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[?]DoomsdaysCW » 🌐
@DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social

Manufactured Crimes and Spied on Peaceful During Metro Surge, New Court Filing Reveals

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, August 14, 2026

MINNEAPOLIS -- "While were praying at a for those held in federal detention at the in Minneapolis -- the U.S. government was spying on, and stalking, the , a new court document reveals.

"The government is refusing to release all of its documents on its surveillance of those watching the Whipple building. The Whipple building is on the site of a former concentration camp, where Dakota and Ho Chunk were imprisoned, suffered and died.

" 'The government admits withholding at least five (Reports of Investigation) from the initial disclosures,' the court filing states.

"In the current case, the court document for discovery filed yesterday describes how the U.S. government spied on and tracked peaceful protesters during the to .

"Not only were peaceful protesters spied on, and , but the was carried out to when none existed, states the court document filed by a defense attorney for one of the government's targets."

Read more:
bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/08



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

    ’s attack on a is an affront to the

    would be rightly irate if a Democratic president threatened to sue a conservative think tank & punish its corporate over the White House didn’t like, but Trump’s attack this week on the Center for American Progress [ ] & its funders has been met with shrugs & silence.


    washingtonpost.com/opinions/20

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

      [?]DoomsdaysCW » 🌐
      @DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social

      "The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth."
      - , 1984

      "The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth."
- George Orwell
Image is of a careworn man with dark hair, and a slight smile.

      Alt..."The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth." - George Orwell Image is of a careworn man with dark hair, and a slight smile.

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

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        [?]Megan Lynch (she/her) » 🌐
        @meganL@mas.to

        Why Italian protesters face growing fines and restrictions  | Focus on Europe

        youtube.com/watch?v=ApZ-B_W9Kas

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

          What a petulant man-baby!

          Furious is considering removing Pirro over filing

          How dare she go on facts & evidence instead of blindly arguing his unfounded batshit crazy ?!


          cnn.com/2026/08/03/politics/je

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

            seekers could be sent directly to under new federal rule
            
The admin rule, which took effect immediately, could transfer nearly 450,000 cases to “judges” [immigration judges are part of the not the ], who could dismiss the asylum petitions.


            washingtonpost.com/immigration

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              [?]Jürgen Hubert [He/Him] » 🌐
              @juergen_hubert@mementomori.social

              Remember, folks: Wipe your phones _before_ entering the . It's the only way to be sure.


              scworld.com/brief/man-charged-

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                [?]CubitOom » 🌐
                @CubitOom@social.linux.pizza

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                [?]MadeInDex 📰🌎 » 🌐
                @madeindex@mastodon.social

                If you have been wondering about the effectiveness of the social media ban of under 15 year olds, this study got you :)

                Spoiler: 92%+ of kids age 14-15 in still use it 🥳

                Meanwhile IMO forced verification of users had a much better success rate 😉

                Source:
                nber.org/system/files/working_

                Screenshot of graphic from this study of Australia's social media ban: https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w35162/w35162.pdf
Percent of banned 14-15-year olds
(b) Compliance rate, April versus June 2026
Usage rate: 64% April, 92% June
Implied compliance: 27% April, 6% June
Notes: Figure 5 reports self-reported past-7-day use of any banned platform.

                Alt...Screenshot of graphic from this study of Australia's social media ban: https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w35162/w35162.pdf Percent of banned 14-15-year olds (b) Compliance rate, April versus June 2026 Usage rate: 64% April, 92% June Implied compliance: 27% April, 6% June Notes: Figure 5 reports self-reported past-7-day use of any banned platform.

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                  [?]Em :official_verified: » 🌐
                  @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange

                  This is one of the most chilling manipulative lie I have read in a while. And I have read a lot of chilling manipulative lies from that American administration:

                  “When the leftist protests that we are violating his rights, understand that he is lying to try to persuade people who are not closely following the political scene that some injustice has been perpetrated against him. We must stay the course and be completely unflinching in the pursuit of justice against these enemies of civilization.”

                  theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

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                    [?]Francisca Sinn » 🌐
                    @fsinn@mas.to

                    RE: infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/1

                    Slow hand wave to everyone who told us we were being hyperbolic and “he can’t because the Constitution says…” as if the Constitution were anything more than ink on paper without anyone to enforce it.

                    Their actions for this entire Trump 2.0 have been completely unconcerned with the unpopularity of their agenda because they don't intend to allow elections to remove them from office.

                    I remind my American friends, removing this fascist regime only gets harder from here. Do not look away. Organize. Act.

                    The power is with the people.

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                    [?]BrianKrebs » 🌐
                    @briankrebs@infosec.exchange

                    WaPo reports the POTUS is expected to make a televised address tonight in which he will argue that foreign intelligence threats have undermined the security of our elections -- and specifically the one he lost in 2020 -- and that this means the federal government should take over elections which are managed by each individual state. The president has tried to hold up every major recent action by Congress in order to cajole them into approving a new law that would require proof of citizenship and and ID to vote in this year's mid-term elections.

                    washingtonpost.com/politics/20

                    Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va) just issued a statement outlining the facts about the 2020 election and the current election infrastructure. I'm pasting part of it here because it's a good resource for anyone following along and for reporters who have to write about this unfortunate chapter in our nation's history. It's also a preemptive rebut to and probably a preview of what we'll hear from the president this evening.

                    "Foreign adversaries routinely seek to influence U.S. elections. They spread disinformation, amplify political divisions, intimidate voters, incite violence, and attempt to undermine Americans’ confidence in democratic institutions.

                    What foreign adversaries have not done, according to repeated public, unclassified assessments from the U.S. Intelligence Community, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the FBI, the Senate Intelligence Committee, and bipartisan state election officials, is alter vote totals, hack voting machines to change election outcomes, or compromise the integrity of the 2020 presidential election. The clearest pattern across recent elections is not successful vote manipulation – it is sustained influence operations, aided and abetted by domestic actors, designed to convince Americans that their elections cannot be trusted.

                    These facts matter because conspiracy theories about stolen elections cannot become a pretext for weakening our democratic system or stripping states and local election officials of their longstanding constitutional role in administering elections. The answer to foreign threats is to strengthen election security, support state and local officials, and combat foreign influence operations – not to “take over” or federalize election administration based on claims that have been repeatedly investigated and debunked.

                    Reporters have a unique responsibility at this moment. The press is the only profession expressly protected by the Constitution because the Founders understood that an informed public depends on a free and independent press willing to separate fact from fiction and hold those in power accountable. Regardless of the source seeking to amplify false narratives about American elections, journalists should approach extraordinary claims with the same rigor they would apply to any other allegation: demand credible evidence, consult the extensive public record, engage subject-matter experts with experience tracking foreign intelligence operations, and provide audiences with the full context of repeated findings from the Intelligence Community, federal cybersecurity officials, bipartisan state election administrators, audits, recounts, and the courts. Careful, evidence-based reporting is one of the strongest defenses against efforts to undermine confidence in American democracy. To that end, we have assembled the following reference guide to help reporters quickly evaluate some of the most common claims about election security against the extensive public record developed by the Intelligence Community, CISA, the FBI, bipartisan state election officials, audits, recounts, and the courts.

                    Claim: China interfered in the 2020 election to help Biden.

                    Facts: Under the leadership of then-Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, the Intelligence Community assessed that China considered but did not deploy influence efforts intended to change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. By contrast, the IC assessed that Russia conducted influence operations aimed at denigrating Biden and supporting Trump, and that Iran conducted efforts to undercut Trump and sow division. The Intelligence Community, Department of Justice, and Department of Homeland Security all agree that there was no changing of votes or compromise of the integrity of election infrastructure in the 2020 election. Even the Minority View included in the public 2020 Intelligence Community Assessment – which assessed that China may have undertaken some modest influence operations – concurred with the overall IC assessment that there was “no information suggesting China tried to interfere with election processes.”

                    Claim: Venezuela, Dominion, or Smartmatic hacked voting machines.

                    Facts: In November 2020, President Trump’s own CISA, working alongside state and local election officials from both parties, declared the 2020 election “the most secure in American history.” CISA stated there was “no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised,” and highlighted the extensive safeguards built into U.S. elections, including paper records, audits, recounts, certification, and pre-election testing.

                    Claim: Georgia proves the machines were wrong.

                    Facts: Georgia’s post-election audit showed the opposite. Because the presidential margin was so close, the state conducted a full manual tally of all presidential paper ballots. The Georgia Secretary of State, a Republican, reported that the audit confirmed the original machine count accurately identified the winner, with differences within the expected range of human hand-counting error.

                    Claim: Foreign interference means votes were changed, or elections are illegitimate.

                    Facts: This claim conflates two different concepts. The IC has repeatedly warned that foreign adversaries conduct influence operations, including hack-and-leak operations, disinformation campaigns, and efforts to undermine confidence in U.S. democracy. But those assessments distinguish influence from interference such as alteration or manipulation of ballots, vote tabulation, or voter registration.

                    Claim: Foreign actors can easily flip a federal election.

                    Facts: Both the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) have said the decentralized nature of U.S. election infrastructure makes large-scale manipulation very difficult to carry out without detection through intelligence collection, audits, cybersecurity monitoring, and physical security controls. This assessment was reaffirmed by DOJ and DHS in a joint report on the 2020 U.S. Federal Elections – a report mandated by Executive Order 13848, which was signed by President Trump himself in 2018. Indeed, federal funding – much of which took place through appropriations bills under President Trump’s first term – helped shore up the security of state and local election systems in advance of the 2020 U.S. Federal Elections.

                    Claim: States cannot be trusted to administer elections.

                    Facts: The Founding Fathers thought otherwise, assigning the responsibility for election administration to states in the Constitution. As a result, elections are administered by more than 8,000 state and local jurisdictions, making centralized or outcoming-shaping fraud extraordinarily difficult. Election security relies on multiple independent safeguards – including but not limited to paper ballots or voter-verifiable paper records, bipartisan poll workers, post-election canvasses, audits, recounts where appropriate, and certification by state and local officials. The federal government’s role has historically been to provide intelligence, cybersecurity assistance, and voluntary best practices through agencies like CISA, the FBI, and ODNI (notably, resources the current administration has curtailed) – not to run or “take over” elections. A bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee investigation recommended more support for state and local election officials, not replacing them with a federally controlled election system.

                    Claim: Dead people or non-citizens voted in large numbers, or there are more ballots than registered voters.

                    FACTS: These discrepancies are usually attributable to clerical or data issues, and while there are occasional isolated cases, multiple comprehensive studies have found that noncitizen voting is vanishingly rare. Notably, under President Trump’s influence, many GOP-led states have withdrawn from the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) – the nationwide clearinghouse to assist states in improving the accuracy of voter rolls.

                    Claim: Mail-in ballots or ballot drop boxes are inherently insecure.

                    FACTS: CISA notes that states employ multiple, overlapping safeguards for mail-in and drop-box voting, including voter signature verification or other voter validation methods, ballot tracking, secure ballot handling and chain-of-custody procedures, ballot reconciliation, and post-election audits. The specific safeguards vary by state, but they are designed so that no single control is solely responsible for protecting election integrity. Importantly, mail-in voting has traditionally been a critical method of ensuring that military personnel can exercise their right to vote and has been commonplace in many states for over a decade.

                    The factual record is clear: Foreign adversaries try to influence Americans and undermine confidence in our elections, but unclassified government assessments and state audits have not shown that China, Venezuela, or any foreign actor hacked voting machines or changed vote totals in 2020. The real threat is not that Americans’ votes were secretly flipped; it is that foreign adversaries and domestic actors continue to spread false claims designed to make Americans doubt legitimate election results."

                      [?]CubitOom » 🌐
                      @CubitOom@social.linux.pizza

                      [?]CubitOom » 🌐
                      @CubitOom@social.linux.pizza

                      [?]DoomsdaysCW » 🌐
                      @DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social

                      Deletes Study Showing Are Most Often

                      Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrorism is far-right was disappeared.

                      by Emanuel Maiberg
                      Sep 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM

                      "The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.

                      The study, which was conducted by the National Institute of Justice and hosted on a DOJ website was available there at least until September 12, 2025, according to an archive of the page saved by the Wayback Machine. Jason Paladino first reported that the study was removed. 404 Media noticed the removal after it was flagged by Daniel Malmer, a PhD student studying online extremism at UNC-Chapel Hill.

                      " 'The Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs is currently reviewing its websites and materials in accordance with recent Executive Orders and related guidance,' reads a message on the page where the study was formerly hosted. 'During this review, some pages and publications will be unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.' "

                      Read more [paid members only]:
                      404media.co/doj-deletes-study-


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                        [?]Em :official_verified: » 🌐
                        @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange

                        It saddens me that many people do not see far enough to understand well what we are losing while losing privacy rights and trivializing data protection. It is so much more than most think. This affects our intimacy, our safety, our social lives, our freedoms, and all our human rights.

                        It goes well beyond targeted advertising. Attacks on privacy lead to direct increases in authoritarianism and dictatorial governance.

                        We must care much more about it than we do now. It is critical to ourselves as individuals, but also to democracy and society as a whole.

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

                          viewers across the country are getting a message from the network—If you like your stations, or , help us get the off our backs.

                          ABC on Monday launched an on-air campaign asking viewers to send comments to the ’s website pushing back on the agency & its chairman, .

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

                            Since February, the has been investigating whether ABC’s violated the commission’s equal-time rule, which guarantees equal airtime to all candidates running for the same public office. has maintained that “The View” qualifies as what the commission calls a “bona fide” news program & is exempt from the rule, accusing the FCC of violating the in a legal filing.

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

                              In April, the also ordered an early review of ABC’s 8 stations over its diversity, equity & inclusion [ ] practices. The review was announced just days after & Trump intensely criticized ABC late-night host , though the FCC maintained that the timing was *purely coincidental* 😉.

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

                                Nice

                                A new campaign urges viewers to push back against pressure
                                
The regulator is “investigating” the -owned television company on two fronts, with “#TheView” & ABC’s stations targeted [Ostensibly for airing ].


                                washingtonpost.com/business/20

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

                                  A majority of Americans view President Donald Trump as a "dangerous dictator" whose power should be constrained, according to a poll that found a notable increase in that sentiment since March.
                                  newsweek.com/number-of-america

                                    [?]Em :official_verified: » 🌐
                                    @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange

                                    Do not provide your ID or facial scan to access social media.

                                    I repeat, do NOT provide your ID or facial scan to access social media when requested.

                                    This is not a drill.

                                    If everyone refuse to comply, and let their accounts dormant instead, I promise you the platforms themselves, with their immense budget and network of lobbyists, are going to fight these absurd laws to recover their users.

                                    They need you more than you need them.
                                    Make them fight for your rights.
                                    Do not comply.
                                    Spread the word and boycott ID checks ✊

                                      [?]Em :official_verified: » 🌐
                                      @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange

                                      In reality, what they call age verification is abusive ID surveillance checks for everyone.

                                      Start calling it what it is:
                                      ID Surveillance.

                                      We must all fight to Stop ID Surveillance.

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                                        [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                        @octade@soc.octade.net

                                        @CharismaticBatman@theres.life

                                        Christian Nationalism is Roman Constantinian Idolatry

                                        This political idolatry of 'Christian Nationalism' is not new. Only the wide perception of it is new due to everyone now being plugged into the Internet via their ever-present phones and tablets.

                                        In the 1600s through the 1800s we see the political idolatry was at fever pitch and full swing, giving a host of politically-oriented cults, such as Witch-burning Puritanism, Swedenborgianism, Mormonism, Seventh-Day Adventism, etcetera. Even the Anglican church is an Imperialist political cult and has no warrant or sanction in the Holy Scriptures. It is a 'nationalist' tyranny over the mind. And then we see Islam, which Christians mistakenly believe to be a non-Christian religion. Islam is a Christian heresy, founded by heretical Catholics. Even the name, "Mohammed" is a corruption of the earlier Arabic, "Mahmed" meaning, "Messiah". Islam is an offshoot of medieval Christianity with its Saturn idolatry gone to seed. Islam is a daughter of Babylon, the Judeo-Roman prostitute.

                                        Christianity has always been a politically idolatrous cult. For instance, The council of Nicea was convened by the Apollo-worshiping, Luciferian Emperor Constantine for nefarious and ungodly political purposes. Every bishop who was a political apparatchik showed up, ironing out a fascist version of Christianity that was forced on the empire by the sword for centuries.

                                        The luciferians try to repeat this in every generation in which it looks like Christians will flee the Church plantation for the true body of Christ outside the Church.

                                        Remember, the outer sea court of the temple was for the Gentiles (nations). The kingdom was removed from the inner court and given to them without. Christian authoritarians still have not recognized this.

                                        If you want to advocate for a more biblical and faithful version of Christianity you need to leave behind the Imperial leadership model of the Church. The Apostles and the Reformers warned us about the man of sin sitting in the chair of the bishopric building his tower of Babel using the people (laity) as their bricks.

                                        This thing commonly called, 'Christianity' is the backsliding idol worship of Israel in the Old Testament, brought to life in our current age. Jesus Christ is not a Christian. The Apostles of the Lamb are not Christians. Neither Jesus, nor the Apostles, nor the Prophets would recognize Christianity as legitimate. The sum of all their teachings mark Christianity as an impostor religion of idolatrous customs trading darkness for light.

                                        There is no municipal kingdom of heaven. The kingdom of God cannot be brought about by the force of arms of mortal men. It comes by the Spirit of the Lord, not by the spirit of the world. Everyone pretending to build God's kingdom by inveigling, shaming, brow-beating, force, intimidation, fear-mongering, or authoritarianism, or civil government sanction, is an anti-christ, no matter how much they pretend to worship the Father and the Son and no matter how many zillions of times they claim their names.

                                        In the Old Testament the Father prophesied to us the rise of the Christian world empire and its eventual destruction in the turning of the ages ahead. The Imperialist Christian cult likes to distract from its own wickedness by pretending Islam is the scapegoat, or by pretending Jews are the scapegoat. It might work for a time for their politics but God the Father is not fooled.

                                        "And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. ..... How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her."

                                        The 'she' is the Christian Church. She is the harlot Babylon with her many Church babies, a true mother of political prostitutes and abominations of the earth. The Christian church glorifies herself and her system of bishopric authority instead of glorifying the simple gospel of Jesus Christ. Christianity is a machine for perpetuating its own system instead of setting the spiritual captives free.

                                        We can truthfully say to the Christian Church what Christ said to the Scribes and Pharisees of ancient Judea:

                                        "But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven."

                                        In this age the first Adam who fell is the Church, the continuation of temple idolatry on life support. The second Adam who rises is Christ, or Jacob, who will supplant the first Adam as Jacob supplanted Esau in the birthright, as Jacob crossed his arms to swap the birthrights of Ephraim and Manasseh, as Isaac supplanted Ishmael, even as Paul the Apostle told us plainly. God has repeatedly told us how this Christian empire will be supplanted by Jesus Christ in the last days, yet Christians do not see what is plain in the scripture because they want political and spiritual power over other men, rather than being like Christ and humbly desiring to be a servant of servants for the love of God rather than recognition of position.

                                        We learn from the Bible that God doesn't value man's concept of the birthright of authority, and freely supplants the older with the younger, even as he will supplant the older religious and Christian empire of the world with the younger Jesus of Nazareth.