NOTABLE
where's biolabs and drugs?
She's going to set up a Color Revolution against MODI, guaranteed, that's her main talent along with biolabs. Biden must be disappointed with Modi not agreeing to censure or sanction Russia.
Mark my words anons
Washington D.C. to text dangerous drivers in attempt to curb spike in traffic accident deaths
Twenty-four traffic-related deaths have occurred in D.C. this year, an increase of eight deaths compared to this time last year
Updated: June 27, 2023 - 12:20pm
(BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU!)
The Washington D.C., government is sending personalized text messages todrivers with a history of traffic violations and crashes, in an attempt to reduce reckless driving and rising traffic fatalities. (won’t that cause accidents if they get it while driving?)
“Targeting messages to higher-risk drivers is an innovative approach to help us improve safety for all our roadway users, especially for our most vulnerable users – children and pedestrians,” said D.C. Department of Transportation Director Everett Lott. (Why not penalize them with jail time?)
The department and The Lab @ D.C., will send messages to alist of 100,000 drivers, warning them to follow speed limits and obey traffic signs.
The list consists of D.C. area drivers,including ones from neighboring stateswith infractions in the city who received two or more citations in the last 18 months.
The list was compiled using D.C. police data, automated traffic cameras, local crash data and license plate identification, says Sam Quinney, director at The Lab @ D.C.
The program is the latest attempt from the city to make the roads safer, after increasing fines for traffic violations, restrictions on turns and lower speed limits did little to curb the rate of crashes and deaths, according to The Washington Post.
Some drivers will receive a mailer and text message, while others will be contacted using only one method or not be contacted at all. The first round of messaging is expected to start in as soon as two weeks, and drivers have the option to opt out of future messages.
The Lab @ D.C. has launched similar programs with other city agencies, which include identifying where D.C. residents are most likely to encounter rodents and reminding families to reapply for rent subsidy benefits. Mailers noticeably improved the rate at which families reapplied for benefits, researchers say.
The program is part of the larger Vision Zero D.C. initiative, which pledged eight years ago to end city traffic deaths by 2024. Officials are expected to release a revised plan by next year, due to traffic deaths increasing since Vision Zero D.C.’s launch.
Twenty-four traffic-related deaths have occurred in D.C. this year, an increase of eight deaths compared to this time last year, according to D.C. police data. Fatal crashes however decreased from 40 deaths in 2021, the most in the city since 2007.
City officials couldn’t provide an exact cost of the program, but said funding will come from Vision Zero’s total budget. Officials said the messaging program’s expenses are low compared to other traffic-safety initiatives like changing roads.
“It allows us to have a greater impact at a lesser cost,” Quinney said. “So, if they have an impact and reduce crashes, that becomes another tool in our tool kit.”
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/transportation/washington-dc-send-targeted-messages-attempt-curb-reckless-driving
Supreme Court rules against GOP in North Carolina election law case
In its decision Tuesday, the high court declined to embrace the so-called "independent state legislature" theory, which Republicans argued limits state courts from being able to strike down some election laws.
Updated: June 27, 2023 - 10:49am
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against North Carolina Republicans, who were fighting for a congressional map that would be in their favor.
The justices ruled 6-3, withChief Justice John Roberts and Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett siding with the court's three liberal members.
The U.S. Supreme Court sided with the North Carolina Supreme Court, which had concluded that the district map constituted a partisan gerrymander.
In its decision Tuesday, the high court declined to embrace the so-called "independent state legislature" theory, which Republicans argued limits state courts from being able to strike down some election laws.
The Supreme Court has made decisions against state legislatures in two other cases involving congressional maps this year in Louisiana and Alabama. However, those cases involved minority voting districts, rather than the power of state courts.
https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/supreme-court-rules-against-gop-north-carolina-election-law-case
I think this might harm AZ's independent legal theory in Senate/
Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz move to defund ATF director
The Holman Rule permits the U.S. House to reduce the salaries of or fire specific government employees.
Updated: June 26, 2023 - 10:52pm
Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz announced on Monday that they would attempt to use a congressional procedure todefund the office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) directoramid allegations that theagency has repeatedly exceeded its statutory authority.
In a letter to House Appropriations Committee Chairman Kay Granger, the pair announced their intent to use the Holman Rule to defund the office in thenext appropriations cycle. The Daily Caller first reported on the letter.
"The ATF has even made it a matter of official policy toshut down gun storesby making perfection the standard in record keeping – a standard the ATF itself could not meet," they wrote. "Since the Biden Administration has announced its new 'zero tolerance' policy in 2021,Federal Firearms Licensees have faced the highest revocation rate in 16 years."
"This policy has effectively become the death penalty for even the most innocent of clerical errors," the Republicans continued. "The ATF has shown itself incapable of operating within the confines of its statutory authority, andwe must force a change."
The Holman Rule permits the U.S. House to reduce the salaries of or fire specific government employees.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/marjorie-taylor-greene-matt-gaetz-move-defund-atf-director