The DoJ wants Texas to provide access to data on voters—and refuses to answer whether it’s breaking privacy laws in doing so. / Votebeat Texas See also: The White House keeps a scorecard tracking companies’ and trade associations’ public support of Trump’s tax bill. / Axios Unemployment numbers in
An Illinois judge rejects Texas’s demand to arrest Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to break quorum on Republicans’ redistricting scheme. / Democracy Docket See also: A love letter to the King of the Hill reboot, a hopeful reminder that Texas is about more than its politics. / The Barbed Wire
Over the past week, Russia has launched a record number of aerial attacks on Ukraine. / The Guardian “One humanitarian’s lament is another gun manufacturer’s selling point.” How the hollow point became the ammunition of choice for American police. / The Baffler Call of Duty, The Apprentice, and Justine Sacco’
According to internal documents, the Trump administration wants to allocate National Guards as part of a “Domestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction Force” to deploy into American cities. / The Washington Post [$] OpenAI reverses course on its latest ChatGPT release, which left users who’d become obsessed with the previous model emotionally
Assessing violence in the West Bank and what it says about Israel’s options for the future: the destruction of Palestinian life, or a two-state solution. / BBC News Israel deliberately kills five Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza. / The Guardian Michael Tomasky: It’s not enough for the New York
A new word was introduced this week: “healthocide,” meaning the deliberate damaging or destruction of health services. / Goats and Soda Trump’s deadline for the Kremlin arrives with little hope for peace. / PBS Five scenarios imagine how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine might end. / CNN Has the notion of a
Since 2022, in partnership with Microsoft, Israel has secretly collected recordings of millions of phone calls made by Palestinians. / +972 Magazine If you've driven to a Lowe’s or Home Depot recently, there’s a good chance your license plate was shared with law enforcement. / 404 Media Civil
Four European countries are buying American military equipment valued at roughly $1 billion for delivery to Ukraine’s forces. / The Wall Street Journal [$] Russia is considering an aerial truce with Ukraine, to head off additional sanctions from the US. / The Kyiv Independent See also: A Ukrainian soldier reportedly received an
Netanyahu has apparently decided Israel will fully occupy the Gaza Strip. / The Jerusalem Post Netanyahu’s government votes unanimously to dismiss his attorney general, the chief prosecutor in the PM’s ongoing corruption case. / The Washington Post [$] The UN says every child in Gaza under five is at risk of
Hunger continues to fall in most of the world, though it rose again in most subregions of Africa and western Asia. / The World Health Organization Hospitals in Gaza say 33 more Palestinians seeking food aid were killed by Israeli fire. / PBS Iran is closely coordinating with China and Russia to
