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In yet another desperate attempt to keep Donald Trump and his allies under legal fire, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) is now threatening a nationwide class-action lawsuit against the Trump administration and Elon Musk over an alleged “data breach.” Raskin claims that the Trump White House mishandled government data and that Musk’s newly created U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) played a role in the so-called security failure. Appearing on “The Weekend” with Michael, Raskin floated the idea that Musk’s team of “Midnight fascist teenagers” somehow managed to access every American’s computer data. His so-called legal argument hinges on the Computer...

The National Football League is the latest organization to turn to facial authentication to bolster event security, according to an announcement this week. All 32 NFL stadiums will start using the technology this season, after the league signed a contract with a company that uses facial scans to verify the identity of people entering event venues and other secure spaces. The facial authentication platform, which counts the Cleveland Browns’ owners as investors, will be used to “streamline and secure” entry for thousands of credentialed media, officials, staff and guests so they can easily access restricted areas such as press boxes...

Apple is set to host specialized entrepreneur training camps that bars applicants based on their race and sex. To participate, organizations must have “black, Hispanic/Latinx, or Indigenous” members in both leadership and on staff. The program will include two cohorts in October and November, the “underrepresented founders” and “female founders” groups. The camps, which offer valuable resources such as “one-on-one code-level guidance from Apple engineers,” list eligibility requirements that exclude would-be participants on the basis of their race and sex. In order to participate in the underrepresented founders program, an organization must have “a black, Hispanic/Latinx, or Indigenous founder, cofounder,...

Moderna announced Wednesday that its updated COVID-19 vaccine is effective against emerging variants of the virus, including the Pirola variant. The XBB.1.5 variant, also referred to as Kraken, has risen in prevalence this year. The World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are also keeping an eye on Pirola, which has over 30 mutations. According to the CDC, the Pirola variant is “notable because it has multiple genetic differences from previous versions” of the coronavirus and it “may be more capable of causing infection in people who have previously had COVID-19 or who have received...

An Atlanta college announced this week that it is reinstating its mask mandate for everyone on campus. Morris Brown College began classes just last week, but will require all students and employees to wear face masks. Officials say there have been no confirmed COVID-19 cases among its students, but they have received reports from other schools in the Atlanta University Center. The mask mandate is a precautionary move for the next 14 days. Morris Brown College will also not allow any parties or large student gatherings on campus during this time. Other precautionary measures include: temperature checks upon campus arrival,...

An Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) Medicaid document that was leaked reveals how the health insurer established a “COVID-19 Vaccine Provider Incentive program” to pay physicians for pushing COVID vaccines to their patients.

@RepThomasMassie According to FBI whistleblowers, Bank of America shared private financial information of its customers (such as who had made purchases at gun stores) with the FBI, without a warrant or legal process. @Jim_Jordan and I are now demanding to know if other banks are doing the same.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has revised the emergency use authorizations (EUAs) for the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccines to simplify the vaccination schedule for most individuals. The updated EUAs authorize the use of the current bivalent vaccines, covering the original strain and the omicron BA.4/BA.5 strains, for all doses given to individuals aged 6 months and older, including additional doses for certain populations. However, the monovalent versions of the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines are no longer authorized for use in the United States. Key Points to Note: Individuals previously vaccinated with a monovalent COVID-19 vaccine who...

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It is not a secret that over the past decade, hundreds of large U.S. corporations have adopted woke policies, regularly injecting left-wing ideals into their products, services and employment practices. But some of these businesses have recently gone much further than merely promoting social justice causes; they have chosen to target conservative customers and employees, coercing or forcing Americans to abandon their deeply held beliefs in order to receive important goods or services or to stay employed. Although many conservatives have heard stories about corporate discrimination in recent years, they have often struggled to keep track of which businesses have...

Xcel Energy had filed motion to dismiss case arguing its equipment failures caused most destructive fire in state history.. A Boulder court will allow a case alleging faulty Xcel Energy equipment was behind the Marshall fire to move forward. Xcel had filed a motion to dismiss the class action lawsuit that argued it contributed to the fire that destroyed more than 1,000 homes and businesses. Boulder District Judge Christopher Zenisek has rejected a motion by Xcel Energy to dismiss a class action lawsuit that blamed the state’s largest utility for causing or contributing to the hugely destructive Marshall fire on...

It's no big secret that Big Tech's tentacles have a vast reach, with platforms like Facebook and Twitter admitting in so many words after the fact to deliberately suppressing news content prior to the 2020 presidential election that portrayed then-Democratic nominee for president Joe Biden and his international wheelin' and dealin' son Hunter in a less than flattering light being one of the more notable examples.But as has already been made clear by online payment systems like PayPal and Venmo, even more silencing of alternative points of view is needed in the form of financial strangulation if necessary, which can...

A woke fourth-grade teacher who professed on social media that her classroom was 'built for non-white students' can keep her job after a school district investigation found no 'policy or legal violations.' The teacher, who has not been named, has been suspended since she posted a video of herself talking about her new role at William Penn Elementary School in Mill Creek, Utah in August. 'For the first time in my life I am teaching at a majority white school and I'm kind of interested to see how students and parents react to my classroom or if they even notice...

Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson announced in a message to all employees that 11% of its workforce would be laid off, stating that they made the layoffs through an "Anti-Racist" and "Anti-Oppression" lens. The San Francisco-based corporate communications company CEO said in the message to employees that the layoffs are "wise and necessary." "I'm not going to sugarcoat things. A layoff is the last thing we want to do, but I believe it's wise and necessary. Twilio has grown at an astonishing rate over the past couple years. It was too fast, and without enough focus on our most important company...

HERSHEY, Pennsylvania (LifeSiteNews) ­– The Hershey Company recently fired several unvaccinated workers who sought religious exemptions from the COVID-19 jab mandate, in some cases citing Pope Francis’ support for the abortion-tainted vaccines. Office workers interviewed by The Epoch Times said that the company subjected them to months of meetings pressuring them to get jabbed, as well as invasive questions about their faith and personal lives that some described as “interrogation.” “I really thought I’d be OK,” said Kim Durham, a sourcing buyer and payment analyst who left Hershey in January. “I thought, you cannot question my faith. Nobody can question...

Equifax will pay up to a record $650million to settle US federal and state probes into a massive 2017 data breach of personal information, authorities said on Monday. The largest-ever settlement for a data breach draws to a close multiple probes into Equifax by the Federal Trade Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Board (CFPB) and nearly all state attorneys general. It also resolves pending class-action lawsuits against the company. 'This company´s ineptitude, negligence, and lax security standards endangered the identities of half the US population,' New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement.

A Los Angeles jury awarded a woman a $417 million verdict yesterday. The jury found that Johnson & Johnson failed to adequately warn users of the cancer risks of the talc in its baby powder. The jury's 9-3 vote to hold J&J liable for not warning Eva Echeverria about cancer risks is a huge blow to the company, which is facing thousands of such claims across the country. The verdict consists of $70 million in compensatory damages and $347 million in punitive damages, according to Reuters. No clear link connects talcum powder to ovarian cancer. Some case-control studies, based on...

Fourteen people who attended a Donald Trump rally in San Jose last month filed a class-action lawsuit Thursday against the city, mayor and police chief claiming city leaders failed to protect them from assaults by protesters as they left the event and violated their rights to free speech and peaceful assembly.

A federal judge on Tuesday certified a class action lawsuit against the IRS for its political targeting, advancing the cause of more than 200 tea party groups who said they were denied their First Amendment rights by the tax agency's actions. Edward Greim, one of the lawyers advancing the tea party groups' case, said the certification is a major step because it means the judge has agreed that the IRS did systematically target more than 200 groups for special scrutiny.

<p>OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — In an unusual legal twist, a federal judge decided Monday that a billion-dollar, class-action lawsuit over Apple's iPods should continue, even though she also disqualified the last remaining plaintiff named in a case that has been on trial since last week.</p>