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Sparse reactions to things, augmented with academic propaganda -- from the verified author of 'The Provoked Economy' (Routledge, 2014), AKA Fabian Muniesa

https://provokedeconomy.net/

Fabian Muniesa is an author, social scientist, and poet of French and Spanish citizenship. He is a Professor at the École des Mines de Paris, and a member of the Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation in Paris, France. .. more

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"There is a link between finance and paranoia, and that link may well be inescapable." www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

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Proving my point: they act like wife-beaters, claiming to be the victim because her nose bruised your knuckles.

www.salon.com/2026/01/09/i...

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Fascism!: The US Army Publishes a Pamphlet in 1945 Explaining How to Spot Fascism at Home and Abroad

It's not hard to see right now.

www.openculture.com/2023/06/fasc...
Fascism!: The US Army Publishes a Pamphlet in 1945 Explaining How to Spot Fascism at Home and Abroad
'Fascism is a word that’s been used a great deal these last few years,' says the article pictured above (scanned in full here at the Internet Archive).
www.openculture.com
"It's horrible, it's terrifying, it should never happen, it feels like we're not in the United States, they're trying to spread fear—people are standing up and saying no," -one of thousands of Minneapolis ICE protesters after ICE murdered Renee Good. LIVE NOW ⬇️

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Datos para entender la paradoja del petróleo en Venezuela y por qué Trump quiere controlarlo dozz.es/4qchv3
Datos para entender la paradoja del petróleo en Venezuela y por qué Trump quiere controlarlo
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Anti-government chants filled the streets of Iran's capital late Saturday as protesters pressed the biggest movement against the Islamic republic in more than three years, despite a deadly crackdown under cover of an internet blackout.

u.afp.com/SXs4

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Tehran escalated its threats against demonstrators Saturday, with the Iran’s attorney general warning that anyone taking part in protests will be considered an “enemy of God,” a death-penalty charge. https://to.pbs.org/4qMOgRi
Protests in Iran reach 2-week mark as authorities intensify crackdown on demonstrators
Tehran escalated its threats Saturday, with the Iran’s attorney general, Mohammad Movahedi Azad, warning that anyone taking part in protests will be considered an “enemy of God,” a death-penalty charg...
to.pbs.org

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🇨🇱🗣️ ENTREVISTA | Gabriel Boric insiste en que sus convicciones siguen intactas, pero asegura que “las frases tan categóricas e hiperbólicas no se llevan tan bien con la realidad” dozz.es/7tmq326
People might argue that ICE is not recruiting quality agents.

But I would insist that they are in fact successfully recruiting the exact sort of person needed to carry out the mission: reactionary, angry, violent people who don’t believe in democracy.

www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
Opinion | ICE's violence is no accident
Alan Elrod: The killing of a woman by an immigration enforcement officer in Minneapolis was the raw application of Trumpist authoritarianism.
www.ms.now
Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
From the minnesota community on Reddit: ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.
Explore this post and more from the minnesota community
www.reddit.com

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“Renee sparkled”
In Minneapolis this afternoon—

Hundreds are streaming across the snow and ice into Powderhorn Park for a rally and march demanding ICE leave Minnesota.

It is bitterly cold. There are hardcore Midwesterners out here making their way in with trekking poles.

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Far-right intimidation of "pro-refugee" mayors in the Netherlands has been a mayor problem throughout this century - with major peak around so-called "refugee crisis" - but continues to be minimized and treated as "isolated incidents" by much of Dutch media and politics.
Niederlande: Bürgermeister brauchen Polizeischutz, sobald sie Migranten helfen
Weiterhin stachelt die Wilders-Partei zum Protest gegen Asyl-Unterkünfte auf. Inzwischen wurde daraus eine Bewegung mit popkulturellem Sound und dem Trend zur Radikalisierung
www.freitag.de
WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to:

* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon

The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire

www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings
A WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July.
www.wsj.com

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Axios @axios.com · 20h
SCOOP: Steve Bannon is laying the groundwork for a 2028 run for president.

While he isn't serious about becoming president, he's told allies he wants to shape the debate and pressure Republican candidates to embrace an "America First" agenda.
Scoop: Bannon quietly making moves toward 2028 run
Publicly, however, he's calling for a third term for President Trump.
www.axios.com

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Indonesian minister says deepfakes are a 'serious violation of human rights, dignity, and security of citizens' online.
Indonesia blocks access to Musk's AI chatbot Grok over deepfake images
Indonesian minister says deepfakes are a 'serious violation of human rights, dignity, and security of citizens' online.
www.aljazeera.com

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The administration is trying to deport Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate and repeat Conspirituality podcast guest, for actually researching disinformation. He's not the only one being targeted.

www.conspirituality.net/episodes/bri...
Brief: Censorship Industrial Complex — Conspirituality
Derek and Julian break down the US government’s decision to begin deporting people whose views they don’t like, including repeat Conspirituality guest, Imran Ahmed.
www.conspirituality.net

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🇻🇪🇨🇳🇺🇸 El ataque de Donald Trump contra Venezuela supone una seria advertencia a los intereses de China en el país y en el resto de la región, donde lleva años expandiendo sus tentáculos
El ataque de Estados Unidos a Venezuela pone a prueba la influencia de China en Latinoamérica
Pekín, convertido en el mayor socio comercial de América del Sur, se enfrenta al realineamiento de intereses que exige Trump en la región
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El Mercosur y la Unión Europea ponen fecha a la firma del histórico acuerdo de libre comercio que negocian desde hace 26 años: será el próximo 17 de enero en Paraguay
Mercosur celebra el sí europeo a la firma del acuerdo con la Unión Europea: “Es un momento histórico”
Los países del bloque sudamericano se preparan para sellar en una semana el acuerdo que puede crear la mayor zona de libre comercio del mundo
dozz.es
So ICE and the White House have been scrambling to pump out meme videos of clashes with protesters and "epic takedowns" and then an ICE agent recording video with his phone shoots a woman dead www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
We read thousands of internal ICE chats. They show how officials make raids go viral
Thousands of internal ICE messages show how its public affairs team has coordinated with the White House to satisfy Trump administration demands for viral arrest videos
www.washingtonpost.com

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«Les Jours» ont enquêté sur les personnes et les stratégies derrière la construction de l'image d'Emmanuel Macron. À lire ici ⤵️
Macron, les coms du Président
Le jeune, le moderne, le droitier, le guerrier… Forgée par des spin doctors, l’image d’Emmanuel Macron a connu mille métamorphoses. Car elle cachait un grand vide.
lesjours.fr

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TRUMP GESTAPO

MINNEAPOLIS: Border Patrol agents warn two white women in separate SUVs to stop trailing them and not to impede. 'Dont make a bad decision today..."

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🇫🇷 Le Premier ministre Sébastien Lecornu a ordonné la préparation d'éventuelles élections législatives en mars, aux dates prévues pour les municipales, selon une source au sein de l'exécutif, alors que l'Assemblée doit examiner deux motions de censure ⬇️

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ICE’s Murder of Renee Nicole Good Was Not an Aberration — It Is the New Normal

ICE was already a problem, but Trump created a not-so-secret police that is enforcing MAGA ideology at the barrel of a gun. That's not a political statement, here's the evidence to prove it.
ICE’s Murder of Renee Nicole Good Was Not an Aberration — It Is the New Normal
US immigration agents have now shot 11 civilians in cars in four months.
truthout.org

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<<In the infamous Vanity Fair profile, Susie Wiles described Miller as one of her off-leash “junkyard dogs.”

Apparently, Miller has been given a whole new yard to shit in.>>
Stephen Miller Is Taking His Fascist Horrorshow International
Goodbye border protection, hello border expansion?
contrarian.substack.com
"We will not approve any windmills in this country" -- asked about Europe, Trump goes on a wild anti-wind rant

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What percentage of punditry in the last 10 years has consisted solely of telling us to dig down and muster more empathy for people who have made it very clear that they regard it as a badge of honor to feel 0 (zero) empathy for us?
SHOCK CELL PHONE VIDEO: Renee Good's final words to her murderer: “That’s fine dude, I’m not mad at you.”

ICE agent Jonathan Ross after shooting and killing her seconds later: “Fuckin’ bitch.”

Via Alpha News
Yesterday Elon Musk retweeted "white solidarity is the only way to survive". In our numb overwhelmed media environment it barely made headlines that the world's richest man endorsed blood-curdling white nationalism. My brief writeup for @religiondispatches.org

religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
Elon Musk Just Endorsed Blatant White Nationalism And the Silence is Deafening
On Thursday morning Elon Musk retweeted (with a ‘100%’ endorsement) a post declaring that: If white men become a minority, we will be slaughtered. Remember, if non-Whites openly hate White men while...
religiondispatches.org

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Ante la incertidumbre que impera en Venezuela, Colombia no descarta una nueva llegada masiva de venezolanos al país. El Gobierno trabaja en un plan de tres fases para atender una “eventual emergencia humanitaria”
Colombia se prepara con cautela ante una posible migración masiva de venezolanos tras el ataque de Estados Unidos
El Gobierno trabaja en un plan de tres fases para atender una “eventual emergencia humanitaria” si la cifra de migrantes aumenta por la situación en Venezuela
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