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I see I'm going to be updating multiple things for my next workshop. This is alarming though.
NEW: an activist has been charged for allegedly wiping a Google Pixel phone before CBP could search it. Search was by a secretive CBP Tactical Terrorism Response Team, which ACLU says "interrogate innocent travelers." We uploaded the indictment here: www.404media.co/man-charged-...
Man Charged for Wiping Phone Before CBP Could Search It
The exact circumstances around the search are not known. But activist Samuel Tunick is charged with deleting data from a Google Pixel before CBP’s Tactical Terrorism Response Team could search it.
www.404media.co
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I see I'm going to be updating multiple things for my next workshop. This is alarming though.
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In 1783, Benjamin Franklin witnessed the flight of one of the first hot-air balloons in Paris. Skeptical spectators asked where this would lead, and what possible use might derive from these experiments. Franklin, sharing in the techno-enthusiasm, replied, “Eh! Of what use is a new-born baby?”
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
In 1783, Benjamin Franklin witnessed the flight of one of the first hot-air balloons in Paris. Skeptical spectators asked where this would lead, and what possible use might derive from these experiments. Franklin, sharing in the techno-enthusiasm, replied, “Eh! Of what use is a new-born baby?”
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I’m proud to be leading this fight. Thank you to @maddowblog.bsky.social for highlighting this critical issue.
"The danger is once you compile all this information, then hackers only have to go to one place instead of going to all 50-plus jurisdictions that run elections... It’s a hacker’s dream to have all of this private, sensitive information collected somewhere..."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data
The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
www.motherjones.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I’m proud to be leading this fight. Thank you to @maddowblog.bsky.social for highlighting this critical issue.
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Republican Jesus is a white, blue-eyed, English-speaking, gun-loving, immigrant-hating, money-hoarding, racist, sexist, bigoted, selfish, ignorant, hypocritical Christian American.
Republican Jesus is the exact opposite of Biblical Jesus.
You might also say Republican Jesus is anti-Christ.
Republican Jesus is the exact opposite of Biblical Jesus.
You might also say Republican Jesus is anti-Christ.
November 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Republican Jesus is a white, blue-eyed, English-speaking, gun-loving, immigrant-hating, money-hoarding, racist, sexist, bigoted, selfish, ignorant, hypocritical Christian American.
Republican Jesus is the exact opposite of Biblical Jesus.
You might also say Republican Jesus is anti-Christ.
Republican Jesus is the exact opposite of Biblical Jesus.
You might also say Republican Jesus is anti-Christ.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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This is what a Republican cover-up looks like. Mike Johnson has been keeping the House in recess for weeks now so lawmakers can't vote on releasing the Epstein files. Instead of assurances from known liars, RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES.
Comer: "The evidence we've gathered does not implicate President Trump in any way. Public reporting, survivor testimony, and official documents show that Bill Clinton had far closer ties to Epstein. We're working to bring former President Clinton in for a deposition, but Democrats aren't helping"
October 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This is what a Republican cover-up looks like. Mike Johnson has been keeping the House in recess for weeks now so lawmakers can't vote on releasing the Epstein files. Instead of assurances from known liars, RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES.
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Oh you mean this Nazi tattoo Graham platner has?
Wonder why the Republicans at the bulwark are trying to downplay this by claiming it’s just a tattooed marine and not what it really is which is a Nazi tattoo on a Nazi.
Wonder why the Republicans at the bulwark are trying to downplay this by claiming it’s just a tattooed marine and not what it really is which is a Nazi tattoo on a Nazi.
October 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Oh you mean this Nazi tattoo Graham platner has?
Wonder why the Republicans at the bulwark are trying to downplay this by claiming it’s just a tattooed marine and not what it really is which is a Nazi tattoo on a Nazi.
Wonder why the Republicans at the bulwark are trying to downplay this by claiming it’s just a tattooed marine and not what it really is which is a Nazi tattoo on a Nazi.
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Wow. Trump's masked federal agents tear-gassed a crowd in Chicago and ended up gassing a bunch of local Chicago cops who were there to *deescalate tensions.* One local cop was captured on film washing out his eyes with a hose:
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
October 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Wow. Trump's masked federal agents tear-gassed a crowd in Chicago and ended up gassing a bunch of local Chicago cops who were there to *deescalate tensions.* One local cop was captured on film washing out his eyes with a hose:
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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ICE will reportedly hire contractors to surveil social media platforms 24/7 to target people for deportations.
The information would then be funneled into an existing ICE database built by Palantir (founded by Trump ally Peter Thiel).
"The party of small government,” folks.
The information would then be funneled into an existing ICE database built by Palantir (founded by Trump ally Peter Thiel).
"The party of small government,” folks.
October 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
ICE will reportedly hire contractors to surveil social media platforms 24/7 to target people for deportations.
The information would then be funneled into an existing ICE database built by Palantir (founded by Trump ally Peter Thiel).
"The party of small government,” folks.
The information would then be funneled into an existing ICE database built by Palantir (founded by Trump ally Peter Thiel).
"The party of small government,” folks.
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The GOP used a fabricated protest image to cheer Donald Trump’s plan to send National Guard troops into Portland—then shrugged it off as a meme.
Republicans Busted Using Stock Photos to Hype Trump’s Oregon Crackdown
State Republicans explained they’re “just bad memers.”
www.thedailybeast.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The GOP used a fabricated protest image to cheer Donald Trump’s plan to send National Guard troops into Portland—then shrugged it off as a meme.
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Turns out: Some of these T-pillars *do* have faces. 🙌
Türkiye’s Minister of Culture and Tourism, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, announced that archaeologists have uncovered a T-shaped pillar depicting a human face in Karahantepe—marking the first such discovery in history.
www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/1200...
www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/1200...
12,000-year-old human-faced pillar unearthed in Karahantepe marks new chapter in archaeology - Türkiye Today
A human-faced T-shaped pillar found in Karahantepe marks a historic first, revealing early artistic expression from 12,000 years ago
www.turkiyetoday.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Turns out: Some of these T-pillars *do* have faces. 🙌
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starting to think that an increasingly senile trump is being shown a different reality by his aides by making ai videos of shit and telling him it’s real news
September 30, 2025 at 12:34 AM
starting to think that an increasingly senile trump is being shown a different reality by his aides by making ai videos of shit and telling him it’s real news
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I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
October 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
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OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this
September 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this
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“To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.”
- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025
- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025
September 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
“To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.”
- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025
- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025
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1/ DEVELOPING: A journalist was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital following another incident with an ICE agent at 26 Federal Plaza, an immigration court in NYC. The last I heard, he was getting X-rays for his lower back.
September 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
1/ DEVELOPING: A journalist was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital following another incident with an ICE agent at 26 Federal Plaza, an immigration court in NYC. The last I heard, he was getting X-rays for his lower back.
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Can't imagine why they didn't give him thunderous applause.
September 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Can't imagine why they didn't give him thunderous applause.
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Full filing: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Full filing: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Omg. I’ve never seen anything like this in a judicial opinion:
![Case 1:25-cv-10685-WGY Document 261
Filed 09/30/25
Page 1 of 161
Post card dated June 19, 2025
(On file in Chambers)
1 9/S UNE 2025
TRUMP HAS PARDONS
AND TANKS..
WHAT DO
You
HAVE?
Dear Mr. or Ms. Anonymous, Alone, I have nothing but my
sense of duty.
Together, We the People of the
United States -- you and me --have our magnificent Constitution.
Here's how that works out in a
specific case --
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS -- HARVARD FACULTY CHAPTER, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS AT NEW
YORK UNIVERSITY, RUTGERS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS-AMERICAN
FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, and
MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOCIATION,
Plaintiffs,
)
CIVIL ACTION NO.
25-10685-WGY
v.
MARCO RUBIO, in his official capacity as Secretary of State, and the DEPARTMENT OF STATE, KRISTI NOEM, in her official
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September 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Omg. I’ve never seen anything like this in a judicial opinion:
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Jeffries: "The next time you have something to say about me, don't cop out through a racist and fake AI video. When I'm back in the Oval Office, say it to my face."
September 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Jeffries: "The next time you have something to say about me, don't cop out through a racist and fake AI video. When I'm back in the Oval Office, say it to my face."
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"Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them..."
U.S. Constitution, Article III, Section III
U.S. Constitution, Article III, Section III
Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"
September 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them..."
U.S. Constitution, Article III, Section III
U.S. Constitution, Article III, Section III