NEW: The Trump administration is trying to create national databases of Americans’ private data, violating the law and the Constitution—all to consolidate power under President Trump and pursue his political agenda. Here's how we're pushing back:

The Trump admin wants to put your private data in one place. That’s illegal. - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

The Trump administration has attempted to create national databases of Americans' private data, violating the law and the Constitution.

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𝗩𝗜𝗕𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞: Negative "Glendora Police Department accused of enforcing arrest quota, facing racial harassment claims"

Is it normal for a police department to have ‘arrest quotas?’ As reported by Fox 11, the Glendora Police Department has an arrest quota of 1,700 people per year.

r/LA Bot@r-losangeles.bsky.social · 8mo ago

📰 Officer accuses Glendora PD of racial harassment, arrest-quota pressure 💬 Glendora PD's officer claims racial harassment & quota pressure—grievances spark mixed outrage & support. 🕵️‍♂️✊ #JusticeMatters https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/1p7r887

For decades, anti-registry activists tried to warn people about the dangers of government intrusion. There has been widespread support for criminal registries and multi-agency "compliance checks" and raids. What we're seeing in Minneapolis right now is the fruit of these programs.

Is it normal for a police department to have ‘arrest quotas?’ As reported by Fox 11, the Glendora Police Department has an arrest quota of 1,700 people per year.

r/LA Bot@r-losangeles.bsky.social · 8mo ago

📰 Officer accuses Glendora PD of racial harassment, arrest-quota pressure 💬 Glendora PD's officer claims racial harassment & quota pressure—grievances spark mixed outrage & support. 🕵️‍♂️✊ #JusticeMatters https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/1p7r887

Epstein: Too important to ignore. Yet it’s the perfect distraction, to keep much of the country’s political energy on the scandal, so that the “government,” with corporations and the wealthy class, can continue to screw the American people over in the later stages of capitalism.

More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The GOP is trying to sneak legislation into a bigger bill that would preempt state laws around the regulation of AI, and create a national environment with very little regulation of the technology. punchbowl.news/article/tech...

Trump ‘promises’ the checks by mid-2026, because that’s conveniently when SCOTUS may rule that the IEEPA does not authorize the President to impose tariffs. Then, T will blame SCOTUS—and many people will also blame SCOTUS, leading to the judicial branch losing even more credibility.

Axios@axios.com · 9mo ago

BREAKING: Trump promises $2,000 tariff checks by mid-2026

Fascism is the system’s response to late-stage capitalism. This is capitalism failing. People are setting themselves up to be shocked when fascism accelerates post-Trump. This isn't a problem with a few bad people. This is a problem with a system that enriches the few, at the expense of the many.

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 9mo ago

Chileans rallied behind hard-line conservatives in elections Sunday as anger over crime and immigration pushes the country to the right—setting the stage for a possible alignment with President Trump.

Just to clarify, everyone knows the reason for this government shutdown is because Republicans don’t want to release the Epstein Files, right?

Many people claim AI is “hype,” but the fact is it—along with the algorithms and machine learning they rely on—is potentially more dangerous than nukes to humanity.

This is how Fox News radicalizes people—as their viewers watch these three anchors casually discuss involuntary civil commitment, to the final solution of “involuntary lethal injection,” over an aesthetically curated morning tv show.

Media Matters for America@mmfa.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Fox News host on mentally ill people who commit crimes: “Just kill them” www.mediamatters.org/fox-friends/...

The Trump Tariffs are making the price of everything go up quickly. Produce at Costco up at least 20 percent in the past month. Things on Amazon that used to cost ~$80, now ~$100. Gas is up. Cost of everything rising. And this is just the beginning, as T essentially started a trade war.

No one, no matter their age, should have to hand over their passport or driver’s license just to access legal information and speak freely. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Blocking Access to Harmful Content Will Not Protect Children Online,

The UK is having a moment. In late July, new rules took effect that require all online services available in the UK to assess whether they host content considered harmful to children, and if so,

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Nah, this was no “coding error.” The United States government has been out to destroy habeas corpus, without a constitutional amendment, because it stands in the way of its tyrannical power.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 12mo ago

Article I Sections 9 & 10 of the U.S. Constitution—which limit presidential power over tariffs and protect habeas corpus—have disappeared from Congress’s website. They claim a coding error is to blame.

In 2024, Scott Soucek said he voted for Trump "to fight against human/child trafficking"

Husband of Wisconsin Trump Delegate Charged With Child Porn

In 2024, Scott Soucek said he voted for Trump "to fight against human/child trafficking"

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Every single Republican member of Congress has turned their back on the values they campaigned on: voting to block the release of the Epstein files.

LOL ofc Florida

The United States also has a bigger per capita jail and prison population than the prison populations of China, Russia, and Saudi Arabia put together.

Prison Policy Initiative@prisonpolicy.org · last yr.

A grim reminder this 4th of July: The US has the highest incarceration rate of any independent democracy on Earth, making it a leader in mass incarceration. Far too many people are locked up in the “land of the free.”

I received this email from the SSA as well. It is a complete lie. Social Security income is still taxed — the Big, Ugly Bill did NOTHING to change that. Welcome to 1984, folks.

Bold of you to assume we will have fair elections again—when Trump and Elon have indicated no.

Angry@angrystaffer.bsky.social · last yr.

Congratulations to the GOP for just losing the midterms.

In politics, it’s almost always about selecting the lesser of two evils. However, keep in mind that NOT ONE Democrat politician voted for this so-called “Big Beautiful Bill.”

The Associated Press@apnews.com · last yr.

BREAKING: The Republican-led House gives final passage to Trump's tax bill in a defining moment for his second term.

Virtually no coverage, in the mainstream media, highlighting Trump’s SIXTH meeting with his boss, Putin, since the beginning of this year. This meeting comes on a day Congress is set to pass the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill.”

“No tax on tips” is a scam. This provision in the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” expires in 2028, and only allows a $25k exemption (and excludes “gig” workers and independent contractors), while the rest of the tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires extend in perpetuity. Why is this?

There were 29 law enforcement officers who were arrested, pled guilty and/or were sentenced to prison for child sex crimes in the month of June.

The "Big Beautiful Bill" is Orwellian—in that it's deceptively named—because it's really a Big Ugly Bill, that disproportionately hurts low and middle-income people and families, in the same way…

The Associated Press@apnews.com · last yr.

BREAKING: Senate Republicans pass Trump’s big tax breaks and spending cuts bill after a turbulent all-night session. Follow live updates.

After watching CSPAN for a few hours, I must ask why a provision that imposed a 10-year moratorium on state AI laws and regulations, surrendering AI control to the federal government…

Someone explain why some want to eliminate birthright citizenship, when a clear reading of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states the following: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States[.]”

IANAL but, in foregoing equitable principles, people who have their rights vindicated via injunction now have different rights than all other people in every other federal district courts—with SCOTUS now requiring a plaintiff-specific injunctive lawsuit in each of the country’s 94 district courts?

NPR@npr.org · last yr.

BREAKING: Supreme Court limits universal injunctions issued by federal courts in birthright citizenship case decision

“Rejection is God’s protection,” some say. True or not, it doesn’t change the fact it hurts.