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This administration is committing Watergate level crimes multiple times per weekβ€”and those are the ones we know about. It’s crazy to think about what else will come out after.

It’s absolutely essential these criminals are held responsible for their crimes. We must end elite impunity.

11.03.2026 15:57 πŸ‘ 15567 πŸ” 3780 πŸ’¬ 625 πŸ“Œ 214

you know Bluesky exists in a new internet era, far from peak twitter era, when SXSW is something new to a critical mass of folks

11.03.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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From Flock to ICE, Here’s a Breakdown of How You’re Being Watched To better understand what exactly we’re looking at in this dystopian surveillance hellscape, 404 Media’s Jason Koebler and Joseph Cox joined Reddit's r/technology for an Ask Me Anything session.

From Flock's nationwide surveillance to ICE tools, we are being watched. Is there anyway to go back now?

"Police love telling each other about the new capabilities and tools that they've acquired, so this tech can spread from city to city very quickly."

A 404 Media guide to surveillance in 2026:

11.03.2026 14:34 πŸ‘ 401 πŸ” 208 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 6

I think this story is a really good example for people to look at when it comes to understanding bias at NYT. It's not that the reporter, Dana Rubinstein, says anything outright false. But the framing, word choices, etc., add up to an unprofessional and biased account.

10.03.2026 17:17 πŸ‘ 6771 πŸ” 1316 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 0

If only there was another war I could think of in recent memory involving the US in the Middle East, where regime change was promised, didn’t happen, victory was declared and then the whole thing was repeated catastrophically badly at a later date. πŸ€”

10.03.2026 07:38 πŸ‘ 5337 πŸ” 858 πŸ’¬ 189 πŸ“Œ 44

I thought that if you hurt somebody, especially if you kill their family, they just roll over and do whatever you want? Weird. Anyway, time to watch my favourite films: John Wick, Taken, Nobody, Kill Bill, Blue Ruin, Oldboy, The Equalizer, History of Violence, Mandy, I Saw the Devil (Thread 1/58)

10.03.2026 10:02 πŸ‘ 607 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tech guys who only read self help books struggling to understand Shii'ism and glorious martyrdom

10.03.2026 09:54 πŸ‘ 1260 πŸ” 150 πŸ’¬ 72 πŸ“Œ 58
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NBC’s Richard Engel: β€œThe White House meme campaign is outraging many former US military commanders… they say only someone who has never really seen combat would think it’s a joke and put out material like this.”

09.03.2026 16:33 πŸ‘ 16616 πŸ” 6927 πŸ’¬ 974 πŸ“Œ 505
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The fact that Donald Trump is going to try to subvert the 2026 elections doesn't mean he will be successful. We have shown before that we can fight back in court and win. The key is that we must educate everyone about what is going to happen and what they can do as well to defend democracy.

10.03.2026 02:37 πŸ‘ 4202 πŸ” 1373 πŸ’¬ 64 πŸ“Œ 38
tweet from Mark Meador @MeadorFTC on Mar 5

People who argue that age verification requires collecting and retaining massive troves of personal data are not operating in good faith. They're just paid by people who want to prey on your kids.

tweet from Mark Meador @MeadorFTC on Mar 5 People who argue that age verification requires collecting and retaining massive troves of personal data are not operating in good faith. They're just paid by people who want to prey on your kids.

Trump's FTC Chair posts that people opposing age-verification surveillance are just shills being "being paid by people who want to prey on your kids."

The lengths this administration goes to delegitimize dissent is staggering.

09.03.2026 22:48 πŸ‘ 616 πŸ” 222 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 32

The SAVE Act is a major attack on voting rights. It is not a genuine voter ID reform, but rather an attempt to suppress turnout in future elections.

09.03.2026 13:38 πŸ‘ 12010 πŸ” 3357 πŸ’¬ 400 πŸ“Œ 134
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Not trying to be hyperbolic, I fear we are on the cusp of a 9/11 type catastrophe that this regime is unwilling and unable to protect us from.

09.03.2026 19:24 πŸ‘ 13577 πŸ” 3779 πŸ’¬ 1288 πŸ“Œ 298

An enterprising citizen reporter could make a habit of contacting every warehouse for sale and commercial renting agent in town asking them if it was true they were planning on selling to ICE.

09.03.2026 23:05 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

An enterprising citizen reporter could make a habit of contacting every warehouse for sale and commercial renting agent in town asking them if it was true they were planning on selling to ICE.

09.03.2026 23:05 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

can't help but notice whose losses are expressed in dollars and whose losses are expressed in lives

09.03.2026 11:51 πŸ‘ 2171 πŸ” 523 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 6

If you’re roughly my age, it’s wild to reflect on the optimism for the future Americans felt when Obama was elected β€” young Americans spontaneously took to the streets to celebrate! β€” and contrast with what we face today. The falloff over the past 18 years is hard to process.

09.03.2026 15:56 πŸ‘ 30272 πŸ” 5123 πŸ’¬ 1722 πŸ“Œ 472
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@miamiherald.com

09.03.2026 11:20 πŸ‘ 6897 πŸ” 2779 πŸ’¬ 147 πŸ“Œ 149

I don’t care about Hillary Clinton or Kamala Harris. They asked a lot of us and they failed us in the end. They’re not our friendsβ€”they would have been our chosen antagonists *at best*

If you like these two ghouls, I don’t know what to tell you

08.03.2026 03:04 πŸ‘ 355 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 0

i am asking yet again how it is legal for a company to send me a letter saying "sorry somebody stole all your personal information from us and now they have all of your personal information. sucks to be you! bye!" and then they receive no consequences and it happens again a week later

08.03.2026 15:27 πŸ‘ 3443 πŸ” 555 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 36

So, who still believes Epstein killed himself?

08.03.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 3074 πŸ” 539 πŸ’¬ 499 πŸ“Œ 81
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TAPPER: You know that if you vote against an additional $50 billion of funding for operations in Iran, that vote will be cast as you voting against the troops.

CHRIS MURPHY: Come on. The American people do not want this war. If you support the troops, you should be voting against this war.

08.03.2026 13:36 πŸ‘ 17183 πŸ” 4038 πŸ’¬ 1593 πŸ“Œ 865
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At Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, AP Reports Camp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves.

Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.

07.03.2026 21:00 πŸ‘ 9297 πŸ” 6071 πŸ’¬ 608 πŸ“Œ 1540

Only hope really is this mask off era results in another worldwide recoiling in horror from hate and fascism and war

07.03.2026 17:26 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There is a legal provision in immigration law that someone married to a US citizen can stay in the US while there visa is pending. Immigration officials have long recognized it to allow residency during the wait time. The DHS has just stopped following this part of the law.

07.03.2026 13:24 πŸ‘ 4725 πŸ” 1781 πŸ’¬ 69 πŸ“Œ 41

A lot of people need to give a hard look at what β€œglobal policeman” actually indicates for America given what police in America actually do

07.03.2026 06:16 πŸ‘ 240 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2
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How we tested and evaluated AI-generated dance videos – The Markup None of the videos produced by the leading AI platforms showed the actual dances we requested.

None of the videos produced by the leading AI platforms showed the actual dances we requested.

07.03.2026 08:00 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I planned to share my report on the body cam footage early next week when I learned that a DC news station had obtained some of the footage as a result of my lawsuit and they were going to scoop me. After working on this for a year, I couldn't let that happen. Published 2 mins before they aired :)

06.03.2026 23:10 πŸ‘ 8247 πŸ” 2105 πŸ’¬ 96 πŸ“Œ 38

A lot of people need to give a hard look at what β€œglobal policeman” actually indicates for America given what police in America actually do

07.03.2026 06:16 πŸ‘ 240 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2
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Bodycam video contradicts ICE claims in fatal shooting of U.S. citizen Ruben Ray Martinez in Texas Video of last year's fatal shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez obtained by CBS News appears to contradict claims that Martinez was shot by an ICE agent because he "accelerated" and "intentionally ran over"...

DHS claimed "an ICE agent had fired 'defensive shots' into Martinez's vehicle after Martinez 'intentionally ran over' another agent."

But body cam video now "shows that Martinez's vehicle, a blue Ford Fusion, was stationary or going at a very low rate of speed when he was fatally shot."

07.03.2026 00:59 πŸ‘ 5310 πŸ” 2421 πŸ’¬ 97 πŸ“Œ 154