Exclusive: DOGE now targeting #SEC policy, eyes #SPAC rules
#Trump's #DOGE initiative has pushed the US #markets watchdog to loosen #WallStreet rules around blank-check companies & confidential reporting by private investment funds….
#law #regulations #fraud
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/doge-now-targeting-sec-policy-eyes-spac-rules-sources-say-2025-07-01/
A phrase of the #Canada Prime Minister:
"Canada is the most #European Nation among the Nations not part of the #European #Union"
...
it"s true
#Canadians in #Europe are welcomed
if Canada decided to become part of the "European collective"
there would be NO objection by #EU.
Unlike #USA...
Violations regarding #Health #Care, #Workers #rights
not to mention #regulations on #food that is toxic in the #US
or of #Human #Rights
US could NOT become part of the European Community.
#RFKJr Is Barely Even Pretending Anymor
America’s #AntiVaccine era is truly beginning.
#Trump #ConspiracyTheories #medicine #science #PublicHealth #policy #regulations #law #USpol
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/06/cdc-acip-anti-vaccine-rfk/683156/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxaLwqNRbI7I4IbkkdBen8-0
#Trump’s #EPA rollbacks would weaken rules projected to save billions of dollars—& thousands of lives.
When the head of the EPA announced a wide-ranging rollback of #environmental #regulations, he said it would put a “dagger through the heart of #ClimateChange *religion*” [whatever that is] & introduce a “Golden Age”for the American economy.
What Lee Zeldin didn’t mention: how ending the rules could have devastating consequences to human #health.
#Trump #PublicHealth #law
https://apnews.com/article/epa-zeldin-pollution-rules-analysis-savings-health-0a289aec2507ed38d386680afdd0ea45
"Amid a wave of campaign cash, senators put a line in the new crypto bill that could require banks to drain money from your savings account & give it to crypto investors to reduce their losses.
🚨The bill says crypto gets "priority" over deposits."
Yet another potential economic crisis to protest: #NoKings #June14 #Resist. #Crypto #Bill #Economy #Banking #Sabotage #Republicans #Regulations #USPol https://www.levernews.com/cryptos-new-bailout-fund-your-savings-account/
'When #billionaires like #ElonMusk justify their motives by using “#freedom,” #beware. They actually seek freedom from #accountability. They want to use their vast fortunes to do whatever they please — unconstrained by #laws or #regulations, #shareholders, even #consumers.'
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/when-billionaires-talk-about-freedom
#TakeItDown Act has passed the #House 409-2 giving #Trump & the #FTC power to #censor the #internet.
The bill seems good at first glance. It requires online platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate imagery aka“revenge porn.”
However, it will also enable the FTC to demand #content be removed from websites.
🚨In fact, Trump said he will use the bill ON HIS OWN BEHALF, presumably to remove criticism of him from the web.
#law #tech #regulations #FreeSpeech #Constitution
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/congress-moving-forward-on-unconstitutional-take-it-down-act/
Holy crap
The #Trump's admin has fired ALL of the authors of the US govt's signature study that informs federal & local govts on how to prepare for #ClimateChange impacts, acc/to an email sent to them on Monday.
The dismissal of nearly 400 contributors to the 6th National #Climate Assessment, which is #mandated by #Congress, leaves the future of the report in doubt since the multi-year, peer-reviewed analysis is due for publication in 2028.
#law #science #regulations
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/cop/trump-administration-dismisses-all-authors-key-climate-report-email-says-2025-04-28/
Get ready for #BlackLung
#Trump set to sign #ExecutiveOrders to boost #US #coal
When burned, coal releases more of the main #GreenhouseGas carbon dioxide than any other #FossilFuel. It also emits criteria #pollutants that are blamed for #lung & #heart illnesses. Much of its use has declined on #regulations from #Democrats, including President Joe #Biden.
#Climate #ClimateCrisis #environment #PublicHealth #law
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/trump-sign-executive-orders-boost-coal-industry-sources-say-2025-04-08/
A #HongKong #lawmaker urged global investors to maintain confidence in the city’s #Web3 #industry after #cryptocurrency mogul Justin Sundenounced alleged “loopholes” in local #financial #regulations
NOT LEGAL
guess we know why the #SEC was ordered to allow #DOGE into their offices now.
#Musk's #xAI buys #socialmedia platform #X for $45B ENTIRELY WITH STOCK
#ElonMusk said on Friday that his xAl has acquired X, the social media app formerly known as Twitter, in an all-stock transaction for $45 billion, including debt.
#law #tech #finance #regulations
https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/musks-xai-buys-social-media-platform-x-45-billion-2025-03-28/
#JaredWesley: "Social norms have shifted ... in favour of collective #responsibility over individual #autonomy. #DEI policies, environmental #regulations, and #publichealth measures have introduced new expectations in workplaces, schools, and elsewhere. Vocal minorities have resisted...
"The Wild West notion that one should be free to speak and act without external constraints is now met with counterarguments about the responsibilities that come with that #freedom."
Canadians can’t afford to relax barriers to foreign entry in their banking system
#Canada #Trump #USA #USPressure #ForeignBanks #MonetarySovereignty #FinancialStability #BankingSystem #Regulations #EconomicSovereignty #FinancialPolicy #BankingSecurity
https://the-14.com/canadians-cant-afford-to-relax-barriers-to-foreign-entry-in-their-banking-system/
The #Trump admin said on Wednesday that it would overhaul a $42B federal grant program aimed at expanding high-speed #internet to the nation, including easing some rules that could benefit #ElonMusk’s #satellite internet service, #Starlink.
The program will be revamped to “take a tech-neutral approach” in its distribution of funds to states, #Commerce Secy #HowardLutnick said.
#law #regulations #USpol #ConflictOfInterest #Kleptocracy #broligarchy #corruption
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/technology/broadband-rules-elon-musk-starlink.html?smid=url-share
Though the #FDA is believed to have lost about 700 of its 18k employees, some cuts hit small teams so deeply that staff members believe the #safety of some #medical devices could be compromised.
Among the #layoffs were scientists supported by the fees who monitor whether tests pick up ever-evolving #pathogens, including those that cause #BirdFlu & #Covid.
#Trump #DOGE #ElonMusk #RFKJr #law #regulations #science #medicine #tech #AI #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/health/fda-trump-layoffs-device-and-food-safety.html?smid=url-share
Car brake dust can be more harmful than diesel exhaust – new study
#Environment #AirPollution #BrakeDust #LungHealth #Cars #VehicleEmissions #CopperToxicity #CleanAir #Regulations #PublicHealth #Driving #Diesel
https://the-14.com/car-brake-dust-can-be-more-harmful-than-diesel-exhaust-new-study/
#Musk intensifies government spending attack with push to cut all #regulations - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/04/musk-regulation-spending this is Mao-level Cultural Revolution insanity...
Sickening #kleptocracy #plutocracy
#Trump’s #crypto-frenzied #inauguration weekend makes first family billions of dollars richer
The family’s meme coins launched over the weekend showed how Trump plans to take advantage of looser #regulations.
Ahead of the inauguration, members of the admin rubbed elbows w/industry leaders at the Crypto Ball.
“The reign of terror against crypto is over,” David Sacks, a #VC & the new White House #AI & crypto czar, told the crowd.
Latest FOSS Academic:
https://fossacademic.tech/2025/01/18/makingAlts.html
In which I talk about how state regulations are affecting the development of ActivityPub and the fediverse, and how trying to make a TOS for Loops by using an online service resulted in a surveillance capitalist-friendly document.
U.S. states are driving a robust legal trend toward transparency in pricing, measuring the value of goods and services in honesty and respect for consumers. #prices #fees #regulations
Posted into WHAT JUST HAPPENED IN YOUR WORLD @what-just-happened-in-your-world-csmonitor
#Trumps #Attorney #General picks wants to impose
'#redflags #laws' regarding #weapons
and authorize the immediate seizure of weapons by the police.
(good law)
#MAGAs
#Autocrats DO NOT like #citizens (whose blood they suck) to be #armed
NEVER has an #Autocratic #Government allowed
the population to be armed
Autocrats know that they are targets of resentmennt
Even if Trump and his accomplices do it only to protect their asses
#Regulations and #limits on #gun ownership in the #USA is a good thing.
To ensure #foodsecurity in the face of #climatechange, holistic solutions for #plantbreeding are needed—incl. #transgenesis, #geneediting & #syntheticbiology. Currently #regulations stifle #innovation & impede commercial applications for high-yielding resilient crops: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2024.11.001
Over-application of fertilizers & #pesticides negatively affects #ecosystems & #health. China made #regulations to limit their growth, leading to -37% #fertilizer & -24% pesticide applications via better technical #efficiency & changes in cultivation (fewer cash crops): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107716 #China
#Geneediting offers precise & efficient tools to enhance crop production. Vegetatively propagated crops face challenges (e.g. #climatechange, pests, limited genetic diversity), but technical complexities & #regulations hamper adoption of gene editing: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2024.102653 #CRISPR #foodsecurity
We are doomed
#Trump taps #ElonMusk, #VivekRamaswamy to oversee ‘drastic’ changes to #US government
The president-elect described the new commission as a “Manhattan Project” to dramatically slash #regulations, cut staff & “restructure” federal agencies. It is unclear how such an effort would be funded or run.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/11/12/elon-musk-trump-doge-vivek-ramaswamy/
