Rob the poor, give to the rich, add cruelty, pomp, spectacle, and you have this administration.
Trump Admin to Start Garnishing Wages of Defaulted Student Loan Borrowers
Trump Admin to Start Garnishing Wages of Defaulted Student Loan Borrowers
The Trump administration will resume garnishing the wages of people who are on default on their student loans starting in January. Billionaire Linda McMahon, head of the Education Department, told The...
www.democracynow.org
December 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Rob the poor, give to the rich, add cruelty, pomp, spectacle, and you have this administration.
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How we tracked ourselves with exposed Flock cameras; a year in review; and our personal recommendations on all sorts of things.
Podcast: We Tracked Ourselves with Exposed Flock Cameras
How we tracked ourselves with exposed Flock cameras; a year in review; and our personal recommendations on all sorts of things.
www.404media.co
December 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
How we tracked ourselves with exposed Flock cameras; a year in review; and our personal recommendations on all sorts of things.
This is a man-made catastrophe. Babies are dying because Israel is preventing needed aid from coming into Gaza.
“The world must stop treating the word 'ceasefire' as a guarantee of safety when Gaza’s residents remain under fire, under siege...”
Dr. Thaer Ahmad explains how Israel’s brutal policies are causing Palestinian babies to freeze to death in Gaza.
Read the full article: zeteo.com/p/babies-are...
Dr. Thaer Ahmad explains how Israel’s brutal policies are causing Palestinian babies to freeze to death in Gaza.
Read the full article: zeteo.com/p/babies-are...
December 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This is a man-made catastrophe. Babies are dying because Israel is preventing needed aid from coming into Gaza.
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December 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Congress’s three favorite lines:
1. Sorry we can’t do anything, we’re in the minority
2. Sorry we can’t do anything, we need a supermajority
3. Sorry we can’t do anything, our party’s in the White House and we have to support the president
1. Sorry we can’t do anything, we’re in the minority
2. Sorry we can’t do anything, we need a supermajority
3. Sorry we can’t do anything, our party’s in the White House and we have to support the president
December 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Congress’s three favorite lines:
1. Sorry we can’t do anything, we’re in the minority
2. Sorry we can’t do anything, we need a supermajority
3. Sorry we can’t do anything, our party’s in the White House and we have to support the president
1. Sorry we can’t do anything, we’re in the minority
2. Sorry we can’t do anything, we need a supermajority
3. Sorry we can’t do anything, our party’s in the White House and we have to support the president
As always, cruelty without limits.
The House of Representatives approved a bill that aims to criminalize providing gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth.
“I refuse to stop providing this care, knowing that I could potentially face 10 years in prison and a felony charge,” says Dr. Jeffrey Birnbaum.
“I refuse to stop providing this care, knowing that I could potentially face 10 years in prison and a felony charge,” says Dr. Jeffrey Birnbaum.
December 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
As always, cruelty without limits.
Make America sick again.
Nearly 25 million Americans will start paying 93 percent more for their health insurance in less than two weeks. Republicans’ plan to fix health care is a return to unaffordable junk insurance. From @ddayen.bsky.social: trib.al/QRNBWfW
Republicans Can’t Escape Their Self-Created Health Care Problem - The American Prospect
Another series of failures ensures that a debate they can’t win will extend into the election year of 2026.
trib.al
December 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Make America sick again.
The kind of shenanigans that cause distrust in Democrats.
A discharge petition to advance a policy ending congressional stock trading was finally moving forward when Hakeem Jeffries sucked the air out of it. By proposing his own bill that no Republican would sign, Jeffries effectively made consensus impossible. From @ddayen.bsky.social:
Jeffries Undercuts Congressional Stock Trading Ban - The American Prospect
A bipartisan solution was gaining momentum, but the House Democratic leader just issued his own bill that will prevent consensus.
trib.al
December 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The kind of shenanigans that cause distrust in Democrats.
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I remember writing years ago about a then-new initiative by Amazon to disrupt local government procurement of things like office and school supplies. Turns out Amazon's become very popular with school districts, and it's using dynamic pricing to rip those schools off.
prospect.org/2025/12/17/a...
prospect.org/2025/12/17/a...
Amazon Has Been Conning School Districts out of Millions - The American Prospect
Amazon Business is billed as a convenient one-stop shop for schools. Reality is more expensive.
prospect.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I remember writing years ago about a then-new initiative by Amazon to disrupt local government procurement of things like office and school supplies. Turns out Amazon's become very popular with school districts, and it's using dynamic pricing to rip those schools off.
prospect.org/2025/12/17/a...
prospect.org/2025/12/17/a...
This wouldn’t be happening if those responsible for the Bush administration’s torture program had been held accountable.
Amnesty International described a punishment "box" at the Florida immigrant detention camp.
@attackerman.bsky.social noted how it echoed a CIA black site torture tool.
I tracked down two former inmates who said they saw it with their own eyes.
@notus.com:
www.notus.org/immigration/...
@attackerman.bsky.social noted how it echoed a CIA black site torture tool.
I tracked down two former inmates who said they saw it with their own eyes.
@notus.com:
www.notus.org/immigration/...
Two Former ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Inmates Allege Migrant Detainees Were Confined in a Tiny ‘Box’ at Times
Their accounts match recent reports from Amnesty International describing the conditions at the detention facility as “torture.”
www.notus.org
December 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This wouldn’t be happening if those responsible for the Bush administration’s torture program had been held accountable.
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The US government is now a mafia organization.
December 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The US government is now a mafia organization.
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This is the desert of the real. The Wachowskis called it. But like Bernie says, no one wants this. Folks are organizing in amazing ways.
Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
December 12, 2025 at 6:32 AM
This is the desert of the real. The Wachowskis called it. But like Bernie says, no one wants this. Folks are organizing in amazing ways.
Just another Monday - Blue Sky people, have a good week!
December 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Just another Monday - Blue Sky people, have a good week!
Just like settlers in the American west slaughtered the buffaloes Native people relied on and treasured, settlers, illegally in the West Bank, are destroying the trees Palestinians rely on and cherish. Their goal is to destroy and erase Palestinian livelihoods, culture, and history.
Israeli settlers uprooted about 850 olive and grape trees owned by Palestinians on Monday. These trees are Palestinian families’ livelihoods.
Israeli settlers are making the West Bank unlivable for Palestinians by depriving them of their income.
Israeli settlers are making the West Bank unlivable for Palestinians by depriving them of their income.
Israeli settlers uproot hundreds of trees belonging to Palestinian in West Bank
Settlers from the Susya settlement bulldoze and destroy large parts of agricultural land southeast of Massafer Yatta
ow.ly
December 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Just like settlers in the American west slaughtered the buffaloes Native people relied on and treasured, settlers, illegally in the West Bank, are destroying the trees Palestinians rely on and cherish. Their goal is to destroy and erase Palestinian livelihoods, culture, and history.
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“We’re beginning to glimpse what fascism looks like amid the wreckage of history, with all its ironies and absurdities. But an urgent question remains unanswered: what, in that same wreckage, might antifascism look like?”
December 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
“We’re beginning to glimpse what fascism looks like amid the wreckage of history, with all its ironies and absurdities. But an urgent question remains unanswered: what, in that same wreckage, might antifascism look like?”
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loved this conversation. Anyone need a crash course on why the intersection of AI, fascism and climate breakdown? We tried to cover it all!
🚨The video recording of the AI and the Politics of Extraction panel is now live! Watch this fascinating 1.5 hour discussion with @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @profwhw.bsky.social, @mysdick.bsky.social, and @profhvdv.bsky.social as they explore the risks of unfettered AI implementation.
AI and the Politics of Extraction | Centre for Climate Justice
YouTube video by Centre for Climate Justice
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
loved this conversation. Anyone need a crash course on why the intersection of AI, fascism and climate breakdown? We tried to cover it all!
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President Trump has pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was serving a 45-year prison sentence for drug trafficking.
"Meanwhile, fishermen on boats in the Caribbean who we have never been tried or charged with anything are shot and killed from the air."
"Meanwhile, fishermen on boats in the Caribbean who we have never been tried or charged with anything are shot and killed from the air."
December 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
President Trump has pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was serving a 45-year prison sentence for drug trafficking.
"Meanwhile, fishermen on boats in the Caribbean who we have never been tried or charged with anything are shot and killed from the air."
"Meanwhile, fishermen on boats in the Caribbean who we have never been tried or charged with anything are shot and killed from the air."
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Vermont independent Senator Bernie Sanders spoke at the Starbucks workers' picket Monday to demand the coffee giant reach a fair contract with its unionized workforce after years of delay tactics.
December 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Vermont independent Senator Bernie Sanders spoke at the Starbucks workers' picket Monday to demand the coffee giant reach a fair contract with its unionized workforce after years of delay tactics.
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New from 404 Media: Flock is using overseas gig workers to build its surveillance AI. Flock has cameras in thousands of communities around the US which can detect vehicles and people. We found gig workers in the Philippines are reviewing footage to classify people
www.404media.co/flock-uses-o...
www.404media.co/flock-uses-o...
Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build its Surveillance AI
Flock accidentally exposed training materials and a panel which tracked what its AI annotators were working on. It showed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of U.S. communities, is using worke...
www.404media.co
December 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
New from 404 Media: Flock is using overseas gig workers to build its surveillance AI. Flock has cameras in thousands of communities around the US which can detect vehicles and people. We found gig workers in the Philippines are reviewing footage to classify people
www.404media.co/flock-uses-o...
www.404media.co/flock-uses-o...
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Flock exposed training materials and a panel which tracked what its AI annotators were working on. It showed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of U.S. communities, is using overseas workers. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Story by @josephcox.bsky.social:
www.404media.co/flock-uses-o...
Story by @josephcox.bsky.social:
www.404media.co/flock-uses-o...
December 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Flock exposed training materials and a panel which tracked what its AI annotators were working on. It showed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of U.S. communities, is using overseas workers. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Story by @josephcox.bsky.social:
www.404media.co/flock-uses-o...
Story by @josephcox.bsky.social:
www.404media.co/flock-uses-o...
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None of these people should have been allowed to acquire the absurd wealth and power they have.
Peter Thiel recently generated headlines with his rambling diatribes about the Antichrist.
Thiel’s lurid, apocalyptic view of world politics may be ludicrous or even deranged, but his wealth and power mean that we can’t afford to ignore it.
Thiel’s lurid, apocalyptic view of world politics may be ludicrous or even deranged, but his wealth and power mean that we can’t afford to ignore it.
Peter Thiel’s Apocalyptic Worldview Is a Dangerous Fantasy
Peter Thiel recently generated headlines with his rambling diatribes about the Antichrist. Thiel’s lurid, apocalyptic view of world politics may be ludicrous or even deranged, but his wealth and power mean that we can’t afford to ignore it.
jacobin.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:48 PM
None of these people should have been allowed to acquire the absurd wealth and power they have.
A government full of psychopaths with too much power.
The Justice Department has admitted that it was Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem who made the decision to deport a group of Venezuelan men to the notorious CECOT mega-prison complex in El Salvador, ignoring a judge’s order to keep them in custody in the United States.
DOJ Admits Noem Decided to Deport Venezuelan Men to CECOT Prison in El Salvador
The Justice Department has admitted that it was Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem who made the decision to deport a group of Venezuelan men to the notorious CECOT mega-prison complex in El Salvador, ignoring a judge's order to keep them in custody in the United States.
www.democracynow.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A government full of psychopaths with too much power.
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The Historic Rise of Zohran Mamdani: Democracy Now! Coverage from 2021 Hunger Strike to Election Night
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/28/the_historic_rise_of_zohran_mamdani
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/28/the_historic_rise_of_zohran_mamdani
The Rise of Zohran Mamdani: From 2021 Hunger Strike to Mayoral Election Victory
As Zohran Mamdani prepares to become New York's first Muslim and first South Asian mayor on January 1st, we will at the historic rise of the democratic socialist.
www.democracynow.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The Historic Rise of Zohran Mamdani: Democracy Now! Coverage from 2021 Hunger Strike to Election Night
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/28/the_historic_rise_of_zohran_mamdani
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/28/the_historic_rise_of_zohran_mamdani