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Eric Metaxas declares that holding members of the Obama administration responsible
is "a moral test for America":
"With this kind of filth, you cannot have the America that was given to us by God through the founders. It needs to be cleaned out. We need to have the equivalent of the Nuremberg Trials."
http…

A Moral Test For America
Unethical, Illegal, And Treasonous The Greatest Mass Murderer In History That's Quite A Line Up

Failing to Make America Healthy Again
In the face of the worst outbreak of measles this century - due to vaccine mistrust he himself sowed - US Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr is gaslighting America.
https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/failing-to-mak…

Failing to Make America Healthy Again
In the face of the worst outbreak of measles this century - due to vaccine mistrust he himself sowed - US Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr is gaslighting America, argues Matt Bernardini

If These Are All Hate America Rallies… – Digby's Hullabaloo
https://digbysblog.net/2025/10/17/if-these-are-all-hate-america-rallies/

#NoKings #Berlin
https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/842166/

Before you head out for the weekend, don't miss today's Metacurity for the critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Com members doxx DHS and ICE employees,
--DPRK hackers use EtherHiding malware to turn blockchain into C2 server,
--Trump buys Dominion Voting Systems to be "America-owned,"
--Trump's DoJ sues voting tech company Smartmatic amid defamation suit,
--MI5 points to new Chinese threat disruption,
--Hackers st…

The Com members doxxed DHS and ICE workers
DPRK hackers use EtherHiding malware to turn blockchain into C2 server, Trump buys Dominion Voting Systems to be "America-owned," Trump's DoJ sues voting tech company Smartmatic amid defamation suit, MI5 points to new Chinese threat disruption, much more

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Childish Gambino:
🎵 This Is America
#ChildishGambino
https://antichumanshape.bandcamp.com/album/bootleg-remix-series-2-childish-gambino-this-is-america
https://open.spotify.com/track/0b9oOr2ZgvyQu88wzixux9

Gannett is launching a morning newscast, Connecting America, on its USA Today streaming channel and on YouTube, on August 18; it will air weekdays 7am-9am ET (Matthew Keys/TheDesk.net)
https://thedesk.net/2025/08/usa-today-morning-show-connecting-america/

USA Today to launch morning newscast on streaming channel
A new morning show called "Connecting America" will launch on USA Today's FAST channel, the company announced on Thursday.

2/2 Reflection on #citizenship:
I do not treat the concept of “#democracy" lightly. I was born into the aftermath of centuries of totalitarian oppression that ended suddenly, leaving the nascent Ukrainian state of the late 90s and early 2000s floundering in the turbulent whirlpool of hopes and fears felt by millions of people who were finally allowed to ponder: how to build a free democratic state in the place of Soviet and imperial ruins?
I was taught the words "democracy", "citizen", "freedom", "voting", “liberty" (and more) by people who, less than two decades prior, weren't allowed to leave the borders of their country. I was told about self-determination by people whose political choices were ridiculed, punished, and eviscerated form most of their lives. The duty of governing ourselves felt to us ephemeral - a nice fantasy, akin to a fairytale or a utopia from fictional works.
And then I saw those same people fight with their bodies and souls once the previously unfathomable democracy was threatened. Protests in 2004, then again in 2014, then the unthinkable war against foreign invasion in 2022. Democracy no longer felt abstract or silly. It became as tangible as saying "I love you".
I write of Ukraine as I reflect on becoming a citizen of another country because the history and values of my adopted United States feel as real as the skin on my legs, the significance of its legacy lays as heavy as the weight of my waist-long hair, and the desire to uphold the freedoms of its Constitution burns my throat as harshly as dehydration after a long day in the sun.
People have asked me why I even want to join this country, when the present moment is shrouded in impenetrable darkness. And I answer: because I've felt the warmth of a newly lit fire of freedom breaking through shadows that for centuries looked like solid walls. I have seen kindness, and solidarity heal the fear and hate of oppression. I've seen liberty emerge from nothing but the human soul.
I am not a religious person, but I have faith. Faith in the ideals at the foundation of the American project. Faint but powerful recognition that "we the people" now includes me.
I love #America. And I hope to keep loving my home for the rest of my life.

This week's monologues - watched them all, Colbert's and Kimmel's - referred to the most jaw-dropping and upsetting things I think I've ever heard of America. It looks like a vaudeville production of The First Days of the Third Reich over there. Lie is truth, wrong is right, crook is President ->
Trump Cashing in Bigly, GOP Calls No Kings Protest the "Hate America" Rally & RFK Junior Jr. is Back - Jimmy Kimmel Live

Labor in America: Perspectives on the African American Contribution https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/07/16/labor-in-america-perspectives-on-the-african-american-contribution

I suggest that everyone read this piece:
"America Needs a Mass Movement—Now"
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/11/autocracy-resistance-social-movement/684336/

America Needs a Mass Movement—Now
Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.

Dairy Farmers of America confirms June cyberattack leaked personal data https://therecord.media/dairy-farm-leaked-info-ransomware

England's Esme Morgan on making America home and why she loves the Jacksonville Jaguars https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6715854/2025/10/17/esme-morgan-washington-spirit-nwsl-jacksonville-jaguars-nfl/

My Account Great Again.
For media still pretending he puts America first:
New Analysis Finds Trump Family Has Raked in $3.4 Billion Off the Presidency
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-family-billio…

New Analysis Finds Trump Family Has Raked in $3.4 Billion Off the Presidency
President Donald Trump and his family have made a staggering $3.4 billion off of the presidency, according to an analysis by the New Yorker.

The Save America Movement is
putting posters and decals on walls, sidewalks, and streetlights across the Washington power corridor
—and we’re projecting Stephen Miller’s face
(with messages like “Fascism ain’t pretty.”)
onto buildings where the administration, Trump, and Miller can’t miss it.
https://save-am.org/miller-dc

I just gave to the Save America Movement!
Join the fight »

Interesting take on how contradictory things seem to be, unless some people are people and some people aren't.
https://www.the-reframe.com/acceptable-losses/
via @…

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

Judges in Latin America are struggling to rule on cases of AI-generated images even as courts increasingly adopt AI tools to clear case backlogs (Juliana Bedoya/Rest of World)
https://restofworld.org/2025/latin-america-judges-ai-crimes/

Courts don’t know what to do about AI crimes
AI-generated images and videos are stumping prosecutors in Latin America, even as courts embrace AI to tackle case backlogs.

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced. I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
https://open.substack.com/pub/karenattiah/p/the-washington-post-fired-me-but?utm_camp…

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

Each week, Metacurity offers our free and paid subscribers a run-down of the best infosec-related long reads.
This week's selection covers
--A twisted tale of how two men tortured someone for his crypto account passwords,
--Russia's cyber sector supports Putin's Ukraine war,
--A brain-reading implant requires a password,
--Social media algorithms didn't cause America's woes,
--The internet is really bad for children,
--More
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Best infosec-related long reads for the week of 8/9/25
A twisted tale of how two men tortured someone for his crypto account passwords, Russia's cyber sector supports Putin's Ukraine war, A brain-reading implant requires a password, Social media algorithms didn't cause America's woes, The internet is really bad for children, more

someone convince me to commit to staying in america. my plan of getting a normal year of normal work experience then normally moving out and normally coming out and normally transitioning without normally getting killed or forcemasced by normal people or normal government

Interesting findings on the #sustainability backlash, but the choice to include #Turkey as Asia-Pacific and not either #MiddleEast or

Before you head out to your "No Kings" protest tomorrow, here's a reminder of the America you're fighting for.
▶️ The West Wing - Opening Title (HD)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=JivPEYjYd20&si=HvEGGv-DQDWs-rgk
✅ No Kings Protest - …

The ripple effects of the federal raid have spread to at least a half dozen small businesses in the counties surrounding the metaplant, according to an investigation by The Current GA.
https://thecurrentga.org/2025/10/14/ice-raid-leaves-…

🧊 Intense groundwater flow destabilizes ice in North America's Great Lakes, simulations show
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-intense-groundwater-destabilizes-ice-north.html

Intense groundwater flow destabilizes ice in North America's Great Lakes, simulations show
Powerful pulses of groundwater flow up from beneath Lakes Michigan and Huron, which together form one of the largest freshwater systems in the world. This groundwater flux may dramatically alter how and where ice forms, with important implications for ice-climate models. As climate change pressures the system, new research suggests that conventional models may underestimate how groundwater can destabilize lake ice along its shorelines (coasts).

"Report finds increased tropical forest regrowth over the last decade"
#Trees #Forests #Environment

Report finds increased tropical forest regrowth over the last decade
Natural forest regrowth in the world’s tropical rainforests is expanding. According to the Forest Declaration Assessment 2025, more than 11 million hectares (27 million acres) of tropical moist forests are under some stage of forest regrowth between 2015 and 2021. The growth is most notable in the tropical areas of Latin America, where regrowth increased […]

#FactFriday
An unwalled version of a walled article that originally appeared in Rolling Stone (not happy that Rolling Stone has such an important health article behind their wall - I've seen other places unwall important articles - shoutout to @…). I personally …

America Intensifies Pressure on the Kremlin: Is Peace Possible?#shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/12/america-intensifies-pressure-on-the.html

I’l be protesting at the Smyrna, GA #NoKings Sat at 11.
Find your event here: https://www.nokings.org
My sign: “Unpaid Protester (I hate him for free)”
For inspiration or just use:
‣ "Checks AND Bal…

No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power belongs to the people.

If America doesn't want its children to grow up confused about gender-appropriate clothing, they should replace all depictions of Jesus, or indeed any biblical male, with versions in which they are wearing long-trousers.
Should be doable with AI, I'm assured.

From Bill McKibben
America: A (Fracked) Gas Station With Nukes
One part of the Trump plot to wreck America gets clearer
https://open.substack.com/pub/billmckibben/p/america-a-fracked-gas-station-with?utm_campa…

America: A (Fracked) Gas Station With Nukes
One part of the Trump plot to wreck America gets clearer

Uma sondagem de mais de 35 mil pessoas, iniciada hš quase 3 anos, terminou agora. Pergunto a mim mesmo que percentagem destas contas continua ativa.
https://fosstodon.org/@MattTheQuick/109321444143425443
Mas mesmo deprimente? África: 1%.

The Hawaii State Public Library System banned the phrase “banned books week,” in displays at 51 public libraries across the state. #irony #BannedBooksWeek #Hawaii

Hawaii library system bans displays that refer to 'Banned Books Week,' rebrands to 'Freedom to Read'
Last week Lani Kawahara, who oversees the young adult section at Kauai’s largest library, set up her annual display to mark Banned Books Week, a national campaign that kicked off Sunday to spotlight the harms of book censorship in America.

"In America, a hundred years is a long time, in Britain, a hundred miles is a long way."

The Adoption Paradox: A Comparative Analysis of Veterinary AI Adoption in China and the North America
Shumin Li, Xiaoyun Lai
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.11758 https://

The Adoption Paradox: A Comparative Analysis of Veterinary AI Adoption in China and the North America
This study compares the perception, adoption, and application of artificial intelligence (AI) among veterinary professionals in China and North America (NA), testing the hypothesis that adoption patterns are shaped by regional market and demographic factors. A descriptive, cross-sectional survey was conducted with 455 veterinary professionals in China between May and July 2025. The results were compared with published data from a 2024 survey of 3,968 veterinary professionals in the United State…

"And now Kirk has become the pretext he was so dutifully searching for. More content for his fellow influencers to share and comment on and monetize and fuel their endless culture war. A war that has just become a lot more literal."
https://www.garbageday.email/p/the-logical

The logical endpoint of 21st-century America
Charlie Kirk and what comes next

America's Labor Unions are Backing State Regulations for AI Use in Workplaces - Slashdot
https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/08/16/0512211/americas-labor-unions-are-backing-state-regulations-for-ai-use-in-workplaces

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Kim Wilde:
🎵 Kids in America
#KimWilde
https://wolfstax.bandcamp.com/track/kim-wilde-kids-in-america-wolfstax-bootleg
https://open.spotify.com/track/3LaHsdzzmvhx6TJedpomVy

i wish all people going out on the streets tomorrow during #NoKings day good luck, you are protesting for freedom and democracy.
https://www.nokings.org/

No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power belongs to the people.

LAT Media Group reports a net loss before taxes of $48.1M in 2024, up from $30M in 2023, with a $21.5M loss in H1 2025; 50% of revenue still came from print (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-america/los…

Los Angeles Times reveals $50m loss as it seeks $500m investment
The Los Angeles Times Media Group made a loss of almost $50m (£37m) in 2024, according to newly-published unaudited accounts.

Winds Through Time: Interactive Data Visualization and Physicalization for Paleoclimate Communication
David Hunter, Pablo Botin, Emily Snode-Brenneman, Amy Stevermer, Becca Hatheway, Dillon Amaya, Eddie Goldstein, Wayne A Seltzer, Mark D Gross, Kris Karnauskas, Daniel Leithinger, Ellen Yi-Luen Do
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.13039

Winds Through Time: Interactive Data Visualization and Physicalization for Paleoclimate Communication
We describe a multidisciplinary collaboration to iteratively design an interactive exhibit for a public science center on paleoclimate, the study of past climates. We created a data physicalisation of mountains and ice sheets that can be tangibly manipulated by visitors to interact with a wind simulation visualisation that demonstrates how the climate of North America differed dramatically between now and the peak of the last ice age. We detail the system for interaction and visualisation plus …

24 years ago today, America fell.
It took a while to finish happening, but in the end, bin Ladin won.
Not because of the attack itself. But because of our reaction. It galvanized all the wrong people: Nationalists, neocons, Christian fundamentalists hell bent on starting religious wars... All had been working to grow for years, but the attack kicked the all into high gear.
bin Ladin didn't destroy America. He made Americans destroy America.
The question is, can we…

CBS Sports preseason All-America Team, Player of the Year; Browns' Shedeur Sanders hurt

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football

People have come to prioritize their pride, ego & comfort over truth.
▶️ Tony Gilroy: Andor Explains America's Dark Moment
https://youtube.com/watch?v=iaqnHfa6n4E&si=UGwXIqK8B6l4gDGz

Pig unions are a unifying structure of America's Freikorps. Just as the dismantling of the Wehrmacht left a whole lot of trained thugs with nothing to do in Germany, our falling crime rates have left cops in a similar position of idleness, except that they mostly still have jobs where they can create their own work. https://

Jess👾 (@JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange)
Attached: 1 image "Head of Police Union Said" ... Okay I'm just gonna stop you right there. If a police union head said police officers are human beings, I'd start stockpiling wooden stakes, garlic, and holy water. Those motherfuckers make Fox News look trustworthy.

We love our hardworking men and women in America, incredible people, the best in the world. But let’s be honest, folks, we’re really standing up for capitalism. That’s the engine, the driver. Without it, America wouldn’t be winning, it’d be a disaster. Total disaster.
--💩 Tonald J. Drump 💩
#Satire #USA

Home batteries are revolutionizing how America deals with blackouts. Find out how these innovative solutions are providing reliable backup power and transforming the energy landscape. #climatechange #climatesolutions

Home batteries are saving America from blackouts
Home battery storage systems are keeping lights on during summer energy crunches in Puerto Rico and elsewhere across the United States.

How culture and regulations are shaping AI companion platforms worldwide, with US platforms primarily targeting men and Chinese platforms mainly targeting women (Zilan Qian/ChinaTalk)
https://www.chinatalk.media/p/why-america-builds-ai-girlfriends

Why America Builds AI Girlfriends and China Makes AI Boyfriends
and what it all means

Data distribution impacts the performance and generalisability of contrastive learning-based foundation models of electrocardiograms
Gul Rukh Khattak, Konstantinos Patlatzoglou, Joseph Barker, Libor Pastika, Boroumand Zeidaabadi, Ahmed El-Medany, Hesham Aggour, Yixiu Liang, Antonio H. Ribeiro, Jeffrey Annis, Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro, Junbo Ge, Daniel B. Kramer, Jonathan W. Waks, Evan Brittain, Nicholas Peters, Fu Siong Ng, Arunashis Sau

Data distribution impacts the performance and generalisability of contrastive learning-based foundation models of electrocardiograms
Contrastive learning is a widely adopted self-supervised pretraining strategy, yet its dependence on cohort composition remains underexplored. We present Contrasting by Patient Augmented Electrocardiograms (CAPE) foundation model and pretrain on four cohorts (n = 5,203,352), from diverse populations across three continents (North America, South America, Asia). We systematically assess how cohort demographics, health status, and population diversity influence the downstream performance for predi…

#Bolsonaro condenado a 27 años de cšrcel por el intento de golpe de estado. https://elpais.com/america/2025-09-11/el-expr…

Larry Ellison Is a ‘Shadow President’ in Donald Trump’s America
The Ellison family is cornering the market on attention and data the same way the Vanderbilts did railroads and the Rockefellers did oil.
👉 https://www.wired.com/story/larry-ellison-

Larry Ellison Is a ‘Shadow President’ in Donald Trump’s America
The Ellison family is cornering the market on attention and data the same way the Vanderbilts did railroads and the Rockefellers did oil.

REAL ENEMIES is an evening-length, multimedia, jazz-fueled exploration of American paranoia. This innovative marriage of music-theater and hybrid nonfiction marks the first collaboration between composer Darcy James Argue, filmmaker Peter Nigrini and writer Isaac Butler, who together chronicle a shadow history of post-war America that may—or may not—be true.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpXE-aZ-xhA

"Gas stations are America's accidental museums-fluorescent-lit shrines to kitsch, camp, and chaotic consumerism. Exploring gas station merchandise through art becomes a way to examine the surreal poetry of the roadside: airbrushed wolves on velvet, rhinestone trucker hats, Jesus candles, lottery tickets, and beef jerky side by side like some late capitalist still life. These one-stop culture convergence points are where regional identity, mass production, nostalgia, and irony collid…

"Administrators don’t have the guts to ban cellphones but expect teachers to spend every day swinging wildly at the slithering AI tech we’re supposed to embrace"
https://sunny.garden/@himantra/115039571729383600

¿Por qué se sigue leyendo a Marištegui en América Latina? - Por Fernando de la Cuadra y Gonzalo Rovira Soto – NODAL
https://www.nodal.am/2025/10/por-que-se-sigue-leyendo-a-mariategui-en-america-latina-por-fe…

¿Por qué se sigue leyendo a Mariátegui en América Latina? - Por Fernando de la Cuadra y Gonzalo Rovira Soto – NODAL
NODAL - Noticias de América Latina y el Caribe

#Occupado

Note to self. Don't take any boat trips near Central or South America in the next few years.

The 5 safest states in America — and the 5 most dangerous: Safety isn’t just about crime rates. From clean air to reliable healthcare, these states lead — and lag — when it comes to protecting residents
https://qz.com/safest-states-us-ranking-2025

Doc: 15 people signed the Pentagon's press rules, including from The Federalist, The Epoch Times, OANN, and overseas media, plus freelancers and independents (Scott Nover/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/20

Hundreds of people cover the Pentagon. These are the 15 who signed its new press policy.
The Federalist, the Epoch Times, and One America News signed the Defense Department’s press rules. The rest are freelancers, independent or work for media outfits based overseas.

🤕 Medicaid cuts are likely to worsen mental health care in rural America
#mentalhealth

Medicaid cuts are likely to worsen mental health care in rural America
Across the nation, Medicaid is the single largest payer for mental health care, and in rural America, residents disproportionately rely on the public insurance program.

"San Francisco’s Trash Company Marks 35 Years of Stunning Art Made of Recycled Garbage With Free Gallery Opening"
#US #USA #America

San Francisco’s Trash Company Marks 35 Years of Stunning Art Made From Recycled Garbage By Local Artists at Free Gallery Opening
San Francisco’s dump is where Recology Artists-in-Residence scavenge through ‘trash’ to make artwork for traveling exhibit to mark 35 years.

A new, seemingly not yet publicly disclosed U.S. strike on a boat in the Caribbean
has left survivors for the first time, reports say.
Reuters, citing a U.S. official, reported that the U.S. bombed what they claim is a drug trade-related vessel on Thursday.
However, unlike the military’s previous five strikes, which were publicly disclosed by officials, the attack did not kill all of the people on board, the source said.
Other news outlets confirmed that the strike had …

A US Strike in Caribbean Leaves Survivors, Reports Say
News of the strike comes as the US military’s top official for Latin America has suddenly stepped down.

More than 300 auto recycling businesses in North America were hit by a cyberattack on August 6. The attack targeted companies using SimpleHelp, a program that allows remote access to computer systems.
Data Heist: Ransomware hits hundreds of auto recyclers
https://www.

Free fall: Trump admin succeeds in dumbing down 'America's best idea' - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/national-park-free-fall/

WaPo internally releases a beta version of Ripple, its AI product "to curate quality opinion journalism" from across the US and offer context from WaPo stories (Ben Mullin/@benmullin)
https://x.com/benmullin/status/1978870382233858334

Ben Mullin (@BenMullin) on X
new: The Washington Post is rolling out a beta version of Ripple, its A.I.-enabled opinion product. "The intention is to provide a range of recent perspectives from other publishers across America."

After America took the lead for most pathetic president in the world, Russia tops the chart for most pathetic country in the world 🤷‍♂️

I’m glad to have never lived in such places that are only accessible by car. Just cities and 'burbs built up before the phenomenon of encapsulated residential developments became dominant. I always walked (or more often biked) to school as a kid and so did my kids (except for K, of course)
I wonder what sort of effect that has on the psyche. Seems like a recipe for people predisposed to xenophobia.

How AI is upending the music industry in Latin America, as artists push back against a flood of AI-generated music on Spotify, Deezer, and YouTube Music (Laura Rodríguez Salamanca/Rest of World)
https://restofworld.org/2025/ai-music-spotify-deezer-latin-america/

Latin American musicians say AI is stealing their streams
Musicians from Chile to Mexico say bots are stealing streams, siphoning income, and shortening the lifespan of songs. Even Bad Bunny isn’t safe.

From CCPA
Please join us for the 2025 Rosenbluth Lecture, featuring James K. Galbraith
What: Rosenbluth Lecture (webinar format)
Who: James K. Galbraith, renowned economist
When: November 25, 2025—3 pm ET/noon PT
Where: Zoom (link shared upon registration)
This webinar is free and open to the public.

President Trump applauded ABC's move to take Jimmy Kimmel's show off the air and urged NBC to do the same to Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers (Ted Johnson/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/09/trump-jimmy-kimmel-reaction-charlie-kirk-1236547516/

Donald Trump Celebrates ABC Decision To Pull Jimmy Kimmel, Urges NBC To Drop Jimmy Fallon And Seth Meyers
Donald Trump reacted to ABC’s decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show in the wake of comments the host made about the suspect in Charlie Kirk‘s assassination. Trump wrote on Truth Social, “Great News for America: The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED. Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what […]

We Are America March
14 DAYS | 160 MILES | Sept 6-19, 2025 | PHL - DC

join for an hour, a day, a week, or the whole way to DC
https://www.weareamericamarch.com/

We Are America March | Defending Democracy. Creating Community.
Join We Are America March: 160-mile walk Philly–DC Sept 6–19. Rallies & mutual aid show people protecting civil rights, rule of law & free elections. March from Philadelphia to Washington, DC.

He is totally right,
“The only thing they are looking for is a way to kill Ukraine,” says Kyiv’s leader.
https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-deceive-america-volodymyr-zelenskyy-vladimir-putin-donald-trump-talks/

Zelenskyy warns of Russian deception as Putin-Trump talks loom
“The only thing they are looking for is a way to kill Ukraine,” says Kyiv’s leader.

MAGA's plan for a white Christian America is unfolding before our eyes - Salon.com
https://www.salon.com/2025/09/13/magas-plan-for-a-white-christian-america-is-unfolding-before-our-eyes/

#NoKings is approaching... 18th of October 2025
#trump

No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power belongs to the people.

Kari Lake pushes to deport some of her former employees who worked for Voice of America; they were invited to the US under J-1 visas that are no longer valid (Toluse Olorunnipa/The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic…

Kari Lake’s Attempt to Deport Her Own Employees
“Their time here is up,” she said of J-1 visa holders who worked for Voice of America.

“No, Speaker Johnson
— the No Kings rally on October 18
is not a hate America rally.
In fact, it’s quite the contrary:
It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings
https://bsky.app/profile/indivisible.o

Indivisible ❌👑 (@indivisible.org)
“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

America Dragged Back to Jim Crow as Trump’s Project 2025 Reshapes the Nation | Atlanta Daily World
https://atlantadailyworld.com/2025/09/12/america-dragged-back-to-jim-crow-as-trumps-project-2025-reshapes-the-nation/

After rushing to shut downthe government-funded media outlets she was tapped to lead,
Kari Lake has launched on a mission so strange that it is perhaps unprecedented:
She is trying to force her own employees out of the country.
Lake has been making the rounds on right-wing media in recent weeks to pitch herself as a devoted enforcer of Donald Trump’s broader agenda.
Her latest targets are J-1 visa holders who worked for Voice of America.
Obscure to most Americans…

Kari Lake’s Attempt to Deport Her Own Employees
“Their time here is up,” she said of J-1 visa holders who worked for Voice of America.

Politico is using SMS to send news updates that sound "personal and urgent" to a select group of lawmakers, staffers, and lobbyists working at the US Congress (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-ameri

How Politico is using text messages to boost engagement on Capitol Hill
Politico has started texting an invite-only group on Capitol Hill so its breaking news coverage gets to their phone lock screens.

The blueprint – How Lewis Powell’s confidential memo became the secret manifesto for corporate takeover.

The players – From Joseph Coors to Roger Ailes to Leonard Leo—and how they built a machine to dominate politics.

The turning point – The Citizens United case and how a speculative lawsuit became the legal scaffolding for unlimited dark money.

The threat today – Why disclosure laws are crumbling, how dark money came to dictate elections, and how the John…

MASTER PLAN: The Hidden Plot to Legalize Corruption in America
A new book adapted from the award-winning podcast.

The CDC shooting was public health’s Jan. 6: In RFK Jr.’s America, it will never be safe to practice public health or medicine | STAT
https://www.statnews.com/2025/08/15/cdc-shooting-january-6th-for-public-health/?utm_campaign=rss

How AI is upending the music industry in Latin America, as artists push back against a flood of AI-generated music on Spotify, Deezer, and YouTube Music (Laura Rodríguez Salamanca/Rest of World)
https://restofworld.org/2025/ai-music-spotify-deezer-latin-america/

Latin American musicians say AI is stealing their streams
Musicians from Chile to Mexico say bots are stealing streams, siphoning income, and shortening the lifespan of songs. Even Bad Bunny isn’t safe.

Despite his unassuming title of “deputy chief of staff,”
Stephen Miller is one of the most powerful men in America.
His boss, Donald Trump, is undisciplined and unfocused,
prone to launching major initiatives (mass deportation, D.C. crime crackdown)
before wandering off to get distracted by fripperies (redecorating the White House, micromanaging the Kennedy Center).
Miller, by contrast, is the always-on attack dog, single-mindedly scheming up new ways to trans…

It’s Stephen Miller’s Show Now
The most powerful guy in Trump’s ear has a plan for how to respond to the death of Charlie Kirk. You’re not going to like it.

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The Strange Beauty of New York’s Bodega Ramps - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/arts/design/deli-bodega-ramps-accessibility.html?unlocked_article_code=1.d08.s7GZ.BYmSO2ouTLlr&smid=url-share

WaPo columnist Karen Attiah says she was fired last week over her social media posts "against hatred and violence" in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination (Karen Attiah/The Golden Hour)
https://karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washington-post-fired-me-but

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

'They’ll chip away at it gradually with bills that disenfranchise the “wrong” sort of people and mechanisms that make voting more difficult. But we should not mistake their ultimate objective. [W]hen they hint that they are interested in getting rid of women’s suffrage, we should take them very seriously indeed.'
Women’s suffrage is apparently up for debate again in America | Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/13/womens-suffrage-week-in-patriarchy

“CDC is over. It was killed.
This administration only knows how to break things.
They have made America at risk for outbreaks and attacks by nefarious players.
People should be scared,”
said Dr. Demetre ,
former director of the CDC’s National Center on Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
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“CDC is over. It was killed. This administration only knows how to break things. They have made America at risk for outbreaks and attacks by nefarious players. People should be scared,” said Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, former director of the CDC’s National Center on Immunization and Respiratory Diseases https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/cdc-rfk-jr-shutdown-layoffs-goal-rcna237035

Johnson: No Kings Day Will Be An "Outrageous Hate America Rally" Attended By Antifa, Marxists, Pro-Hamas - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/10/johnson-no-kings-day-will-be-an-outrageous-hate-america-rally-attended-by-antifa-marxists-pro-hamas/

The US right has increased its influence on mainstream media in America in recent weeks,
especially in television news which has been a major target of the Donald Trump administration.
CBS News
– once home to legends of US journalism like Walter Cronkite and Edward R Murrow
– installed a Trump ally as its ombudsman,
weeks after the family of Larry Ellison, one of the world’s richest men, and a friend of the US president, sealed control over Paramount, the owner …