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Privacy advocate. #IDissent #StandWithUkraine #Resist #Persist #Indivisible #BLM #Ω -fan account
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Since the US has no real privacy protections to speak of, you might want to do some of that yourself over the next few years.

www.wired.com/story/the-wi...
The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance
Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to ev...
www.wired.com
greed greed greed

these tech bros will not be satisfied until they make 1793 great again

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Tesla shareholders approve $1tn pay package for Elon Musk
Chants of ‘Elon’ erupt after compensation plan approved despite opposition from several high-profile investors
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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Trump’s “disapproval is the highest in a Post-ABC poll since January 2021, a week after the attack on the Capitol.”

wapo.st/4oMSmrs
Voters divided on midterms despite broad Trump disapproval, poll finds
Most Americans disapprove the president’s handling of top issues, and a majority say he has gone too far in exercising his powers.
wapo.st
November 2, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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New poll:

Trump is underwater by 18 points overall.

And he’s underwater among independents by 39 points.*

* not a typo.

Gift link wapo.st/4oMSmrs
Voters divided on midterms despite broad Trump disapproval, poll finds
Most Americans disapprove the president’s handling of top issues, and a majority say he has gone too far in exercising his powers.
wapo.st
November 2, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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NEW: Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.

Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drinking water.
www.propublica.org
October 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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so that was money well spent then, hey? america firrrrst!

"The Argentine peso has fallen below the level it reached before the US Treasury began purchases this month, in a sign that the Trump administration’s financial support is failing to halt the currency’s slide..."

www.ft.com/content/815e...
Argentine peso weakens to fresh low despite US interventions
Currency gains sparked by estimated $400mn of US purchases melt away ahead of election for president Javier Milei
www.ft.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Google's not even bothering to make a show of caring about your privacy any longer.

Tech firms will not bake personal privacy into the cake until they're forced to do so by legislation.

In the meantime, find an alternative to Chrome.

www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
‘Phased Out’—Google Confirms Bad News For All 3 Billion Chrome Users
Is it time to quit the world’s most popular browser as privacy nightmare comes true?
www.forbes.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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NEW: From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russ Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term.

Vought has consolidated power to an extent that insiders say they feel like “he is the commander in chief.”

@andykroll.bsky.social w/ @newyorker.com
Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
www.propublica.org
October 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.
October 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Otto and Elise Hampel were Berliners who, in the early 1940s, used postcards to urge resistance against the Nazi regime.

They were arrested, convicted and beheaded.

(Their story is the basis for "Every Man Dies Alone," a brilliant novel.)

www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/10/07/a...
Armed investigators visit man who sent postcard critical of Florida CFO Ingoglia
The politically active couple expected a knock on their door because of their criticism of Trump and DeSantis, but not over a seemingly innocuous postcard.
www.sun-sentinel.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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And... what would you say... *constitutes* this tradition he's bucking? What exactly is it *constituted* of?
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Oct 7
President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.
Trump's power to deploy National Guard, explained
President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.
n.pr
October 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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IL Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh: "I think Kristi Noem should have consequences. I think she should be tried at The Hague."
October 4, 2025 at 1:53 AM
China has made multiple investments in SpaceX.

Historically they've used these sorts of forays to conduct espionage.

In the case of SpaceX, that seems problematic for US national security.

www.propublica.org/article/elon...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies
The newly unsealed testimony marks the first time direct Chinese investment in the company has been disclosed, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of America’s most importan...
www.propublica.org
October 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Psaki: "All around the world, Trump is the butt of the joke, and it's a little less funny to many people living here."
October 3, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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The assumption that the side “causing” the shutdown is destined to lose is faulty when the president is underwater on every issue, the economy is in decline, and he seems obsessed with everything but the shutdown issues (persecuting his enemies, politicizing the military, etc.).
Aided and abetted by MAGA Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (who sent his members out of town rather than risk swearing in the new Democratic representative…who would be 218th vote Epstein discharge), Trump made no effort to keep the government open.

open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
No Wonder We Have a Shutdown
Trump's abject ignorance and narcissism made this inevitable
open.substack.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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The president is lying
Trump: "When you shut it down, you have to do layoffs. So, we'd be laying off a lot of people that are going to be very affected, and they're gonna be Democrats."
September 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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A statue depicting Trump holding hands with Epstein has been removed from the National Mall in Washington, DC, hours after it was erected. A group calling itself “The Secret Handshake” claimed responsibility for the satirical statue that included a plaque that read “In Honor of Friendship Month."
September 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Remember: The GOP’s nonsensical culture wars are meant to distract you from corporate corruption and plunder. [Cartoon by Jace Avery]
September 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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THIS. 👉
September 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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September 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Thank you for standing up for what's right, Jerry 🍦
Jerry Resigns From Ben & Jerry's After Claiming Brand Is Being 'Silenced' For Their Activism
www.comicsands.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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"Like the McCarthyism that swept through American society in the 1950s, irrational madness dominates American society."

South Korean press speaking obvious truths American papers too afraid to publish

Unlike U.S. editorial boards, speaks clearly and plainly about Trump administration doing and why
Newspaper in South Korea:

"MAGA a reactionary movement by white evangelical forces to revert America to a time before the civil rights movement in 1960s

Trump is fundamentally a populist and white supremacist. His slogan “Make America Great Again” more accurately “Make White America Great Again”
"Like the McCarthyism that swept through American society in the 1950s, irrational madness dominates American society."

South Korean press speaking obvious truths American papers too afraid to publish

Unlike U.S. editorial boards, speaks clearly and plainly about Trump administration doing and why
September 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Brendan Carr has clearly overstepped his bounds and patriotic Americans from both sides of the aisle who understand the First Amendment should be demanding his resignation.

#CarrResign
September 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM