The Parents Decide Act, or: Show Your Papers to Use Your Laptop
United States – April 17, 2026 – A kid-safety bill that forces age checks at the operating system could also force adults to show papers just to log in.
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A Federal Judge Made DOJ Prove Registration Is Possible Before Prosecuting
United States – April 17, 2026 – A federal judge barred DOJ from prosecuting Californians for failing to register under SORNA when California will not accept the registration or…
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Mortgage Rates Fell. The Housing Crisis Did Not.
United States – April 16, 2026 – Mortgage rates slipped again, but the country is still pricing families out while local permitting and zoning keep acting like a velvet-rope doo…
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The FTC Smelled the Grift: Investment Scams Are Cooking Americans With Social Media and Crypto Hype
United States – April 16, 2026 – The FTC warns that people are getting hit by investment scams, with losses topping $7.9 billion and a median individual loss of more than $10,00…
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A Clean FISA Extension Is a Dirty Deal: Congress Is Being Asked to Rubber-Stamp the Surveillance Machine
United States – April 16, 2026 – Congress nears a clean FISA 702 extension, and the surveillance state licks its chops at another year of warrantless shortcuts.
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Kalshi’s Parent Portal: The New Clipboard for Sports Betting
United States – April 16, 2026 -Kalshi wants parents to upload ID even if you never click “bet,” and this author flags it as a grift in a lanyard: kids do not need tags.
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Kansas just built a government to gift-wrap the Chiefs’ new stadium. Call it what it is.
United States – April 16, 2026 – Kansas lawmakers just greenlit a Chiefs stadium authority. Translation: taxpayers underwrite billionaires, again, with a fancier clipboard.
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Paper Mills and Publish-or-Perish: Congress Wants Receipts for America’s Research Money
United States – April 16, 2026 – Congress grilled paper mills and the publish-or-perish incentives that can reward fake science, and lawmakers hauled Retraction Watch into the h…
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CMS Wants to ‘Kill the Clipboard.’ Fine. Just Don’t Kill Privacy With It.
United States – April 16, 2026 – CMS wants to kill the clipboard; fine, but do not kill consent or oversight while turning Medicare into a data pipeline.
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The FY2027 NASA budget: starve the science, feed the spectacle
United States – April 16, 2026 – The White House wants to slash NASA science nearly in half, then act shocked when discovery dies and contractors cash out.
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