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That's a reflection of my time, not his.
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What about ChatGPT (or did you not read that far) or the fact that Grok and ChatGPT's claims spread beyond X and are share on other platforms and inform people's views.....while I absolutely agree that X is toxic, it's influence is still significant and not just to the people who scroll it
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There are. There were significant protests last month under the Hands Off banner and more protests are being organized for next month. It very much more decentralized, but based on the available figures, much more people are involved in protesting Trump 2.0 compared to Trump 1.0
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and after Trump this week announced a crackdown on foreign tourist visas, @willknight.bsky.social @laurengoode.bsky.social @knibbs.bsky.social and @lmatsakis.bsky.social spoke to those at the forefront of AI research in the US about the impact this will have
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
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After other outlets reported that Steve Davis was leaving DOGE, @zoeschiffer.bsky.social scooped that another one of Elon Musk’s top allies at the General Services Administration, Nicole Hollander, appears to be preparing to depart
www.wired.com/story/nicole...
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After @telliotter.bsky.social was the first to report that Sahil Lavingia was working for DOGE at the VA, she then secured an exclusive on the record interview with him for an insider's look at how DOGE was run
www.wired.com/story/fired-...
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@dmehro.bsky.social found out that migrant children's DNA is now stored in a system originally built for convicted sex offenders and violent criminals.
www.wired.com/story/cbp-dn...
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Remigration is not mentioned in Project 2025...
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I guess they will claim they have assimilated correctly (until she divorces him at least)
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Did you read it?
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Finally, kudos to @marisakabas.bsky.social who scooped my by a couple of hours
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"There is no hiding from the fact that the ultimate goal of ‘remigration’ is purely about ethnic cleansing. It is a terrible day for our country when ‘remigration’ proponents are crediting the US and Trump's administration for normalizing the term.” — @wendyvia.bsky.social
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And it's not like they didn't warn everyone.
In September Trump and his immigration czar Stephen Miller both signaled their intent, posting on X that they would enact remigration if Trump was reelected.
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Sellner, who is banned from travelling to the US despite being married to an American, has spent the last two years promoting the idea of remigration, gaining traction in countries like Spain, Portugal, Italy, and especially Germany, where he has forged close links to the AfD
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Sellner, who organized a Remigration Summit in Milan earlier this month, said Trump's immigration policy "ticks many of the boxes. There are differences between Europe and the USA, but the common line is the same: preserving the cultural continuity by stopping replacement migration."
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Remigration is an immigration policy that calls for the removal of all migrants—including “non-assimilated” citizens—with the goal of creating white ethnostates in Western countries.
Some experts liken to ethnic cleansing.
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Stay strong....
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Today's #MustReads:
Violent Threats Against US Judges Are Skyrocketing Online www.wired.com/story/violen... by @davidgilbert.bsky.social