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"Twenty-five years after the U.S. government embraced mass surveillance, [ after 9/11 ], it’s time to evaluate it ...
Americans must ask: Is it consistent with a self-governing democracy to have systems that watch everyone everywhere?"
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Americans must ask: Is it consistent with a self-governing democracy to have systems that watch everyone everywhere?"
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25 Years of Mass Surveillance Is Enough - Schneier on Security
This essay was written with Cindy Cohn, and originally appeared in Lawfare. One of the many legacies of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 is the government-wide shift from targeted surveillance—such a...
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September 15, 2026 at 1:27 PM
"Twenty-five years after the U.S. government embraced mass surveillance, [ after 9/11 ], it’s time to evaluate it ...
Americans must ask: Is it consistent with a self-governing democracy to have systems that watch everyone everywhere?"
www.schneier.com/blog/archive...
Americans must ask: Is it consistent with a self-governing democracy to have systems that watch everyone everywhere?"
www.schneier.com/blog/archive...
Donny can't even spell "AI" -- what would he know about any of it!
www.businessinsider.com/trump-dario-...
www.businessinsider.com/trump-dario-...
Trump lashes out at Dario Amodei after the Anthropic CEO called for a slowdown in AI development
"The Trump Administration has stopped AI 'people' from doing bad, or potentially bad, 'things,' like Dario (Anthropic!)" President Donald Trump wrote.
www.businessinsider.com
September 14, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Donny can't even spell "AI" -- what would he know about any of it!
www.businessinsider.com/trump-dario-...
www.businessinsider.com/trump-dario-...
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Researcher Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic Tuesday specifically to sound the alarm publicly, insisting the fear inside the industry is genuine even when executives soften their language for the press.
AI whistleblowers sound blaring alarm for end-of-decade doom: 'Could kill all humans!'
Three researchers at AI company Anthropic went public this week with a stunning warning: the technology they helped build could kill everyone on Earth before the decade is over, Axios reported on Wednesday.Researcher Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic Tuesday specifically to sound the alarm publicl...
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September 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Researcher Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic Tuesday specifically to sound the alarm publicly, insisting the fear inside the industry is genuine even when executives soften their language for the press.
🤦 How embarrassing can you be?!
And if that Little Yippy Dog closed the border with the U.S. for just one week ... we would have devastation -- that's how much the U.S. relies on Canada you jerk! 😡
crooksandliars.com/2026/09/trea...
And if that Little Yippy Dog closed the border with the U.S. for just one week ... we would have devastation -- that's how much the U.S. relies on Canada you jerk! 😡
crooksandliars.com/2026/09/trea...
Treasury Secretary Compares Canada To A 'Little Yippy Dog'
Hey Scott, that "little yippy dog" is about to bite us square in the ass.
crooksandliars.com
September 6, 2026 at 11:26 PM
🤦 How embarrassing can you be?!
And if that Little Yippy Dog closed the border with the U.S. for just one week ... we would have devastation -- that's how much the U.S. relies on Canada you jerk! 😡
crooksandliars.com/2026/09/trea...
And if that Little Yippy Dog closed the border with the U.S. for just one week ... we would have devastation -- that's how much the U.S. relies on Canada you jerk! 😡
crooksandliars.com/2026/09/trea...
So not only do they sell the invasive product to law enforcement ... they show them how to be evil with it too! 😡
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www.404media.co/flock-taught...
Flock Taught Cops How to Surveil No Kings Protesters
A Flock webinar teaches police how to surveil protests, fireworks shows, parades, bike races, and more.
www.404media.co
September 6, 2026 at 7:21 PM
So not only do they sell the invasive product to law enforcement ... they show them how to be evil with it too! 😡
www.404media.co/flock-taught...
www.404media.co/flock-taught...
FUCK You Donny ... and your henchmen!!! 😡
The U.N. is right to have an honest representation of the world!
thehill.com/policy/inter...
The U.N. is right to have an honest representation of the world!
thehill.com/policy/inter...
US only country to oppose UN resolution correcting Africa’s size on world maps
The U.S. was the only country to not support a United Nations resolution adjusting the appearance of Africa and other regions on world maps. The body passed the “Correct the Map” initiative b…
thehill.com
September 5, 2026 at 7:11 PM
FUCK You Donny ... and your henchmen!!! 😡
The U.N. is right to have an honest representation of the world!
thehill.com/policy/inter...
The U.N. is right to have an honest representation of the world!
thehill.com/policy/inter...
"We live in a kakistocracy": George Clooney
Kakistocracy: is government by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous people.
Spot on!
www.lesoir.be/768567/artic...
Kakistocracy: is government by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous people.
Spot on!
www.lesoir.be/768567/artic...
« Nous vivons dans une kakistocratie » : George Clooney s’en prend au gouvernement américain
Présent à la Mostra de Venise, où il reçoit un Lion d’or, George Clooney a critiqué l’administration Trump, estimant que les États-Unis traversent une période difficile sous un gouvernement de personn...
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September 3, 2026 at 1:23 PM
"We live in a kakistocracy": George Clooney
Kakistocracy: is government by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous people.
Spot on!
www.lesoir.be/768567/artic...
Kakistocracy: is government by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous people.
Spot on!
www.lesoir.be/768567/artic...
It NOT due to poor financial discipline or frivolous spending ... it's an economic failure at a systemic level!
... while CEOs make obscene amounts of money!
THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN!
macleans.ca/longforms/re...
... while CEOs make obscene amounts of money!
THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN!
macleans.ca/longforms/re...
Retirement Is Dead - Macleans.ca
Wage stagnation, inflation and sheer bad luck have left Gen Xers toiling into old age. Will we ever get to call it quits?
macleans.ca
September 2, 2026 at 7:12 PM
It NOT due to poor financial discipline or frivolous spending ... it's an economic failure at a systemic level!
... while CEOs make obscene amounts of money!
THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN!
macleans.ca/longforms/re...
... while CEOs make obscene amounts of money!
THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN!
macleans.ca/longforms/re...
It's beyond disgusting -- IT'S OBSCENE and ought to be illegal!! 🤦😡
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Tim Cook handed $47m package for new role as executive chair of Apple
Pay and shares deal nearly matches $58m award to John Ternus, his successor as CEO at the $4.7tn tech company
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2026 at 12:44 PM
It's beyond disgusting -- IT'S OBSCENE and ought to be illegal!! 🤦😡
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Yet again, Donny, you can't unilaterally create ANY academy! 🤦
Every existing U.S. service academy—such as West Point, Annapolis, and the Air Force Academy—was established through explicit congressional legislation codified in federal statute!
tinyurl.com/mr32bbf7
Every existing U.S. service academy—such as West Point, Annapolis, and the Air Force Academy—was established through explicit congressional legislation codified in federal statute!
tinyurl.com/mr32bbf7
Trump signs executive order to create a U.S. Space Academy
"Space is the hot thing," President Trump said at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston.
www.cbsnews.com
August 29, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Yet again, Donny, you can't unilaterally create ANY academy! 🤦
Every existing U.S. service academy—such as West Point, Annapolis, and the Air Force Academy—was established through explicit congressional legislation codified in federal statute!
tinyurl.com/mr32bbf7
Every existing U.S. service academy—such as West Point, Annapolis, and the Air Force Academy—was established through explicit congressional legislation codified in federal statute!
tinyurl.com/mr32bbf7
614 times workers salaries!!! 🤦😡
Walmart’s CEO, Doug McMillan received $29.2m in 2025 ... 958 times more than the median worker pay at Walmart of just $31k!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Walmart’s CEO, Doug McMillan received $29.2m in 2025 ... 958 times more than the median worker pay at Walmart of just $31k!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
CEOs earn 614 times more than workers at US’s 100 lowest-paying corporations
Analysis by Institute for Policy Studies found that between 2019 and 2025, CEO compensation increased 41.4%
www.theguardian.com
August 27, 2026 at 12:43 PM
614 times workers salaries!!! 🤦😡
Walmart’s CEO, Doug McMillan received $29.2m in 2025 ... 958 times more than the median worker pay at Walmart of just $31k!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Walmart’s CEO, Doug McMillan received $29.2m in 2025 ... 958 times more than the median worker pay at Walmart of just $31k!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Yet another way to stifle the will of We The People -- just remove any public input. 🤦😡
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
U.S. gov't moves to suppress pushback on data centers by removing requirements for public input on pollution — EPA change would allow air pollution permits without publicizing them
States would then need to choose if they want to solicit public feedback for permits.
www.tomshardware.com
August 26, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Yet another way to stifle the will of We The People -- just remove any public input. 🤦😡
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
Where's the rule of law and upholding the Constitution John Roberts??? 😡
We The People are not going to forget this!
www.rawstory.com/trump-ballro...
We The People are not going to forget this!
www.rawstory.com/trump-ballro...
Trump's big ballroom claim blown apart by insiders
President Donald Trump has justified the White House's $600 million ballroom project by arguing it will give him and future presidents a bunker-grade, fortified complex – but former officials say that...
www.rawstory.com
August 24, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Where's the rule of law and upholding the Constitution John Roberts??? 😡
We The People are not going to forget this!
www.rawstory.com/trump-ballro...
We The People are not going to forget this!
www.rawstory.com/trump-ballro...
Just like Donny -- out of touch with reality ... though that's what I would expect from a person with brain damage from 14 years of heroin use.
He has no idea how much groceries actually cost!
crooksandliars.com/2026/08/cnn-...
He has no idea how much groceries actually cost!
crooksandliars.com/2026/08/cnn-...
CNN Debunked RFK Jr.'s $20 Meal And He's BIG MAD About It
Arguments were made over squirts of ketchup.
crooksandliars.com
August 22, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Just like Donny -- out of touch with reality ... though that's what I would expect from a person with brain damage from 14 years of heroin use.
He has no idea how much groceries actually cost!
crooksandliars.com/2026/08/cnn-...
He has no idea how much groceries actually cost!
crooksandliars.com/2026/08/cnn-...
More corruption from the Supreme Court! 😡
If the proposed White House ballroom was already stopped by multiple lower courts, why then is the Supreme Court lifting the construction pause ... while it considers?! Even a child can figure that one out!
www.npr.org/2026/08/21/n...
If the proposed White House ballroom was already stopped by multiple lower courts, why then is the Supreme Court lifting the construction pause ... while it considers?! Even a child can figure that one out!
www.npr.org/2026/08/21/n...
Supreme Court allows Trump's ballroom construction to continue for now
The ruling comes after months of back and forth between the Trump administration and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
www.npr.org
August 21, 2026 at 9:15 PM
More corruption from the Supreme Court! 😡
If the proposed White House ballroom was already stopped by multiple lower courts, why then is the Supreme Court lifting the construction pause ... while it considers?! Even a child can figure that one out!
www.npr.org/2026/08/21/n...
If the proposed White House ballroom was already stopped by multiple lower courts, why then is the Supreme Court lifting the construction pause ... while it considers?! Even a child can figure that one out!
www.npr.org/2026/08/21/n...
Reposted by BLewis
Trump knows he will never be half the man President Obama is - and that infuriates him to no end.
August 21, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Trump knows he will never be half the man President Obama is - and that infuriates him to no end.
