Mastodawn

The public⚡has rejected violence & impunity. Trump’s IMM approval fell➡️changes in #DHS,🚨yet #violence persists in var forms.

Hunger strikes:🚨spreading, & the admin is using this to further dehumanize IMMs, atk advocates, & restrict fed #oversight of #ICE #detention facs w complaints of #abuse, unsan conds, spoiled food, denied med care—*many: died or committed suicide in unprec#s.
Admin’s cpgn: delegalizing IMMs, delaying permit renewals, mega #deportation hrgs..
#USPol
https://americasvoice.org/press_releases/a-year-after-ices-terror-filled-summer/

A year after ICE's terror-filled summer - America's Voice

Washington, DC – Below is a column by Maribel Hastings from America’s Voice en Español translated to English from Spanish. It ran in several Spanish-language media outlets earlier this week: It is unsurprising that as the first anniversary of ICE’s violent Los Angeles crackdown on June 6, 2025—which sparked protests—arrives, hunger strikes have erupted in… Continue »

America's Voice

Kim Perales 14h ago

A Kennedy, a fmr snr Trump admin ofcl, said she resigned last mo in part bc🚨she was increasingly frustrated with the LACK OF #OVERSIGHT of🚨the intel comm’s use of taxpayer💰—incl GOLD BULLION.

“I couldn’t keep signing the checks" *she said in an intvw. “I would've become complicit.”

The daughter-in-law of #RFKJr, left her pos as an assc dir of OMB.

#THEFT, #ATROCITIES, #CORRUPTION..: occuring 24/7 in the #TrumpRegime. Just a few⬇️of the recent🚨incidents.
#Impeach #USPol
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/the-kennedy-who-says-she-left-the-white-house-over-concerns-about-cia-spending-1d49ffe9?st=UhH2Ai&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

Kim Perales 15h ago

Something underreported:🚨🚨🚨In their reco bill, #Republicans ARE FORGOING the normal #oversight & restrictions on #ICE/CBP funding.

For instance, normally there’s a prohibition on SHACKLING PREGNANT WOMEN.🚨But not for this new money they’re providing.

Normally there’s a provision against using funds to destroy evidence of death or sexual assault against people held in custody. But not for this new💰.

Some of the GP language would run afoul of the Byrd rule, some…”
-BK
#DHS #Torture #USPol

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Nonilex 1d ago

Stierli said he is concerned the #Trump admin is carrying out construction work in #DC with no public input or #transparency [or #oversight], & without demonstrating that it sought multiple bids on contracts to carry out the work.

Katie Martin, a spox for #Interior Dept, which oversees the #NationalParkService, said in an email that the admin is looking into other funding mechanisms to pay for deferred maintenance, including “revenue brought in from the sale of park passes” & “endowment funds.”

CBC North 1d ago

N.W.T. environment minister in consultations over whether to shut down Diavik mine watchdog
A mining oversight board in the N.W.T. wants to continue its work. But the Diavik Diamond Mine doesn't believe the oversight is needed anymore. That leaves the N.W.T.'s environment minister with a decision to make.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/n-w-t-environment-minister-in-consultations-over-whether-to-shut-down-diavik-mine-watchdog-9.7221422?cmp=rss

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Nonilex 1d ago

#NARA published a notice of intent on Jan 14, 2021, to contract with ArchiveSocial, a software company, to “capture & manage [#PresidentialRecordsAct] social media accounts.”
 But David Ferriero, then the archivist of the US, in a February 18, 2022, letter to members of the #House Cmte on #Oversight & Reform wrote that the #Trump admin had “opted not to enable capture of direct messages” with the software.

#law #transparency #accountability #PRA

CBC Toronto 2d ago

Durham police claimed most recommended workplace reforms are done. But report shows only 19% complete
Durham police have completed about 19 per cent of the recommendations in the Ontario Civilian Police Commission (OCPC) report, according to the province’s policing oversight body — despite comments from the chief and police board chair that most have been completed.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/durham-police-inspector-of-policing-ocpc-report-9.7218995?cmp=rss

Hacker News 2d ago

Trump signs executive order granting oversight of AI models

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/technology/trump-executive-order-ai.html

#HackerNews #Trump #AI #Executive #Order #AI #Oversight #Technology #News

Trump Signs Executive Order Seeking Oversight of A.I. Models

The order, which signaled a shift from the hands-off approach the White House had previously taken toward A.I., followed debates over how to gain control of A.I. models without disrupting innovation.

The New York Times

Old White Dude 3d ago

#NDA’s for federal employees is one of the most dangerous things that could be proposed. These employees need to understand security, but MUST be allowed to report #graft, #corruption, & #malfeasance in government to #auditors who actually have the power to do something about it.

#greed #oversight #government

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/06/trumps-intimidation-whistleblowers-nda/687377/

The Trump Administration Wants to Frighten Would-Be Whistleblowers

A proposal to push would-be whistleblowers to sign nondisclosure agreements is part of a bigger effort to hide government secrets.

The Atlantic

Nick Byrd, Ph.D.4d ago

#Weaponization rhetoric is often just lazy, victim mentality: 'weaponize' often attempts to escape critique, #oversight, #law and order by reframing it as *hostility*.

This turns "#policy disagreement into...accusation of abuse, #regulation into persecution, and bureaucra[cy] into...warfare."

Find this insight and more from Dr. Lindsey Cormack's brief analysis of congressional newsletters: https://dcinboxinsights.substack.com/p/weaponize-is-a-republican-word

Weaponize is a Republican Word

And it's was gestated back in 2018 by the Freedom Caucus

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