But let the shoe be on the other foot…

Cisco probably violated Middle Eastern and Muslim employees’ civil rights, US agency finds

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/31/cisco-civil-rights-palestine-advocacy-violation

#Cisco #SWANA #Muslim #Labor #CivilRights #EEOC #Tech

"Last week’s horrendous attack at Central #Synagogue underscores the scourge of #antisemitism that has shaken #American #Jews to their core. In an era of rising violence, American Jews and non-Jews seeking values-based leadership would do well to look to the leadership of the #Jewish Council for Public Affairs (#JCPA), founded 80 years ago to engage communities on issues of common concern and shared values (especially #civilrights, justice, and equality).

#JenniferRubin: “JCPA works ‘to build a just and inclusive #democracy.’ Why is that critical, and is #America at risk when one party undermines #democratic values?”

#AmySpitalnick: “Jewish safety and inclusive, pluralistic democracy are inextricably linked — simply put, there is no true democracy without real Jewish safety, and there is no real Jewish safety without ensuring a truly inclusive, pluralistic democracy."

https://jewishpublicaffairs.org/the-contrarian-2026-08-19/news/

Literally planning for #PoliceBrutality

#ICE is pitching a plan to help shield local #police officers who make #immigration arrests from possible financial consequences if they are accused of on-duty #misconduct.

#Trump #law #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #Sturmabteilung #StateSponsoredTerrorism #Constitution #DueProcess #CivilRights #HumanRights #RightToProtest #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #AbuseOfPower #fascism #tyranny #MafiaState #WhiteSupremacy
https://apnews.com/article/ice-liability-insurance-misconduct-civil-lawsuit-af330d49dcb9e40295c1fea4fc9ae6f6?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension

Ignorance is everywhere. Given the rise in lynchings in the news, I Introduced a couple of my nephews to the song ‘Strange Fruit’ and the history behind it this weekend. Up to those who know to teach those who don’t. #Politics #CivilRights

He’s Eligible for Up to $480,000 After Being Wrongly Imprisoned for 42 Years. The State Says No.
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Elvis Brooks’ case was an egregious example of a wrongful conviction, civil rights attorneys said. But Louisiana’s attorney general maintains that Brooks and other exonerees are guilty — and therefore don’t qualify for any money from the state.
https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-wrongful-conviction-compensation-liz-murrill-elvis-brooks?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Louisiana #Law #CriminalJustice #CivilRights #Justice #Legal

#Trump murders again

#Immigrant Held at #Delaney Detention Center [ #ConcentrationCamp ] Has Died, Officials Say

The mayor of #Newark, #NewJersey identified the dead man as Edwin Jovanny Lopez Cornejo. The NJ center has been the focus of intense scrutiny for its #inhumane treatment of detainees.

#law #immigration #DueProcess #ExtrajudicialKillings #murder #UseOfForce #CivilRights #HumanRights #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #ICE #Sturmabteilung
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/nyregion/ice-detention-center-death-delaney-hall-nj.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2lA.W_xj.iS3G4L4Id25S&smid=nytcore-ios-share

A quotation from John Adams

   We are to look upon it as more beneficial, that many guilty persons should escape unpunished, than one innocent person should suffer. The reason is, because it’s of more importance to community, that innocence should be protected, than it is, that guilt should be punished; for guilt and crimes are so frequent in the world, that all of them cannot be punished; and many times they happen in such a manner, that it is not of much consequence to the public, whether they are punished or not.
   But when innocence itself, is brought to the bar and condemned, especially to die, the subject will exclaim, it is immaterial to me, whether I behave well or ill; for virtue itself, is no security. And if such a sentiment as this, should take place in the mind of the subject, there would be an end to all security what so ever.

John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Speech (1770-12-03/04), Argument for the Defense, Boston Massacre Trial

More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/15073/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #bostonmassacre #nothingtolose #civilrights #crime #criminal #exoneration #guilt #guilty #innocence #innocents #justice #lawandorder #moralhazard #protection #punishment #security #socialcontract #justicesystem

Lifelong activist, organizer and educator Denise Oliver-Vélez has died at the age of 78.

She was a central figure in the civil rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s and was the first woman elected to the Young Lords Central Committee, a radical Puerto Rican human rights group modeled on the Black Panther Party, which Oliver-Vélez was also a member of. She later became the first Black female program director in public radio and taught at SUNY New Paltz.

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/7/17/denise_oliver_velez

#DeniseOliverVelez #RestInPower #YoungLords #BlackPanthers #CivilRights #PuertoRican #NYC #SUNY #Activism

Substance in #Houston #ICE #shooting van was NOT drugs, district attorney’s office says testing confirms

#Trump #law #immigration #Sturmabteilung #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #HumanRights #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #AbuseOfPower #fascism #tyranny #MafiaState #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/24/us/houston-ice-shooting-substance-testing?cid=ios_app

A quotation from Frederick Douglass

What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your denunciations of tyrants, brass fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanksgivings, with all your religious parade, and solemnity, are, to him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy — a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages.

Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) American abolitionist, orator, writer
Speech (1852-07-05), “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Corinthian Hall, Rochester, New York

More about this quote: wist.info/douglass-frederick/8…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #frederickdouglass #savagery #perspective #civilrights #cruelty #dishonesty #enslavement #fourthofjuly #holiday #hypocrisy #independence #injustice #insincerity #liberty #pretense #slavery

In case there was any doubt, #Trump is fully condoning the #ExtraJudicialKillings by #ICE.

Federal Agents Were Told #FBI Will No Longer Investigate ICE “Confrontations”

Senior officials deny such a change is in the works, despite guidance shared with agents around the country in recent days.

#law #murder #Constitution #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #ICE #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/us/politics/fbi-ice-agents-investigations-shootings.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

"Two leading #Jewish #civilrights groups stepped up after Jewish #teachers reported #antisemitic harassment last year at the #NationalEducationAssociation’s annual convention, only to devolve into disagreement ahead of this year’s convention.

The unusual public dispute between the #JewishCouncilofPublicAffairs and the #AntiDefamationLeague brought to the fore a simmering tension over how to fight #antisemitism within #schools and #unions. Should Jewish groups promote collaboration with the institutions on solutions — or prioritize confronting them over their failings?"

https://www.jta.org/2026/07/15/united-states/adl-and-jcpa-clash-over-teachers-union-exposing-a-divide-over-how-to-fight-antisemitism

#Minnesota prosecutors announced Monday that they have obtained long withheld key evidence in their ongoing investigations into fatal #shootings of #ReneeGood & #AlexPretti during pitched protests against a federal #immigration enforcement crackdown in the state earlier this year & withheld evidence in the shooting of #JulioSosaCelis.

#Trump #law #Constitution #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #murder #DueProcess #UseOfForce #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #fascism #MafiaState
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-enforcement-minnesota-alex-pretti-renee-good-21835226891f2a8d91710519b457031d

A quotation from Henry Commager

The Bill of Rights was not written into the Constitution in order to protect governments from “trouble,” but so that the people might have a legitimate method of causing trouble to governments they no longer trusted.

Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Letter (1971-06-17) to the Editor, New York Times

More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #commager #pentagonpapers #billofrights #civilliberties #civilrights #Constitution #dissent #firstamendment #freepress #freedomofthepress #government #petition #protest #thepeople

A quotation from Coolidge

The doctrine of the Declaration of Independence, predicated upon the glory of man, and the corresponding duty of society, is that the rights of citizens are to be protected with every power and resource of the State, and a government that does any less is false to the teachings of that great document, of the name American.

Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) American lawyer, politician, US President (1925-29)
Speech (1916-07-04), “At the Home of Daniel Webster”

More about this quote: wist.info/coolidge-calvin/2698…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #calvincoolidge #America #civilrights #DeclarationofIndependence #government #rights #state

A quotation from Thomas Jefferson

We hold these truths to be sacred & undeniable; that all men are created equal & independant, that from that equal creation they derive rights inherent & inalienable, among which are the preservation of life, & liberty, & the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these ends, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any form of government shall become destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, & to institute new government, laying it’s foundation on such principles & organising it’s powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety & happiness.

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) American political philosopher, polymath, statesman, US President (1801-09)
Document (1776-06), “Declaration of Independence” (original rough draft)

More about this quote: wist.info/jefferson-thomas/520…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomasjefferson #civilrights #consentofthegoverned #createdequal #DeclarationofIndependence #equality #freedom #government #happiness #humanity #independence #liberty #life #pursuitofhappiness #reform #revolution #rights #safety #selfgovernment

A quotation from Richard Steele

It is a civil Cowardice to be backward in asserting what you ought to expect, as it is a military Fear to be slow in attacking when it is your Duty.

Richard Steele (1672-1729) Anglo-Irish writer, journalist, playwright, politician
Essay (1711-03-01), The Spectator, No. 2

More about this quote: wist.info/steele-richard/21332…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #richardsteele #assertion #civilrights #cowardice #duty #expectation #rights #entitlement

"I do not always feel #progressive spaces are offering a safe haven from those that threaten my community. This is where these disquieting edge cases play in. Some leading advocates may not be outwardly #antisemitic and go to great lengths to avoid crossing that line. That effort itself is good and it is appreciated when people are conscious of not being explicitly bigoted. But when a #Jewish person is faced with questions about our relationship with #Zionism (that are not asked of other potential coalition partners) as a pretense before we are welcome in a political movement, it makes our acceptance conditional on litmus tests. That doesn’t just hurt #Jews. It hurts movements. It chills the desire to join coalitions by a large, reliably progressive demographic with a history of strong support for #civilrights and #democratic #freedoms.

I am not arguing that Jews respond to this by isolating ourselves. I am writing this because I believe the exact opposite."

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/we-should-aim-higher-than-not-quite-antisemitic/

A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt

We must show by our behavior that we believe in equality and justice and that our religion teaches faith and love and charity to our fellow men. Here is where each of us has a job to do that must be done at home, because we can lose the battle on the soil of the United States just as surely as we can lose it in any one of the countries of the world.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) First Lady of the US (1933–1945), politician, diplomat, activist
India and the Awakening East, Conclusion (1953)

More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/28…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eleanorroosevelt #America #charity #civilrights #coldwar #diplomacy #example #exemplar #foreignaffairs #foreignrelations #internationalrelations #leadbyexample #leadership #religion

Yesterday I read hundreds of internet comments complaining about Jews being perpetual victims and making antisemitic shit up under just a couple of Jewish IG posts.

"An 8th-grade #Colorado #Jewish #student was called a 'stupid k***' while being strangled by a laptop charging cord, in one of many #antisemitic #assaults by other #students described in a #TitleVI complaint to #Boulder Valley Public #School District.

The #ADL (the #AntiDefamationLeague) has filed a federal #civilrights complaint with the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, alleging that Jewish Student A was subjected to repeated antisemitic #bullying, slurs, and physical assault by multiple fellow students at Southern Hills Middle School (#SHMS) throughout 7th and 8th grade."

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-899834

WTAF??

#GiftArticle

#ICE removed detainee #protections after outreach from top #private contractor

In new federal standards released Monday, the agency appeared to make changes that could benefit #GeoGroup’s legal defense.

#law #Trump #immigration #HumanRights #CivilRights #ForThePeopleByThePeople
https://wapo.st/4giIJjm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adCMNAVBGSQ

Age Verification is beyond Epstein 2.0.

"You are basically laying out your children on a silver platter in the name of protecting them."

"Once these OS-level age verification laws take hold, we're about 3 months from a real-time GPS-located database of verified children for creeps, politicians, and rich Ep-style people to use."

The $94 Million Smart Meter Surveillance Scheme Exposed

https://youtu.be/onYWQJsWFpk

Sacramento residents discovered their utility company has been secretly feeding their private energy data to police without warrants, leading to a massive surveillance operation that generated $94 million in fines. This explosive investigation reveals how SMUD transformed smart meters into government spy devices, monitoring when you shower, sleep, or use appliances.

Innocent homeowners faced armed police raids for using electricity to power medical equipment or mine cryptocurrency. One resident was forced outside in his underwear at gunpoint, while another disabled veteran was threatened with arrest for refusing warrantless entry. The surveillance threshold dropped dramatically from 7,000 to just 2,800 kilowatt hours per month, making air conditioning use suspicious in Sacramento's brutal heat.

Internal documents expose how SMUD analysts actively mined customer data for police, checking over 10,000 homes in a single month. Despite California law explicitly prohibiting utilities from sharing precise meter data without warrants, SMUD violated these protections daily for a decade.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation's lawsuit could reshape smart meter privacy nationwide. With the October 2025 court decision approaching, every American with a smart meter needs to understand how their utility company might be spying on them right now.

#SMUD #SmartMeters #EFF #Privacy #Utilities #Electricity #surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #Spying #4thAmendment #WarrantlessSearch #Constitution #CivilRights #Courts #Lawsuit #SCOTUS #Cops #Police #Extortion #Fraud

@privacy@a.gup.pe @infosec@a.gup.pe @infostorm@a.gup.pe