Trump and his cult, including many Republican office-holders, have been egging on political violence -- aimed at the left -- for years. They are NOT opposed to political violence. Our "mainstream" journalists seem mostly unwilling to provide that context in their coverage at the moment.
Yes, we should despise Big Tech/Telecom's vile CEOs. But as @pluralistic says in his latest Pluralistic post, first blame the policy monsters -- among them, Robert Bork, Bruce Lehman, and Ajit Pai -- who enabled Tech's vicious and destructive monopolists https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/10/say-their-names/
ProPublica, best in its class these days, extensively debriefed a Trumpist who repented after collaborating in an unparalleled invasion of Americans' data privacy. https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-doge-social-security-takeover-leland-dudekAs always, the Trump regime response was to attack, not defend -- a confession of guilt.
Reuters bends knee to China dictatorship and removes video of Xi and Putin talking about changing out body parts. Presumably lots of people have copies, so it's important for them to post them promiscuously -- and if possible anonymously -- to boost Streisand effect.https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/reuters-withdraws-xi-putin-longevity-video-after-china-state-tv-pulls-legal-2025-09-06/
Contemptible people, every one of them at this table, starting with the fascist host and extending to the money-grubbing, power-hungry tech CEOs who have completely betrayed their country on his behalf. https://www.wired.com/story/tech-ceos-donald-trump-white-house/Alt link: https://archive.ph/2BltD
That dashboard camera you bought for your car is a spying on you and your movements -- and you have zero control over where the images go. Congress -- which could do something about this -- is fine with the situation, because it has endless contempt for your privacy. https://www.404media.co/this-company-turns-dashcams-into-virtual-cctv-cameras-then-hackers-got-in/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter
An accurate headline: "In win for infectious diseases, Florida to end all school vaccine requirements" -- https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/09/in-win-for-infectious-diseases-florida-to-end-all-school-vaccine-requirements/
“Florida’s undertakers will now need to plan for the future by increasing their stocks of small coffins,” as state's insane government moves to kill children by ending vaccine requirements. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/03/florida-vaccine-mandate
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