Tesla Takedown MN
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The home of Tesla Takedown Golden Valley, MN and info on Twin Cities events including Indivisible, 50501, & Women’s March. We are a non-violent, pro-democracy resistance community.
Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
Decision Desk HQ projects No wins the Augusta Township Measure - Rezone Agricultural Residential to General Industrial for Data Center #DecisionMade: 10:35 PM EDT
BIG: Kansas just rejected a ballot measure that would have required state Supreme Court justices to be elected rather than appointed by the governor — dealing another setback to Republicans trying to overturn a decision that established a constitutional right to abortion.
Capital One has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit from the Trump Org over the closure of 300+ bank accounts in 2021, writing now the bank's own filings & Trump businesses' allegations "make clear that Capital One closed Plaintiffs' accounts for anti-money laundering reasons." 😁
Capital One says it closed Trump Organization accounts over money-laundering concerns
The bank is asking a judge to permanently dismiss a lawsuit from Trump-affiliated businesses, arguing a monthslong internal review — not the Jan. 6 riot — explains why hundreds of accounts were shut d...
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Jeanine Pirro should take note but instead, she will continue to be Trump’s dog until he fires her. #Pinks
Missouri lawmakers tried to rig democracy. Voters torched the plan. Amendment 4 would’ve forced ballot initiatives to win in all 8 congressional districts, a rigged system designed to kill citizen power. They said no. Hard. Power to the people. Keep the momentum going into November!
A federal judge held the Department of Homeland Security in contempt for allegedly slow-rolling an order to turn over phones used by immigration agents during operations in the Los Angeles area last year. W/ @wendyfry.bsky.social calmatters.org/justice/2026...
Judge orders daily fines against Homeland Security in case over LA immigration sweeps
A federal judge held the Department of Homeland Security in contempt for not disclosing the cellphone records of immigration agents in Los Angeles.
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Tesla Takedown Golden Valley, MN week 78, 8/4/26. On this National Night Out we got some new signs and connected with neighbors. @teslatakedown.com @indivistwincities.bsky.social @mn50501.bsky.social @womensmarchmn.bsky.social @indivisiblewmetro.bsky.social @indivisiblemn03.org
Waymo CEO explains why Tesla’s camera-only self-driving falls short
Waymo CEO explains why Tesla’s camera-only self-driving falls short
Waymo co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov laid out the clearest technical case yet for why cameras alone can’t take a self-driving system to full autonomy, arguing that “weak sensing” hits a safety ceiling long before it reaches superhuman performance. He never said the word Tesla. But camera-only is Tesla’s entire bet, and this was a direct shot at it.
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New: police are being explicitly told to hide the fact they're using Flock to pull people over and arrest them. Basically, do not mention this in official police reports. If the tech is completely legal and acceptable, like law enforcement say, why hide it? www.404media.co/do-not-menti...
‘DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE’: How Cops Are Trying to Hide Their Use of Flock
“DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE. DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE IN YOUR REPORT OR COMPLAINT."
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We told you so. Trump deploying agents to voting stations in Detroit, Hamtramck, Lansing, & East Lansing. Keep these numbers on you in case you observe any interference, intimidation, or other bullshit. Election protection hotline (non-profit, non-partisan): 866-687-8683
The privately owned prison in Appleton, Minnesota, that was shuttered 16 years ago will reopen in the fall to hold detainees for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Long-shuttered Appleton prison to reopen for ICE detainees
The 1,600 bed prison is expected to open this fall. Contractors started repairs on the facility last year.
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Week 78 of Tesla Takedown Golden Valley, MN on Tuesday, Aug 4 at 5PM. Tesla is Terrible. Musk Sucks. Join us to convince folks to make better choices. @indivistwincities.bsky.social @mn50501.bsky.social @womensmarchmn.bsky.social @indivisiblewmetro.bsky.social @indivisiblemn03.org
DOGE has materially weakened our country, and it will continue to do so for quite some time. Our critical infrastructure is more vulnerable to attack. Those responsible should be held accountable for their actions and decisions. Musk was not elected. @teslatakedown.com @teslatakedownmn.bsky.social
Governor Tim Walz@governorwalz.mn.gov · 5d agoDOGE took an axe to CISA and left the U.S. exposed to cyber attacks. Thankfully, our experts in Minnesota were able to identify the vulnerability quickly and work with local communities to stop it.
Trump knows exactly who is responsible for this attack, and knows that other states were hit too. This is what modern warfare looks like, and it further illustrates there’s no plan to win a war with Iran. www.cnn.com/2026/07/31/p...
Sweeping cyberattack on water systems in multiple states has US officials on edge | CNN Politics
Hackers have targeted water systems in several US states in a coordinated cyberattack that has caused some utilities to issue boil-water notices and switch to manual mode, taking their systems offline...
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We still don’t know all the details of how Barr’s DOJ criminally framed Joe Biden. The “free” press largely ignored scandalous details abt Hunter’s investigation (such as that DOJ relied on doctored form at trial). And anon protesters are at far greater risk.
Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 7d agoAmerica is weird because we have a free press but also an authoritarian government and so we learn in pretty close to real time the shit that is not revealed in other authoritarian settings until decades later.
Particularly given that Trump has done so much of this or similar, I'm a bit sad they didn't include "defraud MAGAts at scale." The support numbers would still be sky-high. But it would be a useful demonstrative. www.politico.com/news/2026/07...
“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
"This should be humiliating to the entire country. It should lead Republicans — all of them, not just John Cornyn and Thom Tillis — to reject the handmaiden of this atrocity to lead DOJ, precisely the prize (Comey’s filings suggest) that he sought, in pursuing this bullshit investigation."
emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social · last wk.Todd Blanche Colluded with Italian Mafiosos ... and Also Rudy Guiliani ... to Indict Jim Comey emptywheel.net/2026/07/29/t...
"If there is a question to ask, then, it is this: Why does Musk get a pass? Why do politicians, journalists and commentators treat his far-right racist radicalism as a sideshow rather than the core of his political, ideological and industrial project..." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...
Opinion | Elon Musk Is a Menace to Society (Gift Article)
Why does the owner of X get a pass for what he says and does there?
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The chances are quite good that the "number three" at DOJ who ordered Jim Comey to be illegally surveilled was Third Circuit judge Emil Bove. (He was nominated days later.) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![6. The following morning, the Secret Service submitted an emergency request to
Verizon in which an agent represented that such surveillance “relate[d] to an emergency involving
danger of death or serious physical injury to a person, necessitating disclosure without delay of
information relating to that emergency.” Ex. E. [013475-77] The Secret Service agent who
completed the form signed an attestation stating: “I certify that the foregoing is true and correct
and understand that Verizon may rely upon this form to make an emergency disclosure to my law
enforcement agency … pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 2702(b)(8) or 2702(c)(4).” Id. The declarant
advised the ATSAIC that he “was asked by the SAIC to ping the cellphone of James Comey via
exigency.” Ex. D. [013417] He further added that he did so “with hesitation.” Id. The same
document indicates that an Assistant Special Agent in Charge (“ASAIC”) reported that “the # 3
guy at DOJ ‘wanted to ping the cellphone via an exigency request.’”3
Id.
7. Secret Service case records provided in discovery show that Mr. Comey’s cell
phone was electronically tracked that day as he and his wife drove north on Interstate 95 (“I-95”)
from North Carolina toward his Virginia home. The Comeys were also physically surveilled
during the trip, but trailing agents lost contact when the Comeys exited I-95 at one point to drive
toward the cemetery where the Comeys’ son is buried. The electronic surveillance captured the
trip to the cemetery. (The Government later seized—pursuant to the challenged March 2026](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreieobn5egqgq6vjid4fyzhfkbfdq7wbtqkelblvctdqwqaywzgeova)
Susan Blass is one of thousands of Minnesotans whose lives could be affected by Minnesota’s massive review and disenrollment of social service providers in response to immense federal pressure to root out fraud.
Care left in limbo as Minnesota reviews appeals from Medicaid providers
Under federal pressure to prevent fraud, the state’s race to revalidate social service organizations has had some damaging side effects.
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NEW: OpenAI’s unhinged AI models hacked at least FOUR “publicly available services”—not just Hugging Face, as was initially disclosed. @dell.bsky.social and Maxwell Zeff report: www.wired.com/story/openai...
OpenAI’s Rogue AI Agent Hacked More Than Just Hugging Face
In a new disclosure, OpenAI says its agent used exposed logins to gain access to at least four “publicly available services” in its unhinged quest to solve a test.
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BREAKING: Trump ally Jay Clayton, who has no intelligence experience, has just been confirmed by the Senate to be Director of National Intelligence.