Jennifer Kunze
@jkunze.bsky.social
Posting about #Baltimore politics, environment, infrastructure, housing, bikes, & now #LongCovid.
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DHS’s Immigrant Tracking Tech Lays the Ground for Authoritarian Surveillance
DHS’s Immigrant Tracking Tech Lays the Ground for Authoritarian Surveillance
Anita Say Chan reveals how new surveillance technologies employed by DHS and ICE to monitor, arrest, and deport immigrants have a long history rooted in eugenics profiling from the 19th and 20th centu...
politicalresearch.org
October 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
DHS’s Immigrant Tracking Tech Lays the Ground for Authoritarian Surveillance
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“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.
I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.
Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.
newsletter.ofthebrave.org
October 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.
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October 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The new trash cans around Harbor Point are labelled "landfill."
Welcome to the fight against trash incineration, Harbor Point?
Welcome to the fight against trash incineration, Harbor Point?
September 16, 2025 at 1:48 AM
The new trash cans around Harbor Point are labelled "landfill."
Welcome to the fight against trash incineration, Harbor Point?
Welcome to the fight against trash incineration, Harbor Point?
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UPDATE: Kilmar’s lawyer announces he has been taken into ICE custody.
August 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
UPDATE: Kilmar’s lawyer announces he has been taken into ICE custody.
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Here in Baltimore this morning, where clergy and activists have gathered in support of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who is set to check in with ICE this morning.
Heavy faith presence in addition to, just, a lot of people for 6:45am.
Kilmar himself is about to speak.
Heavy faith presence in addition to, just, a lot of people for 6:45am.
Kilmar himself is about to speak.
August 25, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Here in Baltimore this morning, where clergy and activists have gathered in support of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who is set to check in with ICE this morning.
Heavy faith presence in addition to, just, a lot of people for 6:45am.
Kilmar himself is about to speak.
Heavy faith presence in addition to, just, a lot of people for 6:45am.
Kilmar himself is about to speak.
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This week's bad HoCo Board of Appeals decision contradicts last month's Hearing Examiner ruling supporting the community's appeal against the "chemical recycling" pilot, essentially ending the appeal before it begins.
Catch up with last month's news here:
Catch up with last month's news here:
W.R. Grace moves forward with chemical recycling - but community pushes back
In Howard County, the Cedar Creek community’s fight to prevent W.R. Grace and Co. from constructing a pilot chemical recycling project 230 feet from neighbors’ homes has seen two major developments.
cleanwater.org
August 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This week's bad HoCo Board of Appeals decision contradicts last month's Hearing Examiner ruling supporting the community's appeal against the "chemical recycling" pilot, essentially ending the appeal before it begins.
Catch up with last month's news here:
Catch up with last month's news here:
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URGENT: join the Stop Grace Coalition tomorrow to speak out against a bad Board of Appeals decision this week.
This decision blocks discussion of future risks & past harms that are key for protecting the community against WR Grace's proposed "chemical recycling" pilot project.
This decision blocks discussion of future risks & past harms that are key for protecting the community against WR Grace's proposed "chemical recycling" pilot project.
August 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
URGENT: join the Stop Grace Coalition tomorrow to speak out against a bad Board of Appeals decision this week.
This decision blocks discussion of future risks & past harms that are key for protecting the community against WR Grace's proposed "chemical recycling" pilot project.
This decision blocks discussion of future risks & past harms that are key for protecting the community against WR Grace's proposed "chemical recycling" pilot project.
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The phrase "biblical principles of wealth creation" would have made Jesus beat you with a table just for THINKING it
This is possibly the most quintessentially American news story ever written. “Mr. Regalado and his wife said their cryptocurrency platform ‘blends biblical kingdom principles of wealth creation with cutting-edge blockchain technology.’” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...
Denver Pastor and Wife Face Charges in ‘God-Inspired’ Cryptocurrency Scheme
www.nytimes.com
July 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The phrase "biblical principles of wealth creation" would have made Jesus beat you with a table just for THINKING it
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Read the new community-led research showing $100 million worth of health damages every year from waste incineration in #Baltimore here:
Health damages and disparities from municipal and medical waste incineration in Baltimore, USA
Background Waste incineration in Baltimore, USA, involves two major facilities: a municipal solid waste incinerator (WIN Waste) and the nation’s largest medical waste incinerator (Curtis Bay Medical W...
www.medrxiv.org
July 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Read the new community-led research showing $100 million worth of health damages every year from waste incineration in #Baltimore here:
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It's time for #Baltimore City AND County to invest in #ZeroWaste alternatives & close the trash incinerator once and for all.
Watch @wmar2news.bsky.social's coverage of Friday's rally here:
Watch @wmar2news.bsky.social's coverage of Friday's rally here:
Study: Baltimore incinerators causing nearly $100 million in health damages annually
New research suggests that two Baltimore incinerators are causing nearly $100 million in health damages every year, according to a recent study.
www.wmar2news.com
July 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
It's time for #Baltimore City AND County to invest in #ZeroWaste alternatives & close the trash incinerator once and for all.
Watch @wmar2news.bsky.social's coverage of Friday's rally here:
Watch @wmar2news.bsky.social's coverage of Friday's rally here:
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On Friday, South Baltimore Community Land Trust & allies rallied in front of the BRESCO trash incinerator to demand action:
#Baltimore's 2 incinerators cause $100 million worth of health damages to the region every year. We can't afford it!
@zacblanchardd11.bsky.social @ceejhaction.bsky.social
#Baltimore's 2 incinerators cause $100 million worth of health damages to the region every year. We can't afford it!
@zacblanchardd11.bsky.social @ceejhaction.bsky.social
July 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
On Friday, South Baltimore Community Land Trust & allies rallied in front of the BRESCO trash incinerator to demand action:
#Baltimore's 2 incinerators cause $100 million worth of health damages to the region every year. We can't afford it!
@zacblanchardd11.bsky.social @ceejhaction.bsky.social
#Baltimore's 2 incinerators cause $100 million worth of health damages to the region every year. We can't afford it!
@zacblanchardd11.bsky.social @ceejhaction.bsky.social
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“The more they streamline its use, the more they streamline its abuse. When an officer says, ‘papers please,’ you could choose to say nothing and face the consequences; with face recognition, your options are diminished,” EFF’s @maassive.bsky.social told @404media.co.
Inside ICE’s Supercharged Facial Recognition App of 200 Million Images
404 Media has seen user manuals for Mobile Fortify, ICE’s new facial recognition app which allows officers to instantly look up DHS, State Department, and state law enforcement databases by just point...
www.404media.co
July 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
“The more they streamline its use, the more they streamline its abuse. When an officer says, ‘papers please,’ you could choose to say nothing and face the consequences; with face recognition, your options are diminished,” EFF’s @maassive.bsky.social told @404media.co.
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This new policy basically means all immigrants have no due process rights and can be detained indefinitely. Once again like the student detentions and like CECOT, the Trump administration is using immigration detention, which both parties built up, as a testing ground for its authoritarianism...
Exclusive: The Trump administration has declared that immigrants who arrived in the United States illegally are no longer eligible for a bond hearing as they fight deportation proceedings in court, according to documents reviewed by The Post.
ICE declares millions of undocumented immigrants ineligible for bond hearings
A memo from ICE’s acting director instructs officers to hold immigrants who entered the country illegally “for the duration of their removal proceedings,” which can take months or years.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
This new policy basically means all immigrants have no due process rights and can be detained indefinitely. Once again like the student detentions and like CECOT, the Trump administration is using immigration detention, which both parties built up, as a testing ground for its authoritarianism...
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Did BPD deploy surveillance drones at the 6/20 protest, violating their own policies and scrubbing it from public flight logs?
July 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Did BPD deploy surveillance drones at the 6/20 protest, violating their own policies and scrubbing it from public flight logs?
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In 2023, BPD purchased drones from DiCarlo Precision Instruments, Inc.
Members of the public at the protest on 6/20 reported to us that the drone they observed surveilling the protest and returning to BPD matched the drones available from DiCarlo.
www.dicarlotech.com/products/uav
Members of the public at the protest on 6/20 reported to us that the drone they observed surveilling the protest and returning to BPD matched the drones available from DiCarlo.
www.dicarlotech.com/products/uav
July 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
In 2023, BPD purchased drones from DiCarlo Precision Instruments, Inc.
Members of the public at the protest on 6/20 reported to us that the drone they observed surveilling the protest and returning to BPD matched the drones available from DiCarlo.
www.dicarlotech.com/products/uav
Members of the public at the protest on 6/20 reported to us that the drone they observed surveilling the protest and returning to BPD matched the drones available from DiCarlo.
www.dicarlotech.com/products/uav
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Drone flight logs are posted on BPD’s “New Technology Initiatives” page. Despite reports by members of the public seeing a drone fly low over the protest, then return to BPD, there is no drone flight on 6/20 in Upton in the logs.
www.baltimorepolice.org/resources-an...
www.baltimorepolice.org/resources-an...
July 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Drone flight logs are posted on BPD’s “New Technology Initiatives” page. Despite reports by members of the public seeing a drone fly low over the protest, then return to BPD, there is no drone flight on 6/20 in Upton in the logs.
www.baltimorepolice.org/resources-an...
www.baltimorepolice.org/resources-an...
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BPD using a drone for a reason other than those listed in the previous post is prohibited.
www.baltimorepolice.org/transparency...
www.baltimorepolice.org/transparency...
July 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
BPD using a drone for a reason other than those listed in the previous post is prohibited.
www.baltimorepolice.org/transparency...
www.baltimorepolice.org/transparency...
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Per BPD policy, units must go through an approval process to begin using drones. Only two units are currently authorized to use drones - SWAT and the Crime Scene Unit - and only for specific purposes. Protest surveillance isn’t one of them.
public.powerdms.com/BALTIMOREMD/...
public.powerdms.com/BALTIMOREMD/...
July 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Per BPD policy, units must go through an approval process to begin using drones. Only two units are currently authorized to use drones - SWAT and the Crime Scene Unit - and only for specific purposes. Protest surveillance isn’t one of them.
public.powerdms.com/BALTIMOREMD/...
public.powerdms.com/BALTIMOREMD/...
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On June 20, protesters seeking justice following the BPD killing of Bilal Abdullah reported seeking a drone hovering overhead before it flew back to BPD officers nearby.
If BPD used a drone for surveillance of the protest, that was a significant breach of their own policy and promises.
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If BPD used a drone for surveillance of the protest, that was a significant breach of their own policy and promises.
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July 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
On June 20, protesters seeking justice following the BPD killing of Bilal Abdullah reported seeking a drone hovering overhead before it flew back to BPD officers nearby.
If BPD used a drone for surveillance of the protest, that was a significant breach of their own policy and promises.
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If BPD used a drone for surveillance of the protest, that was a significant breach of their own policy and promises.
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"The effort to improve policing with thoughtful reform & ever more money has led us directly to terrifying, open fascism, & laid the groundwork for a vicious, unrelenting police state."
www.everythingishorrible.net/p/we-need-to...
www.everythingishorrible.net/p/we-need-to...
We Need to Defund the Police to Fight Fascism
Moderates hate the slogan. But it’s more necessary than ever.
www.everythingishorrible.net
July 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
"The effort to improve policing with thoughtful reform & ever more money has led us directly to terrifying, open fascism, & laid the groundwork for a vicious, unrelenting police state."
www.everythingishorrible.net/p/we-need-to...
www.everythingishorrible.net/p/we-need-to...
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wrote about how defund the police just seems like a better and better idea given our current fascist nightmare. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/we-need-to...
We Need to Defund the Police to Fight Fascism
Moderates hate the slogan. But it’s more necessary than ever.
www.everythingishorrible.net
July 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
wrote about how defund the police just seems like a better and better idea given our current fascist nightmare. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/we-need-to...
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ICE raids push immigrant communities into the shadows, hindering environmental justice efforts, Amal Ahmed reports. Noncitizens may no longer feel safe showing up to public meetings to fight harmful local policies, advocates say.
prismreports.org/2025/07/10/i...
prismreports.org/2025/07/10/i...
ICE fears mute immigrant voices in environmental justice fight
Noncitizens may no longer feel safe showing up to public meetings to fight harmful local policies, advocates say
prismreports.org
July 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
ICE raids push immigrant communities into the shadows, hindering environmental justice efforts, Amal Ahmed reports. Noncitizens may no longer feel safe showing up to public meetings to fight harmful local policies, advocates say.
prismreports.org/2025/07/10/i...
prismreports.org/2025/07/10/i...
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For the past 20-plus years, virtually every worst-case scenario civil liberties advocates warned would happen again in the internet era—from commercialize surveillance to the rights-erasing chilling effect—has come true.
As I have been saying: we’re already under an authoritarian regime, the question is whether it will consolidate or not. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/u...
When Silence Speaks Volumes
www.nytimes.com
July 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
For the past 20-plus years, virtually every worst-case scenario civil liberties advocates warned would happen again in the internet era—from commercialize surveillance to the rights-erasing chilling effect—has come true.