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Apple and Google have immense power to shape what content is available on our smartphones. When they cave to government pressure to remove certain apps, politicians get to shape how we communicate.
We should be in control of what happens on our own phones — not the government or corporations.
We should be in control of what happens on our own phones — not the government or corporations.
Your Smartphone, Their Rules: How App Stores Enable Corporate-Government Censorship | ACLU
Big Tech Oligopoly helps the Trump Administration crack down on free speech
www.aclu.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Apple and Google have immense power to shape what content is available on our smartphones. When they cave to government pressure to remove certain apps, politicians get to shape how we communicate.
We should be in control of what happens on our own phones — not the government or corporations.
We should be in control of what happens on our own phones — not the government or corporations.
We knew before that we shouldn’t trust our government with access to all of our data without meaningful oversight. We should all fight this crap like there’s no tomorrow… #privacy #facialrecognition #racialprofiling #illegalICE
ICE is using a new app called Mobile Fortify to scan people's faces and determine their immigration status.
The government's use of biased, unreliable facial recognition tech to supercharge its mass deportation campaign endangers all of our rights.
The government's use of biased, unreliable facial recognition tech to supercharge its mass deportation campaign endangers all of our rights.
Face Recognition and the ‘Trump Terror’: A Marriage Made in Hell | ACLU
ICE and CBP are smashing their way not only through car windows but also through any constraints on the use of face recognition
www.aclu.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
We knew before that we shouldn’t trust our government with access to all of our data without meaningful oversight. We should all fight this crap like there’s no tomorrow… #privacy #facialrecognition #racialprofiling #illegalICE
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they were "controversial" for murdering palestinians at their food distribution sites.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a controversial U.S.- and Israel-backed company that provided aid to Gaza, said Monday it would shutter operations.
US-backed aid company in Gaza shutters operations
The U.S.- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, set up to distribute aid to Gaza as an alternative to the United Nations but which Palestinians said endangered the lives of civilians as they tried to get food, has said it will shutter operations.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
they were "controversial" for murdering palestinians at their food distribution sites.
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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BREAKING: The FBI trainee that was fired for displaying a Pride Flag is SUING the government, saying his removal was illegal www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
An F.B.I. Trainee Hung a Pride Flag Near His Desk. He Says He Was Fired for It.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
BREAKING: The FBI trainee that was fired for displaying a Pride Flag is SUING the government, saying his removal was illegal www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
We ain’t buying it! joined by me and other members of Showing Up for Racial Justice. They still need more signatures. Can you sign and share as well? www.mobilize.us/surj/event/8...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
We ain’t buying it! joined by me and other members of Showing Up for Racial Justice. They still need more signatures. Can you sign and share as well? www.mobilize.us/surj/event/8...
Finally! I don’t care which country it is—if you purposely unalive kids in schools and hospitals, try to starve a whole people to death and vilify them based on race, you should b imprisoned for life. Only the pathetic would stoop to the shit they’ve been doing for decades. It has to be stopped.
⭕️ UN Passes Resolution 2803, Officially Shifting Control of Gaza Aid Away From Israel
With today’s passage of the US-led resolution, oversight of aid entering and leaving Gaza moves from Israel’s COGAT to the US-aligned Board of Peace and the states participating in it. The decision marks the...
With today’s passage of the US-led resolution, oversight of aid entering and leaving Gaza moves from Israel’s COGAT to the US-aligned Board of Peace and the states participating in it. The decision marks the...
November 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Finally! I don’t care which country it is—if you purposely unalive kids in schools and hospitals, try to starve a whole people to death and vilify them based on race, you should b imprisoned for life. Only the pathetic would stoop to the shit they’ve been doing for decades. It has to be stopped.
If the Roberts Court pulls another lawless get-out-of-jail free card with this appeal, then we have take SCOTUS down. Roberts is so concerned about the stature of the Court, yet it seems like they’re competing to be the most racist Court in US History. We’re not going to take this lying down.
BREAKING: A federal court blocks Texas’ new congressional gerrymander, which could net five more GOP seats in Congress, from being used in the 2026 midterms. Texas Republicans will likely ask the Supreme Court to weigh in on the case.
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Federal Court Blocks Texas Gerrymander for 2026, Appeal Expected
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
If the Roberts Court pulls another lawless get-out-of-jail free card with this appeal, then we have take SCOTUS down. Roberts is so concerned about the stature of the Court, yet it seems like they’re competing to be the most racist Court in US History. We’re not going to take this lying down.
Proud of federal judges that actually respect precedent, the law and the freaking Constitution. If the Roberts Court pulls another precedent-less, lawless cheat on the shadow docket, SCOTUS is going to regret it. Guaranteed.
A huge win!!! Federal court blocks Texas from using new congressional gerrymander in 2026 midterms!
Federal court blocks new Texas congressional map for 2026
The decision is a major blow for Republicans, in Texas and nationally, who pushed through this unusual mid-decade redistricting at the behest of President Donald Trump.
www.texastribune.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Proud of federal judges that actually respect precedent, the law and the freaking Constitution. If the Roberts Court pulls another precedent-less, lawless cheat on the shadow docket, SCOTUS is going to regret it. Guaranteed.
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The current regime planned to do as many unConstitutional things as possible. They get away with whatever we LET THEM get away with. If you’re not cool with disregarding the Constitution, please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/co...
Congress: Rein in Trump's unconstitutional military action
No president should have unchecked power to kill without evidence, trials, or congressional oversight. This administration has labeled these 64 victims “unlawful combatants" to justify killing them wi...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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AI = nuclear 💣
discuss.
discuss.
October 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
AI = nuclear 💣
discuss.
discuss.
🇵🇸 genocide is ALWAYS wrong
September 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
🇵🇸 genocide is ALWAYS wrong
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Economists are flashing the warning signs of an impending economic downturn amid the rise in unemployment rates among Black women.
Black Women Hit Hardest: Surging Job Losses Signal Economic Crisis Ahead
With the release of the August unemployment numbers, economists continue to sound the alarm about the Black unemployment rates.
www.blackenterprise.com
September 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Economists are flashing the warning signs of an impending economic downturn amid the rise in unemployment rates among Black women.
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JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR:
"They claimed there was more than those two factors - being Latino and speaking Spanish. They say it's because people are working in low-wage jobs."
STEPHEN COLBERT:
"So people with low-wage jobs have fewer protections?"
AUDIENCE:
"Boooooooooooooooooooo"
"They claimed there was more than those two factors - being Latino and speaking Spanish. They say it's because people are working in low-wage jobs."
STEPHEN COLBERT:
"So people with low-wage jobs have fewer protections?"
AUDIENCE:
"Boooooooooooooooooooo"
September 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR:
"They claimed there was more than those two factors - being Latino and speaking Spanish. They say it's because people are working in low-wage jobs."
STEPHEN COLBERT:
"So people with low-wage jobs have fewer protections?"
AUDIENCE:
"Boooooooooooooooooooo"
"They claimed there was more than those two factors - being Latino and speaking Spanish. They say it's because people are working in low-wage jobs."
STEPHEN COLBERT:
"So people with low-wage jobs have fewer protections?"
AUDIENCE:
"Boooooooooooooooooooo"
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For three decades, a little-known group of “mitigation specialists” has helped save death-penalty defendants by documenting their childhood traumas.
Take a rare look inside one case:
Take a rare look inside one case:
This Group Quietly Documents the Past Traumas of People Who Kill
A rare look inside mitigation specialists’ investigations to help people on death row stay alive.
www.themarshallproject.org
September 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
For three decades, a little-known group of “mitigation specialists” has helped save death-penalty defendants by documenting their childhood traumas.
Take a rare look inside one case:
Take a rare look inside one case:
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Just 10 days into the school year, Evergreen High School in Colorado became the site of a school shooting. Two students were injured.
September 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Just 10 days into the school year, Evergreen High School in Colorado became the site of a school shooting. Two students were injured.
This is the must-read analysis of the end of Charlie Kirk’s life.
« His death, for thousands—if not millions—of (young) people (on the left), wasn't a senseless tragedy that demanded unity. It was a predictable, if horrific, consequence of a system he spent his career building. »
« His death, for thousands—if not millions—of (young) people (on the left), wasn't a senseless tragedy that demanded unity. It was a predictable, if horrific, consequence of a system he spent his career building. »
Thousands of Gen Z’ers Don't "Feel Bad" About Charlie Kirk's Murder. Here’s Why.
The online reaction to Charlie Kirk's assassination reveals a generational (and partisan) disconnect on issues of gun violence, systemic injustice, and the nature of political hatred.
open.substack.com
September 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This is the must-read analysis of the end of Charlie Kirk’s life.
« His death, for thousands—if not millions—of (young) people (on the left), wasn't a senseless tragedy that demanded unity. It was a predictable, if horrific, consequence of a system he spent his career building. »
« His death, for thousands—if not millions—of (young) people (on the left), wasn't a senseless tragedy that demanded unity. It was a predictable, if horrific, consequence of a system he spent his career building. »
science.
“Science in Health, Wealth, & War” A Social Media Op-Ed by Neil deGrasse Tyson
YouTube video by StarTalk Plus
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September 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
science.
Child rapists must be held accountable
Rep. Jasmine Crockett: Epstein Files Demand Action, Not Cover-Ups
YouTube video by Rep. Jasmine Crockett
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September 6, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Child rapists must be held accountable
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And when they declare trans people mentally ill the next step will be to broaden it to queer people at large b/c since when have differences between ppl in any marginalized community ever existed for evil people.
Again: cis queers of all colors have to repudiate this. None of us are exceptions.
Again: cis queers of all colors have to repudiate this. None of us are exceptions.
Banning trans people from owning guns is a really REALLY significant escalation and I think the scariest part about it that's not being discussed at all is that the plan is to declare that trans people are mentally ill
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
edition.cnn.com/2025/09/04/p...
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
edition.cnn.com/2025/09/04/p...
Trump DOJ is looking at ways to ban transgender Americans from owning guns, sources say | CNN Politics
Senior Justice Department officials are weighing proposals to limit transgender people’s right to possess firearms, according to two officials familiar with the internal discussions.
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September 4, 2025 at 11:56 PM
And when they declare trans people mentally ill the next step will be to broaden it to queer people at large b/c since when have differences between ppl in any marginalized community ever existed for evil people.
Again: cis queers of all colors have to repudiate this. None of us are exceptions.
Again: cis queers of all colors have to repudiate this. None of us are exceptions.
true? if so, what can we do?
Electricity is About to be Like Housing
YouTube video by Hank Green
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September 4, 2025 at 11:56 PM
true? if so, what can we do?