NEVER ELECT A REPUBLICAN UNLESS YOU WANT TO DIE, OR HAVE YOUR KID DIE, OR HAVE YOUR PARENTS AND GRANDS DIE OFF.
A Texas GOP official who mocked vaccines and masks has died from COVID-19
H. Scott Apley, 45 yrs old a council member of Dickinson, Texas and member of the Texas State Republican Executive Committee, has died from COVID-19, who forced religion down his own throat.
Darwinism at play, National GQP is killing off state-level GQP
Rep. Mo Brooks actually tried to get out of the insurrection lawsuit by Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA) for his role in allegedly inciting the January 6 insurrection by telling judge he ‘never smoked tobacco’.
A Democrat Rep. Charlie Crist is now leading Florida Gov. Ron DeathSantis in the 2022 election
2 SCHOOL DISTRICTS SUE ARKANSAS OVER MASK MANDATE BAN
“No rational reason exists for denying public school students, teachers and staff, and the school boards which are obligated to keep them safe, the ability to ensure that all who work and learn in our public schools are as safe as possible,” the lawsuit said.
NOT ONE RETHUGLICAN VOTED FOR THIS. Child Tax Credit
Thanks to the Child Tax Credit in the American Rescue Plan, direct payments to nearly all working families start today. Look for a deposit labeled “CHILDCTC” in your bank account. https://childtaxcredit.com
The federal child tax credit has been around for years, but millions didn’t qualify because they didn’t owe income taxes. That restriction has been lifted, and monthly payments of up to $300 per child are now being deposited in parents’ bank accounts.
https://interconnected.org/home/2021/04/07/robots
US CYBER DEFENSE COLLABORATIVE
Reported Kremlin Leak Appears to Confirm Existence of Trump ‘Kompromat’A document that The Guardian claims is from the Kremlin cryptically refers to “certain events” that happened during Trump’s “non-official visits to Russian Federation territory.”
New: I spoke with security experts about the “Freedom Phone,” touted by prominent conservatives as a secure anti-censorship device. But the $500 phone looks to be nothing more than a cheap Chinese Android known for having serious security issues.
Russian Hackers Disguised as LinkedIn Networkers Spreading Malware
Joe Biden’s Stimulus Is Financing GOP’s Billionaire Tax Cuts
President Joe Biden’s pandemic relief bill included Democratic lawmakers’ language specifically designed to prevent states from using the federal aid to subsidize tax cuts. But after Republicans protested, Biden’s Treasury Department said it will not aggressively enforce the provision—and now some GOP legislatures may be using the stimulus cash to finance tax cuts for the rich.
I will never accept a system that enables 713 billionaires to add $1.8 trillion to their wealth in 16 months but doesn’t raise the $7.25 minimum wage for 12 years. ~ROBERT REICH
GENSLER SAYS
crypto trading platforms, lending platforms, and decentralized finance (defi) platforms “can implicate the securities laws,” and in some cases the commodities laws and the banking laws as well.
SEC Chair Gensler Outlines Plans for Crypto Trading, Exchanges, Investor Protection, Bitcoin ETFs
Gensler Says Many Are Offering Unregistered Securities
Gensler never did anything about Ripple because of the revolving door btw the SEC and the SEC ripple boys and girls. And He never did anything about the silver market scams when he had the chance in his last job!!!
Judge Netburn rules that Fmr, Director Hinman has a sit for a deposition. SEC v. RIpple Labs et. al. hearing. However, because of the privilege issues, the parties are directed to confer on the subject areas of the inquiry to reach agreement. On July 8, the SEC asked Magistrate Judge Netburn to quash Ripple’s subpoena to depose William H. Hinman, former director of the SEC’s Division of Corporate Finance. Inner City Press previously filmed pro-XRP picket on Lexington Avenue on this topic, and published the SEC’s opposition on Patreon, here.
US Government Has Seized Cryptocurrencies Worth $1.2 Billion So Far This Year The government loves to auction off and sell crypto!@!! to the highest bidder so buy it directly from them!!!!! totally legal.
Here’s the deal with the US infrastructure bill
VIDEO — COMMODITY LAW IS ALL ABOUT DECENTRALIZED FINANCE PLATFORMS
I HATE APPLE
This thread about Apple putting the framework for breaking user privacy under the guise (suggested by the state’s) is a shitty ass precedent for them to encourage.
Mathew Green
I’ve had independent confirmation from multiple people that Apple is releasing a client-side tool for CSAM scanning tomorrow. This is a really bad idea. These tools will allow Apple to scan your iPhone photos for photos that match a specific perceptual hash, and report them to Apple servers if too many appear. Initially I understand this will be used to perform client side scanning for cloud-stored photos. Eventually it could be a key ingredient in adding surveillance to encrypted messaging systems.
The ability to add scanning systems like this to E2E messaging systems has been a major “ask” by law enforcement the world over. Here’s an open letter signed by former AG William Barr and other western governments.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-barr-signs-letter-facebook-us-uk-and-australian-leaders-regarding-use-end
This sort of tool can be a boon for finding child pornography in people’s phones. But imagine what it could do in the hands of an authoritarian government?
The way Apple is doing this launch, they’re going to start with non-E2E photos that people have already shared with the cloud. So it doesn’t “hurt” anyone’s privacy. But you have to ask why anyone would develop a system like this if scanning E2E photos wasn’t the goal.
But even if you believe Apple won’t allow these tools to be misused there’s still a lot to be concerned about. These systems rely on a database of “problematic media hashes” that you, as a consumer, can’t review. Hashes using a new and proprietary neural hashing algorithm Apple has developed, and gotten NCMEC to agree to use. We don’t know much about this algorithm. What if someone can make collisions?
Imagine someone sends you a perfectly harmless political media file that you share with a friend. But that file shares a hash with some known child porn file?
https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/statu/1423079847803428866
These images are from an investigation using much simpler hash function than the new one Apple’s developing. They show how machine learning can be used to find such collisions.
https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/statu/1423084244952289281
The idea that Apple is a “privacy” company has bought them a lot of good press. But it’s important to remember that this is the same company that won’t encrypt your iCloud backups because the FBI put pressure on them.
Exclusive: Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained – sources https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-fbi-icloud-exclusive-idUSKBN1ZK1CT