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A field guide to recognizing and resisting modern authoritarianism.
Amnesty International Calls for ICE to Be Abolished
In a Report Titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns'

Widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States documented by the NGO

NB: Brownshirts
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
In a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States.
www.lemonde.fr
September 26, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Taxpayer-funded Pro-Trump TV Ad Expands

2nd TV ad in 3 days

Spending taxpayer money on the first ad jumps to at least $443,000

NB: Media Capture
apnews.com/article/paid...
Taxpayer-funded pro-Trump TV ad campaign grows with new spot, wider reach
The Trump administration appears to be expanding its campaign of taxpayer-funded TV ads promoting President Donald Trump.
apnews.com
September 26, 2026 at 3:31 PM
US Taxpayer Money Used for TV Ad with Trump’s Midterm Messaging

Cost $14,000
Shown on Fox News and Newsmax

NB: Media Capture
apnews.com/article/paid...
US government foots bill for television advertisement featuring Trump's midterm messaging
An ad running on Fox News and Newsmax showing images of President Donald Trump and calling for the defeat of communism was paid for by the U.S. government.
apnews.com
September 26, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Renee Good Coverup

FBI agent starts investigation of the murder of Renee Good
Trump regime made agent reclassify it as an ICE agent assault
Agent forced to resign

Evidence shows a cover-up of the homicide was undertaken, directed from the highest levels

NB: Brownshirts
www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/p...
FBI agent who initially investigated fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis has resigned | CNN Politics
The FBI agent who initially began working with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to investigate the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, two sources familiar with...
www.cnn.com
September 26, 2026 at 1:12 PM
The Lie Dominating Musk's 2026 Political Ads

Musk blankets internet with digital ads falsely accusing D Senate candidates of supporting "taxpayer-funded sex changes for kids."

Such surgeries rare / very few such youths exist
NB: Faux Elections, Citizen Countermeasures
popular.info/p/the-lie-do...
The lie dominating Musk's 2026 political ads
Musk is blanketing the internet with digital ads falsely accusing Democratic Senate candidates of supporting “taxpayer-funded sex changes for kids.”
popular.info
September 26, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Bleecker Street Has Released the Trailer for “Musk,” Alex Gibney’s Almost Four Hour Documentary About Elon Musk

NB: The Pathologies of Power, Citizen Countermeasures

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
www.youtube.com
September 26, 2026 at 3:26 AM
The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s "Musk Documentary

YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 film. X is silent.

NB: Media Capture, Citizen Countermeasures
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
September 26, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Pope Leo XIV Affirms Need for Media to Cover Public Figures When Asked About Trump Ban

"Good media coverage is important, he said, and equally important 'that we have it all the way around, for everyone' "

NB: Media Capture, Citizen Countermeasures

www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
Pope Leo XIV affirms need for media to cover public figures when asked about Trump ban
Pope Leo XIV told journalists they were welcome to report on him, as he responded to the Trump administration’s attempt to bar U.S. media from the White House and affirmed the importance of journalist...
www.pbs.org
September 25, 2026 at 8:29 PM
California Supreme Court Orders Riverside County Republican Sheriff to Return 650,000 Seized Ballots

Ballots were seized to investigate unfounded voting improprieties in a special election

CA passes bill outlawing seizing ballots

NB: Lawfare, Citizen Countermeasures

apnews.com/article/sher...
California Supreme Court orders Riverside County sheriff to return 650,000 seized ballots
The California Supreme Court has ruled that a Republican California sheriff must return over 650,000 ballots he seized following a November 2025 special election that favored Democrats.
apnews.com
September 25, 2026 at 1:36 PM
ICE Is Wasting Tens of Millions of Dollars on 'Uninformed' Detention Projects

R Congress gave ICE $45B; ICE had no plans to spend

ICE wasted many millions of taxpayer dollars on reckless mass detention plans

ICE claims it will have a plan by 8-21-2027

NB: Brownshirts
apnews.com/article/ice-...
ICE is wasting tens of millions of dollars on 'uninformed' detention projects, report finds
An investigation has found that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other agencies have wasted tens of millions of dollars pursuing uninformed plans to increase detention capacity, and the to...
apnews.com
September 25, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Trump's War on Immigration Leaves Us a Weaker Nation

The toll is both human and economic.

NB: Enforced Disappearance
www.sacurrent.com/news/bad-tak...
Trump’s war on immigration leaves us a weaker nation
The toll is both human and economic, and it's a shame we let it get this far.
www.sacurrent.com
September 24, 2026 at 3:12 PM
ICE Is Trying to Ignore Court’s Decision Striking Down Third-Country Removals

Rule of law? ICE thinks it is not accountable to courts and is above the law: echos secret police mindset worldwide

NB: Brownshirts, Enforced Disappearance

prospect.org/2026/09/23/i...
ICE Is Trying to Ignore Court’s Decision Striking Down Third-Country Removals - The American Prospect
Immigration officials want to send a Peruvian man to the Central African Republic within hours, court filings show.
prospect.org
September 24, 2026 at 3:05 PM
What’s the Opposite of 'Very Stable Genius'?
- Part 2 of 2 part series

"It is really quite stunning how often Trump praises his own intelligence – and stability. Why would that be? Because he’s an idiot."

But the media fails to note it.

NB: Media Capture
presswatchers.org/2026/09/what...
What’s the opposite of ‘very stable genius’? | Press Watch
Part Two of my essay on how Trump is an idiot, and the mainstream press is covering up for him
presswatchers.org
September 23, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Donald Trump Is an Idiot, and the Mainstream Press Is Covering up for Him

Part 1 of 2 part series

Every day, Trump says many things void of basic concepts. But usually, the mainstream media either ignores it or simply quotes him and move on.

MN: Media Capture
presswatchers.org/2026/09/dona...
Donald Trump is an idiot, and the mainstream press is covering up for him | Press Watch
He does incredibly stupid things and doesn’t understand basic concepts, for starters
presswatchers.org
September 23, 2026 at 10:32 PM
MAGA Influencer Puts Trump’s Safety at Risk After Media Ban

Real America's Voice, a far-right streaming channel, aired footage of Trump's motorcade in NYC tracking their movements, including taillights, a violation of protocol.

NB: Media Capture
newrepublic.com/post/215775/...
MAGA Influencer Puts Trump’s Safety at Risk After Media Ban
Turns out, putting far-right networks in charge isn’t the best idea.
newrepublic.com
September 23, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Journalist Walter Cronkite: A Citizen’s Civic Duty Demands a Functioning Free Media

NB: Media Capture, Citizen Countermeasures

bsky.app/profile/paul...
Walter Cronkite: After liberating execution camps… Germans (who cried) they didn’t know…were as as guilty as Nazis…because they applauded when Hitler shut down (media) and said, ‘We don’t need to know. We trust our government...’

It’s our duty to know.
September 23, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Stephen Colbert to Receive 2025 Ripple of Hope Award from RFK Human Rights Center

NB: Citizen Countermeasures, Media Capture

kennedyhumanrights.org/press/stephe...
Stephen Colbert to Receive 2025 Ripple of Hope Award from RFK Human Rights - Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center
Kerry Kennedy, president of Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights, today announced that Stephen Colbert, Host, Executive Producer, and Writer of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, has been named a 2025...
kennedyhumanrights.org
September 23, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Trump Regime Claims “Access to the White House Is a Privilege — Not a Right”

Therefore it can ban journalists from MS NOW, CNN and Politico from White House grounds

NB: Constitutional Vandalism, Media Capture

www.ms.now/news/trump-c...
Trump administration defends White House media ban in court
The new filing from the government comes a day before U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly is set to hear arguments over the news organizations’ bid to block the ban.
www.ms.now
September 23, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Rosie O’Donnell Says ABC Blocked Her Epstein Survivors Segment on Jimmy Kimmel

She ended up releasing the segment on her own social media channels. Kimmel linked to her posting.

NB: Media Capture, Citizen Countermeasures

www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...
Rosie O’Donnell says ABC blocked her Epstein survivors segment on Kimmel
Comedian guest hosted the late night show last month
www.the-independent.com
September 23, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Trump’s Media Ban Shows Steady Slide of His Regime Into Outright Dictatorship

Dictatorships = kleptocracies

Trump's normalizing corruption is matched by old-school self aggrandizing

A free press aids citizen's fight

NB: Media Capture, Citizen Countermeasures
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Trump’s media ban shows steady slide of his regime into outright dictatorship
The US president has moved fast to create the conditions for an authoritarian regime. America can fight back, but is running out of time, explains world affairs editor Sam Kiley
www.independent.co.uk
September 22, 2026 at 9:35 PM
White House Launches "TRUMP TV: The Essentials Station" on YouTube, 24/7

A continuous feed of Trump's speeches, past appearances, administration announcements, archival footage etc.

The YouTube "comments" feature is shut off.

NB: Media Capture
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Launches ‘Trump TV’ 3 Days After Banning Multiple News Outlets from the White House
Donald Trump has launched Trump TV days after he announced he was banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House. The nation’s major TV news organizations announced a boycott of pool duties on ...
people.com
September 22, 2026 at 9:14 PM
NBC Rebuttal to Media Ban: Trump's Trying to Ban the Facts Because They're Unflattering, Not Because They're "Fake"

Trump "is trying to discredit the messenger, to create a vacuum where his version of reality fills that void."

NB: Media Capture, Citizen Countermeasures
www.ms.now/news/news-an...
Trump is trying to ban the facts because they’re unflattering, not because they’re ‘fake’
The president’s ban on White House access for MS NOW, CNN and Politico marks an unprecedented and escalatory assault on journalism — the president, in the Oval Office on Friday, even described his dec...
www.ms.now
September 22, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Vance Defends Trump’s Media Ban: "Totally Appropriate"

Q from Vance: "If you’re going to engage in what is effectively far-left propaganda, why would a Republican White House give you special access?"

A: First Amendment

NB: Constitutional Vandalism, Media Capture
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
Vance defends Trump’s media ban as ‘totally appropriate’
Vice President Vance, who has long cast himself as a champion of free speech, defended President Trump’s ban on three outlets from the White House, calling the move “totally appropriate” on M…
thehill.com
September 22, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Marco Rubio Defends Trump’s Banning of Media Organizations

No ‘'soldiers [are] kicking down the doors" of the media outlets.

"They’re just not allowed to work from the workspace at the White House” Rubio says.

NB: Constitutional Vandalism, Media Capture

www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Rubio defends Trump’s banning media organizations, arguing there aren’t ‘soldiers kicking down the doors’ of the outlets
“They’re just not allowed to work from the workspace at the White House,” the secretary of state said in an interview on “TODAY,” referring to CNN, Politico and MS NOW.
www.nbcnews.com
September 22, 2026 at 7:08 PM
As CNN, MS NOW, Politico Booted, White Nationalist Outlet Snags White House Press Slot

NB: Media Capture
www.confrontthehate.com/p/white-nati...
As CNN, MS NOW, Politico Booted, White Nationalist Outlet Snags White House Press Slot
The White House moves to silence critical reporting—while handing access to a fringe outlet with explicit white nationalist ties.
www.confrontthehate.com
September 22, 2026 at 5:54 PM