The U.S. Department of Education has launched an investigation into Houston's Rice University and 44 other U.S. institutions surrounding claims they discriminate against students by using racial preferences and stereotypes.
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On Tuesday evening, the U.S. Department of Education released a statement saying it would cut nearly 50% of the department's workforce.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to censure Houston Congressman Al Green for disrupting President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday in Washington.
Bob Unanue, the longtime president and CEO of Goya Foods who led the company's expansion to the Houston area, suggested in a news release that he is no longer in charge of the family-owned business.
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Such statutes collectively prohibit #housing #discrimination on the basis of #race, #sex, #national origin, #disability & other characteristics.
HUD ofcls, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation, voiced concern that #DOGE’s access to #HEMS could violate the #privacy rights of discrimination victims & potentially put them at risk if their #information is mishandled or leaked.
[“will be read by malign foreign actors” - HHS]
* Internationally Available
#Health Information
Is *Your* #National Health #Information Site down or "normalised"?
Needing some Health Information alternatives during the USA's #Gleichschaltung ?
*Try some of these.*
As @EdCates posted:
"The Most Stereotypical Canadian thing ever."
** Canada
(paraphrased)
For their American Friends who may be struggling to find sound health advice.
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health.html
** WHO
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets
** Ireland
https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/department-of-health/
** Germany
https://www.bzga.de/home/key-topics/
(language button at top)
** Papua New Guinea
https://www.health.gov.pg/
** Singapore
https://www.moh.gov.sg/
** New Zealand
https://www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/
https://info.health.nz/keeping-healthy
@Edelruth @EdCates
@kaffando @MxVerda
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Calls to #LGBTQ+ #crisis #lines #surge as #Trump #swornin as #president.
The #RainbowYouthProjectUSA told #TheAdvocate that they received 1,400 calls to a #national #hotline by early afternoon that day, a figure far higher than normal.
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/01/21/lgbtq-crisis-calls-donald-trump-inauguration/
PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news · Calls to LGBTQ+ crisis line surge as Trump sworn in as president
Vowing to stop machines from taking their jobs, 45,000 U.S. longshoremen are threatening to go on a strike that would shut down ports on the East and Gulf coasts and could damage the American economy.
Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian, has died. He was 100 years old.
OpenAI’s Altman will donate $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund | National News https://www.diningandcooking.com/1764080/openais-altman-will-donate-1-million-to-trumps-inaugural-fund-national-news/ #california #christmas #ChristmasAppetizes #ChristmasDesserts #ChristmasDinner #ChristmasDinnerRecipes #ChristmasFood #ChristmasRecipes #ChristmasSides #national
About a year after General Motors released its flock of autonomous vehicles onto the streets of downtown Houston, the automotive manufacturing company is reportedly pulling funding from the initiative and stepping back from robotaxis entirely.
Local billionaire and Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta could reportedly be President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. ambassador to Italy. Fertitta chairs the UH System Board of Regents.
For those who want to keep our nation in our prayers this elction time, feel free to join livestream vigil at the #National Cathedral election day and day after. #LGBTQ friendly.
https://cathedral.org/worship/election/
X - A place where users can “share potential incidents of voter fraud or irregularities you see while voting in the 2024 election.” 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabteilung
#National Security
'Elon Musk, one of Trump’s most gleeful supporters, someone with troubling links to both China and Russia, has set up a one-stop shop: Joining false claims about the election with networks of fascists who’ll take to the streets.'
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Rep. #JasmineCrockett Has Already #WonOver #Dallas. Now, She’s Going #National
Crockett has amassed growing #recognition by introducing the #art of the #masterful #clapback to a #DemocraticParty that hasn’t always been known for its quick #repartee.
https://www.vogue.com/article/rep-jasmine-crockett-profile-2024
Vogue · Rep. Jasmine Crockett Has Already Won Over Dallas. Now, She’s Going National
The Federal Emergency Management Agency can meet immediate needs but does not have enough funding to make it through the hurricane season, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told reporters Wednesday.
The #National #Climatic #Data #Center is based in Asheville, North Carolina.
As I write this, the center's website remains offline.
That's because Asheville, a city in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains, is the epicenter of catastrophic flooding from #Hurricane #Helene that has played out over the last week. 
The climate data facility is inoperable because water and electricity services in the region have entirely broken down due to flooding.
Ars Technica · We’re only beginning to understand the historic nature of Helene’s floodingHow does a region that is nearly 500 miles from the Gulf become devastated by flooding?