Local plate-reader fights keep churning even as Washington chases bigger spectacles. Sandusky and Stanford show towns and institutions still wrestling with who watches the watchers, while national headlines stay fixated on fireworks, courts, and hearings.
- Trump's 4th of July fireworks display on National Mall confirmed as largest in history foxnews.com
A record fireworks show is a photo-op, not a policy — no accountability angle here worth pretending otherwise.
- Village addresses license plate reader cameras Sandusky Register
Good: a village actually explaining its plate-reader program is the bare minimum transparency should look like everywhere.
- Stanford ditches Flock cameras, hires new license plate reader firm The Mercury News
Stanford swapping vendors doesn't mean less surveillance — just a new company holding the same license-plate data.
- Trump’s White House ballroom foes face ‘very tough argument’ at Supreme Court, legal experts say foxnews.com
Courts weighing executive perks again while camera networks expand unchecked shows where real oversight energy is missing.
- Fauci in the congressional wringer: a test for Trump's newly-minted Attorney General foxnews.com
A Senate grilling makes for good TV, but it's no substitute for actual surveillance or public-health accountability.
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