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Is this why Tulsi Gabbard quit as DNI? Hmmmm…
Tulsi Gabbard’s brother accused of inviting children to hotel room, offering money, police say
Batari Gabbard, brother of Tulsi Gabbard, was arrested Friday in Waikiki and charged with second-degree custodial interference after approaching children at a hotel pool.
1011now.com
Hint: It already is. For money, AI tech owners will erase humanity except for themselves. Humanity needs to stop trusting oligarchs, grifters and politicians.
How LLMs could supercharge mass surveillance in the US
The technology could make commercially available bulk datasets even more of a privacy concern.
technologyreview.com
This is horrifying and common at the same time.
Mother Jones@motherjones.com · last wk.Ashley Brouillette said one of her last interactions with her ex-husband was a three-minute voicemail in which David told her that someone should slit her and her daughters’ throats. Last week, she was asked if she recognized her David among the ICE agents after a fatal shooting in Maine. She did.
As in any scare, relying on the ignorance of citizens is key. Politicians hold the public purse, they don’t want an electorate capable of critical thinking. 54% of citizens 16-74: at 6th-grade literacy. About 58% of US adults have a form of mental illness. These are the focus of Rs scare tactics.
Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com · yesterday"Much as the First World War created the legal authorities used for the Palmer raids, through the PATRIOT Act and other legislation, the post-9/11 national security apparatus provided the investigative powers needed to treat a domestic political movement as a threat."
I’m betting that these predictive betting sites will have arsonists betting on locations and times of fires… then go start fires to win the bet. www.hcn.org/articles/peo...
Will betting on wildfires lead to arson? - High Country News
Fire survivors say using prediction markets to gamble on wildfire is “morally reprehensible.”
hcn.org
This is corruption and unlawful. Just like everything else in this administration.
Ars Technica@arstechnica.com · 2d agoSoulless “Musk is communicating in subterranean tropes that his far-right global audience will instantly find intelligible: He’s advancing the generalized sentiment that due to DOGE cuts, nobody died for whom we need to feel any passing responsibility. Nobody died who’s worthy of our concern.“
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d agoIn his explosive interview with The Economist, the SpaceX billionaire inadvertently revealed something darker about his true vision for the future—and about his affinities with global fascism. trib.al/iujKkiD
No surprises there. Laws don’t apply to Trumpworld. Fun fact: Kristy Noem presided over making SDakota one of the world’s most notorious money laundering locations… no wonder Trump liked her.
Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 4d agoDisclosure from 2021 investigation marks first time a bank has formally tied money-laundering concerns to Donald Trump
Simple answer: destroy all functional law enforcement and judiciary that’s likely to bring charges and prosecute you.
Vox@vox.com · 4d agoSecretary of State Marco Rubio has promised to “dismantle the ICC.” www.vox.com/podcasts/497...
Wall St mngs $6trillion in 401k balances. Fund managers get no Social Security mgmt fees. $3.5trillion in the SS trust fund. The government still owes the SS trust fund about $2.56 trillion. If it’s privatized, that repayment to SS stops. This is why Trump is trying so hard to break SS for donors.
Senator Patty Murray@murray.senate.gov · last wk.If you're wondering what party will help you keep your Social Security benefits and which one is trying to take them away, this is a Republican on the Senate floor TODAY:
Tech overlords like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and Jeff Bezos have variously predicted scenarios within the next decade where almost every unskilled or semi-skilled job, and a significant number of highly skilled professions, will be performed by robots. Amazon plans to replace 600,000 workers.
Stars and Swipes: When the classroom met Sally – a cautionary tale from New York
A humanoid teaching assistant named Sally, championed by Melania Trump and built by a company with links to sex robots, has sparked outrage in New York.
thejournal.ie
All this while Trump demands Billions in compensation for his own (valid and warranted) prosecution.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 6d agoA new court filing in the Justice Department’s case against James Comey reveals how Trump is using federal law enforcement to go after his enemies. trib.al/LKkpt0L
TABLES TURN: Democrats are using “Shadow hearings” to press issues and secure millions of on-line views. And clips Even without control of Congress Just filed open.substack.com/pub/macfarla...
TABLES TURN: Democrats Use "Spotlight Hearings" to Level Playing Field Against GOP
A recent series of faux-Congressional Hearings put Democrats on offense
open.substack.com
Handmaids Tale and Minority Report were never intended as instruction manuals. Are we moving on to Fahrenheit 451 next? Dystopia and Orwell all rolled into one.
Reason Magazine@reason.com · last wk.Documents show the FBI seeking AI tools to flag Americans before they act, as the terror watch list's focus moves toward domestic dissent.
Well that’s one way to suppress the vote. "These 150 candidates, mostly incumbents, ran unopposed in the dominant party/uncompetitive in the general election, In other words, we already know not only which party is all but guaranteed to win these seats in November, but which person will win."
There are 150 completely uncompetitive House races in this year's midterms
That's more than one-third of the House. Those districts include more than 84 million Americans, whose input doesn't matter.
reason.com
Never forget Kennedy meddled in Samoas Measles vaccine drive and caused the deaths of 80+ people.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.RFK Jr: "Because of Dr Fauci's leadership and other reasons, we had the highest mortality rate from covid of any country in the world" #OtherReasons 🙃
Cruelty and ignorance are the hallmark of this Administration. (Plus profiteering through insider trading, foreign gifts and grifting through the misuse of government funds)
The Real News Network@therealnews.com · last wk.Cash bail, mandatory minimums, incarcerating children as adults—the Trump-led GOP is destroying decades of criminal justice reforms for “tough on crime” policies that are not only cruel but objectively don’t work. @rattlingthebars.bsky.social therealnews.com/republicans-...
There will be no safeguards. The Saudis gave Trumps SIL $2 billion and have invested in Trump Stock plus bought a lot of Trump crypto. Now the Saudis will get what they paid for.
The Conversation U.S.@us.theconversation.com · last wk.US‑Saudi nuclear deal invites proliferation risks … unless safeguards are written in
Without voter suppression, all Republicans have to fall back on is foreign cash, last-minute gerrymanders, oligarchs funding misinformation, unannounced changes to polling place/drop box locations, USPS ballot seizures, stealth purges of rolls and Trump sending brownshirts to polling places.
Democracy Docket@democracydocket.com · last wk.NEW: Sen. Mike Lee wants his fellow senators to skip their upcoming recess in hopes of finally passing the anti-voting SAVE America Act. But it's not clear that will win it more support. Several Republicans have said there is neither the votes to pass it nor the time to implement it.
When one can pay student loans for 20 years and the principal never lowers, that’s a strong indicator of predatory lending. Now Trump wants to give predatory lenders keys to the student loan grift again…
Mississippi Free Press@mississippifreepress.org · last wk.Among schools in Mississippi, about 33,900 borrowers—about 21%—were late on payments. The number of borrowers across the United States with defaulted student loans jumped by more than 4.2 million from April 2025 to March 2026.
“Influencers” and people deeply invested in unregulated supplements are the worst people to take advice from. You’d think they’d give a passing glance at the big measles outbreak in the US, but that wouldn’t enhance their portfolio value..
10/11 News@1011now.com · 2w agoFDA panel narrowly backs peptide drug touted by Joe Rogan and other influencers
Babies need vitamin K to help their blood clot, but they aren’t born with enough of it in their system. For 60 years, it’s formed clots & stopped bleeding in babies. But parents have started refusing the shot. False and misleading information=belief the shot is harmful. Stupid parents, dead babies.
What I Can’t Forget About the Babies Who Died After Not Receiving a Vitamin K Shot
Babies have died after not receiving the vitamin K shot at birth. Their autopsy records underscore how preventable their deaths could have been.
propublica.org
Of course they are. There’s billion$ to be made, F humanity and everything else on the planet.
The Lever@levernews.com · 2w agoTexas regulators are letting AI data centers sidestep environmental review using minor permits meant for dry cleaners and auto body shops. Now Big Tech is pouring billions into gas-powered AI infrastructure in one of the world’s most polluted oil fields — where residents already face toxic air.
It is not unlimited. Huge, costly units, energy $$ intensive, produces small amounts of water and even the new methods are many times more expensive than tap water. 1 shipping-container sized unit provides for only 3 people. Every house will be burning energy sucking eyesores. But builders make bank
The Japan Times@japantimes.co.jp · 2w agoJapanese water infrastructure company Kubota aims to provide developers of U.S. suburban subdivisions with an unlimited source of water through a technology that extracts H2O from the air.
