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FOIA Under Attack: Landmark Transparency Law Turns 60; Fed Gov’t Blocking More Documents Than Ever Vietnam

FOIA Under Attack: Landmark Transparency Law Turns 60; Fed Gov’t Blocking More Documents Than Ever

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. Sixty years ago, on July 4th, 1966, President Johnson signed the Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, into law. The law was a critical…
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July 10, 2026
Phantom pulls on-chain perps into the US wallet war ahead of July 9 deadline Pre-Crime

Phantom pulls on-chain perps into the US wallet war ahead of July 9 deadline

On July 9, Phantom and the Hyperliquid Policy Center urged the CFTC to remove rules they say “unduly impede” fintech firms from working with registered derivatives markets. Phantom presents itself as the software in the middle, rather than the custodian. Users retain control of their funds and private keys, while…
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July 10, 2026
Freddie Omany: The French teacher who ended up moving millions of payments NSA

Freddie Omany: The French teacher who ended up moving millions of payments

“Be anything.” It sounds like the sort of advice printed on a graduation card. Freddie Omany’s older brother meant it literally. Long before he found himself helping move millions of mobile money transactions across Africa every day, Omany, PawaPay Kenya country director, taught French. He translated documents. He worked in…
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July 10, 2026
“Primal Scream was the loudest band I’ve ever played with. We were using Super Leads and cranking them”: Little Barrie’s Barrie Cadogan on tone secrets of the alt-blues power trio and pinch-me moments with Liam Gallagher and John Squire Liam Gallagher

“Primal Scream was the loudest band I’ve ever played with. We were using Super Leads and cranking them”: Little Barrie’s Barrie Cadogan on tone secrets of the alt-blues power trio and pinch-me moments with Liam Gallagher and John Squire

(Image credit: Lee Vincent Grubb) Moving on from the ‘little’, these days Barrie Cadogan is a towering presence on the scene. A first-call collaborator for his impeccable tone and touch, and spotted on the stages of giants from John Squire to The Black Keys, our Zoom call finds him rattling…
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July 10, 2026