To exist online in 10 years, you're going to have to give a random company a face scan and photo ID and they're going to give that and everything you post to the government to spy on you for being queer, left-wing, "a criminal," or whatever. None of your data or communications will be private. The government and corporations will go through all of it.
If you don't want that to happen, you should raise a stink about "age verification" right now because that's what they're actually building.
Buckle up buttercup, because starting a trade war with our closest trading allies will skyrocket prices and inflation. Absolute idiocy.
From: @npr
https://flipboard.com/@npr/politics-v8m4p3ukz/-/a-uYaypuPuSOqyk8Fc9wUxoA%3Aa%3A3195441-%2F0
President Trump on Monday declared that he would slap 25% tariffs on imported goods from Canada and Mexico starting on Tuesday, after weeks of speculation that the threat would be lifted or the rate lowered. Trump shifts date for Canada and Mexico tariffs — again Trump said the tariffs would punish …
The Washington Post reported that the United Kingdom is demanding that Apple create an encryption backdoor to give the government access to end-to-end encrypted data in iCloud. Encryption is one of the best ways we have to reclaim our privacy and security in a digital world filled with cyberattacks...
Awesome. Thanks for that. And what good timing, with Elon now having everyone’s Social Security number.
Ooh, a sovereign wealth fund, like Saudi Arabia? Purchasing a social media app?
That’s called state-owned media - which is a hallmark of China, Russia, North Korea, etc. Not exactly a bastion of fair and free information.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/03/trump-says-new-us-sovereign-wealth-fund-could-purchase-tiktok/
Don’t you dare touch NPR and PBS!
(Carr wrote the chapter on defunding them in Project 2025 btw. Crazy how Trump named him FCC chair to do exactly that.)
BREAKING: The Attorneys General of CA, NY, AZ, CO, CT, DE, HI, IL, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, NV, NC, NJ, NM, OR, RI, VT, WA, WI, and D.C. have all filed suit against Trump for his budget freeze on vital health services.
The fact that 0 Republican AGs are joining this lawsuit, despite the fact that this freeze hurts their constituents the most, speaks volumes on how MAGA is absolutely a cult.
Luckily a judge blocked it until Feb. 3rd but this could affect $3 trillion dollars across the economy - TEN percent of our total GDP.
Everything from maintaining roads, healthcare research, Medicaid, housing, job training. So much of what we rely on is at least partially funded by government grants/loans.
"Inspectors general are tasked with finding waste, fraud, abuse and misconduct in the federal agencies. They would be tasked with monitoring President Trump's agencies and appointees."
Hmm... I wonder why he'd get rid of those who weren't "his people".
BTW, he also broke the law - Congress requires 30 day notice and "substantive rationale".
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-federal-inspectors-general-fired/
Federal law requires the White House to give Congress a full month of warning and case-specific details before firing a federal inspector general.
Nowhere Girl
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Qasim Rashid, Esq.