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Search results for tag #tyranny

[?]Nonilex » 🌐
@Nonilex@masto.ai

Rather than offering assurances that the federal government’s protection programs would continue uninterrupted, the new official, , instead used portions of the meeting to echo rhetoric that has infused the *election activist* movement that emerged since falsely claimed that his 2020 defeat was the result of widespread fraud, acc/to 5 people with knowledge of the call.

    [?]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

        In the dispute over the , US District Judge April Perry said she found no substantial evidence that a “danger of rebellion” is brewing in during the crackdown.

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

          The target’s family, friends & co-workers could also be probed.
          
While the overview says undocumented would be the main target for the team, the draft guidelines designate “domestic or international terrorism,” which under Trump’s executive order includes , as being among the most urgent category of cases.

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

            posted drone footage of & ICE officers clashing in on its page on Oct 3.

            The pinned post on ICE’s official Facebook page is a warning to the agency’s critics that they will “Face the Consequences” of long prison sentences if they assault or impede officers, cyberstalk, dox or make threats online.

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

              A number of ’s orders this year are explicitly for enforcement, such as a $30 million contract to to build , a platform for granularly tracking undocumented immigrants’ movements and any self-deportations. But officials have also begun to say that their efforts may serve the crackdown on as well.

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

                Many of those funds reflect long-term contracts that will be paid out over time in the future. Hundreds of millions of dollars are earmarked for technology products, according to a review of the contracts by The Washington Post, with major spending also on centers, air transport and guns.

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

                  ’s contracted obligations in September tallied up to $1.4 billion, its highest monthly sum in at least 18 years, according to USASpending.gov. The upsurge in awards coincides with the agency’s access to more than $170 billion in funding that allocated for border security & enforcement in its July spending bill.

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

                    In one contract that signed last month for facial recognition software, the agency said in a filing that it would be used to investigate “assaults against law enforcement officers.” Other federal contracts show ICE has been expanding its fleet of small, remote-controlled drones, which it has said it is using to film .

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

                      But Democratic lawmakers, watchdogs & fmr officials have expressed concern that now has a green light not only to monitor immigrant communities, but also to carry out broad of Americans exercising their right to oppose government action.

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

                        “We have some of the best special agents, criminal investigators,” Lyons said on Beck’s podcast. “We are going to track the money. We are going to track these ringleaders.”

                        Lyons said the investigations will focus on “ringleaders” & “professional agitators” who he said are out to turn protests into violent confrontations.

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

                          The blitz of purchases is motivated in large part by ICE’s intensive, nationwide campaign to find & deport undocumented . But documents show that some of the may also be used to target what the admin regards as anti-ICE extremist groups. Late last month, declared “” a domestic organization in the wake of a few violent clashes & a Dallas shooting at an facility.

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

                            has been rapidly building out its capabilities in recent weeks, signing a string of contracts for technologies to identify individuals by their irises or facial features & to monitor their cellphone activity, social media posts & physical movements, according to a review of federal spending disclosures.

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

                              amps up its powers,
                              targeting  & the nonexistent group
                              
Iris scanners, facial-recognition apps, phone-hacking software & cellphone location data are among the agency’s recent technological purchases.


                              wapo.st/4nWuulq

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

                                The judge went on to explain that the use of by agents would help sort out any confusion about what happened. Unlike cell phone cameras that are often whipped out after something occurs, body cameras “pick up events before the triggering event happens,” she said.

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

                                  The plaintiffs’ lawyers wrote in a court filing late Wednesday that “officers appear to be using , , & other against & journalists. Young & even appear to have been subjected to the indiscriminate use of tear gas” by federal officers.

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

                                    In both instances, a crowd of onlookers gathered to the agents.

                                    Plaintiffs in the case include orgs such as the Headline Club, Block Club Chicago, & the Chicago Newspaper Guild, which represents who work at the Chicago Sun-Times.

                                    Case page:
                                    courtlistener.com/docket/71559

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

                                      Then Judge Ellis insisted that Russell Hott, director of ICE’s field office, appear in her courtroom Monday to clarify what’s going on.

                                      “The field director is going to explain to me why I am seeing images of being deployed & reading reports that there were no warnings given before it was deployed,” Ellis said.

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

                                        That same judge took the bench early Thursday at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, where she told one of Trump’s lawyers, bluntly, “I’m not blind.”

                                        US District Judge Sara Ellis cited reports in the Sun-Times & other media that have given her “serious concerns” about whether the admin has followed her in recent days.

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

                                          Judge hauling official into court as aggressive tactics continue despite her : 'I'm not blind'

                                          A week ago, a federal judge forbade agents from using & other “riot control” weapons without warning in as they carried out ’s blitz.


                                          chicago.suntimes.com/immigrati

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

                                            “I’m getting images and seeing images on the news, in the paper, reading reports where I’m having concerns about my order being followed,” the judge said.

                                            Sean Skedzielewski, an attorney representing the government, [lying] laid blame with “one-sided & selectively edited media reports.”

                                              Paul Chambers🚧 boosted

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

                                              Judge orders agents in area to wear body cameras after violent clashes

                                              Federal officers in the Chicago area will be required to wear , a judge ordered Thursday after seeing & other aggressive steps used against .


                                              apnews.com/article/chicago-imm

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

                                                More

                                                The is expected to ask a grand jury on Thursday to indict 's former national security adviser , a person familiar with the matter said.


                                                reuters.com/business/finance/j

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

                                                  Sometimes is ok for people as long as they don't have to do the human work (suffer in a soft way).

                                                  People just can't cooperate - rather they choose silently the wrong way / wrong people / whatever isn't the human way and not too personal.

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

                                                    get back on boats
                                                    and try North Korea in search of !

                                                    or ? ... not in -

                                                    ⬅️ hashtag +

                                                    Speed Boat style boat pictured on the sea with people in yellow safety-wear (probably not refugees but for this context imagine). Big Title says: Refugees get back on boats and try North Korea in search of #Freedoms! And #FreeSchool hashtag in bottom right.

                                                    Alt...Speed Boat style boat pictured on the sea with people in yellow safety-wear (probably not refugees but for this context imagine). Big Title says: Refugees get back on boats and try North Korea in search of #Freedoms! And #FreeSchool hashtag in bottom right.

                                                      [?]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

                                                          [?]GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦 » 🌐
                                                          @grrlscientist@mastodon.social

                                                          SHEEP 1: We should mount a resistance.

                                                          SHEEP 2: now is not the time.

                                                            [?]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

                                                              epiPelagic Puck boosted

                                                              [?]GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦 » 🌐
                                                              @grrlscientist@mastodon.social

                                                              At this point, I have to assume the only reason we have guns in this country is for mass shootings because it definitely isn’t for fighting tyranny.

                                                              — We The People

                                                                [?]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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