OK. We now know that ICE is using "contractors" from Core Civic, a private prison enterprise. The "contractor" in this arrest is a former law enforcement officer, with multiple reprimands and a dismissal.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/i...

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A lot of people seem to think following the U.S. Constitution is optional—like picking which shoes to wear in the morning. It’s not. If you’re within the boundaries of the United States, the Constitution applies to you.

Studio Ghibli founder Hayao Miyazaki, Who Said AI Is ‘Insult to Life Itself,” Reduced to AI-Generated Meme by OpenAI

🔗 www.404media.co/hayao-miyaza...

Zelda Williams (the daughter of the great Robin Williams) sure had a lot to say about the “Studio Ghibli style” AI images that have been trending recently.

I think those people should read these posts and really think about what they’re doing.

RIP USAID — all remaining 900 employees will be fired.

Tucson, Arizona today.

Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.

23,000 showed up.

The United States is no longer a nation under the rule of law.
I urge Canadians to avoid travel. Illegal detentions and kidnapping by ICE have become all too common for travellers and those with working VISAs.
Stay away at this time.

boingboing.net/2025/03/20/d...

Speak up and own it if this is what you voted for you pieces of shit.

The Farm Service Agency (FSA) has notified pantries & other food distributors that they are to cease using FarmShare funds to acquire fresh foods from local farmers
FarmShare is/was funded by USDA's Local Food Purchase Assistance program
This immediately affects both farmers & lower income families

Officials at the FAA have directed staff to identify tens of millions of dollars to fund a Starlink deal for upgrading air traffic control communications. Staff has been instructed to find the funds while minimizing documentation and avoiding a paper trail.

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There’s a major shift in U.S. cybersecurity policy. A recent CISA memo removed Russia from its list of priorities, focusing instead on China and local systems. Analysts were told not to track Russian cyber threats.

The Trump administration has moved to gut workplace protections for transgender and nonbinary Americans, effectively endorsing discrimination under the guise of enforcing “biological truth.”

They don't want to teach history so they can repeat it.

Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.

Let me speak to the DOGE audit language. Many people who work in both the Treasury and specifically the IRS are CPAs. Most audit firms hire CPAs. A 19yo coder has absolutely no idea how to accurately identify waste or fraud. Calling what DOGE is doing as a audit, is a flat out lie.

Another shoe drops.

The acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration resigned after DOGE sought access to highly sensitive recipient information.

Trump & Musk’s effort to steal your data and gut your hard-earned benefits continues.

While the GOP remains silent.

Food safety chief at the FDA quits saying Trump's mass layoffs make his job "fruitless"

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I know there is some anxiety around how to protect yourself in light of Muskrat and his herd of shitler youth getting their hands on all our personal information so here are the steps you can take to protect yourself. I’ve seen these in various threads but thought it worth putting them together🧵 1/?

The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.