@bantorture

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Close Guantanamo, prosecute its architects.
Free Julian, Chelsea and Stephen Donziger. Neither #QAnon nor #BlueAnon.
Linguistic PostureStrict Grammarian
Greatest TraumaGame 7 1960 World Series
Position (Former)Second Base
Favorite WorkBreakfast at Tiffany's (novella)

The DNC Executive Board (all lobbyists) and Biden will continue to hide behind Murphy, Manchin, Sinema, & Gottheimer, as long as you let them.

This is deliberate. They follow a script.

https://prospect.org/politics/democratic-partys-biggest-problem-conservative-wing/

The Democratic Party’s Biggest Problem Is Its Conservative Wing

Rep. Stephanie Murphy got everything she wanted, and it’s a disaster, so she’s retiring.

The American Prospect
Equating people with the actions of their authoritarian governments is never a good idea.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/anti-war-hacktivism-leading-digital-xenophobia-and-more-hostile-internet
Anti-War Hacktivism is Leading to Digital Xenophobia and a More Hostile Internet

The horrific Russian military invasion of Ukraine has understandably led to a backlash against Russia. The temptation is to label anything Russian, from state media and students to cats, as bad and block it to signal outrage and ostracization. This type of thinking has infected the open source and...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

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Ron DeSantis is now fundraising off bullying high school kids who were wearing a mask at one of his press events and playing the victim.
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/503683-mask-rant-ron/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/tomaskenn/status/1499472118278406144

Ron DeSantis fundraises off his scolding of masked high schoolers

'The leftist propagandists in our media had a meltdown and called me a "bully."'

Florida Politics - Campaigns & Elections. Lobbying & Government.

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To assume that I am pro #Russia on the basis we voted against #Ukraine Package which contained Neoliberal 'Reforms' + gifts for corrupt Ukrainian elite is a bit of a stretch - We put work into scrutinising what we vote on, would be good if media did same..
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/abolish-nato-says-independent-mep-mick-wallace-1.4809378

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/wallacemick/status/1496553116375920640

Abolish Nato, says Independent MEP Mick Wallace

Richard Boyd Barrett condemns Russia but says Ireland should ‘not line up with Nato’

The Irish Times

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I covered Pine Ridge for NPR in the 70s, when the FBI used the rez to launch its SWAT team. From 1973 to 1976 the rez was a SWAT training site for more than 2,000 agents. According to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, Indians had "a genuine fear the FBI (was) out to get them."

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/McKiernanKevin/status/1496179928609574921

Kevin McKiernan on Twitter

“I covered Pine Ridge for NPR in the 70s, when the FBI used the rez to launch its SWAT team. From 1973 to 1976 the rez was a SWAT training site for more than 2,000 agents. According to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, Indians had "a genuine fear the FBI (was) out to get them."”

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Eric Adams's plan to keep New Yorker subways "safe" involves bullying the homeless.

What a surprise.

https://abc7ny.com/subway-crime-safety-plan-eric-adams-violence/11585338/

Mayor Eric Adams' subway safety plan begins after several violent incidents in New York City over the weekend

Mayor Eric Adams' new subway safety plan goes into effect Monday, which includes police issuing summonses for fare-beaters.

WABC-TV

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Is it unreasonable to expect a policing organisation to obey the law? The illegal collection of data by @[email protected] has been well known for quite some time. Is their strategy simply to ignore the law, sit it out, and hope it will be retrospectively changed?

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ClareDalyMEP/status/1489647548495192075

Clare Daly on Twitter

“Is it unreasonable to expect a policing organisation to obey the law? The illegal collection of data by @Europol has been well known for quite some time. Is their strategy simply to ignore the law, sit it out, and hope it will be retrospectively changed? https://t.co/9OJ1qNWQMw”

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Using a private e-mail server for confidential government communication violated the law.

Flushing government documents violated a different law.

This only reminds us about our shitty choice in 2016.

RT @[email protected]

Just in time for Galentine's Day, and the news that Trump was flushing documents down White House toilets...

A limited edition hat is in the @[email protected] store now. https://shop.onwardtogether.org/products/but-her-emails-hat

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1492149960929861634

But Her Emails Hat

The EARN IT Act is a big step towards universal scanning of online messages. We need to stop it. https://act.eff.org/action/stop-the-earn-it-act-to-save-our-privacy
Stop the EARN IT Act to Save Privacy

The U.S. Senate has revived a surveillance bill that would have a lethal impact on privacy, security, and free speech. If Congress passes the EARN IT Act (S.3538), it may become too legally risky for companies to offer encryption services. Instead, they’ll be pressured to scan nearly all online content. We need your support to stop the EARN IT Act before it gets any farther. The Senate Judiciary Committee has already voted in favor of it. This disastrous bill was first proposed two years ago, and then dropped after overwhelming public resistance. We beat this bill once before, and we can do it again.

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A little girl, 11 years old, sitting down to dinner with her family.
A boy playing soccer.
A father & daughter sitting in their car.
A baby in her mother’s arms.

The estimated thousands of civilians killed by U.S. coalition strikes are not just numbers, but real people.

WATCH:

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/JudiciaryDems/status/1491454482030411777

Senate Judiciary Committee on Twitter

“A little girl, 11 years old, sitting down to dinner with her family. A boy playing soccer. A father & daughter sitting in their car. A baby in her mother’s arms. The estimated thousands of civilians killed by U.S. coalition strikes are not just numbers, but real people. WATCH: https://t.co/Se25Q3h6eY”

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