October 22, 2026

Pentagon Patched the Breach, Now Two Marines Want Answers

<![CDATA[Two Marines, one still serving, are taking the Pentagon to federal court after a massive breach exposed the private records of more than three million service members, veterans, and their families. Social Security numbers. Military job details. Birth dates. All of it sitting unencrypted on a vulnerable server for months.]]>

October 22, 2026

Meta Gets a $25 Billion Bill. New Mexico Wanted More.

<![CDATA[$25 billion. That’s what a New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay Wednesday over Facebook’s privacy promises, after a September jury found more than 43 million violations of the state’s consumer protection law. The state asked for as much as $40 billion. Apparently, this was the smaller bill.]]>

October 22, 2026

New York Body Armor Ban Ruled Unconstitutional in Major 2A Win

<![CDATA[I’ve always been a little bemused at the notion of heavy body armor, unless one is a cop or a soldier, or unless you live in one of America’s major cities where the chance of being used for impromptu target practice is a possibility. Around here in Alaska, body armor won’t do much good against […]