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The USDA has a contingency plan to keep SNAP running during a government shutdown — but the document laying out that plan has been deleted from the agency’s website.

www.notus.org/trump-white-...
USDA Quietly Deletes Its Contingency Plan for Funding SNAP
The 55-page “lapse of funding” document for USDA is no longer available online.
www.notus.org
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I talked to @biidaasamose.bsky.social about what it takes to stay human and protect each other in fascistic times, and how we can build networks of care, defend our neighbors, grieve, and make space for joy. This episode includes some Nishnaabe wisdom and music from Leanne. Transcript + audio:
Resisting ICE, Building Worlds: Care and Survival in Fascistic Times
“It’s all hands on deck and we have to fight. This is the only way,” says Leanne Betasamosake Simpson.
truthout.org
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The people yearn for (democratic) socialism (this one will make you cry)
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Felony conspiracy for ***taking chickens worth $24***

Jarring to assimilate this news when not 24 hours before, we learned that the 2nd biggest breeder of dogs for animal experimentation in the US will close, which represents maybe DxE's greatest achievement ever
Animal rescuer Zoe Rosenberg was just found guilty of felony conspiracy and 3 misdemeanors for her rescue of four chickens from Perdue's Petaluma Poultry. Zoe was represented by Chris Carraway, of Animal Activist Legal Defense Project (@AALDP-DU.bsky.social), and attorney Kevin Little.
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"For decades, the Pentagon viewed the climate crisis as a national security threat – not for environmental reasons, but because it undermined operations and readiness.

Now the Trump administration is dismantling that approach."
Pentagon retreats from climate fight even as heat and storms slam US troops
For decades, the military treated the climate crisis as a threat. Now it’s backing away from plans to protect people and bases from extreme weather
www.theguardian.com
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This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
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The weaponization of the justice system is escalating - with the DoJ now acting openly and aggressively as the regime’s instrument to go after the political opposition.

It’s not a consolidated autocracy yet. But this most definitely isn’t rule of law either.
NEW: Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social is one of six protestors charged in a newly unsealed indictment for "conspiracy to impede or injure" an ICE officer at Broadview. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Artists behind some of the most popular films of all time are also forging one of the most powerful organized resistances to AI.

With solidarity, class action lawsuits and strong legislation, they're fighting to protect their livelihoods, and pop culture, from big tech.

My latest:
How artists behind Marvel, Alien, and the Matrix movies are fighting AI
With solidarity, legislation, class action lawsuits, and a little help from Guillermo del Toro. Plus, the Luddite Renaissance continues, and I open the mailbag.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
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New: Progressive congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh has been indicted over protests outside Chicago-area ICE facility after videos of confrontations with federal agents have fueled right-wing calls for her arrest. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/k...
Kat Abughazaleh indicted over protests outside Chicago-area ICE facility
The progressive Democratic congressional candidate's videos of confrontations with federal agents have fueled right-wing calls for her arrest.
www.msnbc.com
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NEW: Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social is one of six protestors charged in a newly unsealed indictment for "conspiracy to impede or injure" an ICE officer at Broadview. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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3K is about the *total* number of people killed under Pinochet over his entire dictatorship, for reference

(many many more were tortured or forced into exile)
Could ICE have ‘lost' 3,000 immigrant arrestees in Chicago?

NBC Chicago's investigative team reports at least 3,000 jailed immigrants have vanished from federal records, according to human rights attorneys and organizations.

www.nbcchicago.com/investigatio...
Could ICE have 'lost' 3,000 immigrant arrestees in Chicago?
At least 3,000 jailed immigrants have vanished from federal records, according to human rights attorneys and organizations.
www.nbcchicago.com
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Kat is being federally charged by the FBI for protesting at Broadview.

This is a flagrant political prosecution by the Trump administration, which is trying to prevent free speech and free association.

I am proud of Kat. Her movement is being targeted by the government. She needs your support.
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.

This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
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Some form of journalistic cooperative which allows readers access to a wide pool of content on the basis of a single flat fee is the model I think journalists should be looking at.
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"It’s a scandal the U.S. is pulling back from efforts to address environmental challenges,” said Peter Gleick. “The rest of the world should ignore efforts by the US to delay progress on these problems… and I’m hopeful that other countries will continue to step up.”
www.latimes.com/environment/...
Humanity is on path toward 'climate chaos,' scientists warn
Global use of fossil fuels rose to a new record last year, releasing even more greenhouse gases. Humanity is 'hurtling toward climate chaos,' scientists warn.
www.latimes.com
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Over the past 5 years the wealth held by the top 0.1% has nearly doubled from $12 trillion to over $23 trillion.
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Grokipedia is entirely dependent on the whims of Elon Musk. It completely deadnames and misgender Chelsea Manning despite not doing so for other prominent trans people. It has no article for Vivian Wilson despite her having a Wikipedia page.

www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Grokipedia is racist, transphobic, and loves Elon Musk
xAI’s version of Wikipedia, Grokipedia, frames the world’s history from Elon Musk’s perspective.
www.theverge.com
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I posted this after Trump issued his executive order targeting homeless people.

This now appears to be happening. Utah is the test case.
It's not at all alarmist to expect that the new network of detention centers will be used to confine unhoused people—and to extract free labor from them. Everything in this executive order points in that direction.
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Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming.

Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape
www.nytimes.com
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I'm banned/shadow-banned all over the internet, so if you like this article, please share it -- and if you really like it, please subscribe! Thank you
New article! On the shutdown, a nation treated as prey, and the meaning of leverage: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-shutdown