Laura Brazak
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Hard times require furious dancing…
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An activist has started using artificial intelligence to identify ICE agents beneath their masks — a use of the technology sparking new political concerns over AI-powered surveillance.
Can Washington do anything about it?
Can Washington do anything about it?
AI is ummasking ICE officers. Can Washington do anything about it?
A new twist in the debate over surveillance tech raises tough questions for policymakers.
www.politico.com
August 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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"As Kim read Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s blueprint for Trump’s far-right authoritarian government, she became increasingly troubled about the prospect of unlawful orders, fearing especially that the president would use the military against American civilians."
She was right.
She was right.
Soldiers Are Taking a Stand Against Trump’s Abuses newrepublic.com/article/1975... via @newrepublic.com
Soldiers Are Taking a Stand Against Trump’s Abuses
On the Fourth of July, members of the military are calling on Congress to protect service members who disobey the president’s immoral or unlawful orders.
newrepublic.com
July 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
"As Kim read Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s blueprint for Trump’s far-right authoritarian government, she became increasingly troubled about the prospect of unlawful orders, fearing especially that the president would use the military against American civilians."
She was right.
She was right.
Plausible.
And of course we don’t know the people who own the companies…or what they are capable of.
But this would make me feel better about humanity to know it’s just a small percentage at the very top and not the overwhelming majority…
And of course we don’t know the people who own the companies…or what they are capable of.
But this would make me feel better about humanity to know it’s just a small percentage at the very top and not the overwhelming majority…
She Won. They Didn't Just Change the Machines. They Rewired the Election.
How Leonard Leo's 2021 sale of an electronics firm enabled tech giants to subvert the 2024 election.
substack.com
June 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Plausible.
And of course we don’t know the people who own the companies…or what they are capable of.
But this would make me feel better about humanity to know it’s just a small percentage at the very top and not the overwhelming majority…
And of course we don’t know the people who own the companies…or what they are capable of.
But this would make me feel better about humanity to know it’s just a small percentage at the very top and not the overwhelming majority…
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Do your job, Sean.
May 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Do your job, Sean.
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Read my latest:
ICE efforts in DC thwarted by solidarity
Kristi Noem has been denied another camera-ready moment of cruelty.
www.thehandbasket.co
May 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Read my latest:
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This Fresh Air episode pulls together reporting I have been doing for a decade on the Trump family, but particularly from the last four months.
Here are a FEW of the key stories that are at the core of this discussion we have published since January.
Free links.
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Here are a FEW of the key stories that are at the core of this discussion we have published since January.
Free links.
nyti.ms/4k404Lr
Trump Family’s Cash Registers Ring as Financial Meltdown Plays Out (Gift Article)
The party was on at a Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournament at the president’s Doral resort in Florida and a fund-raiser at Mar-a-Lago, even as markets tumbled.
nyti.ms
May 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Awful.... I'm looking now for the language the Republicans approved. Will post below when I find it
🚨Jasmine Crockett & Eric Swalwell begged House Judiciary Republicans to vote NO. They offered deals, sweeteners, the whole package. And those damn soulless traitors STILL voted to let Trump exile American citizens.
This isn’t just betrayal—it’s the birth of authoritarian rule.
Sound the alarm.🚨
This isn’t just betrayal—it’s the birth of authoritarian rule.
Sound the alarm.🚨
May 1, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Awful.... I'm looking now for the language the Republicans approved. Will post below when I find it
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Live look at the Port of Los Angeles, the busiest port in the United States.
There's no traffic thanks to Donald Trump and his ridiculous trade wars and tariffs.
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There's no traffic thanks to Donald Trump and his ridiculous trade wars and tariffs.
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April 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Live look at the Port of Los Angeles, the busiest port in the United States.
There's no traffic thanks to Donald Trump and his ridiculous trade wars and tariffs.
🤦♀️
There's no traffic thanks to Donald Trump and his ridiculous trade wars and tariffs.
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Powerful, courageous response
In my newsletter today we spend time with the powerful, courageous letter from Harvard's President, Alan Garber.
It's a model. Next we need "A Letter to America" from Congressional Democrats that "lets Facts to be submitted to a candid world."
More 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/the-promis...
It's a model. Next we need "A Letter to America" from Congressional Democrats that "lets Facts to be submitted to a candid world."
More 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/the-promis...
"The Promise Of American Higher Education"- Harvard's Powerful Response To Trump
"We proceed now, as always, with the conviction that the fearless and unfettered pursuit of truth liberates humanity"
www.hopiumchronicles.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Powerful, courageous response
“The number of convicted (dead) witches kept rising AS STANDARDS OF EVIDENCE WENT DOWN, and the increase amounted to further proof that the crisis was real and FURTHER ADJUSTMENT TO THE LAW WAS NECESSARY.”
Does this sound familiar!?!? Take out “witch”, insert “terrorist”…
We never learn.
Does this sound familiar!?!? Take out “witch”, insert “terrorist”…
We never learn.
April 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“The number of convicted (dead) witches kept rising AS STANDARDS OF EVIDENCE WENT DOWN, and the increase amounted to further proof that the crisis was real and FURTHER ADJUSTMENT TO THE LAW WAS NECESSARY.”
Does this sound familiar!?!? Take out “witch”, insert “terrorist”…
We never learn.
Does this sound familiar!?!? Take out “witch”, insert “terrorist”…
We never learn.
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Seriously? Because we were told they were going to deport violent criminals.
April 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Seriously? Because we were told they were going to deport violent criminals.
The last little while has been a roller coaster ride of epic proportions and I’m sure it will continue to be this way… for a little while longer. Hanging on and wearing my red lipstick. So they know I’m on the side of women, witches and prostitutes.
March 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The last little while has been a roller coaster ride of epic proportions and I’m sure it will continue to be this way… for a little while longer. Hanging on and wearing my red lipstick. So they know I’m on the side of women, witches and prostitutes.
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March 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I don’t trust any of it either…
March 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I don’t trust any of it either…
What the actual fuck.
Get off the ketamine you lunatic!
Get off the ketamine you lunatic!
Reminder: Republicans, Democrats and Independents have a common enemy in the oligarchs.
Some of us don't know it yet.
However, it will take all of us to stop Dark Enlightenment from becoming our dystopian reality.
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/07/s...
Some of us don't know it yet.
However, it will take all of us to stop Dark Enlightenment from becoming our dystopian reality.
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/07/s...
Silicon Valley Whistleblowers Warn Elon Musk ‘Hijacking’ Republicans to Control Entire US Government
Former followers of the ‘Dark Enlightenment’ say a planned 'neo-reactionary' hollowing out of government is happening in real time
bylinetimes.com
March 8, 2025 at 12:57 AM
What the actual fuck.
Get off the ketamine you lunatic!
Get off the ketamine you lunatic!
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Reminder: Republicans, Democrats and Independents have a common enemy in the oligarchs.
Some of us don't know it yet.
However, it will take all of us to stop Dark Enlightenment from becoming our dystopian reality.
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/07/s...
Some of us don't know it yet.
However, it will take all of us to stop Dark Enlightenment from becoming our dystopian reality.
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/07/s...
Silicon Valley Whistleblowers Warn Elon Musk ‘Hijacking’ Republicans to Control Entire US Government
Former followers of the ‘Dark Enlightenment’ say a planned 'neo-reactionary' hollowing out of government is happening in real time
bylinetimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Reminder: Republicans, Democrats and Independents have a common enemy in the oligarchs.
Some of us don't know it yet.
However, it will take all of us to stop Dark Enlightenment from becoming our dystopian reality.
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/07/s...
Some of us don't know it yet.
However, it will take all of us to stop Dark Enlightenment from becoming our dystopian reality.
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/07/s...
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I think the threats of tariffs have something to do with insider trading, plus absolutely no idea what he’s doing AND, he is a shit negotiator. Oh, and he’s a traitor in puti’s pocket. Does this accurately describe the situation?
March 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I think the threats of tariffs have something to do with insider trading, plus absolutely no idea what he’s doing AND, he is a shit negotiator. Oh, and he’s a traitor in puti’s pocket. Does this accurately describe the situation?
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This is performative nonsense of “hardcore” tech nincompoops. They could put people in nearby hotels or Airbnbs for a lot less. It’s all cosplaying intense workaholism for the cheap seats and all for PR. Sleeping bags at work is simply dumb www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
IKEA beds? Dressers? Inside the ‘exceedingly odd’ DOGE office setup
Details of the arrangements at GSA offer a window into the lifestyle of DOGE workers.
www.politico.com
March 7, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This is performative nonsense of “hardcore” tech nincompoops. They could put people in nearby hotels or Airbnbs for a lot less. It’s all cosplaying intense workaholism for the cheap seats and all for PR. Sleeping bags at work is simply dumb www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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What a week. It’s exhausting trying to see how fast everything is being destroyed. Again, to those who think having a Russian asset who will destroy America for puti was a better choice than a woman, fuck you. From the bottom of my heart, fuck you. May Karma be swift.
March 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
What a week. It’s exhausting trying to see how fast everything is being destroyed. Again, to those who think having a Russian asset who will destroy America for puti was a better choice than a woman, fuck you. From the bottom of my heart, fuck you. May Karma be swift.
For the first time in our history, the assistant to the President will be delivering the State of the Union tomorrow night.
March 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Missouri has been running the pilot for Project 2025 for a couple of decades.
With a GOP Supermajority, over 30% of our schools are on a four-day week. We fund vouchers for private religious schools. Our starting teachers are 50th in the nation for pay and they pay for their own supplies.
With a GOP Supermajority, over 30% of our schools are on a four-day week. We fund vouchers for private religious schools. Our starting teachers are 50th in the nation for pay and they pay for their own supplies.
March 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Missouri has been running the pilot for Project 2025 for a couple of decades.
With a GOP Supermajority, over 30% of our schools are on a four-day week. We fund vouchers for private religious schools. Our starting teachers are 50th in the nation for pay and they pay for their own supplies.
With a GOP Supermajority, over 30% of our schools are on a four-day week. We fund vouchers for private religious schools. Our starting teachers are 50th in the nation for pay and they pay for their own supplies.