Sylvia Chi 齊思涵

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lawyer but not your lawyer. admin law enthusiast. i work on environmental and climate justice, public banking, and public power. she/they 🇺🇸🇹🇼 Nutmegger in Oakland opinions are my own!

Photo taken through the passenger side window of a car of the cursed gold-colored Tesla test vehicle.
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Only a fraction of the hundreds of millions of license plate reads generated leads for OPD. According to data shared by the department in an annual report, the Flock system generated a total of 1,099,837 “hotlist” alerts last year. A hotlist alert is a notice about a vehicle potentially connected to a crime. The vast majority of Oakland’s alerts — over 620,000 — were for stolen plates. These numbers might seem large, but they amount to a mere 0.17% of total scans for the hotlist alerts, and an even smaller fraction of a percent, just 0.09% for stolen plates.
The disclosure marks the first time a bank has formally tied money laundering concerns to U.S. President Donald Trump's family business. Capital One is seeking to dismiss the case by casting doubt on claims of illegally debanking — or denying services on religious or political grounds — the Trump Organization.
Emails between the city, Wave and county indicate the benches came to the forefront of discussion after complaints were received about messages painted on the seating: “Let natives thrive,” “Liberation for all,” “No rent for slum lords” and “Rent freeze now,” for example. However, not all of the seating contains messaging. Port City Daily asked the city how many complaints it received but did not receive a response.
LIMITS OF THE EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT Academic literature has long noted that the EPCRA only partially delivers on its promise of community protection, pointing out structural limitations that include:9 Limited accessibility and usability of data. Publicly available EPCRA data collection and reporting systems are often inconsistent, highly technical, and difficult to understand. Resource constraints at the local level. Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs), responsible for coordinating emergency response planning, frequently lack adequate financial and technical resources and are staffed by volunteers, limiting their ability to support community oversight. Incomplete emissions accounting. Mechanisms and calculations used to measure toxic releases are not standardized, and omit fugitive emissions, accidents, short‑term peaks, and cumulative multi‑facility exposures that residents actually experience.10 Lack of accountability for noncompliance. There are no consequences for industries that fail to file reports on time. Restricted access to critical information. Certain information may be restricted by states due to homeland security concerns, requiring formal requests, delaying access, or limiting transparency altogether. Gaps in chemical reporting requirements. Not all harmful chemicals are on the required reporting list (e.g., many PFAS actually present in LIB components [e.g., polyvinylidene fluoride PVDF binders, fluorinated salts like LiPF6] are not on the TRI list, and the reporting thresholds are set high [100 lbs/year]).11 Aggregation instead of specificity. Not all states require that facilities report exact chemicals, their quantities, and their locations, but rather allow aggregate volumes based on hazard category, obscuring meaningful risk information. 12
A tweet from Bo French (@bofrench) sent at 2:25 AM on July 17, 2026 that says: "Ok boys, it's time to go round up all the Chinese and send them packing!" This post supposedly has 1.9K likes and 13.4K views.
Nicholas Hoult as Peter III, bewigged and holding a Pomeranian, announcing: "This is science."
“I believe the average IQ in the US is 92,” Berman wrote in his email to Spring’s attorneys. “So at least half of the country probably has a lower IQ, if the average and the mean are the same, and are probably not capable of engaging in critical thinking and using good judgment in areas outside their knowledge. Your client is probably one of those folks.”
Abbi and Ilana from Broad City holding bouquets and embracing, saying "Together forever!"
In 1882, Senator John F. Miller of California supported the Chinese Exclusion Act and other restrictions by arguing that people from China could not become Americans due to where they’re from. He said, “The Chinaman is the result of training in the art of the low life . . . It is in the economy of Providence that man shall exist in nationalities, and that they shall be divided by the antipathies of race.” In 2025, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller stated in a social media post about immigration: “You are not just importing individuals. You are importing societies. No magic transformation occurs when failed states cross borders. At scale, migrants and their descendants recreate the conditions, and terrors, of their broken homelands.”
Another dimension another dimension another dimension another dimension another dimension SpaceX’s terrestrial AI infrastructure for enterprise and class-leading nudification will be augmented by orbital compute (expected 2028) that lowers inference costs by utilising radiative cooling, quantum disassembly, cold fusion, square circles, tartan paint, and the metaverse. A key risk to our Buy rating is that the previous sentence was nonsense.
“A public bank involves decisions about deposits, lending, credit regulation, and risk management. Those decisions carry real financial consequences. They demand institutional discipline, insulation from political pressure, transparency, and deep banking expertise,” Wong said. “Our city’s track record shows that meeting those demands is harder than it sounds.”
Image of an infographic titled "TAXES, NET CASH CONTRIBUTIONS, AND FREE SERVICE IN PERCENTAGES OF BASE REVENUES 1936" Two pie charts at the top depict the share of "taxes and net cash contributions" from 691 privately owned utilities as 14.4% and and 26.8% (including 8.8% in "free service") from 537 publicly owned utilities. Below the pie charts is a map of the United States with similar pie charts in different regions (ex: Texas shows 12.4% for private utilities and 42.4% for public).
“As Californians scrambled to feed their families, three egg producers conspired to act illegally and hatched a plan to raise the cost of eggs nationwide. My office and our federal and state partners stepped in, and as part of our settlement, California food banks from Siskiyou County to San Diego County will receive 8.9 million eggs,” said Attorney General Rob Bonta. “I am proud to deliver these eggs to the people of California and grateful for the critical work our food banks do every day to ensure food gets into the hands of Californians in need. My office is committed to cracking down on companies that run afoul of the law and unlawfully conspire to raise prices for Californians who are already struggling with a crisis of affordability. Let me be clear: In California we have zero tolerance for bad eggs.”
A snippet of text from a Google search results page with the last clause highlighted: "Overview Uwe Boll is a German filmmaker. He came to prominence during the 2000s for his adaptations of video game franchises. Released theatrically, the films were critical and commercial failures; his 2005 Alone in the Dark adaptation is considered one of the worst films ever made. Wikipedia"
A beautiful little cat with black, brown and red markings (tortoiseshell?) and magnificent floofy tail.
In 1996, Park Police arrested Hearn for canoeing on the Potomac River after heavy rains left it near a record high. A federal judge dismissed charges of failing to obey a lawful order because the river where Hearn was canoeing is governed by Maryland not the federal government.
US Federal Regulations: TSCA (TOXIC SUBSTANCE CONTROL ACT): The ingredients of this product are listed or exempted from listing because of Low Volume Exemption has been granted in accordance with 40 CFR 723.50 SARA 302/304 EMERGENCY PLANNING EMERGENCY PLAN: There are no SARA Title III Section 302 extremely hazardous substances present in this formulation (40 CFR 355). SARA 311/312: Acute Health: [x] Chronic: [ ] Fire: [ ] Sudden Release of Pressure: [ ] Reactive/Oxidizer: [x ] SARA 313 (Specific Toxic chemical listings): Hydrogen peroxide (Conc. >52%) CERCLA Section 103: This RQ of Hydrogen peroxide (Conc. >52%) is 1,000 lbs. Many states have more stringent release reporting requirements. Report large spills required under federal, state, and local regulations. State and Local Regulations: Certain states maintain their own ingredient lists which differ slightly from the Federal standards. Check with your state for additional regulations. CA Proposition 65 (Safe Drinking Water & Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986): This product does not contain any Proposition 65 chemicals.
U.S. National Park Service workers dump bottles of hydrogen peroxide in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington
A photo of two beautiful shepherd mix dogs on a couch. They are intertwined with the darker one sort of pinning down the lighter one with his head.
The footers on six similar sites — targeted against other political figures — disclose that they were paid for by the same group, “Americans for Opportunity,” and link to a second, spare site that names that group as an independent expenditure committee — a kind of PAC. That site says the group is “preparing to launch.” The similar-looking sites are: “Fire Barbara Lee,” which is gathering signatures to oppose the Oakland mayor who this month launched a re-election campaign. “Recall Carroll Fife,” targeting the progressive Oakland city councilmember. The “Sheng Thao Files,” which presents what it calls the “definitive exposé” of the recalled former Oakland mayor’s time in office. The “Pamela Price Files,” is another dossier of recalled Alameda County district attorney Price’s time in office. The “Bonta Files,” aimed at California’s attorney general, Rob Bonta.
According to the DOJ memorandum, there are only four artificial intelligence models, including Grok, that “support mission-critical operations across Secret and Top-Secret classified networks.’” A separate declaration filed by Cameron Stanley, the chief digital and artificial intelligence officer at the Department of Defense, details how the military relies on Grok’s Gov model to “support vital national security missions.” That includes using the model as part of recent strikes against Iran. Forcing xAI to stop running the gas turbines powering Colossus 2, Stanley says, “directly threatens ongoing national security interests.”
Over the past few days, a video has circulated online and generated a wide range of reactions. For that reason, I believe it's important to offer a public apology. I sincerely regret everything this situation has caused. I have taken time to reflect on what happened and I understand the responsibility I have in this moment. I am not here to justify myself or debate different interpretations. I am here to acknowledge that this situation has caused discomfort and to express my most sincere apologies in a clear and respectful manner. Throughout my personal and professional life, I have always tried to treat others with respect, and I will continue working to ensure that my actions consistently reflect those values.
“While we hear these stories of the worst-case data center that is most controversial and has the most amount of opposition, we might hear less about the data center that is following all the best practices,” Zeldin said. “It is important, as more builds are getting done, that they are following those best practices, not the worst practices.”
Earlier this year, Indiana lawmakers passed sweeping legislation aimed at lowering Hoosiers’ electricity costs. House Enrolled Act 1002, which was signed into law by Gov. Mike Braun (R) on February 26, establishes multiyear rate plans based on performance incentives tied to affordability and reliability, bans utility shutoffs during heat emergencies, and requires utilities to establish energy assistance programs for low-income customers. What it did not do was give the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) authority over mergers and acquisitions involving the state’s regulated utilities. Consequently, Indiana remains one of the only states that cannot approve or reject takeover deals. One such deal is set to proceed imminently, and Hoosiers are furious about what it could do to their utility bills.
The money to build new coal plants is coming from funds that Congress originally approved for carbon capture technology, which sucks carbon dioxide from the smokestacks of polluting facilities and stores it deep underground. Last year, the Energy Department issued a notice telling companies they could use the money for “reliability upgrades” in the near term and install carbon capture later. Some experts and congressional Democrats have said this change amounted to a loophole that undermined the intent of the carbon capture program, which was created by the bipartisan infrastructure law of 2021.
4. Taiwan’s government pushes ahead with geothermal Taiwan, if you’ll forgive the pun, is in dire straits. The self-governing republic that has functioned as an independent country since the losing side of the Chinese Civil War fled there in 1949, is almost entirely reliant on imported fossil fuels to keep the lights on and semiconductor fabricators churning out the hardware that makes the island so valuable to the global economy. That reliance only grew last year when the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, which has opposed atomic energy since its founding in the 1980s, completed the country’s nuclear phaseout, shutting the last of the island’s three functioning plants. The government in Taipei is now considering starting back up at least one of the old nuclear plants. But, as I told you earlier this year, it’s also looking to geothermal to make up the difference. On Wednesday, the Ministry of Economic Affairs announced the first government-led tender for geothermal, Think Geoenergy reported. The six-month process is meant to develop geothermal zones in Taitung County, on the island’s southeast coast.
Celebrities born the same day: Islamic Republic of Iran, Logan Paul, Randy Orton, Susan Boyle, William James Sidis, Cécile Duflot, Vincent Bolloré, Ali MacGraw, Sergei Rachmaninoff... List of all the celebrities born on April 1.
George Costanza in Seinfeld yelling, "You know, we're living in a society!"
A screenshot of a tweet by Nicole Norman (@nicnorman16): NEW: CalChamber will spend six figures on a campaign against Asm Cecilia Aguiar Curry’s COMPETE Act, a bill to prohibit anticompetitive conduct by a single firm. Sac will see the first of it today — a digital ad on a truck that reads: “Cecilia, prices are high enough already.”
Public Wealth Fund. Create a Public Wealth Fund that provides every citizen—including those not invested in fi nancial markets—with a stake in AI-driven economic growth. While tax reforms help ensure governments can continue to fund essential programs, a Public Wealth Fund is designed to ensure that people directly share in the upside of that growth. Policymakers and AI companies should work together to determine how to best seed the Fund, which could invest in diversifi ed, long-term assets that capture growth in both AI companies and the broader set of fi rms adopting and deploying AI. Returns from the Fund could be distributed directly to citizens, allowing more people to participate directly in the upside of AI-driven growth, regardless of their starting wealth or access to capital.
PFAS drinking water standards may be weakened or delayed. The Biden Administration issued federal drinking water standards that would for the first time impose enforceable limits on the amount of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water. This group of widely used chemicals—also known as “forever chemicals” because they can accumulate in the environment without breaking down for a long time—can pose serious health risks even at low-exposure levels, including causing cancer, liver damage, and immune system and developmental damage in infants and children. The final rule released in April 2024 requires water systems to monitor for six PFAS chemicals and remove them if they exceed the new limits.50 EPA estimates that the rule will result in reducing PFAS exposure for 100 million Americans who use public drinking water systems. Health benefits like fewer cancers and birth complications and lower incidents of heart attacks and strokes, are estimated to amount to $1.5 billion per year, excluding benefits that are especially hard to quantify, such as developmental, metabolic, and endocrine effects.51 Exposure to PFAS is widespread and can be found in 99 percent of humans, but communities of color, low-income communities, and people living near manufacturing plants, military bases, and airports have disproportionately higher risks of exposure to PFAS.52
A screenshot from a Google search results page that seems to assume my query ("S7693/A8150") is an algebra problem that I need help solving. It is titled "How to solve your problem" and leads the reader through 3 steps ("Re-order terms so constants are on the left", "Combine multiplied terms into a single fraction," and "Multiply the numbers") concluding in the "Solution"): "62697950S/A".
A screenshot of a website titled "Statutes" At the top, there is a dropdown box labeled "Articles" wherein "Election Law - (gel)" is selected. Below that, there is another dropdown box labeled "Sections" which is selected, showing a long list of entries, starting with "1-101", "1-201", "1-301", etc. The list is partially obscuring a radio button labeled "HTML". Below that is a third dropdown box labeled "Statutes Affected," which is mostly obscured by the Sections dropdown box above. There is a red button with a magnifying glass icon next to each dropdown box.
C. Consistent with this Settlement Agreement, The Anti-Weaponization Fund shall have the power to determine its own procedures for submitting, receiving, processing, and granting or denying claims. See In re Oil Spill by the Oil Rig ''Deepwater Horizon" in the Gulf of Mexico. on April 20, 2010, No. 2:10-md-02179, ECF No. 1098 (E.D. La. Feb. 2, 2011). The Anti-Weaponization Fund may make those procedures public in whole or in part, in its discretion.
C. Within 60 days of the Effective Date, the United States shall provide the U.S. Department of the Treasury with all necessary forms and documentation to direct a payment of $1,776,000,000 to an account for the sole use by the Anti-Weaponization Fund ("Designated Account''). The corpus of the Anti-Weaponization Fund's funding does not represent the value of any claim by Plaintiffs, but rather is based on the projected valuation of future claimants' claims. D. Once the funds are deposited into the Designated Account, the United States has no liability whatsoever for the protection or safeguarding of those funds, regardless of bank failure, fraudulent transfers, or any other fraud or misuse of the funds.
Trump purchased $1 million to $5 million dollars worth of Nvidia stock on Feb. 10, only a week before Nvidia announced a major computer processing power deal with AI and social media giant Meta. Trump previously purchased $500,000 to $1 million worth of Nvidia stock on Jan. 6, a week before the Commerce Department officially approved the sale of some Nvidia chips to China. The Chinese AI market is a long-sought target for Nvidia since the federal government controls the sale of advanced AI chips to countries designated as foreign adversaries, such as China.
Distributional Effects. While EPA has found biofuel policies transfer billions of dollars from consumers to the agricultural sector, the benefits are unevenly distributed. Rising crop prices are quickly reflected in higher land values and rents. Over the past two decades, inflation-adjusted cropland values in states like Iowa have increased by 250%,9 in part due to biofuel demand. Because a majority of farmland in the Corn Belt is leased10—and nearly 80% of that land is owned by those who have never farmed—most of the financial gain accrues to investors rather than working farmers.11
A line graph titled "Borrowers with Auto Loans at All Income Levels Are Experiencing Faster Credit Card Debt Growth." Underneath, it says "Credit card balance growth, by income quintile and auto loan status, 2018-2025" There are two panels side-by-side; the left panel says "Has auto loan" and the right says "No auto loan". Both panels have the same x and y axes. The y-axis is labeled "Cumulative growth (%)" and runs from -10% to 40%. The x-axis runs from Q1 2018 to Q4 2025. Each panel has five lines in different colors, representing borrowers by income quintile: bottom 20%, 20-40%, 40-60%, 60%-80%, and Top 20%. Both panels show similar shapes that start at 0 in 2018, rise to around 10% by Q4 2019, then drop below 0 from around Q4 2020 to Q4 2022, then rise sharply. On the left ("Has auto loan"), the lines tend to be higher throughout than the "No auto loan" panel, peaking at Q4 2025 with the 60% to 80% quintile showing a cumulative growth in credit card debt of 38.9%, followed closely by the top 20% quintile's cumulative growth of 37.8%. In the "No auto loan" panel, the top line is the 60% to 80% quintile at 25.6%, followed by Top 20% at 21.4%. At the bottom of the graph, it says: "Note: County income designations are based on an individual's residence in a county grouped into quintiles (from bottom 20% to top 20%) by it's adult per capita income. Source: Author's analysis of the University of California Credit Panel (UC-CCP); 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 5-year American Community Surveys (ACS)."
A line graph titled "Credit Card Balances Are Nearly Twice as High for Borrowers with an Auto Loan." Under the title, it says: "Quarterly average credit card balance, by auto loan status, 2018-2025." The Y axis runs from $3K to $9K and the X axis from Q2 2018 to Q4 2025. There are two lines plotted. The top line in orange represents "Credit card balance, has auto loan ($)" and the bottom line in yellow is "Credit card balance, no auto loan ($)". The top line includes points at Q4 2019 ($6,496), Q4 2022 ($6,808), and Q4 2025 ($8,065). The bottom line has points at the same times with the following values, respectively: $3,983, $3,949, and $4,511. The source is given as "Author's analysis of the University of California Consumer Credit Panel (UC-CCP), a 2 percent nationally representative sample of U.S. adults.
At least these aforementioned grants bore some logical relationship to themes disfavored by the current administration. The record reflects countless other grants identified by ChatGPT as “DEI” that bore no discernible relationship to any coherent definition or understanding of that term. Nonetheless, they were terminated, based solely on Fox and Cavanaugh’s perception that they implicated disfavored DEI-related ideas. A few examples to illustrate the incoherence of DOGE’s classifications: • DOGE flagged as DEI a grant to the Whaling Museum & Education Center, which sought funds to support the museum’s “site interpretation about whaling history and [to] design a visitor-responsive, inclusive, inquirybased and impactful experience in a new 1300-square foot pavilion housing a full-size whale skeleton.” Dkt. No. 248-11, Ex. 11, US-000062485 (tab “Sheet3”), at D1015. According to DOGE, the program was “DEI” because it seeks to “create an inclusive and impactful experience, which is aligned with DEI principles.” Id. This must represent the first time in history that an exhibit about the whaling industry – a cornerstone of New England’s economy during the 19th and early 20th centuries – has been thought to fall under the banner of “diversity, equity and inclusion” – unless the whales’ status as a species endangered by the whalers places them in a “marginalized” status.
(i) “State bank plan” means a plan to create a state-owned depository bank that does all of the following: (1) Holds the state’s general fund moneys. (2) Conducts public-purpose financing. (3) Centralizes other state financial programs.
Rearranging state’s banking functions vs. accepting deposits from the public. Supporters frame AB 2243 as rearranging the state’s banking and lending functions, but 62706(b)(10) references a “state-owned depository bank.” Westlaw defines a depository bank as “[a] financial institution that is legally permitted to solicit and accept monetary deposits from the general public.” The proponents should clarify whether AB 2243 is intended to accept deposits.
In May 2025, Camp Pendleton announced an “interagency security initiative” in which ICE officers perform identity checks on people arriving at the gates to the base. The base’s announcement said the initiative was “designed to deter unauthorized installation access by foreign nationals and reinforce layered base defense strategies in alignment with national security objectives.” The announcement says that the government will evaluate the program for effectiveness and scalability, meaning that it could spread to other military bases around the country. Marine Corps bases in Quantico, Virginia, and in Hawaii are also participating.
We are vulnerable to unfavorable weather conditions and the impact of natural disasters. Our ability to attract guests to our Resorts is partly influenced by weather conditions and by the amount and timing of snowfall during the ski season. Unfavorable weather conditions can adversely affect skier visits and our revenue and profits. Unseasonably warm weather may result in inadequate natural snowfall and reduce skiable terrain, which increases the cost of snowmaking and could render snowmaking, wholly or partially, ineffective in maintaining quality skiing conditions, including in areas which are not accessible by snowmaking equipment. On the other hand, excessive natural snowfall may significantly increase the costs incurred to groom trails and may make it difficult for guests to access our Resorts. Additionally, there is scientific research that emissions of greenhouse gases continue to alter the composition of the global atmosphere in ways that are affecting and are expected to continue affecting the global climate. The effect of climate change, including any impact of global warming, could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations as a result of decreased snowfall, increased weather variability and/or warmer overall temperatures, which could adversely affect skier visits and our revenue and profits. Revenues and profits generated from mountain summer activities/sightseeing and golf peak season operations are not nearly sufficient to off-set offseason losses from our other mountain and lodging operations. This impact could be exacerbated by climate change. There can be no assurance that our Resorts will receive seasonal snowfalls near their historical averages. An example of weather variability was observed throughout the 2023/2024 North American ski season, where significant weather-related challenges disrupted operating days and impacted demand, including lower snowfall for the full winter season compared to the prior year period across our wes…
The report’s proposed $25 billion state-chartered replacement for the FAIR Plan would become the insurer of first resort, assuming the responsibility and risk of providing catastrophic wildfire coverage for all homeowners. That would allow private insurers to continue writing other coverage policies for homes in high-risk fire areas. It wouldn’t necessarily lower homeowner premiums, the report’s authors wrote, but would stabilize the market and make insurance more widely available.
Altman continued to meet with the Biden Administration, which had enacted a policy requiring White House approval for the export of sensitive technology. Multiple Administration officials emerged from these meetings nervous about Altman’s ambitions in the Middle East. He often made grandiose claims, according to those officials, including calling A.I. “the new electricity.” In 2018, he said that OpenAI was planning to buy a fully functioning quantum computer from a company called Rigetti Computing. This was news even to other OpenAI executives in the room. Rigetti was not yet close to being able to sell a usable quantum computer. In a meeting, Altman claimed that by 2026 an extensive network of nuclear-fusion reactors across the United States would power the A.I. boom. The senior Administration official said, “We were, like, ‘Well, that’s, you know, news, if they made nuclear fusion work.’ ” The Biden Administration ultimately withheld approval. “We’re not going to be building advanced chips in the U.A.E.,” a leader at the Department of Commerce told Altman.
RESOLUTION Impeaching Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. Whereas the following Articles of Impeachment were drafted by consumer advocate, lawyer, and author Ralph Nader, in collaboration with constitutional scholar and lawyer Bruce Fein.
The banks’ purchases of Grok subscriptions were not merely good-will gestures, according to three people with knowledge of the arrangements. Mr. Musk insisted that they purchase the chatbot services. He has also asked the banks to advertise on X, his social media site, which is also owned by SpaceX, but was less adamant about that request, according to two of those people. For now, five banks are expected to work on the offering — Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley. The law firms Gibson Dunn and Davis Polk are also advising on the deal.
A 3-column table titled "Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations" The leftmost column says "LIHEAP". The middle column says "-4,025". The rightmost column contains the following text: "This Administration is committed to lowering energy costs for American families by unleashing energy production. The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is unnecessary because States have policies preventing utility disconnection for low-income households, effectively making LIHEAP a pass-through benefitting utilities in the Northeast. Further, LIHEAP rewards States like New York and California, two of the top recipients for LIHEAP funding, which have implemented anti-consumer policies that drive up home energy prices. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has raised significant program integrity concerns related to fraud and abuse in LIHEAP. In 2010, GAO investigators audited seven States and found names of 11,000 dead people and hundreds of prisoners used as applicants for funds. More than 1,000 Federal employees whose Federal salary exceeded maximum income threshold received benefits and, in several cases, people living in million-dollar houses received benefits. The Budget proposes to end this program and to instead support low-income individuals through energy dominance, lower prices, and an America First economic platform."
In addition to questioning the program’s necessity, the White House referenced a long-closed audit of the program by the Government Accountability Office. The 2010 report found 11,000 applications for LIHEAP with names of dead people and 1,000 applications from federal employees whose salaries exceeded the income thresholds set by the program. In response to these findings, HHS required states to collect social security numbers as a condition of LIHEAP eligibility and to cross-reference applications with death data. These changes took effect by 2014, and the Government Accountability Office closed the report.
“The word ‘teleportation’ was not mine,” Mr. Phillips wrote. “It was used by someone else in the conversation reaching for language to describe something with no easy name. The more accurate biblical terms are ‘translated’ or ‘transported’ — not new ideas for people of faith.” But no one at any of the three Waffle Houses recognized his picture. In a phone interview on Thursday, Sidney Perkowitz, emeritus professor of physics at Emory University, said that pulling off the teleportation of an entire human being would be a neat trick. “The amount of information you need to reproduce something as complicated as a body is so immense that I don’t think there’s a number that can express it,” he said. “Expressing what you need about every atom, every electron, etc., is just off the charts as far as the data goes.”
A screenshot of a web ad featuring the back of a naked human body with the following words written in the style of brush calligraphy: "快樂結局". The words "AROUSE YOUR SENSES" are overlaid on top. To the right, it says "TAO Asian Bistro The Venetian Resort Las Vegas" with a button labeled "Make a reservation"
The price of Vail’s Epic Pass ⁠has climbed 37% since the 2021-22 season, to $1,089, according to the lawsuit. Alterra’s Ikon Pass has risen 40% over the same period, to $1,399.
Vail in a statement said the claims in the lawsuit are without merit. Vail said its multi-resort Epic Pass was launched in 2008 to make skiing more accessible and reduced the price of a season pass by ‌60%. ⁠The company also said it has launched new, lower-priced pass options in recent years.
The investigation into a deadly collision between an Air Canada jet and a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport was initially slowed by complications of the federal government shutdown, the chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board said Monday night. The chairwoman, Jennifer Homendy, said long security lines at other airports delayed the travel of some of the more than two dozen specialists who will take part in the investigation, and that some were not expected to arrive in New York until early Tuesday. She said N.T.S.B. officials had to “beg” the Transportation Security Administration to help one investigator who waited in line for three hours in Houston.
A screenshot of a post by San Francisco mayor Daniel Lurie on X: "Like many San Franciscans, I found the incident at SFO last night upsetting. I have spoken to leaders at SFO and SFPD, and we believe this is an isolated incident. We have no reason to believe there is broader federal immigration enforcement at SFO. SFPD officers remained at the scene to maintain public safety and were not involved in the incident. Under our city's longstanding policies, local law enforcement does not participate in federal civil immigration enforcement. Those policies keep us safe and will not change as long as I'm mayor."
Johnny Jones, a T.S.A. officer at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and a secretary-treasurer with the American Federation of Government Employees, the union representing nearly 50,000 T.S.A. officers, said that stationing ICE agents at airports would “be a distracting scenario, to say the least.” He said ICE agents’ presence could make airports less safe because of the widespread public anger at immigration officers’ recent conduct. He added that placing paid immigration agents next to unpaid T.S.A. agents would inflame frustrations. “All we want is a paycheck,” Mr. Jones said. “We don’t need all these optics.”