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Biden to announce protections Tuesday for undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens and ‘Dreamers’ ( www.pbs.org )
The president’s executive action will shield undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens from deportation, allow them to obtain work authorization, as well as ease their path to permanent resident status, the three sources told PBS News. The announcement will be made at a White House event marking the 12th anniversary of an...
Greek coastguard threw migrants overboard to their deaths, witnesses say ( www.bbc.com )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240617121514/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0vv717yvpeo
Joe Biden Wants to Go Viral. It’s Not Easy. ( www.nytimes.com )
The Biden campaign is trying to work its way into social media feeds. But it is struggling to win over the young, left-leaning influencers who control the conversation online.
Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic ( www.reuters.com )
OP - https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/...
Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic ( www.reuters.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16528976...
Maker of Jeep and Dodge plans to kill chrome on cars, citing risks to those who make it ( www.cnn.com )
Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic ( www.reuters.com )
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. military launched a secret campaign to counter what it perceived as China’s growing influence in the Philippines, a nation hit especially hard by the deadly virus....
There’s a Time Bomb Hidden In the Supreme Court’s Abortion Pills Decision ( ballsandstrikes.org )
Distressingly, the opinion leaves breadcrumbs for [anti-abortion] activists to follow next time—and sets up some roadblocks to keep progressive activists out. For example, Kavanaugh writes that plaintiffs who aren’t actually affected by a given regulation, like the AHM, can still “thread the causation needle” if they...
Politicians Push Failed ‘Tough-on-Crime’ Measures as Crime Rates Near Record Lows ( theappeal.org )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240614122241/https://theappeal.org/tough-on-crime-rates-record-low/
Secret Law is not the Solution to an Overbroad Surveillance Authority ( www.justsecurity.org )
When the House passed legislation to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in April, it included a new provision that Senator Ron Wyden described as “one of the most dramatic and terrifying expansions of government surveillance authority in history.” Concern over the provision mounted in...
New Jersey's D.C. Democrats say Biden administration should not support new GEO Group immigrant jail in Newark ( newjerseymonitor.com )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240614115538/https://newjerseymonitor.com/2024/06/10/new-jerseys-d-c-democrats-say-biden-administration-should-not-support-new-immigrant-jail/
What happened at Waupun: A timeline of prisoner deaths, investigations, lawsuits and resignations at the Wisconsin prison ( www.jsonline.com )
Over the past year, four prisoners have died at Waupun, prison workers have been criminally charged, officials have resigned and a series of investigations have been launched at the local, state and federal levels....
Cook County Jail’s deadliest year in decades reveals repeated lapses and failed oversight ( www.injusticewatch.org )
[Sheriff] Dart’s spokesperson said the “primary driver” for the record spike in deaths was a sudden influx of paper laced with fentanyl and other drugs that was smuggled into the jail in the first half of last year....
A.C.L.U. Sues to Stop Biden’s Asylum Ban on the U.S.-Mexico Border ( www.nytimes.com )
“The asylum statute could not be clearer: that one must be able to seek protection regardless of where they enter the country, which is why the courts struck down Trump’s near-identical asylum ban and is undoubtedly why the Biden administration has acknowledged it may not be able to do this by unilateral executive fiat,”...
DOJ: Phoenix police systematically used illegal excessive force. Reaction ranges from outrage to caution ( www.azcentral.com )
Many city officials and police representatives bristled at the findings, with reactions ranging from disappointment and frustration to anxiety and near outrage. One city leader said federal oversight would "neuter" the department, while a police leader said the report's findings were riddled with "innuendo" and "half-truths."...
Supreme Court rules for Starbucks, limits power of judges to protect fired union organizers ( www.latimes.com )
In a 9-0 decision, the court overturned a ruling by a federal judge in Tennessee who sided with the NLRB and ordered Starbucks to rehire the so-called “Memphis Seven.”...
UNHCR report says nearly 120 million people were displaced around the world in 2023, the twelfth year in a row that the figure has risen. ( www.npr.org )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240613125226/https://www.npr.org/2024/06/11/nx-s1-5002273/nearly-120-million-people-were-displaced-around-the-world-in-2023-unhcr-report-says
The Biggest Lie Trump–Biden 2024 Rematch Voters Are Telling Themselves: The system will not inevitably “hold.” ( slate.com )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240613113801/https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/06/biggest-lie-trump-biden-2024-voters.html
Gen Z influencers who supported Biden in 2020 turn against him ( www.washingtonpost.com )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240613115802/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/06/13/influencers-biden-tiktok-ban/
Biden Asylum Order Doesn’t Move Needle - Trump’s retrospective job rating better than Biden’s current numbers ( www.monmouth.edu )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240613115612/https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/reports/monmouthpoll_us_061224/
New Senate report blasts residential treatment facilities that “treat children as payouts” ( www.motherjones.com )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240613114000/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/06/senate-investigation-behavioral-health-residential-treatment-universal-health-services-uhs-acadia-wyden/
A Washington Post investigation found hundreds of law enforcement officers in the United States have sexually exploited kids. Many avoid prison time. ( www.washingtonpost.com )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240613113800/https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2024/police-officers-child-sexual-abuse-in-america/
New Hampshire Republicans Try to Require Proof of Citizenship to Register to Vote ( boltsmag.org )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240613113907/https://boltsmag.org/new-hampshire-republicans-proof-of-citizenship-to-register-to-vote/
Serving Time for Their Abusers’ Crimes - The Marshall Project found nearly 100 people who were punished for the actions of their abusers under little-known laws like “accomplice liability.” ( www.themarshallproject.org )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240613113637/https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/06/13/abuse-domestic-violence-survivors-liability-prison
Opinion: Why Biden's new border plan is a terrible idea ( www.latimes.com )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240610123952/https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-06-06/biden-border-immigration-crossings
A migrant family is undeterred by Biden’s push to restrict asylum ( www.washingtonpost.com )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240610123748/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/06/06/biden-immigration-asylum-policy-migrant-family/
Migrants are rattled and unsure as US deportations begin under new rule halting asylum ( apnews.com )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240610123617/https://apnews.com/article/migrants-biden-deportation-asylum-border-mexico-47ce1480fc34814e9e622fb99b2ed7e7
A law to protect Washington health care workers keeps patients in crisis ( www.seattletimes.com )
Under Washington state law, any assault on a health care worker can be a felony — including spitting, slapping or other actions that might otherwise be treated as minor offenses with fewer consequences for the accused. The decades-old statute was meant to protect providers, who are increasingly harmed in violent attacks....
New study links California wildfire smoke linked to over 10,000 early deaths ( www.npr.org )
In a new paper published this week in Science Advances, Connolly and her colleagues calculated that wildfire smoke is responsible for about 50,000 deaths across California between 2008 and 2018....
Scientists are fixing flawed forensics that can lead to wrongful convictions ( www.sciencenews.org )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240610124128/https://www.sciencenews.org/article/investigating-crime-science-forensics
Anchorage Alaska police won't release bodycam video of 3 shootings. It's creating a fight over transparency ( apnews.com )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240610123937/https://apnews.com/article/anchorage-police-body-cameras-kristopher-handy-fe3d1c9c5716a815f02e4fc2b2120b06
Inmate hung a noose. Los Angeles County Jailers were too busy watching 'explicit video' to intervene, inspectors say ( www.latimes.com )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240607123331/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-06-05/an-inmate-hung-up-a-noose-jailers-were-too-busy-watching-explicit-video-to-intervene-report-says
An American Immigration Council Analysis of the President’s 212(f) Proclamation and Interim Final Rule Restricting Asylum ( www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240607122602/https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/american-immigration-council-analysis-presidents-212f-proclamation-and-interim-final-rule
Prisoner dies 12 days after Pennsylvania judge granted compassionate release for health reasons ( apnews.com )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240607122811/https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-prisoner-compassionate-release-6ab4af9895a4b3365658bd23aa2e7cc9
Pennsylvania Supreme Court to weigh life sentences for felony murder ( penncapital-star.com )
Under the felony murder doctrine, a person accused of committing a felony can be charged with murder for a death that occurs during the felony, even if the defendant was not the killer and had no intent to kill. In Pennsylvania, conviction comes with a mandatory sentence of life without parole, one of the most severe renderings...
Execution date set for Missouri inmate, even as he awaits hearing on claim of actual innocence ( apnews.com )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240607120510/https://apnews.com/article/missouri-death-row-inquiry-board-state-supreme-court-0103d6047d1caa04eefbb6ef262063fb
As Trump threatens deportations, Miami’s undocumented grapple with uncertain future ( www.miamiherald.com )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240607120338/https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article288850205.html
Democrats divided over Biden’s immigration executive order ( www.washingtonpost.com )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240607120128/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/04/democrats-divided-biden-immigration-executive-order/
How Supplemental Security Income's delayed Overpayment Notices Wreak Havoc in the Lives of Disabled and Eldery Americans ( www.npr.org )
Every month, a federal benefits program sends checks to some of the poorest disabled and elderly Americans. But then, months or years later, this program tells them that there's been some mistake and that they need to pay back the money. Often, that means tens of thousands of dollars that these people don't have because they are...
Uplift Rock songs about being alone
Can someone recommend songs about going to life alone and feeling good about it? There's too much depressing stuff about loneliness around. All I have on my playlist for now is:...
The Washington Post is about to embrace the darkness ( www.sfgate.com )