This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.

A citizen.

Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.

"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.

Agents took and sold his phone

And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.

I am absolutely not a fan of this man, that said, he’s completely correct and the messaging here is 💯

"Gandalf's the crazy person who wants to start a war, and Mordor is this technological civilization based on reason and science. Outside of Mordor, it's all sort of mystical and environmental and nothing works."

"I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible."
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"For Thiel, ambition like this - outsize, contrarian, vaguely seditious - is nothing new."

"A devoted J.R.R. Tolkien fan from an early age, Thiel is equally enamored with a retelling of The Lord of the Rings in which Sauron is a beleaguered victim."
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The interview was first published in Details Magazine by journalist Jonathan Miles.

In "The Billionaire King of Techtopia" Thiel appears in the image of a crown.

"Forget start-up companies. The next frontier is start-up countries."
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THE INTERVIEW PETER THIEL SCRUBBED FROM THE INTERNET
Billionaire oligarch Peter Thiel gave an interview in 2011, in which he tipped his hand about his anti-democratic plans and neo-monarchist philosophies.
Since then, Thiel has erased the document from the internet.
We obtained a physical copy.
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I follow French politics a lot, as many of you know. Any effort for mass layoffs of public sector employees there would create such huge strikes and marches, the level of disruption and paralysis would be biblical.

Jim Acosta: I think the AP should consider whether or not to sue the administration… and the rest of the press corps should start seriously considering whether it’s worth sending everyone into the Oval Office, onto Air Force One, or into the briefing room.

Hey Kristin! It's great to hear from you! How are you doing?

Congrats, America. We're now on Putin's side.

Thanks for thinking of me @kresowik.bsky.social thanks for thinking of me Mark @whitneybauck.bsky.social I am a fungi nerd, and have come across articles about Chinese mushroom culture and am interested in it. But would need to look for them again. Their history with Reishi is especially interesting

"Some may seek to deny or delay the clean energy revolution that's underway in America, but nobody — nobody — can reverse it," Biden said. But Trump has vowed to roll back those plans.

We're up against some very malicious forces. Timothy Snyder describes how a disinformation campaign impacted this and recent US elections and why we need to be prepared for this.

The Phantom Campaign: Digital Oligarchy vs. the Democratic Future snyder.substack.com/p/the-phanto...

It's hard to imagine how we can realistically address this given where things are at with media, big tech, and politics.... but I haven't read the article yes. Maybe there are some good ideas in there?

Most Texas school board candidates who support book bans lost their elections

The House Ethics Committee was set to vote this week on releasing a report about Matt Gaetz (R-Florida), who resigned from Congress on Wednesday after being picked as President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general, according to four people familiar with the matter.