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Centrelink worker recounts ‘callous indifference’ from superiors after raising alarm about robodebt

Colleen Taylor tells royal commission that staff were told ‘not to interrogate’ injustices facing welfare recipients

The Guardian - AU

Hundreds of people on leaked Oath Keepers member list worked for Homeland Security, report finds

Membership rolls allegedly included current and former Border Patrol, ICE and Secret Service staff

The Independent UK

‘I don’t know’: Marise Payne unsure why advice for legal change to robodebt disappeared from policy plan

‘Essentially responsibility is always borne by ministers,’ the then human services minister tells royal commission into doomed scheme

The Guardian - AU

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Tax officials who raised concerns about robodebt were ‘fobbed off’, inquiry hears

Royal commission also hears ATO stonewalled the media despite misgivings that data it provided for robodebt was not ethical

The Guardian - AU

ATO bureaucrat 'threatened to shut down' Robodebt scheme by requesting cease and desist on use of tax data, royal commission told

An ATO bureaucrat is asked about his threats to "shut down" the Robodebt scheme in 2017, by requesting a federal department cease and desist using tax office data.

ABC News

Twitter Files: FBI, DHS Reported Tweets for Election Misinformation

Content moderators had "weekly confabs" with law enforcement officials, reports Matt Taibbi.

Reason

Attacks on Pacific north-west power stations raise fears for US electric grid

Series of attacks come after assault on North Carolina facilities cut electricity to 40,000

The Guardian - US

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The Australian government had multiple chances to press ‘stop’ on robodebt – but didn’t

Legal advisers said again and again that the automated debt recovery scheme was unlawful. New evidence shows how the objections were overcome

The Guardian - AU

Former bureaucrat says 'give me a break', denies claims she misled watchdog over Robodebt

Catherine Halbert was questioned over her correspondence with the federal watchdog, in which she said she believed changes had been made in 2015 to ensure the proposal that became Robodebt was lawful.

ABC News

Senior official denies ‘manipulating the truth’ to ombudsman over legality of robodebt scheme

DSS witness faces scrutiny at royal commission over involvement in robodebt plans and evidence given to watchdog’s 2017 investigation

The Guardian - AU

POINT: Privately run immigration detention is a safe and cost-effective alternative

On his campaign website, then-candidate Joe Biden vowed to “end for-profit detention centers,” asserting tendentiously that “no business should profit from the suffering of desperate people fleeing violence.”

Tribune News Service

Former social services official told to ‘tone down’ robodebt legal concerns, inquiry hears

Andrew Whitecross says he fiercely criticised the proposal and questioned its legality in the scheme’s initial plan

The Guardian - AU

Bureaucrat told to 'tone down' Robodebt criticism, royal commission hears

Andrew Whitecross, then an employee at the Department of Human Services, agrees the policy which became Robodebt was a "radical departure" from compliance at the time.

ABC News

Republicans launching investigation into handling of U.S. Afghanistan withdrawal

The operation was clouded by a suicide attack that left 13 Americans and roughly 200 Afghans dead.

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The Independent UK

COVID's lingering impact prompts Real ID deadline extension

The deadline for obtaining the Real ID needed to board a domestic flight has been pushed back again, with the Department of Homeland Security citing the lingering impact of the COVID-19 pandemic for the slower-than-expected rollout

Tribune News Service

Noah Feldman: The Supreme Court’s other conservative revolution

The conservative revolution at the U.S. Supreme Court has two prongs. One grabs headlines as the justices overturn long-established precedent on big-ticket issues like abortion, affirmative action and voting rights. The second is a less-noticed yet enormously ambitious transformation of the judiciary’s job. Put simply, the justices are placing themselves…

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: US power grid has long faced terror threat

Investigators believe a shooting that damaged power substations in North Carolina was a crime

The Guardian - AU

Federal watchdog refuses to say if it will cooperate with robodebt royal commission

Commonwealth ombudsman’s office says it can’t be compelled to make statements or provide documents

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The Guardian - AU

Officials given chance to ‘effectively co-write’ report into department’s handling of robodebt, inquiry told

Former manager at DHS testifies that it was ‘useful’ if the department which administered debt recovery scheme could ‘influence’ watchdog’s language

The Texas Tribune

Feds often hand migrants over to state police rather than process immigration claims, complaint says

State police often rely on federal immigration officials to lock up migrants on state trespassing charges, according to a new complaint by the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas. The collaboration contradicts federal and Texas officials’ attacks on each other’s immigration policies.

The Guardian - AU

‘You are being misled’: the Centrelink worker who tried to stop robodebt as it started

Exclusive: As the disastrous program gathered pace, Colleen Taylor reached out to her boss with strong concerns, only to be dismissed as overly sympathetic to welfare recipients

Miami Herald

Immigration advocates, lawmakers ask Biden to extend and renew Haiti TPS designation

Immigration advocates and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday called on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to re-designate Temporary Protected Status for Haiti.

Roll Call

House GOP push to impeach DHS chief could split caucus next year - Roll Call

A push from some House Republicans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over border security could divide the caucus.

Axios

Biden administration eyes border overhaul as Title 42 pandemic policy ends

Some of the ideas echo controversial policies from the Trump administration.

The Independent UK

Federal law enforcement and social media failing to address domestic terror threats, Senate report finds

FBI and DHS are inadequately responding to white supremacist and anti-government violence, while social media companies are fuelling the ‘rapid spread of extremist ideologies’

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