Trump is no Napoleon.
Excerpt from 'Jacquard's Web' on Joseph-Marie Jacquard, who pre-dated IBM over a century in using punched cards to issue instructions to machines.
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#uspol #politics
Making the job bad news:
Suppose that when an ICE agent tries to arrest someone, state and local officials demand to see their identification and the warrant for arresting that person. If the agent fails to provide one, the state law-enforcement officer could say: "Since you are apparently not working for the federal government and have no arrest warrant for this person, I have to assume you are a common criminal trying to kidnap someone. Kidnapping is a state crime. You are under arrest. You have the right to remain silent, etc." Then the ICE agent is handcuffed, taken away and charged with kidnapping. ICE agents who break down doors to gain entry to buildings and can't prove they are federal agents following lawful orders could be arrested for burglary or breaking and entering under state laws. Having states aggressively enforce their own laws against individual agents and doing their best to not have them released on bail changes the incentive structure for wanting to work for ICE. How many headlines do there have to be saying: "ICE agent arrested for kidnapping and held without bail" before many agents start looking for other jobs?
The whole article on how to defeat #Trump #blackmail is excellent. Please boost so the idea takes hold, especially if you k ow people in state and local law enforcement.
“Alito doesn’t deny the flag was flying upside down, doesn’t deny its meaning, doesn’t express any disapproval for it and doesn’t disavow it.”
This wasn’t a random period of time. It was AFTER January 6 and BEFORE the inauguration.
ITS A SYMBOL OF INSURRECTION.
A Justice has never made a more persuasive case for the Legislature to kick them out on their ass for bad behavior than has Alito.
#uspol #politics #uspolitics #law #lawfedi #legal #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt
“The Board and the Governor have put their politics over justice and made a mockery of our legal system.”
Yesterday, Governor Greg Abbott issued a full pardon for Daniel Perry, who killed Garrett Foster, a protester at a Black Lives Matter march in 2020. Special Investigative Correspondent @stevanzetti explains all the context the governor ignored: https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-pardon-daniel-perry-garrett-foster/
#news #politics #USpol #GregAbbott #BlackLivesMatter #protest #GunViolence #Texas
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This part of the Nobel committee's statement hits.
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2025/press-release/
#politics #NobelPeacePrize
Latest comic: What does not belong?
#cartoon #comic #politics #democracy #firstamendment #monarchy #authoritarianism #uspol
More of this, please.
Also, for those of you who have been asking what the point of the #NoKings protests is: among many other things, this is. It's no coincidence that this letter was published two days after seven million people got off their asses to protest against Trump. More Republicans are going to start turning against Trump because they see that the country is not on his side. Changing the narrative is incredibly important.
#politics #USPol
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/my-last-day-as-an-accomplice-of-the-republican-party-miles-bruner
#POTUS #Biden Issues #ExecutiveOrder to Temporarily Seal the #Border to #Asylum Seekers
The move shows how drastically #immigration #politics have shifted in the #UnitedStates. The ACLU said it planned to challenge the order in court.
#law
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/04/us/politics/biden-executive-order-border-asylum.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&u2g=c&pvid=842FAC82-74E9-4568-964E-17F923835645&sgrp=c-cb
After we broke the story of the #ICE lawyer with a white supremacist X account, no one seems to be able to tell us whether James Rodden still works with the agency. Even Congress can't get answers. https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-white-supremacist-x-account-veasey-answers/
#racism #fascism #genocide #law #Dallas #NorthTexas #Texas #Immigration #politics #USpol #news #Trump
New from José Luis Martínez: Last year, state investigators faced the highest number of paycheck complaints in nine years and a prior internal audit noted that it typically took months just for complaints to be assigned to an investigator. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-workers-wage-theft-complaints-surge/
#labor #workers #poverty #Texas #politics #USpol #news #economy
Huh. This shot from May of 2019 surfaced in a Photos memory today. Wonder why? #politics #Photography
“Of all people, you have a #disability so you can relate, I hope.”
Out today from Austin Free Press: Disability rights activists protested outside the Governor's Mansion, for the "liberation" of more people from institutions, marking the anniversary of a key #SCOTUS decision:
https://austinfreepress.org/wheres-abbott-austin-disability-activists-picket-one-of-their-own-at-governors-mansion/
#news #politics #activism #health #HumanRights #disabled #protest #GregAbbott #USpol #politics #law #CivilRights
The AI industry wants us to believe AI superintelligence is the real threat from generative AI.
But that narrative was crafted to distract from the many ways genAI is being used to tear our societies apart, as we saw this week when a deepfake video rocked the Irish election. It must be reined in.
https://disconnect.blog/generative-ai-is-a-societal-disaster/
In the next time I will probably bring political content more often because it concerns the survival of democracy. So as not to annoy you too much, I was thinking about whether to hide/CW or hashtag the content.
I decided in favour of the hashtag PolFR, which you can filter out in your preferences. I won't hide these posts, anti-fascism has been far too quiet and invisible!
Of course, I'll don't forget nature. Even ecology is political: Fascism would kill the climate.
“It certainly seems like an issue that could be ripe for litigation because it’s right on its face discriminating against people for sexual orientation or #transgender status.”
Out today, from Kit @oconnell: Emails obtained from the #Texas Department of Agriculture reveal the turmoil caused by Sid Miller's transphobic dress code, which the Observer first revealed last year. https://www.texasobserver.org/sid-miller-transphobic-dress-code-emails/
#news #politics #agriculture #transphobia #LGBTQIA+ #USpol #law
读过 I Am America 🌕🌕🌑🌑🌑
这本书里 Stephen Colbert 这名伪共和党人给大家普及一下共和党基本盘的基本素质，也没什么（😛），就是一些厌女恐同仇外自大拥护父权好战的集大成者，本以为会很好笑的，但听他读出来整本书都是这种讽刺，而当我认识到美国确实有很多人一辈子坚定地信仰着这套我就笑不出来了，我还是喜欢听 Jon Steward 正面硬刚脱掉他们的遮羞布，Jon Steward 也助声演了，那段没认真听，考虑重新听听那段。
读过 I Am America 
https://neodb.social/book/1wkSjMvxRxmZxh8a7mlZ5k
这本书里 Stephen Colbert 这名伪共和党人给大家普及一下共和党基本盘的基本素质，也没什么（😛），就是一些厌女恐同仇外自大拥护父权好战的集大成者，本以为会很好笑的，但听他读出来整本书都是这种讽刺，而当我认识到美国确实有很多人一辈子坚定地信仰着这套我就笑不出来了，我还是喜欢听 Jon Steward 正面硬刚脱掉他们的遮羞布，Jon Steward 也助声演了，那段没认真听，考虑重新听听那段。
#humor #politics #sarcasm
Out today: Feeding #Texas estimates that its 20 member banks have lost a total of $57.6 million in federal funding cuts, and that’s only in immediate canceled funding. But this could actually be on the low end of the potential impact range. https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-cuts-texas-food-banks/
This is an amazing clip. Doug’s kids talking about what it’s like to be in Kamala’s family.
Compare with any single minute of Don Jr on camera.
#HarrisWalz2024 #JoyfulWarriors #TheBigWalzowski #TonicMasculinity
#TheWalzAbides
#KamalaHarris2024 #KHive #YesWeKam #MALA #MakeAmericaLaughAgain #MastodonForHarris #ThankYouJoe #USPol #Politics #Democracy
@kamalaharrisforpresidentnews
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What @AmeshiaCross says here is along the lines of what I have also said. I’ve said that @JoeBiden must not only run against a convicted felon—he must run against the ENTIRE REPUBLICAN PARTY. I’ve said this over and over. The @DNC must WAKE UP and GET SERIOUS. End the PASSIVITY.
“The records that we have received demonstrate that senior TDA officials were well aware of the potentially unlawful nature of their policy.”
Last year, I broke the story about the #Texas Department of Agriculture's transphobic dress code for @TexasObserver. Now, I'm back with internal emails showing the turmoil it caused, especially in the nutrition department: https://www.texasobserver.org/sid-miller-transphobic-dress-code-emails/
#news #politics #USpol #transphobia #agriculture #LGBTQIA+ #trans #homophobia #WorkersRights
I attended the Supreme Court of #Texas on Wednesday to help @deceleration cover a unique case involving #Indigenous religious freedom, pandemic restrictions on churches, and a cormorant rookery in a San Antonio park.
#politics #USpol #environment #ClimateChange #animals #news #law #religion #activism #SanAntonio #SouthTexas #trees
“When people can’t get their #SNAP, they’re going to go to the #food banks. There isn’t enough food in the food pantries to handle this need. I mean, they’re all saying we’re going to run out of food. There’s no way we can replace everybody’s SNAP benefits.” https://www.texasobserver.org/snap-benefits-shutdown-will-leave-hungry-students/