Unions sound alarm on last-minute push for robot farm equipment - POLITICO

A draft trailer bill would let unpiloted machines work alongside farmworkers, angering labor groups worried about job loss and safety...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/25/unions-slam-plan-robot-farming-equipment-01048640

 

What food is safe to eat? #food #doctor

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_Mxvrgn3YhI

 

Republican senator denounces Trump’s ‘crazy, stupid’ claims about MMR vaccine safety

Outgoing Louisiana senator Bill Cassidy, a medical doctor, voted to confirm anti-vaccine activist RFK Jr as health secretary before speaking out…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/16/republican-senator-bill-cassidy-denounces-trump-vaccine-claims 

 

Senate kids’ safety probe targets Roblox gaming platform - Live Updates - POLITICO

“Roblox appears to prioritize revenue and engagement metrics over the safety and well-being of our children, and the alleged criminal activity on Roblox warrants congressional scrutiny,” Hawley and Durbin, the chair and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, wrote in a letter obtained by POLITICO...

 https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/08/13/congress/senators-probe-robloxs-kids-online-safety-practices-01036094

DOT drops bike lanes, speed cameras from list of proven road safety measures : NPR

WASHINGTON — The Department of Transportation is doubling down on its campaign against "DEI bike lanes," as Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called them in a social media post earlier this month… 

The FHWA says the changes to its website, which have not been previously reported, are part of a broader review of safety countermeasures to ensure they align with current DOT policies and the administration's priorities. But critics say the Trump administration is undermining safety strategies that have already been proven to work…

 https://www.npr.org/2026/07/16/nx-s1-5893672/dot-bike-lanes-speed-cameras-safety-measures

Trump administration deported 21,000 to places US calls too dangerous to visit

The overwhelming majority of those deported had no criminal convictions, and at least 600 were children…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/29/trump-iran-war-deportations

 

Amid efforts to restrict mifepristone access, here's what studies say about the medication - PolitiFact

Out of about 11,000 medication abortion cases examined in that study, 5.2% had complications, and most were "minor and expected," it said. Major complications occurred in 35 cases, or 0.3%. …

 https://www.politifact.com/article/2026/may/26/medication-abortion-mifepristone-safety-studies/

 

Health advocates warn government’s claims of baby formula safety contradict data

Independent scientists who reviewed the results said most samples were contaminated with Pfas or phthalates…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/10/fda-baby-formula-safety-claims-contradict-data

 

FDA blocked studies finding Covid and shingles vaccines safe, HHS official says

Serious side-effects from vaccines were rare, scientists found in studies funded by US taxpayer money…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/05/covid-shingles-vaccines-studies-fda

 

As e-bike crashes send an increasing number of people to the hospital, cities search for solutions

“When an e-bike rider leaves somebody bloody on the ground … they should be held accountable.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/18/e-bike-crashes-safety-regulations

 

RFK Jr to have FDA weigh easing limits on unproven peptides. #peptide

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qEwtJzc2uzk

Sen Whitehouse: Republican conspiracy theories make America less safe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbpitq9zS90

 

Trump Says He Made Memphis Safer. Locals Told Me It Felt Like 1930s Germany or North Korea. – Mother Jones

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris, a Democrat who opposed the task force, speculated that crime—which had been a problem—was dropping at least in part because people weren't venturing out nearly as much. "Our risk is that [America is] gonna become a Yemen or a North Korea or something else altogether, where there is an armed individual with a semiautomatic weapon and military fatigues on many corners," he told me. "There may be zero crime, but we also won't be leaving our houses. I know that's a dark scenario, but that's kind of where we are."…

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/trump-memphis-safe-task-force-local-residents-repressive-police-state/

 

As BOP Staffers Flee Prison Jobs for ICE, Democrats Demand Answers — ProPublica

Citing a ProPublica investigation that found that workers at federal lockups had been lured away to ICE, lawmakers asked how the Federal Bureau of Prisons plans to address the agency's "unsafe conditions" and "pervasive" shortages of critical staff…

https://www.propublica.org/article/bop-prison-staffing-shortages-ice-democrats-william-marshall

Hegseth threatens to blacklist Anthropic over “woke AI” concerns : NPR

For months, Amodei has insisted that using AI for domestic mass surveillance and AI-controlled weapons are ethical lines the company will not cross, calling such use "illegitimate" and "prone to abuse." According to a source familiar with the Hegseth meeting, Amodeo stressed those positions again on Tuesday. 

Hegseth has said Anthropic needs to allow the U.S. to use its AI in all "lawful" purposes, which could include AI-directed warfare and surveillance…

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/24/nx-s1-5725327/pentagon-anthropic-hegseth-safety 

 

These bridges are at risk of disaster. Fixing many of them will take years. - POLITICO

But the hurdles are many. Many cash-strapped states simply don't have the money to pour into reinforcing existing bridges for what many view as a once-in-a-blue-moon catastrophe. Bridge owners blame the growing size of cargo ships as the main culprit. Moreover, bolstering bridge safety hasn't appeared high on Congress' to-do list, and even the country's top independent accident investigator isn't pushing for changes there.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/22/bridges-from-san-diego-to-philadelphia-are-at-risk-from-ship-collisions-but-efforts-to-protect-them-are-moving-slowly-00780267 

 

Ann Arbor Public Schools to join federal social media lawsuit

Ann Arbor Public Schools will be joining districts across the country in a federal lawsuit alleging that numerous social media companies have prioritized engagement with their platforms over the safety of children and teens…

https://www.michiganpublic.org/education/2026-02-09/ann-arbor-public-schools-to-join-federal-social-media-lawsuit 

 

‘Efficacy will be secondary’: RFK Jr.'s vaccine advisers have a new mission - POLITICO

"They're going to be the mechanism to sow discord and confusion by presenting weird stuff," Demetre Daskalakis, who resigned last year from his post leading the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/03/rfk-jr-vaccine-advisers-new-mission-00758670 

 

Alsobrooks PERFECTLY Rebukes Josh Hawley's GRANDSTANDING On "The Safety of Women

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mb-6gWz-bA

 

Somebody is Watching (with Nita Farahany) (Seth Andrews; The Thinking Atheist)

Professor Nita Farahany of Duke Law is an expert on the implications of new technologies on society, law, ethics, and privacy. We spoke about today's culture of smart tech and surveillance.

Interview: 

Podcast: https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-4nrh2-2a460fa9

YouTube: https://youtu.be/Pv3lNMiHLOA?si=QJGmajdnSYS7CQ6r