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Yahoo
06-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Nearly 200 rally against Trump
Apr. 5—BLUFFTON — Nearly 200 people showed up Saturday afternoon in rainy Bluffton to voice their displeasure with the Trump administration. Allen and Hardin and Hardin for Election Action brought out officials from local Democratic Parties at the Remove, Reverse, Reclaim Rally as part of a national day of action to speak to supporters with signs decrying Trump, Elon Musk and the agenda Republicans have advanced since retaking the White House. "I think it's important to protect our rights to speech and talk about issues that are important to us," Bluffton resident Erin Ostling Burkholder. "I am increasingly disappointed and concerned about the rhetoric at the federal level and policies that are being implemented that take rights away from people and harm those who are vulnerable. I want to do what I can to protest." Hardin County Democratic chair Sheila Coressel said the goal of the rally was to protest what she termed the dismantling of democracy. "We are here to protest the fact that Elon Musk, who has not been elected, somehow has all of this control in the government to fire people with no rhyme or reason and access to data that is sensitive to all of the United States," she said. "We are demanding our representatives and senators hold him accountable instead of sitting on their hands worrying about what he will do to them." Since coming on as an advisor to President Trump, Musk has helped to cut spending throughout the federal government by firing workers and slashing the budgets of agencies like USAID. Spencerville resident Dan Dardio said he came to be with others who feel the same as him about the way the country has gone since the November election that saw Trump defeat Democrat Kamala Harris. "It sounds like they're saying the things that all of us feel," he said of the speakers. "There is a sizable percentage of the population who are very unhappy with the way the government is going. Our country would like to restore some common sense and decency." Bluffton resident Katie Scott said she thought it was important to organize in an area where it can feel like there is not as much support. "We are not alone," she said. "We are together and taking action." In addition to the Bluffton rally, people across the country came out to demonstrate and speak against the Trump administration in cities including Columbus, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida and Charlotte, North Carolina ( Reach Jacob Espinosa at 567-242-0399. Featured Local Savings
Yahoo
06-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Dozens of people show up for the 'Remove, Reverse, Reclaim Rally' in Sioux City
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — Dozens of people showed up for the 'Remove, Reverse, Reclaim Rally' held in downtown Sioux City on Saturday afternoon. The rally started in front of the Federal Courthouse building, but was moved to the Sioux City Museum because of the crowd's size. The rally was part of a nationwide movement for people to express their opinions. 'Our liberties are at risk and justice is not dictated by the man in the white house,' said Marie Farrell of Lawton, Iowa. 'We have laws and we have lawmakers, and it outrages me the number of things that are being claimed to be illegal just because someone in the office does not like them.' 'I am here because I see so many people struggle with Medicaid, Medicare,' said Angela McPherson of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. 'I work in a pharmacy and to see everyone struggle to pay for what they need. He's trying to take away social security and these people are going to struggle so much more.' The rally went from 2:00-4:00 p.m. and featured different speakers throughout Saturday afternoon. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Guardian
09-03-2025
- The Guardian
Children in UK as young as 11 targeted by sextortion criminals, data reveals
Children as young as 11 to 13 are being targeted by sextortion criminals for the first time, according to data. The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) said the 'worrying' trend showed that criminals behind extortion attempts were casting their nets wider in an attempt to trap victims. Sextortion is a form of blackmail where teenagers – typically boys, although incidents involving girls have also risen sharply in recent years – are tricked into sending intimate pictures of themselves to fraudsters, who have made contact on social media and messaging platforms. The criminals then demand money and threaten to share the material with others. The UK-based internet safety watchdog said it had five confirmed reports of 11 to 13-year-olds falling victim to sextortion attempts last year, out of a total of 175 confirmed incidents involving under-17s. The 2024 total was marginally lower than the 176 recorded in the previous year, but the IWF said sextortion remained a 'huge problem'. 'The fact that these perpetrators are casting the net to get 11 to 13-year-olds is worrying,' said Tamsin McNally, IWF's hotline manager. 'Although it is a small amount, I do worry that number will grow.' Last month, parents at a primary school in Edinburgh were warned to check their children's devices after an eight-year-old girl was reportedly a victim of a sextortion scam. The school informed parents that an individual had been impersonating pupils on Snapchat and police confirmed that an investigation was under way after they received 'several reports' of indecent images being shared. McNally said a new trend seen by the IWF involved criminals threatening to portray victims as perpetrators of a sex crime. 'They are now saying they will send the image to others, but also make it look like you are a perpetrator of a sexual crime. That is imposing an extraordinary level of pressure to try to make victims pay the perpetrator,' she said. Last year, the National Crime Agency (NCA) warned international cybercriminals that it could seek to extradite them as it cracked down on sextortion. West Africa, and Nigeria in particular, has become a hub for sextortion gangs, according to the NCA. McNally said there would still be children living in fear of the consequences of a sextortion attack without being aware of an online system specially designed to take down sexual images from the internet. Sign up to Headlines UK Get the day's headlines and highlights emailed direct to you every morning after newsletter promotion The Report Remove service, which is operated by the IWF and the children's charity the NSPCC, allows children to anonymously flag intimate images or videos of themselves that have appeared or could appear online, including those sent to sextortion fraudsters. Tech platforms are then able to take down the image or prevent it from being uploaded. The number of children using Report Remove surged in 2024, according to IWF. data that showed 1,142 reports were processed by the watchdog last year, a 44% increase on 2023. Nearly half the images came from the 14- to 15-year-old age group. Of the 175 sextortion incidents last year, 151 came via the Report Remove tool. One parent, speaking anonymously, said the service had been a 'gamechanger' for their family after their 16-year-old son had fallen victim to a sextortion attempt. The IWF interim chief executive, Derek Ray-Hill, said: 'It is crystal clear that there has never been a greater need for the service that the Report Remove tool provides. 'These concerning figures show that offenders continue to ruthlessly target our children online, knowing that they are vulnerable to coercion, exploitation and abuse.'
