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Cartoon by Mike Luckovich.

CBP Signs Clearview AI Deal to Use Face Recognition for ‘Tactical Targeting’ US Border Patrol intelligence units will gain access to a face recognition tool built on billions of images scraped from the internet.

US Border Patrol intelligence units will gain access to a face recognition tool built on billions of images scraped from the internet. www.wired.com/story/cbp-si...

Pardoned insurrectionists commit crimes at a higher rate than immigrants.

This Is How Trump Prepares America to Reject an Election He’s already telling his supporters the system is rigged, floating unconstitutional ideas, and priming them for chaos if Republicans lose.

This isn’t about election integrity.
It’s about making Americans believe democracy can’t be trusted.
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NBC edited out JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. CBS and ABC paid millions in bogus settlements to fund Trump. CNN made Scott Jennings a rightwing star. The Washington Post laid off 300 journalists.

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I hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.

The president of the United States had his DOJ raid the Fulton County election office and seized ballots. This is clearly a dry run for 2026. Yet, this is treated by too many in legacy media as normal.

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DHS: Want affordable housing? Help report illegal aliens in your area. Call 866-DHS-2-ICE. If you are an illegal alien, you can take control of your departure using DHS.GOV/CBPHOME.

straight up Gestapo shit

Ocean Beach this morning… just wow!!

Homan's message: When we kill you, you have to be especially nice to us. Or else we will keep killing you.

Already at least $1.4B richer since taking office, Trump is now suing the IRS for a jaw-dropping $10B over the leak of his tax returns.

As he exploits the presidency for self-enrichment and retribution, millions are still struggling with the soaring cost of living.

Priorities.

REPUBLICAN SEN. THOM TILLIS: “Senator Lindsey Graham mentioned a $10 billion lawsuit from the president. Really? Where’s that money come from, the money fairies or your pocket?”

The corruption is endless.

Maria Santay, a U.S. citizen and community observer, live-streamed masked ICE agents detaining her after they boxed in her car from all sides and smashed her window. Local police showed up and did nothing.

She was denied access to a restroom, and forced to pee in the parking lot while handcuffed.

“This isn’t a moment, it’s a movement”

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THEY DID IT. EVERY SENATE DEMOCRAT just voted on an amendment to DEFUND ICE (rescind the BBB slush fund that keeps ICE open during a shutdown.) This amendment failed, but it shows broad support! KEEP CALLING and make it a demand to vote for the DHS funding bill!!

This should piss everyone off, and our tax dollars paid for this.

A massive building purchased by ICE for $70 million in Arizona to “warehouse” immigrants.

Calling this “housing” is a lie. This is storage. This is treating human beings like inventory.

Amazon has cut a combined 28,000 jobs since October. Its CEO made $40M+ in 2024

UPS has announced 78,000 job cuts since last year. Its CEO made $24M.

HP announced up to 6,000 layoffs in November. Its CEO made $21M.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

MINNEAPOLIS: “Thousands and thousands— the people of Minneapolis are not letting up. Despite Tom Homan saying there’s a drawdown, these people don’t believe it. They want ICE OUT COMPLETELY.”

Chicago Woman Shot 5 Times By Border Agents Will Testify In Washington Next Week Marimar Martinez will speak at a federal forum on immigration agents' use of force as she fights to unseal evidence in her now-dropped prosecution.

Marimar Martinez is a hero.

She was shot 5 times by ICE.

The agent told her to “do something b*tch” before opening fire.

He later bragged “5 shots, 7 holes”.

DHS tried to smear her reputation but video footage vindicated her.

Next week she will testify in Washington about ICE’s brutality.

Alarmed yet?

Jack Smith has Jeffrey Clark/Scott Perry texts admitting there was NO foreign election interference in 2020 per a briefing from DNI Ratcliffe January 2nd, 2021 per Volume I of his final report. DNI Gabbard is going to try to create foreign interference where DNI Ratcliffe failed. @raskin.house.gov

Gavin Newsom: “ You will not have a country if he rigs this election — you will have a president who will be running for a third term

He is wrecking this country, wrecking the economy. He's a lawless president. Wake up, America — wake up to what's going on”

U.S. Reaches Trade Deal with Pedotopia

Not sure how @theonion.com stays on top of breaking news like this but the print edition just showed up at my house with this:

DOJ deleted this file after posting it. Save it while you can.

The Untimely Death of Civil Rights in America And what can be done to resurrect them.

The untimely death of civil rights in America — and what can be done to resurrect them.

My latest on Substack: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-death-of-civil-rights-in-america

I doubt it’s a coincidence that Tulsi Gabbard was at the Georgia election office raid and Maduro is in custody. Her presence signals they could fabricate a foreign election interference claim. But not against Russia, of course.

#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles