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petersuber<p>Update. "Federal judge overturns part of Florida’s book ban law."<br><a href="https://theconversation.com/federal-judge-overturns-part-of-floridas-book-ban-law-drawing-on-nearly-100-years-of-precedent-protecting-first-amendment-access-to-ideas-263893" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/federal-ju</span><span class="invisible">dge-overturns-part-of-floridas-book-ban-law-drawing-on-nearly-100-years-of-precedent-protecting-first-amendment-access-to-ideas-263893</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/BookBans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookBans</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USLaw</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
Flipboard Culture Desk<p>Here's a sliver of good news you might have missed: In August, a Florida judge ruled that part of the state's book ban law is unconstitutional and violates students' First Amendment right of free access to ideas. For <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@TheConversationUS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TheConversationUS</span></a></span>, James B. Blasingame, a professor of English, unpacks what that means, and what happens next.</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/fuyu-J" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/fuyu-J</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USLaw</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/BookBans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookBans</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reading</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a></p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p>Trump goes FULLY UNHINGED after Kirk shooting | <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/AnotherTrumpFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnotherTrumpFailure</span></a> Day - YouTube</p><p><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4eMofN1_JUc&amp;pp=0gcJCRsBo7VqN5tD" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">m.youtube.com/watch?v=4eMofN1_</span><span class="invisible">JUc&amp;pp=0gcJCRsBo7VqN5tD</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/BatshitBondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BatshitBondi</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/NaziUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaziUSA</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/USLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USLaw</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/hatespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hatespeech</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freespeech</span></a></p>
Matthew Rimmer<p>EFF to Court: The Supreme Court Must Rein in Expansive Secondary Copyright Liability<br><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/eff-court-supreme-court-must-rein-expansive-secondary-copyright-liability" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/eff-</span><span class="invisible">court-supreme-court-must-rein-expansive-secondary-copyright-liability</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ISPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISPs</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/uslaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uslaw</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/amicuscuriae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amicuscuriae</span></a></p>
Matthew Rimmer<p>'Several major record labels and rights holders have settled their $621 million copyright infringement suit against the Internet Archive over its efforts to digitize, preserve, and share 78 rpm records. </p><p>Attorneys for both sides filed the joint notice of settlement in the California district court on Monday, Sept. 15. It states only that the various plaintiffs — led by Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment — and the Internet Archive “have settled this matter.” Terms of the settlement are still “pending,” and once they’re hashed out, both sides will file a stipulation to dismiss the case. That is expected to arrive within 45 days.' <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/internet-archive-labels-settle-great-78-copyright-lawsuit-1235427887/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rollingstone.com/music/music-n</span><span class="invisible">ews/internet-archive-labels-settle-great-78-copyright-lawsuit-1235427887/</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetArchive</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/uslaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uslaw</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>From <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@eff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>eff</span></a></span>: "If the Supreme Court doesn’t reverse a lower court’s ruling, internet service providers (ISPs) could be forced to terminate people’s internet access based on nothing more than mere accusations of copyright infringement."<br><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/eff-court-supreme-court-must-rein-expansive-secondary-copyright-liability" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/eff-</span><span class="invisible">court-supreme-court-must-rein-expansive-secondary-copyright-liability</span></a> </p><p>PS: I'd like to think that <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> would strike down the lower court decision simply to respect freedom of speech and due process. Or to prevent vindictive cyber-swatting. But it might not strike down the decision at all. And if it does, it might be to protect major corporations, like <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> companies, from being forced offline by copyright critics.</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USLaw</span></a></p>
Yappari<p>“The shift from one <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> system foundation to another is messy – and it is inherently about power…. Delivering change means thinking through the many ways incumbency creates systems of dependencies throughout society, and what options – from regulations to monetary policy to the ability to shape the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ruleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ruleOfLaw</span></a> – we have to respond. To disrupt energy incumbents and achieve energy <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/abundance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abundance</span></a>, in other words, we must couple regulatory and non-regulatory tools.”</p><p><a href="https://fas.org/publication/abundance-public-trust-climate-guidance/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fas.org/publication/abundance-</span><span class="invisible">public-trust-climate-guidance/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ClimatePolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimatePolicy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ClimateJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateJustice</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USlaw</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ClimateScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateScience</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Sociology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sociology</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/EnvironmentalScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalScience</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a></p>
𝕂𝚞𝚋𝚒𝚔ℙ𝚒𝚡𝚎𝚕<p>🧵 …I had been critical of BlueSky for a long time (see above), now it confirms to me how unfree it is unfortunately not wanting to perceive it in whatness.</p><p>»Bluesky Implements Age Verification in South Dakota and Wyoming:<br>Anonymous speech is being traded for compliance, one state law at a time.«</p><p>🦋 <a href="https://reclaimthenet.org/bluesky-age-verification-south-dakota-wyoming-kids-web-services" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">reclaimthenet.org/bluesky-age-</span><span class="invisible">verification-south-dakota-wyoming-kids-web-services</span></a></p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bluesky</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/verification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>verification</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/anonymous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anonymous</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/southdakota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>southdakota</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/wyoming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wyoming</span></a> <br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/bsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bsky</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freespeech</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/decentralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decentralized</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/uslaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uslaw</span></a></p>
David<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@RollingStone" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>RollingStone</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@rollingstone/all-news-bogkkc4vz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>all-news-RollingStone</span></a></span> Come say that in Canada. Under current law here, counselling commission of murder has the same penalty as attempted murder, even if someone does not attempt to do as counselled [1], and the same penalty as murder, if the person does as counselled [2]. What a difference between our legal systems. </p><p>[1] <a href="https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/page-66.html#s-464" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/ac</span><span class="invisible">ts/C-46/page-66.html#s-464</span></a><br>[2] <a href="https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/page-3.html#s-22" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/ac</span><span class="invisible">ts/C-46/page-3.html#s-22</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cdnlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnlaw</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/uslaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uslaw</span></a></p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p>Amy Coney Barrett SCRAMBLES Over Supreme Court Downfall As ICE Ruling Proves Brutal Truth - YouTube</p><p><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t44a8ietUJs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">m.youtube.com/watch?v=t44a8iet</span><span class="invisible">UJs</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FuckTheSCOTUS6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FuckTheSCOTUS6</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/farright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>farright</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/NaziUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaziUSA</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/AbolishMAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbolishMAGA</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/AbolishICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbolishICE</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/USLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USLaw</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/RacialProfilingLegalised" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RacialProfilingLegalised</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a></p>
Flipboard News Desk<p>The U.S. Supreme Court has lifted restrictions on roving ICE raids in central California in which masked and heavily armed agents pulled aside people who identify as Latino to interrogate them about their immigration status. Lower courts found that ICE had not established "reasonable suspicion," and ordered the Department of Homeland Security to discontinue the practice if stops were based on a person's apparent ethnicity, language or presence at a particular location. Justice Kavanaugh wrote in his concurrence: “Apparent ethnicity alone cannot furnish reasonable suspicion; under this court’s case law regarding immigration stops, however, it can be a ‘relevant factor’ when considered along with other salient factors." Justices Sotomayor, Kagan and Brown Jackson dissented. Here's more from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@CNN" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>CNN</span></a></span>. </p><p><a href="https://flip.it/T-sO.p" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/T-sO.p</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USLaw</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/RacialProfiling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RacialProfiling</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. "Trump Admin Throws Up Hands, Pledges to Restore HHS Websites."<br><a href="https://www.medpagetoday.com/washington-watch/washington-watch/117294" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">medpagetoday.com/washington-wa</span><span class="invisible">tch/washington-watch/117294</span></a></p><p>PS: Note that the Trump admin didn't even appeal this defeat in court. </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicine</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Takedowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Takedowns</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/TrumpVResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USLaw</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
Matthew Rimmer<p>AI startup Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5bn to settle <a href="https://aus.social/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a> lawsuit over books <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/05/anthropic-settlement-ai-book-lawsuit" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">5/sep/05/anthropic-settlement-ai-book-lawsuit</span></a></p><p>Settlement could be pivotal after authors claimed company took pirated copies of their work to train chatbots <a href="https://aus.social/tags/uslaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uslaw</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
Farhad<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@NewsDesk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>NewsDesk</span></a></span><br>I usually don't comment on internal US politics, but this is so freaking amazing l.</p><p>"liberty and justice for all."</p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pledge_of_Allegiance" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pledge</span><span class="invisible">_of_Allegiance</span></a></p><p>Unless you are gay, trans or soon woman.</p><p> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@CNN" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>CNN</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransRights</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/SecondAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecondAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAdministration</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/USConstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USConstitution</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/USLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USLaw</span></a></p>
Flipboard News Desk<p>The U.S. Department of Justice is looking into ways to limit transgender people's right to possess firearms, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@CNN" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>CNN</span></a></span> reports. This would be predicated on the idea that trans people are mentally ill. The idea has gained currency in conservative media since last week's school shooting, which police say was carried out by a trans woman, but the vast majority of mass attacks have no connection to transgender people.</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/pfHK6d" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/pfHK6d</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransRights</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/SecondAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecondAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAdministration</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USConstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USConstitution</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USLaw</span></a></p>
Flipboard News Desk<p>The Texas Senate has approved a bill that will empower citizens to sue anyone who “manufactures, distributes, mails, transports, delivers, prescribes, or provides” abortion pills to Texans for at least $100,000 in damages, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://texasobserver.social/@TexasObserver" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TexasObserver</span></a></span> reports. It will now head to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk. Mary Tuma looks at how this new law, modeled after the 2021 "bounty-hunter"-style six-week abortion ban, could have repercussions throughout the United States. “It will fuel fear among manufacturers and providers nationwide, while encouraging neighbors to police one another’s reproductive lives, further isolating pregnant Texans, and punishing the people who care for them,” said Blair Wallace, policy and advocacy strategist on reproductive freedom at the ACLU of Texas, in a statement.</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/LNsrDo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/LNsrDo</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USLaw</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Abortion</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ReproductiveFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ReproductiveJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveJustice</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/WomensHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHealth</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>The Trump strategy of flooding the zone with shit, or moving fast and breaking things, has a temporary tactical advantage because opponents tend to follow the rules and rule-following takes time. But the law is catching up with Trump. The following signature Trump actions were ruled illegal 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦: </p><p>* His tariffs (8/30)<br>* His use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans (9/2)<br>* His deployment of troops to Los Angeles (9/2)<br>* His firing of Democratic directors at two independent agencies, the Voice of America (8/28) and Federal Trade Commission (9/2)<br>* His freezing of Harvard research funds (9/3) <br>* His 'pocket rescission' of foreign aid funds (9/3)</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/TrumpVResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USLaw</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>"Trump admin agrees to restore public health webpages."<br><a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/09/02/tpublic-health-webpages-restored" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/2025/09/02/tpublic-h</span><span class="invisible">ealth-webpages-restored</span></a><br>(<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/paywalled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paywalled</span></a>) </p><p>"The Trump administration agreed to restore scores of health agency webpages and datasets that went dark to comply with executive orders on diversity, equity and inclusion and gender identity, under a court settlement announced on Tuesday....[The takedowns] prompted a lawsuit from nine medical groups who alleged the administration's actions were arbitrary, illegal and threatened public health. Under the agreement, the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> will reinstate the webpages in question to reflect how they appeared online as of January 29, 2025. Once that happens, the case will then dismissed." </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Takedowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Takedowns</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/TrumpVResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USLaw</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
Flipboard News Desk<p>An appeals court has found that U.S. President Trump's tariffs are an illegal use of emergency powers, but has left them in place with the expectation that the administration will head to the Supreme Court next. “It seems unlikely that Congress intended to ... grant the President unlimited authority to impose tariffs,” the judges wrote in a 7-4 ruling. Here's more from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@AssociatedPress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>AssociatedPress</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://flip.it/p.fAs-" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/p.fAs-</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAdministration</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USLaw</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a></p>
Flipboard News Desk<p>A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit by 9/11 families that accuses Saudi Arabia of employing men to assist the hijackers who flew planes into the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Saudi Arabia has been fighting civil litigation seeking to hold it liable for the terrorist attacks for more than two decades. <br>Here's more from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@allrisenews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>allrisenews</span></a></span>. </p><p><a href="https://flip.it/82sPZb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/82sPZb</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USLaw</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/WorldTradeCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldTradeCenter</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Terrorism</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/SaudiaArabia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaudiaArabia</span></a></p>
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