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if establishment candidates want to start winning primaries again all you have to do is say that rich people have too much money and that youll prosecute trump admin staffers and republicans that have broken the law

I've never been more proud to drive a Subaru.

Chad Loder@chadloder.dev · yesterday

I saw these guys at the Troubadour before they got big

Electoral business should not be done behind closed doors. The Texas GOP is trying to steal the election bc they cannot win it by nominating pedophiles, criminals, and bigots.

Jen Rice@jenrice.bsky.social · yesterday

In TX: Tarrant County Judge Tim O'Hare just CLEARED the meeting room, kicking out public speakers who are opposed to the GOP plan to cut half of the battleground county's Election Day voting locations for November:

Every single technology given to cops has been abused. Every single one.

Drew Harwell@drewharwell.com · 3d ago

New: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo

I'm currently looking to raise money for #ICEout observers in rural Minnesota, some of whom are easily driving 100mi or more every day while working to exercise their constitutional rights in places where local police openly collaborate with ICE to hinder them. venmo: @quecksilber #FuckICE

The firestorm of age-verification laws have done almost nothing to prevent minors from accessing porn online. What they have done is give the state a powerful tool to harass speech they don't like by declaring it pornographic or "harmful to minors."

And there it is: Age Verification used to attack LGBTQ+ content. Knew this was coming. Book ban 2.0.

Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · 7d ago

The Missouri Attorney General is threatening librarians with arrest over an LGBTQ+ story hour for kids, suggesting that a picture book about gay dinosaur dads is "pornography." The Secretary of State says he'll pull funding if the event happens, citing the state's new age verification law.

The natural result of all the Transphobia is this Molest My Daughter ballot measure.

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

Here's a photo I took of the USS Comfort hospital ship sent to NYC at the height of the pandemic as it cruised up the Hudson past my apartment. I could hear the ambulance sirens in both Jersey City and Manhattan across the water. I banged pans. I sheltered with just my dog in a 1 bed apartment.

Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 3d ago

I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.

Lol. This is also my personal experience re: cops and property crime. Thanks MPD.

Em, midly@lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 4d ago

It’s so funny when people are like “sure you’re an abolitionist now but wait until you’re the victim of a property crime.” Buddy, the most useful thing the police have ever done for property crime is put the form you need to submit to your insurance online.

Uh, does 1 am et align with Iran bombing strikes?

Sky Marchini@sky.skymarchini.net · 4d ago

A friend of mine argues that Trump generally manic-posts when he’s stuck in the situation room bored and waiting for something to happen, i.e. he thinks it’s correlated with Trump ordering military stakes and looking at his phone while waiting for them to be carried out 

I've talked before about Invisible Jobs that keep us all safe, like FDA inspectors and HHS immunologists. Cybersecurity is also an invisible job that no one thinks about until shit like this happens. Cybersecurity agency's top recruits decimated by DOGE cuts - CBS News share.google/343aOW3G77Dt...

Cybersecurity agency's top recruits decimated by DOGE cuts

Among the CISA cuts were top recruits tasked with protecting the nation's critical infrastructure from foreign and domestic cyber attacks.

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MPR News@mprnews.org · 4d ago

Michigan has joined Minnesota in reporting cyberattacks on water systems but an official said all were operating “safely.” Earlier this week, authorities said cyberattacks targeted over 30 water systems in Minnesota.

Yah, except perjury doesn't FUCKING matter anymore.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d ago

Todd Blanche quite obviously lied to the Senate Judiciary Committee when he told them this was dead. It was never dead. It was just on hold until he was confirmed.

Why is casual misogyny so acceptable? This asshat thinks the appropriate response to a woman challenging him is to drop casual misogyny and make assumptions about my voting record. Spoiler: Smart educated women vote for smart educated women. You ain't earned the right to call me "Babe."

Has Taylor Farms sold its contaminated produce to DHS/ICE?

Wajahat Ali@wajali.bsky.social · 5d ago

Please spend time with this. @jennbudd.bsky.social is a national treasure who should be getting more interviews and media time. "ICE's War on Children and Elon Musk's Crusade Against Immigrants" thelefthook.substack.com/p/ices-war-o...

Big news today: GERMAN COURT RULES AI MUSIC FIRM SUNO BROKE COPYRIGHT RULES Suno "has to provide information on illicit revenue", and "will have to pay damages". Wow. www.reuters.com/world/german...

You couldn't pay me to take a job in a red state.

Dominique Baker@bakerdphd.bsky.social · 5d ago

"For others, the issue isn’t politics alone. They’re avoiding schools in states where they wouldn’t feel safe due to a lack of gun control, abortion access or trans rights." A really nice piece that also talks with students who attend college in states with restricted healthcare.

🧵Macalester College Buddhist studies professor Erik Davis and Home Health Care nurse Natasha Rakotz have been arrested and charged with domestic terrorism charges for their roles in protests against ICE in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area. The charges are ludicrous.

We have a serious lack of consequences that drives a serious lack of investment and resources and accountability.

notorious transfem supremacist@takeyourpillsalice.bsky.social · 5d ago

A lot of my clients are American companies and they're unbelievably cavalier when it comes to user privacy. If the worst punishment they can receive is having to pay Equifax for credit monitoring for their users after a major breach then they have nothing forcing them to care.

Hot off the presses! Privacy Dispatches #2 share.google/NsW1ZM1proUr...

Privacy Dispatches #2

Busy couple weeks in Privacy, Cyber, & AI land. Let's rundown a short list of things I'm reading lately. As always, thanks and hat tips to the reporters, lawyers, and other folks who help keep me up t...

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Don't get too excited folks. This is just one procedural hurdle.

Erin Maye Quade@erinmayequade.bsky.social · 5d ago

Hey Minnesota won and the nudification technology ban will go into effect tomorrow at 12:00AM!

I need this on a T-shirt.

Runs with scissors in the dark@tevistickles.bsky.social · 6d ago

Game over.

This is just rational thought.

This is a massive scandal. Not "should be," but "is."

Ways and Means Committee Democrats@waysmeanscmte.bsky.social · 6d ago

Every day, this Administration unlocks new levels of corruption never thought possible. At a time when families are struggling to stay afloat, they’re being denied jobs and opportunities by their president because of their political views.

Here comes Kathryn to make me look like an amateur in this space. 🤣

Kathryn Tewson@kathryntewson.bsky.social · 7d ago

OK! I have read the complaint in the "Grok (OK, fine, xAI) (OK, fine, SpaceX) sues Minnesota over obscene deepfake law" lawsuit, and I'm here to break it down. Link to the complaint below, so you can follow along. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

First, I believe: 1. AI image generation is problematic at baseline. 2. AI image generation of people is additionally problematic. 3. AI image generation of *real* people is EXTREMELY additionally problematic. 4. Grok is problematic at baseline in ways including but not limited to the above.

Fauci should legit go on TV later and just respond to this with his resume. Moreno's resume as a car dealership owner in no way compares. 🤷‍♀️

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"

Republicans are playing the old hits with Fauci today because they have nothing else going for them in this horrific Trump 2 nightmare. They can't defend unjustified wars, corruption, open bigotry, murdering Americans in the streets, running concentration camps, a dismal economy and $4+ gas.