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Strike marks third deadly attack on vessels in region in four days, and the killing of 174 people since September
The US military said it killed four more people in a boat strike in the eastern Pacific ocean on Tuesday, marking the third deadly attack on vessels in the region in four days.
The US Southern Command, which oversees military operations in Latin America and the Caribbean, announced the killings in a social media post, claiming, without providing evidence, that the men killed were “narco-terrorists”.
Continue reading...Filing seeks to overturn seditious conspiracy charges of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers members who laid siege to US Capitol in 2021
The US Department of Justice has requested that a federal appeals judge overturn convictions for members of far-right groups Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, who were previously found guilty of seditious conspiracy in connection with the violent siege of the US capitol in 2021.
Jeanine Pirro, the Donald Trump-appointed US attorney for the District of Columbia, signed separate motions on Tuesday to vacate convictions for a slew of individuals, including the Proud Boys’ leaders Ethan Nordean and Joseph Biggs as well as Stewart Rhodes, a former attorney who founded the Oath Keepers’ militia.
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We're getting more confirmation of the careless and criminal way DOGE operated... in no particular order, here's a collection: 1) Whistleblower says Trump officials thought USAID did 'just abortions,' asked for 'Barney-style' slides before gutting agency, per new book. Enrich's new book "Into the Wood Chipper: A Whistleblower's Account of How the Trump Administration Shredded USAID" will be published on Tuesday, and The Handbasket is proud to share an exclusive excerpt.
2) DOGE's secret voter data deal was 'alarming,' court finds. A federal appeals court Friday raised serious concerns about a secret voter data agreement involving the Trump administration and ordered a lower court to take another look at a case challenging its access to Social Security data. The decision comes after new evidence emerged in January showing that Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) personnel worked with an outside political group seeking to challenge election results — something that was not disclosed during earlier court proceedings. 3) Management of Agency Reforms and Workforce Planning Needed to Address Severe Risks to Future IRS Operations and DOGE cuts threaten the agency's "core operations," a recent Treasury watchdog report warns (via The Lever). Within the first seven months of the Trump administration, officials canceled more than 75 percent of taxpayer-facing contracts held by the IRS. That threatens the agency's "core operations," a recent Treasury watchdog report warns, including return processing, customer service, compliance enforcement, and telephone interpreter services. The IRS also lost 17 percent of its staff in 2025, creating work backlogs and skill gaps that could lead to headaches for filers this season. 4) I Watched 6 Hours of DOGE Bro Testimony. Here's What They Had to Say For Themselves and DOGE Bros Had More Fun Burning Down Government Than Testifying About It. Over the course of a six hour long or so deposition, Justin Fox, a former investment banker turned DOGE bro, refused to define what he believes counts as DEI; admitted he used ChatGPT to scan government contracts for terms such as "Black" and "homosexual" but not "white" or "caucasian;" and said that one of the grants he helped slash was "not for the benefit of humankind" before walking that claim back. 5) When DOGE Unleashed ChatGPT on the Humanities and New disclosures reveal how DOGE actually worked. Depositions offer insight into what Elon Musk's group was up to. Members describe a club-like atmosphere in which they pushed for grant and contract cancellations across the government with little oversight. BONUS: 6) The broken database that could upend the 2026 election. President Trump and the election conspiracy theorists he surrounds himself with are determined to exclude people from voting in the 2026 election based on one database: the Department of Homeland Security's Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE). Why? SAVE is an incomplete and flawed database that has been shown to produce a massive number of false positives, incorrectly identifying American citizens as aliens. Thus, using SAVE to exclude voters buttresses the lie that a significant number of undocumented immigrants vote in elections. *** DOGE on metafilter previously: https://www.metafilter.com/tags/doge
2) DOGE's secret voter data deal was 'alarming,' court finds. A federal appeals court Friday raised serious concerns about a secret voter data agreement involving the Trump administration and ordered a lower court to take another look at a case challenging its access to Social Security data. The decision comes after new evidence emerged in January showing that Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) personnel worked with an outside political group seeking to challenge election results — something that was not disclosed during earlier court proceedings. 3) Management of Agency Reforms and Workforce Planning Needed to Address Severe Risks to Future IRS Operations and DOGE cuts threaten the agency's "core operations," a recent Treasury watchdog report warns (via The Lever). Within the first seven months of the Trump administration, officials canceled more than 75 percent of taxpayer-facing contracts held by the IRS. That threatens the agency's "core operations," a recent Treasury watchdog report warns, including return processing, customer service, compliance enforcement, and telephone interpreter services. The IRS also lost 17 percent of its staff in 2025, creating work backlogs and skill gaps that could lead to headaches for filers this season. 4) I Watched 6 Hours of DOGE Bro Testimony. Here's What They Had to Say For Themselves and DOGE Bros Had More Fun Burning Down Government Than Testifying About It. Over the course of a six hour long or so deposition, Justin Fox, a former investment banker turned DOGE bro, refused to define what he believes counts as DEI; admitted he used ChatGPT to scan government contracts for terms such as "Black" and "homosexual" but not "white" or "caucasian;" and said that one of the grants he helped slash was "not for the benefit of humankind" before walking that claim back. 5) When DOGE Unleashed ChatGPT on the Humanities and New disclosures reveal how DOGE actually worked. Depositions offer insight into what Elon Musk's group was up to. Members describe a club-like atmosphere in which they pushed for grant and contract cancellations across the government with little oversight. BONUS: 6) The broken database that could upend the 2026 election. President Trump and the election conspiracy theorists he surrounds himself with are determined to exclude people from voting in the 2026 election based on one database: the Department of Homeland Security's Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE). Why? SAVE is an incomplete and flawed database that has been shown to produce a massive number of false positives, incorrectly identifying American citizens as aliens. Thus, using SAVE to exclude voters buttresses the lie that a significant number of undocumented immigrants vote in elections. *** DOGE on metafilter previously: https://www.metafilter.com/tags/doge
The FCC has granted (PDF) Netgear the first exemption from its foreign-made router ban, allowing the company to keep selling new consumer router models made outside the U.S. through Oct. 1, 2027. PCMag reports: The Defense Department reviewed Netgear's application for an exemption and found that its products "do not pose risks to US national security." The FCC's order doesn't elaborate on why. Netgear is based in San Jose, California, although its products are made in Asia. The exemption, known as a conditional approval, lasts until Oct. 1, 2027. It covers a large range of future Wi-Fi models from Netgear, spanning the R, RAX, RAXE, RS, MK, MR, M, and MH series, the Orbi consumer mesh, mobile, and standalone routers under the RBK, RBE, RBR, RBRE, LBR, LBK, and CBK series, as well as cable gateways and cable modems under the CAX and CM series.
The exemption isn't a full green light for the future product models from Netgear. The FCC says the company still needs to go through the normal Commission-regulated equipment authorization process for each device. The Oct. 1, 2027 date effectively amounts to a deadline for Netgear to receive FCC certification for the router models; each certification is also permanent, enabling the product to be sold in the US on an ongoing basis. This also suggests that Netgear has an 18-month period to receive FCC certifications for future products.
The exemption isn't a full green light for the future product models from Netgear. The FCC says the company still needs to go through the normal Commission-regulated equipment authorization process for each device. The Oct. 1, 2027 date effectively amounts to a deadline for Netgear to receive FCC certification for the router models; each certification is also permanent, enabling the product to be sold in the US on an ongoing basis. This also suggests that Netgear has an 18-month period to receive FCC certifications for future products.
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