Stories We're Following - 12 Nov 2023
FreedomCast's Weekly Newswire - a survey of stories driving the week's discourse and worth monitoring as society marches onward.
Top Story
Long Overdue Surveillance Reform Introduced
Bipartisan Initiative to Reform Surveillance Law Unveiled (Office of Sen. Ron Wyden)
The Academy
Attack of the 50 Foot Research Assistants: Lee et al. (2019), Study 3 (Nick Brown)
A Challenge to Orthodoxy in Psychology: Thomas Sowell and Social Justice (Association for Psychological Science)
Columbia Suspends 2 Pro-Palestinian Student Groups Through 2023 (Columbia News)
The Administrative State
Eric Adams Had Cellphones, iPad Seized by FBI as Part of Corruption Investigation (NY Post)
Missouri AG Sues Biden Admin for Approving the Shipment of Chemical Abortion Pills in the Mail (Ground News)
Texas Rangers Open New Tampering Investigation into Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo’s Office (KPRC - Houston)
Elections
DOJ Attorney Committed ‘Severe’ Violation Running for Loudoun School Board as Democrat: Congressman (The Daily Wire)
RFK Garners 24% of Vote in Battleground States (Siena College)
Virginia Dems Could Lose Control of State Senate Because Member May Have Lied About Residence (The Daily Wire)
Voting Group Founded by Abrams, Once Led by Warnock, Faces Financial Scrutiny (Politico)
Energy & the Environment
None this week.
The FED, Wall-Street, & the Economy
None this week.
Healthcare & Global Public Health
None this week.
High Courts
Appeals Court Temporarily Suspends Trump's Gag Order in January 6 Case (Voz)
Federal Appeals Court Calls Biden’s ‘ghost gun’ Limits Unlawful (CNBC)
Federal Judge Extends Preliminary Injunction Against ATF Pistol Brace Rule (Breitbart)
Order (US District Court - Northern District of Texas)
Minnesota Supreme Court Dismisses Effort to Block Trump from State's Primary Ballot (NBC)
Pennsylvania County Promises Accurate Tally After Clerical Error Appears to Flip Votes for Judges (AP)
International News
Hamas-Israel War & Global Implications
Updates
Broken Borders: AP & Reuters Pictures of Hamas Atrocities Raise Ethical Questions (Honest Reporting)
Gaza's Largest Hospital 'not functioning' Amid Israeli Assault (Reuters)
Netanyahu Says He Sees No Role for the Palestinian Authority in Gaza, For Now (NYT)
Iceland Declares Emergency As 'Quake Swarms' Signal Potential Volcanic Eruption (Zero Hedge)
Indi Gregory: Critically Ill Baby has Life-support Treatment Withdrawn (Sky News)
Update, as of 11/13 Indi’s parents have notified the world of Indi’s passing. Pray for her, for them, and for the world that rejects hope.
Ukrainian Military Officer Coordinated Nord Stream Pipeline Attack (WaPo)
Legislatures
Bipartisan Initiative to Reform Surveillance Law Unveiled (Office of Sen. Ron Wyden) - *Top Story*
Illinois Legislators Fail to Save ‘Invest in Kids’ Program, Expires in December (Fox 39)
Massie's Car Kill Switch Amendment Fails (Twitchy)
Vote Record (US House of Representatives)
Meta-Media & News Malfeasance
None this week.
National Sovereignty & Defense
US EUR Command Statement: U.S. Military Aircraft Mishap In Eastern Mediterranean (US European Command, via Wayback Machine)
Tech
Artificial Intelligence
Comparative Safety Performance of Autonomous- and Human Drivers: A Real-World Case Study of the Waymo One Service (Working Research)
GPT-4 Doesn't Know It's Wrong: An Analysis of Iterative Prompting for Reasoning Problems (arXiv)
Blockchain & Cryptocurrency
None this week.
MANGA
None this week.
Social Media Governance
None this week.
Other Tech Stories
None this week.
The Woke, the Red-pilled, & the Heterodox Counterculture
Mark Houck, Family Sue Biden DOJ for ‘Malicious and Retaliatory Prosecution’ (The Daily Signal)
More Dams Break in Censorship Industrial Complex
New Emails Show DHS Created Stanford ‘disinfo’ Group that Censored Speech Before 2020 Election (NY Post)
The Weaponization of “Disinformation” Pseudo-Experts and Bureaucrats: How the Federal Government Partnered with Universities to Censor Americans’ Political Speech (Judiciary Committee and Select Committee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government)
Steven Crowder Obtains, Releases Part of Nashville Covenant Shooter’s Manifesto (Louder with Crowder)
Other Trending Stories
Major Survey Finds ‘conservative’ and ‘orthodox’ Priests on the Rise (Catholic News Agency)
Weekly White Pill(s)
Abandoned Ohio Golf Course Being Rewilded into Public Land with Native Fish and Wildlife Returning (Good News Network)