Shahid Buttar

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Palate cleanser--NYC underground Hip Hop version.

Street Level Surveillance EFF Presents: A Field Guide to Police Surveillance

Local cops now have access to sophisticated spy tech. Learn more about cell-site simulators, automated license plate readers, drones, and more at EFF's Street-Level Surveillance project. www.eff.org/sls

"Journalism" has fueled the rise of bipartisan fascism in America Journalists embracing disinformation—usually to serve Wall Street and the Pentagon—made democracy a predictable casualty

Why be surprised at this point?

ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”

New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo

“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”

“Alright, we just got to verify that”

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

A Constitution in crisis Our courts were co-opted before, but are now being reduced to observers by an executive branch hellbent on destroying the rule of law

Welcome to America!

The tragedy of cults of personality The Democratic Party is riding a wave of enthusiasm, despite remaining committed to right wing goals

You’re not wrong, but pretending that it was ever anything more than a vehicle for systemic injustice requires indulging a lot of bipartisan lies.

Milky Way over Trona Pinnacles

Here's another shot I took last week on my final Milky Way trip of the season. I still have tons of MW stuff to edit and/or re-edit from my 14 trips to the desert this year but I'm already looking forward to next season! #photography

dear US friends, when a sitting president (re)builds the seat of government, it almost always means the president has no intention of leaving at the end of term. your African friends with decades of experience

Trump’s arbitrary assassinations were enabled by Democrats Observers reacted to Trump’s assassination of suspected drug traffickers presumptively described as terrorists, forgetting how Obama and his enablers cheered analogous drone strikes

It is outrageous.

If anyone ever gets arrested for this, it should be the politicians from *both* corporate political parties who have claimed these unconstitutional powers to kill without charge or trial.

Fun, indeed! 🤪

A Constitution in crisis Our courts were co-opted before, but are now being reduced to observers by an executive branch hellbent on destroying the rule of law

More precisely on the theme you raised relating to executive unaccountability

Our courts can’t defend democracy The rule of law died long before Trump came to office. How it happened helps explain his return to Washington.

You’re not wrong, but perhaps overlooking the bigger legacy of the Roberts court.

Some new ICE recruits have shown up to training without full vetting The recruits have had criminal backgrounds or failed drug tests or were unable to meet physical or academic standards, raising concerns about the agency’s rush to hire immigration officers, sources to...

NBC News finds that:
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

The rise of the fragile “tough guy” From police to our president, and the federal goon squads he has deployed from Los Angeles to DC, we all seem to exist at the whim of supposed “tough guys” whose reputations belie their weakness

There are a few other things ICE recruits tend to have in common.

The rise of the fragile “tough guy” From police to our president, and the federal goon squads he has deployed from Los Angeles to DC, we all seem to exist at the whim of supposed “tough guys” whose reputations belie their weakness

Put another way

'Right Out of the Dictator's Handbook': Trump Sends Immigration Agents to San Francisco | Common Dreams "This is right out of the dictator's handbook," Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom said of Trump sending immigration agents to the Bay Area, warning that the president may soon deliver on his…

"[C]onfirmation from the US Coast Guard that its base in Alameda [..] is preparing to host 100 federal agents."

"'[A] likely precursor' to [..] deploying National Guard troops to San Francisco."

"[D]ue to start arriving [..] on Thursday."
#California #USA #Policing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

Trump’s arbitrary assassinations were enabled by Democrats Observers reacted to Trump’s assassination of suspected drug traffickers presumptively described as terrorists, forgetting how Obama and his enablers cheered analogous drone strikes

It is a lot of death, and the executive power grab is alarming—but it’s important to remember how these authorities got established in the first place in order to fully repudiate them.

If you’re driving around in unmarked cars, wearing masks, and kidnapping people, you’re not one of the good guys.

I just saw a video that said cutting SNAP would lower food prices because it would cut demand.

I'm starting to think that Econ 101 either needs to be drastically overhauled or that you cannot take it unless you commit to taking four econ courses one heavily focused on externalities and elasticity.

Allowing the genocide of Palestinians didn't work out for the United States.

"Journalism" has fueled the rise of bipartisan fascism in America Journalists embracing disinformation—usually to serve Wall Street and the Pentagon—made democracy a predictable casualty

And I thought it was bad before….

Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!

It’s a measure of how heinously criminal this administration is that the routine, jaw-droppingly overt corruption has come to feel like the B-story.

I for one think the Epstein Ballroom will be magnificent. I love the decor theme of “what if Uday Hussein ran a Ramada Inn.” And giving it a theme song everyone will associate with it is a stroke of brilliance! “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” is very catchy.

Updating my LEGO White House

pepperidge farm remembers is written on the screen of a tv Alt: "pepperidge farm remembers." is written on the screen of a tv

Remember when the capitalist media was amplifying stories about shoplifting to derail conversations about abuses by law enforcement?

Democrats vs. Democracy Ryan Grim is right—as far as his analysis goes—but overlooks the further implications of his own investigations.

On Democrats, dog whistles, and how the centrist establishment matches the racism of the GOP

The popularity of a Graham Platner (or a John Fetterman, for that matter) underscores the uncomfy truth that Dems have their own dog whistles that many will happily use and amplify. But people don’t want to have that conversation…

ICE are criminals.

They are enemies of the US Constitution.

Therefore, ICE are enemies of the United States.

May justice be served on these traitors.

A Constitution in crisis Our courts were co-opted before, but are now being reduced to observers by an executive branch hellbent on destroying the rule of law

You’re not wrong, just perhaps more hopeful than recent history would suggest.