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Out now: The Triumph of Fear: Domestic Surveillance and Political Repression from McKinley through Eisenhower. Order direct from GU Press & use code TGUF to get 30% off: https://press.georgetown.edu/Book/The-Triumph-of-Fear Views mine alone.
And the U.S. did that and more when the Russians were in Afghanistan, including supporting individuals who would go on to commit acts of terrorism against the U.S. itself. Violent, "great power" rivalries are a plague on humanity.
Trump's efforts to suborn the #NationalGuard for political repression ops is not over. My latest, out now:
If your general counsel had done any homework on this, they'd know the entire #StopCopCity case by Georgia & US officials has been bogus from the start. Your company should challenge all US MLAT requests being laundered by Swiss authorities until a new USG that obeys the law returns to power.
No, it's not just "a matter for the Swiss authorities." Your organization should be putting max pressure on Swiss authorities to protect your customers rights from a US regime that routinely lies to U.S. judges about FBI et al's conduct. No US MLAT request should be given the benefit of the doubt.
“Evangelicals are missing from the halls of power. That’s a problem. The lack of evangelical Christians at America’s most prestigious institutions fuels mistrust.” Excerpt From “Opinion | Evangelicals are missing from the halls of power. That’s a problem.” Aaron M. Renn The Washington Post https://apple.news/ATJF-eGWhQMuuXvLnrj0ugQ This material may be protected by copyright.
Congratulations, WaPo, you did it, you published the worst take
All forms of government are organized tyrannies masquerading as legitimate under the banner of “ public safety”—including & especially the U.S. government. It’s just that in pre-Trump America it was, for most people, “tyranny-lite.
For my part, I'm amazed by how threatened English people felt by Quakers. Both High Church and Low Church hated them. And they might be annoying but they're pacifists; they're not going to make you join them by force!
If any federal entity demands @anthropic.com violate the Constitution or assist said agency/department in violating ANY provision of the Constitution directly or indirectly, @anthropic has a legal & fiduciary duty to refuse said demands. Failure to do so should result in corporate liquidation.
I think one of the most staggering industry shifts in my 16 years as a tech reporter is that it’s not become a question of “should our product help the government kill and/or surveil people?” but “to what extent?”
www.anthropic.com/news/where-s...
It’ll still be the Stephen miller DHS, who cares who the sock puppet is
Yes. My Baptist forebears were among them, which is why Virginia was a leader on the church-state separation issue during the debate on the Constitution given the persecution of Baptists in the Commonwealth. The insanity of "I kill you in the name of God" never ceases to amaze & appall me.
@proton.me Apologize for this outrage and pledge never to do it again or you can be certain I'll cancel my account & tell everyone I know why they should steer clear of your company. I'm done with "privacy first" tech companies lying to their users about surveillance state collaboration.
New from 404 Media: Proton Mail, the privacy-focused email service, gave authorities data that let the FBI unmask an anonymous 'Stop Cop City' protester. It was payment data linked to the anonymous email account. From that, FBI ID'd them, then tracked their movements www.404media.co/proton-mail-...
The Constitution would not have been ratified by the states absent the guarantees given by the Federalists that the first act of Congress would be passage of the Bill of Rights, which was drafted by a key member of the Convention--Madison. Hegseth is a federal official, hence my point.
Apparently, Hegseth excludes from "Western" civilization those not a Protestant evangelical/accelerationist--Catholics, Jews, agnostics, atheists, the undecided, pagans, etc. There's a reason the Founders included the establishment clause in the Constitution. People like Hegseth are the reason why.
ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.
They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.
This is honestly one of the most anti-Jewish things I’ve ever seen from the United States government.
If the government gets to decide if you have them, they're not human rights.
C’mon, man, we know drug gangs are anything but communist. Guys at the top hoover up all the cash.
See, e.g., Levitt and Venkatesh, (2000).
That’s right. Even my sarcasm has citations.
Sounds like the regime is employing a form of Soviet-style political officers at the Ministry of Injustice.
So, I had an interesting day.
Senator Lee wouldn't have gone public with this unless he knew Senate Surveillance State hawks were about to pull this little stunt. #FISA #surveillance #DHS #appropriations
And when you go to this website you have to opt-in to prevent them--in theory--from selling your personal browsing data. #Irony
Security researchers have revealed that signals from tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMSs), required in U.S. cars since 2007, can be used to track vehicles from 40-50 meters away using devices costing $100.
TPMSs send a unique sensor identifier that never changes during the lifetime of the tire.
One woman who called the State Department helpline looking for help said they told her to "stop ranting and raving" and hung up on her.
Another woman said they asked her how to spell Oman.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/t...
"Trump-Epstein regime" is a new one.
So.Much.Winning.
It appears that possible DHS agents or bounty hunters? (still unclear) fired a weapon towards protestors yesterday in Minneapolis. They were seen leaving the area in a white van with a fake business name and disconnected phone number.
Source of video: www.instagram.com/p/DVeSrXdDzN0/
An excellent argument for abolishing DHS in its entirety, including the TSA.
The political repression continuum can involve the ordinary (travel) and the beyond-the-pale (murder of protesters).
