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@sarahkendzior.bsky.social has been warning us for nearly a decade that Kushner is *the* bellwether for Trump's corruption. She's a highly recommended follow.
www.salon.com/2025/12/13/j...
www.salon.com/2025/12/13/j...
Jared Kushner is at the center of Trump's corruption
From media mergers to foreign policy, Trump's son-in-law is consolidating power — and making millions
www.salon.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social has been warning us for nearly a decade that Kushner is *the* bellwether for Trump's corruption. She's a highly recommended follow.
www.salon.com/2025/12/13/j...
www.salon.com/2025/12/13/j...
Trump Admin Is Secretly Giving Names of All Air Travelers to ICE
Whenever possible, I take trains now, no kidding. No Real ID, no biometrics, no TSA, no passenger freakouts, no station arrests, no ICE. Yet, anyway. /1
newrepublic.com/post/204375/...
Whenever possible, I take trains now, no kidding. No Real ID, no biometrics, no TSA, no passenger freakouts, no station arrests, no ICE. Yet, anyway. /1
newrepublic.com/post/204375/...
Trump Admin Is Secretly Giving Names of All Air Travelers to ICE
It’s just the latest evidence we’re living in a dystopia.
newrepublic.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Trump Admin Is Secretly Giving Names of All Air Travelers to ICE
Whenever possible, I take trains now, no kidding. No Real ID, no biometrics, no TSA, no passenger freakouts, no station arrests, no ICE. Yet, anyway. /1
newrepublic.com/post/204375/...
Whenever possible, I take trains now, no kidding. No Real ID, no biometrics, no TSA, no passenger freakouts, no station arrests, no ICE. Yet, anyway. /1
newrepublic.com/post/204375/...
More of this, please:
California launches portal for public to report alleged ICE wrongdoing
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
California launches portal for public to report alleged ICE wrongdoing
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
California launches portal for public to report alleged ICE wrongdoing
Immigrant rights groups have frequently accused federal agents of using unnecessarily violent tactics to intimidate communities.
www.reuters.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 AM
More of this, please:
California launches portal for public to report alleged ICE wrongdoing
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
California launches portal for public to report alleged ICE wrongdoing
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
This is straight-up police-state dystopia, it's happening *now,* and it affects pretty much every US driver
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has fo...
www.yahoo.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:44 AM
This is straight-up police-state dystopia, it's happening *now,* and it affects pretty much every US driver
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Yesterday I mentioned surveillance as a main driver behind Trump's embrace of unregulated AI. I forgot about another huge seduction: AI-driven propaganda. Bots, memes, fake video personalities are a huge influence machine.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
Some of the largest online propaganda campaigns are using 'AI slop,' researchers say
Researchers at Graphika say that online propaganda campaigns have flooded the internet with low-quality, AI-generated content.
www.nbcnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Yesterday I mentioned surveillance as a main driver behind Trump's embrace of unregulated AI. I forgot about another huge seduction: AI-driven propaganda. Bots, memes, fake video personalities are a huge influence machine.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
Not unrelated to my previous post.
"The app may have been been used to identify protesters. Just as disturbing, U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson [said] the app will be the 'definitive' determination of a person’s citizenship status — not a U.S. birth certificate."
www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/14/i...
"The app may have been been used to identify protesters. Just as disturbing, U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson [said] the app will be the 'definitive' determination of a person’s citizenship status — not a U.S. birth certificate."
www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/14/i...
ICE’s chilling surveillance tool hits home here | Editorial
A little-known surveillance tool used by ICE will take your photograph and add it to the agency’s databases for 15 years. Refusal is not an option.
www.sun-sentinel.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Not unrelated to my previous post.
"The app may have been been used to identify protesters. Just as disturbing, U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson [said] the app will be the 'definitive' determination of a person’s citizenship status — not a U.S. birth certificate."
www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/14/i...
"The app may have been been used to identify protesters. Just as disturbing, U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson [said] the app will be the 'definitive' determination of a person’s citizenship status — not a U.S. birth certificate."
www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/14/i...
It's hard to imagine that Trump cares or understands about Ai. So I think he's been assured by the techbros filling his coffers that it will grant him unparalleled surveillance & control of US citizens. He gets power, they get unregulated development.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Urges Congress to Block State-Level AI Regulation
President Donald Trump called on Congress to pass a federal standard governing oversight of artificial intelligence and warned that varied regulation at the state level risked slowing the development ...
www.bloomberg.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
It's hard to imagine that Trump cares or understands about Ai. So I think he's been assured by the techbros filling his coffers that it will grant him unparalleled surveillance & control of US citizens. He gets power, they get unregulated development.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
More of this, please:
www.yahoo.com/news/videos/...
www.yahoo.com/news/videos/...
ICE pinata gets a reaction at Chicago protest
<body><p>STORY: :: Chicago, Illinois</p><p>:: November 11, 2025</p><p>:: This protester shows off his custom-made pinata of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent</p><p>:: Tony, Anti-ICE protest...
www.yahoo.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:26 AM
More of this, please:
www.yahoo.com/news/videos/...
www.yahoo.com/news/videos/...
Am I alone in thinking this portends something darker than simply wanting to avoid the public?
Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases
Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers.
www.theatlantic.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Am I alone in thinking this portends something darker than simply wanting to avoid the public?
Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
We'll meet again,
Don't know how,
Don't know when,
But I now we'll meet again
Some sunny day....
Trump Directs Pentagon to "Immediately" Start Testing US Nuclear Weapons
Don't know how,
Don't know when,
But I now we'll meet again
Some sunny day....
Trump Directs Pentagon to "Immediately" Start Testing US Nuclear Weapons
Trump directs Pentagon to ‘immediately’ start testing US nuclear weapons
US president references China and Russia in Truth Social post shortly before meeting with President Xi Jinping
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:16 AM
We'll meet again,
Don't know how,
Don't know when,
But I now we'll meet again
Some sunny day....
Trump Directs Pentagon to "Immediately" Start Testing US Nuclear Weapons
Don't know how,
Don't know when,
But I now we'll meet again
Some sunny day....
Trump Directs Pentagon to "Immediately" Start Testing US Nuclear Weapons
ICE is removing markings & license plates from cars so that they can't be identified or tracked. If armed masked men w/o badges got out of an unmarked car and approach you, you have every legal right to assume a carjacking and defend yourself. /1
www.npr.org/2025/10/29/g...
www.npr.org/2025/10/29/g...
Camouflaging cars and swapping license plates: How agents make immigration arrests
Immigration enforcement officers are sometimes forgoing license plates or otherwise masking their cars while apprehending migrants across the U.S.
www.npr.org
October 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
ICE is removing markings & license plates from cars so that they can't be identified or tracked. If armed masked men w/o badges got out of an unmarked car and approach you, you have every legal right to assume a carjacking and defend yourself. /1
www.npr.org/2025/10/29/g...
www.npr.org/2025/10/29/g...
This is one way that the data being compiled on protesters--live & social media facial recognition, cellphone tracking, license plate reading--is being used.
FBI Shocks with Visits to Homes of Innocent Protesters Under Trump's Orders
www.rawstory.com/fbi-protest/
FBI Shocks with Visits to Homes of Innocent Protesters Under Trump's Orders
www.rawstory.com/fbi-protest/
'Chilling': FBI shocks with visits to homes of innocent protesters under Trump's orders
Under orders from President Donald Trump, the FBI has started visiting the homes of innocent protesters, according to a report.In one case, special needs teacher Miles Serafini, 26, told independent j...
www.rawstory.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This is one way that the data being compiled on protesters--live & social media facial recognition, cellphone tracking, license plate reading--is being used.
FBI Shocks with Visits to Homes of Innocent Protesters Under Trump's Orders
www.rawstory.com/fbi-protest/
FBI Shocks with Visits to Homes of Innocent Protesters Under Trump's Orders
www.rawstory.com/fbi-protest/
The regime is amassing data & profiles on protesters, witnesses, even bystanders. PLEASE observe digital hygiene measures (see post 2).
ICE has contracts w/companies to provide facial-recognition algorithms, an iris-scanning identification app, spyware on smartphones, /1
reason.com/2025/10/23/i...
ICE has contracts w/companies to provide facial-recognition algorithms, an iris-scanning identification app, spyware on smartphones, /1
reason.com/2025/10/23/i...
ICE is mounting a mass surveillance campaign on American citizens
Without strict oversight, the agency’s new technology threatens Americans’ free speech and privacy.
reason.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The regime is amassing data & profiles on protesters, witnesses, even bystanders. PLEASE observe digital hygiene measures (see post 2).
ICE has contracts w/companies to provide facial-recognition algorithms, an iris-scanning identification app, spyware on smartphones, /1
reason.com/2025/10/23/i...
ICE has contracts w/companies to provide facial-recognition algorithms, an iris-scanning identification app, spyware on smartphones, /1
reason.com/2025/10/23/i...
Reposted by Resisterata
This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
October 21, 2025 at 12:28 AM
This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
Not even a metaphor, is it?
October 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Not even a metaphor, is it?
Put this in the context of the surveillance state. Consider that Zuckerberg is a major Trump supporter & FB continually favors the regime's policies:
Meta Might be Scanning Your Phone's Entire Camera Roll.
How to turn it off (next post):
/1
www.standard.co.uk/news/tech/me...
Meta Might be Scanning Your Phone's Entire Camera Roll.
How to turn it off (next post):
/1
www.standard.co.uk/news/tech/me...
Meta might be scanning your phone's entire camera roll
Users are claiming they didn't see a pop up requesting permission to enable the feature
www.standard.co.uk
October 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Put this in the context of the surveillance state. Consider that Zuckerberg is a major Trump supporter & FB continually favors the regime's policies:
Meta Might be Scanning Your Phone's Entire Camera Roll.
How to turn it off (next post):
/1
www.standard.co.uk/news/tech/me...
Meta Might be Scanning Your Phone's Entire Camera Roll.
How to turn it off (next post):
/1
www.standard.co.uk/news/tech/me...
Put this in the context of the surveillance state:
"Amazon's Ring brand is entering into a new partnership with surveillance company Flock Safety to make it possible for law enforcement to request footage from smart doorbell owners." /1
www.engadget.com/home/smart-h...
"Amazon's Ring brand is entering into a new partnership with surveillance company Flock Safety to make it possible for law enforcement to request footage from smart doorbell owners." /1
www.engadget.com/home/smart-h...
Ring's latest partnership allows police to request camera footage through Flock
Ring and Flock Safety are partnering on a new integration for requesting footage from Ring customers.
www.engadget.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Put this in the context of the surveillance state:
"Amazon's Ring brand is entering into a new partnership with surveillance company Flock Safety to make it possible for law enforcement to request footage from smart doorbell owners." /1
www.engadget.com/home/smart-h...
"Amazon's Ring brand is entering into a new partnership with surveillance company Flock Safety to make it possible for law enforcement to request footage from smart doorbell owners." /1
www.engadget.com/home/smart-h...
No Kings: TX Nat'l Guard to be Deployed in Austin
Protest attendees: The regime *wants* you to clash with LEO/Nat'l Guard. Stay peaceful! Their morale is at an all-time low. Showing that even their own self-interest isn't being served undermines their commitment. /1
thehill.com/homenews/555...
Protest attendees: The regime *wants* you to clash with LEO/Nat'l Guard. Stay peaceful! Their morale is at an all-time low. Showing that even their own self-interest isn't being served undermines their commitment. /1
thehill.com/homenews/555...
thehill.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
No Kings: TX Nat'l Guard to be Deployed in Austin
Protest attendees: The regime *wants* you to clash with LEO/Nat'l Guard. Stay peaceful! Their morale is at an all-time low. Showing that even their own self-interest isn't being served undermines their commitment. /1
thehill.com/homenews/555...
Protest attendees: The regime *wants* you to clash with LEO/Nat'l Guard. Stay peaceful! Their morale is at an all-time low. Showing that even their own self-interest isn't being served undermines their commitment. /1
thehill.com/homenews/555...
Penn and U.S.C. Become Latest Universities to Reject White House Deal
www.nytimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:14 AM
More of this, please. (And btw, Cory Booker has received nearly $900K from AIPAC)
newrepublic.com/post/201906/...
newrepublic.com/post/201906/...
Democratic Representative Says He’s Returning His AIPAC Donations
Representative Seth Moulton, who is running for Senate, says he won’t take any more AIPAC money.
newrepublic.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:35 PM
More of this, please. (And btw, Cory Booker has received nearly $900K from AIPAC)
newrepublic.com/post/201906/...
newrepublic.com/post/201906/...
Here's the shot for the midterm chaser: Former GOP operative Scott Leiendecker just bought Dominion Voting Systems, giving him ownership of voting systems used in 27 states.
The game's afoot.
www.wired.com/story/scott-...
The game's afoot.
www.wired.com/story/scott-...
One Republican Now Controls a Huge Chunk of US Election Infrastructure
Former GOP operative Scott Leiendecker just bought Dominion Voting Systems, giving him ownership of voting systems used in 27 states. Election experts have concerns.
www.wired.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Here's the shot for the midterm chaser: Former GOP operative Scott Leiendecker just bought Dominion Voting Systems, giving him ownership of voting systems used in 27 states.
The game's afoot.
www.wired.com/story/scott-...
The game's afoot.
www.wired.com/story/scott-...
Racist Young Republican Chat Leaves GOP Stumbling to Respond
The fact that they are "stumbling to respond" to outright racism and pro-Nazi speech instead of repudiating it tells us something, too, doesn't it?
www.thebulwark.com/p/racist-you...
The fact that they are "stumbling to respond" to outright racism and pro-Nazi speech instead of repudiating it tells us something, too, doesn't it?
www.thebulwark.com/p/racist-you...
Racist Young Republican Chat Leaves GOP Stumbling to Respond
Split over whether to discipline the offenders or just ignore the whole affair.
www.thebulwark.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Racist Young Republican Chat Leaves GOP Stumbling to Respond
The fact that they are "stumbling to respond" to outright racism and pro-Nazi speech instead of repudiating it tells us something, too, doesn't it?
www.thebulwark.com/p/racist-you...
The fact that they are "stumbling to respond" to outright racism and pro-Nazi speech instead of repudiating it tells us something, too, doesn't it?
www.thebulwark.com/p/racist-you...