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[?]Nonilex » 🌐
@Nonilex@masto.ai

Since then, federal officers have thrown out of vehicles on city streets, creating a hazard for motorists. They have thrown canisters near stores & , exposing , women & people to the noxious gas. And on numerous occasions federal officers have fired pepper balls directly at protesters—in one case, striking a pastor in the head.

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

    & ’s use of injures, sickens & *tests* [breaks] the 

    Federal agents say chemical agents are needed to disperse *violent* [people exercising their right to ] protesters. But videos show officers directly firing at people in aggressive & “unorthodox” ways.


    wapo.st/47h99gA

      [?]AI6YR Ben » 🌐
      @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org

      The Salt Lake Tribune: An ICE arrest at SLC airport sparked debate about bystander action. Here’s what Utah’s leading civil rights group says is allowed.

      sltrib.com/news/2025/11/01/ice

        [?]R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: :FreeBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou: [he/him/my good fellow] » 🔓
        @rl_dane@polymaths.social

        CW: USPOL [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

        @steven @jcrabapple

        I'm not much of a student of #History, but if anyone is, I'd really love examples of countries that went to the brink of #Fascism as far as the USA has gone in the past year and came back without being pummeled and defeated in a war, or possibly something like a huge famine or pestilence.

        Because from what (little) I know, once you go fash, you don't go back unless a lot of people die. :'(

        Would LOVE counter-examples, please. Puhlllleeeeaze.

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

          Dooming us to fascism... #Quote David Graeber [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

          “Anyone who thinks the way to head off the tide of is by limiting the range of to either or pro-business is dooming us to .”

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          by ➡️ ⬅️

            [?]Nonya Bidniss » 🌐
            @Nonya_Bidniss@infosec.exchange

            75% of scientific researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country
            youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO070E_dI

              [?]Court Cantrell won't conform » 🌐
              @courtcan@mastodon.social

              Still plugging away at Simone Pétrement's ultra-high-density biography of . In October 1937, Weil observed that Nazi propaganda concerning the "Aryan master race" was meant to

              "keep the German people in breathless suspense with the mirage of a great future."

              This illustrates yet again that has no imagination. The is just regurgitating the same old shit that every totalitarian government has ever used to prop itself up & keep the population stupid & controlled.

                [?]Democracy Matters :verified: » 🌐
                @DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social

                No one needs Menards. There are plenty of alternatives.

                Menards store with empty parking lot. Caption: Menards supports ICE. Act accordingly.

                Alt...Menards store with empty parking lot. Caption: Menards supports ICE. Act accordingly.

                  HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 boosted

                  [?]AI6YR Ben » 🌐
                  @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org

                  The Atlantic: Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases

                  Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers (Oct. 30, 2025)

                  theatlantic.com/politics/archi

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

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                    ( etc )

                    Soft & ( / NON-Interaction)

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

                      experts said the administration’s moves hearken back to an earlier era when troops were frequently deployed to *quell* & *disturbances*, such as the 1970 shooting in which 4 unarmed college students were killed by the Ohio national guard.

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

                        Another document reviewed by the Guardian, dated 24 Sept, mandates the creation of a “specialized military police battalion within the District of Columbia ” that is “dedicated to ensuring safety & public order in the Nation’s capital as the circumstances may necessitate”.
                        The order requires that a 50-person “full-time element of this unit” be trained & ready for utilization within 90 days & reach full strength by 2027.

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

                          Among other things, the are to be trained how to “form Squad-sized Riot Control Formation”, how to “employ a Riot Baton as a Member of a Riot Control Formation”, & how to “Supervise a Riot/Crowd Control Operation”. members are also to be trained in de-escalation of force techniques.

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

                            The 8 Oct memo says the will deploy trainers to every state & US territories as far away as Guam with the goal of making the quick reaction forces “operational” by 1 Jan 2026. Each state will also be provided “100 sets of crowd control equipment to be used to support this requirement”.

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

                              In a worst-case scenario, she said, “the president could declare a state of emergency & say that elections are rigged & use allegations of voter fraud to seize the ballots of secure voting centers”.

                              The Pentagon did not respond to repeated requests for comment. A spox for the national guard bureau declined to comment on concerns that is seeking to normalize a national militarized police force or could potentially use the force to seize ballot boxes.

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

                                As authority, Burkett cited Trump’s August executive order that deployed the guard to fight *crime* in . The same order required the secretary of to create “a standing National Guard quick reaction force … available for rapid nationwide deployment” in “quelling civil disturbances”.

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

                                  The memo, signed on 8 October by Maj Gen Ronald Burkett, the director of operations for the ’s bureau, sets thresholds for the size of the quick reaction force to be trained in each state, with most states required to train 500 national guard members, for a total of 23,500 troops nationwide.

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

                                    A top US official has ordered the national guards of all 50 US states, DC & US territories to form “quick reaction forces” trained in “riot control”, including use of batons, body shields, Tasers & pepper spray, according to an internal Pentagon directive reviewed by the Guardian.

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

                                      As reported in August (see boosted thread)

                                      orders states’ National Guards to form ‘quick reaction forces’ for ‘crowd control’

                                      Pentagon memo details plan to train >20,000 members across the US to carry out ’s order on *subduing# civil *unrest*


                                      theguardian.com/us-news/2025/o

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

                                        Trump’s deployment of troops within will likely remain on hold through mid-November after sought more information from lawyers Wednesday.

                                        The request ended 12 days of silence from the justices. The admin asked the high court on Oct 17 to undo an order from US District Judge April Perry that’s blocked the troop deployment since Oct 9.

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

                                          After 12 days of silence about the deployment of troops in , justices are now asking “whether the term ‘regular forces’ refers to the regular forces of the , &, if so, how that interpretation affects the operation” of the .


                                          chicago.suntimes.com/2025/10/2

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

                                            No ruling imminent as asks for more briefs in deployment case

                                            on Wednesday asked for more briefing in the ongoing fight over Trump’s ability to deploy National Guard troops to Illinois, signaling that the court’s highly anticipated ruling is still weeks away.


                                            chicagotribune.com/2025/10/29/

                                              [?]AI6YR Ben » 🌐
                                              @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org

                                              ICE abductions in Oxnard today.

                                              KCLU: Five taken into custody during Wednesday morning immigration raid in Oxnard

                                              "...“When they retreated, they retreated with tear gas, they retreated with flash bang grenades (to cover their departure),” said Martinez.

                                              He added that four men with no known criminal records were taken into custody.

                                              Federal prosecutors, however, allege that one of the detainees was arrested for violence against federal agents and vehicles during July’s ICE raid in Camarillo...."

                                              kclu.org/2025-10-29/five-taken

                                                [?]Lea » 🌐
                                                @leadore@sunny.garden

                                                USpol News - 67-yo citizen battered by fascist troops [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                                                This happened during the same incident where they threw tear gas at children on their way to a Halloween parade.

                                                > Shocking video shows a chaotic scene on a quiet Chicago street as Border Patrol agents in tactical gear drag a 67-year-old man from his car while children in Halloween costumes look on in horror.

                                                > “One of our athletes was on his way home from a team long run yesterday and as he turned onto his block, found that Border Control had the road blocked,” the club wrote.

                                                > “The agents threatened to break his window if he didn’t move his car. Before he could act, they pulled him out of his car, knelt on his back, and subdued him, though he never resisted. They broke six of his ribs and caused internal bleeding.”

                                                independent.co.uk/news/world/a

                                                  [?]AI6YR Ben » 🌐
                                                  @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org

                                                  Samantha Montano/Disasterology

                                                  "Just days after I sent the newsletter, a federal three-judge panel reversed the previous ruling that required Florida to cease operations at the Everglades Concentration Camp. Now, because of the government shutdown, the appeals process has come to a standstill (more detailed legal timeline here). In the midst of all this, while Florida argued that federal laws should not apply to the Camp because it was run by the state, FDEM applied for and received a $608 million grant administered by FEMA to cover the cost of the Concentration Camps. Yes, “camps” plural because FDEM has barreled on ahead with “Deportation Depot”.

                                                  I was pleased to hear from so many emergency managers (and others) about how they, too, are horrified by what is happening in Florida. My inclination that many people in our field simply did not know about FDEM being used in this way seemed to be correct. I will admit to being disappointed in how few people felt they were able to say so publicly. If you cannot speak out against concentration camps, I have to wonder what you can speak out about. We are in real trouble here."

                                                  Just days after I sent the newsletter, a federal three-judge panel reversed the previous ruling that required Florida to cease operations at the Everglades Concentration Camp. Now, because of the government shutdown, the appeals process has come to a standstill (more detailed legal timeline here). In the midst of all this, while Florida argued that federal laws should not apply to the Camp because it was run by the state, FDEM applied for and received a $608 million grant administered by FEMA to cover the cost of the Concentration Camps. Yes, “camps” plural because FDEM has barreled on ahead with “Deportation Depot”. I was pleased to hear from so many emergency managers (and others) about how they, too, are horrified by what is happening in Florida. My inclination that many people in our field simply did not know about FDEM being used in this way seemed to be correct. I will admit to being disappointed in how few people felt they were able to say so publicly. If you cannot speak out against concentration camps, I have to wonder what you can speak out about. We are in real trouble here.

                                                  Alt...Just days after I sent the newsletter, a federal three-judge panel reversed the previous ruling that required Florida to cease operations at the Everglades Concentration Camp. Now, because of the government shutdown, the appeals process has come to a standstill (more detailed legal timeline here). In the midst of all this, while Florida argued that federal laws should not apply to the Camp because it was run by the state, FDEM applied for and received a $608 million grant administered by FEMA to cover the cost of the Concentration Camps. Yes, “camps” plural because FDEM has barreled on ahead with “Deportation Depot”. I was pleased to hear from so many emergency managers (and others) about how they, too, are horrified by what is happening in Florida. My inclination that many people in our field simply did not know about FDEM being used in this way seemed to be correct. I will admit to being disappointed in how few people felt they were able to say so publicly. If you cannot speak out against concentration camps, I have to wonder what you can speak out about. We are in real trouble here.

                                                    [?]AI6YR Ben » 🌐
                                                    @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org

                                                    Florida’s emergency manager has a new job: Detaining immigrants
                                                    Kevin Guthrie operates "Alligator Alcatraz." Some emergency managers worry that could scare Hispanic residents away from seeking help in a hurricane or other disaster.

                                                    archive.ph/inSTw

                                                    Florida’s emergency manager has a new job: Detaining immigrants Kevin Guthrie operates "Alligator Alcatraz." Some emergency managers worry that could scare Hispanic residents away from seeking help in a hurricane or other disaster.

                                                    Alt...Florida’s emergency manager has a new job: Detaining immigrants Kevin Guthrie operates "Alligator Alcatraz." Some emergency managers worry that could scare Hispanic residents away from seeking help in a hurricane or other disaster.

                                                      [?]Nonya Bidniss » 🌐
                                                      @Nonya_Bidniss@infosec.exchange

                                                      "In a worst-case scenario, she said, “the president could declare a state of emergency and say that elections are rigged and use allegations of voter fraud to seize the ballots of secure voting centers”.

                                                      Uh, I hate to tell you but the worst case scenario is almost certainly the plan. You don't bulldoze the people's house if you ever think you'll be handing it over to the competition. You don't repeatedly murder people in boats in international or other countries' waters if you think there's a chance you'll ever face the law. You don't build a gigantic secret police goon squad of criminals who spend their days attacking regular people going about their business if you think they're loyal to anything but you personally. You don't [list continues ad infinitum]

                                                      theguardian.com/us-news/2025/o

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

                                                        “This is a political prosecution & a gross attempt to silence , a right protected under the . This case is a major push by the administration to criminalize & punish anyone who speaks out against them,” Abughazaleh said in a video posted to BlueSky.

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

                                                          A congressional candidate in has been indicted along with 5 others over blocking vehicles during outside a federal enforcement building in suburban , according to court documents.

                                                          The indictment, filed last week by a special grand jury, accuses Kat Abughazaleh of blocking a federal agent outside the detention center.


                                                          apnews.com/article/federal-enf

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

                                                            The administration’s intense digital strategy has helped grab Americans’ & discussion around current events, with some of its videos now capturing bigger audiences on social media than mainstream news reports. A White House video claiming was “in chaos,” which used footage from other states, has been viewed more than 1.4 million times across Instagram, TikTok & X.

                                                            The White House shared a video on Oct. 8 claiming to show Chicago “in chaos.” The video was filmed in Uvalde, Texas, on Aug. 27, 2024, according to the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. (LEFT: White House, RIGHT: DVIDS)

                                                            Alt...The White House shared a video on Oct. 8 claiming to show Chicago “in chaos.” The video was filmed in Uvalde, Texas, on Aug. 27, 2024, according to the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. (LEFT: White House, RIGHT: DVIDS)

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

                                                              ’s video operation now includes in-house photographers & videographers who routinely capture the action of raids & responses for videos that admin officials have widely promoted online. In a video DHS posted to X this month, a man in a flak jacket, his camera held aloft, can be seen jogging to catch up with officers putting a detainee into an SUV.

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

                                                                The Post sent the same details to the White House. Abigail Jackson, a spokeswoman there, did not comment on the errors but said “the Trump administration will continue to highlight the many successes of the president’s agenda through engaging content and banger memes on social media.” [?]

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

                                                                  WaPo provided a detailed list of videos featuring misleading footage. DHS propagandist Tricia McLaughlin did not dispute the errors or explain what had happened but said the videos were a small percentage of the more than 400 that the agency has posted this year. “Violence & rioting against law enforcement is unacceptable regardless of where [or apparently when] it occurs,” she said.

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

                                                                    Some videos that purported to show the fiery chaos of targeted included footage from completely different states. One that claimed to show dramatic examples of past admins’ failures instead featured border crossings & smuggling boats recorded during Trump’s first term.

                                                                    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security shared a video claiming to be from New York and referring to “illegal criminals who flooded our communities” when the country had open borders. The video was filmed in international waters and in 2019, during President Donald Trump's first administration, according to the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. (LEFT: DHS, RIGHT: DVIDS)

                                                                    Alt...The U.S. Department of Homeland Security shared a video claiming to be from New York and referring to “illegal criminals who flooded our communities” when the country had open borders. The video was filmed in international waters and in 2019, during President Donald Trump's first administration, according to the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. (LEFT: DHS, RIGHT: DVIDS)

                                                                    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security shared a video claiming to show “illegal criminals who flooded our communities” due to open borders under past administrations. The video was filmed during President Donald Trump's first term, according to the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. (LEFT: DHS, RIGHT: DVIDS)

                                                                    Alt...The U.S. Department of Homeland Security shared a video claiming to show “illegal criminals who flooded our communities” due to open borders under past administrations. The video was filmed during President Donald Trump's first term, according to the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. (LEFT: DHS, RIGHT: DVIDS)

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

                                                                      The official’s sound bite about in played over a clip from May showing detainees on a Coast Guard boat off the coast of Nantucket, the Massachusetts island 400 miles away.

                                                                      Officials in ’s admin have used similarly misleading footage in at least 6 videos promoting its agenda shared in the last 3 months, a WaPo analysis found, muddying the of events in viral clips that have been viewed millions of times.

                                                                      The U.S. Department of Homeland Security shared a video claiming to show federal agents working to “deport vicious criminals” from Washington, D.C. The video was filmed on Nantucket, the Massachusetts island, in May, according to The Post's reporting. (LEFT: DHS, RIGHT: Jason Graziadei/Nantucket Current)

                                                                      Alt...The U.S. Department of Homeland Security shared a video claiming to show federal agents working to “deport vicious criminals” from Washington, D.C. The video was filmed on Nantucket, the Massachusetts island, in May, according to The Post's reporting. (LEFT: DHS, RIGHT: Jason Graziadei/Nantucket Current)

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

                                                                        Ya don’t say?

                                                                        admin uses misleading videos to portray chaos, push
                                                                        
Official videos purporting to show the triumph of recent operations used footage that was months old or recorded thousands of miles away, a Washington Post analysis found.


                                                                        wapo.st/4nuDGwf

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

                                                                          "Negative frames don’t win." #Quote [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                                                                          "... George Lakoff is an authority on the and of

                                                                          – the worldviews that we activate...

                                                                          ..the and we choose. As he has documented over

                                                                          many decades, we are unlikely to win a if we try to do

                                                                          so while still using our opponent’s .

                                                                          The title of his book, Don’t Think of an Elephant, makes this

                                                                          very point because it immediately makes you think of a you know

                                                                          what."

                                                                          - Excerpt written by Kate Raeworth about as a word and

                                                                          "Negative frames don’t win."

                                                                          web.archive.org/web/2021031000

                                                                          /fp2p/why-degrowth-has-out-grown-its-own-name-guest-post-by-

                                                                          kate-raworth/


                                                                          +

                                                                          Test says Unnecessary NonProductive Negative on a red no entry / not allowed style sign

                                                                          Alt...Test says Unnecessary NonProductive Negative on a red no entry / not allowed style sign

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

                                                                            #Fascism and #Fascist are the new trendy words and #morality #porn... [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                                                                            and calling people are the new trendy trend and stimulating people...

                                                                            (Serious post / WORK IN PROGRESS)

                                                                            And it's fine until everyone looses track of what it is and what they are doing using it too quickly in a rather crude and time-wasting way theat encourages more people to do the same... even to avoid doing the hard work of using loving people just a,,, little... bit... more...?

                                                                            That's it for short version.... below is extra.

                                                                            Just calling people names again.
                                                                            / as a .

                                                                            And a kind of or confirmation (if I have it right). People want to see more and point and prod at anything - probably from no other better way and not learning how to do something better to prevent these things...It's too clever / high bar to do tht (I admit not easy at all).

                                                                            Almost like going on a Trump hashtag to check out the latest bad stuff....

                                                                            Is that you?

                                                                            Example to show how I'm serious and how serious it is via examples:

                                                                            BEFORE people got off TV because of all the crap
                                                                            Internet downloads was see as better to choose some content.

                                                                            AFTER / Now Internet is worse than TV (it's InternetTV) tracking you, internet-fed adverts, data mining, streaming quality = MASSIVE DATA waste, companies gaining profile on you etc)

                                                                            ➡️ WE DIDN'T SEE THE CHANGE OR SEE THIS LIST ENOUGH
                                                                            (Not saying it's all bad but over time we maybe don't see it as clearly to becoming fascist ourselves from what we use, who is behind it or what we think is ok! ). We just kept ignoring or clicking ok without reading...

                                                                            Back to main point:

                                                                            Now people are calling other fascist or in group others really quickly as fascist when it can be just how they feel someone or something is ignoring things (especially if they don't like it).

                                                                            I don't mean those fascists that self-identify (at least they are honest) but those that aren't really hierarchical governmental types but people them (and themselves) as it turns towards themselves...

                                                                            A bit like calling people a terrorist and it's just for hitting their dog (bad example but terrorist is totally different)

                                                                            or (I have to be careful also) seem TOO EAGER to label and they are often a bit themselves...

                                                                            Another example - sayign "spam" for things that are not really:

                                                                            Calling things when they are not (people don't understand what spam is and calling someone messaging them sincerely with differing options "spam").

                                                                            Sure some things how BOTH TRUTH's like it's a bit spammy but sincerely asking people to chat is not dishonest or trying to get their credit cards - but if you always assume or don't have ways to check people out - you end up with ALL PEOPLE DISTRUSTING PEOPLE without legitimate way to get themselves out of their own holes they end up digging or back against the wall when nobody is blocking them from getting out but themselves!

                                                                            Stop looking at etc and start personally looking for more acknowledgment and co-creation from each other....

                                                                            Start to grow more trust else you up with... [hey I'm not going to say it the first word of this post!]

                                                                            see my hashtag on how to try a bit of trust...
                                                                            (non-commercial)

                                                                            #Trump name around a swastika [The official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich; a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise direction]

                                                                            Alt...#Trump name around a swastika [The official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich; a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise direction]

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