@ccarter84.bsky.social
Here until it becomes weaponized against us
(See: https://x.com/davetroy/status/1856621399000899595?t=_h0Md1iV__hLptmMdfr6pw&s=19 )
(See: https://x.com/davetroy/status/1856621399000899595?t=_h0Md1iV__hLptmMdfr6pw&s=19 )
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Christ almighty.
We're in the digital wild west, y'all.
We're in the digital wild west, y'all.
One of the first things anyone learns about facial recognition is that it is often wrong and that it is biased. And yet ICE is using it all day every day to determine legal status & who to detain. And now we have a high-profile example of it being flat out wrong:
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
ICE’s Facial Recognition App Misidentified a Woman. Twice
In testimony from a CBP official obtained by 404 Media, the official described how Mobile Fortify returned two different names after scanning a woman's face during an immigration raid. ICE has said th...
www.404media.co
January 19, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Christ almighty.
We're in the digital wild west, y'all.
We're in the digital wild west, y'all.
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These are concentration camps. And these are the numbers they're comfortable sharing.
This is the sixth death in ICE custody in 18 days. This isn’t enforcement, it’s a system that cages people, outsources care, and shrugs when they die. Abolish ICE.
January 18, 2026 at 9:38 PM
These are concentration camps. And these are the numbers they're comfortable sharing.
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It's so disturbing that the American flag is going to replace the Nazi flag as the symbol for fascist white supremacy -- all because we failed to see the danger of computerized voting machines 24 years ago.
#HandMarkedPaperBallots
#HandMarkedPaperBallots
January 18, 2026 at 3:34 PM
It's so disturbing that the American flag is going to replace the Nazi flag as the symbol for fascist white supremacy -- all because we failed to see the danger of computerized voting machines 24 years ago.
#HandMarkedPaperBallots
#HandMarkedPaperBallots
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Nope.
1) Affordability AND Accountability
2) Tax the rich/take on the broligarchy
3) Abolish/Defund ICE
4) Stop supporting Israel's genocide
5) Don't throw "the woke" under the bus - fight for everyone.
1) Affordability AND Accountability
2) Tax the rich/take on the broligarchy
3) Abolish/Defund ICE
4) Stop supporting Israel's genocide
5) Don't throw "the woke" under the bus - fight for everyone.
NEW: In this interview, Chuck Schumer describes the "five buckets" Dems think are key to their possibly winning a Senate majority in 2026: housing, "the high price of food [and] food monopolies playing a major role there," electricity, "the high cost of childcare," and health care.
Zero Chucks Left to Give
Chuck Schumer now sees a path back to the majority. Can he manage his way through it?
www.thebulwark.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Nope.
1) Affordability AND Accountability
2) Tax the rich/take on the broligarchy
3) Abolish/Defund ICE
4) Stop supporting Israel's genocide
5) Don't throw "the woke" under the bus - fight for everyone.
1) Affordability AND Accountability
2) Tax the rich/take on the broligarchy
3) Abolish/Defund ICE
4) Stop supporting Israel's genocide
5) Don't throw "the woke" under the bus - fight for everyone.
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The vast majority of what’s happening is communal self-defense. It’s not an about agitating or escalating. The whistles, the honking, the yelling — these are efforts by people to warn and protect their neighbors. 2/3
January 18, 2026 at 3:07 PM
The vast majority of what’s happening is communal self-defense. It’s not an about agitating or escalating. The whistles, the honking, the yelling — these are efforts by people to warn and protect their neighbors. 2/3
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Stick this directly in my veins
January 17, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Stick this directly in my veins
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Coordinated a beer drop by a white friend to deliver a 30-rack of Hamm’s to a Hispanic friend’s doorstep because his wife wouldn’t let him leave the house to go buy more beer for fear he’d be brutalized by lawless armed masked federal paramilitaries. This is Minnesota community. We take care of us.
January 17, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Coordinated a beer drop by a white friend to deliver a 30-rack of Hamm’s to a Hispanic friend’s doorstep because his wife wouldn’t let him leave the house to go buy more beer for fear he’d be brutalized by lawless armed masked federal paramilitaries. This is Minnesota community. We take care of us.
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next reporter who interviews stephen miller should ask him point blank if his goal in minneapolis is to kill more americans
January 17, 2026 at 2:18 AM
next reporter who interviews stephen miller should ask him point blank if his goal in minneapolis is to kill more americans
Guess he isn't fleeing to South America afterall
The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar.
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Exclusive: US gets first $500 million Venezuelan oil deal, holding some proceeds in Qatar
The details shared with Semafor mark an initial milestone in the administration’s plan following the ouster of Nicolás Maduro.
www.semafor.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Guess he isn't fleeing to South America afterall
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I want for Putin to regret destroying the United States from within via Donald Trump because the nation will not only heal but establish ACTUAL equity and equality.
It’s a psychological game. Surrendering now assures he wins.
It’s a psychological game. Surrendering now assures he wins.
January 12, 2026 at 10:46 PM
I want for Putin to regret destroying the United States from within via Donald Trump because the nation will not only heal but establish ACTUAL equity and equality.
It’s a psychological game. Surrendering now assures he wins.
It’s a psychological game. Surrendering now assures he wins.
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If they IOC had any balls they would ban the US from Italy. They won't tho.
January 3, 2026 at 5:32 PM
If they IOC had any balls they would ban the US from Italy. They won't tho.
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How should America's occupying forces govern Venezuela? We asked four unvaccinated MAHA moms at an Amway party in Jacksonville.
January 4, 2026 at 3:27 AM
How should America's occupying forces govern Venezuela? We asked four unvaccinated MAHA moms at an Amway party in Jacksonville.
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Hey, national Dems on this here b”site, I see a lot of you are having trouble describing objective reality. Here’s a freebie:
“Donald Trump is an adjudicated crook, rapist, and now a war criminal. We will stand against everything he tries to do, and will hold EVERYONE who enables him accountable.”
“Donald Trump is an adjudicated crook, rapist, and now a war criminal. We will stand against everything he tries to do, and will hold EVERYONE who enables him accountable.”
January 4, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Hey, national Dems on this here b”site, I see a lot of you are having trouble describing objective reality. Here’s a freebie:
“Donald Trump is an adjudicated crook, rapist, and now a war criminal. We will stand against everything he tries to do, and will hold EVERYONE who enables him accountable.”
“Donald Trump is an adjudicated crook, rapist, and now a war criminal. We will stand against everything he tries to do, and will hold EVERYONE who enables him accountable.”
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I've logged over a hundred dives in California and I've never seen a sunflower star. I was certified in 2015.
Absolutely beyond pumped to see this macroinvertebrate predator take the reefs back.
Absolutely beyond pumped to see this macroinvertebrate predator take the reefs back.
Captive bred sunflower stars (Pycnopodia helianthoides) successfully released into Monterey Bay for the first time! This species has been more or less extirpated south of Washington since the 2014 outbreak of sea star wasting disease.🧪🦑
Sunflower star recovery project in California hits major milestone
Their return could help reverse a decade of kelp forest die-offs along the coast.
www.sfgate.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I've logged over a hundred dives in California and I've never seen a sunflower star. I was certified in 2015.
Absolutely beyond pumped to see this macroinvertebrate predator take the reefs back.
Absolutely beyond pumped to see this macroinvertebrate predator take the reefs back.
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Computer guy here. You have to secure the computerized voting machines first, and that is nye impossible. 22 years of computerized voting has led to a congress and SCOTUS fundamentally at odds with the American people.
#HandMarkedPaperBallots
#HandMarkedPaperBallots
December 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Computer guy here. You have to secure the computerized voting machines first, and that is nye impossible. 22 years of computerized voting has led to a congress and SCOTUS fundamentally at odds with the American people.
#HandMarkedPaperBallots
#HandMarkedPaperBallots
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The thing Sacks is mad about is a potential wealth tax which only impacts those with assets over $1 billion. That will impact very few actual people in Silicon Valley.
FWIW I have some issues with the actual proposal, but the idea that it means Silicon Valley "is for dinner" is nonsense.
FWIW I have some issues with the actual proposal, but the idea that it means Silicon Valley "is for dinner" is nonsense.
Thinking about the time Sacks and his buddies started a run on their own bank and had to be bailed out.
David Sacks, presumably, on the push by some in the tech and VC world to fund a primary challenge to Congressman Khanna.
December 29, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The thing Sacks is mad about is a potential wealth tax which only impacts those with assets over $1 billion. That will impact very few actual people in Silicon Valley.
FWIW I have some issues with the actual proposal, but the idea that it means Silicon Valley "is for dinner" is nonsense.
FWIW I have some issues with the actual proposal, but the idea that it means Silicon Valley "is for dinner" is nonsense.
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This is false. Deportations reduce housing demand, but they shrink housing supply even more as the construction sector loses workers. Trump's deportations will make housing less affordable.
December 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This is false. Deportations reduce housing demand, but they shrink housing supply even more as the construction sector loses workers. Trump's deportations will make housing less affordable.
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This book is egregiously dishonest. It sticks the outcome of Murthy in a footnote while lying about our work as well.
December 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This book is egregiously dishonest. It sticks the outcome of Murthy in a footnote while lying about our work as well.
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There’s a lesson here about writing in the age of weaponized lies: Always precede false claims with giant red text, ideally wrapped in a <blink> tag, that says “THIS IS A LIE I AM REFUTING!!”
But also, why is a book that makes this kind of lazy, bad-faith argumentation getting any accolades at all?
But also, why is a book that makes this kind of lazy, bad-faith argumentation getting any accolades at all?
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
There’s a lesson here about writing in the age of weaponized lies: Always precede false claims with giant red text, ideally wrapped in a <blink> tag, that says “THIS IS A LIE I AM REFUTING!!”
But also, why is a book that makes this kind of lazy, bad-faith argumentation getting any accolades at all?
But also, why is a book that makes this kind of lazy, bad-faith argumentation getting any accolades at all?
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🧐 Is this the proposed location for the Stafford VA human warehouse that ICE wants to establish?
www.loopnet.com/Listing/Brad...
www.loopnet.com/Listing/Brad...
December 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🧐 Is this the proposed location for the Stafford VA human warehouse that ICE wants to establish?
www.loopnet.com/Listing/Brad...
www.loopnet.com/Listing/Brad...
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We don’t spend enough time discussing how the entire MAGA movement is kept afloat by the constant threats of stochastic terrorism orchestrated by the president of the United States.
Congress, the courts, much of the media … all kept in line by the mob boss and his army of anonymous goons.
Congress, the courts, much of the media … all kept in line by the mob boss and his army of anonymous goons.
“I’m 84 years old. Threats against my life expectancy are kind of hollow. I don’t have much time anyway. I’m more concerned that our democracy is at risk because of the trends against the rule of law.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives
More than 100 pizzas were delivered to the homes of judges and their families this year, some with signs of foreign involvement. Judges say the message is clear: We know where you live.
www.nbcnews.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We don’t spend enough time discussing how the entire MAGA movement is kept afloat by the constant threats of stochastic terrorism orchestrated by the president of the United States.
Congress, the courts, much of the media … all kept in line by the mob boss and his army of anonymous goons.
Congress, the courts, much of the media … all kept in line by the mob boss and his army of anonymous goons.
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We could walk things back to the early 1980s "Iran Contra" scandal that vanishingly few Reagan Administration figures were prosecuted for -> they cut a deal with Iran (at the time designated by the U.S. as a terrorist state) to pull a dirty trick to throw the 1980 presidential election to Reagan...
December 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We could walk things back to the early 1980s "Iran Contra" scandal that vanishingly few Reagan Administration figures were prosecuted for -> they cut a deal with Iran (at the time designated by the U.S. as a terrorist state) to pull a dirty trick to throw the 1980 presidential election to Reagan...
It's always been a plausible theory, and he consistently projects accusations when the truth is about him. Corrupt family? ✅. This stuff, ✅. Hacking elections? Likely ✅
If any of this is accurate
Qanon will come to be seen as one of the most prolific propaganda campaigns in history not for the reasons we already know but because it would correctly be contextualized as using conspiracy theory to inoculate their base to the grotesque brutality they had engaged in.
Qanon will come to be seen as one of the most prolific propaganda campaigns in history not for the reasons we already know but because it would correctly be contextualized as using conspiracy theory to inoculate their base to the grotesque brutality they had engaged in.
December 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
It's always been a plausible theory, and he consistently projects accusations when the truth is about him. Corrupt family? ✅. This stuff, ✅. Hacking elections? Likely ✅
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Having encountered little resistance here in the U.S., the Trump regime is now weaponizing the “censorship” narrative globally, for example by rescinding travel visas for people at organizations combating hate speech in Europe.
December 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Having encountered little resistance here in the U.S., the Trump regime is now weaponizing the “censorship” narrative globally, for example by rescinding travel visas for people at organizations combating hate speech in Europe.