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Saturday, July 26, 2025

transnational repression

 Singapore 71

United States 58

Hong Kong 55

Mexico 25

Israel 24

Russia 10

Italy 6

Switzerland 3

Ireland 3

Other 17 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/26/hong-kong-issues-arrest-warrants-for-19-activists-based-overseas

"Hong Kong’s national security police have issued arrest warrants for 19 activists based overseas, accusing them of subversion under a stringent national security law, marking the largest such tally yet." 


The UK’s foreign and home secretaries condemned the move in a joint statement, calling the arrests

 “another example of transnational repression” 

 and saying it damages Hong Kong’s international reputation.


“[The UK] will not tolerate attempts by foreign governments to coerce, intimidate, harass or harm their critics overseas,” they said in a statement on Friday.

In response, the Chinese embassy in the UK said the British government’s remarks “constitute a gross interference” in China’s internal affairs and the rule of law in Hong Kong." 


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"The US Chamber of Commerce estimates that the US is short roughly 4.5m homes." 


" In seven California counties – Sierra, Trinity, Mono, Alpine, Plumas, Modoc and Calaveras –

 investors owned 

more than 50% of homes."

"Tourist-heavy states Hawaii and Alaska clocked in with the highest share of investor-owned homes with 40% and 35%, respectively. Affordable states such as Arkansas (30%) and West Virginia (30%) also ranked highly.

By quantity, California had the second highest number of investor-owned homes in the country (1.45m) after Texas (1.66m),

 with Florida clinching the bronze medal at 1.21m."

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/26/doge-ai-tool-delete-list-federal-regulations


Doge reportedly using AI tool to create ‘delete list’ of federal regulations

‘Department of government efficiency’ is proposing to use tool to cut 50% of federal regulations by January 


The “Doge AI Deregulation Decision Tool” will analyze 200,000 government regulations, 

according to internal documents obtained by the Washington Post, and 

select those which it deems to be no longer required by law. 


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