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LaurieKafka
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Wife, mother, former teacher, photographer, crafter & definitely a democracy defender💙. Knowledge is Power, and now is definitely a great time to be empowered.
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There’s no opt-out, no warrant requirement, and almost no oversight. In a nation built on personal freedom, the idea that the government can identify, track, and store your data simply by pointing a phone at your face should alarm everyone citizens and non-citizens alike.
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This is a turning point a shift toward biometric policing becoming a part of everyday American life. The same surveillance systems once confined to airports and borders are now appearing in neighborhoods, workplaces, and public demonstrations.
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and even logs GPS coordinates of where the scan occurred. ICE has provided almost no details about how errors are handled or whether individuals are notified of false matches, and there’s no clear policy limiting who can access or share that data once it’s collected.
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What makes this especially alarming is the system’s reach and permanence. Mobile Fortify is capable of storing facial images and fingerprint scans for up to 15 years, regardless of a person’s immigration or citizenship status. Each scan can pull up personal data (photo, date of birth, nationality)
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deep inside the country. If the algorithm flags someone as “not a U.S. citizen,” agents can override traditional proof of citizenship, even something as official as a birth certificate, in favor of whatever the system reports. And those scanned have no right to refuse, including U.S. citizens.
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a tool that allows agents to scan a person’s face or take contactless fingerprints directly from a smartphone. The app connects in real time to massive federal biometric databases, including those used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to verify identity and immigration status instantly.
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Our Constitution guarantees a right to privacy, yet that right is being steadily eroded by the Trump administration’s expanding surveillance powers. ICE has quietly introduced a new mobile app called Mobile Fortify,
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PSA. Being anti-Trump is being a true patriot.

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#SethMeyers
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Your daily reminder. You have a sexual predator in the WH.

Swear in Adelita Grijalva. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

#TrumpEpsteinCoverup
#SayLessRepeatMore
The Dems have zero incentive to cave. The money that has been already allocated isn’t being spent as it was intended. Funds are being taken away from the blue states. It’s actually the epitome of taxation without representation. Screw the fascist republicans.
They’re building the bunkers because they want to be safe when the people of this country have had enough and rise up against them. Just ask France about their revolution! It didn’t end well for the autocracy.
It doesn’t matter what anyone says, Mike was told by the DL what to do, & he’s following orders. There are no republicans left in the House bec/they have all morphed into fascists. They have become 21st century NAZIS! They COULD have all stuck together & impeached the wannabe dictator. They failed.
None of what ICE is doing is legal. Why are we allowing it to continue??? Who is standing up for the law in this country anymore?
I wouldn’t count on it. They’ll swear they’re paying lower prices on groceries & that their insurance premiums are going down. They’ll say vaccines are bad as their kids die from diseases that were almost eradicated. All this for a man who actually loathes despises them. I’ll never understand them.
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Mikie Sherrill: On day one, I'm declaring a state of emergency on utility hikes. I'll freeze those rate hikes to lower your family's bills. New Jersey, I am not playing. I am not writing a strongly worded letter, or starting up a working group, or doing a 10 year study.
It’s incredible that so many Americans are so willing to give up everything that this country has stood for, & all in the name of a petulant man-baby, who cares nothing about anyone but enriching himself & his family. They just don’t get it, & I guess they never will.
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Another crime against humanity by Trump's out of control Gestapo agents.

The judicial branch is complicit if they don't stop these thugs.
I hope they sue ICE! They will win.
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U.S. Citizen Shot by ICE in Ontario, CA Released From Custody With Bullet Still Lodged In Shoulder

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By Aisha Wallace-Palomares and @el_tragon_de_LA
And what will happen when they refuse to comply? They seem to be doing this with more and more regularity because THERE ARE NO CONSEQUENCES!!!
The morbidly wealthy detest the middle class, which is why they are trying so hard, via P2025, to do everything they can to destroy it.