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- 2026-01-26 23:42 UTC [L..T] Minnesota targeted by federal government over trans girls in sports «On Monday, a joint announcement by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Education said the agencies had notified the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) that it had failed to comply with Title IX by allowing transgender girls to compete in sports aligning with their gender.»
- 2026-01-26 05:30 UTC [L..T] Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence «The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”» This is bonkers. Safety regulations are "written in blood", i.e. the lives lost through preventable situations. This is clearly a sop to the transportation industry so they can cut corners at the expense of their passengers' lives.
- 2026-01-26 [L..T] Our Neighbors in Minneapolis (or: What I Saw While I Was There) «ICE is there to kidnap black and brown people. They’re not subtle about their racism—even the local police have complained about how all of their off-duty non-white officers are being harassed by federal agents. Masked, unmarked men are simply snatching people out of their cars, throwing them into unmarked SUVs, and driving them away, often to never to see their loved ones again. People’s cars are left abandoned in the streets, sometimes still running, sometimes still in drive.»
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