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As international attention shift toward the war in Iran, Trump's interventions in Latin America have gotten overshadowed. But reactionary governments are popping up across the map, poised to undo decades of redistributive politics, social rights, & environmental regulation. Caleb Brennan reports.
In Latin America, Trump Is Bringing Back That Old-Time Imperialism - The American Prospect
‘Hondurasgate’ exposed a plan to boost far-right American puppets across the Western Hemisphere.
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"Less than two cents on every dollar. That was US tech giant Palantir’s effective global corporation tax rate in 2025, according to a new study."
Follow the Money EU@ftm.eu · 13h agoPalantir earns billions from government contracts around the world, including across Europe. Yet European trade unions say the US tech giant pays next to nothing in tax. How does a company profiting from so much public money contribute so little in return?
Do we continue on a trajectory towards annihilation, or do we change course? I say let’s change course.
Truthout@truthout.org · 1h agoIn July, the Vatican hosted an assembly on AI and nuclear war. “AI built into nuclear systems leaves little time for, or even replaces, human judgement in a crisis,” the assembly document reads. “This technology changes the context in which nuclear-armed states compete with each other.”
Any AES supporter would have been thrilled with a win of any margin as recently as a month ago. A few late polls showing a bigger lead shouldn’t change that reality. He won against the Dem establishment and $62M of PAC money. He was barely on the radar when he entered the race.
Yep. Minority Report is coming to U.S. neighborhoods all over the country very soon courtesy of Ai predictive policing and murder drones made by Andruil, armed humanoid robots and Ai navigation systems made by Palantir.
"The empire can break the glass of the candles and paint over the messages left on the pavement. But it cannot erase the underlying anatomy of a city that produced the tragedy in the first place," says Rev. David Hart in an op-ed for Madison365.
Rev. David Hart: Dismantling of Corey Ruiz memorial an act of bureaucratic erasure
The concrete on Willy Street does not remember the names of the dead, but the people who walk it do. In fact, the names live with them, tucked into their bosoms like dollar bills a mother of the…
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Exclusive: cases of Afghan man, Ukrainian man and Saudi woman show repeated nasogastric tube insertions and lack of legal representation
‘What they’re doing qualifies as torture’: new details of ICE force-feeding revealed
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‘The area, in a remote corner of Arizona’s Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, is a roughly 280-by-50-foot etching in the desert sand known as an intaglio. Last Thursday, without any notice, a contractor working for DHS cut a roughly 60-foot swath across the middle of the intaglio…’
Harms Committed@harmscommitted.com · 3h ago"A rare archaeological site in the Sonoran Desert was bulldozed by a Department of Homeland Security contractor involved in building the latest sections of Donald Trump's border wall." "There won't be any vegetation on it at all." #USA #Borders #Climate
Trafficking rings seem to be a constant for the criminals oligarchs. We’re going to ensure these networks are investigated, shutdown, and held accountable.
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 4h agoNEW: Trump is speaking today at a casino owned by a company battling lawsuits alleging its properties failed to stop the trafficking of a 9-year-old girl and other victims. The suits allege negligence and inadequate security. Our latest:
Check out our (recently updated!) toolkit covering ways YOU can interrupt the death-making ICE machine:
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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective@crimethinc.com · 2d agoAnother person has died at Delaney Hall, the second in a period of months, supposedly of an unspecified "medical emergency." His name is Edwin Lopez-Cornejo. He was just 41 years old. When we fight against ICE, we are fighting to save lives. This is urgent. crimethinc.com/DelaneyStrat...
Dockworkers calling for strikes and protests against war and genocide.
Sarah Lazare@sarahlazare.bsky.social · 23h agoAt a time when US violence and belligerence toward Iran keeps reaching terrifying new heights, this call to action from dockworkers is so concrete, so needed. These are the same unions that pulled off dockworker strikes in solidarity with Palestinians, so they mean it when they put out these calls.
"I strongly believe there are entire companies right now under heavy AI psychosis and it’s impossible to have rational conversations with them about it. I can’t name any specific people because they include personal friends" https://hermit-tech.com/blog/ai-mania-is-eviscerating-global-decisionmaking
AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decisionmaking · Radically Ethical Data Consulting
The reality of how much damage AI mania is doing to our ability to run institutions effectively.
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The Answer Is in the Hills: Sacred Resistance in Pe’ Sla nonprofitquarterly.org/the-answer-i...
The Answer Is in the Hills: Sacred Resistance in Pe' Sla | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
Robert Harold Bordeaux is a Sičáŋǧu Lakota poet, author of the collection Prairie Bones, and co-founder of the Black Hills Writers Collective.
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“This case is about the most vulnerable in our immigration system: abused, abandoned, neglected, and trafficked children,” the lawsuit reads. “One would assume it would be a priority of our immigration system to protect, at least, these children…”
bleachedperiwinkle.bsky.social@bleachedperiwinkle.bsky.social · 4h ago“Burmese deportees in 2025 were immediately sent to a torture facility next to the airport, according to Myanmar Now…not all of them had emerged.”
Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 8h agoThis plane landed in Myanmar about three hours ago. This is the third ICE flight to Myanmar this year. Burmese deportees in 2025 were immediately sent to a torture facility next to the airport, according to Myanmar Now. Weeks later, not all of them had emerged.
We absolutely need more discussion of this.
Noema Magazine@noemamag.com · 5h ago“We stand at the dawn of massive climate-change-induced displacement, with no substantive discussion about how to deal with it, & no interest in exploring our planetary responsibility for those whose homes will be devastated by desertification & flooding.” —Joshua Craze
Read the full interview: www.wired.com/story/abdul-...
Abdul El-Sayed Is an Epidemiologist Running for Senate. His State Is a Public Health Disaster
Michigan has been at the epicenter of the wildfire smoke and explosive diarrhea outbreaks. The progressive Democrat talks to WIRED about how he would tackle the forces behind them if he’s elected.
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Texas residents fume over proposal to put data center next to a Buddhist monastery The backlash coincides with a directive from Gov. Greg Abbott ordering audits of all pending data center power grid connections across Texas www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Texas residents fume over proposal to put data center next to a Buddhist monastery
The backlash coincides with a directive from Gov. Greg Abbott ordering audits of all pending data center power grid connections across Texas
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By winning, El-Sayed scored a signature victory for progressives far bigger than others that preceded it given Michigan is a key swing state and has a history of favoring far more centrist candidates for statewide office, writes @detroitfreepress.bsky.social Washington correspondent Todd Spangler.
DuckDuckGo Is Selling Anti Pervert Glasses That Contain Zero AI, Cameras, or Even Electronics Whatsoever "0/10... Useless for perverts." futurism.com/artificial-i...
DuckDuckGo Is Selling Anti Pervert Glasses That Contain Zero AI, Cameras, or Even Electronics Whatsoever
Google alternative DuckDuckGo has come up with a pair of plastic, non-pervert glasses in response to Meta's controversial smart glasses.
futurism.com
‘I just want to find them’: deadly cloudbursts devastate Kashmir’s mountain communities
‘I just want to find them’: deadly cloudbursts devastate Kashmir’s mountain communities
Increasingly erratic weather patterns due to climate change mean people are losing homes, crops and livestock
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Cash from misery. Time to spread these profits around a little. #climatecrisis
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
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“The Pentagon is poised to sign a contract to acquire and rapidly deploy what’s called an Enduring High Energy Laser in and around bases across the world to defend them from drone attacks, according to sources familiar with the matter.”
WIRED@wired.com · yesterdayFacing a growing drone threat, the Pentagon is poised to sign a first-of-its-kind contract for “Enduring High Energy Lasers”—and make directed energy weapons an official part of the Army’s kit. www.wired.com/story/landma...
