The Trump admin’s State Department has hired Nate Hochman, the former Ron DeSantis campaign staffer who lost his job after an uproar over a campaign video containing a Nazi symbol. As we all already know, that kind of resume isn’t a disqualifier in this administration it’s a hiring credential.
For Fired DeSantis Campaign Staff Member, a Second Chance at State Dept.
The hiring of Nate Hochman, who lost his job amid an uproar over a video containing a Nazi symbol, underscores the administration’s willingness to overlook past transgressions.
nytimes.com
A secretive DHS ‘predictive policing’ unit analyzed the financial activity of a man who was driving across Montana, and local authorities stopped him under the pretense of an obstructed license plate and charged him with a DUI. @josephcox.bsky.social reports. Read: www.404media.co/a-secretive-...
It doesn’t take a genius to see where this is going nor see its misuse. Who will halt this in court?
Secret DHS Unit Pulling People Over Based on Their Financial Data
A shady unit at the Department of Homeland Security is using “predictive policing” to try to find evidence they don’t have.
newrepublic.com
DHS is doing predictive policing using unknown financial databases and other info and then passing targets to local cops. What could go wrong? www.404media.co/a-secretive-...
A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans’ Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.
404media.co
"Well done!" Musk wrote on X in response to a post by AfD co-lead Alice Weidel congratulating the party's lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund. Siegmund promptly replied to Musk, thanking him for his "support." Nazi from South Africa congratulates Neo Nazi from former communist East Germany.
The former neo-Nazi activists behind Germany’s rising far-right star
Four former members of a banned organization modeled on the Hitler Youth are part of the inner circle of the man who could become the AfD’s first state premier.
politico.eu
Trump's proposed new Space Force uniform. The Nazi vibes are not a joke. In my new book BACKSLIDE (publishes tomorrow), I write: "If we have any hope of finding our way, we must start by being explicit about the dangers of our current moment... This is our 1933." bookshop.org/a/56272/9781...
Have I Been Flocked? - Search Flock ALPR Audit Logs Have police looked up your travel history? Search Flock Safety audit logs for your license plate. haveibeenflocked.com
Have I Been Flocked? – Search Flock ALPR Audit Logs
Have police looked up your travel history? Search Flock Safety audit logs for your license plate.
haveibeenflocked.com
"No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country. By living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level - I mean the wages of decent living." .. (Franklin. D. Roosevelt) ..(cartoon Nick Anderson)
“It’s not ... just body cameras, just drones, just license plate readers, just fixed surveillance cameras - it’s all of these things are being integrated, and the analysis that can be done on these cameras is pretty extensive,” EFF's Beryl Lipton told @48hills.bsky.social.
It's not just Flock - 48 hills
Cities are cancelling contracts with the spy agency over its abuses—but the alternatives are not a lot better
48hills.org
‘Musk’ doc claims his 4-month DC stint did more than ax 270,000 federal employees and untold billions in life-saving aid. Alex Gibney suggests Musk accessed and potentially collected intimate data on millions of Americans, possibly for later political use. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Elon Musk Unmasked in Alex Gibney Documentary: “Insane a Person This Chaotic Has So Much Power”
He is the richest man on earth. An explosive new film from the Oscar-winning director suggests he also may be among the most dangerous.
hollywoodreporter.com
Leaked Video Shows Flock Taught Cops How to Hunt No Kings Protesters Flock hosted a webinar on how to use its license plate–tracking cameras. ...
Leaked Video Shows Flock Taught Cops How to Hunt No Kings Protesters
Flock hosted a webinar on how to use its license plate–tracking cameras.
newrepublic.com
