Maine taxpayers are projected to contribute more than $823 million toward Trump’s mass deportation agenda, according to a new analysis from the Economic Policy Institute. That money could instead provide Medicaid coverage for nearly 32,000 Mainers or salaries for over 3,100 public school teachers.

Maine taxpayers set to spend $823 million on mass deportations, new analysis finds - Maine Beacon

Maine taxpayers are expected to contribute more than $823 million toward Pres. Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda, money that could instead provide Medicaid coverage for nearly 32,000 Mainers, hea...

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According to a new Pentagon estimate, the Iran war has so far cost $47.1 billion. From data collected by @caseydreier.bsky.social, that's just a little more than the cumulative total given to NASA's Planetary Science Division since 2007. TWENTY YEARS of planetary science. Or eight months of war.

A young woman from Virginia was in the middle of a road trip when police pulled her over, because Flock flagged her vacation route as "suspicious." This is unacceptable — where we drive is none of the government's business.

Police Are Increasingly Pulling People Over Because AI Deems Their Driving Patterns “Suspicious” | ACLU

Anybody is susceptible to being stopped, searched, or worse; AI makes new forms of abuse possible

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NEW: Ingram, Texas, was just rebuilding from a devastating flood when its tiny police department enrolled in ICE’s 287(g) deportation program. Within a year, cops would hand over the equivalent of 10% of the town. with @nytimes.com

The Small-Town Cop Who Helped ICE Deport His Neighbors

Ingram, Texas, was just rebuilding from a devastating flood when its tiny police department enrolled in ICE’s 287(g) deportation program. Within a year, cops would hand over the equivalent of 10% of t...

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The Vulnerability Apocalypse is here, and computer security is about to get a whole lot worse. Here's what you can do.

Computer Security Is About to Get a Lot Worse, Here’s What You Can Do

It is a commonly held truth among computer geeks that there is no such thing as bug free software, or a secure computer. Any piece of software that anyone actually uses will have a security vulnerabil...

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“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's comms director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.” We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped (published Oct. 2025):

“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America

Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...

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ICE’s appointment of former DHS official Micah Bock as deputy chief of staff signals a deeper embrace of white supremacist ideology. Bock has openly promoted “remigration.” His rhetoric mirrors European white nationalists as violence against migrants and deaths in ICE custody rise. Read more:

ICE Doubles Down On White Supremacy With New Appointment

ICE’s appointment of former DHS official Micah Bock as deputy chief of staff and assistant director of communications signals a deeper embrace of white supremacist ideology. Bock has openly promoted “...

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❗️WSJ reports Elon Musk personally ordered a slowdown of the military-grade Starlink service used by Ukraine, leaving some offensive and interceptor drones virtually useless. Musk and Trump later discussed the move; one source says they had also discussed it beforehand. #Ukraine

A pro-life white woman ruling that a law officer was justified in killing a Black baby seated in his mother’s lap, shooting her as well because of suspicion of stealing diapers is as accurate of a summation of how the US has historically wielded its institutions against Blackfolk as I can think of.

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JUST IN: The police shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley as he sat in his mother’s lap in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, Miss., in June “was justified,” Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office said on Monday. Her office will not charge the white officer who shot the child.

Protestors Criticized For Looting Businesses Without Forming Private Equity Firm First https://theonion.com/protestors-criticized-for-looting-businesses-without-fo-1843735351/

🧊😵 Denying medicine to a diabetic isn’t a “mistake” or “neglect.” It’s murder. www.texastribune.org/2026/10/18/m...

Migrant found dead at Laredo Processing Center run by ICE

The death was confirmed by U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, who said the 56-year-old Mexican national was found unresponsive in his cell. He’s the seventh person to die while detained by ICE this year.

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Zelensky says the US government ordered the Starlink and Starshield speed restrictions, which SpaceX then implemented technically. He says the restrictions have not been lifted. Ukraine also went three days without US intelligence needed to provide warning of Russian ballistic missile launches.

🧊✈️ SIGNATURE AVIATION doesn't want you to know that they *still* service ICE transport flights daily at airports across the country. In San Diego, they've tried to cover up their logo on these air stairs to avoid seeing more photos like the one on the right below 👀

JJ in DC@jjindc.bsky.social · 2w ago

🧊✈️ SAN DIEGO: Two Eastern Air Express pilots take a break in the shade of their plane (N624XA) Thursday afternoon as ICE thugs nearby load a cargo of chained humans for transport to a concentration camp outside El Paso 😲⛓️

The Telegraph obtained information that it was Elon Musk’s idea to reduce the maximum speed of Starlink-controlled (interceptor-) drones in Ukraine, then got cold feet that this might backfire on Starlink in the European market and then finally blamed Trump for this episode.

The Trump administration is reportedly using a War on Drugs-era program to demand license plate data from police across the country. The DEA has fought to keep this program out of the public eye, so we don't even know how many jurisdictions are affected.

Are Police in Your Community Laundering License Plate Data Through Federal Drug Programs Into a Secretive Central Database? | ACLU

New report suggests this is a question local communities fighting against mass surveillance should be asking their elected officials

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Somersaulting RFK Jr. Excitedly Chases Own Penis Through Cabinet Meeting https://theonion.com/somersaulting-rfk-jr-excitedly-chases-own-penis-through-cabinet-meeting/

🧊✈️ These are all ICE flights 👀

Today’s internet relies on encryption. But 30 years ago, the U.S government treated encryption like a weapon - until a grad student, a junior lawyer, and a fledgling digital rights group sued to fix that. Listen to Episode 2 of our "Privacy’s Defenders" podcast: “No Privacy Without Encryption.”

Privacy's Defenders Podcast: No Privacy Without Encryption

Three decades ago, the U.S government treated encryption like a weapon, and it took some unlikely heroes to set it free: a grad student, a junior lawyer, and a fledgling digital rights group who sued ...

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Air Force Maj. Jason Watson was arrested July 1 on the steps of the US Capitol after calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. According to his lawyer, he’s now being held in solitary confinement 24 hours a day in what some legal experts say could amount to illegal pretrial punishment.

Air Force Major Who Called for Trump’s Impeachment Held in Solitary Confinement

Some legal experts say Jason Watson’s confinement for 24 hours a day could amount to illegal pretrial punishment.

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Elon Musk, two racist uncles, left to do all Alberta Separatist posting after Russian bot farm goes offline

Elon Musk, two racist uncles, left to do all Alberta Separatist posting after Russian bot farm goes offline

CALGARY - In the wake of Ukraine's successful drone strikes on Russia's Yandex data centres, which have allegedly caused bot activity to plummet across the web, the entirety of pro-Alberta Separation ...

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As the Trump administration has relentlessly pursued immigrants, federal agents have run roughshod over the constitutional rights of U.S. citizens. We’re showing you every incident we’ve confirmed — along with the receipts: https://propub.li/3TBuddL

Millions of dollars are being spent on camera towers, drones, ground sensors, and other forms of surveillance tech at the U.S.-Mexico border—all to the detriment of those who live, work, or seek refuge in the borderlands. You can learn more in our zine: www.eff.org/issues/bord....

Border Surveillance Technology

Government officials refer to surveillance technology at the U.S.-Mexico border as a “virtual wall,” when, in reality, it is a digital dumpster fire for human rights and civil liberties. Hundreds of

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Trump demands all Americans chip in $20 to send to Russia

Trump demands all Americans chip in $20 to send to Russia

CLARKSVILLE, TN - During a midterm campaign rally, U.S. President Donald Trump thrilled his supporters by ordering them, as well as every other American, to personally mail $20 to Russian President Vl...

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🧊✈️ SEATTLE: A girl in chains boards an ICE-chartered GlobalX airplane (tail: N630VA) at Boeing Field, to be transported south to Arizona 👀

#NAFO how did I not know he was on here.😈 Bonk it real good!

⚠️ HUMAN TRAFFICKER 🧊 This man drives a prison bus for ICE, delivering humans in chains to Alliance Airport in Fort Worth, Texas 👀

Trump has been hiding his Russian diesel deal for over a month: the deal was announced yesterday, but it was likely agreed when Witkoff and Kushner visited the Kremlin on 5th September. While Trump was signing the Lindsey Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 on 18th September,…

I filmed this at Stadium-Armory Metro Station in Washington, DC this evening around 6:30 pm. He was minding his business waiting for the train, he wasn’t fighting them, but all of them piled onto him without giving him time to react to that many of them surrounding him.

Here’s the Nazi owners of this airline. company owned by its founders, including Cliff Honeycutt (who serves as CEO), Glen Rich, and Dan Bauer. Company Overview • Founders & Leadership: Cliff Honeycutt (CEO), Glen Rich (COO), and Dan Bauer. • Founded: 1997 • Headquarters: Colorado

JJ in DC@jjindc.bsky.social · 3w ago

🧊🛩️ HEADS UP VIRGINIA‼️ ⚠️ ICE Air inbound to Richmond Key Lime Embraer 145 Tail: N974DC – ETA 10:20am 👀

ICE’s Violence Is The Greatest Threat To Public Safety www.commondreams.org/opinion/ice-...

ICE’s Violence Is The Greatest Threat To Public Safety | Common Dreams

Even if we accept DHS’ framing of Belgal as a dangerous criminal, that is not a legitimate reason for a federal agent to shoot a civilian—let alone to fire indiscriminately at a car with a child on bo...

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