The Queen Zone

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, is investigating two for-profit companies contracted to run a new ICE facility for unaccompanied children about to open in Louisiana. By @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social www.thequeenzone.com/scoop-top-se...

"Whether LaSalle Corrections’ nonprofit arm, LaSalle Family Foundation, may be violating federal tax rules is 'a valid question,'" former IRS lawyer told me in an interview in July. As I reported for @thequeenzone.bsky.social www.thequeenzone.com/a-private-pr...

Home Depot Is Using Facial Recognition for Some Rentals. Can You Say No? www.thequeenzone.com/home-depot-i...

The administration that continues to cover up for pedophiles simply cannot be trusted with the care of hundreds of unaccompanied children with no oversight and no transparency

For millions of women who have changed their names through marriage or divorce, getting a REAL ID can also expose a frustrating problem: proving that the person on a decades-old birth certificate is the same person standing at the DMV today. www.thequeenzone.com/real-id-enfo...

Before you go using your chatbot as lawyer, therapist or accountant.... be sure you understand the risks of disclosure. www.thequeenzone.com/yes-your-cha...

You meet someone online. They’re attractive, attentive, interested in the same things you are, and somehow always know exactly what to say. A few weeks later, you feel as though you’ve known them for years. Would you know if they weren’t real? www.thequeenzone.com/could-you-sp...

Deleting a social media account can feel surprisingly final. But disappearing from public view isn’t necessarily the same as disappearing from a company’s systems. www.thequeenzone.com/what-really-...

A safety app cannot guarantee protection or replace calling 911 in an emergency, but the right tool can make it faster to contact help, share your location, document what happened, or reach trained support. www.thequeenzone.com/7-safety-app...

New ICE facility for unaccompanied migrant kids is about to open in Louisiana. While ICE is sanitizing optics, calling it the "Alexandria Family Staging Center," lawmakers and child advocates are raising the roof warning of child trafficking risks. www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...

While thousands of kids are suffering in ICE prisons like Dilley, and immigrant children are about to be shipped to Louisiana, the Trump regime keeps using kids entertainment IP to promote its racist ICE deportations. Some companies have had enough. www.thequeenzone.com/trump-regime...

Gloria Steinem, the American writer, lecturer, activist and organizer who fought for gender equality and women’s civil and reproductive rights for more than five decades, has died, her foundation said. She was 92 years old. 🔗 Read more here: bit.ly/3VbkZoE

ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok all went down this morning. Apparently AI needed a mental health day from humanity. Funny, except AI agents actually did something pretty wild this summer — and it had nothing to do with becoming conscious. www.thequeenzone.com/ai-agents-we...

Fascinating.... ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Gemini appear to all be down. Maybe AI got fed up with us and shut itself down. I don't blame it.... can you imagine being the repository of all of our thoughts, bullshit and emotional dysfunction?

🔥NEWS: Top Dems launch investigation into 23 sponsors & partners of Trump's Freedom 250 hijack of America's birthday. Questions about how Freedom 250 "solicited donations by trading on official access, by misrepresenting the recipient or intended use of funds" www.thequeenzone.com/trump-hijack...

For a growing number of American women, the fantasy of moving abroad has become a serious question: If I really wanted to leave the United States, where would I go? www.thequeenzone.com/20-best-coun...

For transgender Americans considering a move abroad, where you go matters. We looked at 20 countries that stand out in 2026 for legal protections, gender recognition, healthcare considerations and the realities of actually building a life there. www.thequeenzone.com/20-best-coun...

"It’s time for the political establishment to stop telling the American people what they should believe and start listening to what they actually want," writes @sanders.senate.gov.

A South Carolina law that lets anyone 65 years old and above vote by mail but requires younger people to provide an excuse to cast absentee ballots violates the Constitution’s prohibition on abridging voting rights based on age, the Fourth Circuit ruled. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Well, this is fun. Anti-abortion extremists are pissed that Trump isn’t destroying abortion access fast enough, so orgs like Susan B. Anthony List are taking matters into their own hands & are calling in a GLOBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. buff.ly/chcOFpF

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

If God exists, how do we explain these 15 things?: www.thequeenzone.com/15-profound-...

A peek into the future reveals that the United States of 2050 will be unrecognizable to someone living in it today. www.thequeenzone.com/12-ways-amer...

Work in qualifying public service, make required student loan payments, and the remaining federal debt can eventually be forgiven. In 2026, a fight over who qualifies as a public servant put that promise back in court. www.thequeenzone.com/courts-block...

A 2026 Pew Research Center survey spanning 36 countries found widespread doubts about President Donald Trump’s handling of world affairs. But Trump’s personal ratings tell only part of the story. www.thequeenzone.com/global-trust...

🔥Exclusive: Top Senate Dem Responds to Christian Faith Group’s Plea for Oversight of New ICE Facility for Kids. Sen. Ron Wyden responds to letter signed by 20,000 members of Faithful America, promises he will 'watchdog' the facility www.thequeenzone.com/exclusive-to... via @thequeenzone.bsky.social

🚨 NEW: ICE plans to open a new 'staging' facility for kids in Louisiana. Will be run by a private prison company that has reported deaths of 2 detainees since April at one of its facilities. Former IRS lawyer told me their tax filing "doesn't pass the smell test" www.thequeenzone.com/a-private-pr...

Elias Law Group has defeated DOJ lawsuits to access state voter files in: California Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Wisconsin DOJ has not won a single case. It is 0-12.

A growing number of stories from around the country have raised an uncomfortable question: At what point does occasional absence become a failure of representation? www.thequeenzone.com/your-represe...

For generations, the Ogallala Aquifer has quietly powered one of the greatest agricultural success stories in history. Scientists have been warning for years that one of our most important natural resources is being depleted far faster than nature can replace it www.thequeenzone.com/americas-mos...

The simplest version of the story is that Democrats have a messaging problem. The fuller version is more uncomfortable: Democrats may have a trust problem, a coalition problem, and a party identity problem all at once. www.thequeenzone.com/the-democrat...

Texas leads the nation in executions. Can a pro-life state defend that record?: www.thequeenzone.com/texas-leads-...

Do vaccines save lives? Yep! Does antivaxx BS kill? Yep. 👇 Cervical cancer deaths for vaccinated young women fall to zero in England: study www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...

NEW by me: Trump rally next up for Freedom 250. A bevy of America's largest corporations are sponsoring and participating. Freedom 250 is Trump's hijack of America's birthday celebration. Questions swirl around $100M in taxpayer dollars and pay-to-play scheme. www.thequeenzone.com/trump-hijack...

So not surprisingly, no one from Freedom 250 sponsors Deloitte, Mastercard, SAP, Scotts Miracle-Gro, UnitedHealth Group or United Airlines has responded to multiple inquiries. Via @thequeenzone.bsky.social: www.thequeenzone.com/trump-hijack...

Trump’s record of retribution against his perceived enemies is well trod. Corporate leaders likely operate in fear of the president’s vindictive actions; their willingness to accede to Trump’s will resembles a hostage situation. Via @thequeenzone.bsky.social: www.thequeenzone.com/trump-hijack...

12 things to know about holding the Police liable for loss: www.thequeenzone.com/12-things-to...

The average person can wake up to war footage, climate disasters, political outrage, economic panic, celebrity scandal, and ten conflicting “breaking news” alerts before they even finish coffee. www.thequeenzone.com/more-people-...

🔴PAY ATTENTION: The Governor of Louisiana is declaring an emergency to cancel an ongoing election so that his party can rig the rules moving forward. This is not just about redistricting... www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

"I’d spend hours scrolling through “likes” and heart emojis, but when the screen went dark, that familiar, hollow ache of being emotionally invisible would settle back in." www.thequeenzone.com/12-places-is...

According to research from UBS, nearly $105 trillion will change hands by 2045, yet many boomers are rethinking just how much of their wealth their kids should receive. www.thequeenzone.com/not-everyone...

So what’s behind this trend, and does science actually support it? www.thequeenzone.com/can-allegra-...

Picture yourself trapped between a proverbial rock and an incredibly hard place, except the rock is your aging mother who needs constant medical attention, and the hard place is your college-bound teenager asking for tuition money. www.thequeenzone.com/how-the-sand...

Women remain underrepresented in artificial intelligence research and engineering roles and it shapes the environments in which clinical tools are designed, trained, and optimized. www.thequeenzone.com/ai-is-coming...

Privacy regulators in Europe, child‑safety experts, pediatricians and digital‑rights groups are now warning that these glasses can supercharge harassment, stalking and surveillance in everyday spaces. www.thequeenzone.com/metas-smart-...

Child-safety experts emphasize that predators rarely begin with explicit behavior. Grooming often involves: • building trust • offering gifts or game items • encouraging secrecy • gradually shifting conversations to private channels www.thequeenzone.com/these-are-th...

Nearly 60% of teens aged 13–15 reported encountering unsafe content and unwanted messages on Instagram during a six-month period. 40% of those came from someone wanting a sexual or romantic relationship. www.thequeenzone.com/what-parenta...