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Mario Guevara, the influential Spanish-language journalist who livestreamed his own arrest at a weekend protest outside Atlanta, will now have to fight in immigration court for his right to remain in the country and ward off deportation. ajc.com/news/2025/06...

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There goes the neighborhood …

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A source of prestige until Trump ↘️

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The Minnesota shooter apparently used data broker websites to find the home addresses of the people he shot and murdered. Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again. Their inaction is deadly.

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CNN put together a clip of Tulsi Gabbard testifying recently that "Iran is not building a nuclear weapon" followed by Trump saying "I don't care what she said"

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In October, candidate Trump said Kamala Harris “would get us into a WW III guaranteed.” Now, his director of nat intel worries about a nuclear holocaust. In 2019, the same Tulsi Gabbard chastised Trump for ripping up the Iran nuke pact and pushing “us closer and closer to the brink of nuclear war.”

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In the midst of the unfolding war, hyper-aggressive Israel-linked hacker group Predatory Sparrow is now launching cyberattacks on Iran's financial system. Online banking and ATMs offline for Sepah bank and $90 million burned at crypto exchange Nobitex. www.wired.com/story/israel...

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The accused assassin allegedly used data brokers to track down the Democratic lawmakers he murdered. Congress doesn't need any more proof that selling data to anyone with a credit card is deadly. Every American's safety is at risk until Congress cracks down on data brokers.

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New: led by Senator @wyden.senate.gov and Rep. @aoc.bsky.social, members of Congress are demanding Palantir answer questions about their federal contracts following our NYT story last month: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/t...

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This Tuesday marks the 10 year anniversary of the assassination of South Carolina state senator Rev. Clementa Pinckney in Charleston. Today's killing of Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman is the highest-level American assassination since that day. Dark days. 🇺🇸

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The shooting victims are state lawmakers, both are Democrats. One is the the former Minnesota house speaker. 2 Minnesota lawmakers shot in apparent 'targeted' incidents, in grave condition; manhunt underway. abcnews.go.com/US/2-minneso...

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A big development in the race to create artificial general intelligence. Zuck is betting on Scale AI and its CEO, Alexandr Wang, who has some serious US govt contracts. apnews.com/article/meta... by @mattoyeah.bsky.social

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A federal judge has blocked President Trump from deploying members of the California National Guard to Los Angeles and ordered the administration to return control of the forces to Gov. Gavin Newsom. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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ROME (AP) — Spyware from the U.S.-backed Israeli company Paragon was used to target the phones of at least three prominent journalists in Europe, including editors at an investigative news site in Italy, according to digital sleuths at Citizen Lab. apnews.com/article/spyw...

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I bring you a tiny bit of good news — courts are finally reining in Big Tech in significant ways. We could actually be on the cusp of a totally transformed tech landscape - after 30 years of total lack of constraints. My latest for @nytopinion.nytimes.com (gift link)

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New from 404 Media: Delta, United, American etc don't want you to know they sold your flight data to DHS. The country's airlines sell bulk names and flight itineraries to DHS to be searched without a warrant. Contract tells DHS to not reveal where this data came from www.404media.co/airlines-don...

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Predator drones over LA www.404media.co/dhs-flew-pre...

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"People summoned the cars to light them on fire when they arrived. Protestors were reportedly calling them “spy cars” as they were vandalized and set ablaze, and some noted how the cars can share data with the LAPD. ...The cars weren’t torched to destroy evidence as much to punish collaborators."

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Appeals court rules that the president can punish a news outlet based on the content of its coverage by denying it access that it has had for generations. If the decision stands, it represents a major blow to press freedom @zjmontague.bsky.social @minhokim.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/u...

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Great to see.

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Ok, ok. I fixed it. 🤭😅

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I don't think anyone outside of universities, pharma and biotech, independent research institutions have any idea of what is happening right now. If you haven't sounded the alarm among your friends, family and colleagues, now is the time to do it.

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Classic PR gambit. Offer an interview to a reporter you know won’t be sufficiently critical (in this case the WaPo aerospace writer) and count on his/her editor failing to add the necessary context grafs.

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New, by me: Data broker giant LexisNexis has revealed that its risk solutions unit (think "know your customer," risk assessing, due diligence, and law enforcement assistance) was breached, affecting the personal data and Social Security numbers of at least 364,000 people.

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“Zeitenwende” — Lithuania is now home to first fully armored German brigade based outside the country since the end of World War II - “These are a different kind of Germans,” said an 87-year-old Lithuania who experienced Nazi occupation as a boy. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/w...

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The executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning “American Masters” series insisted on removing a scene critical of President Trump from a documentary about the comic artist Art Spiegelman two weeks before it was set to air nationwide on public television stations. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/a...

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New at the Post: The White House plans to ramp up cyber attacks on China but are cutting the main civilian cyber defense agency, #CISA. With hacks of U.S. infrastructure already surging, officials and experts told me the U.S. is wide open to retaliation. GIFT LINK, please share. wapo.st/45mUXlq

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nothing good can last in this stage of the hyper commercialized digital world

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NEWSFLASH: The poll found that on a weekly basis more than 90% of Americans use weather forecasts, job market reports, food safety warnings and other info based on federal science. But only 10% are concerned that Trump admin cuts in support for science might impact their access to such info.

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Said Emmanuel Goldstein, chair of the hacker conference: “The only common reason we're hearing from people this year is that they don't feel comfortable coming to the States due to fear of harassment or detention.”

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New from 404 Media: iconic hacking con HOPE has sold 50% fewer tickets this year, with event just a few months away. Organizers say it's due to U.S. immigration crackdown. A speaker already pulled out, said friends' devices seized at border. Will impact the event www.404media.co/hacker-confe...

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This is absolutely terrible news. With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately. h/t @merz.bsky.social

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Trump’s misrepresentation of the footage — claiming it represented genocide of whites —- took place during a stunning meeting with South Africa’s president. Mr. Trump dimmed the lights to play the footage.

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NEW: @wyden.senate.gov just exposed which phone companies keep silent about government surveillance. NO = doesn't respect Americans' privacy rights. Choose accordingly. 1/

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Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses. Real buttons are sooooooo back baby!

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Sen. Schiff to Trump’s EPA chief: “You could give a rat’s ass about how much cancer your agency causes.”

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A most exasperating example of Trump’s rural base voting against its own self-interest.

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