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“This is part of the whole problem: These police departments are operating under the impression that everything that happens on the street is fair game, and their systems are not a privacy violation. But then when it comes to the public wanting to know, they say ‘this is a privacy violation.’"

EFF told me "it is pretty abhorrent that the city tried to make all of these arguments"

The judge rejected them and said that surveillance photos are public records because the cameras are paid for by taxpayers and because "Flock camera images are created and used to further a government purpose"

The police went to the ends of the earth to avoid this outcome. Their attorneys argued

- that the images are owned by Flock (they're not)
- that it's third party data
- that the records don't exist bc they're in the cloud
- that they're private
- that they're police investigative material

Judge Rules Flock Surveillance Images Are Public Records That Can Be Requested By Anyone A Washington judge said images taken by Flock cameras are "not exempt from disclosure" in public record requests.

New: A judge in Washington has ruled images from Flock surveillance cameras are public records and that anyone can request them. Highlights the pervasiveness of this tech and just how much surveillance is being done. Very notable ruling

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Congress Is Back! And So Are The Epstein Files YouTube video by The Joy Reid Show

ICYMI: on tonight's TJRS, we broke down the failed Democratic fight in the Senate and Donald Trump’s absolute freakout over the newly revived Epstein Files. www.youtube.com/live/dtVkHSy...

Israel wants to implement the death penalty for Palestinian prisoners. Here’s what you need to know. Israel is advancing a dangerous bill to impose the death penalty on Palestinian prisoners. Right-wing leaders want to go even further and use the bill to give Israeli forces the authority to carry…

READ: Israel is advancing a dangerous bill to impose the death penalty on Palestinian prisoners. Right-wing leaders want to go even further and use the bill to give Israeli forces the authority to carry out extrajudicial killings.
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Asking ChatGPT About Affairs or Abortion? Be Careful, Marketers Are Peeking at Your Prompts Browser extensions are potentially funneling your most personal queries to a company selling market insights about chatbot activity.

"The questions people ask chatbots can reveal exceptionally sensitive information" about things like their health, finances, and relationships, EFF’s Lena Cohen told @pcmag.com. “People deserve meaningful control over who can access these AI prompts.”

Why a lot of people are getting hacked with government spyware | TechCrunch Government surveillance vendors want us to believe their spyware products are only used in limited and targeted operations against terrorists and serious criminals. That claim is increasingly difficul...

“Because targeting is so easy, we have seen governments use surveillance malware to spy on a broad range of people, including relatively minor political opponents, activists, and journalists,” EFF’s @evacide.bsky.social told @techcrunch.com.

We never did find out who paid all of Kavanaugh’s debts, did we? www.motherjones.com/politics/201...

New Investigation Looks Into Jeffrey Epstein’s Ties to Israeli Intelligence Epstein was a “dealmaker and a fixer at a very, very elite level,” says Murtaza Hussain of Drop Site News.

A new investigation by Drop Site News explores Jeffrey Epstein’s deep ties to Israeli intelligence, revealing how he acted as a high-level “dealmaker and fixer” and hosted Israeli spies at his Manhattan home.

After House Oversight Democrats released a series of private emails from Epstein, House Oversight Republicans released 20,000 more pages of emails and documents from Epstein’s estate.

“you see, i know how dirty donald is ...” Epstein wrote. “what it means to have your fixer flip.” trib.al/KYEyUCO

Completely fake, and yet horrific, AI-generated videos of ICE raids are going viral on Facebook. This is what happens when the Facebook algorithm rewards AI slop. Here's an example, more in here: www.404media.co/ai-generated...

Read more here: t.co/pZq0aMbfmM

State Employee Sues Eastern Florida State College Board of Trustees for Retaliatory Firing Over Protected Speech - ACLU of Florida

BREAKING: We filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a state employee who was unfairly fired for private posts on social media regarding the death of Charlie Kirk. She’s fighting for her rights — because public employees have free speech too. We'll see you in court.

Union Blasts Condé Nast for Firing Labor Leaders Who Sought Answers on Teen Vogue Layoffs The firings and gutting of Teen Vogue come amid a hard right pivot by media companies under Trump.

Condé Nast fired union leaders after they challenged management over Teen Vogue layoffs. The firings, coinciding with Teen Vogue's gutting, reflect a broader rightward shift in media under Trump, raising union-busting concerns.

House Dems Say Trump Is Hiding the Truth as New Epstein Emails Surface The emails suggest that Trump spent several hours with a victim of sex trafficking at one of Epstein’s residences.

House Democrats say Trump is covering up the truth as newly released Epstein emails suggest Trump spent hours with a sex trafficking victim at Epstein’s home. Republicans and the White House call the claims a smear and say there’s no evidence of wrongdoing.

YouTube video by The Intercept Trump's Military Takeover of U.S. Cities Costs A LOT #politics #trump

Trump's military occupations of U.S. cities have cost nearly half a billion dollars. And he's just getting started.

Read more: interc.pt/4nL43Ox

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Fox News Misled Viewers About “Riots” Before Trump Ordered Troops to Portland The outlet used footage from the 2020 protests after the police killing of George Floyd and said it was from 2025.

Fox News aired 2020 protest footage as if from 2025 to hype claims of “riots” before President Trump sent troops to Portland, misleading viewers about current unrest.

Lawmaker Challenges ICE Plan to Hire Bounty Hunters ICE is considering hiring private investigators to track down immigrants inside the United States. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi has questions.

ICE is currently considering awarding contracts to companies interested in providing “skip tracing” services that would deploy privatize investigators to track down immigrants residing inside the U.S.

A photo of members of the National Guard walking down Beale Street on Oct. 24, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn., overlaid with the headline, "Trump’s Military Occupations of U.S. Cities Cost $473 Million and Rising," and the DEK, "Trump’s campaign to quell dissent by deploying the American military to U.S. cities comes at an immense price."

COST OF TRUMP’S MILITARY OCCUPATIONS OF CITIES Los Angeles................. $172M Washington, D.C...........$270M Portland......................... $15M Chicago..........................$13M Memphis..........................$3M TOTAL..........................~473M

The skyrocketing price comes as the president threatens to deploy additional troops to more American cities to quell dissent and turn America into a full-blown police state. interc.pt/43qaEH1

One of the most enraging parts of this whole fiasco are Corporate Democrats screaming at MAGAs for denying healthcare access—while themselves denying legislation to enshrine healthcare as a human right.

It's like, "How dare you abandon ALL access and not just MOST access like us civilized people??"

Why Dems Have 35% Approval—Nearly 10 Points Lower Than Republicans A case study of how corporate democrats have ruined our party and must be ousted for the party—and democracy—to survive

Which party do you think has worse approval in America today?

Answer: Democrats—nearly 10 points worse than the GOP😳

A detailed case study, with receipts, of how corporate democrats have ruined our party and must be ousted for the party—and democracy—to survive
www.qasimrashid.com/p/why-dems-h...

White men are only 29% of the US population, but under Trump they are 100% of the senior Pentagon leadership as Pete Hegseth purges women and Black people. They want us to believe that white men are the only people in America who are qualified to lead.

Nov. 12, 1935 | Mob of 700 White People Lynches Two Black Teenagers in Colorado County, TX Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

On this day in 1935, a white mob lynched 15-year-old Ernest Collins and 16-year-old Benny Mitchell in Colorado County, Texas. Officials later called the lynching “justice,” and no one was punished.

“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence was misleading.

NEW: ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.

The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.

How Trump Has Exploited Pardons and Clemency to Reward Allies and Supporters The president’s second term has brought a flood of clemency for allies and donors — as well as felons, like him, who were convicted of financial wrongdoing.

NEW: Under DOJ standards and requirements, people seeking pardons generally must wait five years after release, demonstrate good conduct and remorse, and file petitions through the Office of the Pardon Attorney.

Trump has largely abandoned that process.

Trump "came to my house many times."

Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva Sworn In To Congress 7 Weeks After Being Elected House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) refused to swear in Grijalva during the government shutdown, despite doing so previously for two House Republicans.

Democrat Adelita Grijalva, the key 218th vote for a petition to force a House vote on the Epstein files, has finally been sworn in to Congress

Israel kills Palestinian for nearing Gaza ‘yellow line’, bombs north Palestinians say so-called 'yellow line' impossible to discern, as Israeli troops in Gaza continue to kill.

Palestinians say so-called 'yellow line' impossible to discern, as Israeli troops in Gaza continue to kill.

As Trump Seeks to Expand Abraham Accords, Will More Muslim Countries Abandon Palestine? From Saudi Arabia to Pakistan, normalization with Israel would be a huge geopolitical reward for an apartheid state and its genocidal war.

As Trump Seeks to Expand the Abraham Accords, Will More Muslim Countries Abandon Palestine?
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