Why #Minnesota matters: Sharing risk and leadership of the #resistance.
“…your private #ICE army — “governed by strength” and “force” — was sent packing by a bunch of moms and dads armed only with cellphone cameras and whistles, ready to walk out on a freezing morning in bathrobes and bunny slippers, to defend their neighbors, some of whom they barely knew.”
#Iran #war #AI #disinformation #propaganda #GiftArticle
'The New York Times identified over 110 unique A.I.-generated images and videos from the past two weeks about the war in the Middle East. '
“The principle is obvious,” he said. “If it was illegal to collect my money, I would certainly like to have my illegally collected money returned to me.”
“Dragging someone through the courts and causing them to lose their job and doxxing them—that’s the point,” he said. “If they get a conviction, even better.”
ChatGPT and willing collaborators were instrumental in destroying US government funding for the #humanities https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/arts/humanities-endowment-doge-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.RlA.jbYx.eh38_ffP7bXo&smid=url-share #science #GiftArticle #doge
#Iran #war #disinformation #propaganda #GiftArticle
'It is waging an information war parallel to the real-world fighting, blending fact and fiction, often using unproven claims and fake videos generated using artificial intelligence.'
…documents recently viewed by The Atlantic show that behind the scenes, the company now known as #Meta was divided on whether protecting #kids should take precedence over user #growth & #engagement. For years, the company only incrementally rolled out restrictive #safety features, even as its own staff detailed the #risks its platforms posed to #children.
#SocialMedia #law #regulation #moderation #CorporateResponsibility #tech #accountability #MentalHealth
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/02/meta-child-safety-documents-instagram/686163/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxWSCYdKv4tQkSIEfVn-0u8k
Here come the #ConcentrationCamps
#ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning #warehouses into “#DetentionCenters”
Documents released Thursday offer the most complete picture to date of the #Trump admin’s controversial & costly plan to overhaul immigrant detention using industrial buildings.
#law #immigration #HumanRights #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Dictatorship #Fascism #Nazis #Tyranny #SocialCleansing #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy
https://wapo.st/3OfarSk
The #Obama Meme on #Trump’s Truth Social Was Exactly What It Looked Like
The White House took 12 hours to remove a video depicting the former president & his wife as apes.
#racism #WhiteSupremacy #unfit
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/02/trump-truth-social-obama-ape/685913/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxWVNqI4Bn7UJhCq4iNhSBo8
#Minneapolis #AI #disinformation #PublicTrust #GiftArticle
'The influencers behind some of the most pernicious digital lies... are now emboldened, promoted on major platforms and even mimicked by some of the most powerful people in the country.'
The scale of concentration camps that Trump and buddies are planning to build is really quite enormous.
City Prosecutors Join Forces to Bring Charges Against #FederalAgents
9 progressive #prosecutors from cities around the country are launching a coalition to assist in prosecuting federal law enforcement officers who violate #state #laws, one of the prosecutors, Larry Krasner in Philadelphia, said Tues.
#law #FAFO #federalism #10thAmendment #FederalGovernment #Trump #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #MadKing
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/prosecutors-charges-against-federal-agents.html?unlocked_article_code=1.H1A.wZbM.U_sYBDJs6yu9&smid=nytcore-ios-share
Yes, It’s #Fascism
Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many & too strong to deny.
By Jonathan Rauch
#Trump #UnitedStates #democracy #Constitution #law
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/america-fascism-trump-maga-ice/685751/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxfkcmlWcc1rtoivHvxtVB5E
What the Public Memory of #CharlieKirk Revealed
For those who felt denigrated by his rhetoric, the bipartisan tributes to him as a champion of free speech augured something dangerous: the #mainstreaming of formerly #extremist views.
By Nikole Hannah-Jones
#GiftArticle
🚨Trump plans to create #military reaction force for *civil unrest*
The #Trump admin is evaluating plans that would establish a “Domestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction Force” composed of hundreds of #NationalGuard #troops tasked with rapidly deploying into #US cities facing #protests or other unrest, acc/to internal #Pentagon docs reviewed by WaPo.
#law #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #Autocracy #democracy #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest #FreeSpeech
https://wapo.st/46UGmic
The Risks of Being Liberal
MENTAL HEALTH
#GIFTARTICLE
#mentalhalth #depression #happiness #conservatives #liberals
From Jamelle Bouie:
"This Whole King Trump Thing Is Getting Awfully Literal" #giftarticle:
A totally normal candidate.
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