UK: Starmer faces calls to resign as regime admits ambassador to US failed vetting process

Source: CityNews Halifax [Canada]

“British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced calls Thursday to resign after it emerged that Peter Mandelson was initially denied security clearance for the post of ambassador to the United States, which he was eventually fired from over his close links to the disgraced sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Following the revelation in the Guardian newspaper, the government said Starmer was not aware that the Foreign Office had overruled a security vetting process for Mandelson to become U.K. ambassador to Washington ‘until earlier this week.’ Starmer has previously insisted due process was followed in the appointment, and that Mandelson, who was fired in September 2025, had lied about the extent of his links to Epstein.” (04/16/26)

https://halifax.citynews.ca/2026/04/16/starmer-faces-calls-to-resign-as-uk-government-admits-ambassador-to-us-failed-vetting-process/

Thomas L. Knapp

Stop New York’s Attack on 3D Printing

Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation
by Rory Mir & Nathan Sheard

“New York’s proposed 2026-2027 budget currently includes provisions that will require all 3D printers sold in the state to run print-blocking censorware — software that surveils every print for forbidden designs. This policy would also create felony charges for possessing or sharing certain design files. The vote on the state budget could happen as early as next week, so New Yorkers need to act fast and demand that their Assemblymembers and Senators strip this provision from the budget.” (04/16/26)

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/stop-new-yorks-attack-3d-printing

Thomas L. Knapp