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#1 Backlash Over Good Good Golf Ad Goes Too Far as Stores Pull Merchandise, PGA Tour Event Potentially Canceled - Ian Miller for OutKick, Jon Root, NUCLR GOLF, claire rogers, Bodhi, Front Office Sports, and Len Hochberg on X
Just a few days ago, Good Good Golf was viewed as one of the largest brand names among young people starting their interest in golf. Unsurprisingly, major golf brands were quick to partner with the YouTube channel and its personalities. They have a partnership with Callaway Golf to develop putters, golf clubs, and golf balls. Their branded apparel is carried by major retailers, including WorldWide Golf Shops outlets such as Roger Dunn in Southern California. It is also sold online through retailers such as Target and at most Dick’s Sporting Goods and Golf Galaxy locations. Or was...
#2 ‘Returning to the Scene of the Crime’: Trump Ally’ [Tina Peters] New Job Leaves Lawyers Aghast - Bennito L. Kelty for Raw Story, mark seddon, YetAgain, Jennifer Asper, Rasmussen Reports/Tina Peters Whistleblower of fallen Navy SEAL, •spooki•girl•cassiopeia•™, and John F. Kennedy Jr on X
A California county's move to hire a convicted election felon and MAGA ally as an elections consultant has stunned two prominent attorneys. Shasta County registrar Clint Curtis announced this month that he intends to bring on Tina Peters, the former Colorado election official convicted in 2024 of breaching voting equipment, according to attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian. The two lawyers marveled at the arrangement during a Wednesday episode of Legal AF's Civil Action podcast...
#3 Homeland Security Warns of Chinese Parts in Election Machines, Will Require Paper Ballot Audits - Steven Richards for Just the News, John Solomon, Catherine Herridge, Pamela Geller, M. A. Rothman, and Off the Press on X
The Homeland Security Department will require random audits of paper ballots in the midterm elections, citing long-simmering concern that the nation’s largest voting technology companies use Chinese parts in their voting machines, according to a letter from Secretary Markwayne Mullin released Thursday. Mullin sent the letter to the White House Transparency Task Force earlier this week outlining the dangers posed by Chinese components in American voting machines and the way that these components could be exploited by hackers or other malicious actors...
#4 Democratic States Sue U.S. Postal Service Over Mail Ballot Rule as Judge Lifts Injunction - Susan Carpenter for Spectrum News, Republicans against Trump, Commentary Donald J. Trump Posts From Truth Social, Democracy Docket, njdotcom, Newsweek, and Eric Daugherty on X
A coalition of 24 attorneys general and the state of Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday challenging a final rule on mail-in ballots the agency issued last week. They allege the rule illegally interferes with their constitutional authority to administer elections because it allows the USPS to reject mail. “Ballots are an extension of our voices, and we’re asking the court to ensure that every person has the right to make theirs heard,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement announcing the lawsuit. Also on Wednesday, a federal judge lifted a major obstacle to President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting mail voting, but the decision will only clear the path for more legal challenges. On Friday, the USPS released a rule that requires states to collect basic voter information, such as a person’s name and home address, and enter it into a federal ballot mail portal before it can be accepted by the mail service...
#5 Hundreds of AI Agents Went Rogue in OpenAI’s Hugging Face Hack - John Sakellariadis for POLITICO, Freestyle Chulo, Dr Bharati . P. Rao/METR, Shruti/OpenAI, Sebastian Mallaby/Ryan Greenblatt, and WION on X
An unprecedented cyberattack launched by OpenAI models last month involved a “swarm” of several hundred artificial intelligence agents that had effectively gone rogue during internal testing, according to an independent review published Wednesday. The findings raise fresh questions about OpenAI’s failure to spot signs of trouble before its AI agents — powered by two of the company’s most cyber-capable models — orchestrated a cyberattack on AI developer platform Hugging Face without the AI maker’s knowledge. The attack marked the first known instance of an AI model successfully executing a cyberattack without human prompting...
#6 Grand Jury: DeSantis Administration Misappropriated $10 Million - Jim DeFede for CBS News, MissLBee, Saoirse, This is me, ComeOnManReally, Kurtis Davis, and Dee on X
A state grand jury found the DeSantis administration "misappropriated" taxpayer money when it diverted $10 million from a Medicaid settlement into the Hope Florida Foundation, arguing the transfer was "part of a sophisticated scheme to fund political activities," according to a copy of the sealed grand jury report obtained by CBS News Miami. The grand jury report said the money, which was supposed to be used to provide health insurance for poor children, was instead hastily passed through multiple organizations before eventually landing in the bank accounts of two political action committees and the Republican Party of Florida. Those funds were then used in 2024 to defeat Amendment 3, the citizen initiative to legalize marijuana in Florida...
#7 Massachusetts State Rep. Francisco Paulino Arrested on Pandemic Benefit Fraud Charges - Grace Zokovitch for Boston Herald, Nick Sortor, FBI Director Kash Patel, Libs of TikTok, Eric Daugherty, and Gunther Eagleman™ on X
Massachusetts State Rep. Francisco Paulino was indicted on several charges, including wire fraud and money laundering, amid a federal investigation into his alleged misuse of more than $700,000 in COVID-19 relief funds. Paulino, 46, of Methuen, who represents the 16th Essex District, is accused of fraudulently obtaining pandemic-related relief funds and funneling the money to his personal and business bank accounts, according to the 24-page indictment. Paulino pleaded not guilty Wednesday to eight wire fraud counts and three unlawful monetary transaction counts in Massachusetts federal court. His passport was seized before he was released on personal recognizance with conditions...
Meta agreed Wednesday to pay up to $18 billion and add stronger child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms as part of a landmark legal settlement that ended a trial over teen social media addiction and settled claims filed by nearly every state. The settlement resolved a pivotal case years in the making that sought to hold the tech giant accountable for the role its platforms played in undermining children’s mental health. The effort targeted features designed to hook young people’s attention...
#9 Senator Hawley Launches Probe Into Flock Safety’s License Plate Cameras - Alexander Bolton for The Hill, Mario Nawfal, ISMV Star Fortress/Remarks, Alexander S. Blume/Josh Hawley, Michael Rivero, and Howard Beale on X
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), the chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, has launched an investigation into Flock Safety’s national surveillance network and is demanding to know who has access to the personal data of Americans captured on Flock cameras. Hawley wrote in a letter to Flock CEO Garrett Langley that the company has “assembled an unprecedented national surveillance network” of more than 120,000 cameras across 49 states that conduct 20 billion vehicle scans every month.#10 Amish Threaten Mass Exodus From New York Over Vaccine Fight —Which Is Heading to the Supreme Court - Chadwick Moore for New York Post, Clown World ™, The Persistence, Vitruvius Republic, NewsForce, and Blue Lives Matter on X
New York’s Amish community is issuing an ultimatum to state bureaucrats: leave us alone or we’re packing up our buggies for greener pastures. The threat has been sparked by a vaccine mandate fight that the 25,000-strong religious community is taking all the way to the Supreme Court. It takes place as state Health Department officials continue to slap thousands in fines on tiny, one-room parochial Amish schools which have refused to comply with a Cuomo-era vaccine decree...
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