers on what would commonly be called a low eight-figure settlement ($11M), and the lawyer’s site mentions a couple of similarly sized verdicts, one later on the same page and one or another page. It thus seems more like a funny glitch than a telling error. On the other hand, the lawyer has recently been sanctioned for AI hallucinations in a filing written by an associate but also signed by the lawyer.The post "Multi-Figure Verdicts" appeared first on Reason.com. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we’re doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. The genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing in Lebanon exhausted the West’s moral legitimacy. Now Iran is slowly exhausting the West’s military primacy Jonathan Cook Substack [First published by Middle East Eye] For decades, two irreconciliable narratives about Israel and its motivations have existed in parallel. On the one side, an official western narrative portrays a plucky, besieged “Jewish”…

[ad_1] Saturday evening marks the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Kentucky. Nineteen horses are expected to race in the granddaddy of them all and it’s my pleasure to provide some important details about the world’s greatest thoroughbred race should you decide to lay a lucky ticket or simply sit back and enjoy the show. Renegade, the favorite in this year’s race, will start from post position 1. The inside is not the place to be. Since 1930, post position 1 has accounted for only 20 percent of all win, place, and show finishes, meaning Renegade will have…

[ad_1] Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair In 1965, the United States took a decisive step toward democracy with the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. At the time, Black political representation was not just limited — it was nearly nonexistent. African Americans made up more than 10 percent of the population but held less than 2 percent of seats in Congress and none in the United States Senate. The Voting Rights Act changed that trajectory. By dismantling formal barriers to voting, it opened the door for Black political participation — and over time, representation. That progress was neither…

[ad_1] He begins by probing his own feelings-the things he loves and the things he hates. The things that pique his interest and pierce his heart; the things he fears but will never admit. He distills these insights into a story about life, and through his words seeks to induce a feeling in the reader, to make the reader love or hate or identify with people who do not exist. [ad_2] Source link