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[?]Nonilex » 🌐
@Nonilex@masto.ai

But the admin has taken other aggressive steps to assert more sway over .

, for instance, is compiling the largest set of national roll data it has ever collected, an effort to try to prove unsubstantiated claims that large numbers of undocumented immigrants have voted illegally, The Times previously reported.


nytimes.com/2025/09/09/us/poli

    [?]Nonilex » 🌐
    @Nonilex@masto.ai

    McCarthy’s appointment comes as nearly all of the experts at have been placed on administrative leave or reassigned this year amid a large-scale *downsizing* of the agency, which had played a leading role in deterring attacks on elections systems & combating about voting.

      Ω 🌍 Gus Posey boosted

      [?]Nonilex » 🌐
      @Nonilex@masto.ai

      Another activist, , who spread debunked claims about voting machines in Georgia when she was the chairwoman of the DeKalb County Party, was named in May to be the director of public affairs at the & Infrastructure Security Agency, or , which is housed in .

        [?]Nonilex » 🌐
        @Nonilex@masto.ai

        “And therefore, we [would] have some additional powers that don’t exist right now,” Honey said in March, according to a recording reviewed by The New York Times from someone who joined the call, “and therefore, we can take these other steps without & we can mandate that states do things & so on.”

          [?]Nonilex » 🌐
          @Nonilex@masto.ai

          On a call with activists in March, before her appointment to , Honey suggested that the new admin could declare a “national emergency” & justify dictating new rules to state & local governments. She said this could be based on an “actual investigation” of the 2020 election if it showed there had been a “manipulation” of the vote.

          [There have been countless exhaustive investigations]

            [?]Nonilex » 🌐
            @Nonilex@masto.ai

            In the past few months, has elevated multiple proponents of his false fraud claims into high-level admin jobs. Now, as government insiders, these activists could wield their newfound power to discredit future results or rekindle old claims to argue for a federal intrusion into locally administered voting systems.

              [?]Nonilex » 🌐
              @Nonilex@masto.ai

              The remark parroted a widespread view on the right that had sought to silence supporters of ’s false fraud claims. Honey also repeatedly mentioned a false report often cited by conspiracists to support their claims that voting machines were rigged to favor Democrats, acc/to the people familiar with the call.

                [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                @Nonilex@masto.ai

                Heather Honey, a leader in that movement until her appointment in August as deputy assistant secretary for *election integrity*, complained that her department’s experts tasked with combating about had “strayed from their mission.”

                  [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                  @Nonilex@masto.ai

                  officials from nearly all 50 states gathered on a call last month with ’s point person on “election integrity,” eager to hear how the woman filling a newly created admin position might help safeguard the ahead of next year’s .

                  But many of them left alarmed.

                    [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                    @Nonilex@masto.ai

                    🚨🚨🚨

                    Empowers , Still Fixated on False 2020 Grievances

                    Trump has placed proponents of his into government jobs while dismantling systems built to secure voting, raising fears that he aims to seize authority over ahead of next year’s .


                    nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/poli

                      [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                      @Nonilex@masto.ai

                      "This gentleman from a place called Turkey is one of the most powerful in the world,” Trump said last week, referring to Turkish President Tayyip , after the militant group agreed to a ceasefire & hostage-release plan.

                      “He's a reliable ally. He's always there when I need him."

                        [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                        @Nonilex@masto.ai

                        turns 's deal into a power play for

                        Turkey’s ties to , once a liability in Washington, have turned into a geopolitical *asset*. By persuading Hamas to accept Trump’s Gaza deal, Ankara has reasserted itself on the chessboard, to the dismay of & rivals.


                        reuters.com/world/middle-east/

                          [?]J. R. DePriest :verified_trans: :donor: :Moopsy: :EA DATA. SF: [She / Her / Goddess] » 🌐
                          @jrdepriest@infosec.exchange

                          USPol [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                          What the Trump administration sees as 'insurrection'

                          Trump and one of his top lieutenants, deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, have used the word to describe a handful of groups and events in recent weeks — court rulings against the administration, protesters in Portland, Oregon, and Los Angeles, violence against immigration officers, liberal groups they’ve accused of fomenting violence and even Democrats themselves.
                          Trump and a top adviser’s use of the word is significant as he considers invoking the Insurrection Act — an 1807 law last used 30 years ago — that would allow him to send active-duty troops to conduct law enforcement operations such as searches and arrests in American cities. NBC News reported this week that Trump administration officials have seriously discussed invoking the act, according to five people with knowledge of the talks.
                          There’s one prominent recent event, however, that the Trump team has long insisted doesn’t meet the definition of an insurrection: the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol that disrupted the certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory.

                            [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                            @Nonilex@masto.ai

                            had accused of mischaracterizing the of the man accused of killing the activist . ’s chair of the had just warned of serious consequences, telling the network that “we can do this the easy or the hard way.” And a -based owner of many was preparing to pull from its stations indefinitely.

                              [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                              @Nonilex@masto.ai

                              , ’s chief executive, & , his head of , were also hearing from skittish & who had begun to receive threatening messages. When the team reviewed ’s planned remarks, they grew concerned that his monologue would only inflame the situation further.

                                [?]#FreeSchool <---> Hashtag » 🌐
                                @freeschool@qoto.org

                                Q = How to win #peace together? A = #Broligarchy between commoners... [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                                Q. How to win together?
                                A. between commoners.

                                If you can copy the idea of then we all win as friends against the real

                                = teaming up / friendship and some business or interest shared (even slightly or incremented over time)

                                Also known as:

                                as:
                                -

                                en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broligar etc

                                  [?]Tadonic the Flautulent » 🌐
                                  @ubuntourist@mastodon.social

                                  #1 DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE

                                  You may wish to avoid retaliation, but you are actually teaching power what it is capable of. Do not compromise your principles. Do not freely offer your services. Do not lose yourself.

                                  "ON TYRANNY: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century" -- Timothy Snyder
                                  timothysnyder.org/on-tyranny/

                                  John Lithgow reads Timothy Snyder's "20 Lessons on Tyranny" published in early 2017
                                  youtu.be/cXR5HLodsT8?feature=s

                                    [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                    @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                    Here come the

                                    approves use of base for operations
                                    
** officials have said the installation also could be used by forces who are called on to *assist* ICE.


                                    washingtonpost.com/national-se

                                      [?]Tadonic the Flautulent » 🌐
                                      @ubuntourist@mastodon.social

                                      Film the Police DC: If you see something, say something.

                                      social.trom.tf/display/dbc8dc4

                                        [?]Ilya אש Ash » 🌐
                                        @ash@zirk.us

                                        Xi Jinping: Earlier, people rarely lived to 70, but these days at 70 years you are still a child.

                                        (Bloomberg)

                                        And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

                                        (Matthew 18:3)

                                        , , , ,

                                        @geopolitics @unitednations

                                          [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                          @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                          A federal judge’s scathing opinion explains why Trump’s deployment of to was more than just an overreach.

                                          The administration broke the . Its officials knew they were breaking the law. And they’ll likely try to do so again.


                                          theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar

                                            [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                            @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                            unveils new weapons in massive parade attended by Vladimir & .

                                            President said his country was "unstoppable" & will "never be intimidated" by bullies, in a speech before the event.

                                            Laser weapons, nuclear ballistic missiles & giant underwater drones were among the new China unveiled at a massive parade.


                                            bbc.com/news/live/c5yl1e5gvznt

                                              [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                              @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                              It doesn’t mean that all these countries & leaders are 100% on the same wavelength. They’re not. Differences remain.

                                              But the direction of travel is clear. As a headline in Russian news outlet Komsomolskaya Pravda declared this week, in reference to , & : “We will build a new world.”

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