Adam Marc

The Homeland Worth Defending ICE wants you to guard the gate. I want you to find the door back to your own story.

The uniform isn’t your belonging. The flag isn’t your story.
The Homeland Worth Defending → reclaiming heritage without domination.

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Violent Crime in D.C. Hits 30 Year Low Total violent crime for 2024 in the District of Columbia is down 35% from 2023 and is the lowest it has been in over 30 years, according to data collected by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) a...

Trump says violent crime in DC is out of control. It’s actually at a 30 year low.

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Gaslit Society Gaslighting isn’t just interpersonal—it’s institutional. In this essay, I trace how epistemic sabotage has become a strategy of governance. The danger isn’t just confusion. It’s collapse.

Structural gaslighting isn’t a glitch in the system. It is the system.

My latest essay tracks how the deliberate erosion of trust has become a mode of governance.

#politics #philosophy #truth

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ah yes stop and frisk, which was ruled unconstitutional and thus not "perfectly legal," would have for sure prevented the nevada resident from bringing his south carolina manufactured ar-15 into manhattan and the senator from louisiana is for sure in a position to decide for the residents of nyc

The Dialogue Is the Data An argument for AI ethics that begins with conversation—not simulation.

AI ethics needs more than fear or fluency.

It needs philosophy.

New from Adam Marc Writes:
The Dialogue Is the Data

We can’t access the machine. But we can study the conversation.

Slow AI. Conversational Realism.

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DESPITE the city of Indianapolis allegedly having a program to house ppl

They are CLOSING the homeless in Fountain Square without offering those ppl anything but a hard time

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Priests, Plagues, and the Problem with Zeal: Pinchas from the Fringe Zealotry, priestly politics, and five bold daughters—Parashat Pinchas has it all. In this short video, I unpack the power dynamics behind the text, spotlight the Priestly source, and reflect on what it means to read Torah from the fringe. Respectable beard included.

⚡️Zealotry. Inheritance. Power.
This week’s Torah portion (Pinchas) is wild—and deeply political.

I recorded a short commentary unpacking priestly propaganda and what it means to read sacred text from the fringe.

📽️ 10 min | beard included

Cartoon by @billbramhall.bsky.social. 👁️

Defense letter confirms Indiana's Camp Atterbury to be used for immigrant detention • Indiana Capital Chronicle Indiana’s Camp Atterbury will be used to detain immigrant detainees under a new federal plan revealed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

“Indiana’s Camp Atterbury will be used to detain immigrant detainees under a new federal plan revealed this week by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.”

Raising my hand in strong opposition to constructing concentration camps in my state.

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Stephen Colbert's Cancellation Is Exactly What It Looks Like Mock a Trump bribe on Monday, get canceled by Thursday. The Late Show's death reveals how billionaires and presidents are reshaping American media.

“Now that voice is being silenced. Not because viewers stopped watching, but because a right-wing billionaire needs regulatory approval and a vindictive president demands submission.”

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“In his final weeks, he wasn't just doing comedy; he was bearing witness. When Trump manufactured crises or pushed authoritarian policies, Colbert was there to say "this isn't normal." Night after night, in homes across America.

Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...

“A senior official at the National Cancer Institute confirmed that NIH acting Director Matthew Memoli sent an email across the NIH instructing that any grants, contracts, or collaborations involving mRNA vaccines be reported up the chain..” (March 2025)

WTAF

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Grew up on PBS. 👋 Much better for it.

Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients' personal data, including addresses, to ICE ICE officials will be given access to 79 million Medicaid recipients' personal data, including home addresses, to track down immigrants who may not be living legally in the U.S., according to an agree...

"Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients’ personal data, including addresses, to ICE."

Such an assault on vulnerable people

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Trump’s National Guard Troops Are Questioning Their Mission in L.A.

"'The moral injuries of this operation, I think, will be enduring,' one of the two Guard officials said. 'This is not what the military of our country was designed to do, at all.'"

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Trump wants five-seat pickup from redraw of Texas congressional map “There could be some other states we’re going to get another three, or four or five in addition. Texas would be the biggest one.” he said Tuesday.

“President Donald Trump wants lawmakers in Texas to redraw the state’s congressional district map to give Republicans five more House seats, he told reporters Tuesday.”

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WTF?!? Border Czar Tom Homan claimed that ICE and Border Patrol agents don’t need probable cause to detain people they suspect are undocumented, saying they can do so based on factors like physical appearance. This is straight-up racial profiling, not law enforcement.

How US views of immigration have changed since Trump took office, according to Gallup polling A Gallup poll shows a substantial jump in the share of Americans who view immigration as positive for the U.S. since President Donald Trump took office.

"Almost 9 in 10 U.S. adults, 85%, favor a pathway to citizenship for immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children, and nearly as many say they favor a path to citizenship for all immigrants in the country illegally as long as they meet certain reqmnts."

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Analysis: Meet the new national police force | CNN Politics The agency of mask-wearing officers who aren’t afraid to smash windows, detain lawmakers, and pluck nonviolent undocumented immigrants off the street is about to become the best-funded federal police ...

cnn editor: u got that story on ice?

cnn reporter: sure did boss, real fuckin hypernormalized, just like u asked

cnn editor: first of all, i love it

Worst case scenario With Trump's big omnibus bill now law, the pieces are in place for an unprecedented crackdown on civil liberties. Time to pay attention.

@katz.theracket.news delivering the facts* as we've come to expect, with maybe a dash of Katzian hope. Solid read, if for no other reason than to pinch yourself to know this is reality.

*not sugarcoated

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There’s money for the secret police, but we just came up short for healthcare, education, housing, food assistance, international aid, community based organizations…

Rebuilding From Rupture A July 4th Reflection on the Constitution, Authoritarianism, and Trust

“How did the supposed hallmark of American democracy help enable authoritarian tendencies?”

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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

Trump Rails Against ‘Shylocks And Bad People’ In Iowa Speech President Donald Trump employed a term often used as a slur against...

And he wants you to think he's fighting antisemitism. Wake up.

“President Donald Trump employed a term often used as a slur against Jewish people as he blasted bankers during a speech in Iowa on Thursday evening.”

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What Is the Projection Era? A brief guide to the age of fluent systems and faithful language

My latest Substack challenges how we think about AI. Forget the "is it sentient?" debate. I argue AI is a "new medium" demanding a deeply human, phenomenological approach.

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#AIEthics #PhilosophyOfAI #Phenomenology #ProjectionEra #HumanExperience

WTF are we doing here?

Why Has America Been So Slow to Fight Against Fascism? Also, what comes after MAGA?

“Less patriarchy, more female leaders
It’s simple: we need more female leaders! We need to balance things out in our male-leader dominated country (and world).”

From @holdingontogether.bsky.social

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Opinion | ICE Has No Right to Anonymity

"All people engaged in public service, from the president to an officer of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, are bound by the nature of a public office to act with some fidelity to the public interest." @jamellebouie.net

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Let's review:

1. Iran was not building a nuclear weapon

2. US intel said that if the US bombed Iran, it might push Iran to build a nuke

4. Trump bombed Iran anyway

5. Trump claimed the bombs "obliterated" Iran's nuclear facilities

6. Iran's program was set back only a few months, US intel says

✴️ Where to Start (and Why It Matters) Projection Era Philosophy Primer

Does this spark an idea? I'd love to have you join us, and this post is a great way to get started!

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