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“The crisis unfolding in southwest Alaska has drawn attention to Trump cuts to grants to help small, mostly Indigenous villages prepare for storms… a $20 million U.S. EPA grant to Kipnuk, which was inundated by floodwaters, was terminated by Trump…” www.texarkanagazette.com/news/2025/oc...
October 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
“The crisis unfolding in southwest Alaska has drawn attention to Trump cuts to grants to help small, mostly Indigenous villages prepare for storms… a $20 million U.S. EPA grant to Kipnuk, which was inundated by floodwaters, was terminated by Trump…” www.texarkanagazette.com/news/2025/oc...
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Salesforce told ICE that its A.I. software could help the agency nearly triple its staff, according to internal documents, as President Trump expands immigration raids and deportations around the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
October 17, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Salesforce told ICE that its A.I. software could help the agency nearly triple its staff, according to internal documents, as President Trump expands immigration raids and deportations around the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
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Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)
October 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)
Trump Taps Palantir to Create Master Database on Every American newrepublic.com/post/195904/... via @newrepublic.com
Trump Taps Palantir to Create Master Database on Every American
Trump’s dystopian plan is already underway.
newrepublic.com
May 31, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Trump Taps Palantir to Create Master Database on Every American newrepublic.com/post/195904/... via @newrepublic.com
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I don't 'refuse to use' AI, I just don't use AI; in the same way that I don't shoplift, or plagiarise other people's books - it requires no effort of will, it's just not something I would think of doing
Bizarrely framed article about the people (all women) who ‘refuse to use AI’. And a #philosophy professor who says “The moment to opt out of #AI has already passed”. Oh well. That’s that then. 🤷♂️ #AIEthics www.bbc.com/news/article...
The people refusing to use AI
Worried about the environment and the loss of skills, some people are resisting the rise of AI.
www.bbc.com
May 6, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I don't 'refuse to use' AI, I just don't use AI; in the same way that I don't shoplift, or plagiarise other people's books - it requires no effort of will, it's just not something I would think of doing
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Israel’s forcible displacement of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank is rising, warns the UN, with 14 more Palestinian families ordered to leave Tulkarem city while tens of thousands are prevented by the military from returning home.
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April 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Israel’s forcible displacement of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank is rising, warns the UN, with 14 more Palestinian families ordered to leave Tulkarem city while tens of thousands are prevented by the military from returning home.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/zwnug1
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/zwnug1
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I think for me it’s less weakness than bald hypocrisy. They don’t fight for the values they claim to hold because they don’t hold them. They had no problem fighting their base on Palestine, fighting partners on policing, and fighting colleagues on safety net spending.
Many voters view the Democratic Party as weak, and elite centrists want that to mean "too feminine" because they gender strength as masculine. But people view the party as weak because it so rarely fights for the values it claims to hold.
April 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I think for me it’s less weakness than bald hypocrisy. They don’t fight for the values they claim to hold because they don’t hold them. They had no problem fighting their base on Palestine, fighting partners on policing, and fighting colleagues on safety net spending.
American Concentration Camps | Chris Hedges www.filmsforaction.org/articles/ame...
American Concentration Camps | Chris Hedges
Once a regime starts to send people to concentration camps including those in El Salvador it creates a system of detention that eschews due process and disappears citizens into black holes.
www.filmsforaction.org
April 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
American Concentration Camps | Chris Hedges www.filmsforaction.org/articles/ame...
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Dems Double Down on Fundraising From SpaceX and Palantir Lobbyists readsludge.com/2025/03/20/d...
Dems Double Down on Fundraising From SpaceX and Palantir Lobbyists
Senate Democrats have joined their House counterparts in fundraising from the top lobbying firm for the Trump and Musk-tied companies.
readsludge.com
March 27, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Dems Double Down on Fundraising From SpaceX and Palantir Lobbyists readsludge.com/2025/03/20/d...
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AI tools can't be trusted as experts on the First Amendment or the nuances of speech. Using AI to scour visa holders’ social media for “pro-Hamas” posts and report them to an administration threatening to deport international students for protected speech will undoubtedly encourage self-censorship.
The State Department is launching a "Catch and Revoke" effort to cancel visas for those deemed "pro-Hamas." It will include:
- "AI-assisted reviews of tens of thousands of student visa holders' social media accounts"
- "checking news reports of anti-Israel demonstrations"
- "AI-assisted reviews of tens of thousands of student visa holders' social media accounts"
- "checking news reports of anti-Israel demonstrations"
Scoop: State Dept. to use AI to revoke visas of foreign students who appear "pro-Hamas"
The effort includes AI-assisted reviews of tens of thousands of student visa holders' social media accounts and marks a dramatic escalation in the U.S. government's policing of foreign nationals' cond...
www.axios.com
March 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
AI tools can't be trusted as experts on the First Amendment or the nuances of speech. Using AI to scour visa holders’ social media for “pro-Hamas” posts and report them to an administration threatening to deport international students for protected speech will undoubtedly encourage self-censorship.
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Prospera is a Tech Bro colony in Honduras backed by Pronomos Capital where Network State leader Balaji is an advisor. Pronomos is backed by Peter Thiel & DOGE advisor Marc Andreessen. Honduras wants to kick Prospera out, so Prospera has sued them for $11B. Honduras just lost a motion to dismiss. 1/
March 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Prospera is a Tech Bro colony in Honduras backed by Pronomos Capital where Network State leader Balaji is an advisor. Pronomos is backed by Peter Thiel & DOGE advisor Marc Andreessen. Honduras wants to kick Prospera out, so Prospera has sued them for $11B. Honduras just lost a motion to dismiss. 1/
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Curtis Yarvin wrote that “as the crappy govts we inherited … are smashed, they shld be replaced by a global spiderweb of…independent mini-countries, each governed by its own…corporation w/o regard to the residents’ opinions.” This reminds me of DOGE, “Network States,” & “Freedom Cities.” You? 1/
February 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Curtis Yarvin wrote that “as the crappy govts we inherited … are smashed, they shld be replaced by a global spiderweb of…independent mini-countries, each governed by its own…corporation w/o regard to the residents’ opinions.” This reminds me of DOGE, “Network States,” & “Freedom Cities.” You? 1/
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Since Congress’s allotted funds have already been improperly unallocated, U.S. citizens are questioning whether they are legally required to continue paying federal taxes.
March 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Since Congress’s allotted funds have already been improperly unallocated, U.S. citizens are questioning whether they are legally required to continue paying federal taxes.
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Neguse: A member of Republican leadership supposedly told his caucus that a not a single one of them should participate in a town hall. Why? Because they are scared of their own constituents.
March 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Neguse: A member of Republican leadership supposedly told his caucus that a not a single one of them should participate in a town hall. Why? Because they are scared of their own constituents.
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Now: a few hundred people gathered in Daley Plaza, Chicago, to protest "the current presidential administration, its plutocratic allies, and its unconstitutional efforts to overthrow the government of the United States"
#March4Democracy
#March4Democracy
March 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Now: a few hundred people gathered in Daley Plaza, Chicago, to protest "the current presidential administration, its plutocratic allies, and its unconstitutional efforts to overthrow the government of the United States"
#March4Democracy
#March4Democracy
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“EU to help Ukraine replace Musk’s Starlink” 3/2/25 www.politico.eu/article/eu-t...
EU to help Ukraine replace Musk’s Starlink
The European Commission is figuring out how it could help Ukraine secure satellite communication capacity in the wake of Elon Musk reportedly threatening to pull Kyiv’s access to his Starlink…
www.politico.eu
March 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
“EU to help Ukraine replace Musk’s Starlink” 3/2/25 www.politico.eu/article/eu-t...
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'Did you even say thank you?'
March 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
'Did you even say thank you?'
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A global realignment in the works for years, something the Right hasn’t even tried to hide, is coming to fruition.
Oligarchs are blatantly carrying out a coup.
The Democrats make it clear what they see as the problem: the people and an imaginary “left.”
See it. Know it. We have to organize. Now.
Oligarchs are blatantly carrying out a coup.
The Democrats make it clear what they see as the problem: the people and an imaginary “left.”
See it. Know it. We have to organize. Now.
March 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
A global realignment in the works for years, something the Right hasn’t even tried to hide, is coming to fruition.
Oligarchs are blatantly carrying out a coup.
The Democrats make it clear what they see as the problem: the people and an imaginary “left.”
See it. Know it. We have to organize. Now.
Oligarchs are blatantly carrying out a coup.
The Democrats make it clear what they see as the problem: the people and an imaginary “left.”
See it. Know it. We have to organize. Now.
2023: Data security is a major part of this. Earlier this year, Germany’s highest court implemented stringent rules that restricted the country’s law enforcement from using data tools like Gotham, Palantir’s domestic policing product, on privacy grounds
Read more at: www.stripes.com/theaters/us/...
Read more at: www.stripes.com/theaters/us/...
US defense tech startups are being shut out of Europe’s defense market
www.stripes.com
March 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
2023: Data security is a major part of this. Earlier this year, Germany’s highest court implemented stringent rules that restricted the country’s law enforcement from using data tools like Gotham, Palantir’s domestic policing product, on privacy grounds
Read more at: www.stripes.com/theaters/us/...
Read more at: www.stripes.com/theaters/us/...
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The Trump-Vance State Department just approved $3.01 billion in arms & equipment sales to Israel
$2.04 billion in bombs
$675.7 million in bombs & weapon guidance kits
$295 million in bulldozers
Administration said "an emergency exists that requires the immediate sale," waiving congressional review
$2.04 billion in bombs
$675.7 million in bombs & weapon guidance kits
$295 million in bulldozers
Administration said "an emergency exists that requires the immediate sale," waiving congressional review
February 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Trump-Vance State Department just approved $3.01 billion in arms & equipment sales to Israel
$2.04 billion in bombs
$675.7 million in bombs & weapon guidance kits
$295 million in bulldozers
Administration said "an emergency exists that requires the immediate sale," waiving congressional review
$2.04 billion in bombs
$675.7 million in bombs & weapon guidance kits
$295 million in bulldozers
Administration said "an emergency exists that requires the immediate sale," waiving congressional review