David PThere seems to be no crime too ugly for a Trump pardon.
Reed MidekeLest you think the shitbag part is uncalled for "At the news conference last week, a reporter asked Chief Zibolski, who has since retired, if the police should apologize to Ms. Lipps. He responded that the police were still investigating the bank frauds"
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/us/north-dakota-facial-recognition-ai-errors-bank-fraud.html
#AIIsGoingGreat / shitbag cops crossover: West Fargo PD used #ClearView to identify a suspect. Never mind that she lived in Tennessee and had no connections to North Dakota, they had her arrested, extradited and held her for 5 months before she got the case dismissed
NonilexNew #US Missile Hit #Iran Sports Hall & #School, Analysis Shows
The #Pentagon used missiles #untested in combat in a deadly attack that struck #civilian sites near a #military compound on Feb 28, acc/to visual evidence examined by NYT & weapons experts.
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #war #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast
NYT finds a school and sports hall were hit with US PrSM ballistic missiles at the start of the war
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/world/middleeast/us-precision-strike-missile-iran-lamerd.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XFA.wIvW.m2XCMt8F4wRY&smid=url-share
stevenrayOn the dangers of allowing ourselves to become intoxicated by our own reflection.
RecursiveDayDream
BillQuick lessons on the real cost of war in a global economy.
#giftarticle but I'm not sure if the linked receipts are included.
𝙳𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝙵𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚠𝚛𝚊𝚙May well be??
"When the BoM launched its flawed and absurdly costly website, the minister responsible made the small concession that it 'may well be a contract that demonstrates the need for greater oversight of consultants, and greater use of public sector capacity wherever possible'.
"Accenture’s latest contract suggests this hasn’t happened. If any action was taken from that statement, presumably it was the appending of a small note to the consultancy’s power map, suggesting the minister needs to be taken to dinner soon."
The Accenture beanstalk
You might think, when a company’s work is so slipshod that it is known in government circles by the nickname “Accidenture”, when behind that company is a trail of blowouts and extensions, millions and millions of taxpayer dollars jemmied out in so-called variations, that it would at some point become hard for it to win competitive tenders. For Accenture, this is not the case.
In Secret #Deportation Deal, US Leveraged Favors & Funds
In #Cameroon, the #Trump admin found a partner it could pressure into accepting covertly deported migrants.
#law #immigration #rendition #MafiaState #StateSponsoredAbduction #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #DueProcess #DualState #Judiciary #AbuseOfPower
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/world/africa/in-secret-deportation-deal-us-leveraged-favors-and-funds.html?unlocked_article_code=1.WlA.9f1u.08JDzNwmeWqy&smid=nytcore-ios-share
