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'Forced to resign' would be a more accurate headline.
Scores of career State Dept. diplomats resign before Trump’s inauguration https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/19/trump-state-department-resignations/
Scores of career State Dept. diplomats resign before Trump’s inauguration

Trump’s team requested numerous high-level resignations from the State Department as the president-elect prepares to make a break with the Biden administration.

The Washington Post
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Mendocino California birthplace of the Redwood lumber industry that built the state.
What MLK knew that today’s progressives keep forgetting

Sixty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s social justice movement was facing overwhelming obstacles, including a White backlash to Black progress. But King did something that eludes many of today’s leaders on the left: He crafted a message that reached all types of Americans.

CNN
Putin BRUTALLY MOCKS Trump on LIVE TV PRE-INAUGURATION

YouTube
A new report brings to light two more people who have been wrongfully arrested and jailed thanks to police use of face recognition technology. The real-world harms are racking up and this has to stop. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/police-use-face-recognition-continues-wrack-real-world-harms
Police Use of Face Recognition Continues to Wrack Up Real-World Harms

Police have shown, time and time again, that they cannot be trusted with face recognition technology (FRT). It is too dangerous, invasive, and in the hands of law enforcement, a perpetual liability. EFF has long argued that face recognition, whether it is fully accurate or not, is too dangerous for...

Electronic Frontier Foundation
Facebook has a clear and disturbing track record of silencing and further marginalizing vulnerable users, and being less than forthright about their content moderation. If it truly values freedom of expression, it must do more to protect all users. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/metas-new-content-policy-will-harm-vulnerable-users-if-it-really-valued-free
Meta’s New Content Policy Will Harm Vulnerable Users. If It Really Valued Free Speech, It Would Make These Changes

Earlier this week, when Meta announced changes to their content moderation processes, we were hopeful that some of those changes—which we will address in more detail in this post—would enable greater freedom of expression on the company’s platforms, something for which we have advocated for many...

Electronic Frontier Foundation
If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Follow a few simple steps to limit how Meta collects and profits from your personal data. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/mad-meta-dont-let-them-collect-and-monetize-your-personal-data
Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data

If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect and profit from your personal data, here’s what you need to know.

Electronic Frontier Foundation
Bothe Napa State Park Napa County. Captain Reason Tucker led the Donner Party Rescue Missions. He had separated the families 7 wagons from the ill fated Donner Party and made it safely to California before winter.