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Also known as algorithmic pricing, the practice is used by companies to tailor prices to individual consumers based on collected data, meaning that some people pay more for the same product based on personal information. “Too often, this means we’re paying more for the basics that we need to get by,” James said. “This is not innovation, this is exploitation.”

https://www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2026/03/state-ag-letitia-james-pushes-ban-surveillance-pricing/412145/

Since its launch in March 2003, NYC311 has been the nation's largest nonemergency government information hotline. The service has grown from taking 4 million calls in its first year to receiving 36 million customer contacts in 2025.

NYC311 connects New Yorkers to nonemergency services from more than 200 City agencies and nonprofits, serving 8 million people, 24/7 every day of the year. Today, the service handles roughly 100,000 contacts daily across calls, texts, web...

https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/03/mayor-mamdani-visits-nyc311-call-center-to-thank-staff--take-cal

Like GOP voters in general( including their black slaves), Trump really hates to see black people voting.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/judge-rules-democrat-joyce-beatty-attend-kennedy-center-board-meeting-rcna263529

"After Tillis broke with the president on his marquee spending bill in 2025, Trump threatened to back a primary challenger to Tillis, and the senator quickly announced he would not seek re-election. Since then, he has adopted the persona of the Senate GOP’s internal critic, taking public issue with poor choices made by the Trump administration, though never the president himself."<--Tillis voted nearly 100% for Trump's horrific actions.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/16/thom-tillis-republican-senator

“I’m going to be one of those Democrats [who] say I think both parties have been feckless in allowing the growth of the power of the presidency,” Booker said on Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union.<--Both sides?? John Fetterman and a handful of the most racist, right-wing House Dems do not represent the Democratic Party. They are not comparable to the nearly 100% of Republicans who backed W & Trump on starting huge wars in the Middle East.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/15/cory-booker-trump-war-powers-congress

"Anti-immigration RN, which has traditionally fared less well in local elections, also celebrated scoring symbolically high in the first round alongside its allies."<--RN is not anti-immigration. It's a Nazi eugenics party. It's a racist party.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/15/french-local-elections-first-round-results

“Trump is lonely these days in the world, no one really supports him,” said Henry Huiyao Wang, president of the Beijing-based research group Center for China and Globalization. “He’s really disturbed the world with the war in Iran and he’s in kind of a tight situation.”

https://www.cnn.com/world/trump-china-iran-oil-analysis-intl-hnk

Canton married a U.S. citizen. His adult children are citizens. However, he was not eligible for immigration sponsorship due to his past voting record. Canton said he believed he was a citizen, granting him the right to vote. Canton casting a ballot prevents him from seeking citizen status, even with help from American family members.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/investigations-and-features/2026/03/12/florida-marine-veteran-leave-us-after-long-citizenship-battle.html

Wyoming’s new six-week abortion ban was brought to Wyoming by a solid majority of women in Wyoming. They voted for stupid white men to police their own vaginas for abortion, miscarriage, IVF, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth etc.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/15/abortion-wyoming-supreme-court

So many reasons why he moved from CA to TX. Shorter life expectancy. Vagina Policing for abortion. Confederate Heroes Day instead of MLK Day. Virtually no universities comparable to Caltech, Berkeley, Stanford and numerous other elite institutions in CA.

https://www.chron.com/business/technology/article/california-billionaire-former-uber-ceo-travis-22078101.php

Trump won the working class. Trump's approval is rock-solid above 40%. Those who claim they voted for Trump for lower prices were lying all along. They are horrible bigots.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/14/americans-struggle-affordability-despite-trump-claims

“The United States and Israel are destroying any form of coexistence dictated by international law,” demonstrator Sandra Paganini said.

“They are dragging us towards a world war in which they are targeting completely innocent people who have done nothing wrong, intervening and destroying nations,” she said.

https://apnews.com/article/italy-meloni-protests-iran-spain-greece-1a007751a1ea7fbf6c579cdf6085eb4e

The Right Wing Noise Machine, including local media in NYC itself, constantly pumps out the lie that NYC is a hellscape and that folks are fleeing to Confederate red states. It's complete bullshit. Life expectancy in NYC is at a record high. So is demand to live in NYC. That does price many people out and force them to move to less desirable places.

https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/residential/cny-manhattan-brooklyn-rents-record-high-20260313/

Folks in the US who list Gaza as a top priority overwhelmingly go very quickly to my block list. It doesn't matter if they're Netanyahu fans or Hamas fans. Any American looking at the GOP rush to racist dictatorship and prioritizing Gaza is a huge Trump supporter, no matter their professed ideology.

“I was not just removed and arrested. I was arrested so physically that two other attendees upstairs attempted to intervene in officers pulling on my shoulders after I told them I have a torn rotator cuff and multiple cartilage tears in both shoulders,”

“I was standing up. Silently. No buttons, no facial expressions, no gestures, no signs. Not one sound. Standing up.”

“There are only 2 things you can do at the State of the Union, & they are sit down & stand up. ,”

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/minneapolis-woman-ilhan-omar-brought-state-union-needed-medical-care-a-rcna260752

Barely 12 hours before his speech, in fact, The Conference Board, a business research group, released its latest consumer confidence report. It showed that overall confidence in the economy remains historically low, and is barely above the level it plunged to in the depths of the COVID recession.
...
Other polling has yielded similar results: Only 39% of Americans approve of Trump’s economic leadership, according to the latest AP-NORC survey.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-economy-state-of-union-bfc3fd78f46eb5b4bd389c7763936211

The timing of this lawsuit is particularly awkward for Elon Musk. In late 2024, when the H-1B debate erupted within MAGA circles, Musk wrote that he would “go to war on this issue the likes of which you cannot possibly comprehend”, firmly positioning himself as a defender of the visa program. Musk claimed to have himself come to the US on an H-1B visa before becoming a citizen, which is false. He came in as a student and then illegally stayed in the country...

https://electrek.co/2026/02/25/tesla-must-face-lawsuit-alleging-it-replaced-laid-off-us-workers-with-h-1b-visa-holders/

Young voters heavily shifted into the GOP to punish Kamala Harris for Gaza.

https://www.businessinsider.com/student-loan-borrowers-default-social-security-tax-refunds-trump-pause-2026-2

Ranked: U.S. Import Reliance for 37 Critical Minerals

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-u-s-import-reliance-on-critical-minerals/

More than a dozen international humanitarian organisations have petitioned Israel's Supreme Court to block an imminent order that would force 37 NGOs to cease operations in Gaza, the West Bank and east Jerusalem, warning of catastrophic consequences for Palestinians.

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260224-aid-groups-petition-israel-s-top-court-to-halt-ban-on-gaza-west-bank-ops

Trump won voters on Medicaid. That nearly won him Minnesota.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/jd-vance/vance-trump-war-fraud-suspending-medicaid-payments-minnesota-rcna260655

“Harry served his country, did the job well and never engaged in misconduct — yet lost security and housing, while Andrew was protected for years.”<--The British people overwhelmingly preferred Andrew, because Andrew respected Hitler's Nazi eugenics & took care to only rape Aryan kids:

https://people.com/meghan-markle-prince-harry-visit-refugee-camp-jordan-visit-11913725

Trump broke the record for the longest State of the Union address in modern history on Feb. 24
The president spoke for about 1 hour and 47 minutes without mentioning one of the biggest political scandals of the moment: the Epstein files
Some Democratic lawmakers attended the event wearing pins that read, 'Stand With Survivors: Release the Files'

https://people.com/trump-longest-state-of-the-union-doesnt-mention-epstein-files-11913914

But the US Department of Justice has not opened a probe into Ayyad’s death, and no one in Israel has faced charges over the incident.

Similarly, there have been no charges for the killing of Sayfollah Musallet, a 20-year-old Florida man who was beaten to death by Israeli settlers last year.

Other cases – going back to Rachel Corrie, a peace activist who was run over by an Israeli bulldozer in 2003 – have followed a similar pattern....

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/25/calls-for-justice-grow-after-israeli-settlers-kill-another-us-citizen

I can't see this getting through the Senate. If it does, look for hits to the US dollar, stocks and bonds as foreigners pull investments from the USA.

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/24/trump-banks-immigrants-citizenship-requirements

Cop puts a 15 yr old girl half his weight in a chokehold, then prosecutors charge the kid with aggravated assault.

https://www.inquirer.com/news/quakertown-students-arrested-police-chief-20260224.html

Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, was ejected from President Donald Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday night — the second straight year he has been removed from the House chamber while Trump addressed Congress.

Green was seen on the House floor waving a sign that read "Black People Aren't Apes." The gesture was an apparent reference to a video Trump posted on social media this month that depicted former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/al-green-ejected-trump-state-union-black-people-arent-apes-sign-rcna260556

This figure appears to confirm an ongoing exodus of U.S. researchers following Donald Trump’s attempts to exert political control over science policy in the U.S.

https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2026-02-23/the-growing-number-of-us-scientists-moving-to-spain-my-colleagues-are-having-a-very-hard-time.html

As dozens continue to freeze to death, NY gov. Hochul continues to protect billionaires from Mamdani's modest tax hike proposal. These billionaires just got a massive tax cut AGAIN from GOP voters.

In a letter to Moroun last week, Garcia and Tlaib accuse the bridge owner of trying to "derail" the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, which they say could reduce toll revenue at the Ambassador Bridge. Both bridges connect Detroit to Windsor.

"It is flatly unacceptable and undeniably corrupt for a wealthy donor to dictate our foreign and economic policy in order to protect their own personal business interests," the lawmakers wrote in the letter.

https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/ambassador-bridge-matthew-moroun-donation-maga-inc/

Ranked: How Wealthy the Top 1% Are in Each Major Economy

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wealth-of-the-top-1-across-major-economies/

The Legal Aid Society told a judge that police and Brooklyn prosecutors were holding people past the 24-hour legal limit — including someone arrested for double-parking.

https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/23/courts-storm-backlog-arraignments-legal-aid/

Canada, once ranked the world's number-one destination for international students, has fallen to number four in recent surveys, according to Canada.ca.

Speaking at a Halifax Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Jan. 30, Minister Diab acknowledged the financial toll on institutions but offered little relief, directing struggling colleges and universities to seek help from their provincial governments instead.

https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/education/canada-s-visa-crackdown-forces-closure-of-its-first-public-college-5043250.html

The Justice Department has withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor, an NPR investigation finds. It also removed some documents from the public database where accusations against Jeffrey Epstein also mention Trump.

Some files have not been made public despite a law mandating their release. These include what appear to be more than 50 pages of FBI interviews,...

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/24/nx-s1-5723968/epstein-files-trump-accusation-maxwell

“Treating the housing crisis with the urgency it demands means moving at the speed of need,” said Mayor Mamdani. “The Affordable Housing Fast Track and these first expedited projects are about action. Mott Haven is just the beginning. We are using every tool available to build affordable housing projects faster, so working people can afford to stay in the city they call home.”

https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/02/mamdani-administration-begins-first-ever-expedited-review-of-aff

In a social media video she recorded, Fagan can be heard asking why the agent was taking her information. What the agent said next made the video go viral.

"Cause we have a nice little database," the masked agent said. "And now you're considered a domestic terrorist."

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/23/nx-s1-5722988/dhs-lawsuit-biometrics-domestic-terrorism

Canada's Doug Ford is trying to memory hole his many years as a vocal fan of Trump and Republicans. Western conservatives loved Trump’s racism, until he turned on them too.

https://apnews.com/article/ontario-ford-trump-tariffs-supreme-court-canada-5afcbc221e6cec49d6ffa8729a899e4e

But in the eyes of the U.S. government, the woman, who's now in her 50s and lives in California, is not American. Instead, she's an immigrant who overstayed her visa since she was a toddler and therefore, subject to deportation. She spoke to NPR on condition of anonymity because she fears speaking publicly will complicate her immigration case.

"How could this happen?" she said. "I'm American. I've never had any other identity besides that."

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/24/nx-s1-5723914/ice-iran-deporatation-adoption-adoptee-veteran

Luisa Rapport, director of media relations for the University, confirmed in an email to The Daily that Musk applied and was accepted to a graduate program in materials science and engineering. However, Rapport wrote that the University does not have “any record of him enrolling.”

https://stanforddaily.com/2024/11/11/elon-musk-stanford-work-status/

“if the federal government may punish a university for its perceived ideology or that of its students, then the marketplace of ideas collapses into a monopoly of dogma.”

In statements to WHYY News, Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore reaffirmed their support of Harvard.

https://whyy.org/articles/university-pennsylvania-bryn-mawr-swarthmore-college-back-harvard-international-students/

“For those who have watched budget after budget, it is tempting to assume that we are engaging in the same dance as our predecessors,” Mamdani said, blaming former Mayor Eric Adams for leaving behind a big budget gap. “Let me assure you, nothing about this is typical.”

https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2026/02/17/nyc-mamdani-preliminary-budget-class-size-funding-school-program-cuts/

RE: @dnkboston@apobangpo.space

Instead what we saw from Biden and Garland for nearly 2 years was total refusal to prosecute Trump and Republicans for anything whatsoever. It was only the televised House Select Committee hearings that shamed Garland into appointing Jack Smith, while also appointing Hur to investigate Biden. Biden and Garland bear the responsibility for every crime Trump has committed since.

Biden & Garland's biggest failure was their failure to even begin prosecuting Trump for nearly 2 years. They would have done nothing whatsoever if they hadn't been shamed by the House Select Committee's TV broadcasts.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02/19/world/yoon-korea-martial-law-president?nl=breaking-news&segment_id=215478

Trump did very well for a recent Republican among young voters. Trump won young white voters. Many youngsters say they voted for Trump because he's a peacenik:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/us/politics/us-military-iran.html?nl=breaking-news&segment_id=215473

US gov't numbers are being heavily doctored. This is about to start big time at the Fed in May, when Jay Powell must step down and get replaced by a Trump stooge:

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-slams-new-york-fed-study-that-says-us-consumers-bear-the-cost-of-tariffs-181537300.html

A lawsuit filed in Boston says orders by President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum have forced park service staff to remove or censor exhibits that share factually accurate and relevant U.S. history and scientific knowledge, including about slavery and climate change

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/18/nx-s1-5718006/trump-national-parks-lawsuit

Trump is doing nothing new for a Republican. Nixon, Reagan, and both Bushes all fought against clean air and water. GOP voters are overwhelmingly suicidal global warming deniers and accelerationists. Emissions are soaring in the USA as they plunge in the rest of the world.

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13022026/endangerment-finding-repeal-affects-ev-transition/

After the college student's removal, U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns said he was giving the government an opportunity to "rectify the mistake" and recommended that she be issued a student visa.

But on Friday, U.S. Attorney Leah Foley argued in a court filing that the Secretary of State lacks the legal authority to unilaterally issue visas.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-administration-declines-judges-request-return-college-student/story?id=129936369