DHS agency used Slack channel, 'personal' cellphone for misinformation meetings: records

Twitter general counsel offered to quit advisory subcommittee in wake of Disinformation Governance Board controversy, but agency director objected, official meeting notes show.

Government and private advisers to the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency communicated with each other through private channels, plausibly circumventing federal record-keeping rules if not the Freedom of Information Act, according to a transparency group.

The revelations about the inner workings of the since-disbanded Protecting Critical Infrastructure from Misinformation & Disinformation Subcommittee, part of CISA's Cybersecurity Advisory Committee, emerged from the latest batch of documents obtained by the Functional Government Initiative through a state public records request.

https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/dhs-agency-used-slack-channel-personal-cellphone-misinformation

Tropical Storm Idalia triggers storm surge warnings in Florida ahead of likely landfall

The storm is expected to bring hurricane conditions to portions of Florida's western coast.

The National Hurricane Center has warned of a "life-threatening storm surge and dangerous winds" stemming from the likely Florida landfall of Tropical Storm Idalia.

"Tropical Storm #Idalia Advisory 8: Storm Surge and Hurricane Warnings Issued For Portions of The West Coast of Florida. Life-Threatening Storm Surge and Dangerous Winds Becoming Increasingly Likely For Portions of Florida," the NHC posted on Monday.

The storm is expected to bring hurricane conditions to portions of Florida's western coast. Idalia is expected to become a hurricane on Monday.

"Strong winds will spread inland across portions of northern Florida near the track of the center of Idalia," reads an NHC advisory. Idalia is currently traversing western Cuba, where it is expected to bring hurricane-force winds and heavy rainfall.

Concurrent with Idalia's approach toward the United States is the northern trek of Hurricane Franklin, which reached category 4 on Monday.

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/environment/tropical-storm-idalia-triggers-storm-surge-warnings-florida-ahead

Eminem wants Ramaswamy to stop rapping his songs

The Ramaswamy campaign had entered into an agreement with music licenser Broadcast Music, Inc., in May.

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has recently made waves rapping the music of Eminem on the campaign trail, but the rapper himself does not appear to approve of his performances.

The Ramaswamy campaign had entered into an agreement with music licenser Broadcast Music, Inc., in May, but Eminem has since asked that the company revoke the Republican's license to use his material.

In an Aug. 23 letter obtained by the Daily Mail, the licenser informs the campaign of the rapper's request, stating that the company "'received communications from Marshall B. Mathers, III, professionally known as Eminem, objecting to the Vivek Ramaswamy campaign's use of Eminem's musical compositions (the 'Eminem Works') and requesting that BMI remove all Eminem Works from the Agreement."

The letter further states that the campaign may no longer use Eminem's music on the campaign trail.

Eminem's request follows a viral moment at the Iowa State Fair in which the Republican rapped "Lose Yourself" on stage.

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/eminem-wants-ramaswamy-stop-rapping-his-songs