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Will the #SAVEAct make it harder for #married women to vote? We ask legal experts

The legislation, known as the SAVE Act, looks to make sweeping reforms on voter registration. It was introduced in response to fears about voter fraud, though research has consistently showed that such incidents are exceedingly rare and not a significant factor in American #elections.
#voterregistration #voterfraud #trump #maga #gop #takedown #marriedwomen #electionfraud

npr.org/2025/04/13/g-s1-59684/

#Car safety experts at #NHTSA, which regulates #Tesla , axed by #DOGE

Job cuts at the US traffic safety #regulator instigated by Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency disproportionately hit staff assessing self-driving risks, hampering oversight of technology on which the world’s richest man has staked the future of Tesla.
#Musk #selfdriving #takedown #conflictofinterest #ai

arstechnica.com/cars/2025/04/c

A Tesla that crashed into a hardware store
Ars Technica · Car safety experts at NHTSA, which regulates Tesla, axed by DOGEBy Financial Times

The speech police: Chairman Brendan Carr & the FCC’s news #distortion policy

#FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is taking a hard line against #broadcastTV stations accused of #bias against #Republicans & Pres #Trump. To pressure broadcasters, Carr is invoking the rarely enforced #news distortion policy that was developed starting in the late 1960s & says the FCC should consider revoking #broadcast licenses.
#tv #takedown #freespeech
> #maga definition is disagreement

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr delivers a speech on a stage while standing in front of a microphone and gesturing with his hand.
Ars Technica · The speech police: Chairman Brendan Carr and the FCC’s news distortion policyBy Jon Brodkin

The #WhiteHouse Frames the Past by Erasing Parts of It

As the #Trump administration pulls government websites and data offline, it is selectively stripping away the public record, letting the president declare his own version of #history , #archivists and #historians said.
#takedown #Musk

nytimes.com/2025/04/05/technol

The head of the National Archives, which has been described as “the custodian of America’s collective memory,” was fired by President Trump in February.
The New York Times · The White House Frames the Past by Erasing Parts of ItBy Tiffany Hsu

What could possibly go wrong? #DOGE to rapidly rebuild #SocialSecurity #codebase.

Under any circumstances, a migration of this size and scale would be a massive undertaking, experts tell WIRED, but the expedited deadline runs the risk of obstructing payments to the more than 65 million people in the US currently receiving Social Security benefits.
#cobol #ssa #takeover #retirement #takedown #maga #trump

> sadly, most likely crash and burn

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

Computer display showing COBOL code
Ars Technica · What could possibly go wrong? DOGE to rapidly rebuild Social Security codebase.By WIRED

Current #SEC chair cast only vote against suing #ElonMusk , report says

The vote behind closed doors was 4–1, with three #Democrats and #Republican Hester Peirce joining to support the lawsuit over Musk's late disclosure of a #Twitter stock purchase in early 2022, Reuters reported today. The one dissent reportedly came from Republican #MarkUyeda , who was subsequently named acting SEC chairman by #Trump.
#takedown #takeover #musk

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

Illustration that inserts Elon Musk's face into Twitter's bird-shaped logo.
Ars Technica · Current SEC chair cast only vote against suing Elon Musk, report saysBy Jon Brodkin