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josephmbrown.bsky.social @josephmbrown.bsky.social · 6d

On the one hand, it’s unhinged fascist cosplay. On the other hand, he’s communicating to his masked shock troops that the gloves are off and they can do whatever they want. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVC_...

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller on task force in Memphis

YouTube video by WREG News Channel 3

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josephmbrown.bsky.social @josephmbrown.bsky.social · 12d

Medals for massacring Indigenous babies. There’s your Friday headline. www.newsweek.com/pete-hegseth...

Pete Hegseth Letting Wounded Knee Soldiers Keep Medals Sparks Fury

Secretary Hegseth has said American soldiers awarded the Medal of Honor after the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre will keep their medals.

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josephmbrown.bsky.social @josephmbrown.bsky.social · 13d

Could there have been a worse pick for HHS secretary?

josephmbrown.bsky.social @josephmbrown.bsky.social · 15d

This is what the ICE surge in Massachusetts looks like. Masked agents holding a 5 year old autistic girl hostage until her father surrenders to them. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

ICE held 5-year-old autistic girl in Massachusetts to pressure father to surrender, family says

The girl's father, Edward Hip, has lived in the United States for the last 22 years, according to his wife.

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Richard, Democratic activist, ❌👑 @resist4747.bsky.social · 21d

Violent far-right extremist have been responsible for 94 of the 108 terrorism fatalities (87 percent) in the United States in the past five years. This included 2022, when 18 of the 19 fatalities occurred during far-right terrorist attacks.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...

Opinion | ‘We Will Do It in Charlie’s Name’

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 23d

RFKJ intentionally creates doubt, weaponizes the public’s scientific ignorance, and pushes a false balance between fringe ideas and scientific consensus.

His fake skepticism encourages harm against children while saying he’s protecting them.

It would be malpractice if he were actually a doctor.

thehill.com

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josephmbrown.bsky.social @josephmbrown.bsky.social · 24d

⁦‪I spoke with @onofftherecord.bsky.social ‬⁩ about the collapse of the Stop Cop City RICO prosecution. Georgia politicians had a legitimacy problem & tried to fix it by indicting their critics. The problem is, even to abuse the law, you have to read it first. They didn’t.

Timothy Pratt @onofftherecord.bsky.social · 25d

Georgia AG Chris Carr has failed in biggest attempt ever to use RICO ag't a protest mvt. Why, and what does it mean?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
@micahh.bsky.social @dnbrgr.bsky.social @equalityalec.bsky.social @alexvitale.bsky.social @stopcopcity.bsky.social

Prosecutors’ ‘Cop City’ case collapses as judge tosses Rico conspiracy charges

Two-year attempt to prosecute opponents of police training center on criminal conspiracy charges ends in failure

www.theguardian.com

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Timothy Pratt @onofftherecord.bsky.social · 25d

Georgia AG Chris Carr has failed in biggest attempt ever to use RICO ag't a protest mvt. Why, and what does it mean?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
@micahh.bsky.social @dnbrgr.bsky.social @equalityalec.bsky.social @alexvitale.bsky.social @stopcopcity.bsky.social

Prosecutors’ ‘Cop City’ case collapses as judge tosses Rico conspiracy charges

Two-year attempt to prosecute opponents of police training center on criminal conspiracy charges ends in failure

www.theguardian.com

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 28d

We are live with today's Cop City RICO motions hearings, where Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kevin Farmer is expected to dismiss counts one and three of the indictment.

Cop City RICO Motions Hearing | Wednesday, Sep. 9

YouTube video by Atlanta Community Press Collective

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josephmbrown.bsky.social @josephmbrown.bsky.social · 28d

Good news! A judge has thrown out most of the Cop City RICO indictment! Georgia’s AG lacked authority to bring Counts 1 & 3, accounting for most of the defendants. The state will appeal & a subset of defendants still face terrorism charges, but this win is something to celebrate.

Atlanta Solidarity Fund @atlsolfund.bsky.social · 29d

The Cop City RICO is in crisis. Judge Farmer plans to throw out the bulk of the case on the reasoning that the Georgia Attorney General's office was not invited by the Fulton DA (Fani Willis) to bring the case, so it lacks constitutional authority to prosecute.

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josephmbrown.bsky.social @josephmbrown.bsky.social · Sep 4

The Secretary of Health and Human Services says he doesn’t know how Americans have died from COVID.

josephmbrown.bsky.social @josephmbrown.bsky.social · Sep 2

Stephen Miller and his secret police can own your phone with this tool. Chilling. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps

Trump administration contract with Paragon Solutions gives immigration agency access to one of the most powerful stealth cyberweapons

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josephmbrown.bsky.social @josephmbrown.bsky.social · Aug 29

Just as colleges and universities are starting up for fall, we get rumblings of an ICE surge in Boston.

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josephmbrown.bsky.social @josephmbrown.bsky.social · Aug 18

Si vis Lugosi, para Bela.

josephmbrown.bsky.social @josephmbrown.bsky.social · Aug 16

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/t...

Judge Blocks F.T.C. Investigation of Media Matters

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · Aug 6

Michael Thurmond, the former DeKalb County CEO who defied a judge's order and closed a public park by executive order to facilitate a "Cop City" land swap, is now running for Georgia governor.

Here's a 2024 Atlanta Press Club Award-nominated photo essay by @nonmodernist.com for @thexylom.com :

Perspective: A Walk through Weelaunee Forest

The trees, the birds, the fungi, and the dirt—none of them care if the Mayor of Atlanta denies they exist.

www.thexylom.com

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josephmbrown.bsky.social @josephmbrown.bsky.social · Aug 6

I get that he kicked his own drug habit, and that’s great. But his takeaway from that experience seems to have been “prevent else from accessing actual medicine that happens to come in needles.”

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Aug 6

Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. has called off nearly $500 million in grants and contracts aimed at advancing mRNA vaccine development. This technology, first deployed during the Covid19 pandemic, allows vaccines to be produced rapidly and adapted as viruses evolve. His brain worms are getting worse!

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · Aug 5

It's been nearly two and a half years since 23 people were charged with domestic terrorism at a Stop Cop City music festival. But they haven't been indicted. One of those people, Jamie Marsicano, will appear in DeKalb County Court on Wednesday to argue that her charge should be dismissed.