Legislative Recap for 11/21/25 GovTrack.us
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Nov. 21, 2025 by Amy West
The House was certainly back this week. A lot of legislative energy had been pent up for a very long time. Several bills passed unanimously or nearly so several more were highly partisan while another batch were censure resolutions expressing various kinds of frustration, both partisan and personal. So, in general order of topic and level of support, heres what the House was up to. Plus one Senate vote that sends a regulation nullification to the President for his signature.
Regular Bills
One bill listed below is now law thats the Epstein Files Transparency Act. All the rest are still early in the legislative process and are not yet law.
- : To repeal certain provisions relating to notification to Senate offices regarding legal process on disclosure of Senate data, and for other purposes, which would repeal provisions in the continuing resolution that was just passed which would provide a small number of Senators , passed . Its unknown whether this bill will receive a vote in the Senate or whether it will pass.
- passed on Tuesday, November 18. We talked about the bill and the legislative maneuvering involved in more detail in . Since the preview, not only did the bill pass almost unanimously in the House, but the Senate passed it the same day by unanimous consent and .
- : Department of Homeland Security Vehicular Terrorism Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2025, which would require a report on vehicular terrorism and methods of mitigating it, passed .
- : Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act, which would establish an interagency task force and require a report on cyber resilience against state sponsored threats, passed .
- : Enhancing Stakeholder Support and Outreach for Preparedness Grants Act, which would direct the Department of Homeland Security to extend stakeholder support and outreach for applicants and recipients of preparedness grants, passed .
- , which would require pre-trial and pre-conviction mandatory detention as well as mandatory cash bail in the District of Columbia, passed . This bill was in response to .
- : Common-Sense Law Enforcement and Accountability Now in DC Act of 2025, which is another bill that would repeal reforms made by local D.C. leaders, passed
- , which would direct the National Petroleum Council (an industry trade group which acts as an advisory council to the Department of Energy) to issue a report with respect to petrochemical refinery capacity in the United States, passed .
- , which would repeal restrictions on the export and import of natural gas, passed .
Regulation Nullifications
The last two of these three will now become law. The first still has to receive a vote in the Senate.
- : Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision passed .
- : Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment passed on November 18. The Senate passed it on November 20 and now it next goes to the President to be signed into law.
- : A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision passed . It next goes to the President to be signed into law.
Censures
Censures are one of the three ways Congress can police the behavior of members. The other two are expulsion (extremely rare) and investigation by the House Ethics Committee (more common than censures or expulsions). Well have more to say about the rapid increase this Congress in censure/censure-like resolutions in a separate post, but for now well list the votes for this week. They do not go to the Senate since they are exclusively about House matters and are not legislation that becomes law.
- : Disapproving the behavior of Representative Jess G. Chuy Garca of Illinois, which does what it says, passed . and near the deadline for submitting petitions to be on the ballot. The end result is that his preferred successor is now the only person in the 2026 Democratic primary for his seat. This resolution was sponsored by fellow Democrat . Yes, this is unusual.
- : Censuring and condemning Delegate Stacey Plaskett and removing her from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for conduct that reflects discreditably on the House of Representatives for colluding with convicted felony sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a congressional hearing failed . , who, she noted, was a constituent at the time. A slight majority of the House felt that this did not reflect discreditably on the House, or at least not so much to warrant a censure and removal from committee memberships. This resolution was sponsored by . Del. Plaskett is a Democrat, so a Republican sponsoring a censure is usual. Or it would be if it werent one of a rash of them just this week.
- : Censuring Representative Cory Mills of Florida and removing him from the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs was converted to a motion to refer the allegations in the censure resolution to the House Ethics Committee and passed . Mills retains his committee memberships. Mills also already for over a year. He further has an active restraining order against him as a direct result of an alleged and subsequently recanted assault on a woman in Washington, D.C. The censure resolution and new investigation rolls in the assault allegations as well as several campaign finance allegations. The Ethics Committee announced on November 19 that they are and will announce members soon. The censure resolution was sponsored by fellow Republican . Yes, this is unusual.
Next Week
Both chambers of Congress are out for the Thanksgiving holiday and will return the week of December 1st.
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How We Volunteered for Digital Slavery
Once upon a time, software was free not in the free trial sense, but actually free.
It lived in the halls of universities, passed between curious minds on floppy disks, shared in the spirit of collaboration and discovery. Hardware was the business software was the art.
Then came a young man named Bill Gates. Fueled by BASIC and caffeine, he learned to code thanks to that culture of openness and then, he turned freedom into monopoly. Gates dropped out of Harvard, founded Microsoft, and declared that software would no longer be shared it would be sold. The age of commercial code had begun.
Microsofts first weapon was MS-DOS, a text-based operating system that quietly took over the newborn PC world through IBMs early machines. Then came Windows, the glossy illusion a friendly graphical interface that promised empowerment while locking users into Microsofts walled garden.
Like a corporate version of The Godfather, Microsoft made offers competitors couldnt refuse. DR-DOS Made intentionally incompatible. Linux Targeted in internal memos. Internet Explorer Forced onto every desktop for your convenience. The result: a near-total monopoly achieved not by innovation alone, but by control, coercion, and corporate muscle.
Fast forward to today. Microsofts empire no longer needs to hide its power it runs your computer, your documents, your identity. Telemetry, the friendly name for mass surveillance, quietly records how you use your device. With Windows 11, you cant even log in without a Microsoft account the digital equivalent of Big Brothers stamp of approval. Imagine Orwells 1984 rewritten for the 21st century: Winston Smith doesnt fear the telescreen anymore. He bought it, installed it, and clicked I agree. Even students are being tracked through Microsoft Office. Their learning curves analyzed. Their data stored. Their digital lives quantified all under the illusion of productivity.
Steve Ballmer once called Linux a cancer. But history, ever fond of irony, flipped the metaphor: Microsoft became the cancer instead feeding on the open-source world it once despised. Today, Windows happily integrates Linux as a feature, commodifying the very freedom it tried to destroy. Microsoft didnt defeat open source it absorbed it. Like the Borg. Like the Matrix. Like capitalism always does.
Meanwhile, the cost of this corporate control extends far beyond money. Windows 11s unnecessary hardware requirements have already forced millions of functional computers into landfills a quiet environmental catastrophe disguised as an upgrade. The planet pays for your shiny new taskbar.
The illusion of control doesnt stop at your desktop. As Edward Snowden revealed, Microsoft has shared user data with the NSA turning your operating system into a global surveillance node. When the International Criminal Court made decisions the U.S. didnt like, its staff found their Microsoft email access revoked. Thats not science fiction. Thats administrative reality. And it could happen to anyone. We once feared governments might use technology to control us. Instead, we let corporations do it and we pay a monthly subscription for the privilege.
But not all hope is lost. Theres still the red pill Linux. Its not perfect, but its free, open, and community-driven. No forced logins, no corporate backdoors, no hidden surveillance. Just software built by people, for people. Switching to Linux isnt rebellion for rebellions sake. Its a vote for transparency, for sustainability, for democracy. The blue screen of illusion can still be escaped.
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It's your fault my laptop knows where I am
Man muss nicht wissen, wer Du bist, um zu wissen, wer Du bist.
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Ajoutez votre propre ville pour suivre la compltion des objets dans dans cette ville.
La dcouverte d'un mcanisme cach de pistage des activits web des utilisateurs Android, l' enqutera sur de possibles violations de la vie prive par Meta
Le parquet de Paris va quant lui enquter sur le fonctionnement de X suite aux propos ngationnistes de Grok
Verdammte Axt, jetzt werde ich schon auf meinem eigenen Server getrackt. Wo kommt das her :mastorage:
So cool. Trackers are now so light, they can be put on butterflies and track the migration of individuals.
"PORTLAND, Ore. November 17, 2025 In the most comprehensive tracking study of monarch butterfly migration ever conducted, a collaboration of over 20 research and conservation organizations across four countries has successfully tracked individual monarchs over thousands of miles."
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- Anzahl der Stops
- Zeitfenster
- Zustelltag
Whrend Amazon immerhin den Tag meist noch einhlt, braucht man bei den anderen gar nicht erst fragen.
If you have no idea where your cat or dog goes when you're not there, the Life360 Pet GPS offers a digital way to track and check, with real peace of mind.
For those who think they'll only be using this on the bad guys, I'll be in New York later this month to sell you a bridge.
This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country
Aus fr offenes gefhrdet digitale Teilhabe heise online
Tracking users with favicons, even in incognito mode
ICEs biometric dragnet is a 21st century general warrant for your body
DHS and ICE have created something the Founders feared: a roving license for agents to search anyone, anywhere, at any time.
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Erst muss man beim in und einwilligen um dann festzustellen, dass man trotzdem ein braucht. Es hat schon seinen Sinn, dass die Domain spiegel.de in meinem auf der Blockliste steht. (Die Hardcopy habe ich im erstellt.)
US Mint in Philadelphia presses final pennies as the 1-cent coin gets canceled
The U.S. Mint on Wednesday ended production of the penny, a change made to save money and because the 1-cent coin that could once buy a snack or a piece of candy had become increasingly irrelevant.
The penny is a necessary component of untracked transactions for US citizens.
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Wie mit Knstlicher Intelligenz das Einkaufen und unsere Daten bernimmt
A new investigation finds the location data of EU officials in Brussels being sold by data brokers.
Reporters identified multiple senior staff using anonymous phone data showing how easily individuals can be re-identified.
Privacy protections still lag behind data trade realities.
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Was nutzt ihr denn auf Android, um Tracker zu blockieren Also fr alle Apps, nicht nur im Browser, z.b ber eine lokale VPN. Als ich noch bei Android war habe ich die DuckDuckGo App genutzt, und gerade beim Suchen gefunden, kennt ihr die und taugen die was
What do you use on Android to block trackers For all apps, not just in the browser, e.g. via a local VPN. When I was still on Android I used the DuckDuckGo app, and just found while searching, do you know them and are they good
Washington Court Rules That Data Captured on Safety Are
The Superior Court in rejected the attempt to block the publics right to access data gathered by cameras, protecting access to information under the Washington Public Records Act (PRA).
Mozilla rolls out new anti-fingerprinting defenses in Firefox 145
Phase 2 protections reduce user trackability to just 20% limiting data like fonts, CPU cores, and screen size.
Initially in Private & ETP Strict modes, full rollout to follow.