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And while you're at it, read 'The Chaos Machine' by Max Fisher for a concise overview of how social media is precipitating the collapse of civilization. Happy Tuesday!
In our latest article, we discuss the digital fiefs the tech billionaires built to exploit us, and how you can fight back by simply clicking delete.
How to Fight the Broligarchy
The tech overlords want to trap us. Escaping is how we fight back.
open.substack.com
July 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
And while you're at it, read 'The Chaos Machine' by Max Fisher for a concise overview of how social media is precipitating the collapse of civilization. Happy Tuesday!
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The fight continues.
Senate Republicans failed a simple test of courage despite knowing the devastation it could cause all of us.
But, this is by no means a done deal. As the bill heads back to the House, we must put pressure on Republicans there.
Let's keep making noise.
Senate Republicans failed a simple test of courage despite knowing the devastation it could cause all of us.
But, this is by no means a done deal. As the bill heads back to the House, we must put pressure on Republicans there.
Let's keep making noise.
July 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The fight continues.
Senate Republicans failed a simple test of courage despite knowing the devastation it could cause all of us.
But, this is by no means a done deal. As the bill heads back to the House, we must put pressure on Republicans there.
Let's keep making noise.
Senate Republicans failed a simple test of courage despite knowing the devastation it could cause all of us.
But, this is by no means a done deal. As the bill heads back to the House, we must put pressure on Republicans there.
Let's keep making noise.
"Hans... Are we the baddies?" - Everyone working at Palantir right now, hopefully
Peter Thiel’s Palantir poses a grave threat to Americans | Robert Reich
Working with the Trump administration, the data company could be used to target the president’s opponents
www.theguardian.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:09 AM
"Hans... Are we the baddies?" - Everyone working at Palantir right now, hopefully
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ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
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A leader of the MN House Democrats is murdered by a Republican pro-life activist. Rather than condemning political murder of his opponents, Elon Musk spreads the conspiracy theory that it was done by Democrats. Journalists don’t need to use any social media site. But they really shouldn’t use X.
June 15, 2025 at 1:36 AM
A leader of the MN House Democrats is murdered by a Republican pro-life activist. Rather than condemning political murder of his opponents, Elon Musk spreads the conspiracy theory that it was done by Democrats. Journalists don’t need to use any social media site. But they really shouldn’t use X.
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To the Marines of 2/7 who fought in Helmand Province, Afghanistan in 2008 and 2012, from a Marine of 2/8 who fought on that same dirt in 2009 and 2011
Standing up to a chain of command is hard. In many ways it’s more terrifying than hearing the snap of a round fly past your cheek
But you CAN do it
Standing up to a chain of command is hard. In many ways it’s more terrifying than hearing the snap of a round fly past your cheek
But you CAN do it
June 11, 2025 at 2:51 AM
To the Marines of 2/7 who fought in Helmand Province, Afghanistan in 2008 and 2012, from a Marine of 2/8 who fought on that same dirt in 2009 and 2011
Standing up to a chain of command is hard. In many ways it’s more terrifying than hearing the snap of a round fly past your cheek
But you CAN do it
Standing up to a chain of command is hard. In many ways it’s more terrifying than hearing the snap of a round fly past your cheek
But you CAN do it
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Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
June 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
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Here's the latest on Trump's Big, Ugly Bill that would be the biggest transfer of wealth from working people to rich people in history. I'll be at Rules early Wednesday morning.
May 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Here's the latest on Trump's Big, Ugly Bill that would be the biggest transfer of wealth from working people to rich people in history. I'll be at Rules early Wednesday morning.
Which would you rather your tax dollars paid for, school lunches for low income kids or shipping innocent people to black sites in El Salvador?
Ice has become Trump’s private militia. It must be abolished | Mehdi Hasan
Violent apprehensions, warrantless arrests, deported children: how many more abuses of power will it take for Democrats to speak up?
www.theguardian.com
May 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Which would you rather your tax dollars paid for, school lunches for low income kids or shipping innocent people to black sites in El Salvador?
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You remember all that talk from Republicans saying we were lying about their plans to cut Medicaid?
Well, we weren't lying. We knew it was always their plan to rip away Medicaid from millions of Americans.
Well, we weren't lying. We knew it was always their plan to rip away Medicaid from millions of Americans.
House Republicans unveil Medicaid cuts
House Republicans have unveiled the cost-saving centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”
abcnews.go.com
May 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
You remember all that talk from Republicans saying we were lying about their plans to cut Medicaid?
Well, we weren't lying. We knew it was always their plan to rip away Medicaid from millions of Americans.
Well, we weren't lying. We knew it was always their plan to rip away Medicaid from millions of Americans.
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What is happening in Gaza will be a permanent stain on the world's collective conscience.
History will never forget how our government was complicit in enabling and sustaining this ongoing humanitarian disaster.
We must end funding for the Netanyahu war machine.
History will never forget how our government was complicit in enabling and sustaining this ongoing humanitarian disaster.
We must end funding for the Netanyahu war machine.
May 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
What is happening in Gaza will be a permanent stain on the world's collective conscience.
History will never forget how our government was complicit in enabling and sustaining this ongoing humanitarian disaster.
We must end funding for the Netanyahu war machine.
History will never forget how our government was complicit in enabling and sustaining this ongoing humanitarian disaster.
We must end funding for the Netanyahu war machine.
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Under Trump, ICE has become a means to carry out political arrests and silence those who disagree with his authoritarian agenda — now including members of Congress and mayors standing up for their constituents and conducting oversight.
You will not intimidate us into silence.
You will not intimidate us into silence.
DHS confirms to @axios.com that they are considering arresting Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman, LaMonica McIver and Rob Menendez.
Watson Coleman's office says they reviewed the body cam footage and that it proves "nobody 'assaulted' any agents."
More here: www.axios.com/2025/05/10/t...
Watson Coleman's office says they reviewed the body cam footage and that it proves "nobody 'assaulted' any agents."
More here: www.axios.com/2025/05/10/t...
Trump administration threatens to arrest House Democrats over ICE facility incident
"There will likely be more arrests coming," a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said.
www.axios.com
May 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Under Trump, ICE has become a means to carry out political arrests and silence those who disagree with his authoritarian agenda — now including members of Congress and mayors standing up for their constituents and conducting oversight.
You will not intimidate us into silence.
You will not intimidate us into silence.
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April 26, 2025
April 26, 2025
Early yesterday morning, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sent three U.S.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
April 27, 2025 at 5:59 AM
April 26, 2025
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Stop calling it deporting, so MAYBE more Americans will get it. "Deporting" is sending someone back, after due process, to the country they came from, where they arrive a free person. This is human trafficking to a foreign torture prison for the rest of their lives. GET THE LANGUAGE RIGHT.
April 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Stop calling it deporting, so MAYBE more Americans will get it. "Deporting" is sending someone back, after due process, to the country they came from, where they arrive a free person. This is human trafficking to a foreign torture prison for the rest of their lives. GET THE LANGUAGE RIGHT.
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This. 🎯
Deportation is a legal process the Trump administration is pointedly evading.
It is rendition. It is disappearing people. There is no due process.
The US also can’t deport US citizens.
Don’t say “deport.” Don’t say “wrongly deported.” Say “rendered.” Say “kidnapped.” Say disappeared.”
Deportation is a legal process the Trump administration is pointedly evading.
It is rendition. It is disappearing people. There is no due process.
The US also can’t deport US citizens.
Don’t say “deport.” Don’t say “wrongly deported.” Say “rendered.” Say “kidnapped.” Say disappeared.”
Stop calling it deporting, so MAYBE more Americans will get it. "Deporting" is sending someone back, after due process, to the country they came from, where they arrive a free person. This is human trafficking to a foreign torture prison for the rest of their lives. GET THE LANGUAGE RIGHT.
April 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This. 🎯
Deportation is a legal process the Trump administration is pointedly evading.
It is rendition. It is disappearing people. There is no due process.
The US also can’t deport US citizens.
Don’t say “deport.” Don’t say “wrongly deported.” Say “rendered.” Say “kidnapped.” Say disappeared.”
Deportation is a legal process the Trump administration is pointedly evading.
It is rendition. It is disappearing people. There is no due process.
The US also can’t deport US citizens.
Don’t say “deport.” Don’t say “wrongly deported.” Say “rendered.” Say “kidnapped.” Say disappeared.”
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Reminder that words matter. You can’t “deport” a US citizen. You might be kidnapping, disappearing, exiling, expelling, illegally removing, etc., but you’re not “deporting” a US citizen.
ACLU says another three US citizen children were disappeared from their own country today: www.aclu.org/press-releas...
ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation | American Civil Liberties Union
Families disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well
www.aclu.org
April 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Reminder that words matter. You can’t “deport” a US citizen. You might be kidnapping, disappearing, exiling, expelling, illegally removing, etc., but you’re not “deporting” a US citizen.
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I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.
The Department of Homeland Security denied Mahmoud Khalil permission to attend the birth of his first child, who was delivered at a New York hospital on Monday, according to emails reviewed by The New York Times.
Mahmoud Khalil’s Son Arrives After ICE Refuses to Let Him Attend Birth
Mr. Khalil, a permanent resident detained in Louisiana, had requested a monitored furlough for the birth. His request was denied in less than an hour.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.
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Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them
Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.
www.nbcnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Turns out you can shape the agenda with dramatic action and maybe even shift public opinion. Crazy.
Sunday morning April 20, 2025
Fox News Sunday — Van Hollen
NBC's Meet the Press — Van Hollen
CNN's State of the Union — Van Hollen
CBS’ Face the Nation — Van Hollen
ABC’s This Week — Van Hollen
@vanhollen.senate.gov
#AbregoGarcia #RuleOfLaw
Fox News Sunday — Van Hollen
NBC's Meet the Press — Van Hollen
CNN's State of the Union — Van Hollen
CBS’ Face the Nation — Van Hollen
ABC’s This Week — Van Hollen
@vanhollen.senate.gov
#AbregoGarcia #RuleOfLaw
April 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Turns out you can shape the agenda with dramatic action and maybe even shift public opinion. Crazy.
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Republicans want to restrict access to the ballot and eliminate online and mail-in voter registration. Tell your senators to reject the GOP’s voter suppression bill (especially if your senator is listed here):
KELLY (AZ)
WARNOCK (GA)
PETERS (MI)
SHAHEEN (NH)
HASSAN (NH)
CORTEZ MASTO (NV)
ROSEN (NV)
KELLY (AZ)
WARNOCK (GA)
PETERS (MI)
SHAHEEN (NH)
HASSAN (NH)
CORTEZ MASTO (NV)
ROSEN (NV)
Tell Your Senator(s) to Vote NO on the Silencing Americans Act
Republicans are once again pushing what we’re calling the “Silencing Americans Act”, a dangerous bill that would create unnecessary obstacles for millions of eligible Americans trying to register to v...
act.indivisible.org
April 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Republicans want to restrict access to the ballot and eliminate online and mail-in voter registration. Tell your senators to reject the GOP’s voter suppression bill (especially if your senator is listed here):
KELLY (AZ)
WARNOCK (GA)
PETERS (MI)
SHAHEEN (NH)
HASSAN (NH)
CORTEZ MASTO (NV)
ROSEN (NV)
KELLY (AZ)
WARNOCK (GA)
PETERS (MI)
SHAHEEN (NH)
HASSAN (NH)
CORTEZ MASTO (NV)
ROSEN (NV)
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1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
April 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
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I’m about to board my flight to El Salvador, where I hope to meet with senior government officials to discuss the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.
I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.
Headed to El Salvador to meet with government officials and discuss return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
youtube.com
April 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I’m about to board my flight to El Salvador, where I hope to meet with senior government officials to discuss the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.
I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.
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Vermont is enraged that the Trump administration is sending masked men to snatch up legal residents to essentially disappear them with no evidence.
Good people across this country are standing up and resisting. I don't recognize America at this point. Release Mohsen Mahdawi NOW.
Good people across this country are standing up and resisting. I don't recognize America at this point. Release Mohsen Mahdawi NOW.
April 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Vermont is enraged that the Trump administration is sending masked men to snatch up legal residents to essentially disappear them with no evidence.
Good people across this country are standing up and resisting. I don't recognize America at this point. Release Mohsen Mahdawi NOW.
Good people across this country are standing up and resisting. I don't recognize America at this point. Release Mohsen Mahdawi NOW.
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This is important.
At Law Dork, I wrote about that Oval Office visit — and what it means:
Trump told us the horrifying reason why Kilmar Abrego Garcia is not back in the U.S.
The Trump administration wants to send Americans to foreign prisons. Keeping Abrego Garcia in El Salvador is key to that lawless plan.
www.lawdork.com
April 15, 2025 at 1:57 AM
This is important.