Karen Zahaluk

An Urgent Message: What You Need to Know About AI Without public guidance or oversight, its future is being built on greed

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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

Texas AG Ken Paxton announces ‘undercover’ investigations into liberals The GOP Senate candidate’s announcement of the probes targeting liberals is modeled after Donald Trump’s authoritarian attacks.

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This is Melissa Hortman, on June 14, 2025 she and her husband Mark were murdered in a politically motived attack. She stood for environment rights, abortion rights and sensible gun control policies.

Can we please take a moment to remember her good works.

Please RT.

BREAKING: The Pentagon has authorized up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges.

This is a blatant expansion of military power into a civilian judicial process, a dangerous erosion of the separation between the two.

Every day, we inch closer to fascism.

YouTube video by Mediaite Anne Applebaum Predicted Trump’s ‘Absolute Power’ in Second Term

From October, 2024: Everything that has happened was predictable, and indeed predicted

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Forced prison labor in the “Land of the Free”: Rooted in Racism and Economic Exploitation: Spotlight Summary: From fighting wildfires to toiling in the kitchens of some of the country’s most popular food franchises, incarcerated workers perform vital functions across the United States and produce bil...

On Labor Day, it’s worth remembering the people in prisons across the United States who are forced to engage in what amounts to slave labor.

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A reminder on this Labor Day: Slavery still exists in the form of incarcerated labor.

It’s long overdue to end forced labor in prisons.

US withdraws from key UN human rights report, draws criticism from rights advocates The United States will not participate in a U.N. review of its human rights record, officials said, a move that rights advocates called a worrying retreat from Washington's global engagement on rights and justice issues.

The Trump regime has pulled the US out of the UN Human Rights Universal Process Review. This is chilling.

This review happens every 4-5 years for each country in the UN. No country has ever pulled out of the review. Until now.

I remember the last time the US had its UPR...

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Closing on September 2nd to rewrite history like they do in fascist societies.

I don't see the value or purpose of doing something like this to a person. Goes to show u how our gov is messed up. U can only push so far before u r pushed back. @provokediscussion.bsky.social

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Two children died as they sat praying in pews school.

Prayers give false hope.

Gun laws protect kids.

The Supreme Corpse

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And now the hammer is coming down – soon it won't be safe to peacefully protest in the streets even with a permit if you can get one. I've been telling you for weeks he's not only going after people he considers "illegals" he'll be coming after all of us who don't bend the knee and kiss the ring.

Gil Duran of FrameLab:

The authoritarian playbook in action:
1. Invent a crisis
2. Bypass democracy
3. Grab emergency powers
3. Repeat

Trumps staged “emergencies” are normalizing authoritarian control.

WE THE PEOPLE MUST COLLECTIVELY WORK TOGETHER TO SHUT THIS SHIT DOWN NOW!!!

MORE PROTESTS!!!

These states have been on my DO NOT VISIT list for years.

For those who don't remember, when Tiananmen Square happened, the Chinese made sure to ship in units from the other side of the country instead of using local ones.

It's a concept as old as time, and Trump is doing the same with the National Guard.

Dictators are his teachers.

Mariupol Children Undergo Pro-Russian Indoctrination at St. Petersburg ‘Wellness Camps’ - The Moscow Times Dozens of people dressed in the colors of the Russian flag gathered at the train station in Zelenogorsk just outside St.

More than 2,000 schoolchildren from occupied Mariupol are expected to attend camps this summer in St. Petersburg, where they will be taught to develop respect and love for the country that seized their home city.

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Ten Commandments in schools? A Texas judge just weighed in Texas became the largest state to attempt this mandate but a judge said no.

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We’re heading into dark times. This is how to be your own light in the Age of Trump Having studied authoritarian states for over a decade, I would never exaggerate the severity of the threat we now face. But an American kleptocracy is exactly where president-elect Trump and his backe...

‪“Do not accept brutality and cruelty as normal even if it is sanctioned. Protect the vulnerable and encourage the afraid. If you are brave, stand up for others. If you cannot be brave — and it is often hard to be brave — be kind.”
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@genefortexas.bsky.social: "We're buying time for Texans to wake up... To not only deal with TX but deal w/ this in every other state. If ppl who lie, cheat, and steal are allowed to win the day, that is the end of our country... Get off your ass! This is our last shot at saving the American dream."