fascism

<p><a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> agent fatally shot a motorist in <a href="/tags/houston/" rel="tag">#Houston</a>, <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> Tuesday during an attempt by officers to stop the man&#x27;s vehicle, according to ICE [so, probably BS].<br>The man shot to death was identified as Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, described by ICE as a Mexican national &amp; &quot;illegal alien&quot; who attempted to evade arrest ​during a &quot;targeted enforcement operation&quot; by federal immigration officers.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/useofforce/" rel="tag">#UseOfForce</a> <a href="/tags/extrajudicialkillings/" rel="tag">#ExtraJudicialKillings</a> <a href="/tags/murder/" rel="tag">#murder</a> <a href="/tags/sturmabteilung/" rel="tag">#Sturmabteilung</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a><br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ice-agent-fatally-shoots-mexican-motorist-texas-during-vehicle-stop-agency-says-2026-07-07/?utm_source=braze&amp;utm_medium=notifications&amp;utm_campaign=2025_engagement" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/world/us/ice-agent-fatally-shoots-mexican-motorist-texas-during-vehicle-stop-agency-says-2026-07-07/?utm_source=braze&amp;utm_medium=notifications&amp;utm_campaign=2025_engagement"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/world/us/ice-a</span><span class="invisible">gent-fatally-shoots-mexican-motorist-texas-during-vehicle-stop-agency-says-2026-07-07/?utm_source=braze&amp;utm_medium=notifications&amp;utm_campaign=2025_engagement</span></a></p>

<p>Important monolog from the mini-series &quot;Years and Years&quot;: she makes the point that we&#x27;re all to blame, as individuals, for the mess the world is in, because we put convenience over and above things that really matter. And as a result, we got fascism, enshittification, climate change and all the rest.</p><p>Years And Years - speech (vostfr) - YouTube <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbDFaW1ztww" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbDFaW1ztww"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbDFaW</span><span class="invisible">1ztww</span></a></p><p>Highly recommended series, if now dated. Ref.: <br><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8694364/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.imdb.com/title/tt8694364/</a></p><p><a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#Fascism</a> <a href="/tags/enshittification/" rel="tag">#Enshittification</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#meme</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#humor</a> <a href="/tags/communism/" rel="tag">#communism</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/liberalism/" rel="tag">#liberalism</a> <a href="/tags/liberal/" rel="tag">#liberal</a> <a href="/tags/socialism/" rel="tag">#socialism</a> <a href="/tags/antifa/" rel="tag">#antifa</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/depol/" rel="tag">#depol</a> <a href="/tags/demokratie/" rel="tag">#demokratie</a> <a href="/tags/democrat/" rel="tag">#democrat</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/democratic/" rel="tag">#democratic</a></p>

<p>A January 2026 investigation by Texas Observer revealed that these four businesses have links to Patriot Front, the white supremacist group that marched in Washington, D.C. during the America 250 weekend. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/revealed-four-businesses-patriot-front-north-texas/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/revealed-four-businesses-patriot-front-north-texas/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/revealed</span><span class="invisible">-four-businesses-patriot-front-north-texas/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/racism/" rel="tag">#racism</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/america250/" rel="tag">#America250</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/northtexas/" rel="tag">#NorthTexas</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a></p>

<p>RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/116882174630299627" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/116882174630299627"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@sundogplanets</span><span class="invisible">/116882174630299627</span></a></p><p>I wish we could hold all the regulators and pols that let Musk get away with things one after the other for decades accountable.</p><p>These jerks were testing boundaries - what can we get away with? Public beta test of auto-pilot cars? No problem. Proposing &quot;innovative&quot; car tunnels simply to take money away from funding public transit? Sure.</p><p>Every thing this feckless fuck has done has been acting as if he were a state unto himself while the people the public entrusted to protect the public interest sold us out.</p><p><a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#Fascism</a> <a href="/tags/techbros/" rel="tag">#Techbros</a> <a href="/tags/corruption/" rel="tag">#Corruption</a></p>

<p>Okay, LISTEN UP</p><p>DO NOT BUY LG.</p><p>Not ANYTHING LG.</p><p>Not only are they actively spying on you, not only have they updated their TOS to include requiring you to NOTIFY GUESTS ABOUT WIRETAPPING LAW, on Windows they&#x27;re pushing ADWARE through WINDOWS UPDATE along with their monitor drivers - including on OLD monitors.</p><p>Gamers Nexus has all the deets:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9uefFYe6bM" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9uefFYe6bM"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9uefF</span><span class="invisible">Ye6bM</span></a></p><p>DO NOT BUY LG PRODUCTS.</p><p>GN had a three-year-old monitor get an &quot;update&quot; that was adware. It wasn&#x27;t even part of their investigation. It just happened to come in while they were investigating.</p><p>DO NOT BUY LG PRODUCTS.</p><p><a href="/tags/adware/" rel="tag">#adware</a> <a href="/tags/spyware/" rel="tag">#spyware</a> <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#surveillance</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/lg/" rel="tag">#LG</a> <a href="/tags/fucklg/" rel="tag">#FuckLG</a> <a href="/tags/donotbuy/" rel="tag">#DoNotBuy</a> <a href="/tags/boycott/" rel="tag">#boycott</a></p>

<p>RE: <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/116925212300259838" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/116925212300259838"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/1</span><span class="invisible">16925212300259838</span></a></p><p>Slow hand wave to everyone who told us we were being hyperbolic and “he can’t because the Constitution says…” as if the Constitution were anything more than ink on paper without anyone to enforce it.</p><p>Their actions for this entire Trump 2.0 have been completely unconcerned with the unpopularity of their agenda because they don&#x27;t intend to allow elections to remove them from office. </p><p>I remind my American friends, removing this fascist regime only gets harder from here. Do not look away. Organize. Act. </p><p>The power is with the people. </p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#Fascism</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/elections/" rel="tag">#Elections</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#Democracy</a> <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a></p>

<p>This is one of the most chilling manipulative lie I have read in a while. And I have read a lot of chilling manipulative lies from that American administration:</p><p>“When the leftist protests that we are violating his rights, understand that he is lying to try to persuade people who are not closely following the political scene that some injustice has been perpetrated against him. We must stay the course and be completely unflinching in the pursuit of justice against these enemies of civilization.”</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/16/political-violence-event-trump-marco-rubio" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/16/political-violence-event-trump-marco-rubio"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/us-news/20</span><span class="invisible">26/jul/16/political-violence-event-trump-marco-rubio</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#Fascism</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#Authoritarianism</a></p>

<p>In case there was any doubt, <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> is fully condoning the <a href="/tags/extrajudicialkillings/" rel="tag">#ExtraJudicialKillings</a> by <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a>.</p><p>Federal Agents Were Told <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> Will No Longer Investigate ICE “Confrontations”</p><p>Senior officials deny such a change is in the works, despite guidance shared with agents around the country in recent days.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/murder/" rel="tag">#murder</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/excessiveforce/" rel="tag">#ExcessiveForce</a> <a href="/tags/useofforce/" rel="tag">#UseOfForce</a> <a href="/tags/policebrutality/" rel="tag">#PoliceBrutality</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/abuseofpower/" rel="tag">#AbuseOfPower</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#Tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/mafiastate/" rel="tag">#MafiaState</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/sturmabteilung/" rel="tag">#Sturmabteilung</a> <a href="/tags/whitesupremacy/" rel="tag">#WhiteSupremacy</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/us/politics/fbi-ice-agents-investigations-shootings.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/us/politics/fbi-ice-agents-investigations-shootings.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/fbi-ice-agents-investigations-shootings.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share</span></a></p>

<p>《Now, after 46 years of contestation and roadblocks, the nation is less literate than it was 155 years ago.》</p><p>An uneducated population is easy to manipulate and ultimately control. Don&#x27;t be so surprised that the US is ruled by an evil orange king.</p><p><a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/literacy/" rel="tag">#Literacy</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/corruption/" rel="tag">#Corruption</a> <a href="/tags/autocracy/" rel="tag">#Autocracy</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#Tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/dictatorship/" rel="tag">#Dictatorship</a> <a href="/tags/nokings/" rel="tag">#NoKings</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#Fascism</a> <a href="/tags/dirtypoliticians/" rel="tag">#DirtyPoliticians</a> <a href="/tags/nazi/" rel="tag">#Nazi</a> <a href="/tags/crimesagainsthumanity/" rel="tag">#CrimesAgainstHumanity</a> <a href="/tags/resetsociety/" rel="tag">#ResetSociety</a></p><p><a href="https://usareads.org/the-literacy-crisis-in-america/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="usareads.org/the-literacy-crisis-in-america/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">usareads.org/the-literacy-cris</span><span class="invisible">is-in-america/</span></a></p>

<p>finished watching <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&q=https://eggplant.place/movie/13fEcUnKgOKjeNLEATmdu8" rel="nofollow">Anniversary</a> <br>A cautionary tale about the USA going full fascist (I know, I&#x27;m not downplaying Trump) over... a book? written by an intellectual? How about making the ideology delivery mechanism be... IDK, tweets from a reality show celebrity? That, I would believe.</p><p>In all seriousness, I don&#x27;t know if this movie gets how fascists and fascism work, but I&#x27;ll give it a 👍 for trying.</p><p>I did like that the movement is backed by a corporation, they got that partially right.</p><p><a href="/tags/pol/" rel="tag">#pol</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/capitalism/" rel="tag">#capitalism</a><br></p>

<p>Today, Mullvad and their fascist co-owner Daniel Berntsson each published an excuse essay. Excuses for why supporting fascists is okay.</p><p>I wrote about how they failed, with receipts for how their sorry-not-sorry essays align with Nazi Germany.</p><p><a href="https://markwrites.io/mullvad-and-daniel-berntssons-failed-cleanup/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="markwrites.io/mullvad-and-daniel-berntssons-failed-cleanup/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">markwrites.io/mullvad-and-dani</span><span class="invisible">el-berntssons-failed-cleanup/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/mullvad/" rel="tag">#Mullvad</a> <a href="/tags/danielberntsson/" rel="tag">#DanielBerntsson</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#Fascism</a> <a href="/tags/nazis/" rel="tag">#Nazis</a> <a href="/tags/zerotolerance/" rel="tag">#ZeroTolerance</a></p>

<p>California and Colorado legislated that Linux distributions, being free and open-source, are exempt from the age verification in operating systems, unless they are proprietary like SteamOS (and Windows).</p><p>Too bad the systemd developers already complied with fascism in advance before the bills were even finalized.</p><p>Will Lennart Poettering and his followers now please remove the birthDate field from systemd?</p><p>P.S.: If you reply with any variation of &quot;You need to calm down,&quot; I will block you.</p><p><a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/colorado-and-california-age-verification-bills-exempt-open-source-operating-systems/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/colorado-and-california-age-verification-bills-exempt-open-source-operating-systems/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/</span><span class="invisible">colorado-and-california-age-verification-bills-exempt-open-source-operating-systems/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#surveillance</a> <a href="/tags/ageverification/" rel="tag">#AgeVerification</a> <a href="/tags/linux/" rel="tag">#Linux</a> <a href="/tags/systemd/" rel="tag">#systemd</a></p>

<p>For the &quot;shall not be abridged&quot; 2nd Amendment crowd:</p><p>&quot;No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.&quot;<br>- 14th Amendment</p><p><a href="/tags/usconstitution/" rel="tag">#USConstitution</a> <a href="/tags/dueprocess/" rel="tag">#DueProcess</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#Fascism</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/cbp/" rel="tag">#CBP</a> <a href="/tags/federalterrorism/" rel="tag">#FederalTerrorism</a> <a href="/tags/papersplease/" rel="tag">#PapersPlease</a></p>