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Judge Forces Feds To Reveal More Evidence Of Social Media Censorship

November 10, 2024
More internal government communications will soon be revealed in a high-profile censorship case that already hit the U.S. Supreme Court, thanks to a Friday court ruling in Missouri v. Biden. The historic free speech case uncovered that federal officials, all the way up to President Joe Biden, pressured social media companies to remove specific posts and…
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Delayed implementation of EID eartag rule requested

November 5, 2024
The American Livestock Markets and Dealers Association (ALMDA), a national association serving livestock markets, order buyers, dealers, and professional livestock marketers throughout the U.S, has formally requested that USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) delay the implementation or enforcement of the final rule, “Use of Electronic Identification Eartags as Official Identification in Cattle…
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Complaint Alleges EID Tags "Unlawful" and "Burdensome"

November 4, 2024
The New Civil Liberties Alliance has filed a complaint against the U.S. Department of Agriculture and its Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, challenging a new rule that would require electronically readable, or EID, ear tags for certain cattle and bison transported across state lines. Set to take effect on November 5, the rule aims…
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Federal Judge Vacates Bump Stock Rule, Recognizes ‘Right to Possess’

November 4, 2024
Senior United States District Judge David Alan Ezra vacated the ATF’s bump stock ban rule on Monday and recognized plaintiff Michael Cargill’s “right to possess” the device under federal law… Cargill secured a favorable ruling against the bump stock ban in this same district court in 2023, however, the court did not provide any means…
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Cattlemen sue USDA over mandatory electronic ear tags

November 1, 2024
The cow-calf producer organization R-CALF sued the USDA on Oct. 30 to stop the agency from requiring ranchers who move cattle and bison across state lines to use electronic identification ear tags… R-CALF was joined in the lawsuit by the South Dakota Stockgrowers Association, Texas-based Farm and Ranch Feedom Alliance, and several individual ranchers in South Dakota and Wyoming……
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The producers of your hamburger and steak have an issue with the government

November 1, 2024
A group of ranchers and organizations representing cattlemen have filed suit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture, asking a judge to block a rule requiring the use of electronic tags on cattle. The multiple plaintiffs, including the South Dakota Stockgrowers Association and ranchers in South Dakota, Nebraska and Wyoming, are accusing the department of trying…
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