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In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape

Utah plans a $100M "homeless campus" near the airport, tied to a Trump administration order. It's pitched as a national pilot but faces fierce opposition over its controversial civil commitment beds.

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Before the Final Stage: America Is On the Edge of Genocide — A Q&A with Matthew Pearce NAFO founding member Matthew Pearce led me to the work of Dr. Gregory H. Stanton on the Ten Stages of Genocide. This interview with Pearce shows we still have time to prevent the worst if we act fast

Researcher Matthew Pearce warns the United States may already be nearing the final stages of genocide, drawing on Dr. Gregory Stanton’s Ten Stages framework to assess rising dehumanization, persecution, and denial across American political and social life.

Trump's NSPM-7 Might Save Luigi Mangione Trump's Domestic Crack Down Order May Doom Prosecution's Case

New filing argues Trump’s NSPM-7 and DOJ commentary taint the Luigi Mangione case, blurring law enforcement with politics. With state terrorism counts dismissed, defense seeks discovery on lobbying and coordination that could undercut a federal death-penalty push.

Vote Yes on Prop 50!

Prop 50 is a temporary, voter-approved safeguard that counters Republican gerrymandering in other states, protects California’s voice in Congress, and preserves the state’s independent redistricting system for the long term.

Yay Kathy! Right on!

Jeff Bezos Can’t Give Away His Money Maybe he should ask his ex-wife.

Jeff Bezos has pledged to donate most of his vast fortune, but giving away such a large amount of money effectively is proving to be a challenge for him.

The Insufferable Liar, JD Vance Sunday’s talk show circuit revealed the Vice President is willing to lie shamelessly, but he’s just not very good at it

Jay Kuo dissects JD Vance’s weekend interviews, challenging claims on federal layoffs, crime, the Insurrection Act, and Tom Homan. A concise look at rhetoric versus records in the GOP’s post-Trump positioning.

UPDATE: Lawsuit alleges Prime Day is a fraud The federal class action lawsuit has been ignored by major media outlets, which continue to promote Prime Day deals.

Amazon's Prime Day faces federal fraud lawsuit alleging fake discounts and misleading sales—yet major media outlets promoting the deals haven't covered the story.

ICE Raids & The Dimensions of Shame There’s something really sketchy going on here.

Article questions whether ICE raids target gang members or benefit property investors with Trump administration connections through suspect real estate dealings.

Robert Morris, founder of Gateway Church, pleaded guilty to five felony counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child. Morris received a 10-year suspended sentence; he will serve the first six months in jail and serve probation for the remainder.

The hypocrisy and injustice makes me grind my teeth.

Acceptable Losses Whose deaths get to be deemed unacceptable in supremacist America, and whose are deemed necessary? And who does the deeming?

An essay on who is allowed full humanity in America, using reactions to Charlie Kirk’s killing and school shootings to examine supremacy, media framing, and the politics that decide which deaths are unacceptable and which are treated as costs.

Nazi Martyr Horst Wessel Beware the mobilizing martyrdom by American fascists

How Nazi propagandists turned Horst Wessel into a mobilizing martyr, and why similar mythmaking shapes U.S. extremist politics today. A historical lens on disinformation, deification, and the risks of weaponized grief.

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Democrats can counter Trump’s dominance not by mimicking his personality cult but by building a visible shadow cabinet, showcasing a coalition of leaders who project strength, charisma, and readiness to govern.

Historical Fascist Parallels: Why Tech's Kiss-the-Ring Dinner with Trump at the White House is Worse Than You Think Even if you already thought it was gross!

A critique of tech leaders’ White House dinner with Trump, drawing parallels to fascist-era bargains where symbolic loyalty evolved into state leverage, patronage, and surveillance alignment.

Look on my works, ye Mighty Labors of Destruction and Creation

Shelley’s Ozymandias frames a warning for the present: Trump and Vance consume institutions without creating alternatives. Resistance, the author argues, is both patriotic and constructive, the essential labor for sustaining the republic beyond vanity and destruction.

IRS asks for public input on free tax filing options to inform congressional report | Internal Revenue Service IR-2025-85, Aug. 21, 2025 — The IRS invites the public to participate in an anonymous feedback survey on tax preparation and filing options, which will run through Sept. 5, 2025.

The IRS wants Americans to weigh in on Direct File, the agency's free tax filing program.

We already know Direct File has been widely popular and successful.

The program could save Americans billions annually between filing fees and time costs.
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‘How Acts of Terror Help Information Warfare Triumph’ — My Latest Hot Type Column in Byline For this week’s Hot Type column in Byline, I followed a lead from Russian spy whistleblower Sergei Cristo and examine how terrorism is often the catalyst for successful disinformation campaigns

Acts of terror have repeatedly shifted security priorities away from countering espionage, leaving democracies vulnerable to disinformation and foreign influence operations that thrive when attention is diverted.

Israel’s Assassination of Memory Israel’s razing of Gaza is not only about ethnic cleansing. It is about the erasure of a people, a culture and a history that expose the lies used to justify the Israeli state.

The piece depicts Gaza’s devastation as not only mass suffering but also the deliberate erasure of centuries of history and culture, warning that denying truth corrodes society and makes genuine reconciliation impossible.

Sadopopulism and the Fascist MAGA Ethos Trump’s policy is to inflict pain, even upon his own voters. But why does this work, and what will stop it?

This essay examines “sadopopulism,” the strategy of inflicting pain as a governing ethos, tracing its roots in fascist history and its use in Trump’s immigration policies while highlighting how public opinion and empathy remain powerful counterforces.

Second Whistleblower: Receipts Attached. The NSA Audited the 2024 Election. Kamala Won. Exposing the real reason behind Trump's war on mail-in voting.

A newly surfaced whistleblower account describes an NSA-authorized forensic audit of the 2024 election, detailing classified methods, agency coordination, and disputes over mail-in voting while situating Trump’s opposition within a broader history of election security conflicts.

Ultima Thule Trump in Alaska

Trump’s Alaska meeting with Putin marks the far edge of a foreign policy built on fantasy, offering concessions without results while Russia continues its war in Ukraine.

Mohawk Skywalkers: The History Stephen Miller Whitewashed The Kanien'kéhá:ka Haudenosaunee ironworkers were vital to building Miller's favorite monuments to modern America

Stephen Miller falsely claimed iconic U.S. landmarks like the Empire State Building were built only by “real Americans,” yet Mohawk Skywalkers—Haudenosaunee ironworkers—played a crucial role in their construction, defying his whitewashed version of history.

💼 The American Firm Planning to Send Palestinians to Somalia - Learn the Evils of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Boston Consulting Group (BCG) built Gaza’s deadly aid system — and modeled how to profit from sending Palestinians to Somalia.

Boston Consulting Group designed a Gaza aid system linked to mass civilian deaths and produced relocation plans for Palestinians, prompting condemnation, resignations, and severed partnerships from major humanitarian organizations.

BREAKING: Israel Killed Al Jazeera Journalist Anas Al-Sharif Journalists in Gaza continue to be murdered in record numbers, while Western media outlets and reporters show little or no outrage.

Israeli forces have killed Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif in Gaza during a raid on a school sheltering displaced people, drawing condemnation from media organizations and human rights groups.

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Ex-CIA Whistleblower: "The NSA Audited The 2024 Election, Kamala Harris Won" Math doesn’t lie—people do. A buried NSA‑authorized audit paved the way for this unelected illegitimate regime.

Former CIA operative Adam Zarnowski reveals details of an NSA-authorized audit of the 2024 election, alleging election manipulation involving ES\&S voting machines and compromised oversight—highlighting serious vulnerabilities in U.S. election infrastructure and calling for urgent scrutiny.

Total Eclipses Make light, reflect light, don't block light. Advice to fellow people of privilege on not being an obstacle. Part 2 of 2.

How privileged voices can either reflect hope or obscure it, and why centering despair helps maintain the systems we claim to oppose. Part two of A.R. Moxon’s reflection on light, darkness, and moral responsibility.

She Won, Part VII: How Stephen Colbert and Rosie O'Donnell Could Save The World In the face of authoritarianism, it's the comedians, cartoonists, and artists who courageously hold the line.

Comedians like Colbert and O’Donnell are speaking plainly about election integrity while official channels stay silent. This piece argues the crisis isn’t just political—it’s systemic, and artists are leading where institutions won’t.