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lifting the veil

“The first time Miller shared the folder, it contained private images of Miller and Ms. Moreno's daughter and left her name unredacted. At least one of those images could be considered Child Sexual Abuse Material (SAM) because the daughter's genitals appear to be visible. ...

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This hasn’t gotten much attention, but it should. While everyone was focused on Schedule F, the administration created something even broader. On July 30, a new OPM rule took effect that creates a second way to fire federal employees outside the normal civil service process.

Flock Employee Quits In Disgust, Saying the Company Is Silencing Protestors. Paz maintains that he earnestly believed at the time that its license-plating scanning cameras would help find missing persons, not to conduct mass surveillance. It’s always a good thing when insiders get a conscience.✊

Flock Employee Quits In Disgust, Saying the Company Is Silencing Protestors

A former Flock employee says the company lied about how its cameras would be used and that it tried to undermine protestors.

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Schiff: "The president is entitled to his own views about me or anybody else. He is not entitled, however, to use the DOJ to go after his political opponents. The day we say that's ok and the day we confirm an AG who says that's ok is the day the rule of law becomes merely an unenforceable idea."

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A reminder: when Zelenskyy offered to share Ukraine’s anti-drone expertise with the US back in March, Trump said he was “the last person we need help from”. Trumps assessment was arrogant and naïve. Ukrainian companies are world leaders in drone production and innovation.

I was appalled (though not surprised) when I learned Sunday that Senate Dems intend to help Republicans fund the government through the election, with one minimal concession that has nothing to do with election subversion or ongoing Trump theft of federal dollars from blue states. And I remain so.

Senate Democrats Dodge Last Pre-Election Opportunity To Fight Trump

They won't take a big stand to protect the election, or resist Trump's broader lawlessness, before the midterms.

offmessage.net

Whitehouse: "Next we get to this crooked slush fund Trump family tax amnesty scam. We've got these 2 new pieces of paper. One signed only by Blanche, one not signed by anybody. Neither of which has any legal effect whatsoever. They are decorative. Can you trust Todd Blanche? I do not."

1 in 8 young people personally know someone who has been the target of deepfake nudes. The DEFIANCE Act stands to give those survivors a chance to seek justice. Whether my name is on the bill or not, we must not allow sexual predators to run amok. We must pass DEFIANCE.

2/ The site is La Tilde, pitched as an independent Latin American news brand in Spanish and English. AI detection tools flagged much of the writing as machine made. Not only do they lie to us here in the states, they lie in Latin America as well. #AllTheyDoIsLie theintercept.com/2026/06/02/l...

The Pentagon Is Running an AI Propaganda Mill Targeting Latin America

La Tilde publishes an unusual mix of personal finance guides and articles extolling American military efforts in Latin America.

theintercept.com