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Tired of living through Idiocracy
Anti-fascist
Semper Fidelis
Tired of living through Idiocracy
Anti-fascist
Semper Fidelis
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This agreement allows DHS agencies like CBP & ICE to essentially skip the competitive bidding process.
Palantir's software is considered dangerous primarily because its technology facilitates mass surveillance & enables targeting which erodes civil liberties.
Gift link => archive.ph/1yX5v
Palantir's software is considered dangerous primarily because its technology facilitates mass surveillance & enables targeting which erodes civil liberties.
Gift link => archive.ph/1yX5v
DHS Opens a Billion-Dollar Tab With Palantir
“If you are interested in helping shape and deliver the next chapter of Palantir’s work across DHS, please reach out,” a Palantir executive wrote to employees about the massive purchasing agreement.
www.wired.com
February 19, 2026 at 11:54 PM
This agreement allows DHS agencies like CBP & ICE to essentially skip the competitive bidding process.
Palantir's software is considered dangerous primarily because its technology facilitates mass surveillance & enables targeting which erodes civil liberties.
Gift link => archive.ph/1yX5v
Palantir's software is considered dangerous primarily because its technology facilitates mass surveillance & enables targeting which erodes civil liberties.
Gift link => archive.ph/1yX5v
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February 19, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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a man in Oklahoma was speaking out against a data center in his community. He went a few seconds over time and the city had him arrested for trespassing
Man Opposing Data Center Arrested for Speaking Slightly Too Long
An Oklahoma man tried to talk about a data center coming to his community. Police arrested him when he went a few seconds over his time limit.
www.404media.co
February 19, 2026 at 7:25 PM
a man in Oklahoma was speaking out against a data center in his community. He went a few seconds over time and the city had him arrested for trespassing
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I know we all have "outrage fatigue" from being constantly pissed at the state of everything, but occasionally our outrage actually gets something done. This is not done yet, but its still good news! @altssa.altgov.info @muellershewrote.com
February 19, 2026 at 7:53 PM
I know we all have "outrage fatigue" from being constantly pissed at the state of everything, but occasionally our outrage actually gets something done. This is not done yet, but its still good news! @altssa.altgov.info @muellershewrote.com
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Ah. There’s those strong Windsor genes.
February 19, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Ah. There’s those strong Windsor genes.
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News you can use, from the @wired.com security team (who are the best in the biz).
They asked technologists, activists, aid groups, and cybersecurity experts for guidance on how to organize and collaborate in an age of surveillance. Here’s the result:
They asked technologists, activists, aid groups, and cybersecurity experts for guidance on how to organize and collaborate in an age of surveillance. Here’s the result:
How to Organize Safely in the Age of Surveillance
From threat modeling to encrypted collaboration apps, we’ve collected experts’ tips and tools for safely and effectively building a group—even while being targeted and tracked by the powerful.
www.wired.com
February 19, 2026 at 6:44 PM
News you can use, from the @wired.com security team (who are the best in the biz).
They asked technologists, activists, aid groups, and cybersecurity experts for guidance on how to organize and collaborate in an age of surveillance. Here’s the result:
They asked technologists, activists, aid groups, and cybersecurity experts for guidance on how to organize and collaborate in an age of surveillance. Here’s the result:
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Collins has voted with Trump 96% of the time — the same rate as Mitch McConnell and two points above conservative Rand Paul. This is hardly the profile of someone looking to chart her own path. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/susa...
Susan Collins hands Trump the 50th vote against free and fair elections
When it comes to free and fair elections, Collins is as conservative and anti-voting rights as they come.
www.democracydocket.com
February 19, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Collins has voted with Trump 96% of the time — the same rate as Mitch McConnell and two points above conservative Rand Paul. This is hardly the profile of someone looking to chart her own path. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/susa...
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(Reuters) - New Mexico's Department of Justice said on Wednesday the state was investigating an allegation .. that the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein ordered the bodies of two foreign girls buried outside his remote New Mexico ranch.
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February 19, 2026 at 1:20 PM
(Reuters) - New Mexico's Department of Justice said on Wednesday the state was investigating an allegation .. that the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein ordered the bodies of two foreign girls buried outside his remote New Mexico ranch.
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www.reuters.com/world/us/new...
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More of this, please. The folks in this grassroots group are heroes.
Haven Watch lives by the promise, “No One Walks Alone.” Day or night, they show up. When people are released from ICE detention, volunteers meet them in the cold, disoriented, and exhausted.
Beautiful and devastating all at once.
Haven Watch lives by the promise, “No One Walks Alone.” Day or night, they show up. When people are released from ICE detention, volunteers meet them in the cold, disoriented, and exhausted.
Beautiful and devastating all at once.
February 19, 2026 at 5:00 PM
More of this, please. The folks in this grassroots group are heroes.
Haven Watch lives by the promise, “No One Walks Alone.” Day or night, they show up. When people are released from ICE detention, volunteers meet them in the cold, disoriented, and exhausted.
Beautiful and devastating all at once.
Haven Watch lives by the promise, “No One Walks Alone.” Day or night, they show up. When people are released from ICE detention, volunteers meet them in the cold, disoriented, and exhausted.
Beautiful and devastating all at once.
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ProPublica obtained the Dilley detention center’s 911 call logs.
Among them are pleas for help for toddlers having trouble breathing, a pregnant woman who passed out and an elementary-school-aged girl having seizures.
Among them are pleas for help for toddlers having trouble breathing, a pregnant woman who passed out and an elementary-school-aged girl having seizures.
The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
www.propublica.org
February 19, 2026 at 3:21 PM
ProPublica obtained the Dilley detention center’s 911 call logs.
Among them are pleas for help for toddlers having trouble breathing, a pregnant woman who passed out and an elementary-school-aged girl having seizures.
Among them are pleas for help for toddlers having trouble breathing, a pregnant woman who passed out and an elementary-school-aged girl having seizures.
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Data centers could be raising your utility bills—and putting your health at risk—to keep up with their hunger for power. Data centers are gobbling up entire cities' worth of energy, and too often, they're turning to toxic fossil fuels for power. (🧵⬇️)
February 19, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Data centers could be raising your utility bills—and putting your health at risk—to keep up with their hunger for power. Data centers are gobbling up entire cities' worth of energy, and too often, they're turning to toxic fossil fuels for power. (🧵⬇️)
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Since we're discussing UK's ability to hold their royalty accountable, reupping my post on the way Trump v. USA serves as a permission slip for the abusive seizure of Fulton County's ballots.
emptywheel.net/john-roberts...
emptywheel.net/john-roberts...
John Roberts Wrote the Permission Slip for the Fulton County Fiasco - emptywheel
DOJ's improper seizure of Fulton County's 2020 ballots may be a test of the new powers John Roberts gave Donald Trump in his 2024 opinion in Trump v. US.
emptywheel.net
February 19, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Since we're discussing UK's ability to hold their royalty accountable, reupping my post on the way Trump v. USA serves as a permission slip for the abusive seizure of Fulton County's ballots.
emptywheel.net/john-roberts...
emptywheel.net/john-roberts...
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NEW: Kathy Ruemmler shared nonpublic details with Jeffrey Epstein about the White House probe into a 2012 prostitution scandal that engulfed the Secret Service during her tenure as White House counsel, emails show
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Goldman Lawyer, Epstein Conferred on Secret Service Prostitution Scandal
In a series of 2014 emails, the wealthy financier gave advice to the former White House counsel as the Colombian incident blew up.
www.bloomberg.com
February 19, 2026 at 1:07 PM
NEW: Kathy Ruemmler shared nonpublic details with Jeffrey Epstein about the White House probe into a 2012 prostitution scandal that engulfed the Secret Service during her tenure as White House counsel, emails show
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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This is for everyone who thinks The Bulwark is just a "we wish Bush were still president" publication
George W. Bush Can Suck It
He didn’t throw shade at Trump; he whitewashed authoritarianism.
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 19, 2026 at 12:30 AM
This is for everyone who thinks The Bulwark is just a "we wish Bush were still president" publication
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Whether it's slighting Mark Milley by an unprecedented attempt to block the promotion of an officer who served under him, or re-re-relitigating the 2020 election, everything in this administration is petty retribution.
America’s Generals Shouldn’t Face Political Loyalty Tests
Keeping politics out of the military is what keeps the military out of politics.
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 19, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Whether it's slighting Mark Milley by an unprecedented attempt to block the promotion of an officer who served under him, or re-re-relitigating the 2020 election, everything in this administration is petty retribution.
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If there are any podcasters or book reviewers interested in “Your Data Will Be Used Against You” this Q&A gives great insight into what the book is all about.
Check it out. #books #bookreviews
nyupress.org/blog/2026/02...
Check it out. #books #bookreviews
nyupress.org/blog/2026/02...
Smart Devices Are Surveillance Devices: An Interview with Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, author of Your Data Will Be Used Against You - NYU Press
How can we minimize the risk of being surveilled by our “smart” devices? Smart devices are surveillance devices. Full stop. That is what you are buying. There is no escape... READ MORE
nyupress.org
February 19, 2026 at 2:44 AM
If there are any podcasters or book reviewers interested in “Your Data Will Be Used Against You” this Q&A gives great insight into what the book is all about.
Check it out. #books #bookreviews
nyupress.org/blog/2026/02...
Check it out. #books #bookreviews
nyupress.org/blog/2026/02...
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February 19, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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Applications filed by the Trump Organization with the federal trademark office are seeking exclusive rights to use the president's name on airports and dozens of related things found there, from buses shuttling passengers to umbrellas and travel bags to flight suits.
Trump family business files for trademark rights on any airports using the president's name
Applications filed by the Trump Organization with the federal trademark office are seeking exclusive rights to use the president's name on airports and dozens of related things found there, from buses...
www.pbs.org
February 19, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Applications filed by the Trump Organization with the federal trademark office are seeking exclusive rights to use the president's name on airports and dozens of related things found there, from buses shuttling passengers to umbrellas and travel bags to flight suits.
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In honor of DHS spokesliar Tricia McLaughlin's resignation, let's revisit how her husband's company won a $220 million no-bid contract to run a stupid propaganda campaign featuring her boss, Kristi Noem, bashing immigrants while sitting on a horse in front of Mt. Rushmore.
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
February 19, 2026 at 12:43 AM
In honor of DHS spokesliar Tricia McLaughlin's resignation, let's revisit how her husband's company won a $220 million no-bid contract to run a stupid propaganda campaign featuring her boss, Kristi Noem, bashing immigrants while sitting on a horse in front of Mt. Rushmore.
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Meet Rep. Monty Fritts— a Tennessee lawmaker running for governor. If you’re one of the millions of American women who’s had an abortion, he thinks that you should be given the death penalty
February 19, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Meet Rep. Monty Fritts— a Tennessee lawmaker running for governor. If you’re one of the millions of American women who’s had an abortion, he thinks that you should be given the death penalty
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ProPublica's @annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy have won a George Polk award for international reporting for “The End of Aid,” a series that investigated the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development and its consequences around the world.
Read the full series here:
Read the full series here:
The End of Aid Archives
The U.S. Agency for International Development saved lives and promoted American interests around the globe. As the Trump administration abandons the decades-long approach to soft power, ProPublica inv...
www.propublica.org
February 18, 2026 at 5:15 PM
ProPublica's @annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy have won a George Polk award for international reporting for “The End of Aid,” a series that investigated the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development and its consequences around the world.
Read the full series here:
Read the full series here:
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New via WSJ: French modeling scout Jean-Luc Brunel was secretly negotiating in 2016 with lawyers representing Epstein's victims, according to DOJ files.
Brunel's lawyer told them his client recruited girls for Epstein and had incriminating photographs.
Then Brunel went dark.
Brunel's lawyer told them his client recruited girls for Epstein and had incriminating photographs.
Then Brunel went dark.
Exclusive | The Accomplice Who Was Going to Testify Against Jeffrey Epstein—Then Went Dark
Model scout Jean-Luc Brunel was negotiating to provide prosecutors with evidence against the sex offender in 2016 but ultimately backed out.
www.wsj.com
February 19, 2026 at 2:30 AM
New via WSJ: French modeling scout Jean-Luc Brunel was secretly negotiating in 2016 with lawyers representing Epstein's victims, according to DOJ files.
Brunel's lawyer told them his client recruited girls for Epstein and had incriminating photographs.
Then Brunel went dark.
Brunel's lawyer told them his client recruited girls for Epstein and had incriminating photographs.
Then Brunel went dark.
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Two female ICE agents popped the hood of their car and knocked on the door of a mechanic born in Mexico. He went out to help.
“A bunch of agents jump out and tackle him, essentially restraining him, and take him away...His six kids are now without their father." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
“A bunch of agents jump out and tackle him, essentially restraining him, and take him away...His six kids are now without their father." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
ICE drawdown? Indications point to steady enforcement activity outside the Twin Cities
Some people who observe ICE activity are skeptical about a large scale drawdown of agents in the state. There are indications that activity has decreased in the Twin Cities, but has continued outside ...
www.mprnews.org
February 19, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Two female ICE agents popped the hood of their car and knocked on the door of a mechanic born in Mexico. He went out to help.
“A bunch of agents jump out and tackle him, essentially restraining him, and take him away...His six kids are now without their father." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
“A bunch of agents jump out and tackle him, essentially restraining him, and take him away...His six kids are now without their father." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...