AZ: SCOTUS denies state’s bid to delay start of takeover of healthcare in state prisons

Source: SFGate

“The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an eleventh-hour bid by the state of Arizona to block the upcoming start of a court-ordered takeover of healthcare operations in its prisons after the state was found to have provided constitutionally inadequate care to incarcerated people and dragged its feet for over a decade in making required improvements. The state’s request to delay the start date was denied Thursday by Justice Elena Kagan, leaving an outside corrections professional to take over healthcare management for 25,000 incarcerated people on Oct. 19. Arizona had asked the courts to delay the start date while it appealed both the takeover decision and the appointment of former Ohio corrections director Annette Chambers-Smith as the leader of the effort.” (10/01/26)

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/supreme-court-denies-arizona-s-bid-to-delay-22458254.php

Steve Trinward

OpenAI ‘reviewing’ report of failed hacking attempt against Canadian regime

Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]

“OpenAI has confirmed that it is reviewing a report of a failed hacking attempt against a Canadian government body in the latest incident to highlight cybersecurity concerns about artificial intelligence. The AI giant said on Wednesday that it was reviewing the alleged cyberattack against Canada’s national archives agency and had provided an initial briefing to Canadian officials. … The attempted hacking, if confirmed, would be the first publicly known case of an AI-led cyberattack against Canada’s government, following a series of incidents of rogue agents targeting agencies in the United States and Australia.” (10/01/26)

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/10/1/openai-reviewing-report-of-failed-hacking-attempt-against-canadas-govt

Thomas L. Knapp

What happened? Or rather, what did NOT happen?

Source: The Price of Liberty
by Nathan Barton

“On 31 January 2025, just a few days after The Donald took office for his second term and nominated his various cabinet officers, this graphic was published by some MAGA/MAHA types. People worried about the overall state of ‘health care’ (read, the Medical Industrial Complex) in the States, and hoping, praying, even expecting some things to start to improve. Looking back nearly two years, how many of these threats to human health and life have really, REALLY been addressed?” (09/30/26)

https://thepriceofliberty.org/2026/09/30/what-happened-or-rather-what-did-not-happen/

Thomas L. Knapp

Time on Task

Source: The American Prospect
by Zachary Groz

“The Trump administration has spent the past two years asserting broad executive powers and privileges with little historical precedent: imposing tariffs, executing mass deportations, deploying the National Guard in American cities, unilaterally halting permitted clean-energy development, sanctioning law firms and universities, firing civil servants and watchdogs, removing foreign heads of state, calling in drone strikes on fishing boats, withholding grants to states and nongovernmental agencies, bending banking rules, brokering critical minerals deals, and speeding up federal contracting, with many of these enriching the president’s family and their circle. Some orders have been brazen and public enough to generate blowback in court. But the infrastructure underlying them has remained in place. In fact, it’s continued to grow through a little-scrutinized mechanism of the federal government: the interagency task force.” (10/01/26)

https://prospect.org/2026/10/01/oct-2026-time-on-task-trump-law-enforcement/

Steve Trinward

Judge approves Paramount Skydance settlement

Source: United Press International

“A federal judge approved a Paramount Skydance antitrust settlement with California and other states Wednesday, allowing the company’s merger with Warner Bros. Discovery to move forward. The settlement, reached last week, resolves a lawsuit that 12 states’ attorneys general brought against the company. The lawsuit argued that the acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery would give the company too much control of the market.” (09/30/26)

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/09/30/paramount-settlement-approved/4311790809689/

Thomas L. Knapp