#Trump seeks to mandate proof of #citizenship in #VoterRegistration

"Only about half of Americans have a U.S. passport, and only five states currently offer enhanced driver's licenses that show proof of citizenship."

By Jude Joffe-Block, March 26, 20251:09 AM ET

Excerpt: "#VotingRights advocates, however, warn outdated databases can erroneously list naturalized citizens as noncitizens. Past efforts by states to purge noncitizens from voter rolls have sometimes swept up eligible U.S. citizens.

"The executive order also seeks to stop states from counting mail or absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day but received after by withholding funding from states that allow such ballots to be counted.

"Proof of citizenship requirement

"Ahead of the 2024 election, Trump and his allies made baseless claims about the threat of noncitizens voting in large numbers.

"The current federal voter registration form asks registrants to swear, under penalty of perjury, that they are U.S. citizens and eligible to vote, and to provide a driver's license number, state ID number or Social Security number. Those who attempt to vote illegally can face prison time, fines or deportation. Past audits and studies have shown such cases are incredibly rare.

"Yet Republicans have made requiring documentary proof of citizenship a policy priority. The executive order borrows heavily from the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, known as the #SAVEAct, a Republican-backed bill. House Republicans have signaled that they intend to pass it in their chamber but it faces difficult odds in the Senate.

"The executive order shows #Trump isn't waiting for Congress. But legal experts say that he does not have the authority through #ExecutiveOrder to make such changes, and the order conflicts with existing #FederalVotingLaw.

"'It's illegal at many different levels,' said Sean Morales-Doyle, the voting rights director at the #BrennanCenter for Justice, a nonprofit that studies and advocates for voting rights. The order directs the #ElectionAssistanceCommission, a small, independent bipartisan agency, to make various changes, including to the federal #VoterRegistration form, but Morales-Doyle said the president can't tell that commission what to do.

"Requiring documentary proof of #citizenship would radically upend voter registration if such a mandate were to take effect.

"The order is explicit that applies to anyone who uses the federal voter registration form. What is less clear is if the order would also pressure states to require showing proof of citizenship with state registration forms, such as by #WithholdingFunds.

"The order only lists a limited number of ways to prove U.S. citizenship. The options given are a U.S. passport, an ID that complies with the #RealIDAct that shows citizenship or a military ID that shows citizenship. A fourth option is a valid government photo ID that 'indicates that the applicant is a United States citizen or if such identification is otherwise accompanied by proof of United States citizenship,' but does not say if a birth certificate would count."

Read more:
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/26/g-s1-55927/trump-voting-citizenship-executive-order

#TrumpIsABully #USPol #TrumpIsPutinsPuppet #Fascism #Authoritarianism #DictatorInChief
Are #LiteracyTests Next? #VoterDisenfranchisement #CharacteristicsOfFascism #SAVEAct #SAVEAmericaAct

Treating the #FCC like his own personal enforcer, #Trump said on social media Sunday that #NBC’s #KristenWelker would be “reported to the FCC for rebuke or punishment” over a TV segment he didn’t like.

In a separate post, Trump complained in all caps about “fake polls” & said “something must be done about it,” adding, “FCC to the rescue!”

#law #democracy #US #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #FreeSpeech #authoritarianism #dictatorship #MafiaState
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/30/politics/trump-kristen-welker-fcc-nbc

This week's comic on the folly of triangulating with oligarchs

#comic #cartoon #voting #uspol #oligarchy #democrats #elections #authoritarianism #corruption

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The trouble with oligarchy-curious Dems Actual Democrats aren’t inspired to vote for them Politician on TV: I’m so open-minded, I voted for all of Trump’s nominees, and I love data centers! Woman in chair: I’m staying home. Republicans won’t vote for them Voter at ballot box: A demon-CRAT? No way! Low-info swing voters aren’t concerned with performative “centrism” Guy walking out of convenience store with case of Brapp Lite: I just like the guy who yells. Triangulation: It finds the sweet spot! Consultant: We’ve zeroed in on one voter named Gus.

#Ministry - #FaithCollapsing (1989)

"you are the dead. remain exactly where you are. make no move until you are ordered."

"Ministry samples the film 1984, which tells the story of a dystopian society with a totalitarian regime that oppresses its citizens. This is an extract from the scene in which protagonist Winston Smith and his lover Julia, who have been hiding their illegal affair from the secret police, are raided by the regime. 'You are the dead' echoes Winston’s previous statement that 'we are the dead', as in their #totalitarian society, their choice to rebel is a self-imposed death sentence."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68DJCaqEpDc

#FridayNightMusic #IndustrialMusic #NineteenEightyFour
#80sMusic #BigBrother #BigBrotherIsWatchingYou #Fascism
#Disappeared #Authoritarianism #SurveillanceState #Surveillance #Palantir #USPol #WorldPol #Dystopian

[Thread] So, while I have an archive of all my TurdSite posts in case I get kicked off (I've been trying), it is convenient to scroll through images and see when I posted things. I found some very prescient posts. As if I knew all of this would come to pass. It's weird to actually have a record of my "predictions", but there you go...

#TrumpSucks #FascismAhead #Authoritarianism #AuthoritarianRule #Memes

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A yellow warning sign on a pole, with a field, dirt road, and cloudy sky in the background. The words on the sign read: "FASCISM AHEAD"

#StarsAndStripes employees sue #Pentagon over firings at #military #newspaper

The publication’s publisher, its editor in chief & a reporter allege that the government violated their #FirstAmendment rights to #FreeSpeech.

#law #Constitution #FreePress #Trump #Hegseth #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/08/27/lawsuit-says-pentagon-breached-1st-amendment-stars-stripes-firings/

In the lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal district court in Washington, publisher Max Lederer, editor in chief Erik Slavin & reporter Lara Korte claimed that their firings last week for “insubordination” were retaliatory in nature & violated federal administrative law.

#law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #FreeSpeech #StarsAndStripes #Pentagon #military #Trump #Hegseth #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

#MinistryOfLove by #TheEurythmics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVutrPKcGgE

#FridayNightMusic #NineteenEightyFour #80sMusic #ElectronicMusic #BigBrother #BigBrotherIsWatchingYou #Fascism #Authoritarianism #SurveillanceState #Surveillance #Palantir #USPol #WorldPol

"Today's🚨humiliation by the US govt in refusing to sanction China over its deep bus dealings with Iran proves one golden rule. The Trump admin will only take action to hurt democratic allies,🚨never dictatorships/authoritarians. #Bessent's press conf--a total🚨fold by the #US."
-P Obrien

"If Iranian leaders believe:🚨no diplomatic off-ramp➡️incentive is to escalate *kind of miscalculation that🚨CAN TURN ECONOMIC PRESSURE INTO A MUCH WIDER WAR."
-D Citrinowicz
#IranWar #Authoritarianism #Trump #USPol

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Photo of Bessent.

#Trump’s Lust for #Vengeance Is Turning Into a Farce

#GiftArticle by Jamelle Bouie

The principal aim of Trump’s second presidential term is #revenge.

#law #unfit #PrerogativeState #MafiaState #RevengePolitics #retribution #EnemiesList #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #manbaby
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/opinion/trumps-revenge.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6lA.apb_.Y6mnzyhgj2vr&smid=nytcore-ios-share

#ABC Sues #FCC to Block Threat to Its TV Licenses

The network asked a court to stop the agency from taking steps that could force ABC stations off the air & accused the FCC of violating its #FirstAmendment rights.

#Trump #law #Constitution #FreePress #journalism #media #FourthEstate #censorship #RevengePolitics #MafiaState #PrerogativeState #StateMedia #propaganda #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/business/media/abc-fcc-lawsuit-broadcast-licenses.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6VA.3Zz_.we73rwHrbps0&smid=nytcore-ios-share

#US Manufactured Crimes and Spied on Peaceful #Protesters During #Minneapolis Metro Surge, New Court Filing Reveals

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, August 14, 2026

MINNEAPOLIS -- "While #Dakotas were praying at a #SacredSpring for those held in federal detention at the #WhippleBuilding in Minneapolis -- the U.S. government was spying on, and stalking, the #WhippleWatchers, a new court document reveals.

"The government is refusing to release all of its documents on its surveillance of those watching the Whipple building. The Whipple building is on the site of a former concentration camp, where Dakota and Ho Chunk were imprisoned, suffered and died.

" 'The government admits withholding at least five #ProjectWhippleShield #ROIs (Reports of Investigation) from the initial disclosures,' the court filing states.

"In the current case, the court document for discovery filed yesterday describes how the U.S. government spied on and tracked peaceful protesters during the #resistance to #OperationMetroSurge.

"Not only were peaceful protesters spied on, #stalked and #doxxed, but the #surveillance was carried out to #ManufactureCrimes when none existed, states the court document filed by a defense attorney for one of the government's targets."

Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/08/us-manufactured-crimes-and-spied-on.html

#Authoritarianism #Fascism #USPol #UnionBusting #SilencingDissent
#CriminalizingDissent #DefundICE #DefundDHS #CharacteristicsOfFascism
#DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

#Trump’s attack on a #ThinkTank is an affront to the #FirstAmendment

#Republicans would be rightly irate if a Democratic president threatened to sue a conservative think tank & punish its corporate #donors over #research the White House didn’t like, but Trump’s attack this week on the Center for American Progress [ #CAP ] & its funders has been met with shrugs & silence.

#law #Constitution #ThoughtPolice #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/08/14/trump-legal-threat-against-cap-risks-chilling-think-tank-research/?utm_medium=referral_home&utm_source=webview&no_nav=true&utm_campaign=pb_2607:variant;rct:0:0:2:20260701

Documents show federal surveillance operation in #Minnesota targeted #progressive groups, #unions

By TIM SULLIVAN and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER
Updated 11:02 PM EDT, August 13, 2026

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — "Federal agents launched a sweeping undercover surveillance operation earlier this year targeting progressive organizations, labor unions and other groups protesting the immigration crackdown then raging through Minneapolis, according to court documents filed Thursday.

"The program, dubbed #OperationPuppetMaster, was aimed at what officials called a network of conspirators helping 'violent opportunists and agitators.' The documents were filed in a case involving 15 people charged by federal prosecutors in June with impeding the crackdown, accusing them of conspiring against the federal government through a range of actions, from throwing ice chunks to setting up blockades.

"The government documents were released Thursday in connection with a motion from a defense lawyer in the case, #KevinRiach, who requested that officials disclose more material collected during the investigations.

"The reality, according to government documents revealed in court motions, was Department of Homeland Security officers infiltrating meetings in churches, schools and parks that were often simply discussions of constitutionally protected protests.

"A statement from the department said Homeland Security Investigations doesn’t comment on the existence or status of on-going investigations or investigative methods. The statement referred questions to the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota, which didn’t immediately respond to an after-hours email from The Associated Press."

https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-immigration-enforcement-progressive-groups-investigated-5e6e554e79980553c3a02ca199593a7d

#Authoritarianism #Fascism #USPol #UnionBusting #SilencingDissent
#CriminalizingDissent #DefundICE #DefundDHS #CharacteristicsOfFascism
#DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

#GiftArticle

The #Trump Admin Investigated Left-Leaning Groups During #Minnesota #Immigration Crackdown

The government conducted expansive #surveillance, infiltrated group chats & obtained financial records of organizations NEVER accused of any crimes.

#law #Constitution #ThoughtPolice #dissent #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/us/politics/dhs-inquiry-immigration-protests-minnesota.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5VA.i09v.hWC6KV6iZlnt&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Four days after #AlexPretti was fatally shot while filming officers taking part in the #Trump admin’s #immigration crackdown in #Minnesota, the #DHS quietly opened an investigation at its office in St. Paul.

The target was not the #BorderPatrol agents who had killed Mr. Pretti, a 37-year-old government nurse, in late January.

#law #Constitution #dissent #Trump #ConspiracyTheories #ThoughtPolice #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

‘Outrageous’: #Trump Officials Investigated #LeftWing Groups After #AlexPretti Killing in #Minneapolis

One #FirstAmendment advocacy group called the investigation a “disturbing, invasive, and utterly unjustifiable attack on freedom of expression and political dissent.”

Julia Conley
Aug 13, 2026

"The Trump administration began the probe under the auspices of investigating whether the groups had provided 'help and money,' as the Times reported, to people who had participated in protests across the #MinneapolisSaintPaul area, where tens of thousands of residents rallied against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (#ICE) and defended their neighbors from immigration raids last winter.

"Newly released government documents, which were uncovered after an attorney filed a motion with the federal District Court in Minnesota demanding information about the DHS investigation, show that the agency characterized the protesters who opposed ICE as 'violent opportunists and agitators.'

"The investigation included #DHS’ use of administrative subpoenas to obtain financial records from #SunriseMovement, Communications Workers of America [ #CWA ], and the #SEIU, scrutinizing what the agency called 'domestic terrorist financing.' "

https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-left-wing

#Authoritarianism #Fascism #USPol #UnionBusting #SilencingDissent #CriminalizingDissent #DefundICE #DefundDHS #CharacteristicsOfFascism #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

They do the same thing in the UK, and they've always done this because they see the Left Wing as a threat to their way of life, which is them predating on the rest of us for profit.

See the #Spycops hashtag for details on the British version of this.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/13/us-government-spied-anti-ice-protesters

#Politics #Authoritarianism

#GiftArticle

The first frame of the video #CarolinaMolina posted across her social media accounts shows a masked #ICE agent pointing a gun at the camera.

#ReneeGood #AlexPretti #Trump #immigration #CBP #Sturmabteilung #StateSponsoredTerrorism #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #Constitution #CivilRights #RightToProtest #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #MafiaState
https://wapo.st/4g8Uw23

🇺🇲 Christofascism - ICE to give officers gloves that delivers painful electric shocks
https://apnews.com/article/ice-electric-shock-gloves-85ff746d3e0ee5f39e7a9a3f1f576252

ICE funding approved by Susan Collins and Trump GOP to deliver electric shock gloves to agents nationwide
https://therealnews.com/ice-funding-susan-collins-trump-gop-electric-shock-gloves

Here's the Manual for ICE's Electric Shock Gloves
https://www.404media.co/heres-the-manual-for-ices-electric-shock-gloves/

... institutionalized torture ... courtesy Compliant Technologies
https://www.complianttechnologies.net/

... quite the shitshow south of the border 🚧 🤨

#capitalism #ICE #torture #authoritarianism

How Was The Party Overthrown? 1984 Lore

"Assuming the Appendix of the book 1984 indeed indicates that the Party eventually fell, how could this have come about?

In this video we consider the different factors involved in the Party's overthrow, based on the lore.

WARNING: Spoilers for the novel and film.

This is 1984 Lore, the channel on YouTube for all things 1984."

Watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPdnRFrZ9Pw

#INGSOC #NineteenEightyFour
#BigBrother #Resistance #Fascism #Authoritarianism #SurveillanceState
#Surveillance #USPol #WorldPol

HT @bob

#DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old #USCitizen Who Criticized Them in Email

The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.

Hafiz Rashid/ February 3, 2026

"The #Trump administration is targeting #FreeSpeech with a little-known legal tool: #AdministrativeSubpoenas.

"The #WashingtonPost reports that a retired #Philadelphia man, Jon, 67, found himself in the government’s crosshairs after he emailed a lead prosecutor at the Department of Homeland Security, #JosephDernbach, who was handling the deportation case of an #AfghanRefugee, identified as H, asking him to consider that the man’s life was in danger from the #Taliban.

" 'Mr. Dernbach, don’t play Russian roulette with H’s life,' Jon wrote from his #GMail account. 'Err on the side of caution. There’s a reason the US government along with many other governments don’t recognise the Taliban. Apply principles of common sense and decency.'

"Later that day, Jon received an email from #Google notifying him that an administrative subpoena had been sent to them from the Department of Homeland Security 'compelling the release of information related to your Google Account.' Federal agencies can issue such subpoenas without an order from a judge or grand jury, and Google gave Jon, who withheld his last name to protect his family from the government, one week to challenge it.

"Laws are supposed to restrict the use of administrative subpoenas, but DHS has used the tool against dissent protected under the #FirstAmendment to the #Constitution. Jon could not find who in the agency issued the #subpoena, let alone a record of it to show an attorney.

"Days later, DHS agents showed up at Jon’s door. A naturalized U.S. citizen originally from the #UK, Jon was worried about potential violence. The agents showed him a copy of the email and asked to see his side of the story. They didn’t know about the administrative subpoena but said they received orders to interview Jon by #DHS headquarters in Washington, D.C.

"Eventually, the agents agreed that Jon had committed no crimes after he told them he found Dernbach’s email address through a simple Google search. Jon secured pro bono representation by #ACLU attorneys, who argue that the government is violating a statute that limits how administrative subpoenas can be used for '#ImmigrationEnforcement' and that the government targeted Jon for #ProtectedSpeech.

" 'It doesn’t take that much to make people look over their shoulder, to think twice before they speak again,' said Nathan Freed Wessler, one of Jon’s attorneys. 'That’s why these kinds of subpoenas and other actions—the visits—are so pernicious. You don’t have to lock somebody up to make them reticent to make their voice heard. It really doesn’t take much, because the power of the federal government is so overwhelming.'

"Both #Google and #Meta received a record number of subpoenas in the United States during the first half of 2025 as Trump’s second term began, with Google receiving 28,622, a 15 percent increase over the previous six months. Jon was fortunate to have his case picked up by the ACLU and later reported on by a national media outlet. How many others in the U.S. haven’t been so lucky and face legal challenges for exercising their right to free speech?"

Source / listen:
https://newrepublic.com/post/206088/homeland-security-67-year-old-us-citizen-criticized-email

#USPol #GoogleSucks #BigTech #Fascism #DefundDHS #ThoughtPolice #Orwellian #NineteenEightyFour #Authoritarianism #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

The #ICE killing takes #America a step closer to #GeorgeOrwell’s nightmare

The Trump administration’s reaction to the fatal shooting of #ReneeGood is another dark chapter in its rewriting of history – and has disturbing echoes of the dystopian 1984, writes Sean O’Grady

Thursday 08 January 2026

Excerpt: "' #Orwellian' is a word that gets chucked around far too much, but there is surely something quite sinister in the official responses to the shooting of a civilian, Renee Good, in Minneapolis by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer.

"Obviously, there’s always some room for argument about what happened and why in such circumstances, but not about the more obvious facts, backed up by videos and eyewitness accounts.

"The ultimate boss of ICE, the homeland security secretary, #KristiNoem, declared that Good was involved in an act of '#DomesticTerrorism', as if she were an Isis operative – and with zero evidence to back up that extreme claim, and little sign that she was deliberately using her vehicle as a weapon. "

Read more:
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/ice-raids-trump-presidency-minneapolis-killing-renee-nicole-good-b2896829.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/hpDlH

#USPol #DoublePlusUngood #NineteenEightyFour #Orwellian #ICEOut #ThoughtPolice #Authoritarianism #MuderPatrol #EnemiesOfTheState #Resistance #ResistICE #SilencingDissent #Newspeak

So, I am seeing some patterns... Cutting #USDA funding, support for #LocalFood and #LocalFarms, #SNAPCuts, #UnaffordableHealthCare, etc. #HungerGames. Plain and simple. Cull the population. This is #LifeOrDeath for many Americans. And #NationalGuard / #ICE / #DHS bullshit is just the establishment of a national police force ( #CapitolPolice ) to #SilenceDissent. #DoublePlusUngood! Pay attention folks!

#USPol #WorldPol #Fascism #authoritarianism #ClimateCrisis #NineteenEightyFour #BigBrother #CatchingFire #SilencingDissent #Resistance #LandBack #TakeBackThePlanet

AP Exclusive: #ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks

ICE plans to spend up to $20 million to purchase thousands of “conductive distraction & de-escalation devices” for officers & agents by March, according to a notice published Monday by #DHS.

#law #Trump #immigration #RightToProtest #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #Sturmabteilung #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism #tyranny
https://apnews.com/article/ice-electric-shock-gloves-85ff746d3e0ee5f39e7a9a3f1f576252?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension

notes and customs

https://www.letters.directory/

@writingbooks
@writingcommunity
@bookstodon
@violencestudies

#writingCommunity #books #bookstodon #ViolenceStudies #feminism #feministGeography #SpaceAndPlace #capitalism #ScienceFiction #SciFi #economics #finance #history #sociology #poverty #classism #authoritarianism #writing #InternetArchive

"The huge list of things🚨we know less about from cuts to fed data⬇️"
-J Stein

#TrumpRegime:🚨has disrupted data collection on everything from #DHS, maternal mortality, #hunger, drug use, #education, disaster prep & the #economy."

#Democracy, people, esp➡️#immigrants, the #economy, #environment, future... will DIE IN DARKNESS, if voters don't remove #Republicans from off in Nov‼️
#CoverUp #Lies #Corruption #Kleptocracy #ETTD #Impeach #Trump #Uprising #Authoritarianism #USPol
https://www.notus.org/trump-white-house/federal-data-is-disappearing

WTF???

Judge dismisses #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy charges against #OathKeepers

While taking the last step in the legal process to wipe out penalties from the #insurrection, the judge also criticized the #DOJ for undoing the most serious convictions.

#Trump #whitewashing #RevisionistHistory #propaganda #law #ElectionInterference #BigLie #coup #ConspiracyTheories #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/08/04/judge-dismisses-jan-6-seditious-conspiracy-charges-against-oath-keepers/

"The scariest part of authoritarianism isn’t the tanks in the streets, it’s when the streets are empty because everyone has accepted it" #quote #authoritarianism

What a petulant man-baby!

Furious #Trump is considering removing Pirro over #ReflectingPool filing

How dare she go on facts & evidence instead of blindly arguing his unfounded batshit crazy #ConspiracyTheories?!

#law #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/politics/jeanine-pirro-removal-reflecting-pool

All about the safety of the kids¹ they said,
All about the safety of users² they said,
All about the safety of the citizens³ they said,
All about the money, control & power⁴ they left unsaid.

¹ https://mastodon.social/@madeindex/116959510981643276
² https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/google-plans-to-exempt-sanctioned-nations-from-android-developer-verification/
³ https://mastodon.social/@madeindex/113301303081128298
⁴ https://www.gadgetreview.com/reddit-user-uncovers-who-is-behind-metas-2b-lobbying-for-invasive-age-verification-tech
https://mastodon.social/@madeindex/116503944072899687

#Privacy #HumanRIghts #Freedom #Surveillance #Authoritarianism #Control #Government #Data #Masssurveillance #id #verification #rights #corps #evil #ageverification #corruption

The #MAGA #SlushFund is Still Active Despite Court Order Payouts to #Trump Allies Continue

A seven-figure “settlement” was announced hours before senators skeptical about the so-called weaponization fund delayed a crucial vote on #ToddBlanche’s nomination to be #US #AttorneyGeneral.

#TaxpayersMoney #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/us/politics/todd-blanche-weaponization-payouts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1lA.7CIC._WREIrthsuVO&smid=nytcore-ios-share

As senators delayed a crucial vote on #ToddBlanche’s nomination to be attorney general over the so-called weaponization fund, a million-dollar payment the #DOJ made to an #AntiAbortion activist underscored how it could still funnel #TaxpayersMoney to people who claim to be victims of government persecution [& whose politics #Trump agrees with].

#SlushFund #law #LegalEthics #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice

A world of democracy, liberty, safety, and inclusivity is incompatible with surveillance.

Surveillance is antithesis to all we hold dear. We must push back against it at every point, before it's too late.

#MassSurveillance #Authoritarianism #Democracy

#Trump Personally Demanded Details of Agents’ Interview of #Comey, New Court Filing Says

The request suggests the intense personal involvement of Trump in investigating one of his longtime critics, former #FBI director #JamesComey.

#law #LegalEthics #DOJ #independence #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfJustice #Retribution #EnemiesList #MafiaState #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Fascism

#GiftArticle
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/us/james-comey-seashells-trump-secret-service.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1VA.VC7l.QgYn0ICJuwN-&smid=nytcore-ios-share

#Asylum seekers could be sent directly to #deportation under new federal rule

The #Trump admin rule, which took effect immediately, could transfer nearly 450,000 cases to #immigration “judges” [immigration judges are part of the #DOJ not the #judiciary], who could dismiss the asylum petitions.

#law #DueProcess #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/07/28/asylum-seekers-could-be-sent-directly-deportation-under-new-federal-rule/

For the stage play directors out there, a play for our times by Cristina A. Bejan. A play about philosophy, love, and saving the Universe, To Those Who haven't Stopped Thinking is a distinctly original take on the legacy of totalitarianism.
#stageplays #PoliticalDrama #Authoritarianism #books
https://www.amazon.com/Those-Havent-Stopped-Thinking-Cristina/dp/1964169755/

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Book cover. The title and byline on a lime green background. Next Stage Press at the bottom.

If "the Cameras are here for your safety" then why were they turned off for Taylor Swift's wedding?

Feels like that bit in 1984 where it's revealed high ranking Party officials can turn the Screen off for a bit....

#Oligarchy #Surveillancecapitalism #1984 #TaylorSwift #Authoritarianism

Some background about #LawrenceBritt 's #CharacteristicsOfFascism, which was sold (but not displayed) at the Holocaust Museum. The article does NOT mention that Britt's list was obviously based on #UmbertoEco's version. Oh well...

Fact check: 'Early Warning Signs Of Fascism' sign was once sold at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

Sarah Lynch, July 2020

"While a poster with the “Early Warning Signs Of Fascism” was indeed previously sold in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Shop, it did not originate from the museum and was not part of any exhibition or display. Britt wrote the words in a 2003 article in Free Inquiry, which Syracuse Cultural Workers reprinted and sold with his permission."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/08/11/fact-check-poster-once-sold-u-s-holocaust-memorial-museum/5549019002/

The original poster is still being sold here:
https://syracuseculturalworkers.com/products/poster-early-warning-signs-of-fascism

#LawrenceBritt #CharacteristicsOfFascism #Fascism #Authoritarianism #SyracuseCulturalWorkers

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW/111819182154641352

Yes, both #BirthControl and #Abortions were available to women in #AncientEgypt! We're sliding backwards, folks!

#ReproductiveRights #Fascism #Authoritarianism

DoomsdaysCW » 🌐 2024-01-25
@DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social

Birth Control in #AncientEgypt

In ancient Egypt, “Birth control and abortions were available to married and unmarried women” (Mark, 8).

The #EbersPapyrus from #1500BCE, describes a “prescription to make a woman cease to become pregnant” (Mark, 8). The oldest known medical papyrus, the #KahunPapyrus (#1800BCE), “deals with diseases of women” (Watterson, 20).

“All children, whether boys or girls, were welcome at birth by ancient Egyptians” (Watterson, 17).

#WomensRights #Autonomy #AncientGynecology #BirthControl #Abortion #Histodon #AncientHistory

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Text: Birth Control in Ancient Egypt In ancient Egypt, “Birth control and abortions were available to married and unmarried women” (Mark, 8). The Ebers Papyrus from 1500 BCE, describes a “prescription to make a woman cease to become pregnant” (Mark, 8). The oldest known medical papyrus, the Kahun Papyrus (1800 BCE), “deals with diseases of women” (Watterson, 20). “All children, whether boys or girls, were welcome at birth by ancient Egyptians” (Watterson, 17).

Not my graphic, but something I came across in 2017...

#ICE #NationalGuard #DHS #Peacekeepers #ProtectTheCapitol #ProtectTheCapital #PresidentSnowWantsYou #FascismInTheUSA #Authoritarianism #WashingtonDC #Capitol #HungerGames #TaxBreaksForTheRich #FoodShortages #KillThePoor #Capitalism #Panem #DistrictPolice #CapitolPolice

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A poster for The Hunger Games. There is an illustration of men in white uniforms wearing helmets all lined up. Text: KEEP THE PEACE Enlist today for a secure tomorrow Executive Services Board of Panem District 2 20 years of service. An eternity of honor.

Check your instances and blocklists, y'all.

#mastodon #lemmy #tesseract #selfhosting #authoritarianism #lemmy #piefed