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404 Media @404media.co · 6d

NEW: we tested Zenni's anti-facial recognition glasses coating. "ID Guard" adds a pink sheen to the surface of the glasses that reflects the infrared light used by some facial recognition cameras.

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Zenni’s Anti-Facial Recognition Glasses are Eyewear for Our Paranoid Age

These anti-facial recognition glasses technically work, but won’t save you from our surveillance dystopia.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 4d

ICE and CPB agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE says the result of this app can override a birth certificate too www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 3d

I think this may be the first time a component of DHS has confirmed it is using Mobile Fortify too. Main DHS declined to comment. So I went to CBP instead. CBP confirmed www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) declined to comment on ICE’s use of facial recognition technology, with its statement saying “DHS is not going to confirm or deny law enforcement capabilities or methods.” CBP, meanwhile, confirmed it is using Mobile Fortify. “CBP relies on a variety of technological capabilities that enhance the effectiveness of agents on the ground. This is one of many tools we are using as we enforce the laws of our nation,” a CBP spokesperson said in an email.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 4d

New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo

“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”

“Alright, we just got to verify that”

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ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship

Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 2d

New from 404 Media: you can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's new facial recognition app, according to internal DHS document I obtained. Photos captured by the app are stored for 15 years, including U.S. citizens. We've seen officers scanning faces w/ phones on streets

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You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says

Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.

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Jenn Burrill @jennburrill.bsky.social · 1d

DHS document states ICE will NOT let people decline from being scanned by its new facial recognition app - Mobile Fortify.

It is used to verify one’s identity and immigration status. However, the face photos taken will be stored for 15 years, regardless of your immigration status.

You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says

Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.

www.404media.co

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 1d

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Amanda Kaschube @amandakaschube.bsky.social · 1d

In Albany Park, they fired pepper-spray balls and arrested U.S. citizens.

In Evanston, a weapon was repeatedly pointed at protesters.

They grabbed workers in Hoffman Estates, landscapers.

And house painters and laborers in Edison Park, Skokie and Niles.

“Feels like state-sponsored terror."

On Halloween, ‘state-sponsored terror’ in Chicago and the north suburbs

Despite pleas from Gov. JB Pritzker to pause federal immigration enforcement operations while children celebrate Halloween, Border Patrol agents tore through Chicago and the suburbs.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

Evanston Mayor Dan Biss on today’s ICE raids in his community: “What federal agents are doing in Evanston right now is monstrous.”

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · Nov 13

Greetings, Bluesky!

I am an investigative reporter at the Chicago Tribune, with extensive experience covering city government and suburban corruption. If you have tips about people being hurt by their government, healthcare or business, I’m [email protected]. Signal: 312-292-8481

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

WTF. Everyone, cameras out. Get it all on video.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.

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Larry Tenney ❌👑 @larrytenney.bsky.social · 1d

Made an AM trip to Meijer. Then dropped off 100 lbs of food at our local food pantry.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

Paxlovid from Pfizer costs $15 to make and now retails for $1500.

Insane

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Geneawac @genwacc.bsky.social · 1d

Let's just lay it out. Epstein was a glorified pimp who used and sold the services of children to the wealthy, the elite, and the powerful. His clients will destroy anything and everything to stay hidden. They will even starve poor people. They have no bottom and no conscience.

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Brett Meiselas @bmeiselas.bsky.social · 23h

If I see as much as a single video edit I’m suing for $10 billion. Your move, CBS.

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VSpencerCutler @virginiaspencer17.bsky.social · 3h

In this interview Stephen Cash talks about the Serbian Otpor student movement that brought down a dictator.

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VSpencerCutler @virginiaspencer17.bsky.social · 3h

Thank you Stephen Cash and Jack Hopkins 🇺🇸🫡🙏

Please watch and pass this on to everyone you possibly can‼️

Competitive Authoritarianism = ZOMBIE DEMOCRACY
40:20 in video

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Stephen Cash is a national treasure. We should all listen to reports from @steadystatevets.bsky.social

Steven Cash: Beyond National Security and Intelligence.

YouTube video by Jack Hopkins

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VSpencerCutler @virginiaspencer17.bsky.social · 3h

Please watch and share widely 🙏🇺🇸🫡

Reposting this most important video, which gives a vision and hope for how 'We The People' can use our collective superpower to come together, peacefully resist, and end the assault on our democracy.

VSpencerCutler @virginiaspencer17.bsky.social · Apr 8

OTPOR students helped bring down Milosevic, Serbia 2000

Guns are *not helpful* to bring down a dictator

What's needed is mass protest - big enough to convince military *all the people* are against the government - then the military will switch sides and join the people

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Bringing Down a Dictator - English (high definition)

YouTube video by ICNC - International Center on Nonviolent Conflict

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VSpencerCutler @virginiaspencer17.bsky.social · 3h

Thank you Stephen Cash and Jack Hopkins 🇺🇸🫡🙏

Please watch and pass this on to everyone you possibly can‼️

Competitive Authoritarianism = ZOMBIE DEMOCRACY
40:20 in video

youtu.be/6Inn3GAfSlo?...

Stephen Cash is a national treasure. We should all listen to reports from @steadystatevets.bsky.social

Steven Cash: Beyond National Security and Intelligence.

YouTube video by Jack Hopkins

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 13h

Trump appears to be defying the court order. Millions of families across the country are still seeing the message: “NO BALANCE FOUND.” Time will tell if the administration ultimately complies.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 6d

New from me: I’ve been asked a lot, and I finally had time to put together a short explainer for both the legal and tactical considerations of Trump’s strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific.

Unlocked for everyone.

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Thoughts on Military Strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific | Angry Staffer

Get more from Angry Staffer on Patreon

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 2d

Independents blame Trump and the GOP for the shutdown by a 2:1 margin.

Trump’s approval with people under 30 has completely cratered.

63% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s management of the federal government.

#GOPShutdown

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 1d

The U.S. government is now using occult fear to justify domestic power. DHS’s “Season of the Witch” video dehumanizes migrants and protesters as monsters. This is authoritarian propaganda, and we cannot ignore it.

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 1d

Federal agents wearing horror masks during real arrests is psychological intimidation and performance violence.
The Purge — except it’s not fiction.

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'Happy Halloween!': DHS spokeswoman responds to report of immigration agents wearing horror masks in L.A.

The story by a local news site featured images posted to social media showing what the outlet says were agents in unmarked cars donning Chucky and Momo masks.

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 1d

Flynn isn’t talking “reform.” He’s calling for shutting down independent federal law enforcement and replacing it with a loyalty force — textbook authoritarian power consolidation.

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