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People didn’t vote for this war They don’t want it. They don’t trust the guy executing it. It could not be more disconnected from the things they care about.

Trump wants the Iranian people to rise up; but Trump cut government funded broadcasting that had the ability to reach the Iranian people. So stupid. He put nearly all of the journalist on Voice of America on leave.

It's finally coming out: Trump raping and hitting 14/y olds. So he starts a war.

The problem is that the Pentagon could use AI for citizen surveillance, and just them saying they have no plans doesn't mean they won't. Look at Homeland Security that originally said it would not police the citizens, and look what it is doing today with ICE.

The Pentagon has said that it has no plans to use the technology for those purposes, but that a private contractor cannot decide how its tools will be lawfully used for national security, just as a weapons manufacturer does not determine where its missiles are dropped.

but that a private contractor cannot decide how its tools will be lawfully used for national security, just as a weapons manufacturer does not determine where its missiles are dropped.

The company wants to embed safeguards in its technology to prevent its use for mass domestic surveillance of Americans or in fully autonomous weapons with no humans in the loop.
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who gets to decide on setting any limits — the makers of A.I. or national governments.

Anthropic said it was willing to loosen its restrictions on the technology, but wanted guardrails to stop its A.I. from being used for mass surveillance of Americans or deployed in autonomous weapons with no humans involved. Without those, Anthropic risks damaging its safety-first reputation.

This is not about border security; this is Snake Plissken-level dystopia. Trump is preparing an unaccountable, heavily armed DOMESTIC POLICE FORCE ready to enforce mass deportations and crush dissent. The scale is staggering. The intent is terrifying.

How can Trump blatantly lie about who pays the tariffs? FedEx, like other carriers, often acts as an importer of record, but it passes along the duties paid to the American customers and companies that purchased the goods.

The Democrats should have stood up and walked out of the room chanting, "No bullies, no despots no law breakers as leaders."

@camofarc.bsky.social Trump and The F.C.C. also is moving to clear the way for Nexstar, a large owner of local television stations, to acquire Tegna, a competitor. Blatantly violates FCC rules

Trump and The F.C.C. also is moving to clear the way for Nexstar, a large owner of local television stations, to acquire Tegna, a competitor. Blatantly violates FCC rules.

The federal government is effectively mandating that a private news organization install a political commissar to ensure its reporting meets state-approved standards of neutrality.

check out Melanie Stansbury (D) is the U.S. Representative for New Mexico. She want to know why the police aren't going after Allegations of rape by Trump

Why are folks not asking more questions about this FBI complaint in the Epstein Files?

www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

[T]here is nothing Christian about Christian nationalism,”

[T]here is nothing Christian about Christian nationalism,”

Trump vowed that he would cut “waste, fraud, and abuse” out of the country’s government programs, but cuts to social programs have been overwhelmed by spending on federal arrest, detention, and deportation programs.

Top Republicans and Democrats quietly tucked new requirements into the government funding package Congress passed last week to make it more difficult for the Trump administration to defy lawmakers and refuse to allocate federal dollars in the way they intend.

the National Science Foundation, a frequent target of Mr. Trump, where he aimed to cut its research funds by more than half, but Congress only chose to shave off nearly 4 percent of its total budget.

Congress rejected Trumps attempt to sharply reduce funding for Pell grants, which aid low-income college students.

Trump secured military funding as part of his sprawling tax legislation, which was paid for in part by cutting back benefits in programs like Medicaid and food stamps.

Where the president sees evidence of spending that is woke, weaponized or wasteful, his critics in both parties see money that is essential to their communities and the broader economy.

Congress is on track to approve more than $1.6 trillion in discretionary spending for 2026, amounting to little change from the previous fiscal year,

Mr. Trump's annual government expenses that do not appear radically different on paper compared with what he inherited in January 2025. He has not lowered the cost of government.

Citizen power changed ICE in Minneapolis.

Trump, his aides and many of his supporters haven’t purged contempt from our politics. They’ve mainstreamed it. Purified it. Industrialized it.

Mr. Trump’s role in the selective release deserves attention. While he has railed against the swamp, his administration continues to hide vast amounts of Epstein information.