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Samuel Sinyangwe

@samswey.bsky.social

Data Scientist. Mapping Police Violence.

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Samuel Sinyangwe@samswey.bsky.social · last yr.

Republicans are about to pass the largest increase in police funding *ever* in the United States, with almost all of that funding going to ICE and agencies that partner with ICE. That’s not even including the additional funding for more incarceration/surveillance.

Samuel Sinyangwe@samswey.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨The United States Senate is on the verge of passing a bill that spends TWICE as much $$$ on policing and incarceration as the 1994 Crime Bill. Building detention centers, enhancing surveillance, hiring more ICE agents, funding local police cooperation with mass deportations. 🚨

Samuel Sinyangwe@samswey.bsky.social · last yr.

George W made Colin Powell lie to the UN about centrifuges and weapons of mass destruction in order to invade Iraq. Trump just casually remarks that he “thinks they’re close” to a weapon and apparently that’s enough to go to war with Iran. Just when you thought things couldn’t get any more stupid…

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · last yr.

Since Florida passed a law cracking down on ballot initiatives last month, organizers say the number of petitions they've been able to collect a week has dropped by 80%: www.wusf.org/courts-law/2... Bolts reported on how extreme the law is here: boltsmag.org/florida-new-...

A New Crackdown on Ballot Initiatives Unnerves Florida Organizers - Bolts

The new Republican law threatens volunteers with more investigations and criminal punishment, even as Ron DeSantis faces allegations of illegally meddling in ballot measures.

boltsmag.org

Ron Deibert@rondeibert.bsky.social · last yr.

Another private surveillance vendor accessing data from commercial sources and data breaches and packaging it for law enforcement. In this case, the distributed nature of the license plater reader cameras is especially concerning www.404media.co/license-plat...

License Plate Reader Company Flock Is Building a Massive People Lookup Tool, Leak Shows

Flock, which has license plate readers (LPRs) all around the country, wants police to be able to “jump from LPR to person,” according to leaked audio obtained by 404 Media.

404media.co

Samuel Sinyangwe@samswey.bsky.social · last yr.

Researchers estimate 219,000 people will die because of DOGE cuts, including 148,000 children. All to save the average American taxpayer $150. www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...

The Icarian@the-icarian.federated.press.ap.brid.gy · last yr.

DOGE says it has saved $160 billion. Those cuts have cost taxpayers $135 billion, one analysis says. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doge-cuts-cost-135-billion-analysis-elon-musk-department-of-government-efficiency/

Samuel Sinyangwe@samswey.bsky.social · 2y ago

The Trump administration put an apartheid billionaire in control of US government spending and he is now *literally* going line-by-line cancelling billions of *our own tax dollars* from being given to Black and Brown businesses and communities across the US. This is a white supremacist dictatorship.

Samuel Sinyangwe@samswey.bsky.social · 2y ago

Your tax dollars will pass through a South African billionaire who has already accumulated more money *for himself* than any other human being alive. And you’re not really going to know what he does with your money, until it’s too late.

Jeff Stein@jeffstein.bsky.social · 2y ago

SCOOP: The highest-ranking Treasury official is expected to depart soon after a clash w/ Elon Musk allies over their demands for access to a sensitive internal government payment system, sources say System controls disbursement of trillions of dollars per yr www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...