Mastodawn

https://www.jphilll.com/p/do-you-condemn-throwing-rocks-at

Trump now says he’s “giving Total Authorization for ICE to protect itself” after people fought back. This is a classic fascist trope. The heavily armed agents of the state are just protecting themselves. They’re really the victims here. The farm workers are the real big bad guys, in this framework. We of course must fully reject all of this bullshit....

Not everyone will fight back with rocks or guns or blockades. But everyone can refuse to condemn the fighters.

Do you condemn throwing rocks at ICE?

(No)

New Means

Edward Hasbrouck 4d ago

Rebecca Solnit: "Please Shout Fire. This Theater Is Burning."

https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/please-shout-fire-this-tis-burning/

Please Shout Fire. This Theater Is Burning

The United States is being destroyed from within, and mainstream journalism isn't making that clear. When I was a kid, there was a popular phrase--"what if they had a war and no one came?" What if we were in a war and no one noticed? Obviously all the people

Meditations in an Emergency

Edward Hasbrouck 5d ago

Divest from Tesla 5d ago

Blue States Invest Retirees’ Savings in Firms Boosting Trump’s Extreme Agenda:

California, New York, and Illinois have invested public employees’ retirement savings in firms promoting and profiting off Trump’s second term....

"CalPERS, the country’s largest pension fund, and CalSTRS, the country’s second-largest pension fund, have received calls to divest from Tesla."

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-agenda-investments-blue-states-california-new-york-1235383445/

Sign our petition to CalPERS and CalSTRS!
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/calperscalstrs-divest-from-tesla/

#teslatakedown @teslatakedown

Blue States Invest Retirees’ Savings in Firms Boosting Trump’s Extreme Agenda

California, New York, and Illinois have invested their public employees’ retirement savings in some of Donald Trump’s biggest corporate supporters.

Rolling Stone

Edward Hasbrouck 5d ago

Divest from Tesla 5d ago

Tell the CalPERS pension fund to sell its >$1B in Tesla stock!

CalPERS pension board meeting
Monday, July 14, 9 am
Marriott Hotel (and online)
350 Calle Principal, Monterey

Comment in person or watch the livestream and phone 800-259-4105 to comment remotely during the Chief Investment Officer's report -- the first item on the agenda:

https://actionnetwork.org/events/calpers-pension-board-meeting-divest-from-tesla

#teslatakedown @teslatakedown

Edward Hasbrouck Jul 8

Kunal Mehta Jul 8

Great post by @ehasbrouck on the hacking of admissions records from Columbia:

"The best way to avoid misuse of personal data is not to collect it. If it has been collected, and especially if it is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was collected, the best way to mitigate the risk to the individuals to whom it pertains is to expunge it."

https://papersplease.org/wp/2025/07/08/the-dangers-of-identity-databases/

Also that EU/Canadian privacy laws mandate deletion - a clear example where the US is behind and the harms that follow.

The dangers of identity databases – Papers, Please!

Edward Hasbrouck Jul 8

Papers, Please!Jul 8

The dangers of identity databases: Questions for Columbia University and anyone with databases of citizenship or national origin:

"Now that this incident has made the potential for misuse of records like this apparent, what are Columbia and other institutions and entities with similarly dangerous data doing to expunge it?"

https://papersplease.org/wp/2025/07/08/the-dangers-of-identity-databases/

The dangers of identity databases – Papers, Please!

Edward Hasbrouck Jul 8

Peter Gleick Jul 7

Wow. Welcome to the streets of Trump's America.
And is this a machine gun mounted on this armored car?
(Photos by Mel Buer, I believe.)

Edward Hasbrouck Jul 3

Divest from Tesla Jul 3

Just announced: Next CalPERS board mtg. July 14-16, Monterey: https://www.calpers.ca.gov/about/board/board-meetings/full-202507

Sign petition asking them to sell their >$1B in Tesla stock:

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/calperscalstrs-divest-from-tesla

(We'll also deliver petition to CalSTRS July 9.)

@niedermeyer #teslatakedown @teslatakedown

Board of Administration Offsite Agenda - July 14-16, 2025 | CalPERS

The CalPERS Board of Administration considers recommendations from individual Board committees and hears other matters related to the administration of retirement benefits and investment management.

Edward Hasbrouck Jul 3

Divest from Tesla Jul 3

This is what CalSTRS calls a "diversified" portfolio to minimize risk to California teachers' pensions (from report to CalSTRS board mtg. next week).

Sign the petition we'll be delivering to their Board to tell them to sell their >$1B in Tesla stock:

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/calperscalstrs-divest-from-tesla

Edward Hasbrouck Jul 2

The Writers’ Association of Iran issued a statement saying, “The war of this fascist regime, whose foundations rest on occupation and genocide, against a state that is built on the blood of opponents and freedom-seekers not only claims the lives of innocent people but stops and sets back years of resistance for freedom and equality.”

https://newlinesmag.com/argument/bombarded-by-propaganda-the-iranian-people-are-uniting-behind-an-anti-war-message/

Bombarded by Propaganda, the Iranian People Are Uniting Behind an Anti-War Message

A public mood is coalescing as narratives from both Israel and the regime of the Islamic Republic jostle for position across networks and airwaves

New Lines Magazine

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